The New York Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1871, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD Gey Corraption—Tme Kain Duty of BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic addressed New York despatches must be HERALD. Velume XXXVI “AMUSEMENTS THs EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broniway, between Princes Houston streets.—OUE AMTUICAN OoustN. ee GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot : ‘ EILFax OY. rot Sth ay, ana Wd ste LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE, No, 720 Bro ma Opaea—FLEUR Ds Tue. 9. rondway.—F axxo FIFTR AVENUE THEATRE, Tur New DRANA OF Divoro. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broxiway.--Tae Bauer Pane romIme OF HUMPTY DOMPiy. ST. JAMES THEATRE, 1 fay.—-PRIMA DONNA FOR 4 Cwenty-foarth street. eighth strect and Broad- wi » &eO, dway and Uith street DUS MAN, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Bi AGGRAVATING Sam--Tur Nya WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corier 30th st, Perform: ances aiternoon and evening —Tiit OoTORVON. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourtecuth street.--Ine OPERA or Mantua, BOOTH'S THEATRE, 284 GUY MANNERING. STADT THEATRE, SkABON- between 5th amd 6th ays. -~ Nos, 43 and 47 Bowery —Orrna LLIAM TRLL, BOWERY THEATRE, Ror 7 HeAvi—Larny HOOLIGAN--iUELP, BROOKLYN AQADF! GRanv Bart v THEATRE coMIQUE, 514 Broaaway.—Comzo Vooats SAN FRANCISCO MI 1B SAN FEANCISCO EW OPER. —Bryasi's M PREG WALL, 585 Broadway. » between bth TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSK: Neauo KoceNtRCITIES, BURL Cage tata ke STEINWAY HALL, Fourten SECRETARY Bourweut. PARIS PAVILION CIRCUS, 8d and Ud avennes.—KQuEst SOMERVILLE LIN's Irian € h strect.—Lrerun® by —- street, between AMERICAN I and Bixty-third stre TU z ~Open dn: TRIP New York, Friday, Octobe: CONTENTS OF TO-FAY Pace. 4 1—Adveriisements, Advertisements. 8—Tweea’s Tribulations: io their c the Order for the Ar F Ment in the Publ on Tweed'’s Dep Beulch to be SHEET Negotianons on —Tne Repub. ‘ous Political News, Ves u: of its Population, Iis Scheme of Government and Religion; Napoleon’s Retreat trom Moscow ; Anxious Inquiries for tue Arrival of the’ Prince— auin’s Indian Cartoous—Tne Ninety-second Street Aunuat Report of the Eastern Dispen S—Poltical mination dates in Kings Politics—The Chui A ‘iyphoon in Property and J Hong Kong ; Awful Plunderers and Ass on to our Edu of Democratic Cancil- County; Tioga County uds— t Destruction of Life in and around ndeur of the Storm ; s at Work—An Ad- sbur @—Editorials : Leading Article, tons—The Plam Duty of Mi ment Announceme! 7—Editorials (Contin portant from Ri it Maie Poy Hun: o Make from Engiand, Frav Corsica and = i Mexrico—News neous Telegrams— Yacbting—Business » S=The Trial of Rosenzweig Sister of the Murdered ¢ mony of the Servant ¢ Tmprisonment for Deb: Case—Proceedings in the Jersey Justice—Provabie ark —Department of Doe! Union—American — Missio Association — Army and Intelligen: A Forty Thou- Sadd Doliar ure in Newark—The National Thsurance Con ion— Barbarians at Home— Yellow Fever in C . O—Bouih Careunar Leste scribed Districts; A sands Leaving the Latter Day saint ‘Tue City Corrup- yor Hall"—Amuse- Spain, Kome, Revolution in uington—Miscella- fouthern Ka Klux— The Mother aud im Court; Testt Petty Libels and Parsee Lunacy Jourts—Meting Out micide in New- “American. bible 4 oomy Pteture; Thou. ountry—The Naugaty uprovements in Canal nic Merrymaking—Ssut- uivercial Reports—Do- sus and Deaths. t Arrest of x y Ssout- well—Anna Dic Unions— Protestant Episcopal Conventron—Amu: Inents—htuppiug — inte’ig nothel » Notice-A EKLY HERAt 12~Aiveriisements, Tus Damooratio Panty of the Staie will by the people hardly be held responsible for the spoliations of Tweed and company, while t g of their erimes ts due to such | iye democrats as Governor Ho at mau, Charles O'Conor and Samuel J. Tilden. Tur Aporrion or Savery iN Braz, ‘wipes out the institution on this Continent and the islands thereof, excepting the Spanich iglands of Cuba and Porio Rico, and the time | is not far off when it will be abolished there by or without the anthority of Spain. She must give up those “niggers * and the slave ‘rade in Cuba or prepare to give up the island. be Ir Brarss ro BE Dovetrut whether ‘Boss Tweed” will receive hie neual majority for the State Senate in (he coming eleciion—donbtful if he will dare to hold on a% a candidate— Aoubtfol if his friends will insist now of run- bing him; while it is morally cytain that he will never darken the door of the Senate Chamber again with pie fuily presence. His political “f is ended. 