The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1873, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volame XXXVIII.... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts—AzRaxt; on, Tux Magic Cuars, OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Hogston and Bleecker street.—Huurry Duxrry. : UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Broadway.—Frovu Frov. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Tux Squike's Last Sui..in. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Eighth ay.—Monte Cristo. ROOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth avenue.—Dappy O’Dowp, THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadway.—Drama, Buriesque anv Oxo, ACADEMY OF MOSIC, Fourteenth street.—Keni- wortit, 87. JAMES’ THEATRE, Broadway and 28th st— McEvor's New Hinxanicon. mi ate BOWERY TNEATRE, Bowery.—Hxup ix Cuxce— Lavgnasue Comeprsrta. NEW FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broad- way.—Divorce. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Wty Ruitiy, Afternoon and evening. GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteenth street, near Third avenue.—KLARPrer. ATHENEUM, 585 Broadway.—Granp Vanisty EntEr- TALNMENT. MRA. F. B, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE.— Unpar ran Gasuicut. TONY PASTOR’S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Vanisty ENTERTAINMENT. Matinco at 244. BRYANT'S OPFRA HOUSF, Twenty-third st, corner 6th av.—Nezcno Minsrexrsy, &c m be NEW YORK M UM OF ANATOMY, — Pe ai ye 2, USE’ 618 Broadway. QUADRUPLE SHEET. New York, Tuesday, May 6, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ——- To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS! THE CON- GRESSIONAL GATHERING! FARMERS’ AND WORKINGMEN’S MOVEMENTS! TO WHAT ARE THEY. TENDING ? — EDITORIAL LEADER—EIGaTH PaGE. 4 BRITISH CURB UPON SPANISH-CUBAN INSO LENCE! THE DESIRE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE GUNBOAT RECEIVES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION! MR, 0’KELLY TRANSFERRED 10 HAVANA AND TO BE TREATED WITH ALL DUE COURTESY—NinrH PagE. THE PRESIDENT DUES NOT WISH TO INTER- FERE IN THE MODOC RUMPUS! JACK’S RED-SKINNED DEVILS TO RECEIVE RIGHT- EUUS PUNISHMENT! GENERAL SHERMAN RELNFORCING THE SOLDIERS—NINTH PAGE, SPANISH REVOLUTIONISTS FOMENTING AN OTHER REVOLT! THE FEDERAL REPUB- LIC URGED UPON THE PEOPLE! AN EXCITED POPULAR GAYHERING! NO DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE—NIntH Page. “DIOS Y REY!” BOURBON INTRIGUES IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL AND THE CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN! REPUBLICAN WEAKNESS! NON- SUCCESS OF THE MONTPENSIER-AL- PHONSO COALITION—FirtH PaGE. WHAT IS THOUGHT IN ALBANY OF THE NEW YORK MAYURALTY~MUDDLE! GUBERNA- TORIAL VIEWS ON THE SALARY QUES- TION—TwELrTH Page. BAVE WE A MAYOR? VIEWS OF EX-MAYORS AND PROMINENT LEGAL LIGHTS ON THE PUZZLING MUNICIPAL SITUALION—SEVENTA Page. THE MAYOR (?) NOMIN@TES! DEEP DISGUST OF THE ALDERMEN! THE LIST PRE- SENTED! WHAT WAS SAID~ BY THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR—SgvVENTH Pace. PRESIDENTIAL PROMISES! ERIE STOCKHOLD- ERS TO RECEIVE SEMI-ANNUAL DIVI- DENDS! MR. WATSON'S LETTER! THE THIRD CORPS REUNION—TENTH PaGE. PIO NUNO AGAIN PROSTRATED! THE PRE- DICTED CLOSE OF THE PAPACY! CLOSE CONFIRMATION OF SOME MOST REMARK- ABLE PROPHECIES! ST. MALACHY ON THE MATTER! THE HOLY FATHER’S RELA- TIONS WITH THE WORLD'S GOVERN- MENTS—SrxTH Pace. INDIAN WARS AND THE MODOC SAVAGERIES! A REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE FIELD BY THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS! WHAT WERE THE CAUSES AND WHAT IS THE CURE—MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC—Sixta Pace. BLEAKLEY'S SINGULAR CORRESPONDENCE AND CONDUCT | ANOTHER STOKES SNARL | THE SUITS AGAINST’ THE RING—A NEW IRON STEAMSHIP—TurrTeRNTH Pace. JERSEY PISCICULTURE! THE PROGRESS MADE! BLOOMSBURY FISH PONDS! SALMON HATCHING—THE DECEASED BISHOP—A FIZZLE AT PATTENBURG—SBVENTH PaGE. ENGLISH RACES! THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—YACHTS PREPARING AT COWES FOR THE COMING SEASON—LITERARY JOTTINGS—Testu Pace. PRUSSIAN DEFENCE OF MARSIIAL BAZAINE! THE RED PRINCE INTERVIEWED! HE CONFIRMS THE HERALD’S REPORTS— NEW MUSIO—Turrteestn Pace, FINANCIAL FEATURES! MONEY EASY, AND GOLD AND STOCKS IN THE RISING SCALE! THE EUROPEAN MONETARY RATE—PA- CIFIC MAIL RUMORS—FINE OPENING OF THE BASE BALL SEASON—ELEvVENTH Paar. CUSTOMS FEES—BARTLE FRERE’S MISSION— UNSAFE OCEAN STEAMSHIPS—Fovnteentu Pace. Tae Revorvrionany Movement aT Ma- Drip.