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KAIN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 145 Broadway.— BoieNCE AND ant, NEW YORK X{ “SEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Brondway.— TRIP LE SH EET, New York, Wednesday, December 21, 1870. a CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD, Pacer. “ noes 1—Advertisements. 2—Adve 0 Xembourg “ques stion— Fire iu Broadwoy—The Erie Track in Hoboken. 4—Proceedings in Congress—George T. Downing versus Schurz—Ni irom Cuba and Mexico— ne Cam en ation on the € oming Woman: eting of the Female Suffrage Assoctation at_ Bridgeport, Coun.— The Last Brooklyn Homiecide—The Kings joard of Supervisors—Lectures Last _— Shoplifting—Another Tugboat New Catholic Retormatory in York City News—A Well- ‘agrant’’— Daring Burgiaries—Army aval Intelligence—Canal Business at er—Burean of Agriculture—Racing a and ve—Brookiyn Finances—' Re- a Fenians--What Is Pi the Court of Special Sess Arrest of a Schenectady 6-Euit ae! Jo. yoleano Once Tumult ‘TY st. . The Spanish More in Eruption: Popular ongha yut the Peutnsula’’—Amuse- th Page) Personal News from all Parts ment of Governor ‘The Rapid es nd Commercial = the Erie Rallwa American Steam: of Phi ade! iphtia 1 he Court House ination of Two Ameri- The Eclipse of the age of a New Yorker to uy of Spain—Personal id Deaths—Advertise- ments §0—News from Washington—A Republican Row— Shipping Intelligence—Adverusements, M1i—Europe: Premier Gina one’s Letter on the i Protection of ; Dreadful Railway Accident in E) Czar and the Main- tenance of Pe: Europe; Count Beust on the Conference—The Strike on the Erie Rail- way— Advertisements. A2Q—Advertisements. Tne GrorGiA ELECTION so far goes peace- ably enough. Only in the larger towns like Bavannah does the negro vote seem to be un- qualifiedly republican. In the country pre- cinets the colored democratic vote is heavy. No negro fries or burning at the stake yet. Joxes, oF Kenrvoxy, is another of those unhealthy democrats who ought to be caged or preserved in alcohol at once. He is a blessed boon to the republicans, just like McCreery. Next to seeing the right of seces- sion acknowledged or the graves at Arlington dug up the republicans will hate to see these two leave public life. A since we pub- lished news from Venezuela to the 26th ult., giving of the fall of Maracaibo, This statement was premature, bat to-day we have dates to the 28th ult., announcing the capture of the fort of Maracaibo by the forces of Guzman Blanco. The insurgents appear to be making rapid progress, and~ present pros- pecis are that the whole country will soon be in the power of General Blanco. accounts MNEsTY is on the board aud will be voted upon finally in the House to- day. Ben wouldn’t back down an inch yes- terday nor give way an atom for any of the proposed amendments. He insisted on a square vote on his whole bill, to be taken alto- _sther or thrown over for good. His prin- pal pet clause is that relative to war litiga- ‘ons. He wishes his Southern brethren to be free of that harassing experience of the law's Gelay and the uncertainty of verdicts which so weighs npon the mind. ‘He knows how it is bimsel!.” AZING TE FRESHMEN” in our colleges— and raffianly sort of amuse- has been carried to a degree of, | rvard,” with an experi- gunpowder, which calls for the m of the State Prison. In where they have still those good -time institutions of the pillory and the whipping post, such fast young rowdies as tuose cf Tlarvard would be apt to behave themselves in fear of the lash; but at “Old Harvard,” for such brutal devices as this gun- powder plot, there is, we believ+, co available womedy but the State Prisom | deus,” NEW YORK The Spanish Volcano Once More in Erup- tion—Popular Tumult Throughout the Pe- ninsula, Highly important and exciting special cable despatches from Madrid show that the terrible unrest now afflicting the popular mind of Eu- rope has broken out into the most violent demonstrations in a quarter not exactly new, indeed, ag & eat of trouble, but which had be- come apparenily quiescent of late, The whole = | Spanish Peninsula is agitated with public || eagetinae, processions, addresses, et cetera, against the establishment of the kingly author- ity recently conferred by the Cortes upon the royal Italian Prince Amadeus, Duke of Aosta. Seville and Granada protest aloud; at Malaga mock funerals have been held to ridicule the accession of the stranger; the students of the leading university have come out, in vehement opposition, in the ‘tallest’ Castilian and the h st Latin militant, no doubt; among the National Guards officers have resigned and are resigning their commissions; in the regular army others have been banished for insubordi- nation to the new régime (as we are left to infer), and in the navy the state of feeling is so bad that it was found difficult to get a regular war vessel to accompany the commission sent out by the Cortes to Italy to wait upon the new King elect, inform him of his preferment and escort bim back to Spain. In fact, several naval