The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1872, Page 6

* Science anp Art. 8 ee ee LT ee eee 6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Heap. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. os THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. No. 168 Volume XXXVII...... AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street— AnnicLe 47, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.- anckh—Swamp ANGELS. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Cucago Br. YORE THE Fine, DURING THE FIRE AND AFTER THE FIRE, PARATE MAINTEN- THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth on AR DEN, BOOT! avenue. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, léth st. and Broadway.— Fortunio aNp His Grrrep SERVANTS. street.—On tux Jury. OLYMPIC THEATRE. 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Page. 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements, 3—American Jockey Club: Winding Up of the Spring Meeting; Jerome Park’s Greatest Day; Magnificent Attendance and Capital Racing— Labor and Law: The Two Great Forces of the Social System Clashing: Police Point of View ; How the Laborers Look at_It—Meetings Last Night—Ocean Travel: The Hegira to Europe— Boating—The National Gaine—Cricket—sus- pected Foul Play in Westchester—Naval In- telligence, 4—Religious Intelligence: Fourth Sunday After Pentecost; Religious Exercises To-Day; The Hi¥RALp Religions Communicants; The ‘“Re- ligion” of the House of Refuge; Persecution of the Jews; The Bible Doctrine of Immor- tality—Thirty-fourth Street Synagogue— Father Burke's Farewell Sermon—Young Men’s Christian Convention—Central Park— Military Courtesies—The _ Thomas-Reavey Case—Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts—Special Sessions Court. S—Financial and Commercial: Wall Street De- serted; A Heavier Line of Imports, and Gold aTrife Firmer; The Week's Specie Export Only a Little Over Two Millions; The Cotton Movement—Municipal Affairs—New York City Items—The Sixth Avenue Shooting Affray— Murder in Marion Street—Brooklyn Affairs— The Riverside Park Improvement—Police Matters—Miscellaneous Telegraph—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. The Meeting of the Geneva Court of Arbitration—The Prospects of the Treaty. The Hxnaww special cable despatches from Geneva, published to-day, give a graphic de- scription of the assembling of the High Court of Arbitration under the Treaty of Washing- ton, and although very little appears to have been done except to formally open the Court, the account will be read with interest. There -has been so much speculation and such warm controversy in regard to what the Court ought to do and what it would be likely to do, and the whole subject has been so exhaustively dis- cussed, that the people have become anxious to know something about the tribunal whose work is to be of so momentous a character. Our special correspondents at the seat ‘of operations have, therefore, as usual, exactly hit the public desire; and, as they could not tell us what the important personages assembled at the Hotel de Ville in Geneva said and did during the half hour they remained together in council, in consequence of the exclusion of the press, they have done the next best thing, and given us a description of the scene presented to the eye of the observer. Thus we yearn that the Hall of Congress, which has been appropriated as the council room in which is to be decided the important point of England's liability for the destruction caused by her carelessness during our rebel- lion, is an “ordinary drawing room,” with seats orranged in a somi-circle and furnished with stationary desks, the latter being cer- tainly a very necessary appendix in considera- tion of the enormous amount of documentary evidence said to be prepared for the exami- nation of the arbitrators, Although the size of the room does not give us a very extensive idea of the Geneva Hall of Congress, it is gratifying to know that our case is to be argued in an apartment elegantly decorated and upholstered in black, red, gold, pure white and green. These colors may appear significant to a lively imagination. The black may be supposed to symbolize the unfriendliness of England in the hour of our national peril; the red to represent the American blood shed by the pirates she per- mitted to go forth with fire and sword to destroy and murder on the seas; the gold may call to mind the money the English fear they may lose as a penalty for their singular con- struction of the laws of neutrality; the pure white will be accepted as an emblem of the justice of the American claims, and the green may be conceded to portray the simplicity of our Secretary of State in his un- happy management of the American case. The prospect of a neat little garden, located in the very centre of the flowery city of Geneva, which presents itself to those who gaze from the windows of the chamber, may help to keep down the passions of the adverse pleaders if they should chance to lose their tempers, and to bring back peaceful thoughts to their