The New York Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1871, Page 8

8 SW Y ORK HERALD ek BRORT AY AND ANN, STREET. JAMES "GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, N All Caaaes or news letter aud telegraphic be addressed New York despatches must HERALD. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. XXXVI AMUSEMENTS S THIS EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Yuay ov East L4nnr. GLOBE THEATRE, 728 Broadway. oF NECK AND NEoK. BOOTH’S THEATRE, Tue MAN O° AIKLIPF. Volume " Browdway.—THe Y0TLONAL Tue Great Drama oth and 6th avs, — st, between WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner 80th st,—Perform- ances every aiternoon and evenivg—THue® BLIND MOK, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 1th street. Roskpace. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Brow: Tur Lost Here. ay.—PAUL OLIFFORD; on, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Ath av, ana 23d st.— | Tue THaRe HUNCH BACK! BOWERY THEATRE, Rowe COLLEEN Baws. nRIETH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street, NAME, .POMP—SNFELAN, THEN MRS. F. B.C AcKOws THE CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Tarovonr Taomas SUM arm NicuTs' Conoxere, AY'S FARK THEATRE, Brookign. — ONTINRNT TERRACE GARDE! ton and Third ave.—G RR. New “York. Tuesdays game bei “1871. ¢ = a CONTENTS OF ares aes = Irom KRecepuon—The it Message of Mavor Local Legislation; a jou aud How It is © New City Government Hag uy vee Local and faRee Saie erty and the. “propavle Resuit ntinued irom Sixth Annual Re- b; ‘ihe Grand bury’s Yacht gatta of the} Fewatta ai Cape Ma: wy titute—The t Marriages and Deaths, S=Eiitoria!s : Leading Article, “The Mayor's Mes- sage—A Good Exhivit of Our Municipal Aflairs''—Amusement Announcements. 9—Eaitorial (Continued from Bight Fage)—The | Situation in France—Ihe Treaty of Washiug- fon in the British Parliament—Miscellaneous | Telegrains—Per sonal meuts—Business Notices, 10—The Pubic Wor Annual Report of the City ol New York fo1 1870-71. Intelligence—Amuse- 11—Report of the Gomis jover of Public Works | (Continued from ‘t ceedings of the Boi sistant Alderm and Genera: cultural Pals th Page)—Ollicial Pro- en and As- ning Notes, Political Year Law Suit --Hortt- French Provincial's: ply to ickS— Financial and Commercial st Point: Tne Awarding of D luating Class; Address of ‘ews from Washington Adverusemeuts, he Finances of the Clily—Anaval Report of Comp' re Connolly. of Coinptrotier Connolly (Continued Xican Affairs. Q ictures from the th and Paimetio States—Soctal and momy of a Carolintan Backwoods ‘he Colored Semiramis of the South— Lottie Rollin’s Views on State Gov- Cutthroat Ku Kluxes the Gull irabbing Carpet-Baggers— North Carolina Bonds—Kepuadiation Talked of—Pauper Lapor and Sullen Ignorance. 16—The Carolinas (continued from Fiiteenth | Page)—Turl Swindli re in Engiand; Ionest and Dishouest Betting Men—foreign Persoual | Gossip— Advertisement lomas to the yator Carpen- apping lavelli- 13~ Famiuar Face: Bills on Paris” have made their reappearance on Wall street after a long disappearance. Tue Porro Works —The report of the Commissioner of Public Works, published elsewhere in the Heza.v this morning, will be found of more than ordinary interest, Tnz Gow “CORNER. ter with that gold ‘‘corner” in Wall street? Vas it ‘“borsted” again? Jubilee Jim will have to go back there and show them how to do it. —What's tho mat- YES are confident they will be fty out of the one hundred and | | Tre Boar. able to carry fourteen districts which have to elect members to the Natioaal Assembly ia the supplemen- | tary elections. Toe Sreamsaw Cina, on her Iast trip from Shanghae to Sau Francisco, picked up a inese junk at sea with five persons on it ing from starvation. ‘leven others had } already died. Tue Metnonists 0 OF F Bostos protest againat our Ninth regiment marching through their city on the Sabbath, They fear the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah if the wicked parade takes place, and as none of them ever enter- tsined angels they are naturally anxious, Two ov rue Boys who murdered a China- wanin San Francisco have been held to bail for murder in the second degree, They are not likely to receive any severe puuishiment, however, as Chinese testimony fo the case is not admitted THE ProckamMMe for the triampbal entry of the Germau army is partly detailed in our despatch from Berlin. It will be the grandest sight the German capital ever saw. There can be nothing to compare to it, except, per- haps, the triumphal march of our troops through Washington at the close of our war, Tax Paice DE JoINvitie will take bis place in the Nutional Assembly as the Repre- sentative from the Department of the Marne. The Prioce was elected from more than one district, but as under the French constitution & legislator so elected has the privilege of designating the particular district he desires | to represent, Marae became the choice of De Joinville, Tue Duc 1 p'AuMALe Decunes rue Bay- qveT.