5 a eae my f* Toe Parser Luxacy Casu.—We give to- ay the material points of a very able decision ed yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas by Judge Daly in reference to the case pf the Parsee merchant, Colah, of Bombay, who had lost his reagon in this city and was in a lunatic asylum, The Judge pnters minutely into all the circumstances of Yhis very interesting matter, and holds that it jain the power of the Court to order what gould most conduce to the moral and material interests of Colah; and as all the testimony statements pointed to the conclusion that would be best if the lunatic were removed $0 his own country, the sion of the Court polocides with that viv femoved according|y, ,; may plead that he has loaned money to the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 187L.—TRIPLE SHEET. Mayer Hall, The pee of New York are indebted to Attorney Genet Champlain, Charles O'Conor, and Samuel J. Tagen for the first practical movement toward solution of the intricate problem of our municipal troubles since the issue of the Foley injunction which virtually displaced Compirole Gonnolly aud put Andrew H. Green in harge of the city finances, These clear-heades lawyers have set to work ina sensible businem manner to trace the large sums of money fravtulently drawn from the public treasury from the moment they passed out of the possession of the city up to the time of their eventual dis- tribution among those who shared in the plun- der. It is true that they have not yet fully accomplished their work, or perhaps for some good reasons satisfactory to them- selves they are not just now prepared to make entire disclosure of the information they have obtained, and hence only one of the receivers of the stolen money is at present pointed out to the community and, subjected to legal proceedings, But enough has been shown to prove that more than one prominent official, entrusted with large publio interests, has been receiving a heavy percontage of the amounts paid to contractors for work done and supplies furnished on account of the city; and that in some instances wholly fraudulent claims, based, no doubt, upon duplicate bills obtained from contractors, have beon passed through the Auditor’s office, the money drawa upon forged receipts and divided among the conspirators, The plan of operations appears now to have been simple enough, and it is matter of surprise that men engaged in such nefarious transactions should have been s0 neglectful of all necessary precaution, and should have left their tracks so plain and open behind them, The agent between the dis- honest contractors and their official friends seems to have been the Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Elbert A. Woodward, who is now reported to have sought safety in flight. When deposits of warrants were made by Ingersoll or A. J. Garvey checks wore on the same day paid by them to Woodward, who deposited the same to his own account in the National Broadway Bank. Then a check for 4 portion of the amount would be drawn by Woodward, paid to Tweed and deposited by him to his private account. Take, for instance, the transactions of May 7. On that day Ingersoll & Co. endorsed and deposited in the bank, warrants to the amount of one hun- dred and fifty-two thousand dollars. They paid to E, A, Woodward their checks to the amount of seventy-four thousand dollars, or, as it will be observed, nearly one-half ‘of the amount, These were doposited by Wood- ward, who drew against them his own checks for twenty-seven thouswed dollars, which were deposited to Tweed’s acconnt. If does not yet appear to whom the balance was paid, but as Woodward’s checks must have been given in like manner to the other sharers of he plunder they can be as readily traced as those paid to Tweed, and the people will not be satisfied that the investigation should halt at this point. It is noteworthy fact that these corrupt | transactions are ucaity atl twannahla ta that | stupendous job, the new Court House, The con- tractors who were in league with the munici- pal office-holders are mainly the men who have been engaged on that work, and that ap- pears to have been the great demoralizing agent in the whole disgraceful business, Years ago, then these plans for the robbery of the people were being concocted—and mil- lions of dollars have been stolen in the past as ia the present—the Hxraup time and again exposed and denounced the very frauds that now show 80 glaringly, and demanded such a reform of the municipal government as would have rendered this bold plunder of the Trea- sury tmpossible, But the politicians and their organs of both