The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1871, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorx Herawp. Velame XXXVI eee aaeasetanin ean + No 324 ~ AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING OLYMPIC THEATEK, Broadway. Tae BALLET Pan- romime of Humpty Dumpty. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteen! wo 1G, th strest.—ITALIAN ST. JAMES THEA’ way.—Tue Par oy THE ~ apaliaatad jJACCHUB, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broad Broads _ way and US8th street. Twenty-c ean WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadwa: Pe pte fe comet wih ot. —Pesform if Box Dxtzcriva Bogrins THEATR: = Tan va I Be 8. Sewen on and 6th ave. oer THEA‘ Bowery.—' Po RNON— BEABORING THE Dariis, ee PE aos GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets.—OuR AMERICAN COUSIN. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Sit ar. ana 32d st— Tux TIOKET OF LRAVE MAN. LINA EDWIN's THEATRE, K, No. 790 Broadway.—OrEma Bovrre—La Granpx Ducn esse. FIFTA AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-foorth street— Tur New Draua or Dryonce. MRS. F. B. Conways $ BROOKLYN THBATSE— Bpwin Boorn a8 Hamer. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Fourveenth st. and Broad way.—NE@BO ACTe—BUBLESQUE, BALLET, 40. THEATRE COMIQUE, 5 Broadway.—Couio Vooat- 1sMs, NEGRO ACB, 20, NEW YORK CIROUS, Fourteenth street.—Somzs ix TRE RING, AcROBATS, & SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HAUL, 58 Broadway.— TRE SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, BRYANT'S NEW OPERA HOUSE, 334 st, betwen 6th epe 7th avs.—Baranrs MINGTRELS, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— NEGRO Ecorn ckici1iKs, BURLESQUES, 40. se de OPERA HOUSE, Brooklya.—Vauiery ENx- TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Monday, November 20, 1871. fa CONTENTS CF TO-DAY’S HERALD, ir Advertisements, 2—Advertisements. S3—Hati to Alexis! Grana mementos, of the Svet- lana Yesterday; Meeting of the Grand Duke pa the Russian Ambassador; Complimentary Visit of Vice Admiral Rowan to Vice Admiral ton Behalt of the United States; A] ance of the Royal Visitor; What the Admiral of the Russian Fieet Has wo Say ‘About the Voyage: programme for To-Day; How the NeWs of the Arrival was Received in the City, #-Our Royal Guesis; Sketches of the Lives an Characters, Fortunes ant Misfortunes, Deeds aud Misdeeds of Vur Former Royal Visitors; How We Welcomed Thom—Russia and the United States: What the St. Petersburg Jour- nals Say on the Catacazy Question—The Perils of the Lakes—Horace Greeley tn Jall. S—Fire in a ‘tenement House—Prospect Purk Fair ar Grounds—Greater chan Gough—<tabbing Affray—Music er the Drama—Musical Ke- view—Knocked Down and Robbed—Bur- giary—Art Du Chaillu Re- Matters—Paul Vurned—Vanderbill’s Victims: Railroad Out- Tages in Westchester County—Tamman: Banks-A_ Clever Capture—A Determint Sutckie—Court Calendars. @—Bailtoriais: Leading Article, “The Arrival of the Grand Duke and the Preparations for His bones ccorcllr gig Calt-Chat—Amusement European Cable” Tel Important from Mexico—News trom Washington—Mob Law Rebuked— ‘telegrams—Brooklyn pik mrp eg Notes—Personal Intelli- ence—Shipping Intelligeace—Business No- ices, 8 -keligious: Yesterday's Services and Sermons in the Metropolitan and Suburban Churches; ‘twenty-fifth Annive: ‘of the Charch of the Pil 5 @ Letter from Dr. Storrs on Keligion bishop MoCloskey on Immoral ‘Newspapers and the License the Age; Sermon on the Uprising of tne Peo Beecher on Darwinism and the Human Race: on wounaenne tod of 8, Roman aaron: Me, aero ce undling Batok Gresley Knows ous (Concsued from Eighth —The the New Italian Bisho ows at or npopg aa Two Comets—The White Feather in the Prize Ring—Financial and Commerctat rts—Domestic Markets—Havana Mar- ieeeDry Foes oon easements Deaths—A\ 10—The fhe Grand ‘Duke yo Alexis "Continued from Sixth Page)—Local Afaris—Advertiseiments, 11—The Tichborne Case: First Two Days of the Adjourned Trial—Advertisements, 19— Advertisements, Waat's Recomm of General Hancock asa Presidential candidate? Has he been run over by the Tom Scott fast train? Nor Contest with robbing the rich tax- payers, the blasted “Ring” is now robbing the poor out of their hard-earned savings. These scamps had better emigrate to some country where lampposts are not plenty. Tue Czar has communicated to the people of St. Petersburg by this time, through his official organ, the report of the steam yacht Herald, of the safe arrival at Sandy Hook of his good ship Svetlana, with the Grand Duke Alexis on board, and ‘‘all well.” Tue Arpaxy Journal is of opinion that this State can be made permanently repub- lican by securing an honest count and a full republican vote. Foremost among the new measures of reform adopted by the next Legis- lature, continues the