—It was known to us some days since that the Duc d’Anmale was to be invited to a banquet gottey up to bonor him by the parti- sans of the House of Orleans. It never | appeared to us that the Duke, skilful man of | the world as he is said to be, would enconrage any such proceeding. 1t now appears that he politely declines, The Duke is clearly a NEW YORK HER RALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1871—QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Mayor's Meesnge—A ‘Gooa , Exhibit of Our Municipal Affairs. We devote a large portion of our available space this morning to the message, with the accompanying documents, of Mayor Hall to the Common Council on our municipal affairs. This message is a very interesting and a very satisfactory one, whether considered as an official description of our greut metropolis and “ql its vast concerns,” or asa defence of lis present administration, or as a report of what has been done, what is doing and what the ‘powers that be” propose to do toward the great object of making this city of ours the most beautiful, the most attractive avd the most desirable city to live in, as well as the most prosperous of all the great cities on the face of the globe. We have never had before, from any Mayor or any administration, an ex- hibit of ovr municipal condition and locel affairs, present and prospective, so full, com- plete and comprehensive as this, and never such a clear, minute and encouraging presen- tation as Mayor Hall here submits of the city's resonrces and capabilities, compared with the expenditures required to meet the splendid improvements under way and projected. The difficulties of a local adwinistration satisfactory to all classes concerned, consider- ing the peculiar geographical situation of this city, are forcibly suggested by the Mayor. island, its active business operations repre- sent ceatly twice this population. island” is long and narrow, and lacks cireum- ference of immediate rural suburbs, The suburbs are really tributary cities, divided from New York by wide rivers. Nearly sixty | per cent of the daily business inhabitants of New York own or rent their residences in the adjoining country, and while their wives and of other cities and counties, and even States, the business interests and security of person and property of the family men are practically under the government of New York city, and | they are more impressed to blaine where they have no domestic interest.” Thus, with all the advantages of New York for the develop- ment of commerce and wealth, it has iis social inconveniences, which show ‘how difti- cult it is to frame, and how vexatious it is for rulers to try and develop a perfect or univer- sally acceptable municipal government.” The island, in short, is not equal to the demands of its increasing population, Witha line, or several lines, of rapid communication from the Battery to the upper end and beyond the upper end of the island, we may expand the city indefinitely in that direction, and thus arrest that general drain from its wealih and its resources to Conrecticut, to Long Island and to New Jersey, which, since our late civil | war, “‘has increased, is increasing, and ought ‘o be diminished.” The proposed viaduct railway, when completed, will diminish these drainages upon our population to a consider- able extent; and we believe, too, that with another through railway line or two of the same description we may within ten yeara add a million or more to the population of the city, with a proportionate lightening of the average burden of taxation to the city taxpayer, We touch upon this subject here because we have here the remedy to a very great extent for the difficulties now encountered in the best efforts to give us a satisfactory city government, and because this viaduct railway system may here be properly mentioned as one of the relieving measures for the city adapted by its present administration. The Mayor's defence of our new city govern- ment from the charges of despotism, jobbery and corruption, is a brave and manly defence, He satisfies us with facts and figures that this new, compact and responsible municipal sys- tem isa great improvement upon the old sys- tem of irresponsible boards and commissions, and tax levies manipulated by the country lobby jobbers and land sharks of the Albany Legislature. We know now where