The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1871, Page 6

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S—Washingwn + The St. Domingo Resolution Suc- cessful in the House; A Day’s Hard Battie; Grand Ral x pena rial Lobbyists; Adeption of-the Project by i Vote of 123 to 6b; Sumner Opens Fresh Batteries on the Scheme; Ben ade to he Appointed One of the Commission. ers; Sumner to Interview Him at Once—First Reception of Mrs. President Grant. 4-Congress: Adoption of the St. Domingo Re- solution'in the House; the Nsw York LD as a Powerin Legislation; Sharp Encounter in the House Between Butler and His Foo:— Europe: Mail Details to December 27—Navel gad samy Iutelligence—Car Pickpockete in roo) ‘D. S—Central and South America: Arrival of the Steamship Hornet at Aspinwall; Affairs in Chile, Peru and Kcuador—A Stolen Certifl- cate—Truth Will Out: Official Despatches trom Admiral Farragut to the Navy ne meut—lInteresting News from Guba—The of Mr. Stokes, of the Brooklyn Refnery Com- any—Ku Klux Kian: More — in South Carolina—Woman’s Buffrage—Brook- ae Poor—A Brooklyn Brute—A Litule vomestc Flare-Up in Portland, Me, 6—Eutorials: Leading Article, “The st. Domingo Question in Congress, A Decisive Victory for Geveral Grant’— Amusement Announcements. ‘y—E:itorials (continued from Sixth Page)—Per- sonal Inteiligence—The War in France—The King of Spain’s Arrival and Coronatien in Madrid—A Tale of Horror—Charity Ball— United States Senators Elect—Views of the Past—Business Notice 4 S—Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts—New York City News—New Jersey Le- jature—Political Intelligence.—The Butcher art Dodge—Music and the Drama. 9—Shipboard Barbarities: Charge of Craelty toa German Cabin Boy—Attempted Suicide in Cleveland, Ohio—Financial and Commercial Reports—Chess Matters—The San Francisco Homicide—Tragedy in Texas—Marrlages and Deaths. 10—Affairs in the State Capital—Lectures Last Night—The French Theatre—The Irish Ex- iles—Shipping Intelligeuee—Advertisements. 11—Mexico: Acts of the tast Congress; the Tehuan- tepec Canai—News irom Nassau—The Murder Trial m Binghamion—Jourualistic Notes— Advertisements. 19—Advertiscmenis. Tue SusPENSION OF AMES has been a sub- fect of much anxiety in Massachusetts lately. The suspension of a man with other aims has been deferred in this city. is Generar Burter’s Motives are again fmpugned—this time in connection with the management of the National Asylum for Dis- abled Soldiers. To suppose that General But- ler would swindle lame soldiers is simply ridi- cnlous. He doesn’t need to do it, Mr. ScMNER, in his speéch against the Dominican resolution yesterday, made very effective use of the late news from Hayli, which the New York HERAvp furnishes him. He comprehends, as Bismarck and Napoleon and other great statesmen comprehend, that the HERALD is a power in the State. Tue Georeia Constitutionalist, remarking upon the report that the Grand Duke of Meck- lenburg had been dismissed from bis command for not keeping the French at a respectful distance, sayé, ‘‘If this be true, the Grand. Duke of Mecklenburg may well be ‘Schwer- Mrs. GENERAL GuanT gave her first recep- tion this season at the White House yesterday, It was one of the magnificent affairs which old fogy Aemocrats tell ud could only be gotten up in the palmy days when the beautiful women and courtly cavaliers of the South graced the republican court with their pre. sence. A Tare or Hoeror—The account of the burning of a Peruvian eoolie ship which we give in our columns ¢his morning. The miserable wretches, rather than be enslaved, fired the ship with their own hands, and four hundred and twenty-five of them perished ia the flames. How long will civilization permit this traffic to continue? Lrrtte Derawarr’s SeNatorsuir.—There {s a squabble in the Sgnlabugy family in Dela- ware as to who shall sectife the United States Senatorship from the 4th of March next. It don't make mach difference, perhaps, pro- vided it is kept in the family. The United States Senate might as well be made a life ‘vy at once; for most of the members ‘> hold their seats so long as they can the Capitol steps, and when they die have their sons or some other of Akin succeed them. little n io this respect would be ‘7 more conformable to lican system of gov- V NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Tho Bt, Dopaingo Question in Congross>) Decisive Vielory for Genezal Grant. \ The progecings ja Congress yesterday, in) addition (o another little blast from Sumner in the Senate, were marked by a memorable event ia the Honse of Representatives. We refor te the passage of the St. Domingo reso- lation—by a vote of 103 to 63—providing for the appointment by the President of a commis- sion of three members and a secretary to go down to the island, and particularly to that part occupied by the republic of Dominica, and find out there all about its history, politi- cal and soolal; its government and population ;° its debts, diplomatic engagements and finan- cial resources; its climate and products, minoral, vegetable and marine, and so fortb, in order that Congress, before proceeding to annexation, may be better posted than tt was in the