The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD|™ “Sit atten” ‘ BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Wolume XXXV...... +No, 2353 | city of Paris. The only news of a definite or rellable charactor in relation to the terrible drama now beiag enacted on the soil of France is that the Prussian armies are, with the relentless cer- tainty of fate, drawing closer and closer to the A despatch from London at noon yesterday placed the advance guard of THE BERALD CORPS OF CUROPEAN WA | cavalry within ten miles of the capital and CORRESPONDEN ;. the main army within thirty miles of it, so that, in all probability, the enemy | We have special correspondents moving | will bo visible from the fortifications to- with each division of the opposing forces of | day or to-morrow. The surrender of Stras- France and Prussia, and news agencies in the principal capitals—-London, Paris, Berlin, Ma- Arid, Vienna and Florence—so that nothing of animportant news character escapes our (Vigilant representatives, 4 Our news agencies in the principal cities of ‘Europe, and our system of travelling corre- spondents, have been long established, a fact ‘the readers of the Herarp have no doubt long \ since become familiar with, and as our letters | from all parts of the Eastern Hemisphere for years past have fully proven. ‘ We do not pretend that our commonts upon the war, or that our opinions upon the proba- ble success of either belligerent in contem- ‘plated movements como by the cable. Our only aim is to give to the public the fullest, the most reliable, and the most authentic bourg appeara to be only a question of days or perhaps hours. The French commander, as wo are informed, offerel to surrender on certain conditions—an offer which was instantly refused by the Prussian Gonoral in command of the besieging forces, and an ungonditional surrender required. The surrender of Laon has also been demanded, the garrison having been given till yesterday morning to comply with the demand. As to the fate of Metz and Bazaine’s army we have not, up to a late hour, received any intelligence. Altogether the army movements are of a character to deepen the gloom which hangs over France. There does not appear to be a bright spot in the horizon. The preparations for the defence of Paris are being carried on with sufficient energy to prove that the idea of submission has not been entertained by the French authorities, Even the National Observatory has been dismantled and its valuable instruments removed to a record of facts as they occur in the grand operations of the contending armies. . 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Pace. 1— Advertisements. 2—Advertisements, 3—The War: The Prussian Advance Ten Miles from Paris; An Anglo-Russian Peace Note; French Proposition for the Surrender of Strasbourg; Emer Victoria’s Letter to Queen Augusta; pecial Visit to the Seat of Government in Paris; Night Scenes at the Hotel de Ville and Reminiscences of 1789-92; Tue Revolutionary Movement in Spain, 4—Closing Day of the Autumnal Trotting Meeting at Point Cregze Park, Phiiadelphia—Yachting— ‘The siatch Naces Against the Cam She is Badly Beaten by the Phantom and Madeleine; The Contest for the Newport Cap To-Day— Personal Inteiligence—Sivgular Poisoning Case—Stabbing Affray m bLrooxlyn—Po'ltical : Oldest Penstoner tn the New Yor ae News. Kin Hon. @’—The Aibanj eparture of Willlam HH. Seaverns Murder—The National 1 Brecding in Ceniral Park—The ‘Treasury Taxing the Tars—Memortal of the Cuban League to the New York Kepublican State Conyentlon—The Duno-Kohl Ailray—A Fatal Brawl—Arrest of a Murderer—Long Branch: Approaching Ovsequies of the Vic- tims of the Tom's Kiver Bridge Disaster— ealing Heaven's Livery—Crusbing a Her- veatchester County News items, eading Article on the War Drama ; Army Movements and Peace Ru- mors. '¥—Telegraphic News from All Parts of the World— ‘The Latest News from Washington—Business Notices, S—American Shipping Interests: Foreign Built Vessels Owned by Amer 3 Not Entitled to Protection Papers—Financial and Commerctal Reports—Marriages and Deaths. 9= Advertisements, 10—Continuation of Reports Regarding the War in Europe—Shipping Intelligeuce—advertise- ments, 11—Out of the Depths: How Young Women are Induced to Leave Tietr Lomes—Youug Men's Christian Associat Convention—How the Public Can be Protec: t Short Weigit tu Coal—Real Estate 1 8—-A Clncinnath Mystery—A Singular 5. of Lightning Advertisements, 12—Advertusements. Cuanerne Toe Praces—The exiled repub- licans of France and the imperialists. The republicans return home with the republic and the imperialists are retiring with the empire. Nor Yet.—They are cheering beyond the ocean, we hear, for the United States of Europe. It will be time enough for that cheer when all the European natious speak ono lan- guage or can decide which language shall be used in their common Congress. Dozs He Fear Iv?—King William, the de- spatches say, urges the march on Paris so hotly as to outrun the military considerations, He is in a desperate hurry to knock that re- public ia the head, to stamp out the State pest before it spreads, Purrmse on THE Sorrws.