to fix the responsibility, and the Mayor's facts and sta- tistics are conclusive in favor of our new sys- tem. The city credit rests upon a solid foun- dation; the increase in the bill of taxes, $23,- 566,210 10 for 1870, is light, considering the | great cify improvements made and in pro- gress; the Sinking Fand is adapted to pay off the city debt as it matures, and our city bonds are everywhere at a premium, And why not, when our whole city debt, less $18,215,000 in the Sinking Fuad, is only $31,185,000? What is this but a bagatelle upoo a valuation of per- sonal and real estate upon the island of a thousand millions, and with city property esti- muted by the Mayor at #267,000,000 in value? The Mayor expresses the belief that ‘‘the great body of the people is willing to incur a much larger debt in order to improve the water front, repave streets, finish boulevards, supply defects in sewage and drainage, and by widening, cutting and exlending streets to adapt our thoroughfares to the future demands of the great American metropolis." He is right in this belief. We are just beginning to comprebend the real wants of the city. It has grown up 80 far too much by chatice and too little without system. Our water fronts are a disgrace to the city, and in many respects are public nuisances. General McClellan's proposed improvements will not only redeem the city in thie respect, but will pay five times over all the costs within a generation or #0 from their completion, in the Increased trade and trading facilities on our water fronts, and in connection with the yia- duct railway and the Brooklyn bridge and other improvements, The greatest glories aud commercial triumphs of London and Liverpool are in their splendid docks; but here, with the water fronts, piers and bulk- heads proposed by General McCiellan, we cau have, on account of the comparatively small rise of our tides, s handier aystem for shelter- ing, loading and unloading ships than they have in London or Liverpool, and ai one-fifth of the expense, But, looking to these and other city improve- ments, the Mayor says “the people want to see the available proof of the expenditure” of moneys raised, and he says, too, “they shall He then gives us a report of the finances substantially upon May day, 1871, which, we think, will beara pretty close inspéctio# Without exciting avy very aucom- fortable suspicions of public rgbbery. The Mayor, we think, however, underlukas A superfuous task in attempting to show that ave it.” city wiser mao than his friends, It is not yet quite time for the House of Orleans to hold a jubilee, our federal taxations draw from this city more than twice the amount of money drawn by Our liv (ax lovys that by the pyjivagl governs Ooo With less than a million of inhabitants on the | The | children are practically under the government | ment “‘the city is mulcted in fifty millions of dollars in taxes which go partly into the Treasury and into the pockets of a few favored classes.” Assuming thia tobe true—and the turiff is full of abuses--we cannot perceive the necessity orthe value of the fact in de- fence of our city administration. We expect the Moyor to plead the cause {a showing the working of our city government, and he does it very well without entering into the tariff question. In ent.ring upon that question he resorts to a bit of special pleading which is not in the bill and which is not only superfluous, but caleulated, as a diversion from the main | question, to weaken bis case. What we want from the Mayor is to know from the official accounts whether our new city government is or is not an improvement upon the loose, mixed and {rresponsible sys- tem ithas superseded. The Mayor's report of receipts and expenditures, and of the ma- chinery and the operations of the several city departments, is, upon the whole, a satisfac- tory report in favor of the new-government. We may say, indeed, it is more than simply | satisfactory in being very encouraging. On his part the Mayor is so well satisfied that he challenges investigation. He ‘begs the citi- zens tolook arouad the city and observe for themselves if there has not been marked im- { provement in its affairs throughout the past year" in regard to the streets, the public health, the police, the fire department, the ad- ministration of justice, the public charities and the general development and prosperity of the city. In looking about us as thus re- quested we are free to say that, all things considered, our new city government has | been and ts doing very well, and that In all its departments there is a manifest desire and purpose to do well. We are sure, too, that in order to prove a great and glorious success