Journal, ‘will be a care- ful, well considered, stringent law for the protection of the ballot box.” That is all the people ask. With a full vote and g fair count they will abide by the decision of the ballot box, no matter what that decision may be, without repining. Tae Crams or Mrs. SPEAKMAN against the Spanish government in Cuba for the killing of her husband two years ago will come before the Spanish-American Claims Commission at an early day. She demands $30,000, The case is fresh in the minds of our people, and at the time of its occurrence excited more than usual indignation, as being even more oold- blooded and wanton than the majority of out- rages committed by the Spanish partisans against Americans who sympathized with the Cuban struggle for independence, Tax Moser Errsorive Resvce or Mos Law on record is that of a prisoner named Cheek, who was visited in his cell in the Brookville jail, in Indians, on Seturday night by a mob intent on hanging him. Cheek met them at his cell door, knocked down the first comer, seized a revolver and commenced firing into the crowd with an energy and precision that soon convinced them of the illegality of their proceedings. The result was the utter vaa- quishment of the Lynchers and the assured safety of the prisoner, who will now probably be let off with a light sentence in view of his gealous and highly commendable upholding of the law on this latter occasion. Tus Tox Times says there is a “tremen- dous risk in putting a new man io the White House.” Tremendous as the risk is there are plenty of men ready to run it, NEW YURK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1871. es cbuard SHEET. The Arrival of the Grand Duke and the Preparations for His Heception. “The Prince has come !” was the first excla- mation of our readers yesterday as they opened the Heratp to announce therefrom to the fam- ily circle at the breakfast table the special news of the day. The intelligence was received at this office at two o'clock in the morning, through our special couriers from our steam yacht Herald that the Russian frigate Svet- lana, with the Grand Duke Alexis on board, at half-past eleven Saturday night had an- chored off the lightship, outside the Hook, “all well.” Through our superior vigilance and activity, as in the case of the decisive coup dWétat of Louis Napoleon, and as in numerous other cases, we had yesterday the monopoly of this gratifying news of the ar- rival of the Prince, which was published ex- clusively in the Heratp. From his lengthened passage apprehensions had arisen that some serious disaster might, perhaps, have befallen his ship in the stormy Guif Stream, and con- sequently. our good news, in allaying all anxieties, was received with an vupusual feel- ing of gratification, The ship had only been delayed by head winds and heavy seas, and her officers and crew were delighted to hear that the other vessels of the little imperial fleet were in and awaiting her arrival. The first intimation that the flagship was below was conveyed to the other Russian ships and to our own fleet through the exclusive report of the Hzrarp, Immediately all was rejoic- ing and bustle on board the several vessels, as the news was passed from one to the other; but it was not until noon that the Abreck appeared in the bay and fired a salute of fif- teen guns, which was returned by the Severn. An hour afterwards, while all eyes were straining to penetrate the haze which had hung upon the water all the morning, the tall spars of the imperial frigate came out of the mist, As she passed Sandy Hook she fired a salute of twenty-one guns, with the American flag flying at the main, and the voice of her cannons was the signal for a roar of artillery all over the bay, untifthe squadron was shrouded in the thick white smoke of the burnt powder, And so, amid the friendly noise of the guns and the loud hurrabs of many lusty crews, the Russian flagship passed astern of the Congress and dropped her anchor. A great deal of anxiety has been felt in New York for several days past in regard to our expected visitor. Now that he is safely among us we may acknowledge that the serious apprehension reported to be felt at St. Petersburg by his august parents and by the loyal people of Russia was shared in some de- gree by Americans, although we were not willing to admit even to ourselves that the delay began to bear an alarming aspect. The weather had been unusually unfavorable and heavy fogs had been known to pre- vail. One of the vessels of the liitls fleet hed arrived in a _ partially disabled condition, and the officers and crew of the precious Svetlana were supposed to be strangers to our coast. Our ladies in especial had for many days studied the weather reports with trepidation, and fair lips had no doubt in the interval uttered many a prayer for the