parties, either sharing or hoping to share in the spoils, helped to cover up the tracks of the corruptionisis and to shield them from the consequences of their dishonesty, When Tammany was in danger from the HERALv’s exposures, republicanism came to her aid and kept her in power, Republican State Legislatures and republi- can Governors, instead of helping us to purify the municipal government, sought to perpetuate the corruption for the sake of sharing in its unholy gains, The losses incurred by the city and the dis. grace which has fallen upon us are due to the political harpies who even now are striving to make the honest indignation of the people avgilaple for their own selfish ends, There may be technical and logal difficulties in the way of bringing these great crimes home tothe guilty partics, or of obtaining restitution from the persons implicated in them. But the people are satisfied that they bave been shamefully robbed, and they should not be required to contiaue even for an hour to trust those who are clearly proved to have betrayed them, ‘The disclosures made through Messrs. O'Conor and Tilden seem to bring the charge of a cor- rupt connection with public contractors, through the agency of Woodward, home to the head of the Department of Public Works. He parties who appear to have paid him these large sums, but the people will not believe the story. The question is, how can this suspected public officer be removed from the important , and Colah will ” position he ‘occupies in the municipal frovernment ¢ We can see but one solution of the difficulty, and that is in the prompt and resolute action of Mayor wll, The chief executive gffiger of the city should stand forward as its defender, and rid the Aerermens a gil whose hands are soled with this abominable corraption. It is irue that he has received but little encourage- ment in such a course from the action of those who have interfered with his authority and put themselves forward as the champions and protectors of unfatthfal public officers for political considerations. But Mayor Hall owes a duty to the people which he cannot evade, and to himself which he ought not to neglect. The Charter ties his hands and places bim under the restraint of one of those mischievous tenure of office laws invented by the revenue plundorers at Washington to save themselves from removal by an unfriendly President, In order to protect those repub- lican commissioners who were retained in office under the muuicipsl government as a povtion of the bargaia under which the New York Charter received repub- lican support at Albany, all power over his subordinates was taken from the Mayor, and it was provided that no head of a depart- ment should be removed except on impeach- ment before a full Court of Common Pleas. Fortunately, however, Judge Barnard has shown us a road out of this difficulty, and that path wo now call upon Mayor Hall to pursue, In granting the Foley injunction Judge Barnard, in his own words, ‘intended to establish this doctrine—that where no remedy exists at law a Court of Equity, by the virtue inherent in itself, pos- sesses the right to step in and invent & remedy, Whether the abuse ia the squandering of public funds or other mis- behavior of officials, the Supreme Court has the power to correct the evil.” Nothing can be more clearly expreased than this, and it is certain that under the principle it lays down Judge Barnard cannot hesitate to “invent a remedy” and to correct the evil of the retention of Tweed in the im- portant office of Public Works after the disclosures made by Messrs. O'Conor and Tilden, Mayor Hall should there- fore seck the aid of the judiciary, and as the Charter prohibits his removal of the head of a department, he should apply for an injunction or order preventing Tweed from exercising any longer the powers and duties of his office, and authorizing the appointment of a Commissioner in his place, at all events until after the legal investigation of the charges shall have been made. This is the only practical and efficient method of meeting the difficulty. Even the arrest of Mr. Tweed, which is said to be coutemplated, would not vacate his office. It would be a mere formal process upon which he would be required to give bail to appear to answer any charges that might be preferred against him, The sureties would be fortucoming and Tweed would return to his duties, Nothing is more certain than this: that a public officer, having control of the expenditure of large sums of public money, should be free from such grave suspicions of official corruption as attach to Mr. Tweed. The people believe that he has colluded