it is only necessary that every department of the cityadministration, keepingin view the develop- ment of the city from its great improvements under way, shall be governed by the resolu- tion of our worthy Mayor, “‘that if the city government cannot absolutely command suc- cess it will do its best to deserve it.” It is not aretrenchmentin our general outlay, but city improvements aud value received for moneys expended, that the people now desire. The Vrenty of Washington in Both Houses of Parliament, As we anticipated, the Treaty of Washing- ton has passed the ordeal of hostile criticism in the House of Lords. The debate on the subject was opened by Earl Russell’s motion to present an address to the Queen, asking her Majesty not to ratify the treaty unless the arbitration be based upon the inter- national and British laws in force at the time when the Alabama escaped. This, practically, would take away all grounds for adjustment and amount to a rejection of the American claims. Lord Russell's harangue about Eng- lish prestige is simply absurd. Of all the Prime Ministers of England he has inflicted the heaviest blows on English prestige, A pretty way he had of keeping up English pres- tize by lecturing and bullying almost every European Power, and being snubbed and laughed at for his labors by every one in turn. The Earl of Derby's speech on the treaty is as significant as it was unexpected. It shows that the tory leader holds his country’s welfare dearer than the ends of party. It also sets at rest the supposition that the tories had organized av opposition against the ratifica- tion of the treaty. Earl De Grey’s defence of the Joint High Commission does justice alike to the English and the American Commissioners. He scouted the idea that the English negotigtors had been frightened into acquiescence, or that there was any attempt on either side to overreach the other, Earl Russell finally withdrew his motion. Now that all opposition to the treaty has exhausted itself in the House of Lords we expect every moment to hear the announcement of its offi- cial ratification by the English government. In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone went into explanation about the sixth article of the treaty concerning prohibition to supply arms to belligerents from neutral ports. The arguments of Mr. Gladstone in favor of sub- mitting this article to the adoption of Euro- pean Powers carry with them the weight of equity and sound reasoning. The Renignation “of Sales “Wavre. Tt has been repeatediy rumored of lute that Jules Favre was on the point of resigning his portfolio as Minister of Foreign Affairs, It now appears that the resignation bas passed into the region of fact. The cable announces that Jules Favre and M. Valentin, Prefect of the Seine, have tendered their resignations to M. Thiers, Since the memorable day of Sedan Jules Favre has been a prominent member of tbe de facto governments of France. So far as he has had the opportunity it cannot be denied that he bas conducted with fairness and becoming dignity the foreign relations of his country during one of the saddest periods of her history. Much will be made by all parties of the resignation of M. Favre, and many absurd inferences will be drawn there. from. The real explanation of his resignation, it may be found, is that he yields to a desire which the friends of M. Thiers have more than once expressed, that there should not remain in bis Cabinet any one who was a member of the government of the Natioual Defence, M. Favre is not the man to remain in office if he is not wanted. It remains to be seen whether his resignation will be accepted. Should it be found that he retires from office because of his knowledge of a conspiracy to restore one or other of the exiled princes, bis resignation will strengthen the cause of the republic, Magaitatl, MACManon Bogs iis ‘Time.—A despatch from France announces that Marshal MaoMahon has refused to become a candidate for the Assembly from one of the vacant dis- | tricts of Paris. This announcement does not surprise us. The gallant old soldier wisely resolves to keep aloof from political strife, be- lieving, no doubt, that he can render more offective service to France ia the reorganiza- tion of the army than be could by engaging in the political complications which service asa legislator would necessarily entail upon him. Of all the so'diers of France MacMabon stands conspicuously forth as a model of gallantry and honor, With a name unstained and a raZord untai ated Marshal MacMahon deter- mines to retain thé position he bas so long and worthily flled—that of the feat syldier of Bewace Italian Opera as It Should avd Can Be Given. Now