officers have been imprisoned for disobedience to orders, and an unofficial comiission is about to take upon itself a trip to Florence for no other purpose than to warn the King of Italy of the perils that await his son in his new realm, where conspiracies threatening his life are said to have been already formed on so gigantic a scale that the most zealous adherents of Amadeus express the keenest apprehension. Such, in brief, is the résumé of intelligence which goes to confirm the saddest and darkest doubts that have been entertained with regard to any good result attending the effort to restore order to Spain under a monarchical government, and especially with a prince not ‘‘to the manner born.” The initiation and progress of this violent nativist Spanish move- ment are also reported in our columns. It is, moteover, another symptom of the ap- palling cataclysm rushing down, at this fateful moment, upon the whole European system, whose two great fulcra have been displaced by the suspension of the Papal temporal power at Rome, and the tremendous shifting of mili- tary and diplomatic domination from Paris and London to Berlin and St. Petersburg. The terrible time predicted, of ‘‘wars and rumors of wars” filling the whole earth, would really seem to be upon us, The nations are angry and the harvest of the world is rapidly ripen- ing. When, a few weeks since, after the capitulation of Metz, the Franco-Prussian con- flict seemed to be cooliag off toward an armis- tice and peace, the note of Prince Gortcha- koff at once rekindled a flame that now threatens to extend from the banks of the Shannon and the Thames to the Bosphorus, the Red Sea and the Euphrates, embracing, as the controversy does, results that would at once affect the quiet of the British, Russian, Austrian and Turkish empires, This question again had begun to die away into hopes of an early conference and arrangement, when Prussia’s demands on Luxembourg suddenly involves the anxieties of Belgium, Holland, the Scandinavian States (as the next step) and even of isolated Switzerland. Hardly has the first shock of this latter news passed over erelo! we have popular disturbance in the city of Rome, the newly selected capital of Italy; conscription riots at Berlin, and new a rebellious movement in Spain almost national in its complexion and proportions. If this be not the proof of pne great, hidden, but ever active agency, working at this moment with desperation and with herculeaa diligence and force, or the very madness of discord without fixed aim or definite boundary, what are we to call it? An equally serious inquiry is how, when and where is this great deluge of human passion to subside ? Three months ago the smooth, self-satisfied dozers of Downing street were just as confident and secure, in their own minds, from any like- lihood of becoming involved in the continental vortex as our publicists and statesmen are to- day on this side of the water, that all these things are remote, ah! very remote indeed from us. But the pale messenger who drew Priam’s curtains by night and summoned him to the appalling spectacle of Troy in flames was quite as welcome to the unhappy king as was the diplomatic spectre of Prince Gortcha- koff brandishing the tattered Treaty of Paris to the Granville Cabinet. We are inclined to think that in like manner to-day's news from Spain will disturb some other quiet naps on both sides of the Atlantic. At all events the Spanish tumult completes for us the spectacle of the entire European Continent in uproar, as a large part of it is in actual warfare. ‘Turn to what point of it we will there is actual fighting or the threatening array of enormous fleets and armies mustering for battle. The Spanish affair is hot and ripe for speedy outbreak into the most ferocious overt acts. The old legitimist and dynastic factions are furious at the loss of all their efforts to regain control; the clerical party, taking their cue from the re- cent Papal encyclical, oppose everything from the centre of Vic- tor Emmanuel’s Italian realm; and the republicans, knowing that the revolution of the peninsula was rightfully their work, feeling the great, throes of the republic beside them in France,” and hearing its muffled yet urgent cries even from Florence, Naples, Palermo and Milan, not to speak of those that come from regions along the upper Rhine and beyond the English Channel, which may find voice to some purpose presently, and seize upon the auspicious Gout for a tremendous agitation, By our latest files from Spain and Italy we observe that as early as November 22 the Regeneracion of Madrid published ‘‘A National Protest Against the Presumptive King Ama- in which the following are the leading tokens of opposition recommended. Some of them are childish enough, but they illustrate the intensity ef antagonism that the young Italian Prince—a clever, gallant fellow, per- sonally—may expect in the land of his Spanish cousins, that emanates The protest calls upon all good Spaniards, first, to shut themselves up in their own houses on the dav of the