with dis- honest contractors to defraud the city, and has put a large share of the plunder into his own pocket, even if they hesitate to credit the more serious charges brought against him. They desire his removal from the Department of Public Works. Now, will Mayor Hall seck the aid of Judge Barnard, who already stands pledged to ‘invent a remedy” in cases of official misconduct, and carry out the wishes of the people? The Washington Treaty and the Cotton Lobby. Our Washington correspondence fore- shadows an active lobby business this winter at the capital in connection with the Commis- sion which is appointed to adjust the claims be- tween England and the United States under the Treaty of Washington, The “cotton lobby” is the suitable name given to the combination of claimants and agents who are preparing to make a terrible onslaught upon the Treasury. There is a suspicion that some of the prowi- Tose PENIS em hn enee nation in nashine the treaty through are directly or indirectly interested in huge cotton claims that are to be presented under it. There is a coalition, it is said, between the Confederates of the South and certain prominent radical republicans of the North to accomplish the object in view. We think this is likely, for it is just in accord- ance with the gigantic corrupt schemes worked up in Washiogton and the general corriaption which grew out of the war and has overspread the couatry. No doubt the cotton and other claims that may be worked up by such a lobby will amount to a stupendous sum and prove a great temptation to fraud. The amendment to the constitution bars, it is true, rebel claim- ants and the cotton loan of the Confederates, but this will be circumvented by British hold- ers of claims and by a host of interested so- called loyal Americans, unless great vigilance, honesty and firmness be displayed by the Commission. Considering the many millions of dollars at stake we may expect lively times in Washington this winter, and such a gather- ing of lobby vultures there as bag rarely or never been seen before. A Cabinet © is in Anstrin. A telegram from Vienna informa us that Count Hoheawart, with the members of kis Cabinet placed their resignations in the hands of the Emperor yesterday, and that it was regarded as certain that His Majesty would accept their portfolios and set about the formation of anew Ministry. This action leaves Chancellor Beust master of the political situation for the moment, Per- haps it is well for the country that it is so, Austria cannot afford to remain divided by political party prejudices or the discontents of the different nationalities in view of the military position of Russia, as it is set forth to-day ia our special telegram from St. Petersburg. The quarrels of the Czechs and the Germans must be healed if the empire is to preserve its integrity; but it may be that the great northern agitator has already sounded German sentiment at the parent home and tnade sure of its sympathy, Tne Mormon Women have drawn up a petition to Congress, fifty feet long and signed by twenty-five hundred petition- ers, praying that proceedings against the Mormons be stayed. They express belief in the divinity of the polygamic system, and say that they are content ag they are, Some time ago We suggested that the Mormon wives make themselves heard on the subject, and doubtless, if the petition is a genuine one, this is the means they have taken to that end, It can hardly be probable that the petition will affect the trivls now pending ; but in view of the fact that the future of these unfortunate women is most deplorably affected by the prosecution, it should become a subject of thoughtful consideration with Congress and the administration, Tuy Episcopa, Convension at Baltimore has finally decided to leave the whole subject of the ritual canou just ag they found it, The matter was most thoroughly discussed and a very general interchanging of views was taken, All the members, it seems, con- demned extreme ritualiam; but some of the proposed modiGeations were obnoxious enough to defeat the whole reform, Disorganization and tho Remedy. ~ We are at present living under a singular government in the city of New York— gov- ernment half legal and half outside the regular provisions of the law. A committee of citi- zens assume authority over the public affairs usually exercised by elected officers, The Financial Department is in the hands of a Deputy, while the Comptroller continues its nominal head but without a shadow of power. An eminent lawyer in private life brings suits on behalf of the people of which the Corpora- tion Counsel is the legal prosecutor. In