purchase of Alaska, The resolution passed yesterday by the House is that which was passed somo two weeks ago by the Senate, with the addition—a mere tub to the whale— of a proviso that nothing in this proceeding shall be construed as commitiing Congress to the policy of annexation. This amendment carries the resolution back to the Senate for its concurrence, of which there can be no doubt, We may, therefore, consider this com- mission as a ‘fixed fact,” and as signifying nothing less, but something more, than the annexation of the republic of Dominica. = The House debate discloses the extraordi- nary fact that the great annexation party before the war, the democrats, ina solid front, are opposed to this annexation, and that they are supported in the House, asin the Senate, by some scattering republicans. Mr. Willard, republican, of Vermont, was opposed to this annexation, and to this resolution as meaning nothing short of annexatien. He understood that it was all arranged that the commission is to hurry down to the island and get back again with its report in time for final action on annexation during the present session. Mr. Cox, democrat, of New York, pronounced this commission fer information a mere pretence ; that no information was wanted; that it was only a repetition of the spies sent out by Joshua to “spy out the land,” while he was moving to occupy it, and that the scheme was a “big job.” Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, re- publican, considered this resolution a mere farce, The scheme was annexation, and we did not want this island, filled with the scum of the tropics and adventurers from all lands—the old whig cry about Texas, In eleven States, he said, we have a rebellious element striking hands with Tammany Hall to get possession of the government, and he did not want to help them. Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, demo- crat, was requested by resolutions of his State Leg'slature to vote against this thing. Mr. Stevenson, ef Ohio, republican, was in favor of the anexation, because the island is desirable, being rich in bays and harbors, rich in gold and silver, and rich in coffee, sugar and all other tropical products. From these points in the debate we reach the conclusion that the republic of Dominica, within the next six months, if not within the next three months, will be a Territory of the United States, by the democratic process of annexation applied in the case of Texas, and that before the expira- tion of twelve months the republic of Hayti will follow suit, thus giving us the whole island of Hayti or Santo Domingo. This island, after Cuba, the largest, is really the richest and most beautiful of all the West Indies, It is throe hundred and ninety-six miles long and in its broadest part one hundred and sixty-three miles wide, and its area is very nearly the same as that of South Carolina. It is deeply indented with bays qnd inlets, and beautified by chains of fertile mountains, the lofty peaks in some cases rising to a height of ever seven thousand feet above the sea. The mineral products of the island include gold, platina, silver, quicksilver, copper, iron, tin, sulphur, manganese, antimony, reck salt, bitumen, jasper, marble, opal, lazalite, chalcedony, &c. The gold mines of the Cibal mountains in the sixteenth century were very pro- ductive. St. Domingo, as a whole, is one of the healthiest of the West Indies, and this is due to the salubrigus air of its mountains, which aré clothed with ‘majestic ‘pines, mahogany, oaks, cedars, fustic, satin wood, lignumvite and other trees, Cabinet woods abound in the island, and the richest flowering plants, The soil is equally generous in its products of corn, coffee, sugar, cotton, tobacco, indigo, cocoa, plaintains, bananas, yams, batatas, oranges, pineapples, melons, grapes and other fruits, The island is divided between the two republics, Dominica and Hayti, the former baving an area of seventeen thousaed and the latter an area of ten thousand square mileé—Dominica being the Spanish and Hayti the French end of the island—the one being otherwise distinguisked asthe Spanish mulatto and the other as the French negro republic. We need not hete repeat the financial, com- mercial, political and military reasons sug- gested in President Grant's late annual mes- sage in fayor of the acquisition of this island. Nor is its anfexation a ti¢w idea. At least as far back as twenty-six or twenty-seven yehrs ago Yohn C. Calhoun was mixed up with certain intrigues. for its acquisition in the Interest of Southern African slayery, the only serious difficulty belag how to get it baek to slavery. Under African slavery, in the last year of the French dominion, the Hagtien end of the {sland exported 47,500,000 pounds of clayed sugars, and of muscovado sugar, 93,500,000 pounds; near 77,000,000 pouads of coffee and 7,000,000 pounds of cotton, The whole island, therefore, will go far in its full capacities of production to sup- ply the wants of the United States in coffee and sugay. The great French Revolution of 1789 tnened the whole island into chaos and ‘bloodshed; gud as in St. Domingo African slavery was first established on American