minds. We regret that we are unable to discover the happy omen suggested as being contained in the name of the ante-room of the hall of Congress, called the Marriage Chamber, for a passage from such a chamber to a court would seem to be ominous of a divorce rather than significant of a happy union. Our special despatch gives us photographs of the persons figuring in the Court of Arbi- tration as well as a description of the scene of 6—Editoriais: Leading Article, “The Meeting of the Geneva Court of Arbitration—The Pros- pects of the Treaty”—Amusement Announce- ments, J—The Alabama Claims: The International Tribu- nal of Arbitration Assembled in the Swiss City; What is Thought of the Result— Cable Telegrams from England, France, Spain and Austria—The = War in Mexico—News from Cuba—Terrible Catas- trophe: Explosion of the Boilers of the Rait Boat McDonald; About Twenty Men Killed and Others Badly Injured—News from Washington—Business Notices, S—Advertisements. 9—Advertisements. 10—The Boston Jubilee: The “Hub” in an Ecstasy of Delight; The Programme for the First Week; The Big Drum and the Little Drums; Arrival of the German Band—Shipping Intel- ligence—Advertisements, 1—Advertisements. 12—Advertisementa. Tue Latest News rrom Mexico, contained in our special despatch from Camargo, represents several Juarista commanders as having defeated some revolutionary ‘‘forces.’’ These reports probably emanate from government sources and should be taken with some grains of allow- ance, if any credence can be attached to them atall. The Mexican mind, so prone to fiction, has perhaps in this instance, as in many oth- ers, magnified the exchange of a few bullets between two greasy brands of marauders into a real pitched battle; and lately the Juaristas have outbid the revolutionists in the publication of imaginary victories. One fact is, however, tol- erably certain: thata real battle has been fought at Monterey; that its result is a fatal blow'to the government of Juarez, and that General Tre- viilo is following up his victory by preparing for another attack on the Juaristas under Gen- eral Cevallos, who stand between him and Matamoros, The defeat of Cevallos will cer- tainly place that city in the power of the revolutionists. Cuurch anp Stare 1s Genmany,—The irrepressible conflict between the Catholic Church and Prince Bismarck continues. The breach between the two widens, The rebuff administered to the successful Minister in the rejection of Prince Cardinal Hohenlihe by the Holy See as the German Ambassa- dor to the Vatican has had no effect in checking the aggressiveness of the govern- ment towards the Church. Bismarck is de- termined to rule with an iron hand, and will brook no interference on the part of Rome. Equally determined, on the other hand, are the bishops to enforce what they believe is right and to resist any encroachments of the State. Within a short time past the Bishop of Ermcland was called upon to subscribe to the doctrine of implicit obedience to the powers that be, or, in other words, to do whatever he is ordered to do by the State, irrespective of conscience or the mandates of Rome. Still another Bishop (Namszanowski) has got himself into hot water on account of preventing an “old Catholic’ army chaplain (Father Liinne- mann) from celebrating mass in a church over which the Bishop had jurisdiction, The War Minister, however, settled the matter in his own way by ordering the church to be thrown | open to the chaplain. The matter has not rested here, for the government has suspended the offending Bishop for some time. These two instances go to show the determination of the government in this respect, and, with so relentless an opponent as Bismarck, the | chances are few that any compromise will be immediately arrived at between the contending their labors. Thus we learn that Count Sclopis is a tall, stout man, with a round- shaped face, a bald head and a4 frank expression of countenance. He is the President of the Court, and we must confess to a feeling of satisfaction that he does not belong to the thin, sharp-visaged, peevish class of beings who are always sour and dissatisfied. We have no doubt that he led the hearty laugh which, we are told, reached the ears of those who were waiting anxiously outside soon after the Court had assembled. Favrot, the secretary of the tribunal, is a man of smaller size, sharp and acute-looking, as a secretary ought to be. Citizen Jacob Staempfii, the Swiss member of the Court, is short and stout, with a fine, weather-beaten countenance, bronzed by the mountain air, which has, no doubt, inspired him with the spirit of a Tell. Chief Justice Cockburn, the English jurist, is described as a short-sized old man, with along visage and a red face—a somewhat brief and undignified description of the Lord Chief Justice of Eng- land, but borne out by the pictures of Punch. Mr. Palmer, the British agent, is a tall, amia- ble looking blond, and Baron Itajuba, the Brazilian arbitrator, is a short person, with strongly marked features and ao stooping gait. Our own countrymen are too well kmown to