—A special cable despatch to the Hznatp from Madrid, published to-day, represents the advocates of a federal republic as active and revolutionary in their demonstrations at the capital. Although the threat of an armed demonstration was made the meeting yester- day was of a peaceable, although ex- citing character, and placards were lib- erally displayed setting forth the demands of the federalists, These are in the main the immediate proclamation of the federal Re- public, the abolition of capital punishment, the abolition of the State Council and the separation of Church and State. It would seem that the Spanish government must have its hands full of pressing business between the Carlists and the federalists, with- out leaving much time to spare for melo- dramatic republican demonstrations, inter- spiced with the old autocratic boastings about the “‘inviolability of Spanish territory.”’ Tae @pesrpent and family are at Chicago, where they will remain yet a day or two, in- gpecting the rising glories of the new city, and then they return to Washington, in season to allow the President to make those promised visite in May to the cities of Richmond, Va., and New Haven, Conn The Meeting of the Governors—The Congressional Gathering — Farmers’ and Workingmen’s What Are They Tending? In the lull of national politics, and we might say, perhaps, with the exhaustion of vital and stirring political questions, we hear of and see around us important movements bearing upon industrial and commercial matters. These, we have no doubt, will, at no distant day, take more or less a political character and havea considerable influence on parties and national affairs. That is the natural tendency of combination and agitation to correct evils or for progressive development in this country. The most important movement is that of the Western farmers against the railroad monopoly and power and for other objects bearing upon the farming interests, Scarcely two years have passed since the first grange or lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized. Now grangos are existing inalmost every large community of farmers in twenty-two States of the Union. The aggregate number of members is estimated to be one million eight hundred thousand. Then the trades unions and other workingmen’s organizations for increas- ing the rate of wages or reducing the hours of labor are developing more power than ever. Capitalists and employers are feeling the pres- sure of these combinations, and of late they have felt the necessity of yielding to it in many cases, On the 20th of this month the Gov- ernors of the Western and Southern States aro to meet at Atlanta, Ga., for conference, mainly with regard to internal improvements, but, no doubt, for other matters also bearing upon the material interests of their sections of the country. On the 13th there is to be a conven- tion of Congressmen at St. Louis to consider questions of importance relative to the com- merce of the West, at which it is expected there will bea numerous gathering of repre- sentative men from most parts of the Repub- lic, though principally from the West and Southwest. These movements show how keenly alive our people of all classes are to their material interests and that our public men have the sagacity to go with the current of public opinion. Modestly as the call for the Conven- tion ot Congressmen is put, there is no doubt that it is intended to aid or be en rapport with the widespread movement of the Western farmers. One of our contemporaries of the West, in rather a jealous and sarcastic vein, speaking of the Congressional gathering, intimates that its object is to eat, drink, make speeches and to have a good time generally. It notices, for example, that the first day is to be devoted to addresses, the second day to ad- dresses, the third day to an excursion on the river, and that on the fourth day the Conven- tion is to leave for Texas. It admits, how- ever, that a large amount of good might be derived from the interchange of views of tho Representatives of tho various States. While it concedes that the addresses of these gentle- men will be well worth hearing, their known character and ability being sufficient to guar- antee this, yet if any benefit is to result from the meeting there must be something more done than is indicated.in the arrangement of business as published. Thus, we see tho Western people are in earnest about reforms with regard to the farming interest and com- merce of their section, We take it for granted, therefore, that the assembled Congressmen at St. Louis will attend to something more serious than eating, drinking and making mere wordy addresses, notwithstanding tho doubts of our Western contemporary. So, also, we may expect more from the meeting of the Governors, at Atlanta, than the call implies, which is merely to confer concerning the scheme to connect the Tennes- see River with the Savannah. We have no doubt the conference will have a much wider range. While the project to connect the Ten- nessee, west of the dividing mountains, with