The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1875, Page 6

6 -~-_—__oooo NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. | ei | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and | efter January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly | editions of the New York Henaup will be tent free of postage. ——— | All business or news letters and telegraphic @espatches must be addressed New Yonx | Henaxp. \ Rejected communications will not be re- | turned. Letters ard packages should be properly | vealed, cis | LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK | HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. Evbscriptions snd Advertisements will be | received and forwarded cn the some terms es in New York. j VOLUME BRYANTS OPERA HOUSE, Wost Twenty-third street, near sixth avenue, —NEGRO WINSTRELSY, &., at5 P. M.; closes at 10 P.M. Dan Bryant NIBLO’S, Broadway. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, at §P. M.iclores at | 0:45 P.M, ROOKUYN THEATRE, n street HOR ET-OF LEAVE MAN, at8 P.M. . Florence, ‘ain SAN Lge ie roadway, corner of ‘Iwenty: MINSTRELSY, at 8 £M,; closes at WP. 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Let the | people remember it | Tue Szcoxp Anniversary of the death of Napoleon III. was yesterday appropriately | commemorated at Chiselhurst. Secretary Ropeson is ‘‘a law-abiding citi- | gev.”’ Like the observations of that other dis- | tinguished sailor, Jack Bunsby, the bearing of this remark is in the application of it. Tar Arpany Lecistatvre, instead of spend- | The | | ton and we see signs of halting aud doubt in | name with a causeless violation of the inde- ; too keen a politician not to see that these | Louisiana Legislature, but the republican | nent, trusty, loyal to the organization, protest | in earnest but as yet whispered phrases | against this first attempt of the President to | | ecarry out the policy of Cwsarism. | and such an uprisal of the people that military | deeply. | and proud of our Saxon memories. | the first duty of the citizen. | So do all men of this stamp, who are models Meeting To-Morrow—New York to Congress and the President. The meeting called for to-morrow to protest | and deal with Louisiana de novo. Leta bill be passed enabling the people to express their | opinions in an honest suffrage. Let it be a NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, Opinion. It is “regretted” by some of the most against the action of the administration in | Dill in no way depending upon the President | prominent republican leaders in Congress | for execution. The country bas no confidence | that any discussion of the Louisiana matter | democratic city—would soon be removed Louisiana becomes more and more important as an expression of the public opinion of New York. There has been no question upon | that he will act with wisdom and impartiality in a case where he has on all occasions shown has taken place in adyance of the pub- lication of all the facts bearing thereon. which there has been such a unanimity of | the utmost feeling and obstinacy. Congress When Senator Thurman introduced the opinion since the fall of Fort Sumter. Citi- | should be entreated to passan act that will | resolution that led to the Senatorial debate zens who have taken no part in polities, repre- | not only secure a free election, but one that | there was an evident desire on the part of | sentatives of vast business interests who have | Will satisfy the honest sense of the country, | Senator Conkling and some of his republican no concern but for the stability of the country, | republicans like Mr. Bryant and Mr. Evarts, | who have served the party through good and | bad repute, in sunshino and storm; demo- crats—all combine to record their expression of anger and grief at the acts of military com- | meanders in Louisiana. We turn to Washing- the Cabinetand Congress. Mr. Fish says he is impatient’’ to read the official statement of the military reasons jor invading the Legislature. We can well understand the im- patience of a famous and honored statesman, famous and honored Jong before the control- ling elements of this administration had emerged from obscurity, not to connect his | pendence of a sovereign State. Mr. Jewell is | armed troopers not merely dissolved the | party, unless in some way the party can repudiate the deed. Other republicans, emi- The feeling rises higher and higher, and if the meeting to-morrow is wisely handled we may soon have a dissolution of the Cabinet, a split of the republican party in Congress like the Anti-Lecompton split in the democratic party, irresponsibility and Cesarism will be swept away. For this is a question upon which we feel We are, after all, of Saxon blood, | We have never yet tamely submitted to a government of the sword, and we do not propose to begin to do so in America. Much as we honor the gal- lant generals who commanded our armies we do not mean to accept them as our masters. If this were an isolated instance it would be bad enough. It might be pardoned to over zeal or ignorance or the alacrity of heedless subordinates. But it cannot be so considered. Sheridan’s er- rand to New Orleans is the fulfilment ofa policy