need description, but we are told that Bancroft Davis appeared very solemn and very silent. The ‘tons weight of printed briefs’ carried in by the Americans must have given the jovial President of the Court a shock, and have caused almost a panic in the breast of the acute-faced Secretary. The small valise full of papers borne by the Eng- lish was in marked contrast to this fearful ex- hibition of documents, and is, perhaps, signifi- cant of the certainty felt on their part of the adjournment of the Court and the postpone- ment of the arguments. The American agent, in accordance with the | provisions of the Treaty of Washington, for- mally laid before the tribunal the final papers and arguments of the American government, but the English argument was not filed. It does not appear, either, that the application of England for a postponement of the time for presenting the arguments was made to the Court, the British agent having, it is said, requested a short adjournment in order to enable him to obtain a reply from his government to o request he had made for instructions on an important point. This request was readily granted, and the Court adjourned until Monday afternoon. The important question of the postponement was, therefore, for the moment deferred. It is said that the events of yesterday have im- parted a more hopeful appearance to the nego- tiations, and the impression seems to prevail at Geneva that the adjournment for eight months asked for by England will be accorded. This seems to have been occasioned by the evident disposition of the American _representa- tives not to push the English to extremi- ties, although it is added that the success or failure of the arbitration appears now to depend upon the answer that may be received on Monday from Lord Gran- ville in reply to the application of the British agent for special instructions. By way of -TLopslon, the advices are not 60. xose-colored in NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. their predictions. The press despatch asserts that the American side will absolutely refuse to | request an adjournment of the Court, and that England's difficulties'in regard to the arbitra- tion are believed tobeinsurmountable. At the same time it is claimed that the treaty has been complied with by the presentation of the final arguments of both countries, and that the Americans are confident that the tribunal will not accede to the English declaration of abeyance. We gather from all this that England has found serious obstacles in the path of her proposed policy, and that the Court, either by its preliminary action or through its declara- tions, has shown that it does not consider thet it has the right of postponement, at all events without’ the concurrence of both parties. We have never doubted that such would be the decision of the arbitrators, and that unless our government should again desert the course it has positively laid down the English demand for a protracted adjourn- ment, in direct conflict with the letter of the treaty, must be refused. The now in- structions required by the British agent, and the haste-post-haste with which cou- riers were despatched to London with the statements of the English representa- tives, imply that some new feature not contem- plated by England has suddenly arisen, Lord Granville’s note to Minister Schenck, published in the Henaup a few days ago, put us in pos- session of the exact course England was pro- pared to pursue on the assembling of the Court, and of the demand or request her agent was instructed to present to the arbitrators. Lord Tonterden and Mr. Palmer are fresh from London with these instructions, and they could have re- quired none other so speedily unless some- thing had occurred to interfere with the policy England had determined to adopt. We must therefore conclude that the British agents have become convinced of the certainty of the re- jection of their application for delay, and have therefore requested to know whether they are still to make the demand, or what further action they were to take on its refusal. If this conjecture be correct it would seem that the American representatives have been instructed to remain firm in their attitude of opposition to a postponement of the arguments, or, rather, in their refusal to unite in a request for an eight months’ ad- journment, os well as in their pro- test against England’s right to enter upon argument with any reserved rights of with- drawal. It is difficult to see how the Ameri- can government could in honor and consist- ency pursue any other course. The refusal of the British government to accept the supple- mental article as amended by the Senate was a most singular and unjusti- fiable act. The concession made in that article was altogether on the part of America, and England's claim to dictate to us, not alone its substance, but its wording, was, to say the least, extraordinary. With the tender of this concession to England, which many believe ought never to have been made, the duty of our government, and its responsi- bility for the fate of ‘the