the river of the seaboard is an important one as affecting the interests of a large portion of the Southwest as woll as the commercial cities on the Atlantic, and is one which the Presi- dent made special mention of in his inaugural Message last March; yet we feel assured the conference of the Governors will not be con- fined to this subject’ The same thought which prompted the call for this meeting— that of promoting the planting ond other material interests of the South and Southwest— will, in all probability, lead to the considera- tion of railroad transportation and manage- ment, just as this matter is now occupying the attention of the Western people. Then it is not likely the tariff question and political status of the South, which bear directly upon the well being and progress of that section, will be neglected. We may expect, in fact, that both the assembly of Governors in Georgia and the moeting of Congressmen in St. Louis will take up the different topics of an industrial and economic character that are now engaging public attention. The result may be a new and general movement that will change the complexion or prospects of exist- ing political parties. Commercial conventions, as they are called, or such conventions as those having a com- mercial or industrial character, were common enough before the war. We refer to the South especially. The people of that section, being naturally and from self-interest advocates of freo trade, worked up those commercial con- ventions at Charleston, St. Louis and other places, for the purpose of emancipating them- selves from the protectionist policy of the East and the power of capital at the North. The most notable one was that at Nashville shortly before the war. Aso matter of course they assumed a political character. They did more, perhaps, and particularly the one at Nashville, to bring about a bloody collision between the North and the South than anything else. The question of slavery, which was also one of material interest or property, was interlaced with that of free trade and commercial inter- est. Commercial conventions have always had, then, and must of necessity have, in this country, a political bearing. Ex- Governor, and now Senator of Tennessee, Brownlow, when invited to the Georgia Convention, a conference of Governors, refused emphatically to attend on the ground that such gatherings had or must end in a po- litical object. As a loyalist the nightmare of the old Nashville Convention frightened him. But there was no ground for his apprehension as regards the assembly of Governors at Atlanta, Georgia. Secession is dead—dead as the old Pharaohs of Egypt. Commercial or industral conventions in the South now may have and will have, probably, a political boar- Movements—To, ing, but nothing of a secession character. Secession is no longer possible, and the South- ern people know it. No one should deny them the right to meet for the purpose of pro- moting their material interests, or the inter- ests of their section. That is the only object the Atlanta assembly of Governors, like that of the Congressional gathering of Western members of Congress at St, Louis, has in view. But all these movements, and conspicuously among them those of the trades associations throughout the country and the farmers’ granges of the West, are aimed at monopoly and exclusive privileges or advantages. The workingmen demand a greater share in the products of labor, the farmer in- sists upon an outlet for his produce at cheaper rates and without paying an enor- mous tax on the inflated capital of railroads, and the Southern planters and laborers want & free market in which they can get the most for their produce and buy without paying a tax to Eastern or Northern manufacturers. These, no doubt, are difficult problems to solve, especially as the power of the railroads and manufacturers in the government is im- mense, and as the government is under the necessity of raising a large revenue from im- posts; but the spirit of resistance is abroad, and public men will have to defer to it sooner or later. The exceptionable state of affairs created by the war is passing away. Logisla- tion, directly or insidiously, in favor of any particular section or class will not be possible much longer. The interests of the farmers and the working classes must be considered. With the diffasion of intelligence and com- bination among the masses, who have votes enough to shape the policy of government, representatives in Congress and the State Leg- islatures will have to obey the wishes of the majority. If we mistake not a political revo- lution, based on the farming, planting and laboring interests, is approaching, The Governors and Congressmen who aro about to assemble see this, probably, and will prepare for the issue. Nor do we think the