The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1870, Page 6

68 eerie ptile tied pepe het NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BOOTHS TALATI gir Vay Witkie FOURTEEN’ E. ri foray TH STREET THEATRE (Theatre Francais) — GLOBE THEATRE, 728 Broad PAINMENT—NYNPHS OF THE C. ween Sih and 6th avs.— y—VaRraty ENrer. BRAN SEA, Matinee, WALLACK’S THEATRE, ue a _ ‘Tak S¥Riogs FAMILY Pango Aen erie NIBLO'S GARDEN, Rir Vay Winkie. LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE, 720 Brondwa: Tux BiiNy BRGGAus—RoTO JarvIen LN Gist Oprra— Gran, "SE, co RGRAND OPERA MOUSE, corner of Kighih arcane and 4 GRANDE DucarssE. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Vrondway.— 1 Wer Wann Winnie. Matiion ’ t* PANTOMIME OF WOOD'S MUSEUM Troadway, co é @nces every afternoon and ‘oveniogs corti bas BOWERY THEATRE, Tux TeRRteLE TinKEe FIFTH A af r aa aa a THEATRE, Twenty-fourth st.—-Man MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brook!yn.— MAN ann Wire, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOU: RIT ENTERTAINMENT. Malnec a THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Brosdway.—Comto Vooar- su, NEGRO ACTS, £0. Matinee at 2g. BAN FRANCISCO ML L HALL, $85 Breadway.— Nerouo Minernersy, F Buairegers, ce. BOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brootiyn,—Nerurzo Mri WTRELGY, BURLESQUES, £0. BROOKLYN OPERA HOUSE—-—Wries, Hoaurs & Ware's Mixsteri8—CoaL Hravier’s REVENGE, £0. Bowery.—Fantan tun Sugr— 201 Bowery.—Va- NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourwenth street..SomNes LN WUE RING, ACROBAT, kO. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— BORNCE AND ART. i ovember New York, Wednesday, 9, 1870, ® copier cn peo CONTEN!S OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. Pacer. eek. We ERO 1—Advertisements. 2—Advortisements. 3—The Elections : The Result in New York City and State, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, &c.—Arrest of Police Justice Cox. 4—Election Day: The Result of the Contest for Po- litical Supremacy; a Tammany Shrick from the American Eagle; New York for the Sachem and the State for Hoffman; Particulars of the Fight and Victory of the Red Men; How the Scalps of the Young Democracy Were Taken; Arrests by Order of Uncle Sam; the Victors in the Fight, anda List of the Killed, Woundea and Missing—Obituary—Reception to Rey. James Kennedy—The Den of Infamy. o-Ps City Scenes in Paris, on the Ronle. vards, in the Ca‘es, the Shops and the Balloon Offices; Travels by Balloon and Perlis of the Voyage; ‘The Burnside Mission and Peace Pro- positions; The Situation in Berlin and Rome — v 3 Meetin, the New York iy Club; Protest Against the Butchery of War—Tie Nathan | Murder—A Floating Corpse—Another Youthful Suicide. G—Eaditorials: Leading Article on ‘Yesterday's Elections—New York City and State, and | Other States’—Amusement Announcements, ‘7—Editorial (Continued from Sixth Page)—Par The End of tne Armistice Negotiations Bismarck’s Explanations; France Rapidly Apeoeching a State of Anarchy; Kevo- lution 1 Perpignan; Attack from the Paris Troops Momentarily Expected; Verdun Gives Up; Dreadful State of Distress and Dis- | u content In Germany—News from Washi: Not Personal Inteligence—Business 8—Mexico: Juarez’s Sudden Jit Revolutionists and Other Offend | finally adopted, was quic ere nnd Yesterday's Klections=New York City and State and Other States. The returns of yesterday's elections beyond this city and its immediate surroundings are scattering and mostly incomplete. The majo- rily of Hoffman in this cily in 1863 of sixty-nine thousand has been cut dowa to about fifty thousand, end his mojoriiy in well yesterday as in 1868, Hoffman would have been defeated by a handsome majorily the other way on the aggregate vote of the State. But tho returns from the interior exhibit a general run of democratic gains, while the vote polled is apparently protty full. The majority of HoMmay, however, from the returis before us, will not much exceed twenty thousand, from the losses in this old metro- politan district, which he has had to make up from his general galas throughout the State. But if the republicans of the faterior and border counties, northward and westward and next to Pennsylvania, have lost all along upon a pretty full vote, we must look to some other cause than ‘‘general apathy” to explain the fact. We know that Senator Fenton has not been a very active worker for General Wood- ford in this canvass; we know that he was grievously offended with the appointment of Thomas Murphy as Collector of this port, and with the removal of Genoral Merritt from bis spng office ia this city; and we know that in 1853 a squabble between the two democratic factions of that day over this Custom House split the party