seil, 86 here it was first abolished in a deluge of blood, ander the French tripod of ‘Liberty, equality and fraternity.” The material advantages likely to result from the possession of this island are clear enough, provided always, that its colored freemen can be brought to work. The popu- latien of Dominica is about 140,000; of Hayti, 575,000, The scheme of amnexation covers both republics, and the authorities of Hayti, it is understood, are gnly awaiting the initia- tive frem Dowinica, although, as the one division of the island iq Spauich io lopgyegs and customs ang the other Freach, the island willhave to be organized, first, as two Tor- rituries, and next as two States—a Spanish State and a French State, a mulatto State and ablack State. The acquisition of Dominica, all told, will, it is supposed, hardly cost ever two millions of dollars, and Hayti not much more, debts and all included. Tho annexa- tion by the Texas process of the whole island, let us say, will cost about five millions, which will be cheap as dirt, especially when there is said to be an outside scheme on foot involy- ing an equivalent of a hundred millions for Cuba. We are dealing with this project as a cer- tainty ; for so we must regard it after the con- current action of the two houses of Congress on this Dominican commission. With Domi- nica fixed, a colored commission of such men as Senator Revels, Downing the oysterman and Fred Douglass will soon settle Hayti. Unquestionably General Grant believes not only that the proposed acquisition will strengthen the country, but that it will directly strengthen his administration, and it is appa- rent that tlie great body of the republicans think so too. Nor can we account for the compact front of the democrats, the old annex- ation and “manifest destiny party,” in oppo- sition to the measure, except upon the theory that its consummation will strengthen the re- publicans in the proportion that it will strengthen the negro vote of the Union, di- regtly and indirectly. At all events, good or bad, as the measure comes from General Grant, though he has been stealing democratic thun- der, it is enough for the democrats, They cannot support it because they are bound to oppose Grant, and bound to upset him, his ad- ministration and his party, if they can, And so henceforward this annexation will grow to be a bit of republican capital for the next Presidential election; and they must now carry it through or it will ruin them in de- stroying the prestige of Grant's administra- tien. We entertain no apprehensions ef any Eu- ropean cemplications in this business, France has onee or twice of late years attempted, in @ roundabout way, to regain a foothold upon Hayti, and Spain has directly attempted by force of arms to recever Dominica; but all these movements have signally failed. The two States are indepengent of Europe and of each other, and their debts are very small, because they have had no-credit, Their resources are immense; but under theso still beginning and never ending intervals of Wats and revolutions for seventy years both ends of the island have been going to the dogs. Let the island have peace, law and order, and it will soon enrich itself and all concerned in it. This is the problem which General Grant has undertaken to settle, and to which the republican party must now stand committed in the annexation of Dominica. This commission of inquiry apparently offers a loophole of escape; but as General Grant’s purpose is annexation his commissioners will know what to do. He has adopted the old democratic game of Texas, and the game is in his hands. Senator Sumner will fail to-day to head him off, as he has failed already, and the commission means annexation, The Military Situation in France. While the war news which we publish this morning is meagre and records no battles it contains some items of information which to some extent reveal the military siiuation in Northeastern France. For the first time we have received despatches from German sources, the tenor of which bear directly upon the movements of Bourbaki, of which we have heard so much without ascertaining anything of a definite character. A Berlin telegram announces that the Prussians are concentrat- ing at Joigny, a place situated on the Paris and Lyens Railroad, seme distance northwest of Auxerre. We conclude that this force is not the one recently at Gien on the Loire, but a new body of men concentrated for the double purpose of obstructing General Bourbaki’s advance and of preventing the army of Bordeaux making a flank movement in the direction of Fontaine- bleau. We arrive at this conclusion because we can imagine no other reason for the con- centration of troops at Joigny. But the belief necessitates the abandonment of the impres- sion that Bourbaki is advancing toward Nancy. Joigny is so situated that to am army moving from the direction of Bourges it bars the way to Chalons-sur-Marne and Rheims, in addition to covering the road to Paris, but it leaves Nancy completely exposed to an advance either from Bourges or Dijon, especially since the siege of Langres has been raised. It is, we admit, hazardous, even with the Berlin despatch as a