that the obstacles in the path of Italian opera at the Academy of Music ara being re- moved on the stockholders’ side, and these gentlemen seem to have made up their minds to give it a fair chance, by making concessions such as uo manager ever before obtained from them, ‘the entire responsibility of the suc- cess or faijure of the fall season of opera rests on the shoulders of the management of Mile, Nilsson and her company. It is now uscless to take refuge in glittering generalities about the great expense and risk of presenting opera in this city as it is given at the Enropean capitals, the apathy of the public, and the impossibility of procuring all the necessary materials, The metropolitan public have proved themselves liberal and willing to patronize art in every department, and if we look to the theatres we will find that only those manayers succeed who spare no pains or expense ia the production of plays. On the dramatic stage not only must the cast of a play be good in every respect, but all the accessories, even to the minutest detatl, must be harmonious and without a blemish. Otherwise our keen-witted public will quickly administer a sharp rebuke to the mapbagement by “a beggarly account of empty benches.” Why, then, should Italian opera receive less care in all its numerous details? The impresario is content with importing, perhaps, a prima donna and a tenor, and contrives to patch up the rest of the cast, the chorus and the orches- tra from the nearest maccaroni and lager beer saloon, The consequence is that Italian opera, a8 it has been presented in this city for many seasons past, is a subject of ridicule to those who have listened to it in any opera house across the ocean. Manager after man- ager has the same stereotyped excuses, ‘We cannot do better, The expenses are over- whelming. We are tied hand and foot by pro- tective unions and Italian rivgs. The stock- holders will not give us any encouragement.” Now that the last excuse will not hold, on account of the recent action taken by the di- rectors of the Academy of Music, let us soe what available materials there are to make up an opera company (the rank and file at least) similar to what they have in Europe. Regarding the orchestra, on which depends a very considerable share of the success of an opera, an impresario should bear in mind that a heterogencous assemblage of musicians picked up at hazard will not suffice, The orchestra of Covent Garden or Her Majesty's is worth a trip across the sea to listen to, and with such foundations no opera can fail to be, to a greater or leas extent, successful. Such an orchestra cannot be organized at a moment’s notice. Long, careful and patient rehearsals, and a conductor like Costa or Arditi, are necessary to bring an orchestra ap to the standard of Italian opera, The orchestra is the life and guiding priuvciple of opera. It is like the blood that courses through the veins; as long as itia in a healthy condition all other disorders can be easily remedied, This department has been the most neglected during the past few seasons at the Academy. It should receive the first atien- tion from the impresario of the coming season. It is useless to look to Europe for materials, as the demand there is fally equal to the supply, and iaferior performers alone can be obtained. A capable conductor, with carte blanche from the management, can organize a good, reli- able orchestra from the materials in this city. If this plan be not feasible at present the only alternative is to engage a complete, well drilled orchestra, like that of Theodore Thomas or the Philharmonic Society. If a manager proposes to give Italian opera he should use all the means within his reach to make it an artistic success. It may be ob- jected to that the expense of engaging such an orchestra would be too much of a financial risk, How is it, then, that Gye and Maple- son, in London, undertake a like responst- bility? And, we repeat it, the public of New ¥ork are as able and as willing to pay for genuine opera as the patrons of either of these gentlemen, The next department is the chorus, which has heretofore been the worst feature at ihe Academy, The same remarks will apply to this branch of the opera, The manager should eatirely dispense with the services of those superannuated individuals from avenue Band the adjoining districts who have been butchering operas from time immemorial in this city. A good chorus master can find material enough outside of these people, and a few months’ training will mould this material into proper shape. One of our numerous vocal societies might be utilized in like manner. With respect to the sceaery, costumes and appointments, we refer