new King’s arrival, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. or, should they be compelled by business or otherwise to go out, to do so clad in mourning and throngh the back streets; second, not to visit or salute the King, or attend any of his festivals; third, not to put either decorations or lights on their balconies; fourth, to half close the doors of their houses in sign of mourn- ing; fifth, the. ladies all to dress in attire exactly different from that of the Duchess of Aosta; sixth, no really Spanish family to wait upon the Duke and his wife at their residence ; seventh, ladies and gentlemen all to wear some token of their antipathy—for in- stance, one black glove; and, eighth, not to enter any place of amusement attended by the royal couple, or, being there, to get up and leave it should the Dake and Duchess of Aosta enter. This species of resistance, it must bo confessed, is something after the style of the political fun poked at the poor Duke by the processionists in the Spanish towns, as told by telegraph, who have at cross purposes imitated the great hero of one of our far-famed American national ballads by thrusting not a feather, but maccaroni into their hats in deri- sien of their Italian King. But the matter looks more serious when the Pensamiento Espaiol, also of Madrid and dated November 22, tells us that Spaniards will offer the Duke of Aosta the same opposition that they once made to the First Napoleon, and that, as a people, they shall once more become, in the nineteenth century, the saviors of Europe, Now, while—as General Prim correctly said in his speech of November 3 in the Cortes, defending the candidature of Amadeus—the latter “is a brave soldier not likely. to be scared away by republican threats,” we can- not fail to remember the magnificent oration of Sefior Castelar, the Webster of Spain, who, on that same day, plead against a king amid the applause of even the opponents of the popular party which his genius adorns. Don Carlos, said the golden-tongued orator, at least represents a principle—absolutism ; Don Alfonso has ever remained true to the House ef Bourbon; the Duke of Montpensier represents the middle classes; Espartero is surrounded by the halo of Luchana and Bilbao, but the Duke of Aosta, he said, re- called only the recollection of Lissa and Cus- tozza and of the Machiavellian policy of the House of Savoy, and would be but Prim’s royal puppet. Such is the opinion, however unjust tho words that reflect upon Italian misfortune on the battle field and the corruptions of bygone royal councilling may be, which Republicans, Progressists, Moderadoes, Isabellists, Alfon- sists and Carlists seem to share very generally ; and, secretly, to back them, a strong commer- cial anti-English element suggests the fear that the aecession of Amadeus to the Spanish throne would complete the picture of British trade supremacy throughout the Spanish which is already visible on the Italian penin- sula, and put aside, perhaps forever, the tick- lish question of Gibraltar. That the gallantry of Amadeus would prompt him to scorn all the perils thus conjured up be- fore him we may readily believe; but that he will push on to grasp a barren sceptre against the entreaties of his warmest friends and the voice of the whole liberal Italian press itself, as well as in defiance of the wrathful warning of an alien people, we cannot believe. Another and very different struggle impends over Spain to-day. She, like France, Italy (and who knows how soon we may add Germany?) is emerging from the period of enforced kings and octroyed constitutions. Long has she bled under their banners at home and against their swords invading her from abroad, and yet she has not reached the goal of self-government. Not all the blood at Talavera shed; Not all the laurels of Barossa’s height; Not Albuera, lavish of its dead, Have won for Spain her well-asserted right. The republican element promises ultimate rest and peace, and that element grows vigoreusly in all the lands peopled by the old [beriam and Italian races. Were Spain and Italy to proclaim the republic to-morrow who can doubt that within a fort- night their armies and fleets would be rushing, by every pass and strait, to the rescues of France, and that from the Alpine summits tothe mouth of the Scheldt the toscin of a new war of popular deliverance would be heard? The ‘lat et umme gahn/” signal of July last is swiftly whirling its round to finish the European circle, and, commencing in Spain with the ‘‘throne question,” it now strikes Spain on its return, In the new movement, then, which to-day’s despatches mention, evidently lies the germ of a far vaster complication or an infinitely grander solution than the Old World sphinx has yet De Doaaaed to the sleepy-eyed sages of “pragmatic sanctions,” monarchical tradi- tions and patched-up protocols and treaties. The beacon fires on the hills. of Spain may flash a new light into the hostile camps sur- rounding Paris, and not lose their bright reflection until they shall have swept from the cliffs of Galway to the recesses of San- tiago de Cuba. Tre ResiaNation oF Joun Bricnt.