—There was a goodly batch of delinquent jurors in the panel drawn for the General Sessions the other day, and Judge Bedford ordered that every one be fined two hundred and fifty dollars. This plan will be effective if the fines are enforced. Nor Appreciatep.—The so-called General Cluseret, true to the instincts of a profes- sional agitator, has turned up in Paris, but does not thrive there. He wanted to com- mand the National Guard or the Mobile, or, at least, half the fortifications. But the powers that be did not know him to that extent and refused to give all he desired; hence he does not think it is very much of a republio after all, He even calls it reaction- ary, and Rochefort, who, being in place, has become respectable and conservative, has felt himself called upon to soub the said Cluseret ' place of safety, which would go to show that the bombardment of the city is regarded as a probable event. Detachments of Gardes Mo- biles have been arriving from various depart- ments of France, together with some of tho debris of MacMahon’s army which managed to escape the surrender at Sedan. But there is no getting at anything like an approximate estimate of the force that can be employed in the defence of the city, which has been va- riously stated at from one hundred and forty thousand to three hundred thousand men, If it amount to near the latter figure the Prus- sians may find that they have undertaken a more dangerous and desperate job than they now imagine. The same uncertainty that exists in regard to the number of French troops in Paris exists alsoin reference to the number that can be calculated on in other parts of the republic. Yesterday the public was informed that the Army of Lyons, commanded by Palikao, had reached Paris, To-day it appears that that army of one hundred and forty thousand men is still at Lyons, What the authorities are doing, if anything, in the way of getting up new armies, or a levy en masse, of the inhabl- tants of France, is 9 matter in regard to which no information whatever is given. But we cannot suppose that the French people will see their capital invested without making notable efforts to save it from the guns of the enemy. So much for the war'movements. We can form some definite, though not very precise, idea about them. But when we come to read the telegraphic statements as to peace nego- tiations we find ourselves in such a medley of nonsense and contradictions that we ere in- clined to discard the whole as utterly unre- liable. First, we are told that the diplomatic corps in Paris has been long rasturing and has at length agreed upon a basis for peace proposi- tions which is to be immediately submitted to the King of Prussia, Then comes a plain, flat contradiction of the whole story. Next, wo are treated to the highly improbable siate- ment of an alliance, offensive and defensive, between France and Russia, in virtue of which the latter Power, fearing for the safety of her own German provinces, was to march an army immediately on Berlin. Then comes from the author of that Munchausonism the explanation that the affair had not gone beyond the point of a proposition from the French government, which had been declined by the Russian. Next, comes a story which appears much more likely to be true, to the effect that the govern- ments of Great Britain and Russia have for- mulated a joint note to Prussia indicating terms on which peace should be made. Buta subsequent despatch throws doubt even upon that, by the assertion that, as Engiand has de- clined to interfere, Austria has undertaken that task. We refrain from the useless at- tempt to eliminate anything reliable from these contradictory statements, classing them all as mere flying rumors, 80 vague and uncertain as to forbid placing any faith in them, The fact is that the governments of England, Russia and Austria, while perhaps anxious to save France from further humiliation and from loss of territory, cannot see very clearly the way to give effect to that desire, - They have been notified, unofficially, but in unmis- takable terms, that their mediation will not be accepted; that the quarrel was forced upon Prussia, and that Prussia will settle it in her own way and without their interference, It ia evidently the determination of the King of Prussia not to relax in his war measures until the capital of France is in bis hands, and then to dictate hia own terms, There is, besides, a practical difficulty in the way of present negotiations. King William will not recognize the existing government of France as a power with which he can negotiate; and he is even represented as declaring that ho will not treat with any one but M. Thicrs—assuming, probably, that that statesman has more of the confidence of the country than the Ministers who have assumed to govern it, In this dilemma there is an opportunity for the United States to interpose its good offices in the interest cf peace. Our Minister to Paris has bad the rare fortune of being able to render important services to both belligerenta, and is consequently in good favor with both, He is in a condition to judge how far the French government can and will go in making reparation tothe Prussian