short, the whole municipal administration is dis- organized, and our political condition is dis- graceful to the great metropolis of the re- public. This state of affairs should be brought to an end at once, and the shortest road out of the difficulty is the best, It is evident that the fight of the politicians is over the Comptroller’s office, and we believe it would end to-morrow if Mayor Hall would signify his readiness to appoint Audrew H, Green Comptroller of the city in place of Richard B, Connolly. Now, Mr. Green has at least the reputation of honesty, and the recent proceedings in the courts have proved that the Comptroller cannot use the power of his office unfairly towards any depart- mont of the city government, Let Mayor Hall notify the Committee of Seventy and all whom it may concern, that he will appoint Andrew H. Green Comptroller—let bim in fact confer the appointment upon him at once, and the committee will obtain for him the resignation Comptroller Connolly has hercto- fore withheld. The promotion of Deputy Green to the Comptrollership will be the oom- mencement of our return to regular, legal government, and there ia no reason why Mayor Hall should hesitate to take the step which will release us from our present irregularity, confusion and turmoil. Our Municipal What They Are Doiug at the Theatres. Notwithstanding the great number and variety of attractions at the varions theatres in the city at the present time and untoward circumstances that were calculated to keep people away from them, the managers of the principal houses have met with every encour- agement from the public, und the attendance, asa general rule, has been better than during past seasons, We have never had » many first class artists here at one tims, The recog- nized home of high comedy, Wallack’s, is brighter than ever, owing to the remarkable strength of its present company, The veteran comedian, Charles Mathews, who has been the favorite of the public for more than a quarter of a century; the inimitable Brongham, the courtly Gilbert, who may be regarded as the last Sir Anthony Absolute and Sir Peter Teazle we shall sce on the American stage; the versatile Fisher, the charming Miss Mor- daunt, Miss Effie Germon, Mr. H. Montgomery and the accomplished manager himself repre- sent only a portion of the strength of this matchless company. Then we have tho renowned actress, Miss Charlotte Cushman, at Booth’s, repoating her great impersonation of Meg Merrilies, that was the delight of the stage years ago, and Sothern’s Lord Dun- > stat ama mirth-provokin: piece of nonsense that ever attracted a fu house. Mr. and Mrs, Florence have made the Grand Opera House one of the most popular theatres in the city by their clever acting in the newest Irish play, ‘Eileen Oge.” At that cosey little dramatic boudoir, the Fifth Ave- nue Theatre, Daly’s play of ‘‘Divorce” is in its eighth week, and its success is undiminished ; aad Fox will likely ran the entire season at the Olympic with “Humpty Dumpty.” Aim¢e has already made Lina Edwin's Theatre the home of opéra bouffe and intends to keep it there. The dramatic managers commenced this season with fear and trembling, as there was every reason to think that the opera and other musical attractions would rob them of no inconsiderable share of public patronage, but they were agreeably disappointed. There are room enough and patrons enough for all in New York, and where there is real merit there willbe no empty tenches, It is only trash that meets with deserved failure in the mo- tropolis. Awaawr Hie mant - Orpgr or ArREsTs.—A few days since Judge Barnard foreshadowed his intention to examine into the cases of prisoners confined in Ludlow Street Jail, with a view especially to the liberation of those imprisoned for debt. He yesterday took time by the forelock, and with a judiciously sweeping order cut off the sources mainly from which this jail derives its inmates. In this order he declares that hereafter he will issue no order of arrest against parties charged with obtaining money or goods through alleged false representations unless the same shall have been, made in writing and subscribed by the person or persons making the charge; that no like order will be granted against any person for libel, assault and battery, slander or false imprisonment other than upon or against the person or character of a woman, and finally, a most effectual clinching of the whole matter, that no order of arrest will be granted in any action unless the party or parties are non-resi- dents and about removing from the jurisdic- tion of the Court, nor for any arrest where the sum sought to be