The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1874, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK HERALD UBROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ——— JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR =— — AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. tween N ‘Broad Houston streets — way, bet ust ¢ ROMBO JAPPIER JENK M.; THE ae OF THE KITCHEN, at 9 PM; cloves at 10:30 P.M *‘Wokes Family, Mr. Letfingwell. Broad: OOD ath nest —HUSBAND TO birtieth | street, — Ld ree SPM; closes ac 4380 P.M; STREETS OF loses at 11 P.M. Me; EW YORK, ats 2 GRAND OPERA HOUSE, : ighth avenue and Twenty-third street. HUMPTY Bene ry NunOaD, wt 749 PM. closes at 1045 P.M, Mr, G. L. Fox FIFTH. AVENUR THEATRE, Be h street and Broadway.—MAN AND WIFE, joses at P.M. Mr. Harkins, Miss Ada Dyas, MRS, CONWAY'S BROOKLYN TREATRE, | Washington street, Brooklyn.—LITILE SUNSHINE, at SPM. ,closesatil P.M. Miss Lilian Conway Tire ATR TAN OF HONOR, Broadway and Thirt tree.—A MAN OF HONOR Poy M. Mr. Lester Wallack, Miss M.; closes at I Auuie Deland, BOOTHS THEATRE, ‘ Bixth avenue and Twenty-third street—KIT: OR, THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER, at 745 P.M. ; closes at 1030 B.M Mr. F. S. Chantrau, Miss Bella Pateman. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and bleeckor streets — GABRIEL’ GRUB, at 8 P. M.; closes ot LI P.M. Mujiiton- Baynor Family. BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE, | opposite City Hall, Brooklyn.—JOUN GARTH, at 8 P. | eee closes atu PM. Misy Anuie Firmia, Mr. Johu Jack, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—CATARACI OF THE GANGES, at 8 P. M.; closes at ll. P.M. Miss Kate Fisher. GERMANIA THEATRE, Fourteerth street.—WILHELM TELL, at 8 P. M.; closes BULLS P.M METROPOLITAN THEATR $85 Broadway.—VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at 7:45 @.M.; closes at 10:30 P. M. ‘ADT THEATRE, gory —LOHENGRIN, at § P.M; closes at 11:30 P. M. rt Pouwer, Louise Lichtmay. STEINWAY fA) Fourteenth street. —MAUREL-WIENLAWSEL CONCERT. ‘Opens at 8, closes at 10:15 P. M, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, fo. 201 Bowery.—VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at 8 P. a ; closes at 11 P.M. T'S OPERA HOUSE, corner of Sixth avenue.—CINDER- EGRO MINSTRELSY, &c., at 8 P. ROBINSON HALL, Rxient. street.—MAGIOAL ENTERTAINMENT AND UGHING GAS, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:30 P. M. BAIN HALL, Treat Jones, street, corner Latayette place —THE PIL- ats P. M.; Closes at 9:30 P. R. KAHN’S MU Di EUM, ‘No. 88 Broadway.—SCIENCE AND ART, TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Friday, January 9, 1874. _— = = = = THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. BEPARATION “IN A HORN!” THE CREAM OP THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS ON THE VIRGINIUS QUESTION! THE ROW BETWEEN SICKLES AND THE SPANIARDS! THE GENERAL IN HIGH DUDGEON OVER THE CRAWFISHING OF THE STATE DE- PARTMENT! WHaT MIGHT HAVE BEEN— FOURTH Pace. CALEB CUSHING UN THE SPANISH SITUATION! RETRENCHMENT ON NATIUNAL DE- FENCES! THE SALARY GRAB STILL CARE- FULLY NURSED—SevENTH PaGs. THE PRESS OF THE SPANISH CAPITAL ON THE VIRGINIUS MATTER—CUBAN PATRIOT OPINION OF THE SPANISH SUBVERSION— RECONCILED TO BEECHER—FoURTH Face. ‘PAIN’S ENTIRE ARMY RESERVE CALLED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE! TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MAGAZINE IN CARTA- GENA—SEVENTH PaGE. @OLONIAL MINISTER SOLER COMING TO NEW YORK! LABOR STRIKE IN HAVANA— SEVENTH PsGs. 4& DEFEAT FUR MacMAHON IN THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY—ENGLISH FINANCES—SEVENTH PaGE. BAZAINE’S TREASON TO FRANCE! THE LES- SON DEDUCIBLE FOR OTHERS IN LIKE HIGH STATION! THE EIGHTH DEGRADED MARSHAL—FIFTH PAGE. RAIN STORM DISASTERS! HEAVY FRESHETS AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN VARIOUS STATES—TuIrp PaGE. THE DICK TURPINS OF THE RURAL DISTRICTS SAFELY JAILED IN WHITE PLAINS! WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT—TEeNntTH PaGE. CONTINUANCE AND DIRE RESULTS OF THE REVOLT IN ENTRE R ! EMIGRANTS POURING INTO BRAZIL—SgyentTH Pace. PAR LOUISIANA ASK GRESS TO PRO- TECT HER AGAL AYONET RULE! PROCEEDINGS OF CONGR. '—THIRD PAGE. PITTSBURG’S TRUST COMPANY DEFAULT! AN ALARMING EXHIBIT OF OFFICIAL DIS- HGSESTY—TenTH Pace. ,EX-GOVERNOR WESTON RENOMINATED BY THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS! GENERAL BELIEF THAT HE IS BOOKED FOR THE GUBERNATORIAL SEAT—Turep PAGE. SOURCES AND AMOUNT OF REVENUE COL- LECTED IN THE PIRE CITY! CIGARS, SPIRITS, LICENSES, SPECIAL AND GEN- ERAL TAXES—NINTH PaGE. SHIELDING GENET “PLAYED OUT!’ BRENNAN AND HIS SLEEPY SUBORDINATE I COMMIITED—PROCTOR'S DEBUT—FovrtH ; PaGE. UMPORTAST MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE! OCEAN COLLISIONS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT PRECAUTION—MECHEL- LA THE MURDERER—FirtH Pace. SANITARY SAFEGUARDS AGAINST EPIDEMICS! THE OPERATIONS AND THE VALUE OF OUR QUARANTINE STATION—“FILTHY” BROOKLYN—ELEVENTH Pace. EVENTS AT THE AMERICAN MONETARY CEN- TRE! STOCKS STRONG—NiNTH Pace. THE LABOR PROBLEM! THE TOMPKINS SQUARE MEETING! OFFICIAL ACTION—FirTH Pace. iT Asorner Pownrrn Macazrxe Exposition AT Canracens.—Cartagena still holds out against the new government. So far Serrano has not been successful in putting down the in- Burgents. It would seem, however, that Car- ‘Yagena must soon be compelled to surrender, if not for the want of food, at least for the ‘want of gunpowder. Another powder maga- wine explosion is announced this morning. ‘Oartagena promises to be as memorable in the history of Spain as is Saragossa, The pre- however, is that the rebellious city ‘will not be able much longer to maintain itself [in opposition to » government which com- | $30,478,156; The Departments Onwillimg to Me tremch—The Duty of Congress. The various departments of the government have overlooked their estimates, in accordance with the resolution of the House of Represen- tatives of December 15 calling upon them to do so, and the President has sent their replies to the Speaker of the House. Some small reductions are reluctantly made, but there is no disposition to make such retrenchment as is needed and as the people and their repre- sentatives in Congress expected. The duty of Congress is plain now. With that body rests the responsibility of making the expenditures conform to the revenue, without increasing taxation or augmenting the debt by an addi- tional issue of government notes. In order to give our readers a clear under- standing of the financial condition of the gov- ernmentand its expenditares and demands we must revert to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury at the meeting of the present Congress last month, and endeavor to put in an intelligible shape the rather mystified figures of that document. The Secretary did not put the estimates of the fiscal year from June 30, 1873, to June 30, 1874, in a lump, but takes for his exhibit the first quarter and then the remaining three quarters separately. Putting them together we find the civil and miscellaneous estimated expenditures, in- cluding public buildings, lighthouses, and collecting the revenues, to be $66,577,293; for Indians, $8,508,715; for pensions, for the military establish- ment, including fortifications, river and harbor improvements and arsenals, $47,- 795,053; for the naval establishment, including vessels and machinery and improve- ments at navy yards, $27,792,451. In addition to these sums there is set down $1,100,000 for foreign intercourse. This gives for the current expenses of the government, inde- pendent of interest on the public debt, $182,251,668. The interest on the debt is near about a hundred millions—that is, on $1,218,729,150, at six per cent in gold, $73,123,698, and on $503,478,800, at five per cent in gold, $25,173,940, and in addition the small amount of interest on the three per cent Navy Pension fund and the four per cent certifi- cates of indebtedness. Let us say, then, in round numbers one hundred millions for interest on the debt. This, added to the $182,251,668 for current expenses, makes a total of $282,251,668. The interest on the Pacific Railroad bonds, amounting to nearly four millions, must, we suppose, be added, though it is time the government should close that expenditure and either make the railroad pay its interest or sell out the concern to the high- est bidder. This isa burden that ought not to be imposed upon the people. We suppose, too, that the amount required for the sinking fund, which is estimated for 1875 at $29,918,856, is not included, unless, indeed, it is covered up in the miscellaneous and other confused figures. Presuming this to be the case, and including the interest on the Pacific Railroad bonds, the revenue required for the fiscal year of 1873-74 amounts to a little over $316,000,000. The Secretary's estimate for 1874-75 is $319,198,736. For the first quarter of the present fiscal year the receipts from all sources were $81,853,492, and the estimated receipts for the other three-quarters were $187,100,000. The total is $268,953,492. To this must be added the premium on the sales of gold, which for the year will hardly amount to more than five or six millions. Thus we see that the actual and estimated expenditures exceed the income forty millions to forty-five millions of dollars at least. People may wonder how Mr. Richardson has been able to go along with such a state of the finances. Well, he had, fortunately, a large surplus of money on hand and the fifteen mil- lions of the Alabama payment to draw upon. Had there been no panic he must soon have come to the bottom of