throughout the State info two nearly equal divisions—hard-shell aud soft- shell, We apprehend that some such disturb- ing cause, through Fenton and his faction, has operated to the prejudice of Woodford through- out the State, and in retaliation against Gene- ral Grant. However, neither General Grant nor his popularity as the recognized head and candidate of the republican party is, under the circumstances, Injured by Woodford’s de- feat, which was considered a sure thing from the beginning. The new elcetion laws of Congress, from their practical application in this city, have estab- lished two important facts. We have had, from their quiet and conciliatory enforcement, one of the most orderly and peaceable elec- tions we have ever known; and we see that the Tammany democracy of this city have notuing to fear from the exclusion of fraudu- lent voters aud repeaters and false counting. | We have seen, too, that whereas in the outset of the late campaign the offensive threatenings by the republican journals of the interposition of the United States Army in this election, and the somewhat ostentatious procvedings of the United States officials ia this city, aroused a bitier feeling of opposilion among the demo- Rings county of twenty-six thousand ia 1868 has been reduced, as reported, to | twelve thousand, Had the republicans, then, of the raval disuiects done as NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Failure ot “the Froposcd ArmisticomIs Paris Doomed? The friends of peace and humanity every- where must deeply regret the failure of the proposed armistice between the great belli- geronts in Europe. All hoped that the dread- ful carnage would be suspended long enough to allow the french nation to elect a Consti- tuont Assembly and to give a fair expression of public sentiment on proposals for peace. | There was hope, too, that if an armistice ! con'd be concluded for this purpose the war would not be renewed. ‘The news from Europe bas destroyed these hopes, The pro- visional government of France wanted food to bo admitted into Paris for the twenty- five days of armistice, so that the city might not be in a worse condition for defence and resistance should the war be resumed at the end of that time. Of course if France and Prussia could not agree upon terms of peace the former would be in a worse condition for resistance at the expiration of the armistice, through the consumption of the limited amount of food in the beleaguered city of Paris. The object of the French government was to maintain the status guo, 80 that each of the belligerents should bs in the same and as good position for resuming hostilitics should peace net be made. Then it appears the French authorities wanted Alsace and Lorraine to vote for members of the Constituent Assembly. The Prussians refvsed both these conditions, ‘Thereupon M. Thiers, who was negotiating on the part of the French at the Prussian royal hendquarters, was recalled, and the proposed armistice failed. Did the French provisional government really desire an armistice? Was it afraid of submitting the question of peace to the people ? Was it apprehensive of the popular vote being against itself and the republic? There is a suspicion that the men who compose that gov- ernment cared less about peace or France than maintaining their own power at any cost. It is thought by some that they are pandering to the passions of the worst classes, regardless of the welfare of the country, for the purpose of holding the reins of power. It may be so; still the latest news shows that the people in Paris, at least, sastain the defiant attitude of the government. It is not unlikely that if the government had accepted the Prussian terms for an armistice it would have fallen before the fury of the populace. The situation was a eritical one, uadoubiedly, though we think Jules Favre, Trochu, Gambetta and all the other leaders of the French in this crisis should have risked something and have taken the responsibility to save Paris and the country from further disasiers. While we admire the heroism of the French people we cannot close our eyes to the stern facts of their disorganized and terrible condi- tion, We cannot but see that they are in the grip of the mighty hosts of Ger- cracy to “bayonets at the polls,” the whole trouble, through the measures of conciliation ttled. No sol- diers were seen at the polls—they were not visible anywhere ia tho streets of the city— although, to meet any po: y of rioting, they placed within conve- le contingency Rodas to Remain Captain General; the nient reach of the federal officers charged dature of the Duke of Aosta; tue Insurrect 1 + . 1} ational the Hurricane—News from St. Domings the execution of the national Couris—Ladies, Beware—The Great Nit: In this delicate busi , then, it will mmercial Reports. 