safety of the young Duke. There was some- thing in the youthfulness of the royal lad, trav- elling without parents or guardians, surround- ed only by rough tars on a stormy sea, that seemed to recall to sensitive minds those feel- ings of pensive sorrow with which, in years gone by, they had listened to the touehing story of the babes in the wood. But now the Prince is here, and lo and behold our special reporters who yesterday visited the ship that has borne him safely to our shores bring us the startling intelligence that the royal lad is a stout, strapping fellow, over six feet high, with great broad shoulders, Herculean frame, fair skin, light hair, a straight nose and large blue eyes; in short, a worthy descendant of Peter the Great, Had the libellous pictorials done anything like justice to this youthful Hercules, or had a faithful description of his personal appearance been afforded to us at an earlier day, we might probably have had less fear for his safety and less sympathy with his supposed sufferings. The Grand Duke is evi- dently capable of taking care of himself. The preparations on the water and the land for the reception of the young Prince on the part of the national government, on the part of the citizens of this metropolis, and on the part of the State of New York, as represented in our National Guard, are appropriate to the occasion. For the details we refer the reader toanother part of this paper. Should the weather bo favorable lo-day the spectacle on the water from Sandy Hook to the Battery will be excessively beaut'fal, and the military procession from the Battery to Union square will be very fine. Should the skies be very stormy in the morning the whole pageant may be postponed, as we hope it will be, in view of the good impression on desired in Beard to the Prince and his company, and in view of the advantages ofa clear sky for the universal holiday expected, Having already familiarized our readers with the causes, the reasons and the interna- tional advantages of our “happy accord” with Russia from the birth of our government dowa to this day, and in regard to the mutual benefits to be derived from the mainte- nance of these friendly relations, we need not enlarge upon this subject, In view of these friendly relations, and of the frequent, unstinted _hospitalities accorded to American officers and private citi- zens of late years by the government and peo- ple of Russia, it is incumbent upon us to give this son of our good friend the reigning Czar a cordial welcome, Nor have we any misgiv- ings that our reciprocities of hospitality in reference to “‘our distinguished guest” will be neglected. It is possible, on the other hand, that our reception committees or some exuber- aat individuals bere and there, in their over- flowing enthusiasm and good intentions, may pass the bounds of strict decorum. Let it, then, be remembered that that respect to the intelligent stranger is most acceptable in which, without obtrusion, we most respect our- selves, Lot us avoid, of all things, those Bo- hemianisms which made the whole American people appear contemptible to Charles Dickens in his first visit to this country. Let us wel- come this young Russian Prince rather as the son of an old friend than as a sprig of Russian royalty, Let him feel, wherever he may go among this great people, that be is among | friends ; but let him not be bored too much with sprend-eagicism ‘nor embsrrassed' With snobberies or vulgar exhibitions of gaping curiosity. Let bim not be worried to death with overwhelming attentions, but let him, while among us, be given, at least to some extent, that personal liberty we so highly prize; and hereafter we shall have nothing to regret in coaection with his visit to our shores except that he left them too soon. The Spasish Cabinet Defeated in Parlia~ ment-A Ministerial Crisis ta Madrid. ‘The opposition of the Spanish radicals to the Malcampo Cabinet has been successful in tbe Parliament. A Ministerial crisis existe in Madrid in consequence. Senor Zorilla offered his motion for censure of the advisers of the Crown during the sitting of the Legis- lature last Friday. An excited debate en- sued. The seasion was protracted through the night and the vote taken at an early hour on Saturday morning. This vote was adverse to Malcampo’s government, the numbers standing 178 for the opposition and 118 for the Ministerialista, _ Government resorted to the use of a series of adroitly managed parliamentary tactics with the view of securing an adjournment, Its adver- saries offered, in offset, a resolution de- claring the sitting of the Cortes permanent until the subject was’ disposed of. “A division resulted as we have stated, King Amadeus was embarrassed, President Malcampo read @ royal warrant proroguing the sitting of the Cortes sine die, the Crown