government for the war into which it was forced; and he knows what should be the proper limit of the Prus- sian demands. His suggestions are likely to have great weight with both sides—all the greater, perhaps, from the absence of all pre- tensions on the part of our government of any right to interfere officially, We see it stated from Washington that Mr, Bancroft, the United States Minister to Berlin, has been notified of the readiness of the United States government tolend its good offices, if requested by the belligerents, with a view to bring about a peace. Butit is not at Berlin that the effort oan be made: itiq at Paris, Andit ig not | Mr. Bancroft, but Mf. Washburne who is the man to make it. We hope that if he sees any chance of success Mr. Washburne will not wait for a formal invitation, but will earnestly, sin- cerely and successfully exert himself to restore peace to Europe and save tho world from the horrid spectacle of which Paris is threatened to be made the immediate theatre, The Rights of Forcign Ships Owned by Americans. The opinion of the Acting Attorney General, Mr. Talbot, which we pub- lish in full in another column, will be read with interest by all thoso con- nected with our skipping interests. In reply to a communication of Postmaster General Oreswell Mr, Talbot states that foreign vessels purchased by American citizens are undoubt- edly entitled to the protection of the American government from deprodation or injury by foreign governments or persons, but that they have no right to claim protection papera giving them a national character and placing them under the protection of the flag of the United States. Upon this point the Acting Attorney General is explicit, and quotes the ruling of Caleb Cushing to sustain him. He saya :— I see no more proprioty in calling upon tie Presl- dent or the Secretary of tne Treasury to furnish a certificate of national protection to a foreign vessel Purchased by a citizen of the United States tnan in Calling upon either of those oiticers to issue a like certificate to American property of any other (ie- scription whatever that may be peculiarly exposea to injury aroad—for instance, & horse, native or toreigu, owned by an American citizen and vent over aie eatin to take part in the Bngiish or Freach Many other points touching upon the same subject Mr. Talbot decides, supporting his decisions by numerous arguments and citations from precedent; but all his decisions appear to be unfavorable to the privileges enjoyed by foreign built vessels owned by American citi- gens, Thisis a very important question just now, and perhaps it is well that we should know exactly how the law stands with regard to it, Our Minister Washbuene the Right Mean for the Crisis in France, But What of England? Our Minister at Paris, Hon. Elihu B. Wash- burne, has risen upon the waves of the great revolution in France to @ very remarkable degree of popularity as the representative of the government and people of the United States, not only among the French, but with the German people. The thousands of ex- pelled Germans who, under the protection of hia passport, have passed safely from France to their own country, have created a general feeling of gratitude throughout Germany towards Mr. Washburne and the United States for his humane intervention in behalf of those unfortunate men, women and children, driven out as enemies of France simply because they were Germans. On the other hand, his prompt recognition of the French republic, as the representative of our goverament and people has exalted him above all other men in the admiration and enthusiastic gratitude of the people and the new government of Paris and France, He has shown, too, that he knows precisely how to speak in Paris the sentiments of the American people in behalf of republican gov- ernment and popular sovereignty. His ad- Gress the other evening to the citizens and soldiers of Paris who had assembled in front of his residence in the compliment of an enthusiastic serenade was all that could be desired by Americans or by Frenchmsa. Ho very happily said that the American people, “existing themselves under a republican form of government, know how to appreciate its benefits; that with warm hearts and language they felicitate their former allies in the accomplishment of a pacific revolution free from all stains of blood and claiming the sympathy of all lovers of pure liberty.” We may, therefore, freely con- gratulate the goverament and people of the United States, that at the important crisis of this momentous popular revolution in France, and that in reference to the Germans expelled from that country as its enemies in the presence of hostile German armies on French soil, our Minister at Paris has been equal to the calls of humanity and his political duties, and has thus won the gratitude for himself and his country of Germany and France and the approval of the civilized world. With a Minister at London at this crisis as fully comprehending his duties and the advan- tages of his position in behalf of popular rights and humanity, who can measure his influence as an agent of peace? But, as we understand it, Mr. Motley, though still remain- ing in London, has no authority to act officially as the Minister of the United States, and Mr. Frelinghuysen, appointed and confirmed to take Motley’s place, has positively declined it, General Grant, then, should either apologize to Mr. Motley and reappoint him, or choose at once @ proper man for England, in this important crisis in European affairs, and for the express purpose of intervention in behalf of peace in conjunction with all the other representatives of our government in Europe. First Women’s Vorzs For Conarrss.