the manager to any of our leading dramatic houses for examples. If Mr. Wallack, Mr. Daly or Mr. Booth were to run a seagon at their respective theatres with such a small and antiquated stock of scenery as has been deemed sufficient for Italian opera atthe Academy during the past half dozen years, they would soon lose all their hard earned reputation, The foundation once laid, the superstructure willnot occupy much time, especially when such artists as Mile. Nilsson, Miss Cary, Brignoli, Capoul and Jamet have been already secured, The only question now is to fillup the vacant posts with artists of like calibre. A dramatic prima donna, capable of singing heavy réles, and of the style of Titiens and Lagrange, is required to alternate with Mile, Nilsson, As Brignoli and Capoul are both tenori di grazia there must be a lenore di forza added to the company. There remain three or more first class baritones, with the usual complement of secondary ariists, All of these can be ob- tained, a8 a glance at our European exchanges will show. We have now pointed out the materials necessary for an Italian opera company as true art and the voice of the public demand; and the directors of the Academy of Music will require of the impresario that the next geason will be conducted on these principles, After all, the etockbolders are less to blame for the repeated failures in opera which have taken place in thelr establishment than the managers, who deceived them with promises and aonouncements that were gever ful- filled, If Mr, Strakosch will heed this timely warning, and present opera as it should and can be presented, he may rest opawend Wat the public will Uberalle aumport, = tion of having inaugurated Italian opera a8 & permanent institution. Mlle. Nilsson is an artist of too high a standard to be surrounded on the stage with materials calculated to mar her success. As we have said in aprevions article on the subject, ‘one prima donna does not constitute an opera company any more than one swallow makes a spring.” Thon in the fall there will be a grand revival in the musical world and many attractions of all kinds. There are the Vienna Ladies’ Orchestra and Concert Troupe, the Parepa-Rosa English Opera Company, Dolby’s English Ballad Quartet, and a host of organizations formed in this city. We trust that the Italian Opera “season will be of that brilliant character that we shall hear no more invidious comparisons between the New York Opera House and those of the European capitals. The Comptroller's Report—A Exhibit, The city Comptroller has submitted to the Mayor his report for the year 1870, accom- panied by a tabular statement to include May, 1871, of the city and county finances during the period named. Itis a very full report, purporting to show not only the general con- dition of the Treasury, but giving in tabular form the amount of warrants and claims against the city, paid and unpaid, the receipts iuto the Treasury and from what sources, the disbursements made and for what purposes, the general appropriations mad» by the Comptroller under the law of 1870, and the means provided for such appro- priations, a statement, indeed, including every little item of revenue or disbursement, even to a conscience fund item amounting to fifty dollars, and which, therefore, may be fairly considered elaborate enough to meet all ob- jections. The figures in a nutshell show that the debt of the city on the 30th of April last was $49,710,000. There are $18,215,000 in the ing Fund, which, deducted, leaves the total debt $31,455,000. The aggregate valua- tions of taxable real estate in the city amounts to $742,103,075, and of personal estate to 1,047,388,449, while the total amount of tax levied during the year was $23,566,072. The Sinking Fund, according to the compiler, is in itself sufficient, with its accumulations from various sources, to pay off the debt, without any necessity for the pressure of extra taxation, Tho credit of the city is resting upon so sound a basis that Cheering the easiest part of all the work of our municipal authorities, according to Mayor Hall, is the negoiiation of the city bonds, The statistics of the Comptroller, taking them for what they are offered, will, therefore, be welcome reading to all who feel a pride in our growing metropolis, for they guarantee that there is to be no cessation of the grand improvements we are making every- where, in our docks, our avenues, our parks, our bridges, our public buildings, our rapid transit routes. Everywhere the metropolis, under the benignant nurturing of the Comp- troller's statistics, bids fair to bloom even more beautifully than befor The New York Yucht Club Regatta—Open- ing of the