hoping to avoid the approach of a still more complete anxiety by delay. The presiding officers of the two chambers of Cortes have been in consultation with the King, and it was hoped, at the date of our latest telegrams by cable, that Mal- campo’s Ministry would remain in office, after an unimportant reorganization. The occasion is a serious one for Spain, notwithstanding. The adjournment of the Cortes sine die is, in reality, a monarchidal coup against free parliamentary discussion. Zorilla’s motion embraced matters of vast national and popular interest. He had already asked the Crown to define its line of proceeding towards the Inter- national Society. Ministers evaded the ques- tion. The censure motion enumerated other points of governmental timidity or indiffer- ence. Its adoption by the Legislature fur- nishes additional proof of two .great facts— that Spain is very far from being a unit in its opinion of Amadeus’ policy; that Amadeus himself is almost powerless for executive good amid the distracting divisions of Spanish political parties. Tage ExpepigNoy oF THE Pzack Mzas- ures instituted by Vincent Collyer and the Quaker agents among the Indians is’ now ex- citing considerable discussion among the peo- ple of the far West most interested in the In- dian question. It is shown that while the peace policy operates very well in one section it is injurious in another. In Arizona the ad- vocates of the opposite policies are so much in conflict that where treaties are made under one dispensation they are violated under another. The result is very bewildering to those Indians who really believe in the white man’s veracity, and renders them very sus- picious of all overtures for peace. The chiefs who had been coaxed into temporary mildness by Vincent Collyer’s blandishments usually betake themselves to the mountains and the warpath as soon as soy movement of troops takes place in the neighborhood of their re- servation, One brave has recently told a very pathetic story of his disasters and anxieties— 8 story, indeod, filled with the almost obsolete eloquence of Logan, in which he says that he will do nothing to break up the peace, but “it seems it is not to be a peacefor me.” The cause of his troubles and of all the Indian troubles is conflicting counsels in the white camp. Let there be either war policy or peace policy, but let the policy be positive, Tae Corron Cror.—The Department of Agriculture at Washington reports favorably of the cotton crop of the present year. While the general product will fall short of that,of last year from twenty to twenty-five per cent, perhaps, the average quality is good, and there will be a larger product than was ex- pected in October. It is known that less was planted this year than last, in consequence of the fall of price last year; therefore the yield will be correspondingly good in proportion to the acreage planted. At the same time there has been a larger production of corn, grain and other things. The crop will return as much money, probably, or nearly as much, as that of last year. This will go far to restore the prosperity of the South. Another good crop next year would place that rich section of our country in the best situa- tion as to means and bring it back to rig nH like the flourishing condition it was eons omer Good cotton crops and the pokes of ail political dissh""ifes would soon put an end to the Ku Klux and restore har- mony in the South and between the two sec- ions of our common country. “Oxty a Lrrtte Corner.”—According to the testimony of Jules Favre, in his new book on “Rome and the Republic” (the present French republic), the Pope in a conversation in April last with the French Minister, Count d'Harcourt, said, in reference to the Papal temporalities :—‘‘Sovereignty is not a thing to be sought after in times like these. I know this better than any one, All that I desire ig a little corner of ground where I can be master, If I should be asked to reaccept my States I sbould refuse; but so long as I have not this little corner I cannot exercise my spiritual fanctions in their plenitude.” Surely upon this reasonable proposition there is a basis apon which the great Powers may provide for the independence of the Pope ‘‘in the little corner,” which is all that he asks, Toe Department or Parxs.