—John Bright, according to a cable despatch which we print this morning, has resigned his posi- tion as Secretary of the Beard of Trade. In present circumstances this step on the part of the greatest tribune of the people whom Eng- land has known in many years will be vari- ously interpreted. It is well known that Mr. Bright has been in poor health for some months past. Asa Cabinet Minister he has not been much kaown. Mr. Gladstone, however, was most anxious to retain his mame. It will be said that Mr. Bright has retired from the Cabinet because he was not in harmony with his colleagues, or that his known peace-at-any- price principles were damaging to the Ministry at this crisis, The truth, it may be found, is that Mr. Bright is, on account of feeble health, unequal to the duties of his office. When strong men, in the full vigor of health, aro needed, Mr. Bright wisely retires. Harp on toe Bryanr Faminy.-~Mr. In- gersell, of Illinois, in his personal explanation yesterday, said the poet of the Mvening Post was down on him because of the removal of the poet’s brother from a government post in Princeton, Ill., through Ingersoll’s influence. Mr. Ingersoll must be mistaken. The poet believes in free trade and is too fond of the unities to object to free trade in offices. Besides, his brother has influence enough for bigger thimgs than a little office in such an un- heard of lecality as Princetos. Ul, The War Situation—Ducro’s Movements. The confronting armies along the life of the Loire are still mancuvring for vantage ground. The Germans in front of Bourbaki are said to be falling back, and a shifting of the French forces towards the left is percep- tible. The object of Chauzy is probably to engage the attention of the forces under Prince Frederick Charles, until a strong movement, preparing in Paris, is sprang upon them. He does not propose to drive the Prince or to fall back very far before him. There is something grander on hand than a mere stubborn fight between the two armies on the Loire. The Prince possibly suspects this, If he is falling back before Bourbaki it is not that he fears to encounter him, but that he has scented the strategy of the French commander and is pre- paring to thwart it, The projected movement in Paris amounts to about this:—Ducrot, with one hundred and fifty thousand men, intends to cut his way through the lines and join Chauzy. Ducrot, it must be borne in mind, has re- mained at Vincennes, on the southeast of Paris, outside the walls, ever since his gallant sortie of a few weeks ago. His columns occupy that portion of the defences lying between Fort De Charenton and the Park of Vincennes. He can form one portion under the guns of Charenton and another in the narrow neck of land formed at St. Maur by the bend in the river Marne, and with a heavy artillery fire from the forts and earthworks to support him can push rapidly and vigordusly against and through the lines in front of him. A success- fal movement of this sort will cut the German lines only temporarily, to be sure, unless the besiegers choose to pursue the fleeing enemy, but it will put into the open field a splendid nucleus for the Army of the Loire and the other rising armies of the republic, and it will give France a general that she needs. With his army of one hundred and fifty thou- sand men in the open country about Corbeil or Melun Ducrot will have nothing to fear. His men are now the oldest and most expe- rienced soldiers of France, They are veterans compared with the men of the Loire, and Ducrot, compared to Chauzy or Bourbaki, 1s as General Grant to General Pope. There are no formidable forces to harass him after he once passes the investing lines. There will remain three hundred thousand men inside after Ducrot has escaped, and Von Moltke can- not open the gates to them by chasing Ducrot with his besieging force. Prince Frederick Charles will have Bourbaki close on his heels, and the Duke of Mecklenburg is watched by Chauzy. Thus Ducrot, if he fully achieves success in so desperate a movement as breaking through the enemies’ line, it will be the one piece extra in the game of chess. By attacking Prince Charles in the rear he may completely upset all Prussian calculations based on the defeat of the French Army of the Loire. Besides, the consuming force of Paris will be reduced by the withdrawal of so many hungry men, the rations will last longer and the force of defenders in the city will be still large enough to hold the heavy works against all comers. These are the military advantages to result from the successful sortie which General Du- crot proposes, Itis nota certain thing, by any means, that he can make it. It is a desperate chance at the best, but we hardly know of any chance less desperate that offers more compen. sation if successful. Gambetta evidently puts great hopes in the success of this coup. He stated in the meeting of the provisional gov- ernment in Bordeaux, according to our special telegram from Bordeaux, that