treaty, ceased. To enter upon any subsequent argu- ment or negotiation would have been simply disgraceful to us as a nation. We have no choice, therefore, but to remain firm in our demand that England shall now fulfil her obligations under the treaty, or that, in the event of any breach of her part of the con- tract, it shall cease to exist. We believe that this latter result will be beneficial to both nations, No good can come of a compact that has only been preserved after such a sharp and exciting controversy, and at the sacrifice of what is believed by the conceding party to be its clear rights. It is better, too, to end the matter at once, and to get a dangerous element out of the way. The two countries would be kept in ao constant state of turmoil and confusion for the next eight months should the Court of Arbi- tration adjourn for that period. Values would be unsettled; the markets would be deranged; heated arguments would be used in the political campaign calculated to widen the breach between the two na- tions, and the speculators alone would be benefited by the delay. When the negotia- tions were resumed there would be yet greater danger in case of a continued disagreement. We are satisfied, therefore, that the best thing the Geneva Court can do. is to adhere strictly to the letter of the treaty, and that both England and America will be benefited by ‘agreeing to disagree” and suffering the treaty to fall to the ground. A friendly settlement may be arrived at hereafter; at present it seems hopeless and hazardous to press for such a result, The French Republic—A Hopefal Sign. Since the success which President Thiers won a few days ago by his able and decided speech on the Army bill the minority in the Assembly has been somewhat restive, and indi- cations have not been wanting that the restive spirit in the Assembly must either destroy or establish the republic. President Thiers has done well. No man in the circumstances could have done better. But Frenchmen have good reason to complain that, in spite of all that President Thiers has done, they are com- pletely in the dark as to what kind of govern- ment they are to live under in the early if not immediate future. Tho legitimists, the Or- leanists and the imperialists have all for the present sunk out of view. Monarchy in any shape is but little thought of, and if it is fair to judge from the prevalent tone of public feel- ing in France it is even less desired. A trium- virate has been spoken of; but toa triumvirate President Thiers, as we think, very wisely ob- jects. Asa compromise, it is said, he is not unwilling that o Vice President of the republic should be appointed, and it is gratifying to know that for this office he thinks no one is better qualified than M. Grévy, who is a re- publican at heart, and who has from the out- set presided over the present National Assem- bly. The appointment of M. Grévy as Vice President of the French republic will be an immense republican triumph. As things now are the death of President Thiers would leave France in chaos. With such a Vice President as M. Grévy the French republic would be safe even in the event of the death of Thiers— as safe as was the American republic when the hand of the assassin cut off the lamented Lin- coln. We shall be glad to learn that M. Grévy has been appointed to the office of Vice President of the Brench republic, Crime. Under the influence of the summer sun the worst instincts of our vicious population seem to attain an extraordinary development and the seeds of crime to grow with terrible vigor. The murder of Augustus Brown by a gang of youthful ruffians has been followed by an out- burst of violence during the past week almost without parallel in the criminal annals of our city. Murder appears to be an epidemic, for as soon as one crime has been committed which strikes the public imagina- tion with horror and amazement, others fol- low in rapid succession, as if by the action of some natural law. The pent-up passions of inflict vengeance on their victims, often tor some imaginary crime, with blind rage maddened by the sight of blood. There is something of the tiger instinct in some men, and no sooner do they smell tho fresh blood than they are seized by a kind of madness to kill. This is the only way in which we can account for the frequent recurrence of epochs of murder. For atime the lava of passion slumbers, but at the most un- expected moments the volcano of pent-up human passion bursts forth in streams of blood, until law and justice seem to be in danger of being overwhelmed, and buried in the débris of society. Fortunately the very violence of these explosions makes them of short duration, and they are followed by reactions which’ in part neutralize the demoralization which results from them. However, the shocks which so- ciety receives from these constantly recurring outbursts of crime must in the end have the effect of sensibly lowering public morality un- less steps are taken to repress them, and to make an example of those who under any pre- tence take the law into their own hands. Much