—We under- stand, from reliable authority, that the Park Commissionerships made vacant by the re- tirement of Mr. Sweeny and Judge Hilton are to be tendered to Horace Greeley and Henry G. Stebbins. We have already urged tho appointment of Horace Greeley, who will, it is to be hoped, accept the office, Commodore Stebbins is one of the original commissioners of the Central Park, and no better selection could have been made by Mayor Hall. Both gentlemen will ably and faithfully discharge the duties that have been hitherto so well dis- charged by Mr. Sweeay and Judge Hilton The Heraid’s Suip News-Tho Value of Our System of Steam Yachts. The usefulness and advantage of the Hera system of collecting. ship news by means of steam yachts was never made 60 apparent to the great body of our citizens in all callings and professions as when it enabled us yesterday morning to lay before our four or five hundred thousand readers the exclusive intelligence known tomo other journal in the city, of the arrival of the Grand Duke Alexis. For two weeks past all the daily papers, all the collectors of news and telegraph operators have been on the alert, eagerly seeking to gain the earliest tidings of the hourly expected event; yet if it had not been for the Heratp yachts the news would have been unknown to our people until this morn- ing, unless, indeed, “the cannon’s opening roar” about noon yesterday had set some few of them to conjecturing that something special had occurred, and that it might possibly be the arrival of the long-looked-for Svetlana. The journalistic triumph which we secured yesterday is not, however, an isolated or even an unusual case, although more marked than ordinarily from the fact that it happened to be one in which our whole population, and not the commercial and mercantile classes alone, felt an interest, Day after day the columns of the Hzraxp present similar instances of ex- clusive shipping news, and our list of arrivals is every morning far more full and complete than that published in all the other daily papers. The expense and labor of collecting these numerous arrivals at all hours of the night outside Sandy Hook would be incredible to those who are not conversant with the outlay and toil re- quired to obtain perfection in a live and enter- prising newspaper; but our commercial men, shippers and merchants, understand the great value of our sbipping news, and they know that they cannot find a full and reliable list of arrivals in any other journal than the Herap, which is regarded as the anthority in such in- telligence all over the world. Our fleet of steam yachts is now an es- sential and valuable part of the HERALp establishment, These smart little yachts dash and dart about outside Sandy Hook at all hours and in all manner of weather, keep- ing a sharp look-out for homeward bound vessels, boarding them and steaming rapidly to the nearest telegraphic station or up to headquarters with the news. The panting of their engines is heard through the fog and mist while they are themselves yet invisible on the waves. Their graceful forms are seen riding saucily over the rough- est seasand beating onward in the teeth of the fiercest gale as they pursue their adven- turous and important labor. . Few of our mer- chants and shippers, as they read the long list of arrivals published morning after morn- ing exclusively in the Hzraxp, give a mo- ment’s thought to the cost, exertion and hazard at which these brief but most valuable scraps of intelligence are gathered and laid before the public. At all hours of the night and far into the early morning, while others sleep, these vigilant and untiring collectors of news are busily em- ployed, at a heavy expense, in order that those who send forth. their wealth on to the uncer- tain ocean may learn at the earliest moment of the safe arrival of their ventures. Through this liberal enterprise of the Heraxp onr citi- zens are supplied with intelligence of the ar- rival of at least one-third of the vessels that reach our port, from twelve to twenty-four hours earlier than they could learn the news from any other journal or from any other source. In the instance of the arrival of the Svetlana, with the Grand Duke Alexis on board, this fact is made strikingly apparent to all. The HeERaxp spares. and begrudges no outlay that can make it what it is, the leading newspaper of the world in commerce as in all other branches of intelligence, But when the public benefit of our splendid system of collecting ship news is illustrated in so gratifying a man- ner and by so signal a triumph we may be pardoned for alluding to our great enterprise and in priding ourselves upon the successful results, Wat Dr. MoLgop Says Axsovr QurEN Viororta.