— Tho women of Wyoming Territory, availing themselves of their new privilege, came up boldly to tho ballot box the other day and voted for a delegate to Congress. In this they gave us a practical definition of woman’s rights, exercised independently and without fuss or brawling. The women of Wyoming, fortunately for them, were not led by Susan B. Anthony or any of that tribe. They acted for themselves under the law which gives them the right of suffrage, and as their ballots were counted in and became a part of the vote of the Territory, we may conclude that woman suffrage is a fixed fact in Wyoming. However, women are scarce out there, which may ac- count for the liberality of the ‘‘brutes” who make the laws. ‘This first vote cast by women for a Congressman is an episode in the agita- tion for woman’s rights and may prove a crumb of comfort to the Anthonys and Lucy Stone Blackwe lls, Quezr Apvice FROM Rvsst4.—Russian writers address some words to the defenders of Paris that ought to be readin the light of burning Moscow. They ask them to be mode- rate and reasonable and not to suffer Paris to be damaged in a contest with an invincible foe, Is not this good advice to come from that country which, when it could not stop the con- qnerer’s march short of ita capital, burned that capital over hia baad to burn him ous? ne “NEW YORK HEKALD, SATURDAY, SEPYEMBER 10, 1870.—fRIPLE SHEET. | Poace Now a Necessity-Tao War in Europe. The burden of the news this morning, as, indeed, it has been for somo daya, is encourag- ing for the lovers of peace. The success of the armles of Germany has frightened Europe into a sense of propriety. So long as the two countries at war seemed cqually matched, so long as there was a-reasonable hope that tho war might end, leaving the European balance of power very much as it was, the other Powers could afford to look on calmly and philosophically. Now, however, that Prussia has beat down Franco, tho big Powers begin to tremble. Russia is at her wits’ end and Great Britain cries out like a sick obild. So much are Austria and Russia and Great Britain brought into community of sentiment that an armed allianceis no longer a mere pos- sibility, The efforts now being made by Rus- sia and England to bring about peace are, perhaps, as much the result of jealousy of the alarming power of Prussia as of a desire to putanend tothe unnecessary destruction of life and property. Jealousy or fear of Prussia is not, however, the only reason why efforts, likely to prove successful, are being made to secure peace. The French -republic has made a good start, The revolution so far has been easy and bloodless. Although we see no good reason to believe that the republic will ever be able to repel the invader, still, it is not to be denied that the prolongation of hostilities will give to the Italians and the Spaniards an opportunity which they well know how to use. Unless something is done within the next few days to bring about a sus- pension of hostilities we shall expect to hear that Spain has become a republic, that Portu- gal has imitated her bigger sister, that Italy has followed suit, and that King Victor Emanuel, with all the princes and princelings of the South of Europe, have set out to keep Queen Isabella and the Emperor Napoleon company. The monarchies hate republics. Much as the great Powers dread the growing strength of Germany they dread republics more. But both causes combined give force to the move- ments of Great Britain, of Russia, of Aus- tria, The latest news does not encourage us to believe that France can offer to the invader any very offective resistance. The new gov- ernment, in spite of some demonstrations to the contrary, seems alive to this fact. If King William and M. Thiers can come to any satisfactory arrangement an armistice is pos- sible before the first gun has been fired on Paris. Prussia is naturally enough a little imperious and too much disposed to override all reason. It will not be well, however, for Prussia to despise the public sentiment of Europe. Publio sentiment has, so far, been on her side. Her victories in conse- quence have been easy.. If she proves too imperious public sentiment may go agsinst her. Besides, Prussia ought to remember that respect was paid to her voice in 1860, just as she herself listened to the voice of France in 1866. It is her privilege once again to be the victor. It ought to be her pride once again to listen to the voice of reason. _It is our belief, considering the situation in France, consider- ing the growth of republican sentiment all over the South of Europe, considering the no longer concealed sentiments