of the inclination .to violence manifested by the criminal classes is due to the lax adminis- tration of the law. For this the judiciary are not altogether to blame, but the people them- selves mostly. An unhealthy sentimentality has pervaded the juries in the punishment of certain classes of crime, and has had a most injurious effect, by depriving the law of much of its terror. Nowadays men argue that, if only they can show a plausible maudlin justification, they may commit murder with something like im- punity. Every one who thinks himself wronged, therefore, seeks ready redress with knife or pistol rather than by the slower and less certain process of the law, and the result is the state of society that we see around us. Crime in nearly every form is rampant, and the law appears unable to check it, because to the popular mind the law has lost its majesty and certainty. Rowdyism slays its victims on the corners ; but Justice is blind and refuses tosee the gang of ruffians, all of whom are morally guilty of the killing which one has done with the tacit approval of his com- panions. In the case of Augustus Brown the police have acted with commendable vigor in arresting not only the supposed murderer, but some of his companions. But they ought not to be satisfied until every man who was present when Brown was insulted is placed in the dock. It must be brought home to the class of ‘theclers’’ that whether they actually do the killing or not, the law will hold them re- sponsible for the acts of ruffianly companions whom they support and encourage by their presence. This is the most important lesson that can be taught to our dangerous classes, who have hitherto been allowed to enjoy immunity because they hesitate as little to commit perjury as murder. A proper rigor exer- cised by judges and jurors would have the effect of suppressing three of the most com- mon classes of murder—those arising. from rowdyism, drunkenness and jealousy. The extraordinary leniency which juries, and, in- deed, judges, sometimes exhibit in cases aris- ing from these causes, may justly be looked upon as an incentive to kill rather than a stern attempt at repression. If there are crimes which the law does not adequately punish, and if the gen- eral conscience demands a stricter measure of justice to be dealt out to certain classes of of- fenders, then let the law be changed to meet the public sentiment; but the appeal of indi- viduals to the wild justice of revenge ought to be suppressed at all hazards ina society like ours. Or if we are to regard personal ven- geance as justifiable in certain cases, let the law say so, and the same demoralization will not follow. If we are not prepared to accept this posi- tion boldly, then we aro not justified in com- promising the dignity of justice by allowing offences against the majesty of the law to pass unpunished. Under the present system there is no sufficient restraint over violent men, and when their passions are aroused the knife or pistol is resorted to quite as a matter of course. Within 8 few days we have had ex- amples of the different classes of crimes— @ quiet citizen murdered in presence of his wife, whom he wishes to protect from insult ; then the terrible domestic tragedy of Léonie André, false to her marriage vows, slain by an enraged husband ; George Wood, the victim of some almost causeless drunken brawl, and the coolly atrocious attempt of Miller to decapitate Maitland, resulting in his being kicked almost to death by Dennis Brady. This last case furnishes a strange example of the course of justice in this city. Two men quarrel, one deliberately attempts to commit a most cold-blooded murder, and actually does inflict a severe, if not dangerous wound on his victim; a third party interferes to prevent murder by knocking down the would-be as- sassin, and in his just indignation, and prob- ably as a matter of precaution, he administers sucha drubbing that the assassin is likely to become the victim. Now no one, we suppose, will attempt to assert that in knocking Miller down, and so preventing him from cutting off the head of Maitland, Denis Brady was doing anything but what was perfectly right, if he did happen to break a few more bones than was abso- lutely necessary. It may be argued that the coolest and most just man would scarcely stop to calculate to a nicety under such cir- cumstances just how many blows or kicks would be the exact measure demanded by the occasion. It would be enough for most people to know that the amiable Miller, armed with a carving knife, purposed removing the head from Maitland’s shoulders, There was no time for nice calculation, and Brady deserves | the credit of having acted with commendable promptneas and vigor in putting an end individuals:are aroused and they rush to’ * ‘The Murder Mania—Terrible Chapter of | to Miller's carving experiment. We are rather inclined to think that Brady deserves the thanks of the community for sav- ing his friend's life and showing .an example of spirit that if always exhibited by bystanders in similar would prevent many a