9—Real Estate Matters—Keware of Tight Boots— eneral G koows how eived th > an to enforce th Marriages and Deiths—Adv« ements. 3 without giving needless 10—The Etections (Coniinned from Third Page)— | offence. He a trath, one of the most Telegraphic News from ail Parts of the 4 2 World —Shipping —Tuteiligence — Advertise- | amiable tho » of the most resolute of 1—Aiverticomenta he holds to be his Q—A dvertiseinents One Oatn Lost.—Greeley will not be required to take the oath as Member of Con- gress. Tar New Frexou Loan.—The incorrect wording of the press cable telegram with re- ference to the French loan in the London market created the impression that the bonds were rated at one bundred and two as their selling price. The loan was given to the agents at eighty-five, and, the advance upon that price beiug two per cent, their price is only eighty-seven. The cable despatch erroncously expressed the “advance” as a “premium.” A Poor CoLorep Repeater confined, awaiting trial, charged with re; ring his name too often. Why cannot the Judges of the United States Circuit C fellow a trial, and, if guilty the white repeater Quinn s, to two yea confinement in the Aibany jail, juat to relieve him from-his present misery? At any rate, give the unfortunate colored man a chauce for his liberty. give the poor entence him, aa Tux Arcusrsnor or Posei’ime arrived at Versailles as « negotiator bebwween K liam and the Pope. ‘The biaff monarch ‘has heretofore been r courteous to the Head of the Cho there is uo reason to doubt that be will treat the distracted Pontiff : bat itis evi- dence of sad discomfilure for the old gentle- man that he should have to nego! at all with a heretic. Ir 18 said Horace Greeley had ‘kittens in his old hat” when the polls closed yesterday in the Sixth Congressional district. No wonder he swore. Partie tae Menaceriz.—The animals in the Jardia des Plantes have been purchased With the range by the government in Paris. thus given to the culinary art wo shall hear of some astonishing dishes in the coming Paris bill of fare. With tiger 2 la mode, lion bifsieh, hyena ragout and other delicacies in the wild | animal line, we may look for unprecedented | triumphs of French culinary art. Feiroy axp Tittox—A Ccrrovs Compro- MISE.—A conference of three mutual friends of these philosophers hag recently been engaged in the serious and important work of deciding | whether Tilton told the truth when he charged Falton with the unevangelical act of guzzling lager bier ina Bowery saloon after a Sunday | evening sermon on temperance, or whether | Fulton was veracious in denying the charge, and they have arrived at the remarkable con- clusion that both gentlemen have meant to mly in his control it will be no difficult task for a man of this ehar- acter to keep the republican party well in hand for the next Presidential campaign. d the Logislature, The democrats will be lucky if they secure a reliable ing wmajorily in the Assembly, thongh we presume the great railway interests of the State have not overlooked this impor- tant matter of a pliable Legislature. The | Senate holds over and is all right; it is upon the Assembly that everything deponds. Yrom the others of the eighicen ing their elections scanty, excepting those from } and Rhode Island, which ar renderod in. In Jersey, h pears, swe exrected, that the republicans have been £ ¢ something from the colored vole. They have also gained some ground in Kentucky, and d, thonzh not as much as they y first despatch inia and Alabama in eate democratic gains, and at this rate it is probable that Tennessee and Missourt, from coa- flicting republican factions, will come out fear- fully democratic. In Mas<achusetts, as usual, | the republicans sweep the board, only a little more so this timo than the last preceding time, from the itement, perhaps, of the third party labor reform, women’s rights and tem- perance ticket of Wendell Phillips. Lastly, we have the astound! report from Rhode Island that Civil Service Jenckes, for Congress, is left out in the cold with Mr. Schenck, of | Ohio. To sum up, as far as we know these Novem- ber elections do not materially change the pre- existing political condition of things, except to the advantage of General Grant and his ad- ministration, ina national view, and to the advantage of the Tammany democracy in New York, city and State, ates hold- returns are hand, Tne Mimivary Sirvatioy.