guide, to sug- gest the prebable design of Bourbaki, Still the presence of the Germans at Joigny cre- ates the impression that the French are either pushing towards Chalens or are endeavoring to flank the German armies in the field and strike the investing army before Paris in the vicinity of Vincennes. ‘ Like MacMahon’s flank march on Sedan, the plan is a bold one, but, as with MacMahon, failure involves the most disastrous conse- quences. Bourbaki, it is true, seems to be taking precautions to preserve his army In the event of defeat; hence the advance of the French army of the east ypon Von Werder and the consequent evacuation of Dijon and Gray and the raising of the siege of Langres by the Germans. Von Werder, however, fs reported this morning to have been heavily reinforced. Should he succeed in defeating the French Bourbaki weuld run imminent risk of being cut off from Lyons and Bourges and hemmed in between the army of Von Werder and the army at Joigny. Never- theless the French plan is full of merit, Rapidity of movement and vigor of execution may crown it with success, From Paris we have little news. The build- ings In Fort Montrouge have been destroyed by fire ; but that cannot impair the capacity of the fart for defence, Prince Frederick Charles is reported to have reached St. Calais, en route for Le Mans, meeting with little resist- ance. He has evidently succeeded in foiling General Chanzy’s flank advance on Paris, Nevertheless if Chanzy’s army is as powerful as reported the Germans may get badly beaten yet. It seems to us that if the French were to retire to Alengon by forced marches and then advance upon Dreux they would place Prince Frederick Charles in an un- pleasant voaition. Suequlation on this cam, ANDARY WU, I187L-TRIPLE SHEET, paign, however, is worth little ia the absence ofany clear knowlédge of the positions held by General Chanzy, Thére ought to be p general engagement within the next ten days, the result of which will probably decide the fate of Parla, - The King of Spain—Special Report His Listallation, By special telegram letter from Madrid, forwarded to London and thence through the Atlantic cable to New York, we have a very animated and quite interesting report of the scenes which were observed in the Spanish capital—within and outside the hall of Oortes—during the swearing in of Amadeus, King of the Spaniards, The dotail is dated on the 3d inst. The weather was exceedingly unfavorable for the enjoyment of out- door display. Snow had fallen heavily during the preceding night and a cold and leaden-colored sky ushered in the dawn of the auspicious morning. Generally speaking, the Madrilenos were apathetic under the influences of an uncheering fireside pros- pect. The houses situated on the line of route of the royal cortége were decorated, but very sparsely, with flags and bunting. Soldiers ef the regular army paraded in force in the streets, and the members of the regiments of the Voluateers of Liberty—such of them as had not been disbanded for their doubtful ex- pressions of loyalty—were also mustered in line, A very large crowd was assembled around the Cortes building, It was a miscel- laneously conducted crowd ; some were uncov- ered as to their heads, others had their hats on, but all were good humored, The scene within the Parliament house was very brilliant. Ladies in full dress, distinguished officers of the army and navy, high officials of State and legislators of talent and patriotism were present. The foreign Miuis- ters—Major General Sickles of tho number— were in uniform, either of court or military, according to their rank, The Regent Serrano divested himself of the trappings and insignia of royalty. Speaking in @ physical sense, Amadeus did not fill the throne of Isabella, as the royal seat had been arranged to accommodate a lady who was ‘‘fat,” as well as ‘‘fair,” and increas- ing in avoirdupois as she neared the ‘forty.” His Majesty was a present success, however, and at the conclusion of a very magnificent Séte, as will be seen by our special telegram, stood forth to the world as a ruler anointed and by the transmission of the ‘divine right.” The Petition of Hrantfort-on-the-Mnin to King William at Versailles. Petitions from Frankfort-on-the-Main have been forwarded to King William at Versailles, praying him not to forget the historical claims of that city to be the scene of his coronation as Emperor of Germany. It is not, we think, at all unlikely that the prayer of these peti- tiouers will be granted, and that the grand eld free city, 8o long the seat of the German Diet, will be the place selected for the coronation of the Emperor and the formal resteration of the empire, Sinee the days of Charlemagne Frankfort has been a prominent eity. It was not, in the early days of the German empire, so important a city as Aachen (now Aix-la- Chapelle), where was the principal residence of Charlemagne and where the emperors were crewned up until the sixteenth century. Since that time Frankfort has enjoyed the pre-emi- nence. The emperors of the House of Austria were all crowned there. In one of the halls of the old Rimer House the electors of the empire were wont to meet and make