The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1877, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD “BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. “JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. ocean mina, ir tr tire or ut rave at one collar month for any 2 Oe Sone fur six mont mows lemme telegraphic pono mnst "elem and Mer, Sone ets, be property sealed. communications will not be F jurned. TTRRER Orne “OFFICE—No. 3 SOUTH SIXTH Lon PRICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— STRKET. Aris iE REN DE OPERA, BA hn be pn 7 38T! saceucees en 4 fecetved and for- _warded ab the samme terme ne In New York. AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. UNION SQUARE THEATKE.—Miss Me1tox, NIKLO'S GARDEN.—Agcnive, BOOTH'S THEATRE.— NEW YORK AQUARIU! BOWERY THEATRE-Tux Two Onrmans GILMORE'S GARDEN.—Gaanp Eouxstman Pestivat. COLUMBIA OPERA HOUSE.—Vanuerr. THEATRE COMIQUE.—Vaninty. OLYMPIC THEATRE.-Vanivty axp Draws. TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE, —Vaxrerr, , TIVOLI THRATRE.—Vaniery. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1877, NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS, ‘The Adams Express Company run a special news- Paper train over the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections, leaving Jersey City at a quarter past four & M, daily and Sunday, carrying the regular edition ofthe Heraup as far West as Harrisburg and South to Washington, reaching Philadelphia at a quarter past tix A. M. and Washington at one P. M. From our reports this morning | the probabilities tre that the weather in New York to-day will be eloudy and warmer in the morning, possibly with light rain or snow, followed during the day by rapidly falling temperature. Wats Srreer Yestexpay.—The stock mar- ket was without generalfeatures. Gold advanced from 106 to 106%g. Money on call was supplied at 792546 per cent. Government bonds were strong and railway mortgages active and firm. A Woman was the hero of the wreck of the Island Belle. We Pupuisx this morning a startling report of {irregularities in the accounts of a hitherto trusted bank officer. Love Between MEN axp Women does not ppear to be sufficient ground for business trans- actions. Read “Blauvelt’s Traps” and “Love and Debts.” How Are THE MeN arrested yesterday for ebusing horses to be tried by juries of their peers while all the menagerie of savage beasts are out of town! © ‘Trave.iers BY Rau. must themselves take care of such moneys and securities us they are fortunate enough to possess. Such is the moral | of a legal decision rendered yesterday. PURE: ORAS EER Our Oxvp Frienp, the Grand Duke Alexis, mado Fortress Monroe yesterday with his ship, the Svetlana, and was welcomed in the hearty | and noisy manner peculiar to the American tar. But all this was only the beginning of what | awaits him. Is re Astonia Burctary Case tho rogues are falling out, but whether honeat men will get their dues remains to be seen. When the job ‘was so unprofitable that one of the operators re- ecived but five dollars for his night’s work there eannot be much left to divide among the victims. Ovr Revorr of an interview with Mr. Hill will be found interesting, particularly as the en- gineer shows that the specifications regarding * bridge cable wires not only make way for the receptics of wire below proof but for possible and expensive litigation should any contractor desire to be troublesome or dishonest, Juper Brapy deserves the grotitade of the travelling public for his decision yesterday against a railroad company and in favor of a man who was injured by a defect of one of the company’s station platforms. The desire of cor- porations to hold themselves irresponsible in such cases is as dishonest as it is impudent, and needs frequent rebuke in the shape of awards of damages to the injured. We: Presext To-Dax considerable of the evi- dence that has been given in support of grave charges made against the Superintendent of the Children’s Fold. In orphan asylums, as in prisons and madhouses, the privacy which enshrouds the whole internal management removes all re- straints excepting those of the highest moral nature, and it is, therefore, impossible to give too careful heed to any complaints that may be mado against managers. The Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children could vastly increase its usefulness by keeping skilful spies on watch | over such institutions. Tue Weatnun.