—ii is evident that the war is to be pros@cuted with uunusual vigor since all hopes of an armistice have failed. The Prussians are pashing their col- umns actively on the Loire, and a general battle is said to have taken place at Orleans. Belfort, on the Eastern frontier, has been invested, communication northward from Lyons has been cut, and itis stated that Ver- dun has capilulated, This latter foriress is of no strategic value, but it has made a gallant defence and ihe moral effect is about the worst consequence of the surrender, At Paris strict orders have been issued forbidding the ingress or egress of any persons whatever, and the be perfectly true and honorable in their state- ments, and that the public may believe which one of them it chooses. This beats the famous Crowner’s Quoat law all to pieces, and is only equalled by the reply of ghe poep-showman to the boy who, viewing a piciure of Waterloo, asked which was Sond eon and which was Wellington: ‘My little boy, you pays your money and you takes your choice.” bombardment is delayed, it is said, only on account of the King’s reluctance to shell the magnificent cily while there may be a possi- bility of peace. Tax cutprit who stole Greeley’s umbrella yesterday is responsible for an extraordinary amount of profanity. The highest kind of tariff could not keev out tie suvply- many, and that their struggles are like those of the lnocoon, hopelessly enveloped and writhing in the coils ‘of the sorponta, With all their fine armies destroyed and six or soven hundred thousand veteran, well disci- plined and splendidly handled troops of the enemy on their soil, how can they hope to turn the tide of battle? Paris may make a brave defence, but it must fall in time before the vast forces and resources of the enemy. Un- less something should occur—some oiher pro- position be made and accepted for au armis- tice or for peace—the beautiful and goy capital of Europe is doomed. This aplendid capital of the civilized world must fall as Strasbourg and Metz havo efailen. it is a sad event to contemplate and one that in the pages of hi redound to tho honor of Prassia if it pushes the war to such anextremily. Still the Frenci: will have to bear the blame for not yielding to the fate of war and the inexorable domands of the conqueror. It is possible some other terms may be pro- posed to end thisfearfully bloody war, either by the Prussians or throngh the interposition of foreign Powers, though the prospect at present is gloomy. While none of the monarchical nations of Europe can be expected to look with favor upon the incipient French republic itis not to their interest to see the nation destroyed or to have Prussia overwhelmingly powerful, It is possible, then, that a3 the late proposed armistice has failed some of the great Powersyif not all, may yet find q solu- tion for the difficulty, We hope that may be 80; that Paris and France may be saved and that this bloodiest of modern wars may soon ba ended, ory would not IN tHe House or Reprusenta- ertain a conclusion from the late Tue vives is election in South Carolina as the famous “nigger in the woodpile” ever was. Three of them, two quoted mulatto and one unqnalified negro, have been returned in the four dist of South Carolina, The quotation ‘“iaulatto” includes all grades of a shadowy complexion lighter than sooty black, so that the two com- ing members so quoted may be any color from a rich mahogany (o a creamy lavender. We havo notgpt had a bone side member of Uie House of African descent, though the scent of Menard, of Louisiana, may cling round it still, and Revels, who is of the un- adulterated order, even oow infects the atmos- phere of the Seuate. But the charm is broken, and negroes by scores will threaten the lower House of Congress with their credentials next March. We hope the fact will afford some consolation to the young democratic candi- dates in this city, who by their defeat yester- day will be saved the dire shame of associ- ating with negroes in the hall of Congress. De Ropas will remain Captain-General of Cuba for some time to come. He will *‘stick.” Tae Ovurpreak at Prerpr@nan.—The dis- turbance by the Reds at the little town of Perpignan, near the Spanish frontier, in Franee, is a serious affair, It shows that the scenes of civil war, commenced at Marseilles, have their ramifications throughout the nation and are fast contributing to render France another Mexico, It is one of the strange re- venges of this surprising war that France, which six yeurs ago, as an empire, intervened so imposingly in the affairs of Mexico, intent on making am empire of that distracted re- ‘public, by placing a German prince on her throne, should now be a republic almoat as distracted as Mexico, owing to the same dig astrous consequence—of a German prince seeking a republican Lhroaa - cToacwyr ea Giana ‘The Herald tho Mouthplere of Gireat Mea, Among our special despatches from Europe yesterday were published two highly interest ing conversations between our correspondents and Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern and General