arrange- ments for the election of the Emperor. In another hall, the Kaiser-saal, which still con- tains fifty-two portraits, being those of all the German emperors in regular succession from Conrad First to Francis the Second, the Emperor was wont to be feasted after his elec- tioa, kings and princes waiting on him at table. No scene could be so fitting for the coronatien, for the formal re-establishment of the ancient empire, as the Rémer, a name which reminds us that the German empire which perished in 1806 was not German only, but Reman. No imperial portrait has been added to the collection in the Kaiser-saal since the days of Francis the Secend. It is certain that the portrait of Kaiser William will find a niche in the old historic hall; and the pre- sumption Js that the pride of Frankfort, which was so sorely wounded in 1866,- will be healed, partially at least, by the coronatien of 1871. Tux Sreamsnir Hornet,—By our despatches received last evening from the Isthmus of Panama we learn that the steamship Hornet had arrived at Aspinwall and was loadin aifis for Cuba. A nuinber of men from thé State of Cauca, in the republic of Colombia, were going on board; a thousand were ex- pected, but nine hundred and forty failed to putin an appearance, and from what we know of. Caucanians, as a class, the sixty volunteers will not givé much aid or comfort to the cause of Cuba. The Hornet may be successful in landing her cargo of arms and her passengers, but as trouble is reportéd among her crew and officers about their pay there is no telling yet what the fate of the expedition will be. Those interested {n Cuban successes may find on board the Hornet an enemy as apt to give them trouble as the Spaniards, and we await with much én terest the news of the end of the expedition, be it what it may. of Unsrrep StaTgs SENATOR From Missovrt.— It appears certain that the democrats will have a majority of about fourteen on joint ballot In the Missouri Legislature. This will giye the democrats the power to choose a United States Senator in the place of Senator Drake, or, rather, in the place of Drake's short- lived radical successor. The indications at present point towards the selection of General Fravk P. Blair as the democratic candidate, and it is quite likely he will be elected. It will be a good selection. General Blair is both a soldier and a statesman, and now that there is no more use for his sword his talents as @ statesman can find ample opportunity for development in the United States Senate Chamber, A Cxristmas Present vrom “Orv Kixa Coxx.”—The retail price of coal has been going up in this market ever since Christmas, and the fact of four million tons in excess of the estimated demand for the year staring these dealers In the face. Such Christmas gifts as these, the poo) poople will say, had better remain where they are uptil called for, i a a Congress Yesterday-The Dominican Rego~ hidous—Twe Now Yerk Jourunlists—The Philadelphia Ipternationat- Fair. Both houses of Congress were engaged yes- terday in msiness of interest and importance. The House of Representatives, however, was the scene of greatest attraction, the debate and vote on the Dominiean regolutions being the great event of the day. The debate itself Was too hurried to give members any chance of distinguishing themselves, the time allowed to each being from three to ten minutes, according as he could ebtain the floor in his own right or be under obligation for it to a more fortunate colleague. Eyen Butler and Bingham, who are so generally successful in getting up excitement on the floor, seem to have said nothing ef much significance, if we except alittle snarl between the former gentleman and Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, in which the usual courtesies of the House were interchanged. The great pointin the struggle was whether the amendment of Mr. Ambler ghould be adopted, which provided that the passage of the resolution should not bind the government to the annexation of Dominica. That amend- ment was opposed by the friends of the Prest- dent, not that there was anything in it which was of itself objectionable, but because its adoption would necessitate still further delay and reopen in the Senate a further conflict in the ranks of the republican party. The result of the vote, adopting that amendment by thirty majority, rather confounded and astonished the supporters of the administration, who had not anticipated any such defeat. However, they put the best face on the matter, and car- ried the resolution as amended by nearly a two- thirds majority, the democrats voting solidly against it, backed by six unyielding republi- cans, among them the brother of the late Attorney General, Mr. Hoar. It is not easy to decide by these votes what the sentl- ment of the House is in relation to the question of annexation itself. Many republican members undoubtedly voted for Mr, Ambler’s amendment because it was in itself unobjectionable, if not actually desira- ble, who would, if the question were directly on the annexation of Dominica, vote for it. Many others, we are assured, voted against it because they did not see any neceasity for it, and because