conservative classes, when enlightened, will offer any futile resistance to this inevitable progress of American democracy. A govern- ment that could emancipate four millions of slaves and elevate them suddenly, with all their ignorance, to the full privileges of citi- zens, can hardly resist. the pressuro of the many millions of farmers and working psople of the white race. It will be tho part of statesmanship to yield to necessity while mod- erating the excesses to which ignorance and violence might lead. In the elevation of the masses is the best guarantee of the progress, happiness and stability of the country. The railroad monopoly and all other monopolies must be made to understand this. Old politi- cal issues are dead or dying. Others, such as we have noticed, are looming up. Political aspirants and parties will have to adapt them- selves to the latter. The American Republic is destined probably to solve econominal and social questions, as it has solved the political question, for the world. The movements we have referred to are only some of the ineipient steps in the great work of progress that re- mains to be accomplished. Mr. Havomeyer’s Position and His First Appointments, The question as to whether Mr. Havemeyer is now legally Mayor of New York continues to be discussed among the politicians, and from the opinions of the able lawyers and ex-Mayors who were yesterday visited by our reporters itappears that there is at least a very grave doubt upon the subject. Mr. Charles O’Conor believes that Mr. Havemeyer still holds tho office by virtue of his election for two years, because, although the law under which he was elected is repealed, the office is. still car- ried on under the new charter. But if any difficulty of the kind anticipated should arise Mr. O'Conor sees an easy method of over- coming it bya legislative act giving the ap- pointment of the Mayor for the balance of Mr. Havemeyer’s term to Comptroller Green, who would, no doubt, confer the office upon the present incumbent. It would be somewhat singular if the Comptroller should be called upon to reconstruct the figurehead of the mu- nicipal ship of which he professes to be him- self the captain, navigator and pilot; but Mr. O'Conor does not apprehend that the neces- sity will arise, and treats the financial diffi- culty of the awkward situation very cava- lierly. On the other hand, ex-Mayor Opdyke and Mr. D. B. Eaton regard the latter ques- tion as a serious one. They believe that there is at least doubt as to the position in which Mr. Havemeyer is left by the unfortu- nate charter, and that grave complications may arise unless it is satisfactorily settled by supplemental legislation. A leading dealerin the securities issued by the city government expresses the opinion to Mayor Opdyke that the transactions in such securities are liable to be impeded should the question of the Mayor's legal position be left open to doubt. Mr. Eaton thinks that the Legislature ought certainly to pass some act removing any doubt as to the power of the Mayor to sign the city bonds, as otherwise the price of the. securities would be brought down and the credit of the city impaired. The argument used both by Mr. O’Conor and the Albany politicians that Mr. Have- meyer, in case a vacancy exists, holds over until his successor shall be elected, by virtue of that provision of the unrepealed Dougan and Montgomerie charter, which authorizes the Mayor to “remain and continue in the office of Mayor there, ‘until another fit person shall be appointed and sworn in the said office, according to the usage aud custom of the said city,” is not worthy of consideration, for the reason that the present charter provides how vacan- cies in the office of Mayor shall be filled. If by the repeal of the charter under which Mr. Havemeyer was elected, and the passage of the new charter which does not recognize him or provide for his retention, the office of Mayor is really vacant, then the present charter itself pro- vides how it shall be filled. Mr. Havemeyer would not fill the vacancy under the Dougan and Montgomerie charter, but Alderman Vance would be the legal acting Mayor under the charter of 1873, On the democratic side of the house Mr. Abraham R. Lawrence and ex-Mayor Hall are heard in our columns to-day. Mr. Law- rence gives the brief opinion that “Mr. Have- moyer is the rightful Mayor of New York for the term for which ho has been elected.’’ Mr. MAY 6, 1873.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. very serious question we publish specially in| The Isthmus of Darien=The Newly Hall has little doubt that Mr. Havemeyer is legislated out, as he believes he himself was by the charter of 1870, but consoles himself with the reflection that, after all, Alderman Vance alone can raise the law question; that as,he is not likely to do so it will have no existence, and hence that Mr. Havemeyer is not likely to be relieved from “those perplexing duties which he is discharging with so much ease, grace, dignity and despatch."’ But the question may be raised by some displaced head of a de- partment who may dispute the right of Mr. Havemeyer to appoint his successor, and may thus be forced to a legal issue without the action of Alderman Vance. All the gentlemen interviewed by our re- porters seem anxious to avoid a positive expression of opinion on the subject. We believe Mr. Havemeyer to be Mayor simply by his constitutional right to fill the term for which he was elected. He is no more recog- nized in the first section of the new charter than are the Aldermen who ‘have been re- tained by a subsequent special provision. He cannot be in office by virtue of a dead law. But as the office of Mayor is con- tinued under the new charter as it existed under the repealed charter, the Mayor is enti- tled to fill the legal term for which he was elected. In this view of the case the bill now before the Senate providing for the removal of the present elected Police Justices before the expiration of their legal term of office, must be clearly in conflict with the constitutional rights of those officers. Mr? Havemeyer gave practical proof that he regards himself as Mayor of New York by sending in yesterday to the Board of Alder- men a batch of nominations under the new charter. The selections did not seem to find favor with the Aldermen. It was a matter of course that they should be laid over for con- sideration, but the expression in the Board does not seem to have been friendly to the nominees. The important Departments of Police, Fire and Parks were not acted upon, the appoint- ments being those of George H. Andrews, John Wheeler and Severn D. Moulton for Tax Commissioners; Doctors Charles F. Chandler and Stephen Smith for Health Com- missioners, and Mr. Henry Claussen for Alder- man in place of Peter Gilsey. It is probable, from the complexion of the present appoint- ments, that the services of the Committee of Seventy will be fully recognized by the Mayor, and that the patriotic body over which Mr. Havemeyer once presided will get their full share of the spoils, The Greed of the Atlantic Cable Company—A Podr Excuse. Tho managers of the Atlantic Cable have thought fit to offer apology or excuse for the unwarrantable ction of double rates for messages. It is that, as only one cable is working, the business at the old rates is more than .it can accommodate, and as the line might become blocked by the accumulation of to the great annoyance and injury of the public, the rates are raised to an exorbi- tant amount in order to drive away business and prevent such a calamity. We should like this patriotic and public-spirited monopoly to te]l us what it signifies to the people to whom the cable is a necessity whether they are excluded from its use by unreasonable charges or by a “blockade?” The excuse is a fraud upon its face. The cable managers cannot tell whether there will be any diminution in the number of messages or not on account of their extortionate charges. If they really desired to prevent a blockade of the line and to spare their patrons thé vera- tion of delay, they could easily do so by refus- ing to receive any more messages after accept- ing as many as the capacity of the cable will accommodate. This would be just to the public. The pretence is absurd that the patrons of the cable are benefited by extort- ing double rates from them in order to prevent them from using the Atlantic wires at all. The sole reason for the unjust and avari- cious policy of the company is one of greed. They have but one cable working and aro compelled to incur the expense of repairing the other two. They resolve to make the peo- ple pay for the company’s misfortunes. They take advantage of the Vienna Exposition and double the rates, in order that they may se- cure as large profits out of one cable as they hitherto have mado out of three. They want their heavy dividends. They are unwilling to give up, even for a time, their enormous profits. They have no opposition to fear; they are under no legal restrictions. They therefore victimize the public, and because they know that, just at this time their patrons desire to use the cable more freely than ordi- narily they resolve to make them pay double rates for their messages. This is the true explanation of the matter. As we have said, the English and American governments ought not to allow the two na- tions to remain at the mercy of such a mo- nopoly. They can remedy the evil by build- ing an international postal cable and securing by treaty the rights of both nations in its use. This would be inevery way a great public advantage and accommodation, and the government cables would, no doubt, secure an income to both postal departments. The cables can be laid now at a much less expense than when either the Anglo-American or the French cables were laid, and hence the peo- ple would have the benefit of the low cost of construction in reduced rates, It is to be hoped that the subject will be earnestly con- sidered by both governments, and it would be well if our Minister at Paris, Mr. Washburne, who is familiar with tho advantages of the postal telegraphic system, would give the prop- osition his attention and use his influence to bring it @ favorable notice of European statesmen. Toe Pork aNnD THE Papacy.