—There are two Dr. McLeods. The one is minister of the barony parish, Glasgow, and editor of ‘Good Words ;” the other is a medical man and professor in the University of Glasgow. The minister of the barony has been in the habit of yielding to Her Majesty’s commands and preaching before her oncen year at Balmoral. In her book on the ‘‘High- lands of Scotland” the Queen makes frequent mention of the barony minister. It was during one of his prayers after the death of the Prince Consort that the Queen experienced what she calls “9 lamp in my throat.” The presume tion is that it is the barony r minister, not h his | prother, the medical Agetor, who has given his thirteea Years’ experience, Whether the one or the other, the statement that the mental health of the Queen is good will bring joy to many hearts. It is really pitiful to see so many of the Brilish politicians striving to make capital out of the Queen’s misfortunes, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Tae WARNIND oF THE CHICAGO FIRE was reiterated yesterday in the tenement house fire on Mulberry street. The house itself was built of the combustible material that first gave the Chicago fire its irrepressibte impetus, and houses of the same material are packed closely about it throughout the whole neigh- borhood. Providentially, the. fire occurred near noonday, and the Fire Department of the city proved itself as capable and reliable as ever. But in view of what might have proven a sweeping conflagration, it would be well now to overhaul the Building Inspection Depart- ment, to look once more after fire escapes and even to submit the Fire Department itself toa thorough inspection. The latter deserves only the highest commendation, so far as known; but an easy public confidence in it, long continued, may go far to infect it with too much easy confidence in itself. An inspec- tion and a rubbing up now and then will serve to keep it bright and shining. Tue Gerryspura (Pa.) Compiler, demo- cratic, thinks there is nothing in the late elections to dishearten the democracy. “Go to thunder with your old ark,” cried the drowning sinner; “I don’t believe there's going to be much of 9 shower, anyhow,” The Pith of the Pulpits. In oar ‘Sapadiiy 2 as caterers to an intelligent and almost. citeesie! gonstituency, while we seek to vary onr collections of religions news from week to week, we do not, however, gather it inst random. Out of a latgo mass of sermons which our reporters provide for us every Sabbath we pick and cull the best, be- cause we cannot possibly use all. Our readers may, therefore, judge of the unseen by the visible. The variety of subjects treated of ia the pulpits of this city and vicinity yes- terday will be found to be equal to any that has preceded. While Mr. Beecher was tracing the different steps of creation, and trying to reconcile science and religion for bis Plymouth congregation, the venerable Archbishop McCloskey was tracing the history of the Christian Church through its various stages and aspects, from the time that it left that little upper room in Jerusalem, nearly nineteen hundred years ago, until it became finally and firmly established in Rome, the then mistress of the world. Thence onward in its conquering tour of Weltern Europe, staying only for 8 time in Erin's ocean-girt isle, until it has spread itself east and west over all the earth. And from its splendid progress and brilliant career he drew the sublime truth that no power on ‘earth or in hell can shake it. Its foundations are sure and can nevor be. removed. The spirit of license and sensation in literatare was deprecated by the Arch- bishop and the Church, and good people every- where were called upon to keep pernicious reading out of the hands of the young. Ina similar vein, and starting out from the same text—the kingdom of heaven likened to a mustard seed—Dr. McCaffrey, in St, Andrew's church, and Rev. H. Flattery, in St. Theresa’s, also argued for the stability of the Chureh. In St. Paul’s Roman Catholic church Dr. Hecker sounded the note of warn- ing to the Church and the State upon the fear- fal increase of pauperism in our midst. The only hope of the country he conceived to be in the Church relieving the State from the care of the poor. The expensive way in which the State attends to this matter now will, if pauperism continues to increase in the future in the same ratio as it has in the past, utterly bankrupt us, The illustrations given by Dr. Hecker were too convincing and weighty to be wholly ignored. Apropos of this subject were the addresses delivered by Drs. Hepworth, Montgomery and Peters, in the Church of the Messiah, in be- half of the New York Infant Aaya, an un- sectarian institution. Dr. Merrill Richardson reviewed the nature of temptations and their relation to the great problem of life as illustrating bow our advanc- ing civilization brings with it the pollution of politics and the consequent degeneracy of the people and the plunder of our cities, One of the most calm and thoughtful discourses yet given on the late elections and the downfall of the Tammany Ring was delivered by the Rev. Heber Newton, rector of the Anthon Memorial church, last evening. The lessons of the “great uprising” of the people, as he read them, are that, by ignoring conscience and principle, it is feasible for men or for nations to rise to eminence. But, lacking foundation, every brick put upon their structure tends to its final overthrow, and