the administration was opposed to it, who would, nevertheless, hesitate long before they would voie for the acquisition of the territory of St. Domingo. However, the danger which was apprehended in the way of delay by a renewal of the struggle in the Senate appears to have been magnified, because, after a brief discus- sion in that body, it was arranged that the vote shall be taken at four o'clock to-day on concurring with the House in its amendment. Of course the Senate will concur, and then the matter will be in the hands of the President, and the commissioners will be de- spatched on their mission without dolay. There were two other matters in the House which served to keep up the interest in ita proceedings. Mr. James Brooks called atten. tion to certain libels perpetrated on his name and fame as a Congressman by Mr. Hygh J. Hastings, of the Commercial Advertiser, who designated him as a jobber and corruptionist of the Washington lobby, Mr. Brooks re- quested the appointment of a select committee to investigate the matter; but, at the same time, in order to give the House some idea of the weight to be attached to the charge, placed on the records of the House au affidavit made by Mr. Hastings twenty-seven years ago, in which he made some remarkable confessions as to his guilt in publishing a libel inan Albany paper of that day. The revival of this auto de fé rather disinclined the House to order an investigation, but as Mr. Brooks and his friends appeared to desire it the re- quest was granted. The House, still not weary of work, then set to business on another subject, and after a brief discussion actually passed the bill for celebrating the centenary of American inde- pendence by a great international exhibition, to be held in Philadelphia in 1876, Various matters of more or less interest occupied the time of the Senate. The constitu- ents of Senator Yates who are in favor of mixing up politics and religion want new constitutional nmendment to carry out their idea, and had presented through their Senator a petition to that effect. The House bill for the retirement of United States judges on pensions was reported Yaak from the Judiciary Committee, and was |: over. A resolution fora commission on the Alabama claims was offered and referred. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, is in favor of the removal of all political disabilities, except those of rebels who left the Cabinet or Con- gress in 1860 or 1861, and’ he introduced a bill to that effect. The bill codifying all the laws relating to the Mint was discussed and passed. Mr. Trambull called up his Quixotic measure to prohibit and punish members of Congress soliciting appointments from tho President or heads of departments, and was endeavoring to convince the Senate of the propriety’ of adopting that idea—virtually “preaching to deaf adders"—when the Dominican resolution arrived from the House, and all other business was laid aside to get at the Ambler amendment. To-day we shall get rid of the subject for some time, and in lien of it we shall have the General Amnesty bill in the House. Tue LEGISLATURE reassembled yosterday, but transacted no business of importance, the standing committees not having been com- pleted during the recess. <A bill to insure certain rights to married women was intro- duced in the Senate, and one to regulate life insurance companies was introduced in the House. Tue Avavsta (Ga.) Conatitutionalist says the United States soldiers who were sent to Georgia for intimidation purposes were hear- tily disgusted with their employment and did not “intimidate” worth a cent. We are happy to hear it, and shall rejoice to receive more pleasant words of a similar sort from the same quarter. Tue Derrorr (Mich.) Wree Press (demo- cratic organ) cries “Bosh!” to the report that the government was preparivg a plan for the resumption of specie payments by the Ist of January, 1872, It may be “bosh,” but if it should prove ‘‘cash” instead would it not be so much the better for the credit of the republic? Speoch at Manchester; : Mr. Ashbury has returned to Bagland is reported to have sald, at a eect given {0 him in Manehbester, that the Cambria , turned the winner of elght races and that as sea- going vossels the American yachts were not equal to such vesselsas the Cambria, We are generous enough to suppose that the reporter has erred in giving the language used by Mr, Ashbury on the occasion referred to. The Cambria grrived in our waters tho winner of the ocean race, beating the Dauntless; but it Ig a woll established fact that, with one excep, tion, she was outsailed in every match race afterwards, The exception named was when the Idler was beaten, and those whd witnessed the race assert that had it mot been for the unfortunate accident which oocurred to her by springing her stem, she also would have proved victorious over the Englishman, Mr. Ashbury may have referred to when the yachts were sailing in squadron under the Coms, modore’s com: and on the placid waters of the Sound; and we are charitable enough to think he did. Of this we take no account; but Mr, Ashbury could not, we suppose, afford to leave it out of his record of the