recovered fs less than one thousand dollars. Tue Ku Kuivx Commitrer, to meet in Washington early next month, intends to pre- pare a most harrowing report of the outrages in the South for the consideration of Congress. It also proposes to have one or two coutuma- cious witnesses presented before the bar of either House, among them General Forrest and General Saunders—a very ill-advised pro- ceeding, as no credit is likely to reflect on the committee or the House by this contumacious witness business, and it serves mainly to make for such men as Forrest some little capital es ‘‘martyrs,” ‘Tne pressing and immediate needs of the Chicago sufferers following directly on the fire were fully satisfied by the charity of the uni- verse, but there remains yet forty thousand people to be fed, The committee ask for vegetables, beans, onions and potatoes, the supply of these being scant, and disease threatening in consequence of the unwhole- some steadiness of bread and water diet. Our farmers have now a chance to show their generosity ia a way that appeals directly to eg, Russian Reorgauiging Her Army—A Men- acing Movement. To our columns of this morning we print a special cable despatch to the Heratp which proves beyond all possibility of doubt that Russia is preparing for war. The purport of the despatch is that the army of Russia is to be not only completely reorganized but enor- mously increased as 9 whole and strengthened in its departments, The whole people are to be trained to arms after the model of Prussia. Such additions are to be made to the army that in time of war the total forces available for immediate use will not be under one million six hundred thousand men, So thorough and complete is the reform intro- duced that it is reasonable to conclude that in the event of invasion every able-bodied Russian will virtually be a soldier. The new arrangement makes provision for peace times; but the new army on a peace footing will bo formidable enough for war purposes. What does this new movement in Russia mean? That is the question which most people, in running over-the figures of oar special despatch, will this morning ask. The simplest answer that can be given to the question is—It means war. It has been quite manifest to thoughtful observers for some time past that the late Franco-German war had not pacified warlike spirits in Europe. It was a gain certainly to find that France was put under bonds to keep the peace. But all that France lost Germany gained. The centre of power was transferred from Paris to Berlin. The late conferences held at Gastein and at Salzburg encouraged the fooling that the pur- poses of Bismarck had not been exhaustively carried out, that some work remained to be done, and that it was likely to be finished with as little delay as possible. It was known that Russia was not quite satisfied with the result of the war, It has since come to light that Bismarck bought Russia before the war, as he once bought Austria, and as he once bought France, and that Russia has no reason yet to bonat that she haa heen paid in belter coin than either of the other two Powers, In plain terms, Russia and Germany are not agreed. Bismarck has made sure the alliance of Austria; and Russia to-day finds herself absolutely isolated in Europe, France is ber only possible ally; but poor France, now that she begins to feel the weight of her enormous debt, is of the opinion that war might increase rather than diminish her troubles. Denmark dare not move, Sweden, if she finds it impossible to maintain absolute neutrality, will boldly espouse the cause of Germany and fight for the restoration of her long lost provinces to the north of tho Baltio. Groat Britain, of course, will content herself by looking on, It is our confident belief that the next war will be between Russia and Germany. The presumption is that Austria will fight on the side of Germany, and_it is not impossible that Frauce, encouraged by the hope of getting rid of the remaindey of her indemnity, will espouse the cause of Russia, A cause of quarrel between Russia and Germany will be easily found when required, A Prince of the House of Hohenzollern rules on the Lower Danube, Roumania is a barrier wall between Russia and Turkey. Austria is in trouble with her Sclaves. In Austria or Roumanta woubdie might arige at avy inoment sufficient to bring Germany and Russia into actual conflict, It is suspected by many—il is said to be known for certain in some quar- ters—that Biamarck intends to play a bold part in the next great conflict, In Europe Germany has no rival but Russia, Determined to leave Germany mistress of Europe and to establish