—A cable despatch from Rome states that Pope Pius the Ninth has suffered o relapse and is again confined to his bed by sickness, On the other hand it is reported from the Vatican that His Holiness received yesterday a num- ber of pilgrims and delivered a lengthy speech in reply to their address. The statements which prevail with respect to his condition of health are conflicting, according to the sources from which they are put forth—from the Italian capital or the centre of the Propa- ganda. Tho Pontiff is now over eighty years of age. He has suffered severely, both mentally and physically. He cannot, in the order of nature, survive for any great length of time. Is he the last of the Popes? In reply to this the Heap to-day the extraordinary prophecy of St. Malachy, in which that venerable per- sonage premonishes the Christian,world that the good Pio Nino is the last of the line of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church. The prophecy isa very curious document, to say the least, and supplies of itself many wonder- ful facts in corroboration of its utterances. Gunboat Logic—O’Kelly To Be Removed ‘ to Havana. Wo learn from a Washington despatch that the Spanish authorities in Cuba have at length consented to the removal of our im- prisoned commissioner, Mr. James J. O'Kelly, from his present uncomfortable quarters at Manzanillo to more pleasant apartments in Havana. The first polite request of the com- mander of the British gunboat Plovor, that the fearless correspondent should be released on condition of -his instant departure from the island being met with regrot- ful assurances that it was impossible, that the trial must go on, and that Spanish dignity should be maintained, the next message from the man-of-war came in the form of @ demand for “the removal of Mr. O'Kelly to Havana for trial and other meas- ures for the mitigation of his imprisonment.’* This was a style of argument, especially when backed by shotted guns and resolute hearts on board of a British war vessel, that brought the obstinate authorities of the ‘Ever Faithful Isle’ to terms. No trickery or sub- terfuge could avail them in such a case, s0 they have ‘“‘gracefully’’ acceded to the demand. Gunboat logic proved too potent for their Don Quixote rhodomontades, and even the fear of offending the bloodthirsty volunteers melted away before the greater danger of a collision with one of Her Britannic Majesty’s war ships. -The despatch we have alluded to also states that ‘all proper facilities will be extended to Mr. O'Kelly.” In such a case the safety of our commissioner is assured. When this trial, about which the Spanish authorities in Cuba have made such a fuss, takes place, it will be found a very difficult matter to discover any process of reasoning by which an accusation can be framed against Mr. O'Kelly. He has broken no law, even as far as the word can be tortured into: meaning by the Don Whiskerandos of the Antilles, He went to Cuba to give a fair, unbiassed account of the condition of affairs there, and no one can point to a line of his published corre- spondence to prove that he has departed ina single point from the object of his mission. His conduct throughout has been that of an honorable man, and in no case has he violated tho laws of neutrality. Spanish insolence and disregard of interna- tional law could hardly be carried to a more outrageous extent than in tho imprison- -ment and detention of the impartial jour- nalist who desired to clear away the clouds of ignorance and falsehood that have so long enveloped the condition of affairs in Cuba. But this time the Spanish au- thorities reckoned without their host. An Eng- lish subject is a dangerous person to meddle with illegally, as other Powers have found to their cost. The presence of an armed repre- sentative of Her Majesty's government has produced a marked change in the demeanor of the Spanish Boabdils, and we may now ex- pect the return of our commissioner from his perilous mission at no distant date. Tae Hear anv Its Conremporaries.