the Treasury. The panic afforded a good excuse to cry out for help and to cover up his incapacity and mis- management. The payment of the called loan and other demands upon the Treasury have suddenly exposed his bankrupt condi- tion, Of course he had to draw upon the legal tender reserve, and of course the debt has been increased the last month. Well might he plead for forty millions additional taxation. Never before in the history of the financial management of this country has there been such blundering and want of ubility ex- hibited. With the enormous revenue col- lected there ought not to have been a deficiency or any embarrasgment. Yet the Secretary could not see that the vast and un- necessary expenditures and extravagance of the government were the cause chiefly of his difficulties. He never thonght of reducing the estimates till forced to do so by the resolution of Congress. And now what a miserable attempt at retrenchment he and the depart- ments have made. The Postmaster General reports that after carefully examining the estimates of his de- partment again he finds no reduction in the sums which can be safely made. The largest amounts required are for inland mail trans- portation, $15,582,021, and for compensation of postmasters, $6,500,000. The increase asked for, he says, in the former of these items is less than five per cent, while the average yearly increase in that branch of the service is over eleven percent. The other item, he remarks, is fixed by law. His esti- mates stand, therefore, at $36,104,912. But cannot the fourteen millions demanded in excess of the amount for inland mail service and compensation to postmasters be reduced? What is this large sum for? Surely a few millions could be saved here. Perhaps, too, the cost of the inland mail service might be reduced, if not the compensation to postmas- ters. It will be well for Congress to look into these matters. The Secretary of the Treasury wants $131,594,346 for interest on the debt and the sinking fund, for which, he says, there are permanent appropriations. The interest of the debt must be paid, of course, but it may bea question if upwards of thirty millions is necessary under existing circumstances for a sinking fund. Admitting that it is, we do not see why the $41,790,559 in addition which he calls for could not be cut down considerably. Mr. Richardson says laws have been passed providing for the expenditure of nearly all this sum, and he has no discretion in the matter. He admits, however, that nearly six millions might be saved the current fiscal year. Then, if he has no discretion or power but to spend Wands the confidence of both the army and | money according to the laws, Congress can [aur of the country, repeal or modify these laws, The Aecretacr’s the necessary economy of a peace establish- ment, Mr. Fish can only cut out the fifty thousand dollars from his estimates which was the ap- propriation for official postage stamps. The State Department is not a very costly one, is true, but considering its inefficiency and its many useless surroundings and employés a less sum than is demanded would be suf- ficient. The Department of Justice is willing to pare down a little, but the amount saved there could not be much, The Secretary of the Navy is willing to spare two millions, but not more. If the navy were of any use to defend our flag and the national honor—if it were even likely to be used for such a purpose and not merely as an orna- ment—and if there were capacity in the department to make it really efficient, the American people would not object to spending even twenty-seven millions a year. As it is there can be no harm done in reducing the estimates several millions, at least as long as our peaceful Secretary of State remains in office to accept any insult to the flag or national humiliation. As to protecting Amer- ican citizens abroad, the navy is rendered utterly useless, however ready its gallant officers may be to do their duty. The War Department has had all the burcau officers examined, and after a careful investi- gation can only make small reductions ina tew items. Nearly all the officers hold on to their estimates, and General Sherman cannot dispense with his infantry, cavalry and artil- lery forces. He remarks, however, that if the pruning knife be applied at all it should be only to the engineer and staff corps, over which he has no control. He emphatically declares that some of the forts and coast de- fences are not of the slightest importance and should not have another dollar spent on them. With all due regard to these high authorities we must say that our military establishment is much too costly in time of peace. We need but a small army, and that mostly for service among the Indians. Considerable reduction could be made in the estimates for this branch of the public