of the other great Powers, and considering the negotiations which are now going on, that peace has become a necessity and that the war will soon be ended. Prussia can well afford to be magnanimous. She can boast of the most magnificent campaign which was ever con- ducted by any people. Never was the science of war go brilliantly and effectively illustrated. Never was so much done by an army in so brief a space of time. It will be well if Prussia give evidence to the world at once that she is not vindictive, that she does not fight for the sake of national aggrandizement, but in the interests of peace. If Prussia is not now willing to listen to the dictates of reason it will be bad for Europe; it may not be good for Prussia, A continental war—a war which will array the peoples against the dynasties—is not to be provoked rashly. Trochu and Thiers. A telegram from Paris to the Heratp de- clares that ‘‘the popularity of Trochu is un- bounded.” This popularity is well merited, by the promptitude and vigor with which the Governor of Paris has been preparing for the defence of the French capital against a siege by the Prussian invaders. Nothing that the resources of military science can afford has been neglected in the dispositions which Geke- ral Trochu has made for proving that Paris is a place de guerre of the first class. Moreover, the most renowned savans of the city have been called upon to lend to the aid of the be- sieged all the advantages which modern chem- istry, with its most destructive agencies, can yield. Everythiag has been dono to render resistance as heroic and as powerful as pos- sible. At the same time the provisional govern- ment has evinced a readiness to consent to honorable terms of peace. A somewhat apoc- ryphal statement has even been made that the King of Prussia has intimated that he will listen only to such propositions for peace as may be offered through M. Thiers, who, it is added, may for this purpose be made Presi- dent of the French republic. But M. Thiers, notwithstanding his undoubted patriotism, is regarded as an Orleanist, and the advanced republicans, to whom the national interests have been confided by the French people, do not seem to be at all disposed to make the ex- Minister of the late King Louis Philippe the representative of thelr will, In Trochu, and not in Thiers, they at prosent put their trust, Warxep Ovr.—The request of Jules Favre to the Orleans Princes not to come to Paris is the word to the wise that ought to be sufficient, True, they are Frenchmen and soldiers, and, like all other Frenchmen and soidiers, may be supposed to have a natural desire to fight for their country. They are princes, and as such cannot separate them- selves, if they would, from their pretensions. Their pretensions are dangerous, or, in cer- tain emergencies, may become dangerous, to the French republic; and the liberty, equality and fraternity of the republic has always this limitation—it shuts out mea who in any sense threaten the public weal, The Fall Season of Amnsements. With the cooling breezes of autumn come the army of managers and actors, thelr huge posters like banners before them, an] trampets sounding their praises in advance. Shaks- peare, Offenbach, Schiller and Sardou may be seen in this motley procesgion, and the won- dering public throng around like rustics at a country fair. Nevor has season in this city given better promise of true excellence in musio and the drama, and never have mana- gers striven more conscientiously to create a revival of all that is good, great and pure on the stage. At Steinway Hall we are to have the chief representative of lyric art in Europe, Christine Nilsson; at the Fourteenth Street (late Frangais) theatre the great German ¢ra- gédienne, Marie Seebach, will portray the Gretchen of Goethe, and Fanny Janauschek makes her dé50¢ in English at the Academy of Music in her well known réle of Deborah. These form a trio of art such as any stage may be proud of, and are excellant leaders in the revolution now taking place in amuse- ments, by which trash and impropriety (to use a mild term) are swept from our boards. When, at the nightingale voice of Nilsson, the memories of Sontag and Lind are revived; when the treasures of German tragedy are unlocked by the ‘“‘open sesame” talent of Seebach, and when we have at length a worthy representative on the English stage like Janauschek, we may feel assured of the success of the mana- gerial revival. Booth will succeed tho Rip Van Winkle of Jefferson with a grand repre- sentation of ‘‘A Winter's Tale,” for which vast preparations have been mado; Daly will make the Fifth Avenue theatre, as heretofore, the home of classical and modern French comedy, and of American, too; Wallack’s will adhere tothe standard English comedies and London plays; Fox will produce ono of his inimitable pantomimes at the Olympic; Iervé and Offen- bach will rule over the fortunes of opéra bouffe at the Grand Opera House; English opera will be sandwiched between Lotta and the “Black Crook” at Niblo’s; Lina Edwin will enter the field of comedy at her new theatre, and Wood’s Museum, after the present engage- ment of Mrs. Scott-Siddons, will