The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1873, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD ees BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, en ey JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXVIIE AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENIKG, BOOTH'S THEATRE, Sixth ay. and Twenty-third st.— Tivkwr OF Leavis MANe METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 585 Broadway.—V amiery ENTRRTAINMANT. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN THEATRE, Gexuva CROs. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 51t Broadway.—V antery Ex TRRTAINMENT. woon's MC Spain, Cuba and the United States— The Hotlowness of the Concessions. We shall rejoice, in common with the whole country, if war with Spain has been honorably avoided; but we are of opinion | that in the history of nations there are some things worse than war, and before declaring an unqualified satisfaction with the reputed peaceful solution of our difficulties we want to know that the conditions of settlement do not include or involve admissions on our part or abandonments of principle to which war itself would be preferable. If the statement pub- lished gives an accurate account of the conclu- sions reached between the diplomatic authori- ties of either country, then surely a demand for reparation that ‘roared and thundered in must take, cringingly, what her lofty spirit OLYMPtC 1 the index’? with stentorian pretence has and Bleecker § sneaked to a wretched and contemptible close. NIBLO'S | Never before was an international negotiation cial so conspicuously pitiful in ita results, and WALLACK'S never before did the pusillanimous spirit of street.—Tan Lian. . : | senile incapacity so shamefully abuse INION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near | the a ‘ ous pieadway tus Wicxrp Wontn. i : | the confidence of a nation. Spain oe : | yields us reparation, certainly; she slaps y oF MUS eet and Irving place.— 4 : Peper -qitetes a eeren » Rae Twine Pe }us in the face with it, even! And we | | Broadway, corner Thirtieth t.— &e, Fyexyoony’s FRinn Afternoon and evening. BROADWAY THEAT! 723 and 7% Broadway,—A Lirk’s Duwam, AND OPERA HOUS nth av. and Twenty-third st.—Humery Doapry Asroan, BROOKLYN ACA Y OF MUSIC, Montague st— Suave Soxas ov THe Souri. LYCEUM THEATRE, Fourteenth st—Notex Dasyr— Taw Denorants. PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall. — New MacpaLen. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 2)t Bowery.— Vantery ENTERTAINMENT, BRYANT'S OPERA HOUS) Sixth av, —NeGko MINSTRELSY, wenty-third st, corner PAIN HALL. Great Jones street, between Broadway and Bowory.—Tne Pingris. CIATION HALL, 23d street aud 4th avenue,— 1c READINGS. THE RINK, 34 avenue and 4th street. —M sNagerre asp Musrum, Afternoon and evening, NEW YORK MUS! NATOMY, No. 618 Broad- QUADRUPLE SHEET. New York, Sunday, Nov. 30, 1873, THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. | eg eee To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “SPAIN, UOBA AND THE UNITED STA’ THE HOLLOWNES OF THE CON . SLONS'—LEAD: ARTICLE—E1IGaTH Pace. THE PROTOCOL WEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN VIRGINIUS AFFAIR COMPLETE! N AND THE DOUBTS AS TO THEIR | CERITY! SPANISH “PRIDE” FEARED BY | CASTELAR—NINTH Pace, AMERICA’S CLAIMS UPON 5) ! MATTERS IN CUBA AND IN THIS COU. THE UNION NAVY! PRE Fev PaGE. CUBA'S REVOLT AGAINST THE SPANISH YOKE! AOW THE ENSIVE TACTICS SO LONG PURSUED ARE RAPIDLY CHANG- ING TO OFFENSIVE! CAMPS DESERTING TO THE NO HOPE FOR PEACE—SixtTH PaGE. FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF SPAIN—SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDE: ENGLAND—Nintu Pace. PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ISSUE OF ERIK RAIL- WAY SHARES—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—NINTH PAGE. OUR MARTIAL STATUS! SECRETARY BEL KNAP'S ANNUAL REPOR' ANDREW'S DAY—FLEETWOOD PARK EVENTS—sixtu | PAGE. COUNSEL FOR TWEED FINED FOR CO RECRUITING SS COMMENTS — Y IN EMPT BY JUDGE DAV THEIR DEFENCE AND | HIS HONOR’S LECTURE! TWO OF THE | COUNSEL EXEMPT—TentH Pace. | TWEED'’S DEGRADATION COMPLE THE | TRANSFER FROM THE TOMBS ) THE PENITENTIARY! UTTER DEJECTION OF THE PRISONER—TentTH Pace. THE LEGAL WAR UPON THE LATE RING! THE UNTRIED CASES! THE DISTRICT ATTOR- NEY PREPARED 10 “FIGHT IT OUT ON THAT LINE”—TentH Pace, WASHINGTON REVIVL ARRIVING CONGRES: iN vOST OF LIVING! A PERSONAL REVIEW— MEXICAN ANARCHY AND BLOODSHED- DING—SgvVENTH PaGr. RECENT BUCHU PANIC—RELIEVING THE NEW Y! MONTHLY REPORTS TRY THE AND ASSAY BISHOP h CATHOLIC CONS! TH JEWISH ANTIPATHY GENERAL RELIGIOUS Pace. ‘Tae “prakersmip or THE Hovsr or tEP- RESENTATIVES for the Forty-third Congress was virtually decided at the republican canens yesterday held in