service. We have yet to hear from the Secretary of the Interior. Apart from the sums necessary for interest on the debt, for a sinking fand and for pen- sions, all burdens brought upon us by the war, and amounting to something like a hun- dred and sixty millions—that is, if we allow twenty-nine to thirty millions for a sinking fund—the current expenses of the gov- ernment need cost little more than before the war. About seventy millions then were suffi- cient. Suppose we add thirty millions to that, in view of the increase of population and business of the government, and. make the current expenses a hundred millions, exclusive of interest on the debt, a sinking fund and pensions, we should then have a total expen- diture of two hundred and sixty millions. It ought not to be over two hundred and fifty millions. No more taxation would be needed then. Indeed, the revenue would be more than ample. But it will be difficult to bring the departments to the proper economy of peaceful times. They tenaciously resist re- trenchment. Congress, however, can force them to it. The people will hold that body responsible for the necessary reforms, and will certainly object to increased taxation or an increase of the national debt. The Virginius Correspondence. In another portion of the Heratp we give some interesting extracts from the Virginits correspondence, which place the peculiar backsliding of the State Department clearly be- fore the world. Whoever reads the strong and strenuous despatch of Secretary Fish, under date of November 12, will have ample reason to wonder how such stentorian tones could possibly dwindle down to the cooing of a dove in the protocol. Can it indeed be the framer of the latter instru- ment, with its meagre, paltering proviso for “proceeding against” the murderers who wrote to Minister Sickles:—‘‘The execution, as it is called, of those persons was forced on with indecent and barbarous haste, and in defiance of all humanity and regard to the usages of the civilized world?’’ Can it be the same who says the slaughter at Santiago ‘‘adds another page to the dark his- tory ot bloody vengeance and cruel disregard of the rules of civilized war and of common humanity which the military and other offi- cers in Cuba have but too frequently made part of the history of Spain’s government and of its colony?” It seems impossible, indeed, that the man who agreed to the barren protocol on the 29th of November should but seventeen days previous instruct our Minister at Madri@ that “condemnation, disavowal and deprecation of the act will not be accepted by the world as sufficient to re- lieve the government of Spain from participa- tion in the just responsibility of the outrage. There must be a signal mark of displeasure and a punishment to which the civilized world can point, and which other subordinates or local officials will have cause to look at as a Beacon on a dangerous rock, to be forever after avoided.’’ Whenever the administration claims having upheld in the Virginius case the sacredness of the flag or of life under its pro- tection, the protocol on one side and Mr. Fish’s letter on the other will settle the ques- tion. While Mr. Fish was influenced by a healthy Americanism he spoke worthy of his office. When he allowed himself to be led away by Spanish influence he gave the world a disgraceful protocol. The tilt between Secretary Carvajal on one side and Minister Sickles on the other is very interesting matter. The icebergs of Iberian insolence which the Spaniard moved down upon our Minister seem oddly enough to have heated the latter, who, instead of treating the insolence with freezing politeness, proceeded to warm the Secretary. This was hardly suc- cessful, although the Minister tried to demol- ish the icebergs with red hot irony. ‘iontnsivanall Report or THe Heaurn Ornicen.—It is gratifying to read a report like that of Dr. Vanderpoel, Health Officer of the Port of New York. It is full of interesting statistics, prac- tical suggestions and comforting assurances, and will be found of interest by all those who wish for sound sanitary administration. Anorumn Durrat—The withdrawal of the name of Williams for Chief Jysticn The Chicf Justiceship—The With- drawal of Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams, formally withdrew from the Senate his nomination as Chief Justice of the letter of the Attorney General, which we pub- lish this morning, we have his reasons for the nominated for the office in question with- out solicitation, and without any knowledge on his part that sucha thing was contem- plated—certainly a very handsome and deli- cate compliment on the part of the President, But it involved a grave mistake, of which Mr, Williams himself had to be informed, and very impressively, too, before he could or would comprehend it ; otherwise, cordially thanking the President for the distinguished honor of the nomination, the grateful re- cipient would have promptly declined it. Permitting his zeal, however, to outrun his discretion, Mr. Williams decided to risk the ordeal of ‘the advice and con- sent of the Senate’’—the most erroneous de- cision he ever made. ‘‘Since that time,” he says, “the floodgates of calumny, in all dirco- tions, have been opened upon me. My abili- ties have been disparaged and my integrity brought in question, and it seems to me that public opinion adverse to my appointment has been created which might hereaiter embarrass your administration and, perhaps, impair my usefulness upon the bench.’’ For these reasons, which are well put, and with a perfect consciousness that he has per- formed, with clean hands and an upright pur- pose, all the duties of the various public offices in which he has served, and trusting to his vindication by time, Mr. Williams relieves the President and himself of a great difficulty by withdrawing from the unpromising contest with an adverse public opinion. ‘The flood- gates of calumny’’ when opened upon a man “in all directions” seldom fail to arouse his indignation. This natural outbreak from the head of “the Department of Jus- tice,” therefore, may be passed over without farther remark, beyond the opinion that the jadicious jurist upon this point would have expressed himself in milder terms, ‘But,’’ says Mr. Williams, ‘my abilities have been disparaged.” To disparage, according to Webster, is ‘to dishonor by 8 comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation; to undervalue; to bring reproach on; to vilify; to debase.” Accepting the definition to undervalue, this is the issue upon which, in respect to the abilities of Mr. Wil- liams, an adverse public opinion has ship- wrecked him with this nomination for Chief Justice. ‘The floodgates of calumny’’ did not harm him in the Senate. If, like Ma- homet’s coffin, his nomination remained sus- pended between heaven and earth, it was be- cause the Senate shared in that adverse public opinion which pronounced this nominee un- equal to the requirements of the office, One word more upon this unfortunate nomination and we shall dismiss it. In regard to the man wanted for the important office of Chief Justice, ‘‘line upon line and precept upon precept” from the independent public press, in fair reflections of public opinion, have been submitted to the President and urged upon his consideration, from time to time, since the death of the lamented Chase. For example, had General Grant listened to thecalmly considered, seasonably uttered and friendly suggestions submitted in many articles from this journal upon this matter, he would have escaped the embarrassment of the nomination of Mr. Williams. It will be well— for ‘all is well that ends well’’—if, profiting from adverse public opinion as first made manifest through the public press, and next in the Senate, in the case of Mr. Williams, it will be well, we say, if the President in his second choice for Chief Justice shali give us a nomi- nation which will challenge a general endorse- ment from the public press and the country, and which will not ‘‘hang fire” in the Senate. The So-Called Labor Demonstration. For some time a band of loud-mouthed demagogues have been attempting to intro- duce among the workingmen of America the favorite tactics of the worst class of European socialists. These men have abused the liberty of speech and discussion wisely al- lowed by the laws of their country, and have persistently directed their efforts towards creating disorder. If they have been so far unsuccessful we are indebted to the strong common sense of our workingmen and their respect for the rights of their fellow citi- zens. Only the silliest or most depraved of the workingmen can hope for advantage from the agitation which a few designing men are trying to excite for their own profit under the pre- tence of benefiting the working classes. The misery which exists among the poor in a crowded city like New York is well nigh un- avoidable, and is due to some extent as much to the want of foresight and unthrift of the poorer classes as to any unfair action of capi- tal. The inequalities of condition cannot be removed by declamations against the wealthy; but the empty words of dema- gogues may arouse a feeling of antagonism between mutually dependent classes of the community which might lead to conse- quences from which the workingman would be the first to suffer. So long as the emulators of European socialism confine themselves to airing unwholesome opinions we would not have them interfered with, much as we regret their want of common sense; but when the admirers of the extreme red republic undertake to threaten the civil representatives of the people and im- pose by violence their will os law in the