—Yesterday morning two areas of high pressure, one in the Northwest and the othor in the Southeast, formed the chief features | of the barometric conditions. The northwestern advanced its isobars rapidly toward those of the southeastern area, and the intervening space became one of relatively low pressure, forming an clongated trough extending trom the Ohio | Valley to Texas. Within this area the pressure @id not fall below the mean of 30 inches, but as the centres of high pressure on each side showed | 30.70 inches and 30.30 inches respectively a de- pression was formed with all the usual results as to wind direction and force and precipitation. Like that one which immediately preceded it the trough will probably puss off the coust rapidly and be filled up ns it moves custward, The isotherm of sero extended last evening from Bangor, Me., w Albany, N. Y., thence through ‘and Torouto uround the northern tlwro of Lako Superior, southward and west- word through Omaha, and thence northwestwar through Yankton and Bismarck into the Upper Missouri region. The southerly bends of this line sro around the centres of highest pressure in Canada and the Mis- | souri Valley, while ite northward curve indicates tho influence on temperature of the veutre of the already noted. Rain is falling in the anow all over the lake region and sleet in the A storm coust. A temporary rise of temperature | will cour at Now York this morning, possibly sith rain or snow, but will be followed nas | perenne aa vote } convened, | neither has as yet a quorum, | anthority President Grant a: Louisiana, Tho prudence with which the President is acting in this crisis deserves public recog- nition, He porceives the gravity of the situ- ation and thinks that duties of an impor- tant and unusual character may devolve | upor him in the closing days of his term. He feels that his strength of will and decis- ion of character may perhaps be as much needed when the 4th of March approaches as they ever were in critical military con- junctures. Ifsuch a necessity should arise it is’ all-important to President Grant's honor, dignity and moral influence that there should: be no ground for suspect- ing that he had created the crisis which called for his action. He has repeatedly said that he will deem it his duty to see that the inauguration of his legal successor is not obstructed by lawless proceedings. No- body who understands his character can doubt that he will execute this purpose with vigor. It is a line of action in which he is strong, and he is not a man to indulgo in child’s play in a grave emergency. But, having formed this immovable purpose that the duly elected Pres- ident shall be duly installed, President Grant is bound by every principle of fair- ness and decorum and by every constitu- tional limitation of his authority to do nothing to influence the decision, The country learns with satisfaction that it is his intention to stand neutral in the ques- tion who has been elected, and that he thinks his functions begin only when the functions of those empowered to count the votes and declare the result shall have ended. If he adheres to this correct line of conduct he may count on the approbation of all judicious citizens. Amid all the wide diversities of opinion as to where the power is lodged to make the final decision nobody has ever contended that the President either possesses this power or shares it. It is outside the domain of his constitutional authority. The President of the Senate has a duty to perform in connection with the counting of the votes, and the extent of this duty has become a subject of snimated controversy. The two houses of Congress are required to be present at the counting, and their right of decision as to disputed votes has also been discussed with much acumen and great research into precedents, But the authority of the President in this connection has never been debated, because the wildest stretch of partisan ingenuity has been un- able to discover that he has any more todo with the decision than a private citizen. He is undeniably excluded by the constitu- tion from any voice in determining who has been elected as his successor. The constitu- tion has charged him with no duty in con- nection with this subject, and has committed all decisions to other hands. The precise extent and limitations of the power of the President of the Senate and of the two houses of Congress are open to dis- pute and have developed a great | diversity of opinions; but the power of the President in ‘such a matter has nover been discussed, because it is too evi- dent for controversy that the President has nothing whatever to do with the question until after a decision has been reached as to who is his legal successor. If this decision, when reached and declared by the authority competent to make it, should be resisted by violence, it will then be the duty of the re- tiring President to sce that his constitu- tional successor is not prevented from as- suming the duties of his office. President Grant's recent utterances show that he has a correct appreciation of this distinction, and that it is his settled purpose to stand aloof and not intermed- die with the electora! votes. But when the votes have been duly counted and tho result declared he will not shrink from any duty which may then be incumbent on him. We trust that this laudable purpose will not be shaken by the partisan impor- tunities with which he may be beset. In pursuance of this wise and correct de- termination the President maintains an atti- tude of strict neutrality between the two élaimants to the Governorship of Louisiana, The decision of the Presidential question