Washington, when Mr. James G. Blaine was nominated. This re- election of the plucky member from Maine was foreseen on all sides. It indi- cates, perhaps, the republican party has to run in grooves. New blood is not coming into the ways of | power, and the old blood will only shift its channel for a better, where it can stag- | nate at more leisure. Mr. Fernando Wood | received the compliment of the democratic | nomination for the Speakership, and the caucus which bestowed this honor had quite a lively time over the “back-pay steal,’ of which it refused to entertain any condemna- | tion. Strong language was used against Mr. Holman, of Indiana, who introduced the un- | comfortable resolution. Tar Hupson River half-way down from | o™ which this statement comes is no doubt ‘Troy is closed by Jack Frost, and the cold spell of the last few days over all the country between the Rocky Mountains and the Atian- tic seaboard will be apt to extend the wintry blockade of rivers, canals and lakes over all our Northern border States. Thus in the transportation of the products of the West to the seaboard the railways will have the game in their hands for four or five months to come. But the grangers are watching the railway kings, and the late Western elections have shown that the grangers are getting to be a tormidable balance of power. Tax Grear Contempr Casz,—The counsel for the defence in the Tweed case received an overwhelming rebuke yesterday from Judge Davis for their want of respect for fhe Court in their mode of coducting the case entrnsted to them. Henceforth lawyers will be more careful in their language towards the Bench, ! | the others, and admit that the character of ENTIRE SPANISH | PATRIOTS | | the late tendency which | | are told that our government has no right to | chooses to concede, though the reparation as- sume the form of a new insult, We demand the surrender of our ship unlawfully seized on | the high seas; but Spain refuses at first, and waits to be assured from England that our de- mand is just and fair before she gives it proper notice, and at last consents to the surrender. Have we submitted the sub- ject to arbitration, that England must de- | clare before justice can be done us? Are we already incapable of righting ourselves when wronged by a Power like Spain, that England must answer for our respectability to get us a civilanswer? And Spain will also, we are told, give up the poor wretches whom she tore from the protection of our flag—such of them as have not been publicly murdered or have not been tortured to death in her prisons—but indemnity for the slain she will only pay if the papers of the Virginius shall prove regular, and she will only salute our flag on the same condition; while | the miscreant Burriel goes altogether | unwhipped of justice, save such farce of trial or rebuke as Spain may choose. There is no limitation to her in this. Our de- manded guarantee for the future is langhed | at and relinquished. Such is the summary of | | what is called ‘‘satisfaction."" Two of the | | points demanded, that were most thoroughly | | just, are given up, and we accept Spain's | | view rather than insist upon our own as to | | our ship shall be investigated before satisfac- | tion shall be exacted. Has not the President ntelligence to see that ifthis is not an Amer- | ican ship we have no right to make any de- mand, and that if she is an American ship it | is shameful to submit to investigation before | we protect her? For the future, then, it must be understood that our relations with Spain are established | by this precedent on such a footing that if the | Spanish cruisers choose to capture any | | American vessel, with or without pre- | | $55,192,192. | tended reasons, and to murder the greater number of the persons they catch on board, | it is all right. We give to such proceedings a | | qualified assent. They must only send the ship | home when they are done with her, release | the unmurdered sailors whom they have tor- | tured in their prisons and pay (perhaps) a | | pitiful indemnity of so much a head for the | | persons they may have chosen to kill. It must | | be clearly understood that our government, as | at present constituted, does not protect its | ships, and sailors who venture in the waters | of the West Indies under our colors go at their preper peril. People who are in the molasses trade are ready to say that the Virginius was only a filibuster. Was the Lloyd Aspinwall a filibuster ? It is abundantly well known that, innocent or guilty, our ships are seized upon | the caprices and suspicions of Spanish officials | in Cuba, and now it is formally established by | the recognition of our government that we are | under no national obligation to prevent these | outrages and murders. Spain can be called | upon only to return the ships she takes and pay for the men she kills; the flag, it seems | to be thought, cannot be dishonored. Is it | not strange that the view taken in London of | our position is more in consonance with an | honest support of our rights than the view | taken in Washington? Is it not remarkable | | that the London Times should represent the rights of our case more clearly and state them | more forcibly than our government itself pre- | sumes todo in its amiable communications with the hostile Power? “There are not | many in England,"’ says the London Tele- } | graph, “who could approve of the Deer- | hound’s recent expedition; but if every person on board that troublesome little craft had | been fusilladed there would have been an out- ery of just wrath against the Spaniards.’’ | No doubt ; just as there was in this country an ontery of just wrath against the butcheries of | Santiago. But who believe that England would | have accepted such a satistaction as seems sufficient in Washington ; who believe that England would have submitted her honor to be investigated by the Spaniards, or have permitted them to inquire into the justice of demands she had made? All purpose to reqnire of Spain a guarantee for futnre immunity to our ships is aban- doned ; and that is the only point that could have been of any practical value in the nego- | tiation, and it is the point that should have been insisted upon to the last extremity. We | question the power of Spain to carry out her agreement, and the hazy condition of mind also responsible for the notion that the re- quirement of a guarantee for our own safety | | would have been, on our part, an impudent | | pretence, Jt has been charged that the | | mooted guarantee of the abolition of slavery in | Cuba was invented by us, and the defenders | of the government have absolutely declared | | that it never had any thought of exacting a | guarantee. We trast the statement does as much injustice to the government as ig done to us in the assertion that we had invented | the mild remedy of an abolition of slavery. | Our proposition for a guarantee would be that the United States should require from Spain | in Cuba just such concessions and limitations of its sovereignty as the civilized Powers have required from China and Turkey in those countries respectively. In countries where the sovereign power cannot enforce its authority the people who are injured by that failure of the sovereign power must protect themselves, and must exact of the crippled sovereign tho recognition of their right to do so. Spain has forfeited so much of her sovereignty in Cuba as sho has failed to exercise, and it is for us simply to recognize this fact and to act upon tho recognition; and one part of her sov- ereignty that she has failed to ex- ercise is that of the administration of justice and the protection of life. Shall that lapse altogether, or shall we, the people most deoply interosted, permit it, to our ma- terial injury and to the constant disturbance of our tranquillity, to fall into the hands of the irresponsible Cuban volunteers? — It is simply a question whether we will give up altogether traffic that necessarily carries our people to the island and permit our commerce to be driven from the West Indies by the acts of Spanish cruisors, or whether we shall put our heel on the heads of the wretches who de- light in nothing so mach as in an opportunity to do us injury. It will be seen, therefore, that wo would base a required guarantee upon the facts as they exist and not on sentiment and palaver. Our guarantee would go to tho bottom of the trouble; and until we obtain one like it all settlements will be futile—-mere exploitations of our patience and credulity. Minister Sickles is reported to doubt the sincerity of the settlement on the part of Spain, and to dissent from the judgment which permitted it to be made, On whatever he bases this opinion it is significant. Glad as we should be of an honorable settlement, we shall not cry ‘Peace when there is no Seeretary Delano on Our Railroads. The Secretary of the Interior publishes, as a partof his report to Congress, a labored statement of the Pacific railroads and their branches. It is not, however, put in the shape, or as clear as, we might wish, though there are some interesting statistics. For in- stance, speaking of the Union and Central Pacific railroads, he says the stock subscribed to the former amounts to $36,783,600, and that this, within a fraction, has been paid in, and, to the latter, $62,608,800, of which $54,275,500 has been paid. How have these vast sums been paid? Does he mean to con- vey the idea that the stockholders have paid these in cash? No one would believe that. It is known that little cash has been paid, and that these