councils of the city, we at once pronounce for their speedy and condign punishment. Such conduct may have some excuse in countries where the working classes are ground down by unjust governments and privileged classes; but here no such justifica- tion can be set up. The workingman in New York enjoys his full share of the government of his country; he shares in its prosperity, and when a season of difficulty arrives he must be prepared to bear patiently the sufferings incidental to hard times. The use of threatening language is certainly not calgulated to serve the cause of the unemployed. No honest workingman would associate himself in a riotous effort to coerce the city authorities into yielding to demands which are sustained neither by law nor by justice. If any foolish men should allow themselves (0 be ured to the com- Supreme Court of the United States, In the | of this judicious alternative. He_ mission’ of o breach of the they will find the public peace opinion The ‘President yesterday, at the request of | Of the country arrayed against them, and whatever sympathy may now be felt for their sufferings would soon give place to feelings of indignation and resentment. In view of the menacing tone adopted by some of the mis- chievous men who aim at achieving a cheap notoriety as leaders of the workingmen extraordinary precautions have been adopted by the police for the preserva- tion of order. Should any ill-advised people pass from idle words to illegal acts they will find the law ready to punish them in a prompt and signal manner. The Nobby King with His Ashantce Umbrella. © Any man who says that King Coffee is not a “gwell’’ is very much mistaken. The sign of his being a stylish potentate lies in the fact, we suppose, that he has a strong regard for the umbrella—an affection peculiar to his peo- ple, chiefs and soldiers. It is not to be be- lieved that the King is the only person who has a regard for this shield against rain and sun, for there isan innumerable throng who sally forth and make war, not on their ene- mies’, but on their friends’, umbrellas. Em- blem of polite kleptomania, the umbrella has come to be regarded in civilized communities as ‘fair game’’ for the gentleman or lady who manifests the eccentricity in minor degrees by the sequestration of penknives, lead pencils, newspapers and postage stamps. There is no remedy for the victim chez nous; but in the land of the sunburnt Ashantee there is the wrath of serried’ columns. The King, it seems, when he deigns to appear on the field of battle, rides out to meet the enemy under the shade of his State umbrella, which is borne over his royal head by a chief wherever he moves, and the sight of this gorgeous banner—costing, our correspondent ‘avers, four thousand dol- lars—stirs the faithful heart of the loyal Ashantee and whets his appetite for blood. To lose the State umbrella is to lose the glory of the kingdom. ‘Would that in America, in the land of the heathen Yankee, the umbrella could be respected as the sacred preperty of the owner! How much would profanity lose ; how much would the cause of amiability profit! Democracy, too, would gain a power- ful ally ; for it must be acknowledged that even the umbrella is a powerful creator of caste. What consideration has the youth in the eye of his lady love when he carries aught than a silk umbrella? What hope has the swain who flourishes gingham or cotton in the heart of the Girl of the Period? Has not the modern poet expressed the idea of caste when he sings: — The lovely Isabella, She hit me on the smeller With her gingham CH A da And her father kept a barber shop in Wee-hawken! So we are not a loss to comprehend why it is that every one visiting Europe is solicited by all his poor relations and country cousins to bring back each and every one of them a silk umbrella, and the Custom House ‘‘sharp”’ will tell you how much Uncle Sam loses by this national habit of generosity. But the recipient does not keep his present long. He goes to pay a call on the Mayor or the Comp- troller, and, handing his umbrella to an Assemblyman or Senator for safe keeping, he returns only to exclaim, ‘‘Sic transit gloria mundi!’