—We have to return our sincere thanks to our’ con- temporaries for the very generous and hand- some manner in which they have acknowl- edged the enterprise of the Hzrarp in a number of unequalled journalistic undertak- ings, and particularly in its full, original and unique reports of the Vienna Exposition. Next to the approbation of the great public the approval of our friends of the press is especially grateful, and coming, as it does, unsolicited from journals in all parts of the country, printed in different languages, and of all shades of political or religious belief, the compliment is all the more profoundly cherished. We still hope to merit by exer- tiong in fresh fields of enterprise a continu- ance of the kind opinions of our press friends as well as the approving smiles and plaudits of the public at large. Crvm Ricuts at Newsvunc.—The fifteenth amendment is being tried in a very practical shape at Newburg, in this State. The Board of Education in that interesting village on the Hudson have come to the conclusion that there is no use in maintaining a school especially for colored children. They, therefore, pro- mitlgate the decree that “all children of the proper school age be admitted to the schools of the city without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude.” This is a phase of the Civil Rights bill which is likely to create general dissatisfaction and trouble. Very many white pupils will be found who Pill strongly object to personal association in school with colored children, and the entire educational system may receive a serious check in consequence. Separate schools for for white and colored pupils, it is argued, will be found necessary to promote a harmonious working of the system. It will bo interesting to watch the result of this attempt to bring to- gether into one school all children, “without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude.” The trial of the experiment will, undoubtedly, not be confined alone to the good people of Newburg-on-Hudson. Enorisn Crops.—A writer in the London Times shows, by reference to the agricultural returns from various parts of the island, that the acreage of land under corn is much less than last year, and that the bad condition of the ground from excessive rain threatens a short crop. He anticipates that more than half the grain needed for English consump- tion must come from foreign sources. It being “an ill wind which blows nobody good,’’ our countrymen, though sympathizing with their English cousins over the prospect of a scarcity of corn, may yet, without wrong, be glad to reflect that we can spare millions of bushels to enrich us, while they feed our neighbors. Tae Irattan Mrvtsrentat Crisis has been conciliated by the resumption of their port- folios by Signor Lanza and his colleagues at the request or command of the King. His Majesty refused to accept the tions. The Ministers will consequently Continue to serve the Crown—an important fact for Victor Emmanuel, particularly at o moment of ex- citing interest with respect to tho situation of affairs at tho Vatican and eastward from the Holy City Discovered Ship Canal Roate. In the graphic and exceedingly interesting letter which we published yesterday from our special correspondent accompanying the ex- pedition we have the details and the rosults of another exploration by Captain Selfridge, for a ship canal route by way of the Atrato river to the backbone of the Continent, and thence across to the Pacific Ocean ; and the results, we think, establish the route for our first Ameri- can interoceanio ship canal. Beginning en the Pacific side the exploration followed the Napipi River to its chief tributary, the Dog- uado then passing up that stream to the dividing ridge, to a point where, in crossing, we strike a tributary of the Atrato, and { thence down that affluent to the main river, which is navigable thence to the Atlantic for the largest ships at all seasons of the year, By this route the entire length of the canal required for ships of deepest draught wilt be but twenty-eight miles, twenty-two of which will be through an almost level plane, leaving six miles of rock cutting through the dividing ridge, including a tunnel under the mountain of three miles in length. To keep the cutting on each side of the dividing ridge near the surface some locks will be required, nine in all. The only serious obstacle in the way is this dividing ridge, and if we cannot got over it with aship canal Captain Selfridge caleu- lates that we can get under it, and from ocean to ocean, at a cost of seventy millions of dollars. This is not the American isthmus ship canal—a through cut without lock or tunnel— for which the commercial world has been dreaming and hoping for three hundred years that a route somewhere would ultimately be found; but from the explorations made of all the isthmus passages from Tehuantepec ta Darien, the Atrato is the route which comeg nearer to the