railroads have been constructed almost entirely by the loan of govern- ment credit and grants of public lands ‘his is not a creditable way of covering up the facts, The organizers and stockholders of these roads have paid in little money and have realized, through the Crédit Mobilier agency and other means, vast sums. Even now they take the earnings of the roads and leave the govern- ment to pay interest on their bonds. The same remarks, as to subscriptions, apply more or less to the other Pacific railroads and branches. The Union Pacifie owes the gov- ernment now in interest paid for it $27, 336,512, and the Central, $27,855,680; in all, Notwithstanding the enormous land grants and endorsed bonds by the gov- ernment, the indebtedness of these railroads amounts to something like $200,000,000. How, then, have the government and people been victimized? Necessary and useful as these great lines of communication were, there never has been in the history of the world such a gigantic swindle. We wish the Secretary of the Interior would array his figures so as to show the fraud and the rotten- ness of the affairs of the companies. Evi- dently the time is approaching when the gov- ernment will have to take the Pacific railroads to pay for their yearly augmenting indebted- ness to itself. The Domestic Troubles of Spain. From all our latest accounts Spain seems to be in a most deplorable condition. Not to speak at all of Cuba and the sorrow which Cuba has just brought her, she has trouble enough within her own borders to tax the energies of any government. The intran- sigentes still hold Cartagena, and, in spite of the reports to the contrary, it is not at all impossible that the government forces may have to go through some hard work be- fore the rebels are subdued. However the contest may end, it is not to be denied that the revolt in Cartagena will prove exhaustive of the nation’s resources. The war in the north still continues, and it is now reported | from Carlist sources that, smallpox and typhus having broken out in the ranks of the republicans, General Moriones is unable to make any offensive movement. The finances of the country are at the lowest possible ebb. The government of Castelar, from which so much was expected, has proved itself to be as weak and as incompetent as any of its prede- | cessors. The present crisis, it is more than possible, will result in another change of Min- isters. It is not impossible that it may result in revolution and a restoration of the mon- archy. Whether the situation will be im- proved by amy such change remains to be seen. In spite of all the attention she has re- ceived and all the care which has been be- stowed upon her Spain is the most moribund nation on the face of the earth. Colonel Mosby and General Grant An Interest Report, Colonel Mosby, of Virginia, called upon the President at the White House yesterday for the purpose of offering his services to the gov- ernment asa soldier in the event of a war with Spain, and the report of the conversa- tion which followed, and which we give this morning among our Washington despatches, will be found very interesting. It thus ap- pears that in the event of a war with Spain the surviving soldiers, who, in our recent civil war, fought against “the old flag,” will en masse be ready to fight for it, and that General Grant will fairly divide the honors of the war between the South and the North. Very good. It further appears that so well satisfied is the President that the time has come for the removal of all the remaining dis- abilities against certain leaders in the late Southern struggle for a separate confederacy that he will recommend in his forthcoming Mesange a bill of universal amnesty, Why not? The disabilities specified in the constitution against men ‘who shall have engaged in insurrection or rekellion’’ against the United States apply now only to some two or three hundred men, all told, beginning with Jefferson Davis. Nevertheless, while these Southern leaders remain under these disabilities the main body of the Southern beople cannot feel that they are fully restored NEW YUKK HEKALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1873.