tragedy. But our local Dogberrys who are blind when peaceable citizens are being mur- dered are eagle-eyed when any attempt is made to interfere with the rights of rowdies and assassins. Evidently they regard Brady asa great criminal for not allowing the carv- ing process to proceed quietly. It was none of his business, and, according to the form of procedure, he ought to have witnessed with composure the killing of his friend, and then informed the police. Of course this would not have been so satisfactory to Mail- land, but the province of the police would not have been infringed uponi If the subject were not altogether too serious we might imagine that the police were indulging in a joke, but the affair is too tragic to allow us to be amused even by Dogberry burlesque. If a man fs to be punished as a criminal be- cause he protests against a ruffian cutting the head off his friend the police will soon become more dangerous to the citizens than to the ruffians. It has certainly come to a pretty pass if we are to be taxed to maintain a force to protect assassins while cutting our throats, and under these circumstances the sooner we dispense with the service of the police the longer we are likely to preserve our heads, Pleasant Travelling by the Weather Probabilities. A new and most seasonable use may now be made of ‘our meteorological reports by all classes of travellers—health-seckers, pleasure- seekers and sightseers, During the present heated term a journey by rail between our distant cities and watering places becomes no trifling thing, especially if the traveller or tourist is seeking health or is accompanied by his family. By a little careful examination of the weather reports it has become a very easy thing for one to ascertain the weather for the day following his proposed departure, and he may also ascertain into what kind of weather aday’s journey will probably take him. In winter it is the almost universal desire of travellers to escape heavy storms and snow- drifts, which detain his train, while the cold, biting blast sweeping through his Pullman gives him the shivers. But at this season it should be the aim of the traveller desiring the maximum of comfort and benefit from his journey to ride behind the storm clond, making use of it asa shield from the blaze of the sun, at the same time escaping the dust which its rains have settled and enjoying the delicious westerly breezes that follow in the rear of the storm. It does, unfortunately, happen that, frequently, the locomotive will outstrip the meteor, but even in this case many summer travellers may lay over for a few hours so as to retain the benefit of a moist and cool road. But if we look to the journey from the Southern and Western States to this city, along which is now daily pouring the great car- avan of health-seekers on their way to tho Northern watering places and resorts, it is very easy for them to obtain the fullest advan- tage of the weather reports. By leaving New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis or Chicago on the report of a storm centre or low barometer in Kansas and Nebraska, any traveller may almost invariably ride under the cloud shelter (which advances east ahead of the storm) and reach his Northern or Eastern destination before the storm overtakes him; or if he prefers to ride in the rain storm, or yet just behind it, as we have suggested, in its most refreshing and delicious winds, he can gen- erally take his choice, to his great comfort and improvement. It is only necessary to pay attention to the telegrams or tri-daily reports of the Signal Office, which always give the position, extent and probable movement of the great storm clouds which are incessantly crossing our country from west to east, vary- ing in their breadth from two to three thou- sand miles. This ability of the Weather Bureau was not looked for when it was first established, but is certainly not the least of its many beneficent and practical uses to every class of citizens, What the Religious Press Say. The Golden Age (Theodore Tilton) dilates upon what it calls ‘The Successful Failure at Philadelphia,’ and draws a parallel ‘between the two republican parties,’ to use its own phraseology. Says the Golden Age :— Cincinnati, fresh from the people, initiated a long- needed movement of reform; Philadelphia, draw- ing its breath from the public offices, clamored like ciaquers in a theatre for a continuance of the ad- ministration and the reappointment of its fifty thousand paid stipendiaries. Cincinnati declared for the one-term rinciple; Philadelphia was as hush as he grave concerning this central and main-spring measure of civil service reform. Cincinnati demanded that our foreign policy should ask for nothing that. was not right, and submit to nothing that was wrong; Philadelphia, forgetting this maxim of Jackson, connived at the Alabama surrender, and gave this ignominy the name of honor. Cincinnatt protested against elevating the military over the civil law; Philadelphia entertained itself with a picture of Grant on horseback, as typical of the administration