essential conditions required fot an isthmus canal than any other. Thes¢ essential conditions are:— First—A good harbor on each side, as the outlet and inlet of the canal. x Second—An abundant supply of water fos the canal from the summit level, at all seasond of the year. Third—The shortest available route at the least cost of construction, with the least post sible amount of lockage. Now, while the Tehuantepec route is toa long, and requires too much lockage, it offera only a poor and insecure harbor at either end. The Nicaragua route, with the advantages of the line of a navigable river most of the way, and an inexhaustible reservoir in the grea( Nicaragua Lake at the summit level, and espe cially with the advantages of a route betwe New York and San Francisco thousands 0 miles shorter than the Atrato route, has still the great drawback of a very poor harbor, shallow and exposed on the Atlantic sido; and anything but a good one on the Pacifia side, The same may be said of the harbors of the Panama route. The Atrato route, on the other hand, offers a decp, safe and commo« dious harbor on the Pacific and Atlantic sides, It also offers an abundant supply of water for the canal, from its summit level, at all scasona of the year, and the shortest available route, * with the least possible amount of lockage, in | comparison with any other route explored. The Peruvian government, fully awake te the importance of this great enterprise, appeara ambitious, first, to share the honors and tha profits with. the United States which will surely be realized from a ship canal by thia Atrato route; and, next, it is by no means im« probable, should the United States withdraw from this route, that Peru, with the neighbor. ing South American States, assisted by England, will undertake the work. We pre- sume that President Grant will seize the first occasion to submit to Congress the report of Captain Selfridge on this Atrato route ex. ploration of 1873, with the reports of the sur- veys made or now in progress of other isthnius routes in view of a ship canal. If so we can- not doubt, from all the facta before us, thaf Congress will be drawn to action in favor of this new route from the Atrato, as offering more substantial advantages and inducementa for an isthmus ship canal, with smaller ob- structions, than any other route from Tehuan- tepec to Darien. Szwatos Parson Browntow has written a letter in reply to an invitationto attend the forthcoming Convention of Congressmen at St. Louis. He respectfully declines mixing himself up with any more Southern commer. cial and agricultural conventions, and adds: — Before the late rebellion the leaders in Southern politics got up a series of Southern commercial conventions, and, while they were for the avowed purpose of advancing the, commercial, mechanical and agricultural interests of the Southern States, they were, in‘reality, as avowed by Mr. Yancey, intended to fire the Southern heart and instruct the Southern mind tn the arts of war, and in bring- ing on the villanous work of secession. Does the worthy Parson snuff another rebel- lion in the proposed convention? It does not have that complexion, so far, at least, albeit the members are, according to the programme, to proceed to Texas in a body upon the con- clusion of their deliberations, Jeff Davis haa already accepted an invitation from the Gov- ernor of that State to make a formal Visit there about the time the St. Louis Solons put in an appearance. a ‘Tae Nattonat Game. —Yeaterday witnessed the practical opening of the base ball season ins championship game between two leading clubs, at the Union grounds, Brooklyn. Phil- adelphia and other neighboring cities have been earlier in the field. Smaller contests had already taken place here, but the evont of yes- terday was the first of the season having gen- eral interest for the lovers of this peculiarly American pastime. A large attendance showed that the friends of this admirable game have not decreased, and the spirited playing gave earnest of the brilliant contests which may bo anticipated during the Summer and Autumn. From now till the snow flies, next November, we may expect a succession of base ball exhi- bitions which will justly challenge the admi- ration of all who appreciate sport calling for the perfection of manly vigor and careful training, developing in a high degroe strength, alertness, skill and physical endurance. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. : Lieutenant Fred, Grant is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Speaker James G, Blaine, of Maine, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel John W. Forney ts registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Captain Thellason, late Commodore of the Royal Victoria Yaoht Club, of Kngland, proposes to visit , } 4 OO