? The umbrellaisgone. Gingham or cotton replaces the badge of aristocracy, and the helpless mortal resumes his social position among the common herd. We confess that there is a similitude between the Ashantee chief losing the symbol of his honor and the swell losing the most conspicuous badge of his respectability; so that a glance all around reveals the fact that umbrellas are not re- spected. At this very moment as we write Sir Garnet Wolseley is in hot pursuit of the Ashantee umbrellaites, who are flying in con- fasion towards their capital, and the proba- bility is that before many weeks shall have passed away Coffee will mourn the loss of his black and crimson velvet sunshade, while the impious Britisher will discuss its construction and decoration as the most important topic in the salons of London society. Ex-Sheriff Brennan and His Committed to Prison. It is somewhat curious that one of the first acts of the new Sheriff should be to conduct his predecessor to Ludlow Street Jail. Most people will rejoice at the lesson which is con- veyed to the agents of the law by the mis- fortune of Mr. Brennan, who may congratulate himself that the extreme penalty of the law for the neglect of duty which sent him to prison is so light. The attempt of the ex- Sheriff to prove that the prisoner Genet was not in his custody at the time of his escape was ineffectual, and Judge Daniels, relying on the custom of the Court, decided that the order of the Court had been disobeyed by Deputy Shields and that Mr. Brennan was responsible. The point that told decisively against the ex-Sheriff was the warning that a rescue or evasion would be attempted, and his failure to take precautions for the secure holding of his prisoner. There was no attempt made to show that either the Sheriff or his Depnty had assisted in the escape of Genet. Each was condemned on the charge of contempt of court in failing to deliver the prisoner into the hands of the Warden of the City Prison. Neither of the accused men had much to say for himself, but rested his defence on the legal quibble that Genet had not been committed to the custody of the Sheriff, and, therefore, was not legally in that officers hands when he escaped. This plea was overruled, and a fine of two hundred and fifty dol- lars and thirty days’ imprisonment was the punishment awarded by the Court. During the trial some queer statements were made as to a conflict of authority between the City Warden and the Sheriff, from which it would appear that prisoners at their conviction are sometimes in the hands of parties who have no legal right to hold them. It is evident from what has happened that the whole system needs reforming, and the new Sheriff will do well to profit by the expe- rience of his predecessor in office and adopt such measures as will remedy existing evils. Deputy Tae Spams Government has permitted the suppressed Carlist journals to resume publication on certain conditions. The entire army reserve of 1874 is called out for active service by a decree issued in Madrid. What's in the wind? Does Serrano contemplate an- other comp 2 nt retrenchment figures are very small. ‘The six millions could very well have been made six- teen millions or more. Mr. Richardson, lfke his Cabinet colleagues, cannot divest his mind of the extravagance of war times or come to pone carried against the government by a ma- jority of forty-two votes. The discussion is said to have been of a “violent” character. Party zeal was, no doubt, displayed actively on both sides; but, so far, victory appears to have inclined towards the radical reformers. ——_———. Orrictan, BuunpERInG.—Nineteen hundred of*the fifty-four hundred papers seized by Custom House detectives in the case of Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Boston, have been re- turned by order of Court. Official blundering frequently does more to obstruct the attain- ment of the ends of justice than the adroit. ness of the accused themselves. Tux E:curn or Janvany (the anniversary ef Jackson’s victory at New Orleans) was com- memorated yesterday by the municipal flags flying at the City Hall and some filibustering in the evening by Tammany votaries. But, where, O where, were the booming of can- uon, the grand banquets, the spread eagle harangues of former years? Echo answers, Where? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, is at the Brew voort House. General S. E. Marvin, of Albany, is staying at che Fifth Avenue Hotel. * A. W. Fairbanks, of the Cleveland Herald, naa quarters at the Hotel Brunswick. Moss K. Platt, New York State Prison Inspector, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Commander ¢. A. Babcock, United States Navy, is quartered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-Congressman John B. Alley, of Massachw+ setts, has arrived at the Mifth Avenue Hotel. State Senator William Johnson, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., is registered at the Metropolitan Hotel. General E. M. McCook, late Governor of Colo- rado, is among the late arrivals at the Everett House. Eliha Burritt, whose home is at New Britain, Conn., is temporarily residing at the Hoffmar House. President J. M. Walker, of the Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy Raliroad Company, arrived last evening at the Windsor Hotel. Congressman ©. D. MacDougall and ex-Congress- man T. M. Pomeroy, of Auburn, N. Y., have apart- ments.at the St. Nicholas Hotel. State Senator F. W. Tobey, Speaker James W. Husted and Assemblymen Charles 