Season. We publish to-day the programme of the regatta of the New York Yacht Ciub, which comes off on the 22d iastant. The prizes are numerous and the competition will be very great; indeed, we expect to wiiness a sight fully equal to any thing that has ever been seea in our waters. Two days after the regatta the ‘“‘Wallack Cup” will be raced for by the schooners, and this will doubtless be an exciting and interesting race, for every schooner yacht will endeavor to win a reputation or add to that already won. We can only hope for a fine day and all the wind necessary to make the vessels show to every advantage. Following close upon these races comes the regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club on the 27th, thea the regatta at Cape May, on the Fourth of July, at which, probably, twenty or more of the New York Yacht Club squadron will be prosent and take part therein. They willleave our bay as a squadron, and their appearance will, beyond question, be very fine, and their arrival in the waters of Delaware Bay will be hailed with great enthusiasm. Invitations have also been extended to the Brooklyn, the Atlantic, and the Eastern Yacht Clubs to take part therein, so that there is every probability that more yachts will appear ia squadron that day than are ever seen to- gether, The prizes offered at the Cape May regatta are quite valuable, aud in addition to the two named there will be a sweepstakes open to the yachts of all organized yacht clubs, The latter will be one of the principal features of the day, and will prove a very interesting race. It is very evident that those who frequent Cape May during the summer season, and who will be there on the 4th proximo, will have the pleasure of seeing one of the finest fleets of yachts in the world The excitement in the City of Brotherly Love about the Cape May regatta is rapidly on the increase, and the probabilities are that Cape May will be more crowded on our next national holiday than ever it has been before. If the day is favorable and there is wind enough their expectations will be fully realized, and they will have the pleasure of witnessing a race that will be creditable to all concerned. The season opens well, and in a short time the whole fleet will be off on its pleasure duty. Tue Commone—Tox Cuurcnes aNd THE Mixt.—We printed in the Heratp of yester- day a very singular despatch regarding the Paris Commune and the plundered church property. It was stated that all the sacred vessels and valuable ornaments taken from the churches by the Communists had, with few ex- ceptions, been found at the Mint and other places. How narrow the escaps! At the Mint! A little more time for the Commune and the sacred gold and silver would have taken the shape of most filthy lucre. For the xood of the churches the Commune fell just in time, THe Provipexor “Journal—Senator An- thony’s organ—wakes up suddenly, rubs its eyes, and says General Sherman is ‘the one man in the country who does not desire to be President.” On this point General Sherman seems to be like the rigid old Hunker down East, who ‘“‘atood so straight that he leaned hackward, ” SURES eee at him, and he will also have the proud distine- American Jockey Clad. Five races will be run to-day at Jerome Park, the first a very important one—the Westchester Cup—which will have four starters or more, comprising Mr. Belmont's bay horse Glenelg, Mr. Babcock’s chestnut horse Helm- bold, Mr. Sanford’s bay colt Preakness, Mr. ‘sbeock’s chestnut colt Conductor, and proba. bly some others, The above-named are a strong fleld, and the first three will most likely win places; but it would be a difficult matter before the race to say which will be first, second or third. Besides, the track will be heavy, and that will be favorable to the one of the best bottom. Endurance will have to be brought into requisition, and should there be a soft spot in either Glenelg, Helm- bold or Preakness some of the others will be likely to find it, The second race is a mile and a quarter—a selling race—the weights to be regulated by the value of the horses starting. The third race will be a good one, as it is for all ages, the horses to carry one hundred pounds, a mile and three-quarters. This will give some of the non-welght carriers a chance, and, no doubt, there will be a closely contested race. The fourth race will be a selling race for three- year-olds, with weights according to the valne placed upon the colts by their owners. The fifth and last race of the day will be a hurdle race—a handicap—one mile and three-quar- ters, over six hurdles. Altogether there will be sport enough to secure a large attendance. The Westchester Cup monopolized all the pool selling that was done by McGowan & Underwood last night, and the fow sales that we annex will show the estimation in which the horses are held by the betters on the race :— Glenelg .. $20 146 130 230 240 310 260 1025 Helimbold, 1 120 110 200 200 270 270 120 Preakness... 