—QUA to the rights and immunities of citizens cf the United States. Lot Congress, then, promptly respond to the suggestions of the President on this subject in proclaiming a universal amnesty. Southern men, who by hundreds and thousands have indicated not only their readiness but thoir desire to fight for the Union in a war against a foreign enemy, may surely be trusted with all the privileges, honors aud dignities of citizens of the Union. Tom Scots Picading. ‘The great railroad chief, whose ambition is to extend his lines of communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and to bring them all in connection with tho Pennsylvania Central and the railroads of the Pennsylvania Com- pany, has departed from his accustomed roti- cence and sent a communication to us plead- ing forbearance. This was in reply to certain remarks about the reported schemes for gov- ernment aid to the Southern and Northern Pacific railroads, Now, while we admire the enterprise of Colonel Scott, and admit that he" has done much in the way of railroad progress and improvement, we cannot abandon our po- sition of resistance to government subsidies of money orland to private undertakings. We have had enough, and, in fact, too much, of that. Colonel Scott begs a suspension of romarks until we see what applications will be made to Congress, and intimates that nothing will be asked that is not for the public benefit. This sort of generalization and special pleading might cover the grandest raid upon the Treas- ury and public. Then we cannot afford to wait till a programme of plunder might be matured and hurriedly carried through. Why, then, does not the railroad chief let us know what he wants from Congress? If he asks only what is reasonable we shall not oppose his application ; but, with the antecedents of lobby schemes and legislation for the railroad interest, we have our suspicions, and cannot take even Colonel Scott’s promise of disinter- estedness and lofty patriotism as o guarantee. Mx. Beecher and His Congregational Critics, The City of Churches is never truly happy unless there isa little church war on hand. Its elderly ladies find gentlo stimulant in the smell of theological gunpowder, as General Boum refreshed himself by sniffing a newly discharged revolver. Its young ladies like a state of sect hostilities, and glory in the battle just as much as they do in working smoking caps and other sublimely useless articles for church fairs. To the young men of Brooklyn a church war is very exhilarating, and with tho more ancient brethren the promotion of bel- ligerency is an object worthy in their eyes for soothing the pathway to the grave. To the local sheets a church war is bread and butter, and hence the field of war around the communion rails is graphi- cally and unctuously described. Seldom, indeed, does the world become aware of the pious pate-breaking which rages there, and little would it reck if they kept their troubles to themselves. The fever of the age for stand- ing before all humanity in a suit of type oc- casionally induces somebody to do something which will bring the eyes of the world in that direction, and then Brooklyn is happy. They have a church war there at present, which must delight them very much. What does it all mean? This time it is a Congregational fight, and no “muffin worry’ there ever extracted so much in the line of unctuous joy as each side finds in seeing the “latest from the front” read by the entire public. Plymouth church, ministered by Rev.. Henry Ward Beecher, is assailed front and flank by the Clinton avenue church and the Church of the Pilgrims. All three are Congregational institutions, and the last two seem determined to drive the first out of the camp. It seems that an “‘erring brother,’’ or one claimed to be such, Mr. Theodore Tilton, had some sort of a three-cornered difficulty, in which himself, a Mr. Bowen and Mr. Beecher were concerned. Aftera guerilla warfare of hints, whispers and innuendoes, the three parties came together and signed a peace declaration which was rati- fied by Brooklyn foratime. But insults to the flag of Plymouth were soon on the increase; and the ‘erring brother,” as he could not control his hint-firing friends, was told that he should surrender his membership or sub- mit to a court clerical. Like Goldsmith's pastor the erring brother, ‘since ‘twas hard to combat, learned to fly” by resigning. The resignation was accepted, in a merciful spirit, no doubt. Plymouth was just jubilating over the triumph of its flag, when down comes two batteries of heavenly artillery, manned by the Clinton avenuites and the Pilgrims. They opened fire with rounds of resolutions, which did no great harm; but, it is confidently asserted, were intended to riddle the venerable Mr. Beecher. The resolutions recited that Plymouth had allowed a brother to resign, and insisted that if the brother aforesaid was not in the odor of sanctity he should not be permitted to go forth without the Congregational branding iron upon him. This, as it stands, is a matter of Church dis- cipline, and Mr. Beecher manned his own guns and sent back o whizzing shell, telling them to mind their own business, or words to that effect. Now the Clinton avenneites and Pilgrims have declared that they will appeal to the Council, which must be a wonderful thing; for one would think they were appealing to Heaven. All Brooklyn looks on and wags its head and says, ‘“‘Ah! but that is not all. There is more in those resolutions than you think, my friends.’ Then, for gracious sake, Pilgrims and | Avenue people, speak out like men, and | do not play the Pharisee. The threat of excommunicating Plymouth church or creating a schism among its members is very | idle. Mr. Beecher has said that he likes to | be Pope in his own church, and his congrega- | tion have not disputed it for a quarter of a century. Why should he care to be tram- | melled by people who, in the sweet deep sadness of tho heart be it said, are sometimes overshadowed rivals, ag well as complaining brethren. There may be a difference between an “independent” minister and the minister of an ‘‘independent” congregation; but if Mr. Beecher is not theologically independent, we should like to know who is? We cannot say that we shall look anxionsly for further details in this church war, bat wo shall keop its progross before our eyes. Peace, brethren. DRUPLE SHEET. Views of the Religious and Scmi- Religious Pross on the Tweed Son- tence, the Spanish Imbroglio and Other Matters. Our religious contemporaries this week divide their attontion between the Tweed con- viction and sentence and what appears to them to be a matter of minor consideration— namely, the critical situation of our affairs with Spain. The editor of the Evangelist describes a visit to the Supreme Court room whilo sentence was being pronounced upon Willism M. Tweed. Hoe concludes that that sentence is a “great victory for our city,’ and adds:— ‘Let us hope that the day of triumphant cor- ruption is ended; that fraud and swindling will cease to be covered with a certain glory because of their success; that audacious wick- edness will sink back into the hiding places where it belongs, and Justice will again lift up her head in the streets.” The Independent exults that the blow of justice has been dealt at last, and that the sentence of Tweed proves, by a living demon- stration, that legal justice is not dead in this city. “His punishment,” says the editor, “though all that the law allows, is, neverthe- less, mild compared with his offences. The other conspirators and thieves united with him in sharing in the plunder should be pur- sued with unsleeping vigilance till every one that can be reached by legal process is brought to justice. Let the whole gang be punished. Their ill-gotten wealth, their former position and power and their means to buy the most eminent legal talent for their defence should not secure to them any immunity from the pursuit of justice. Let the law steadily pursue its wholesome work till the whole tribe of rascals shall receive their, dues. Then, and not till then, should it pause.’ The Golden Age avers that the recent trial “presents a conspicuous instance of a jury superior to corruption, and of a Judge who, for ability, fidelity and Roman-like rigor of equity, has written his name not only among the master spirits ot his profession, butamong the benefactors of the land. Let public justice be never lowered from its present stateliness and majesty."’ The Christian Union regards Tweed's con- viction as among the surprises of the week, and thinks that Judge Davis, by his courage, firmness and dignity in the trial of the case, has earned the gratitude of honest men of all parties. ‘As administered by such a magis- trate,’’ asserts the editor, “the law is indeed ‘a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well.’ Let us hope that the dark night of political corruption which has so long enshrouded the country is passing away, and that a brighter day has dawned—a day to be distinguished by the honesty and integrity of men in public station, and by a higher stand- ard of virtue among the people.” In regard to Spanish matters the Christian Union pronounces for peace, and exclaims, “Blessed are the peace-makers,” The Observer, commenting upon the Cuban butchery, says it aggravates the horror of the massacre that the unhappy victims con- demned to die were allowed no time for prep- aration. ‘In all its aspects,” declares the editor, ‘‘the transaction is more like that of savages than of a civilized and Christian people.” The Methodist regards the conviction of Tweed as ‘a grand triumph for justice and public virtue. It is a consummation which,” says the editor, ‘even so recently as a week ago few ventured to hope would ever be reached, and when the news was first an- nounced it could scarcely be believed.” The Methodist is of opinion that an important lesson is to be learned from this event, which is, that the regular processes of the law, sus- tained by a healthy public opinion, are amply sufficient to accomplish the ends for which they are designed. The Christian Leader remarks that with a judge like Noah Davis, who upheld