in one day the power of the organization of iniquity known as the “Ring” is brought down to the ground. There is in the result an excellent warning to young men to seek wealth and fame by other and more honest means. The Rev. Chauncey Giles sought to snswer in the Swedenborgian charch the old query put by a heathen ruler centuries ago—What is trath? And in doing this he denied the ex- istence of any such thing as abstract truth, Truths are the actual processes of growth in nature andin man. The material universe is material truth in innumerable forms. Man's body is haman truth—an organized material form. Man’s spirit is spiritual truth, in an organized spiritual form. Man is the em- bodiment of all the finite degrees and forms of truth, In the Laight Street Baptist Mission Dr. Greeley, of Chappaqua, told the young people what he knows about intemperance—not, of course, by personal experience, but by ob- servation. He was unsparing in his con- demnation of the use of intoxicating liquors, but, if men will drink, he preferred that they shall make themselves sickly drunk, Ho considered himself personally a good illus- tration of how much of mental and physical labor a temperate man may perform and yet enjoy good health. The Catholics of South Brooklyn laid the corner stone of a new ‘Church of the Visita- tion” esterday, at which ex-Governor Lowe eared en - 7" Bae a ig eng ee = sadress,, Suis oo Cnurch of the Pilgrima a the morning an interesting letter was read from the pastor, Rev. Dr. Storrs, Jr., who is now travelling in Europe. It gives a hopeful view of religious progress in the Old World, and is replete with suggestive information. It will be found in another column of the Herarp, together with other pulpit productions which we cannot now call particular attention to, Es Tas Spanisn Reome w Cvba.—The Spaniards in Cuba continue to “vindicate” the authority of the Crown in the island, They are acting with great vigor against politi- cal offenders. Persons are still arrested and banished to the Isle of Pines for acts alleged to have been perpetrated in furtherance of the cause of the island revolution. It is acknowl- edged that these exiles are sent away without the government having had evidence of their guilt sufficient to insure a criminal conviction at home. They are really expatriated for ‘‘safe keeping;” it may turn out for the fature use of their country. The Consul of Sweden serving’ in Havana has been banished from the island, ander charge of having acted as the agent of some prominent Ouban refugees. Vessels of Amadeus’ navy are kept moving off the coast; 80 it must be acknowledged that Spain is still exceedingly vigilant and characteristically severe in Cuba, Tar Rerorm MoveMENTS IN BROOKLYN are going ahead; and they have'so far progressed that we think it quite likely our neighbors over the river will be given the opportunity, with the people of this island, of voting for new city officers, under a new charter and 4 new election law, in the springs | Mexican Revolation in Formidable Pro) groce—Junrez’s Authority Paralysed and Changd ef Gevetament Amminont, By telegram from Mexivo city, published i the Huraxp to-day, we have ais most rious import, we may say startling, fromrth alster republic. The intelligence, which dated in the Mexican capital on the 11th in stant, reached us, by way of Havana, last night. It presents the country subject to the fall sweep of an almost suc+ cessful revolution, Juarez’s govern was paralyzed in its executive power. complete change even in the form of th administration was looked for before ins opening of the new year. Pronuncismientos were of daily occurrence—their influence and consequences almost universal, It is alleged, indeed, that Mexico was never before in such an unsettled condition, and | if this assertion comes var to the|| froth the present state of affairs) must be deplorable indeed. Porfirio Diaz was | at the head of a large army. The: State Oaxaca proclaimed the revolution. The States | of Durango, Aquascalientes, Zacatecas and Coahuila affirmed the cry, and were moving | in aid of their insurgent brethren, Governors | of States were resigning, the army was als. | affected and the Treasury empty. The | speedy completion of a national revolution | was regarded as inevitable, The crisis in the | capital was intensified by charges of an un- blushing nepotism against Juarez, Generals were found ranged under either banner. It appears to us that the revolutionary party has the greatest number of commanders and | the ablest men in its service, Americatt and other neutral interests are dis- turbed, the customs centres confused, rendered uncertain in location and in some instances untenable. Mexican affairs are de- cidedly at a point of the most grave difficulty. Can the consequences be localized? Or wili the