which began with this administration— that of personal government. It was no after- thought that sent him to Louisiana as com- mander of the army and navy—no sudden emotion for the ‘‘suffering neyroes’’ and the “persecuted loyalists.” It was the fruition of | the Presidential purposes, which began by re- garding the Executive office as a personal prerogative, the patronage as his individual property and the Cabinet as a group of staff officers. Taken inherently us a constitutional act there is no more impropriety in the mili- | tary interference in New Orleans than there was in the first selection of the Cabinet, than in fifty other things the President has done since he came intu power. It happens in this case that the wrong has been rudely done. The pride and patriotism of the country have been shocked by the appearance of booted troopers in a legislative hall.‘ Those who saw Cesarism as a summer fancy ora political expedient and who ridiculed the discussion ‘as a travesty, now see how real and true and sin- cere was that argument. They ask, If such things can be done in New Orleans, why not, also, in New York? The trouble with the President is that, being a soldier, he always hears the drum- beats. To him law is force, and obedience We do not doubt his sincerity in dealing with New Orleans. He means to do what he has done, to keep order and suppress disturbances and have perfect peace. So did Cromwell and the Bonapartes, of kindness and respect for “law,” so long as they have their own way. But this is not freedom—and hence our protest. We accuse the President of having proved false to repub- lican forms of government, of having trans- cended his duties as the Executive, of having used the army and navy in a time of peace to do acts of usurpation and war. We protest against this and mean that it shall go no ing the whole week caucusing and lobbying | over the committees of the Assembly, would | have better deserved the approval of the | people if it had said something in disapproval | of the military usurpations over the Legislat- | ure of a sister State. Resor.vtions concerning the Louisiana out- tages amount to nothing, for Congress cannot | receive them. But a memorial of the people | of New York, addressed to Congress, must be tonsidered and acted upone This fact the | great meeting on Monday night should re- member. Tur Youne Kine or Spar ha H Barcelona, and his enthusiastic reception by | the civic authorities 1s described in our cable despatebes. By what port he will leave the country no one can predict; but the tactions | which would not endure the mild rule of | Amadeus are unlikely to permanently obey the inexperienced Alfonso. — | Tue Pactric Matt inquiry was continued | yesterday, and Mr. Abert was allowed to post- pone until Monday an explanation of the dis- bursement of the one hundred thonsand dol- lars he controlled. The proceedings else- | where published show that light i adually dawning upon the mysteries of the company. Mr. Irwin beholds through the barred windows of the District Jail. the dawn Mn. Bercurn’s Trrat.—The opinion seems to prevail that notwithstanding all the difficul- ties attendant on the selection the jury in the Beecher case is competent to try it fairly, We give to-day a full description of the jury- men and of the preparations for the opening of the trial, which will practically begin to- morrow. convicted of manslaugh- © for killing James Fisk, Jr., having failed to securea pardon from Gov- ernor Dix, now appeals to Governor Tilden, The merits ot his case have been sufficiently diseussed, and the refusal to pardon him met | with ge Governor Tilden is not likely to reverse the judgment of his predecessor, especiaily as that judgment was a sound and just one. eral approbation. further, that we have had enough of these insidious advances upon the constitution and the liberties of the people, and that it must nowend. We have told the President with all the emphasis of the recent elections | that he has been weighed in the bal- ance and found wanting. We now tell | him that he shall not reverse that verdict by any assumption or manifestation of military force under the preteat of appealing to our sympathies for the suffering South, For it can never be held by auy law of morals that one wrong will justity or condone an- other wrong. It is no answer to our com- plaints of military usurpation that murder has been done. We can punish murder ac- cording to law, just as we trust we can punish usurpation according to law. Of the two | crimes the usurpation is the greater. It isa | crime against the life of the Republic—an act | of treason to the sovereignty of the people. Tn this spirit the meeting should approach | the President. The truths we here present cannot be too plainly told. We can speak as | firmly to General Grant as the barons did to | King John. The country will expect this from a meeting of citizens in New York. | Then we must consider Louisiana and the | remedy for the troubles that distract that | State. This should be embodied in a me- | morial to Congress--a memorial which tbe | meeting will gravely consider and adopt, and | which should be signed by the citizens. We | must warn Congress of the danger