he was willing to make peace if Paris fell, but would continue the war in the meantime if the Army of the Loire held out. Hall on the - Problem. Mayor Hall, in hisletter to Mr. Foley on the uptown transit problem—a problem which is daily becoming more urgently important— abstains from expressing opinions in favor of any of the numerous proposed solutions; but he has been given reliably to understand that capitalists, with whose names he has been entrusted, are willing to build a viaduct road, purchasing rights of way through blocks, to run from, say, Canal street to Harlem river, He merely offers this as an instance of what he means by saying that we should have capital indicate route instead of having route fish for capital, We refer to the views of Mayor Hall on this subject because there {s sufficient capital ready to build on each side of the town just such a viaduct road as he incidentally mentions, and such a one as we indicated two or three years ago as having been proved by experience in Lon@on and other European cities to be the mast prac- ticable. The capitalists, however, who might undertake to build a viaduct road or two viaduct roads would naturally wish to be guaranteed against future competition by a Broadway road, upon any plan. Sooner or later the uptown transit problem must be solved to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of eur overcrowded metropolis. Mayor Uptown = Transit Tue CuAmBrr oF ComMMERcE—that com. placent cluster of good old fossils—assembled last evening in the religious precincts of the Young Men’s Christian Association Hall to adopt a resolution declaring in favor of the perfect immunity of all private property from capture at sea in times of war. The peaceful commercial aspect of the resolution—the guaranteed safety of the investment, so to speak—is in per- fect accord with the conservative, non-innovating style of the wire old mer- chants who compose the concern, and yet when they got to talking about privateers, and the Alabama and the Florida, and Cap- tain Semmes and English neutrality, and other matters so recently of great moment to the commercial mind, some of them had their “Yankee Doodle” raised, and with an aston- ishing disregard of future consequences ac- tually declared that they wouldn't vote at all for the resolution, and it went over till an- other time, Tue State Arrorney GENERAL says that Governor Hoffman has no power to appoint a Senator to succeed the late Mr. Blood or to order an election to fill the vacancy. The Legislature will therefore have to take tho necessary steps in the matter. Italy and the Pope. Vader the above brief and unpretending heading we publish a special telegram from Rome, forwarded through the Atlantic cable, which conveys intelligence of the very highest importance to Christianity, to the world at large, civilized and uncivilized. Our special writer announces that the ques- tion of the independence of the Roman Catho- lic Church, in the present and for the future, has been made a subject of debate in the Italian Parliament. The discussion was flerce and angry. Party politics were forthe moment dominant over the eternal interests of religion, and the affairs of the Pontificate were used as the subject of adroit trick and sharp device by men who look to the profits of goverment place and sigh for the “flesh pots” of the cabinet and the council room. The members of the extreme left clamored for the King to “smash the Papacy,” to dis- perse the members of the Sacred College and to drive the Cardinals from the free capital of a free and “‘united” country, The gentlemen of the Legislature would have peace; peace after the sword, peace in the solitude of the Campagna, The defence of the right of the Holy See was, so far as it is reported, weak in point and temporizing in argument. It was somewhat in the tone, if not the words, of Peter when he stood near the hall of Pilate— “I know not the man.” During the moment of agitation and alarm which must have been produced, not only in Italy, but all over Europe, by the reports and knowledge of these proceedings, the King’s government produces a bill of rights, in which it defines the relations of the State to the Church and proclaims the Magna Charta which Italy is willing to accord to the Holy Father, to the members of the Cardinalate, to the episcopacy, and, of course, to the Catholic millions of the congregations which worship both in the Old and the New Worlds; from the an- tipodes to the Rocky Mountains. It is a very curious and instructive State paper. The document appears to be based on the principle of the Jew who spoke to the Saviour and in- quired to whom the coin belonged, when he wished to implicate Him with the lay crown of Cesar. It attests the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, however, by coming itself into corroboration of the recital of the excuse of that fallen audacity which laid hands on the Saviour in His humanity, carried him aloft, showed Him the temporalities of earth in their grandeur, and then said all these “‘will I give unto