is likely to depend on the vote of that State. The vote for Governor and the vote for Presidential electors in Louisiana are, at bottom, one and the same question, It is not pretended that in this State, as in South Carolina and Florida, the majority on the Gubernatorial vote may be one way and the vote on the Presidential electors the other way. In Louisiana the settlement of the Gubernatorial question is a virtual settlement of the electoral votes, and the President could not commit him- self on one without also committing him- self on the other. As it is clearly beyond his province to influence the electoral he practises a wise abstinence in declining to decide o question in which the validity of the electoral vote is necessarily involved. His forbear. ance on this question attests the sincerity of his purpose to leave the decision of the Presidential question to the authority com- | petent to decide it. ‘There are other solid reasons for the Pres- ident’s refusal to intermeddle in the politi- cal controversy in Lonisiana. The consti- tution permits him to interfere only on the | application of the Legislature or of the Governor when the Legislature .cannot be But the Legislature of Louisiana is now in session, which supersedes and annals the right of the Governor to call on the Prosident for troops. While the Legislature is in session an application from the Governor can no more be enter. tained by the President than an application from a private citizen, There are now two Legislatures in session in Louisiana, and ther has ative busi- neither can make a to transact any le ness, and, consequer legal ¢ nestic violence, not entertain the application of claimant to the Governorship, Governor has no authority to ob when the Legislature is not in \ ead. either becuuse the apply exe session or Jature cannot make the la quorum in both branches, and in this state of things the President bas bo power to act. Ifthe Packard Legislature should secure a quorum in both branches, or if the Nicholla ident for aid in | ‘The Presi- | upplication withont | Legislature should sccure a quorum of duly elected members in both branches, it might make an application which the President would be bound to consider, But even then | he has a right to decide whether the applica- tion shall be granted. Until the question of the electoral vote in Louisiana ix decided by Congress it would be wise | for the President to persist in his attitude of neutrality, merely keeping the peace after there is a legislative quorum, as he dves at present, He will thereby strengthen his position if it should become his duty to put down resistance to the inauguration of his successor. In so serious an emergency he must make it evident to all the world that he is not the instrument of a political party, but the simple administrator of the Jaws, But he cannot appear to the country in this imposing and authoritative light if he takes any part in deciding the con- troversy, when the law is so clear that he has nothing to do with the electoral count. We, of course, do not make these suggestions for his instruction, for he seems to have formed an enlightened judgment of the situation, but merely to call attention to the prudence, wisdom and legality of his present attitude. The country owes him so much that all generous citizens will be glad to see him act with prudence and honor in the closing months of his great public career. Division in the Conference. Another success for Turkish diplomacy seems indicated in the news of the Confer- ence. The Porte has withdrawn its proposi- tion for s settlement on the basis of the An- drassy note, having apparently succeeded in once more sowing discord and division among its adversaries. Ten days ago all the Powers represented at the Confer- ence were in full accord in sup- port of the propositions framed by the preliminary conference; and if the Porte had then peremptorily rejected that programme its suggestions would have fur- nished the basis of an ultimatum—a stage of common agreement against Ottoman policy. But proceeding more adroitly the Turks have kept the Conference together long enough to produce a widely different result, as it now appears that the plenipo- tentiaries cannot agree upon an ulti- matum, or ground of common de- mand to be made upon the Sultan, It will be remembered that England last year agreed to the Andrassy note, but re- fused to act with the other Powers when brought down to propositions for giving practical effect to that note. Apparently it is by recurrence to that note that the sus- ceptibilities of England have again been awakened and she has been separated from the other Powers. But the Porte may not have permanent reason to congratulate itself on this result. There comes from Roumania a demand for the recognition of her inde- pendence so bold and imperious that it can scarcely be deemed the expression merely of Roumanian purposes; and it would per- haps not be doing anybody injustice to re- gard this demand as inspired from Berlin. If the Porte adheres resolutely to the policy