of looking | with indifference upon these acts of usurpa- | tion by an Executive. We shonld show that | since the war there has been really no govern- | ment in Louisiana; that according to Mr, | Dibble, whose letter we printed yesterday, | | the government lacks all the essentials of re. publicanism. For this frank and manly con- fession Mr. Dibble bas been removed from his office as Assistant Attorney General by | Governor Kellogg, thus showing that the men who rule Louisiana by the will of the sword dread nothing so much as light and truth. Congress must re- | spect the views of men as indepen-— | dent and well informed as Mr, Dibble, | % P | ranging from zero to thirty-one degrees below | no matter which party is triumphant. | associates to kill it at once. A meeting expressing these views of remon- | strance and counsel will have good results. To that end it must not become, as we ad- vised yesterday, an adjourned meeting of the | Manhattan Club. Nor must it be made ‘the | opportunity for tumultuous and upreasoning | rhetoric. We do not want any denunciations | of Sheridan as ‘‘a ruffian,” as we sce in the Senate, for that will rudely offend the nation’s | sentiment of fair play, which regards Sheri- dan, in the words of Sherman, as ‘‘a kind- | hearted, noble-minded man,” and a soldier of | ullustrions and enduring fame. Nor do we | wish this to be made an occasion for the | resurrection of the blatherskites and political hacks who swarm around every movement like vuliures in the rear of an army. These men, who have neither popular respect nor es- teem, must be kept from the front. Let them | standin the crowd and scream if it will serve them, but not on the platform. Nor must our democratic friends fancy | that the main purport of the meeting is to advance the interests of their party for the | Presidency. We are now on higher and more patriotic ground. We aim to rebuke a grave usurpation and to redressa great wrong. We | seek to condemn an act of gross violation of law, and at the same time to lift bleeding, prostrate Louisiana {rom the dust, that she may be with us once again in her proud and sheltered sovereignty. We hope to admonish the President thgt the time for war measures is atan end, and that we do not hold our liberty at the mercy of the sword. We mean to speak to him as firmly as the barons spoke to King John, and to speak in tones that will be obeyed even by the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy and the chief office-holder in an army of a hundred thousand. Voices of the Pulpits. The Baptist pulpit is ably represented to-day in its ministers, and they utter no uncertain sound. Dr. Armitage will present ‘The Saviour’ to his Sabbath school children and will hold Him up before young women also as the great friend of woman. Dr. Miller will strike a note of the ‘‘New Song,” and will cau- tion his people against turning to the right hand or to the left from following after truth and after God. Dr. Fulton will merge the parson in the patriot and will show the nation how she may emerge from the peril that seems to threaten her. But he will do more than this. He will follow Lazarus and the rich man into the unknown lands and draw les- sons from both for the benefit of his audience. Mr. Kennard will place before his hearers “Repentance or Remorse,”’ and ask them to make choice. If they refuse the one they must take the other. Mr. Davies will put the power of Christ over against the weakness of the Church, and will show how the need of the latter cau be abundantly supplied, while Mr. Hawthorne will set forth Christ as the door through which his congregation may enter into communion and rest. The importance of the widow's mite to the Lord’s treasury will also be made apparent by Mr. Davies. Dr. Samson will show the folly of doing evil that good may come. The Methodist pulpit will be represented by Mr. Terry, who will begin a series of ser- mons on the Apocalypse by a review of John’s first vision in Patmos; Mr. Boole will set forth the higher Christian life, that his people may know what it is and strive to attain unto it, and Mr. Harris wil! discuss the doctrine of recognition of friends in heaven. Dr. Porteous, not a Methodist, will also inquire into certain theories concerning the future state as the Church now holds them. Mr. Egbert, an Episcopalian, will contrast the ancient and modern wise men, paying homage tothe infant Saviour, and Dr. Harwood, of the same Church, will open a course of ser- mons on Christianity and social morals, taking up the relation of education to Christianity. Mr. Hepworth will repeat Paul's challenge and discuss the difference between religious moods and religious principles, between which we should suppose there was a wide gulf. Mr. Pullman will set forth the danger of neglecting the higher ministries of lite, and will explain when, where and how the divine judgments are executed upon men; and Mr. Alger will indicate how a choice should be made where two ways present themselves be- fore us. Here are doctrinal, practical and speculative topics to be discussed by city pas- tors to-day in their pulpits, and our readers will have little or no difficnlty in satisfying themselves therefrom. A Severe