85 65 40 100 155 155 125 450 Conductor... 10 85 20 45 65 65 3 Ww After the above sales Helmbold and Con- ductor were sold together as one stable, but they did not bring any more money than Helmbold sold for singly. Glenelg was the favorite to the end of the selling, At Johnson’s rooms last evening pools were also sold as follows:— WESTCHESTER CUP. $200 22020 170180 90 70 88 80 20 ONE AND THREE-QUARTER MILE RACK. Jndge Curus, $139 140 Connelly. + 60 55 Clunax.. 20 25 Doctor ) g Victory f iad % AURDLE RacR, Jmitus.... +$100 109 19 100 100 190 Athione.. 50 60 oo 60 &O The Oue Term Principle and One Term Candidates. The friends of Philosopher Greeley gave him a reception Jast night upon his return from his tour of speculation down South, This, we suppose, may be taken as a preliminary move- ment in favor of Mr. Greeley’s nomination for President by the republicans upon the one term priaciple—a principle that nearly every President professes to recognize before his first nomination just as certain as he is to forget it after his election, In opposilion to Mr. Greeley there will, no doubt, be one or more republicans who will be willing to accept the nomination on the same terms, or, rather, term, Of course the plea will not be put in by General Grant's friends, but, rather, they will bring in his name in spite of it. Ba that as it may, it would bs a fine sight to see Horace Greeley ranning on a one term platform and some sound and popular democrat, like Robert B. Roosevelt, on another, Mr. Roosevelt would, no doubt, be willing to accept a democratic nomination on the one term platform. The race would be a gergeous one, and knock the field days at Jerome Park or Prospect Park into a demoralized chapeau. By the way, we notice that the name of Mr. Roosevelt is men- tioned in a Southern paper—the Atlanta (Ga.) New Era—in a manner which must bring it prominently before the Southern people. The New Era abuses Mr, Roosevelt most roundly, and the best way to advertise a politician in this country is to commence abusing him. Raise a cry that he is persecuted, and his elec- tion is made sure. Thus mach in favor of Mr. Roosevelt in regard to the South. On the other hand, Mr. Greeley, bas | just been laying pipe down there at the Tate of five hundred dollars a lecture, telling the Southerners what he knows about farming—and he, perhaps,’ never saw a boll of cotton on the stalk in a cotton field in his life, However, here are the two names for candidates for the Presidency in 1872, peremptorily on the one term princi- ple and no backdown:—Republican ticket, Horace Greeley, of Chappaqua; democratio ticket, Robert B. Roosevelt, of New York “And may the best man win,” SLAVE Ema IPATION 1 ty Brazur. ~-The Bra- zilian government has peasiuled to the Cham- bers a bill for the emancipation of all slaves belonging to the Crown. The bill provides, also, that convict slaves are to become fred after sevQu years’ imprisonment, their owners receiving indemnity from the treasury. The, whole scheme, we are told, meets with strong opposition, It is gratifying to see the Brazil- ian government taking the initiative in thia matter, Interested parties, as in our own ex. perience, will resist. But slavery must fall if it should tear Brazil in pieces. Spain must take heed to the example of Brazil. On the American Coutivent slavery cannot mr longer be tolerated. Important To Fisa Cucrurtsts.—Hon. Robert B, Roosevelt, one of the State Fish Commissioners of the State of New York, announces that the Commissioners have ten thousand salmon trout and three thousand salmon, abont three inches long, which they will give to any one desirous of stocking snitable public waters in this State, Persons wishing either may write to Seth Green, Rochester, N. Y., and should deacribe partica- larly the waters they wish to stock, Here is an opportunity for our fish culturists to obtain some fine specimens of the finay tribe, Frank Bua AND Prestbent Grant are both going to the commencement at Prince. ton College, N. J., and both for the same purpose of hearing General Belknap, the Secretary of War, deliver the annual oration. When we consider the terrible prophecies of despotism and usurpation and tyranny that Blair made against Grant during their rival canvasses in 1868, we cannot help feeling @ little dread that something terrible may grow ont of this strange meeting. It may be that oveu wader the Glasdig shades of old Princeton