be coasigaed to the mercies of the blonde burlesquers. Then the Bryants, in thelr now hall opposite Booth’s, the Bowery, Comique, San Francisco Minstrels, Kelly & Leon, and Tony Pastor, and Mrs. F. B. Conway and Hooley in Brook- lyn complete the bill of fare for amusement- goers this fall. Among all the leading thea- tres is manifested a desire to elevate musio and the drama to a higher standard than has heretofore prevailed, and if their actions are only commensurate with their promises wo heartily wish them abundant success. The french Navy and the Flag of the New French Republic. Everybody has been wondering at the apparent inaction of the French navy, which is second only to the British navy in all that can rendera navy equally splendid and strong. Yet nothing seems to have been accomplished by the French navy during the eventful weeks that have just elapsed. Even the report that the squadron in the Baltic, under the command of Admiral Bouét-Willanmez, had seized some of the small undefended islands on the coast of Schleswig, has been contradicted. This squadron, it appears, has hitherto done nothing but blockade the coast, encountering in the task numberless difficulties, Ithasno base or port of anchorage except by retiring to neutral waters. Indeed, the imperial govorn- ment seems to have failed either to define clearly the object of the expedition to the Baltic or to understand the nature of the sea where the fleet was to operate. Can this failure have been a part of the immense treason which France begins to suspect has brought the nation into its present perilous position? However this may be, the squadron of the Baltic has hastened to recognize the flag and the authority of the new republic. It is now awaiting only official notification of the complete organization of the republican exe- cutive of defence and definite naval orders from Paris, These orders must already have been transmilted, and we may expect soon to receive lively news from the Baltic. Mean- while the Baltic squadron has been separated into two divisions, one of which is to blockade the shore from the Russian frontier to Riigen, and thé other to watch the coast from Rigen to North Schleswig, while the naval ports of Brest, Havre and Cherbourg are rapidly being put in a state of complete defence, Prussié OR THE Pxorre.—Will the European Powers really interfere to stop Prus- ‘sia in France, or will they not rather all agree that somebody should put down the republic and assent that Prussia shall save them all from their common foe, the people? Does any other Power but Russia feel safe on that side? Tammany Reoo@nrriony oF THE Frenon Rerusiio.—There is some talk about Tam- many getting up @ grand public demonstration in favor of the new French republic. Why not organize a rousing mass meeting? There are plenty of orators bursting with eloquence, and surely the democratic masses would gather in Union square by thousands to welcome the latest born republic of France. The radicals ployed a cunning game for the German vote by sympathizing with the Prussian King. The opportunity is now rife for the democracy to sympathize with the French republic. If the radicals were at home in taking their part on the side of monarchy who can doubt that the ‘fierce democracie” are in their natural tracks when they hurrah for the republic of France? We shall probably hear this lusty shout from Tammany before long. But is not Tammany a little too late? President Grant got ahead of them all and rather took the wind out of their sails. Tue Women For Peace.—It is pleasant to know that Queen Victoria is appealing to Queen Augusta for peace. So good a woman as Victoria must have great influence with so good a woman as Augusta, and the latter has all along been treated with such devotion and courtesy by King William that we cannot doubt that her word to him in pleading for peace will go far towards effecting sueh a con- summation, Let her at once, with her womanly tenderness, speak the word that will save France from further degradation, and French mothers, and Prussian as well, from further desolation, Our Stato PollticsThe Republican Party’s Ticket—Grant and Universal Hepubdlican- ism. The Republican State Convention has nomi- nated Stewart L. Woodford, of Kings county, for Governor, and Sigismund Kaufmann, also of Kings county, for Lieutenant Governor. Both these gentlemen hailing from the same county, and a county which has not recently given a republican majority, it has been con- sidered strange that a double team of this sort shonld be presented to the people of the State for tho exorciss of their elective fran chise. But why should not two men be celected from the same county for the two most proml- nent offices in tho gift of New Yorkers? It may be a narrow and absurd policy to observe previous party usages and confine nominations to those party limits ; but suppose two of the best men in the country should be selected from the same section for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States, as was the case in the nominations by the repub- licans of Grant, of Illinois, for President, and Colfax, of Indiana, for Vice-President—they were both