Cold Spell Approaching. The weather reports yesterday premon- ished us of another of those much to be dreaded cold spells which tell so fatally upon the public comfort and health. Rising and very high barometer from the Northwest and upper lakes, and the terrific temperatures, zero, were reported from Arkansas, Kentucky and Ohio, with an advance of these Polar con- ditions eastward. The coming week must, therefore, witness intense cold, which may be expected immediately, and the utmost precau- tionary measures are needed to guard against it, especially among the ‘poor. The effect of cold upon the delicate and diseased human system is just now a matter of considerable scientific discussion. But science is unneces- sary to convince us that in boreal weather economy of heat in the body is as sound phi- | losophy as the husbanding of money in finan- | The amendment insisted on by Mr. Conkling was too trivial, considering the grave importance of the sub- ject, to warrant any other construction of its | intent. At the same time we regret that Mr. Thurman did notpromptly accept it, and thus blunt the force of Mr. Conkling’s efforts for | delay. Up to that time no sign of opposition | to the acts of the President and the military had been made on the part of any prominent republican at Washington. Secretary Belknap’s proclamation that the President and the whole Cabinet sustained all that had been done in New Orleans remained undenied. Since the debate in the Senate a change has come over the’ scene, and it is evident that a sense of the grave responsibility they incur is stealing over the heretofore silent Cabinet and Congress. We find the resolution of Mr. Thurman adopted, amid the apologies of some of the most devoted of the President’s adher- ents in the Senate. The fiery Conkling pleads that Sheridan was not in command when the Louisiana Legislature organized, and that the President had no knowledge of the transac- tions except such as every one else had, by | the published telegrams. Sherman ‘appealed to Senators” not to make an arraignment of the President and Sheridan “until they had all the facts.’’ Sargent adroitly argued that the first call on the military to preserve order came fromm the democrats in the Louisiana Legislature. * In private conversation the utterances of Senatcrs and Representa- tives were yet more significant. Carpenter is represented as saying, ‘‘the case as made up in the press despatches, he thought, was by no means defensible; but it might turn out that those statements were incorrect as to the essential points in the case.” Edmunds thought that “if the members who were turned out of the legislative hall were .lawfully entitled to sents in the Legislature of course their removal could not be justificd.’’ Boutwell “did not know whether there had been any violation of the law or the constitution, be- cause he did not yet know what were the facts.’’ Vice President Wilson is outspoken in condemnation of the military acts in New Orleans. Congressman Dawes was ‘unable to justify the action. of troops in New Orleans in ejecting from the State House persons claiming to be members of the House,” and would have regarded it as better | that the democrats should have had the House, whether right or wrong, than that such a military interference should have oc- curred. In like manner some of the members of the Cabinet have spoken cautiously but in partial repudiation of the despatch of Secretary Belknap. Secretary Fish denies that he was consulted or that he saw Secretary Belknap’s singular despatches before they were pub- lished in the newspapers, “As regards the breaking up of the Legislature by General de Trobriand,"’ he says, ‘‘we have not an official account of the transaction, and the news- paper reports are silent in regard to one im- portant point—who ordered De Trobriand to do what he did.” Another significant hint that a vicarious sacrifice may be needed! Secretary Bristow denies any knowledge of the Belknap plural despatch until he saw’ it in the newspapers, and he also “awaits in- formation’ before discussmg General de Trobriand’s Cromwellian course. The Post- master General repudiates the association of his name, by implication, with the Belknap despatch, and says :—“‘I view with apprehen- sion any armed interference by the Execu- tive, even of a State, to disperse a legislative body if it has not, by violence toward other citizens, become a mob.” Attorney General Williams pleads for time. ll these utter- ances tend to show that discussion and public meetings have at least reached the con- sciences—perhaps the fears—of the republi- can leaders, and their plaintive pleas, tempor- izing as they are, give good hope that popu- lar opinion has already induced them to appreciate the danger of the ground on which they tread. Not Onze!