Changarnier. The object of those in- terviews-—to ascerlain the opinions of these prominent men on the war and matters per- taining to it—was frankly stated by our cor- respondents when making the request, and the intorviowa were as frankly granted both by the Prince and General, There was no re- sorve—no fear of having their views pub- lished to the world, Thoy seemed to think that mankind bad a right to know their senti- ments, and that thé leading journal of tho great American republic was the proper medium through which to communicate them. This is a significant fact, showing on one hand the power of the press, and, on tho other, the progress of liberal and democratic ideas even among the princes and statesmen of monarchi- cal Europe. How different the conduct of these persons in this respect to that of some of our small politicians, who are afraid of being interviewed by men of the press ! Hardly any of our readers can have failed to notice the clearly expressed views of Prince Hohenzollern on the cause of the war, particu- larly ag he was such a prominent actor in the commencement of the trouble, His being a candidate for the Spanish throne was the pre- text Napoleon made for declaring war against Prussia. But he says this honor was unsought by him, that the crown was offered in good faith by General Prim, mainly with the view of drawing Spain and Portugal into closer union in the future, as his wife was a Portu- gese princess. He believed Napoleon had resolved to conqzer Germany, underrating the strength of that country, for even his with- drawal from being a candidate for the Spanish throne did not satisfy the French Emperor. He suid that the King of Prussia and all the German princes desired peace, and more so than the German people. Though he thinks the French have not realized fully the helpless condition to which they are reduced he slill believes that if the mass of the people could vote on the question the war would be closed immediately. He considers the obstacle to peace to be in the leaders of the French people and the rabid press of Paris. It is his opinion that the present lesson, bitter a3 it is, will benefit the French by curing their national vanity; subduing their ambition and making them a more practical people. The Prince said many other sensible things and concluded by remarking that Germany would never pause an instant in tho war till shoe obtained her object, and that the bombardment of Paris would commence immediately the siege guns shall be in place unless negotiations for peace should be successful. General Changarnier did not hesitate to say to our other correspondent that Bazaine could and ought to have cut his way through the besieging forces at Metz before bis army was oo reduced to make the attempt. In this his opinion accords with that expressed by Gene- ral Grant. He said, however, that at the time of surrender the beleaguered army was incapa- ble of cutting its way through the German forces, He blames Bazaine for his incapacity and for sacrificing his magnificent army through his ambitious and intriguing conduct, though he does not admit that the Marshal was a traitor. The old herospoke with deep feeling of the sad condition of France. He thought the republicans impracticable, and believed the only hope for the future repose and prosperity of his country was in the resto- ration of the Orleans dynasty. Thus we see how earnestly and frankly these distinguished men conversed with our correspondents. It will he remembered, too, in connection with this subject of the press being made the medium of great men commu- nicating their views to the world, that Count Bismarck some time ago discussed freely his policy aud important State matters with another correspondent of the Hxratp. This able statesman comprehended at once the power of the press and the value of having his views published first in the leading inde- pendent journal of America. The account of that interview created a great sensation in Germany and throughout Europe, as Count Bismarck, no doubt, expectgd it would. Tho policy of his administration was fully revealed. On another occasion, as will also be remem- bered, the great Austrian siatesman, Von Beust, exposed to a Hxrap correspoudent his views and purposes in the government of Austria, We might mention also our special reports of important and interesting interviews with Menabrea, the Premier of Italy, with Cardinal Antonelli, with the Emperor Napo- leon and with other European statesmen and heads of government. All this shows the mighty agency of the independent press in the world and the sagacity of statestften in recog- nizing that fact. Itis the new power of modern times—a power to which monarchs bow and by which people are led. It is, as Junius said, the palladium of liberty. It is, in connection with the telegraph and steam power, the lever that moves society, that enlightens and in- siructs mankind and that marches at the head of the civilization of this wonderful, progres- sive age. Tax Exxorion anp Watt Srreer.