thee if you fall down and worship me.” King Victor Emmanual speaks of the amount of lire, of the denari, which are to be paid to the Holy Father at the very moment when he undertakes to determine where the Pope shall reside, by whom and how many he shall be attended, and also to announce that the Church is free to communicate with the world outside of Rome at all times. The Church is free; the master of the Church has said it. His Majesty is de- termined to repeat the gambling act of the exe- cutioners at Calvary—to ‘‘cast lots” for the “seamless garment’—instead of imitating at the eve of the glorious anniversary of the birth of the Redeemer anything of the calm and resigned and soul-saving penitence of his royal father, Charles Albert, after his defeat at Novara. The grand Christian shelter which was sought by that monarch, glorious even in his abdication, and which was joy- ously afforded to him, appears to have been forgotten at Court in Florence, where the shade of Cavour appears to exercise a more potent influence than do the memories and traditions of the pious men who have marched to victory, to death, to martyrdom even, under the banner flag of the white cross of Savoy in former years. The ter- tible conflict which has raged between Christianity and the opposing’ powers since the moment when the sea storm tossed the frail bark of Peter on the waves on which the great High Priest seemed to sleep, ap- pears to be coming to an issue. The Pontiff may be forced to look away from Italy, to cast his “‘net on the other side ;” to have an abun- dant haul in Asia, Africa, America and the islands of the sea, leaving King Victor Em- manuel with his national unity, his increasing years, his taxes, his theatres and his confessor. It is not at all unlikely but that Italy, after his decease, will be reconciled to Catholicity by missionaries from America. Tur Division IN SENTIMENT Axona THE Frenou Ministers, of which we are apprised by our correspondent at Bordeaux, is simply one between monarchists and red republicans, Crémieux is a legitimist ; he would like to see the eccentric Count de Chambord crowned King of France. Admiral Fourichon is an admitted opponent of republicanism, but it is hard to say whether he is an Orleanist or a Bonapartist. At any rate he has firmly refused to attach his signature to papers containing denuncia- ; tions of Napoleon and his marshals. Both Crémieux and Fourichon are advocates _ of peace. In this they are opposed by Glais- Bizoin and Gambeita, both of whom are red republicans. It will thus be geen that, singularly eyough, while the ministéfs who represent or hold monarchical ideas are urgent to bring an end to the war, those who hold republican prinelpies are resolved to continue the struggle. toe, bart Mapua ete eee ee » Squansies AMoNG tHE Ciry Press.—We are sorry to observe that several of our great contemporaries are becoming alarmingly per- sonal and vindictive towards each other. This does not appear to arise as much from partisan opposition as from purely personal motives. It is beneath the dignity of respectable journals to indulge in these petty squabbles, and we trust that a moment’s reflection will convince our editorial brethren of the necessity of exercising a little more courtesy in their intercourse with each other, and to keep their columns as free as possible from those vituperative expressions which have recently characterized them. Tor Parks or Paris.—The Parisians, it is reported, are converting the trees of the Bois de Boulogne into charcoal for cooking purposes, while the Germans are cutting fear- fully into the parks and woods around the city for firewood. At this rate Paris will soon be shaved pretty clean—chin, mustache and whiskers. Let the Parisians, however, be thankful for their trees; for if they had none their dwellings, inside and outside the city, would suffer, Congress Yesterday—st, Dominge and Am " meaty. There were two important matters under discussion in Congress yesterday—the affair of St, Domingo in the Senate and that of the Amnesty bill in the House. The former came up in the shape of Senator Morton’s joint reso- lution for the appointment of a commission to visit the island and report upon its natural resources and the sentiment of its people on the subject of annexation to the United States—a very harmless proposition, and one which in inno way binds the government to any par- ticular policy on the subject. Even Senators who avow themselves unfavorable to the pro- posed treaty confessed, in the discussion yester- day, that they saw nothing objectionable in the resolution, but only a very proper means of procuring information on a subject on which the Senate was called to act. Nevertheless, it received the determined opposition of Senator Sumner and Senater Schurz; not so much, however, on its own merits or demerits, as because it afforded them an opportunity of feeding fat their grudge against the Presi- dent. The question was not pressed to a vote yesterday, but will be taken up again to-day, and, according to present appearances, the