—There is not a republican Senator or Representative in Congress who has yet had the courage and the honesty to say just what he means about the overthrow of republican government in Louisiana, the invasion of the State Assembly by armed fed- eral troops, the ejection of magnbers and of the Speaker by the soldiers, and the intemperate endorsements of Secretary Belknap. There have been hesitating utterances, qualified pro- tests, faint justifications, ‘ifs’’ and ‘buts’ in plenty, but not one vigorous pronunciation either in support of federal usurpation or in the cause of republican government. We ought probably to make a single exception in favor of Congressman White, of Alabama, who wanted to introduce a resolution approving all the acts of the President and the military in New Orleans; but the terrible scare his boldness created only serves to bring out in strong relief the timidity of the party. There is yet an opportunity for a prominent republican Senator or Representative, by a vigorous, earnest denunciation of federal usurpation, to place himself at the head of his party and to pass all his competitors in the Presidential race. Ir Secretary Bevenap had been as reticent in speaking for his colleagues as he was taci- turn afterward he would have saved himself the mortification of his present position be- fore the country. cial straits. The amount of heat necessary for health | can be maintained during exposure to intense cold only by oily or fatty food and nutritious | diet. The heat-producing power of such dict | suould be carefully sought and stored in the system for expenditure when needed in such weather as we expect. When people die ot | starvation, as it has been well said, they dio | really of cold, the fire having burned out for lack of replenishing. This fact shows the necessity now for liberality in supplying the poor with fuel, which is food in another form, | and food oftentimes more satisfactory than | | their coarse and indigestible fare, Ta: um Hass is just the pl the liberty of the people of a sovereign State. The denunciation of military usurpation would come appropriately from a city that cast the first bold defiance in the teeth of the home government more than one hundred years ago. The old Huguenot, whose portrait graces the hall he bestowed on the people, would look down benignantly on such a gath- ia Wholesome Effect of Pubite | ace for a meet- | ing in defence of republican government and | The People vs. Mr. Green. New York, Mr. Green—notwithstanding the | fact that he isa democrat and that this is a from the Comptrollership, His administra- | tion of that important office has certainly not been satisfactory to the public, and the pecu- | liar theory of economy on which he has | acted has not justified his expensive litigation and his numerous errors. Next to Mr. Tweed, we are disposed to think Mr. Green bas been the most unpopular officer of the municipal government during the last ten years, and, though the offences of the two men have been widely different, they are almost equally odious, There is on one side the publican and on the other the Pharisee. The phylac- tery of Mr. Green has been broadly paraded, but upon it is written narrowness, ineffective reform, prejudice, general incompetency and failures) The people do not believe in his administration, they are discontented with the future his retention in office presents, and they are anxious for a change. The continuance of Mr. Green in the office of the Comptroller has but one meaning, and that is obstructiog to progress and reform. The new government, of which he is not an original element, but which inherits him asa political incubus, cannot be free to determine its own destiny so long as his record over- weights its action. The tremendous political revolution which happened last year in New York State entitles, and, indeed, requires, the city of New York to begin enew in the work of municipal reform. The democracy now controls the Commonwealth, and should not | be called upon to carry Mr. Green’s unpopu- larity. His proper course would be to relieve his party and satisfy the pubiic by resigning; but this simple solution of the difficulty he is evidently unwilling to adopt. The responsibility rests with Mr. Wickham, and it is only fair to our new Mayor to leave the case with him, after n presentation of these tacts, Mr. Wickham can have no other mo- tive than to make a successtul administration of metropolitan interests, and we are sure that he is competent to judge this question upon its merits aloge. The case against Mr. Green has been faitly and fully explained, and stands now as a direct arraignment which demands an equally direct reply. We are content that Mr. Wickham shall decide the case in his own good time and according to the evidence. New York has a new gov- ernment, and it should be one which is both popular and strong. Echoes of the Religious Press. The Hebrew Leader, which constantly aims to combine the esthetic with the religious, endeavors this week to encourage its male readers to be both manly and benevolent and its lady readers to seek for bodily grace as well as mental culture. Manliness and beney- olence, it intimates, must be acquired by home influence and educatiov, but bodily grace must be imparted by the dancing mas- ter. The Jéwish Messenger, which 1s usually both practical and pious, calls up Ezra and Nehemiah as model preachers of the olden time, who ‘expounded the law unto the people so that they understood it’’ and care- fully ignored the latest sensation. The preachers of the present day, Jewish and Christian, might very