—The Wall street speculators went home Monday night in some trepidation, owing to the com- bustible elements in the political situation, capital being very apt to button up its pockets on the least scent of danger to the public peace. But the formal agreement of the lead- ing men of all parties to unite their efforts for the preservation of good order made them very happy yesterday, and Wall street was buoyant, its serenity being disturbed for a brief spell only when the occurrence in the Fighth ward was magnified into a bloody riot by newsboys more enterprising than honest. Tue Vote or Paris.—The complete returns of the vote in Paris on the question of sustain- ing the government of national defence of which General Trochu is President, show an immense majority in the affirmative, The vote stood 557,996-4n favor of the government and 62,688 against it, These figures indicate that while there are over half a million men in Paris who awowedly approve the policy of Trochu and his associates, for defending their beautiful capital against the invaders, there are sume sixty thousand malcontents who are disposed to use any favorable pretext to create disturbances and paralyze the patriotic efforts NOVEMBER 9, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, of the government. The Prus‘lans would very probably be in Paris to-day but for th determination of Trochu and his coadjutors, The Mismanagement at Metz. General Changarnier’s statement of the circumstances of the surrender of Metz, which he made in conversation with a Heratp correspondent at Brussels on Saturday, leaves no doubt that Bazaine’s own vanity has cost France her finest fortress and her best digci- plined army. For twenty-eight days after he entered Meta the way of escape lay open and he could have formed a junction’ with Mac- Mahon, The forces that he had with bim Could have overcome any opposition from the army which Steinmetz commanded, and there would have been no Sedan. The secret seems to have been, however, that Bazaine rather preferred being cooped up in Metz, The im- mense strength of that fortress rendered him apparently secure, while his isolation removed him from the range of falling dynasties that were abeut crushing all around him. With his force of one hundred and fifty thousand men, cut off from communication with his superiors, he was himself a chief, and, with the successful defence which he hoped to make even till the end of the war, he expected to become the hero of France. He “fussed about,” as General Grant expresses it, making sham sorties, which really were no sorties at all—merely promenades in force, intended to convey to the minds of his soldiery tho idea that he was anxious to escape, to get into the field once more, and to take his portion of the disaster that he already saw was threatening France. ity—that soldierly vanity which so invariably goes hand in hand with valor, but which in this instance sacrificed the last regular army of France to the mere hope of hero worship. It was not cowardice. It was van- “Bazaine held Metz after France had dropped all her strongholds into the hands of the enemy,” was the praise he hoped to hear, according to General Changarnier’s view. But “God disposed,” and Bazaine gave up Metz while Paris, all the west and south of France, and even the insignificant fortress of Neuf Breisach, on the Rhine frontier, in the heart of what ia in effect the enemy’s coun- try, still contest against the rule of the Prus- sian. thousand men and the strongest fortress of France are sacrificed to the vanity—wofully unsatisfiod—of a marshal of the empire, Thus an army of one hundred and fifty It is interesting in view of General Chan- garnier’s statement to recall the view taken by General Grant on the same subject in his conversation recently with our Washington correspondent. remembered, said that he thought Bazaine could have got out of Metz. fussed around ti!l I cut my way throuzh,” said the conqueror of Lee. Bazaine should have kept himself from being General Grant, it will be ‘IT would have He thought that “bottled up” in Metzatall; but even after get- ting in with the fine army under bis control he should have forced his way out again. Gen- eral Changarnier’s statement now fully ex- plains why Bazaine did not cut his way out and upholds the plain strategic view which General Grant, three thousand miles away, with his clear, experienced military head, takes of the mismanagement at Metz. - Anotuer Premonitory Flash from Rome. Our very interesting