to yield no longer to European demands it may presently have on its hands a diplomat more difficult to deal with than General Ignatieff. Eastern Trouble and the Grain Trade. By the news from Constantinople it will be seen that the export of grain is inter- dicted from three ports on the southern shore of the Black Sea, and the export of grain and cattle from the whole Danube country subject to Turkish rule. These prohibitions will naturally be regarded as made with a view to future war, and may affect the grain markets of the world. There are some points that should be con- sidered before this assumption is too exten- sively acted upon. The Vilayet of the Danube is Bulgaria, s country devas- tated by the ‘Turkish soldiery in the part year, and occupied by large armies then and now. It is somewhat remarkable that there should be cither grain or cattle left there to export ; but the desire on the part of the farmers left alive to save some small remnants of their material wealth has, perhaps, stimulated a movement that is ordinarily the expression of the plenty that commonly reigns there, and famine is perhaps apprehended asa consequence by the authorities. In the parts of Asia Minor drained by the roads _ that lead down to the interdicted ports of the Black Sea there are also large armies con- centrated with a view to meet the possible movement of a Russian column from the Caucasus. Doubtless the presence of these armies has given a great impetus to the ex- portation of grain thence, forthe only hope of a proprictor with a Turkish army in his neighborhood is to get his produce out of the country. This has made it difficult to feed the troops, and that difficulty has led to the promulgation of the order referred to. It should not, therefore, be too hastily con- cluded from these facts either that the Turks regard war as inveitable or that this is the first step tosuch an interruption or The of the world as will justify an immediate considerable advance in prices in this part. Such a suspension may come by and by— indeed, it is in the highest degrce probable that it will come; but to jump prematurely to the conclusion that it has actually come can only lead to disappointment and loss. At Last! The Police Commissioners yesterday in- structed the Inspector of Street Cleaning to remove the snow and ice forthwith from the principal thoroughfares of the city. They should have taken this step some days ago ; | but if they will now do the work effectually they will make some atonement for their past inaction, The Commissioners have a very difficult ond unthankful taste imposed | upon them when a storm ocours such as that | we have recently experienced. Their ap- | propriation for street cleaning is limited, | and unless they choose to be indifferent as | to the future and to trust to obtainin di- j tional funds as soon as their money is ex- | haysted they are bound so to husband it as | tomake it lastthe whole year, It is, indeed, | their duty so to do, since the appropriation | is intended for the whole year and the | amount is fixed after due considera- suspension of the grain trade of that part | * : NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1877. | tion by the proper authorities. If they use half the sum in clearing the city of ice and snow to-day we may have another sim- ilar storm next week which may swallow up the other half and exhaust the appropria- tion, But the necessity of such an expendi- ture does not exist. The Strect Cleaning Bureau has a small army of employés and a number of carts in its service all the time, and the Police Commissioners can use these in clearing the principal thoroughfares of snow and ico with very trifling additional expense. The just complaint against them is not that they have failed to wholly re- move the snow and ice from all the streets, but that they have done nothing for eight or ten days to relieve even the leading thoroughfares of the city. Now let them set to work in earnest and remove this cause of complaint. An Interoceanic Ship Canal. Few projects connected with the develop- ment of commercial prosperity appeal more powerfully to our interests for recognition and execution than that which promises a navigable passage across the American isthmus. The magnitude and costliness of the undertaking are such as to deter most people from even considering its feasibility ; but when compared with the results to com- merce that must inevitably follow its com- pletion few will hesitate to admit that it has already become a necessity to our progress. The question of an interoceanic ship canal across the isthmus derives importance from several causes which combine to that end. The narrow neck of land which separates two great oceans and compels long and dan- gerous voyages to accomplish the transporta- tion by water of merchandise from the Atlantic ports of America and all Enropean countries to the Pacific coasts of Americu | and Asia, lies as a barrier across a natural and very dircct highway, and as such must be overcome. The difficulty has been, since the