profitably imitate them. The very pious editor of the Freeman's Jour- nal gives his ball-making and _ ball-going readers an explanation, which he thinks is due to them, why he cannot and does not ad- vertise tnese entertainments, though their objects be the worthiest in the world. The chief objection he has to them is that round dances are sneaked into them; and, besides, many of the bishops of the Church have con- demned balis, and the Plenary Council in Baltimore condemned the round dance as vicious and demoralizing. The Boston Pilot exults over Spain's latest choice of a ruler, and says his preliminary steps—asking the Papal blessing and proclaiming pardon to the Carlists and deciaring his desire for the pacifi- cation of Spain—show wisdom and promise well for an era of peace. The Pilot thinks that nothing but o long war can now displace him from the throne, and such a war between two Catholic claimants—Don Carlos and him. self—is a thing to be deplored. The Bualti- more Mirror, on the same theme, looks upon this new move on the Spanish chessboard as an acknowledgment that the government could not carry on the war against Don Car- los. And he will view the new régime as the same old foe under another name, and his fol- lowers will become bolder even. than they have been. The Mirror, therefore, sees every prospect of a prolonged war in Spain, and if it goes on that unhappy country will be fear- fully punished for the sins and mistakes of her monarchs. The Northwestern Christian Advocate lays the editorial Jash on the backs of those who indulge in what it calls “Straussism in the pulpit’’—that is, so idealizing and spiritualiz- ing ordinary facts in the lives of patriarchs, prophets and apostles, and building some new or peculiar doctrines thereon as completely to cover up the fact itself. It thinks 1 much | batter method is to be more literal, and to pay some small respect to the actual statements and the real forms of Scriptural teaching. The New York Methodist, referring to Alfonso’s accession to the throne of Spain, remarks that ‘‘in vain do the Latin nations make re- peated efforts to reach the plane of well-or- dered liberty which the Teutonic races have gained. They rise only to fall again. The courage, the gallantry of their leaders are be- yond all praise; but despite their courage and gallantry the yoke which they throw off comes down with the certainty of fate on their necks again.” That yoke, it adds, is the Church, and it ison the common people and on the leaders alike, and until this yoke is thrown off the Methodist sees no hope for the elevation or amelioration of the Latin races. The Christian Advocate answers some inquiries in regard to the disposition of the missionary moneys of the Church, and shows that the disbursement | of seven hundred thousand dollars last year cost only three and a half per cent. The col- lection of this sum cost nothing. And no | other society in the Jand, probably, does this | kind of work so cheaply and so well. The Christian Union celebrates its fifth birth- | day under its present management, utters ao | ering, and Washington, so well represented | sublime eulogy on the late Gerrit Smith nod by Stuart's genius, might almost be expected | discusses the bases of Christian union among to ned his head in approval of its objects. Wo are glad the people of Boston will speak | within the walls of their famous hall, | churches and individuals. The union in which it professes to believe is that of all If the question were left to the citizens of | as children of one Heavenly Father. The Christian Intelligencer thinks the peoples of Asia were never so ripe and ready for the | Gospel as they are to-day ; and never before would a cessation or relinquishment of mise sionary effort be so marked an act of treasone | able desertion of the cause of Christ; and the moral is that Christian nations should bestir themselves to redoubled efforts for the evan. gelization of the heathen. “All Of U The remarkable character of General Sheri- dan’s despatches were singularly supple- mented by the words in which the Secretary of War conveyed his own or the President's approval. General Belknap spoke not for himself alone but for the whole Cabinet. It now turns out that he spoke too soon and said too much. Secretary Fish knew nothing of Secretary Belknap's despatch till he saw if in the newspapers. Secretary Bristow says the same thing, significantly adding, “I had not been called on, therefore, to approve or to disapprove of it.” Even the Attorney General is reticent upon the point whether he was one of “all of us.” Strange to say, the most out- spoken member of the Cabinet, and the one whose views will most commend themselves to the people, was the Postmaster General. There was something exceedingly frank and patriotic in his words:—‘‘I do not doubt the legal right of the President to send troops into any State; but I view with apprehension any armed interfere ence by the Executive, even o: a State, to disperse a legislative body if it has not, by violence toward other citizens, become a mob, Iam no lawyer; butI had supposed that a Legislature is the sole judge of the rights and qualifications of its members as members, and that