an empire more power- ful than that of Charlemagne, it is Bismarck’s intention, so it is said, to proclaim the independence of Poland. To this end he is willing to part with that portion of Poland which Prussia owns. Austria, it is said, is willing to make a similar sacrifice. It is known that some time since, when France was in her agony, the head ceutres of the secret societies of Poland instructed the Poles in France to hold off, to fight no more for France, and for the reason that all hopes for the restoration of the old Sarmatian kingdom centred in Berlin, not in Paris, It is well known how the Poles fought in the armies of the Firat Napoleon, It is well known how hopefully they looked for a time to the Third Napoleon, It requires not to be told how in both cases they were deceived, If Bismarck ean rally the Poles around him, Austria fight- ing heartily in the same cause, Russia will not have the shadow of a chance of success. It would be strange to see Poland restored as one of the kingdoms of Europe; but it-would not be more strang® than many things which have happened in this eventful age. Most certainly the Polish kingdom, restored ander a Hohenzollern, would be a powerful barrier wall between Russia and Germany, The restora- tion of Poland would be a stroke of policy not unworthy of the daring and fertile genius of Bismarck, All things considered, we think ft fair to regard in serious light this reorganization of the Russian army. Il is, in our judgment, a response to the Gastein and Salzburg conferences, Europe gravitates to- wards unity, Before it can be one united re. public it must come under the controlling in- fluence of one grand central Power. Accord- ing to all promise that central Power is to be Germany. But between then and now there must be wars and rumors of wars. Napo.kon AND Beyeverti Bxr.ais.—Ifn the Henrarp of yesterday we printed Benedetti’s explanations and the letter of the ox-Emperor Napoleon to the late Sir John Burgoyne. Both must be regarded as apologies for the failure and defeat of France in the late war. As apologies, both must be regarded as weak and unsatisfactory. Benedetti convinces us that France was wrong and that Prussia was right; that the French Ministers were impertinent beyond all endurance, and that Emperor Wil- liam is o regular -old brick, who knows when and how to be civil aud when and how to snort, Napoleon's letter only shows that, with all his apparent power, he was but a blind leader of the blind, After all that both mas- ter and servant have written it has still to be admitted that France was deservedly whipped. Powsperrms Has Tam Too.—C. T. Yerkes, a defaulting stock broker, of Phila- delphia, was held to bail yesterday in fifty thousand dollars, on a charge of embezzlement and larceny, in the matter of certain city loans placed ia his bands by the City Troasurer for ales Tho Qneen’s Cup Racos-A Tesitmontal for - the Wiuniog Yachis. Tho international races are over and the Queen's Cup remains in possession of the Now York Yacht Club, The English yacht Livonia has been defeated in four races, twice by the Columbia and twice by the Sappho, and re- turns to England without having added any- thing to her reputation for speed, It has boea satisfactorily settled that tho fame our yacht gained in 1851 is most worthily retained by those of later years, and all Americans should feel a just pride in the fact that we have yet to be defeated. With a knowledge of this we consider it but an aot of justice to Vice Com. modore Douglas, the owner of the Sappho, and Rear Commodore Osgood, the owner of the Columbia, that the New York Yacht Club, or tho public, should arrange to present to each of those gentlemen a suitable testimo. nial—a substantial token of the manner ia which the performances of their magnificent yachts is appreciated by our people. As it stands now they have nothing to show; they have been put to great expense by reason of having to keep their vessels in commission beyond the time expected; new sails, now rigging and other matters had to be procured for them, and extra men were employed, And all for what? Why, to sustain a reputation that belonged not to themselves or their vessels alone, but to the whole country, Hence it is but fair that those who have benefited by the recent splon- did performances of the Sappho and Columbia should signify their appreciation of it by more than mere words; they should see that the men who have done so much to serve our yachting interests and maintain our yachting reputation receive something worthy of the occasion, something that they can hold with pride and point to with pleasure as the