8, Spencer and Harvey G. Eastman are among the prominent legislators at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. «A colored individual was recently interviewed by the Mayor of Natchez, Miss., on a charge of vagrancy, and was fined $28, which was “forked over”? witn a degree of promptitude rather incon- sistent with the charge. Sir Reginald Barwell, Baronet, believing some letters traducing him to have come from Admiral James Ryder Barton, is now prosecuting the latter in London for libel. At a late examination into the case the Admiral denied that he had ever written an anonymous letter during nis 80 yeara of life, and charged that there was a conspiracy against him of his discarded favorites, among whom were Major General Roche and Lord Trimbtown, He also declared that Sir Reginaia, being tmpecunions, was the tool of these parties in their work of defaming him, who had always been called “‘one of the most gallant officers that ever served under orders, and an ornament to my pro- fession.” The latest subject of debate in the Tichborne trial was whether mental characteristics express themselves in physical forms? Dr. Keneally, the claimant’s counsel, conceived that men of gigantic stature have mighty passions, and mentioned Fox, the statesman, as an instance of the truth of the theory. The Chief Justice smiled sardonically, and said that Sheridan, his contemporary, was as extravagant and mad as Fox, but as thin as a herring. Following this re- mark, he said they had seen a great many giants exhibited in their day, and asked if it was founa that they were more given to excesses than men of smalier stature? To this Dr. Keneally promptiy replied, “No, My Lord, because they are always locked up in their caravans.” The Chief Justice gave up the fight. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Investigation of the Sinking of the Vir- ginius—Orders and Changes—The Oe sipee Expected. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1874. Chaplain D. M. Tribon 1s ordered to the Colorado. Pay Inspector James Fulton is detached from duty as Purchasing Paymayter at Philadelphia and ordered to settle accounts, Paymaster Arthur Burt is detached from duty tn the Bureau of Provisions and ordered to duty at the tg ised nl Navy Yard. ‘The Board of Inquiry to ascertain the cause of the sinking of the steamer Virginius is in session at the Navy Department. It consists of Rear Ad- miral C. H. Davis, President; Rear Admiral War- den and Commodore J. C. Howell, with Captain s. B. Luce as Judge Advocate, The United States steamer Osaipes, with the officers and crew who were on the Virginius when she sunk, 8 hourly expected at the Navy Yard here. United States War Ships at Rio Janeiro. Bark Lapwing, Benthall, from Rio Janeiro No- vember 25, arrived here to-day, and reports the United States flagship Lancaster on the dry dock repairing, and the United States steamer Ticon- deroga about to sail soon for the United States, her cruise being up. The Kansas Sailing for Bahia Honda. Key West, Jan. 8, 1874. The United States steamer Kansas left this port to-day for Bahia Honda, Cuba. The Montauk for New York. Fortress MONROE, Va., Jan, 8, 1874. The monitor Montauk, in tow o! the tugs Cyclops and Relief, sailed for New York at noon to-day. The coast survey steamer Endeavor eae for Fernandina. Naval Nominations by the President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1874, The President sent the following nominations to the Senate yesterday :— Captain Sartor: to be commodore in the navy; Commander Mayo to be captain; Lientenant Com- mander Marvin to be commander; Commander Jouett to be captain; Lieutenant Oommander Kane to be commander; Commander Filleorown to be captain; Lieutenant Commander Swann to be commander, and Lieutenant Com Ames to be commander. MBS, BADGER’S DISAPPEARANOE, Boston, Jan, 8, 1874. Mrs. Badger, whose mysterious disappearance has caused much anxiety, has been traced to Fall Where she took the boat on Tues night papi York. She has relatives in New es race and Newburg, and her friends entertain the hope that she will be heard from, THE OOAL TRADE. No Strike Anticipated in the Pennsyiva- mia Mines. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan, 8, 1874. A meeting of the coal operators and a committee of workingmen to regulate the wages for 1874 took place this morning at the office of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Oom- pany, in this city. President Gowan No positive understanding was arrived at; but the Presentea a proposition to make the operators basis on @ sliding scale, to go as low a8 $2 2%. ‘The workingmen had no power 3 Boerne, and here the matter rests. The proposit of ope- rators will be submitted to the re heir committee, It 1s belleved no strike will a 7 occar, ha proposition will be finally cane Toa st a aravaded. >