disorganizing, unhealthy influences radiate from the centre of Mexico to the border and cross the line in such a shape as will bring the subject directly to the notice of the United States government for sympathy or for cure ?. * Tax Crrizens ov Westosester, along the line of Commodore Vanderbilt's railroads, have been roused to a sublime indignation by the continued encroachments of the Commodore's railroad managers upon their privileges, and have determined to take united action for right- ing themselves. It appears that as little re. gard is shown for the convenience or rapid transit of those citizens who live in Yonkers and the Westchester suburbs as is shown for human life and the Central depot, The, time from Yonkers to a business house dowa town used to be fifty minutes; now It takes over an hour, and soon, it is supposed, it will take two hours, if matters progress backward. as they have been doing. The passengers whq were formerly landed at Chambers street are now landed- at the Central depot, on Forty- fifth street, and there left to the horse cars for further transportation toward their places of business. The Vanderbilt corporation is a big foe to fight, but people no more indignant than + these Westchester people have very lately fought and vanquished bigger foes, and we advise Commodore Vanderbilt ‘‘to see Wil- liam” and have this matter rectified at once. Toe Caprurg or Tarrz Burciars early on Sunday morning by Officer Brosnan de- serves some recognition of that officer from the Police Board, At least one of the burglars appears to be a valuable capture, having been concerned heretofore in a burglary that gave his ‘‘pal” on that occasion twenty years in the State Prison. It is well enough to say that — the officer did only his duty, but he was very judicious in the performance of that duty, and therein he deserves some reward or compli- ment that would serve to excite an esprit da corps in the force, As for the officer in control of the squad that assisted Officer Brosnan, we cannot speak so enoouragingly. Why he - should have permitted a rap to be given un- der the windows for the parpose of informing the robbers that they were coming is a mys- tery of police tactics beyond our comprehen. sion, It very nearly succeeded in letting the - worst burglar of the trio make good his escape. A New Way To Smasa Up tas Rervsti- OAN Party.—The Washington Capitat de. clares that ‘‘the republican party has resolved itself into a great army of office-holders, with camp followers in the shape of a subsidized press, so selfish, greedy, imbecile and corrupt that, were the outside pressure known as the democratic party withdrawn, the great mass ‘ of honest voters would at once withdraw their support and let the miserable concern fall ta pieces.” But what would rise in its stead? Another republican party or another demo- the sonatry ye wants gad cratic party? “What ped demands aie Yoav we exigencies of the times re requi re, is the formation of a great re. form party, composed of the honest and true’ men of all parties, and which will, with the overwhelming force and tremendous impetus of a gigantic political tidal wave, swoep party | corruptionists clean out of sight forever. Tuomas M. Norwoop, United States Sena. tor elect from Georgia, was a shoemaker. So was Roger Sherman; bat prepare for ang amount of puns upon the fact, nevertheless. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. A LIFE OF PROFESSOR 8. F. B. MORSE, the inven. tor of the magnetic telegraph, has been written by Mrs, F. G. Fairfield, under the personal supervisior Of its subject, and the book will appear from th \ press of the Harpers in a few weeks. Tam Laresr attempt to realize the mutcum in parvo 1s@ projected abridgment of Appleton’s New American Cyclopadia into s single quarto volume like Webster's great Dictionary. SIR HENRY HOLLAND’s “Recollections of Past Life’ =~ has been announced for speedy publication in Lon- don. ‘Tae Wonsrap TRaDs will be made the subject of q history by Edward Baines, M.P., autor of a history of Liverpool, of the cotton manalaoture, 40, GENERAL PALIKAO Is hext to. appear asa historian, and will strut his brief hour upon the literary stage under the title of “A Ministry of Twenty-four Days.’ Tax AMERIOAM MAGAZINE OF Fasnion, published by Skift & Co, New York, 1s tue latest omcial orgam of the fickle goddess. The plates, descriptions, de- signs and general features of tnis magazine are cf a very superior character, and give evidence of taste, skill and liberal enterprise, , Tux COPYRIGHT AGITATION In England brought =, out the fact that saron Tauchnita, whose Leipsig reprints of English books at half a thaler per volume have such an enormous sale on the Contt- nent and even in Amorica, has scrupulously pad copyright for every work of living autaors which he has tasaeds