special despatch, direct from Rome, published under our Bu- ropean telegraphic head this morning, conveys the fact—important in a religious point of view—that the festival of San Carlo, held in that city on the 4th inst., fell as flat as did the AH Saints’ celebration on Tuesday week. The usual pageantries were omitted, and the Pope, in concluding high mass in the chapel of the Vatican, made the remarkable and significant prediction that the present state of things— meaning the Italian occupancy of the Eternal City—would soon end. The new year, he further remarked, would signalize the triumph of the Apostolic cause, spatch informs us that money contributions are flowing in from all quarters to the Holy Father, in order to relieve him of the neces- sity of accepting the monthly subsidy of two hundred and fifty thousand lire offered by the A foreign dame of high at ad- Italian government. degree lays her entire fortuna the fees of his Holiness, and dressés from English Catholic committees, signed by thousands, liken the hoped for tri- umph of Pius IX. to the rearising of Jesus All these: events are some impending effort to revolutionize Italy in amy sense that will restore the temporal power in the Papal States, and we may therefore hold ourselves in readiness for early important news from The adherents of the Papal power cannot, it seems, be overawed perma- nently, and in their case, at least, the old —all things are purchasable at Rome—appears to from the sepulchre, unmistakable evidence of that quarter. harsh saying, ‘‘Omnia venalia Ror be erroneons, example. sea around it? Mad theories, confusion o' still!” state of affairs in the country. would be the result. broken out all over. getting worse. lic. Moreover, the de- But the devotion, hopefulness, persistence and self-sacrifice manifested by the adherents of the temporal power constitute a wonderful They muy well be likened to a rock, steadfast and: unshaken amid the angry bil- lows; and who can say that the Rock of St. Peter's will not, ere long, prove to be the sole stable rallying point for order and safety when all Europe shall be raging like a storm-tossed counsel, unbridled passion, individual pre- sumption increase upon Europe, and, indeed, upon all Christendom, and men look around perplexed for that high authority which shall have the right to say in ow time, “Peace! be Toe Sick Man oF Mgxico.—The latest news from our special correspondent in the city of Mexico tells a very sad tale of the To add to the difliculties of the situation President Juarea | was taken suddenly ill, and fears were enter- tained that if he died a general revolution It is only a few days since the telegraph informed us that the Mexican republic was quiet; but now things are changed, and a storm of revolution has Juarez’ illness, no doubt, has contributed much to all this, and there is no knowing where it is going to stop. Mexico, instead of growing better, would seem to be The most insignificant affair frequently serves to disturb tho whole repub- In the States of Guerrero, Michoacan and Tebuantepec outbreaks have already ocvurred. ‘ wa ae ee Cee ee Yuektiog—The Sappho and Tidal Wave Contest. For some time past there bas bocn published & flood of correspondence relative fo the merits of the schooner yacht Tidal Wave. Her owner, Commodore William Voorhis, whose enterprise is highly commendable, has take great pains to explain the capacities of his vessel aud the honors she hag already won, But theematter was not alowed to rest th Exception was taken by another writer to some of the Commodore's opinions, as well as to his statements in connection with the questions at issue, which, being fresh in the minds of the public, need not now be reviewed. Suftice i¢ that Commodore Voorhis claimed distinguished honors for his yacht, which his adversary was not altogether willing to concede, he wordy contest has been waged with vigor on both sides, each strenuously endeavoring to main- tain and substantiate his points. Where or how the discussion might terminate it is indeed difficult to conjecture. The perfect deluge of correspondence which preceded the Comple- tion of the Anal arrangements for the Cambria and Dauntless, ocean race would never have attracted such attention had it not been for the anticipations and hopes it created. After scores of long-winded letters had been care- fully perused and studied—if was no easy tasis to make head or tail of some of them—after the public mind had been sufliciently feasted with the subject, what a pity and a waste of time it would have’ been if the “negotiations” had fallen through! There was a race, however, and so the lengthened correspondence was, after all, fruitful in its. results, Since then ove is inclined to believe that an appropriate