which it seeks to maintainin power. Cincinnati denounced the abuses which the gov- ernment has feared to investigate; Philadelphia was @ prearranged mechanism, subordinating the individual freedom ofits delegates to affect a una- nimity which did not exist, by an enginery which itself was one of the chief abuses of which the ad- ministration has been guilty. Cincinnati was for universal amnesty; Philadelphia was for limiting this clemency. Cincinnati denounced the distri- bution of public offices among persons who had given gifta to the President; Philadelphia officiaily represented these givers and receivers, Cincinnati denounced nepotism; Philadelphia bandaged its eyes into blindness to it. Cincinnati indicted the President as a violator of law; Philadelphia gave a Det dered compliment to his practical wisdom. Cincinnati proposes to unite the North and the South on the basis of liberty, equality and frater- nity; Philadelphia determines to tear open afresh the healed wounds of the two sections. Cincinnati is for peace; Philadelphia for war, Fellow country- men, choose between them! The Boston Pilot—a much respected and influential organ of the Catholic Church in New England—touches upon the ‘Labor Movement,” a matter attracting a great deal of attention in this community. The Pilot says: — The workmen should be cautious in their deport- ment and words, so as to let it be seen that while they stand up for their own rights they do not ore the rights of others. If they have an opinion that eight hours is a proper day's work they have no right to anarrel with orinjure those who think ten hours a day is better, Each party has aright to its own opinion, and the triumph can only come from the exercise of reason, temperance and Chris- tian feeling. ‘There are sense and judgment in remarks like the above, and it is to be hoped that those interested will profit by them. We are glad to record the fact that the Gen- eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at its recent session in Brooklyn, took very decided action in favor of temperance. Each church has been invited to have a tem- perance society formed in connection with it. Otber ecclesiastical bodies should follow the -accomplis| same action. No doubt great good will resulf from it, The Jewish Times discourses on the ‘Condi« tion of the Jews in Roumania and the Orient’’ and the terrible outrages that have been com- mitted upon them, and gives credit to the United States government: and its representa- tive at Bucharest, B. F. Peixotte, for his labors in presenting the case in a proper light. Says the Times, speaking for the Hebrew race :— Our honor as American Israelites, as the bearers of civilization; gratitude towards aoa ord refines the hearts and ennobles the intellect, and leads mankind on the path of progress, liberty and intellectual culture, and who has enabled us to claim our rights as men and citizens of a State, the government of whicn is based on the eternal of justice, right and human equality—all that we are and claim to be, require that we enable our Consul to continue his labors and to consummate his noble work. The Evangelist (Presbyterian) announces the “Close of the Assembly” in the following words: — Pt = these heroic workers go back to their scattered popes int Prayers go with them. Brave, noble, bed ment They are “building better than ‘ey Know.” They are laying the foundations of many generations,. The greatness of their work does not yet appear. Not till the work is ended and the day is done—not till they have passed off the stage and another generation has entered into their labors, will it be known how great a work they have done for the salvation of their country. The New York Tablet (Roman Catholic or- gan) publishes the followigg under the head- ing of ‘Satan Worshippers:""— Ever since Albert‘of Brandenbury Grand Mas of the Tentonte Knights, turned ee ‘otestant, de- clared himself an independent prince, broke his vow of celibacy and trencheroustly used the funds of the order to sustain his independence, Prussia has been steadily advancing, save a brief period during the short lived BrOanen yy of Napoleon L, and extending her territory by military conquest from her neighbor, She is now the first military power in Europe. The Tablet proceeds: — But under all these powers is another still more devout Satan worshipper than any of them—the Revolution. land organized and used it against’ the Continental Powers; Napoleon I, used it against: Italy and Germany; Bismarck has used it against Germany and France, against Austria, against the Papacy and the whole South of Europe. But there are strong symptoms that it will not much longer consent to be used, that it will set up for itself, and that the Powers that have used it must reckon with it, It may prove to be more powerful than any of them and literally take powemnon. of ‘all the king- doms of the world and the glory of them,” The Eraminer and Chronicle (Baptist organ) asserts that the late honored Josiah Quincy, when asked with great anxiety, ‘What do you suppose will be the result of this Convention ?”” replied, ‘I can tell you exactly."’ ‘Do,’ said his friend. ‘A great pamphlet,” was the answer. We have met Baptists who were dis- posed to intimate that the upshot of our Edu- cational Conventions would be the same that was predicted of the celebrated political con- ference at Hartford in 1814, andgnot much more. The remainder of our religious contempoe raries, as wo findthem upon our table, con- tain nothing of particular public interest. M. Gumor anp THE Prorestanr Scuism nt France.—The Protestant Synod is, it appears, now in session in France. The sessions have been lively. The authority of the sacred books has been questioned and defended. Old Gui- zot, the venerable statesman and historian, stands up for the old books—the good old books; and, in spite of the ability and elo- quence of Coquerel, a French Frothingham, Guizot and the orthodox party have carried the day. The liberals have, it is said, retired from the Synod. It is, perhaps, just as well that they have, In these latitudinarian times it is cheering to know that such 9 man as Gui- zot stands by the old book and adheres to the old pathways. The triumph of the orthodox party in the Protestant Church of France must be regarded as a healthful sign of the times. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Senator R. E. Fenton, of Jamestown, N. Y., is domiciled at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Bishop John Sharp, of Salt Lake, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel David Bidwell, of New Orleans, is dwelling at the Grand Central Hotel. Admiral Polo, the Spanish Minister, left the Clar- endon Hotel for Washington yesterday. Senator Nye, of Nevada, is sojourning at the Grand Hotel. General H. Day, of the United States Army, is stopping at the Everett House. General W. Y. W. Ripley, of Vermont, is at the Stutevant House, Mr. Horace Greeley, wife and daughter have taken apartments at the St. Cloud Hotel. Mrs. Greeley and Miss Greeley arrived yesterday by the steamship Rhein from Europe, where they have been residing for some tlme past for the benefit of Mrs. Greeley’s health, she being an invalid. Mr. Joseph R. Chandler and Edwin H. Coates, of Philadelphia, have been appointed delegates by Governor Geary to represent Pennsylvania in the coming International Prison Reform Congress at London, Mr. E. H. Coates sailed on the 15th in the Canada. MR. GREELEY'S MOVEMENTS. Mr. Greeley remained in the city yesterday at Mrs. Cleveland's, with his wife and daughter Ida, who arrived on the Rhein early yesterday morning. His whole family is now with him. Mrs. Greeley is still an invalid and will remain for some time at Mrs. Cleveland’s, on account of her ill health, in- stead of going at once to Chappaqua. This was the first Saturday on which Mr. Greeley has missed his chopping excursion to Chappaqua for many months. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY, SaRaTOGA, N, Y., June 15, 1872, The Japanese Embassy arrived here this evening, under charge of General Myers. The Embassy is quartered at the Grand Union Hotel. They wilt proceed to Boston on Monday morning. Great at- tention is shown them here, and they are the cen- tre of observation. At Niagara Falls Jast evening Ex-President Fillmore dined with the party. The meeting was extremely pleasant, owing to the fact that the Commodore Perry Expedition to Japan was sent out during Mr, Fillmore’s administration. Ex-Secretary of State Seward was invited, but could not be present. DRAMATIC NOTES. Footlight Flashes. Lawrence Barrett is playing in San Francisco, at the California Theatre, Maggie Mitchell opened at the Metropolitan Thea- tre, in the same city, June 3. Jobn Jack and Annie Firmin play “East Lynne” to-morrow oight at the Arcade Theatre, in Jersey City. Loraine Rogers is in the city making prepara- tions for the coming season at the Varieties Theatre, New Orleans. Lowell & Canning have just opened a dramatic agency on Broadway for the benefit and conven- ience of the profession. Charles Pope, manager of the Redes bo Theatre, St. Louis, is engaging a company of first class artists for the coming season. Horace Lingard and Alice Dunning have made an engagement to open at the Olympic Theatre, in this city, on the 12th of August, Miss Carlotta Lec'erq has arrived in town from San Francisco, where she finished an engagement under the management of Mr. W. Cunning. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albaugh open at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, on Monday evening, June 24, in their new play, called “Poverty Flats, or California in 1848,"” There is @ sad rumor in circulation to the effect that Mr, Joseph Jefferson has suddenly become blind. A large number of artists yesterday visited the unfortunate gentieman. Charlotte Stanley has just returned from the Dorthern part of the State, where she has been eupporting Mr. Edwin Booth. The Troy Times of June 3 says i—"This lady is the most thorough and ed artiste that has appeared in Troy for cay seasons.” itis said Mrs, Stanley has one Of the dnest wardrobes on the stage,