from the West and they were both elected. Therefore sectional special prefer- ences cannot be fairly brought against the re- publican ticket for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of thy State of New York on account of their local habitations. Greeley out of the question, the republican Convention goes to Kings county for coxcomb brains and a smart German lawyer to make up its ticket. This ticket is not popular with the republi- cangasa mass. But will {t not become so? That is an interesting question at this hour. Will not the almost spontaneous recognition of | the establishment of the republic of France by President Grant give to republican nomina: tions all over our country a prestige which will require hard work from the democracy— even with the august power of Tammany Hall at its head—to meet asd overcome? The republicans in the State of New York will sacrifice their State ticket in order to secure members of Congress in thoir way of thinking, The Congressional ticket—the sup- port of President Grant in his foreign and domestic policy through tho influence and votes of Congressmen to be elected this fall— is the prime ambition of the republican leaders; and to thatend tho recognition of republican liborty in. France and all over Europe will be the paramount effort of the supporters of Presidont Grant’s administra- tion. Where are the democracy? Where is Tam- many Hall? Tax Yaout Races YEsTERDAY.—The Came bria sailed a match race yesterday from New- port to Point Judith, for a cup, against the Phantom and the Madeleine, and was beaten by both, the latter, however, winning by an allowance of time. It is a notable fact that the Cambria has won no race since the ocean race. She has been beaten since then by the Magic, the Palmer, the Phan- tom and the Madeleine, without moen- tioning in detail the cloud of other schooners that came in ahead of her in the memorable race for the Queen’s Cup in New York harbor last month. These races have been sailed in all sorts of weather and over a variety of courses. Tho English craft has certainly not lost them on account of any lack in seaman- ship, for she has been sailed with unusual skill. We have a right, therefore, to concluds that thése uniform defeats are to be attributed entirely to the superiority of the American model over the English, and they have been uniform enough to set the question at rest for- ever. Tus TrrRiBLe Disaster which has befallen the British iron-plated war steamer Captain off Cape Finisterre on the coast of France is another warning of the fate that menaces the heavier class of iron-clad vessels at sea. The Captain carried all hands, five hundred in number, down into the deep without hope or chance of rescue. It has been frequently hinted with regard to this peculiar style of naval constructions that, if overtaken by a great mishap on the high seas, all on board of them must certainly perish, since they are tightly shut upinside of their iron prison with no chance to escape, and there are few or no boats that can bo made available speedily enough to save them. One headlong plunge, a sweeping rush of water that penetrates from above to the lower decks inside and. swamps them, and the story is told. Down goes the ship with her living freight, almost before the men have time to be aware of their dreadful doom. So sudden and overwhelming a catase trophe is terrible to contemplate, The Grand Political Urama of 1870. Were there some occult truth in the pecu- liar significancod of the number seven which has been credited by popular fancy for so long @ succession of ages, by so many tribes and nations and in so many parts of the world, we should feel inclined in the light of current events to designate the decade of seventies that has just begun as the perlod of recon~ struction for the nineteenth century. Among the centuries of the Christian era that which bore the seventeenth numeral to indicate it was indisputably the most remarkable for the final breaking down of old systems and the rise of liberal States and doctriaes. The year 1776, which counts as a triplet of sevens, if we add its first and last term together, was signalized by the one event most remarkable in its consequences since the schism of the Latin and the Greek churches, The declara- tion of American independence was the birth of a new freedom, not only for this Continent,, but, through its countershock, for Europe, and through Europe again for the world, France followed American examplo in seeking a republic, The republic gave birih to Napo- leon, and Napoleon, in shattering the last strongholds of the feudal system, levelled the bulwarks of “divine right,” and aroused the people of nearly every land and clime. He fell, but the work went on, Another French revolution—the step- child of the first—brought us another: Napoleon and a second empire claiming legiti- mato descent from the first one, Time has swung onward to a period within six years of the centennial anniversary of 1776, and behold a third French revolution, a third Fronch republic and a third empire visibly rising before us; but this time the latter sbifted be- yond the Rhine, there to endure. we cannot i