Cambria's achlevements. We have not heard if he mentioned the race which he fully expected to win, We mean that for the Queen’s Cup, wherein he did not succeed in carrying back to old England the much cov, eted prize, but was beaten by so many of our own yachts, a The statement, if he made it, that American, yachts are not equal to the Oambria as sea going vessels is simply ridiculous, and we cannot imagine upon what ground he founds the assertion. All his experience with our craft—whoether in smooth water or in a seaway, golog large or close hauled, in light winds or with a reeflag down breeze—was that he had “brought hig fish to the wrong market;” that we could weather him on all tacks, and that it he desired to carry back with him the Cup hé longed so much for he would haye to bring forward some othor vessel than the Cambria, Why he should have made so bold a statement, with the knowledge he possessed of the weather experienced and time made by the Fleetwing, Vesta and Henrietta in their race aeross the North Atlantic inthe dead of win- ter, is to us inexplicable, They on that occa- sion proved their fitness to encouuter any. woather, either when squdding or hove to, aud we very much doubt the ability of the Cam- bria or any other English yacht to do better. Their performance electrified English yacht- men, and it appears bad taste now for one of the latter to try and detract from the reputa- tion so worthily gained by our vessels, No doubt that Mr. Ashbury was expected to tell his side of the story—to praise the Eng- lish yachts—anot for his own sake, but for the reputation of England, Englishmen and English vessels. It would not have answored for him to have said that we were in any manner his superiors. He was not desired to praise the Sappho, the Magic, the Phantom, Palmer or any other of our yachts. The less said of them the better. They wished him to talk Cambria, and the reporter says that he did, and we can imagine the scene of wild enthu- siasm, the cries of ‘Hear! hear!” when he announced to those of Manchester that his yacht had won eight races, and was vastly su- perior as a sea-golng vessel to our matchless American fleet. How jolly that party must have been—what handshaking and congratula- tion—how many bumpers must have found their way down the throats of our English cousins when Mr. Ashbury, told his Man. chester entertainers how much he had done to retrieve the reputation of England’s yachts, which was lost when the America carried the Cup away, which he could not and did not bring back to them, although his vessel was the winner of eight races and the superior of all American yachts in her sea-going quali- ties! Mr. Ashbury alsg announced his intention of challenging a cham- pion American yacht te compete with him again for that Cup, and he believed he was not too sanguine in anticipating the pose sibility of the Cup returning to England. What does Mr, Ashbury mean by a champion American yacht? Does he intend to bring the Cambria again, or his new vessel now build- ing? He appears to forget that none of our yacht owners claim to be the champion, and when he is officially designated by the Royal Yaght eqendion gnd the fifteen other royal, yacht elubs of England as their representative, then, and only then, will we appoint some one of our yacht owners to meet him on equal terms, and then, even, the race will not be for the Queen’s Cup. This will have to be sailed for, as when won by the America, by all comers, and if taken back to England it will have to be on the same terms. The abovo was another good after dinner announcement,’ and ft is evident to us now, if it Dever was before, that he is just the person to invite to a banquet where all think alike, talk alike, and who take their seats at the fosiive board with a desire to hear nothiug that will conflict with thetr one opinion, Mr. Ashbury will have. no trouble about the challenge; he kaows full well when and by whom It will be accepted; he will be offered every opportunity to take the Cup back, and when he has it safe on board the Cambria or his new yacht‘it will then be time enough for him to talk of the races he hag won and of the sea-going quati- ties of the winner, as well as those of his gom- petitors. The Binghamton Murder Trial—Curtous Plea for the ¢rivoner. The trial of Rulloff, the alleged burglar, for the murder of s young man named Myrick, a clerk in a store in Binghamton, N. Y. (the particulars pf which have heretofore been fully given), is stillia progress, before Judgo Hogeboom, in Binghamton, The accused hots ag one of his own counsel gnd sharply .cross- examines witnesses. At a point in tho trial the other day, while the principal witness, a fellow clerk of the murdered man, was testity- ing to the fact that Myrick kept a pistol under his pillow, Rulloff asked why the pistol was kept in the store, and when objection was ralsed to the question by the District Attorney he said he wanted to show the wicked charac- ter of the boys. One of the prisoner’s counsel said they wanted to show that these young men used unlawful violence toward one of the burglars, declaring that they had a right to uses only violence guguah to arrest and seoure