gift of their fellow countrymen. Wo believe that it is only necessary to call the attention of our people to this subject in ordor to awaken theie. interest in it, We fecl assured that thoy will agree with us and rospond at once, and ina short time arrange to show our successfal yachismen that services such as they hava performed cannot pass unnoticed and unres warded, The eyes of all England have been upon these races; they see that they have‘ beon fairly and gallantly won; then do not let them look upon the mortifying spectacle of the winners’ services receiving no other re< cognition than that contained in mere words, Tho Mexican Revolution, A special Haratp telegram from Matae moros reports the progress of the Mexiouy revolution to the evening of the 25th inst, If will be seen from this despatch, which ap pears in our columns to-day, that President Juarez has acted with alacrity and vigor agains’ the movement, and that his action ia likely to be crowned with success, Saltilla still held out against the insurgents at Mon- terey, Bight hundred government troops who had been despatched to his aid arrived at the scene of his difficulty, They came ia loyally and in good order—a very unusual result of the marches of Mexican soldiera through the cuuntry in revolutionary times: Gencral Escobedo was moving his command rapidly ogainst another division of the rebels. The present effect of this Ministerial army. power appeared to induce excellent conses quences, for we are informed thatthe inhabi- tants of the smaller cities of Nuevo Leon had already pronounced against General Trevino and his attempt at secession, Peaceful peos ple were seriously alarmed, as wo anticipated they would be, andiwo thousand Mexicans had already crossed the frontier into the State of Texas. Provided they have absolved them- selves fully from all revolutionary agitation propensities, aud resolved to live by the “‘sweat of their brow,” Texas is just the place for them, and we bid them a hearty welcome to their new and really free homes. the Ualted States Courts. We have already referred to the delay which has taken place in the trial of prisoners charged with offences against criminal lawin the United States Court, and, upon making inquiries, the following facts appear:—There are betwoet forty and fifty cases on the calendar awaiting. trial, and in these not more than ten of the parties accused are actually in prison, the rest being out on bail, The District Attorney and his subordinates say that they are using their utmost exertions and are most anxious to dis- charge the calendar, But there is ove special difficulty, among otiers, that blocks the way: They cannot find a Judge to sit long enough to saperintend what we may designate, according to the old Hnglish legal term, “a general jail delivery.” Two criminal terms of two or three weeks each in duration are not sufficient in the course of twelve months to mect the requirements of the criminal calendar of the United States Courts, The result of these Criminal Basiness in short terms is that the calendar con- tinues to grow larger and larger, while the chances of discharging it become smaller and smaller, Judge Blatchford, in the District Court, has plenty to attend to, and he attends to it. Judge Benedict has charge of the Eastern district, which includes Brooklya, and when he comes over to New York, as he has recently done to try prisoners, it is to be presumed that he has to leave undone some- thing that ought to be discharged in Brooklym,, Judge Woodruff has his hands full with motions and arguments in patent suits, reviews in bankeaptey, equity and law questions and the like, and he scems to find it difficult, owing to all this business, to preside at the trials of criminals. Now, what Is to be done? The intention of the law is to afford every person accused of crime a speedy trial, and for this purpose there ought to be a judge sitting at regular and frequent intervals to effect ‘a jail dolivery.” If any one of the Judges wo have named cannot ov will not attend to this business, then there ought to be a Tudge in attendance, just as there is in the Court of General Sossions, to disposa of indictments against prisonera as fast as they are found, We believe there are judges in other districts who have not very much to do, and that they would be glad to come here for the purpose we have mentioned. But even about this there ts a dificulty, for the government, in its niggardly policy, has made no provision for such a service, and & Judge, who ts expected to live like » gentle- man, cannot be expected to come down here, ty prisoners, aad for the vleaaure of the thing