joint resolution will be passed. It is doubtful, however, whether it canbe acted upon in the House until after the holidays, The debate in the House upon the Amnesty bill occupied the whole of yesterday's ses- sion, and was not concluded at the hour of adjournment. It will come up again to-day, when the indications are that it will be recom- mitted to the Reconstruction Committee and be heard of no more this Congress, It will be just as well so. The proposition of Mr. Farnsworth for universal amnesty cannot get the necessary two-thirds vote, and the original bill, as reported by Mr. Butler, seems to have hardly any supporters in the House or in the country, The whole thing may, there- fore, be consigned to the tomb of the Capu- lets until the republican party in Congress realizes that universal amnesty is demanded by the good judgment and common sense of the American people. Chauzy’s Operations. Our special despatch from Le Mans and the confirmation from our correspondent at Ver- sailles make it certain that one column of the Army of the Loire is endeavoring, by a series of flank movements, to reach the vicinity of Paris. Instead of falling back towards the sea after the capture of Vendéme, General Chauzy seems to have simply withdrawn his right wing and moved his entire army further north, thus getting nearer to Paris, No matter what changes of base he may make he covers a railroad line of communication with the sea, and is consequently enabled to receive supplies of food, arms and ammunition with ease and rapidity, Thus far his strategy has been successful, but it seems to us as if he is in danger from a column of Germans advancing from Evreux. The sudden aban- donment of the march on Havre and the evacuation of Amiens make it probable that the whole or the greater part of General Manteuffel’s army is now moving southward for the purpose of foiling this flanking opera- tion. If, however, the French forces at Havre, Lille and other points in the north of France are at all strong in numbers they may, with Bourbaki’s column, which is now advancing from the south towards Orleans, give the Germans considerable trouble to prevent them from getting to St. Denis on the north and Versailles on the south, which would, of course, result in raising the siege of Paris. United States’ Weather Reports. Several days ago we suggested through these columns “‘the importance of Fortress Monroe as an initial point for the weather observations of the United States signal service for the benefit of commerce, on the ground that our heavy nor’easters all along the coast north of Virginia come in from the Gulf Stream between Cape Hatteras and Fortress Monroe.” We are gratified with the information which is now before us that the officers engaged in this business have been enlarging their field of observations as rapidly as their means have permitted, and that by the 1st of January their reports, they expect, will extend to Norfolk (equivalent to and more convenient than Fortress Monroe), Balti- more, Wilmington, N. C., Charleston and Savannah. With regular reports from these points we shall doubtless soon be able to tell whether a heavy nor'’easter in this qaarter has come up inside the coast line only from Norfolk and thereabouts or from some point farther south, In any event, we are sure that a telegraphic signal of the opening of a roaring nor’easter at Norfolk will give our sea captains up here a warning of some fifteen or twenty hours of its approach; and so we would call the attention of our seamen to these signals from the South when we begin to publish them in order that they may be all right for these heavy nor’ ‘oat & A Poor Oprnton or THE BENOH AND Tm Bar was that expressed by Judge Emmet at the gathering in the New York University on Monday. It is worth while quoting his words, for they are very strong and uncom- promising. Moreover, they may be supposed to reflect the experience of an observant mind. He says, in the first place, speaking of the chicanery of the profession of law:— “But the chicane of the trade to-day steps outside the ground of legal quibbles and subtleties, and now it means the secret ap- proach to the bench, and a series of wrong- doings and double-dealings which tend to make the law the oppressor of the weak and leads to one system of gigantic fraud. There, are charges made against the purity of the bench and the bar. I am not bere to arraign, but if these charges are true there is such a decay at the root of our government that sooner or later it must fall. If they are false the indifference with which they are heard is also a bad omen.” And again he said:—‘‘We know that our credit abroad has been injured, and at home the judiciary has fallen into a byword. Where there is an unjust lawyer there must be an unjast judge to approach, and there must be an unjust client to en- courage it.” These are words worthy of some reflection, coming from an ex-judge, and delivered in the presence of so many respect~ able representatives of the bench and the bar, Public opinion has undoubtedly been drift.