the an- cient idea of a fearlessly just oracle of the law, anda jury of twelve men who had not ‘been seen’’ by any emissary of the dis- honored Ring, ‘‘it seemed to be as easy to con- vict the great plunderer as honest and simple minded people had always believed it ought to be. Although Tweed probably never teared the strict legal penalty at any time prior to the last few days, it is not to be questioned that he would have sacrificed all of his ill-gotten booty to avert it. This fact tells the story. Even Tweed would not be transfixed before the world by a judicial sentence. That he is, is at once his bitterest punishment and the public's sweetest satisfaction.” The Freeman's Journal throws hot petroleam in the shape of ‘words that burn” into the Spaniards for their atrocities in Cuba. ‘We are going to have a war,” affirms the editor, “not with Spain, but with the outlaws who are misruling Spain;” and he adds: —‘‘We do not believe that the men who are in official position in the United States government know how certain it is that war must follow what has happened, except, he continues, “they intend to exhibit the United States, under their management, as a big lubberly boy who, fully slapped in the face, and having his nose twisted till it bleeds, wants to know what all that means.” The Jewish Times, commenting upon the Cuban massacre, pronounces it a deed of cruelty and barbarism that almost defies be- lief. ‘To crown the work of fiendish bru- tality," says the editor, ‘a congratulatory let- ter is published by the priest of a religion which claims to be the religion of love, speak- ing in a triumphant tone of the achievements of that Church par excellence in having con- verted twenty Protestants to the Roman Catho- lic faith, and then delivered them over to the executioner! What a mockery! Must not Satan grin at the sacrilege thus committed in the name of God?"’ Our Hebrew contempo- rary affirms that ‘there is every reason why the United States should and must step in in the name of humanity, of religion, of right and justice, and exact such conditions as will re-establish order, law and justice on the island of Cuba. The butcher volunteers must be de- throned, the power must be taken from their hands. They have forfeited long ago the right to rule, With a mere apology this cannot be accomplished, nor with a release of the Vir- ginius, nor with an indemnity of money: with nothing loss than a restitation of the govern- ment to the people of Cuba. We believe nothing short of this will satisfy the people of the United States."’ The Boston Pilot (Catholic) sincerely hopes evmentest that, no matter how tho nations settle the main question, “the individuals who arc ro- sponsible for the massacre, and who, it ap- pears, wero not ruled in their acts by tho home government of Spain, will be held to a severe account and receive an exemplary pun- ishment.”” The Hebrew Leader discourses upon the German mass meeting held to protest against the Spanish acts of barbarity in Cuba, and draws a parallel between the recent atrocities and the former cruel treatment of its corelig~ ionists in Spain. What one has to do with the other must be a puzzle to ordinary minds, Perhaps a chapter from the gospel according to St. Filibuster might be enlightening. The Catholic Review comments on the ‘Pas- toral Letter of the Archbishop and Bishops of the Province of New York to the Clergy and Laity of their Charge,’’ remarking that “it sets forth in beantiful and touching language the reasons which impel them to perform this act of devotion.” A novelty in the way of a religious temper- ance monthly has just made its appearance. It is called the Catholic Total Abstinence Union,’ and seems to be an able champion in a praise- worthy cause. Taintor’s Sentence. Taintor, the late cashier of the Atlantic National Bank, has at last, like so many pub- lic offenders in these times, come by his deserts. Our readers will remember that the cashier had, through speculation, lost four hundred thousand dollars, the property of the bank. After an impartial trial Taintor has been found guilty, and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in the Albany Peniten- tiary. The sentence to some will, no doubt, seem severe; but Judge Benedict, in pro- nouncing sentence, reminded the prisoner that but for the one mitigating circumstance in his case—viz., the temptation to which he was exposed through the negligence of tha President and the directors—the punishment would have been more severe. It is gratifying to see justice administered in this way. We hope that the punishment of Taintor will have a wholesome influence on the men of his class. It will be well, too, if bank presidents and directors take the hint so emphatically thrown out by the Judge, and give more of their