redress for its action must be sought through the judicial rather than from the ex ecutive department of the government.” And 80 it seems that ‘‘all of us” includes only the Secretary of War. No other member of the Cabinet will say that he approved of Sheri- dan’s action, and most of them repudiate Sec- retary Belknap’s despatch. This is a singular spectacle to be presented by an American ad- ministration, the Secretary of War speaking for his colleagues in a grave matter of state only tohave his words thrown back upon him as unauthorized and unwarranted. After this when General Belknap speaks for ‘“‘all of us’’ it is to be presumed he will not bo in such a hurry. New Yorx should not in the meeting of her citizens so much denounce what has been wrongly done as demand what rightly remains todo. A memorisl to Congress is worth a score of resolutions. Tue Lovrstana Report.—The report of the sub-committee of Congress on Louisiana af- fairs is looked for with the greatest interest by the public, which has the right to expect from it a full and unprejadiced statement of facts. The abstract of the points of the report which we print to-day, therefore, will be found extremely _ interesting, especially when it is compared with General Sheridan's explanation of the situation—both in his report to the Secretary ot War and his statement which he makes in the Hrnixp to-day. The report is expected to deny that the democrats intimidated negro that voters, but to assert the re. publicans did intimidate white voters; it will say that Speaker Wiltz did not ask General de Trobriand to inter- fere with the Legislature, but merely re- quested him to preserve the peace outside of the hall; it will exonerate the White League from the principal charges against it, and will say that, instead of disturbing, it has main- tained the order of New Orleans. The general committee cannot too soon present to Congress and the people their report of its agents, who have personally investigated the condition of Louisiana, and with it should be simultaneously given the Message of the President. Let both statements be placed together before the country. “No Partisans!” should be the watch. word to-morrow night. It is not the demoo- racy, but the people of all parties who meet to deliberate, aud if they are wronged they should memorialize Congress for redress. Yesrerpay Thomas Hayes was convicted in this city of murder in the second degree, and will be sentenced on Tuesday next to impris- onment for life. The law makes this penalty unavoidable. Another sad consequence of crime will be the execution of Jarvis and Jack. son, next Friday, for the murder of Samuel PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Congressman Lyman Tremain, of Albany, is 8 journing at the Gilsey House, Dr. A. F. Magruder, United States Navy, is quar tered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor John f. Hoffman arrived from Albany yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel, Congressman Thomas C, Platt, of Owego, N. Y., is residing temporarily at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge Ogden Hoffman, of the United States Dis- trict Court for Calilornia, has apartments at the Windsor Hotel. Vice President Henry Wilson arrived in this city yesterday morning trom Washington, and lett last evening for Philadelphta, Captain C, 8. Forbes, of tne British Navy, arrived from Europe in the steamship Algeria yesterday and ts at the Brevoort House. Congressmen Rovert 8. Hale, of New York, and E. D. Standiford, of Kentucky, have taken up their residence at the Fiftn Avenue Motel. Hon. Charles Foster and Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, of the Louisiana Investigating committee, left the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, yesterday for Washing- ton. Mr. Stephen Preston, Minister from Hayti, ana lady, have left this city for Washington, to be pres ent at a dinner to be given by Secretary Fish to morrow evening. Mr. and Mrs, Calvert and George Rignold sailed from England yesterday for New York in the steamer Oceanic, to fulfil engagements to play ir “Henry V.” at Booth's Theatre. Among the passengers by the steamer for Key West yesterday was the Rey. Father La Roqae, accompanted by two sisters of the Order of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary, with the Motte; General of that Order, who visits the convent there upon her triennial examination, Father La Roque is just returned from a convalescent visit north, imposed upon him by an attack of yellow fever contracted while attending the garrison at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas. Amung the passengers who left this city yester- day on the English mail steamer Andes, for Porte au-Prince, Hayti, was Mr. E. D. Bassett, the United States Minister to Hayti, He has beon absent from his Legation for about three months for the sake of his health, which has been much impatred oy the climate of Hayti. Previous to hie departure he dined en famille with Mr. Stephen Preston, Haytian Minister to this country. Mr, Bassett passed the greater part of the time of hig sojourn in this country among his frienas at New | men in @ brotherhood of mutual service ond | Haven. Von. a