argu- mentative skirmish is not only tho order of the day, but almost necessary to stir up excite- ment and arouse such public interest as the noble sport so well deserves. In connection with this we might observe that the preliminary fire which has marked the recent correspondence relative to the quali- ties.of the Tidal Wave will not go for naught. Where there is smoke there is fire, and we are far from believing that the excellent letters, which have doubtless been read with pleasure, are only ‘full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” ‘Indeed, there is substantial proof to the contrary, as witness the spirited chal- lenge of Commodore Voorhis to the owner of the famous yacht Sappho and published in the Henatp of Sunday. This at once dispels all donbt, and as Mr. Douglas will in all proba- bility accept the offer another fine ocean race may in a few days be added to the brilliant record of the glorious:season of 1870. The contest, to which we look forward with interest, was suggested by the correspondence itself. The attention of a yachtman had been attracted to the articles from Mr. Voorhis and others, and he wisely thought that the short- est way to end the coatroversy would be for Mr. Voorhis to challenge Mr. Douglas .to sail. a race outside the Hook. ‘To this invitation the owner of the Tidal Wave promptly replied, offering to sail her against the Sappho twenty miles to windward and return, both yachis to sail with four lower sails, New York Yacht Club rules time allowance, each yacht to tack every fifteen minutes, for a prize cup of the value of five hundred dollars, Mr. Douglas to name the day and hour of the race. It is plain, there- fore, that if Mr. Voorhis is not willing to allow the merits of his vessel to be questioned he is certainly not disposed to show the white feather. Such a race as this will unquestion- ably be one of importance, and its issue will be awaited with great pleasure. There is every indication that it will not be postponed by reason of calms, and we think that the much desired breeze will favor the fullest dis- play of both vessels’ seagoing qualities. The Sappho, Mr. Voorhis will admit, is a-formida- ble opponent, and, should victory crown his courageous efforts, his triumph will bo. the more glorious aud decisive. And evon should he fail, the defeat of the Tidal Wave will hardly detract from her reputation, since the Sappho, at present the fustest yacht in the world, has already beaten the Cambria, Dauntless and others. In case the Tidal Wave should meet a similar fate her owner will have the grim satisfaction of knowing that he will have been the cause of adding ona more laurel to the many which the Sappho hag already won, The Present “Unpleasantness” Betwova tho Tribune and Worlds It is a great pity that these two leading par- tisan journals, the Z7'ribune and World, cannot get along decently in their various avocations without abusing each other about the way they get their foreign news by telegraph. Who cares about the details of the management of these establishments? Ii, as the Z'ribune charges in its usual ferocious style, the World invents European despatches which it has never received by cable, or | “pads” its despaiches—this is a 7'ribune phrase, entirely new and not quite comprehen- sible—what of that? What do the public eare, for instance, whether the World steals its telegraphic news from the Vribune or the Tribune steals from the World? They can get all the reliable telegraphic news from Europe every morning in the columns of the HERALD. If these two bellicose journals have a griev- | ance which they are ventilating with mutual abuse it canbe very easily remedied. That happy family known as the Associated Presa might take the matter in hand and settle the difficulty in a very simple fashion. Indeed, it was proposed at a late meeting of the associa- tion that, in order to modify the existing absurd rule which compels papers to share a certain | class of specials all around and make common property of them, papers using these | special despatches should give credit to the journal from which they were received. But this proposition was not accepted, so the old rule sjands as it did be~ fore, and we suppose the Z'ribune and tha World will keep up. their wrangling. The Henarp is quite willing to enter, into an arrangement of this kind. If our contempo- raries will give us credit for all the special news they receive from us we shall be peaerie and we may overlook the little pecuniary fac! that while the city papers embraced in ¢ho Associated Press pay their share of the cable tolls, and no :ore, they de not conirisute to the immense expenditure of keeping, ‘our cor- respondznis in every quarter of te world in order to gather, to digest qnd, to putin shape 1 |