time and attention to the dutics at- tached to their respective positions, In this case the President and directors were guilty of gross neglect of duty. An Uncompromisinc Verpicr was returned by the majority of the Coroner's jury in the case of the victims of the Harlem boiler explo- sion. Contractor, engineer, railroad com- pany and every one connected with the cause of the terrible disaster came in for a scathing rebuke, and the defective law under which steam becomes a destructive element instead of an obedient agent was severely condemned. The present system of examination of en- gineers also came in fora share of censure. It would be well if our lawmakers would pay serious attention to this verdict and accom- panying recommendations and render life lesa hazardous in the vicinity of great public works. ‘Tre “Boss” on THE IsLanp.—'The majesty ot the people of the American metropolis hag never been shown in a more vivid light than it was in the humiliation and degradation of the ex-Boss of the city yesterday, when he waa taken to Blackwell's Island as a convict, de- prived of his beard and redundant locks and clothed in the regulation striped dress. In the days of his overweening power he never dreamed of sucha change. Retribution has come to him in its most terrible shape. From the position of supreme master, surrounded by a court of parasites and flatterers, like the Shah of Persia, he is reduced to the com- panionship of thieves and vagrants. A more significant lesson has never been administered in the history of republics to unbridled ambi- tion and lawless power. PERSONAL IN TELLIGENCE, Pernt kee ie J General F. D. Sewall, of Washington, Is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General Mott, of the Egyptian Army, is quartered at the Hotel Brunswick. ® Captain Bullen, of the British Army, has arrived at the New York Hotel. Rev. Charles Edward Chency, of Chicago, is stay- ing at the St. Nicholas Hotel. E. L. Jewell, of the New Orleans Picayune, is stay- ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor Coburn, of Maine, has recovered from his recent severe illness, Captain James H. Rollins, United States Army, is quartered at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mrs, Owen Gelchele, of Carthage, Me., was fatally kerosened a few evenings since, Paymaster Thomas H. Halsey, United States Army, is registered at the Coleman House. State Senator-elect F. W. Tobey, of Port Henry, N. Y., has apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Judge W. F, Allen, of the Court of Appeals, ts among the late arrivais at the Hotel Brunswick, Lieutenant Commander J. K. P. Ragsdale, United States Navy, is registered at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Frederick A. Sawyer, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yea- terday from Washington. “The nobleman organ grinder” has reappeared in Dublin, Ireland. It is settled by the gossips that the musician is a noble, but what particular one none can say. John P. Hale leit his wife and daughters only some $15,000 after a long and busy public life. But he left a name more precious than riches. He was #0 honest man. General A. Goriof, late military attaché of the Russian Legation at Washington, satled for Kurope yesterday in the steamship St. Laurent. He is to act hereafter as military agent of the Russian gov- ernment at London. Count Fugger, being a Jesuit, bas been forced to leave Bavaria, The Count ts the lineal representa- tive of the famons Fuggers, the Augsburg bankers, whose help enabled Charies V. to carry on his wars. Rochefort, according to accounts sent from St. Catherine's Island, was sick throughout the 3 days of the convict ship's voyage to that place, and it was expected that he would dic before arriving at New Caledonia. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS’ REGEP- TION, Last evening & reception was given to the young clerks and other employés connected with the booksellers’, stationers’ and printers’ firms of this city at the hall of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation tn Twenty-third street, The hall was fil et with the families and friends of the employés, and a number of prominent booksellers were pres. ent on the piatform, Among them were Mr, Rob- ert Carter, W. H, Appleton, Abraham Db, lewis and other well-known — bouksetlera and stationers of this ctty. Brief addresses were made and the following — musicat programme was performed by the artists en- “aged:—Piano solo, “Rigoletto,” Spindler, Mra, O. &, Hovey; song, “Ye Merry Birds,” Gumbert, Mrs, Witliam Moon; piano solo, “Amaryilis,” Spindler, Mrs. 0. B, Hovey; aria from “Louisa Miller,” Verdi, Mr. Ohr. Fritsch; song, ‘‘Amiamo Ia Vita," Ran- at ts. William’ Moon; song, “The Winds fl My Sighs ( Thee," Wallace, Mr. Clea,