inception of the idea of a canal, to locate a route pre- senting the least engineering obstacles to its construction, and consequently necessi- tating the least cost. Physical conditions generally dominate schemes such as this more than considerations of expense, for the arbitrary laws of commercial competition point out the shortest routes as those along which success can be found. In the case of the Suez Canal the question of a short route to India governed all others except that one of the practicability of tho scheme. None of the projectors doubted the degree to which the world’s commerce would sustain the undertaking if once com- pleted ; for they knew that as water secks the lowest level under the influence of gray- ity so also would merchandise flow through the shortest channels between the producer and the consumer. It therefore became a mere question as to the practicability of cut- ting a channel through the sandy desert to unite the waters of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Engineering skill demon- strated that this could be done, and it has been done, at great expense, it is true, but mot greater than the ben- efits annually accruing to commerce have fully warranted. Now, taking the parallel case of the American isthmus, wo find that if the projectors of the Suez Canal were justified by the conditions of commerce in executing that stupendous work, a still more imperative claim may be said to be ad- vanced in behalf of what we have already called a necessity to our progress. The trade between the United States and Japan and China is yearly growing in magnitude. We have at present only a long sea water trans- portation or a part overland and part oceanic route for our goods, the one involving delay and risk and the other expense and the ne- cessity of transshipment at San Francisco, If the canal across the isthmus was once opened a vessel could leave New York and deliver her cargo in Yokohama without breaking bulk, and in nearly as short a timo as it now takes to send freight to Japan over the Union Pacific Railroad. We therefore regard the proposed canal across the isthmus asthe most important work to which the government and people of the United States can direct their attention, and hope to see a vigorous effort made during the coming year to insure its construction. A Step Forward. The Aldermanic Committee met yester- day and took a step forward in the matter of compelling the city railroad companies to adopt some means of warming the cars during the cold weather. No very great progress was made, itis true, but it was of some advantage to obtain information based on practical experience that it is by no means difficult to supply heat for street cars without the use of stoves, and to learn that some railroad lines do actually afford this comfort and protection to their passengers without difficulty and without entailing a ruinous expense on the company. Our city railroad officials have heretofore affected to laugh at the idea of heating the cars by means of hot water or steam; but when they discover that this is successfully done in Brooklyn and in Columbus, Ohio, they will probably bé ready to admit its practica- bility. The Presidemt of the Third Avenue line addressed a letter to the committee suggesting that the officers of the several city roads should be invited to attend its meetings, as they might have some practical suggestions to offer that would be useful in framing a city ordinance, The companies have heretofore evinced xo little disposition to yield to the reasonable demand of the people that they cannot be surprised if the proposition of the Thirtl Avenue President is regarded with some suspicion. At all events, the committee does not seem dis- posed to allow the companics to delay their decision. Ifthe railroad officials desire to be heard they will be afforded an opportu- nity on Monday, but the report of the com- mittee must be made to the Board of Alder- men on ‘Thursday next, Numerous patents and plans for heating cars were submitted to the committee yes- terday, but it is not the business of the Aldermen to favor any particular method, All they are called upon to do is to require that the cars be heated, and the companies must decide for themselves what means they will employ for tho purpose. Evory- thing like a job must be avoided by the committee, So long as they discover from evidence thatthere are half a dozen prac- tical eelheiaar heating the cars they are justified in requirirg that the New York city railroad companies shall comply with the reasonable demand of the people who have bestowed upon them the valuable franchises they enjoy. What It Amounts to. The Senate Committee which has been en- gaged in investigating the conduct of the election in South Carolina finished its work yesterday and started from Columbia on its return to Washington. It is alleged that its examination has been partial, and that while amassing testimony in regard to alleged democratic rioting and violence directed | against the negroes it refused the request of the minority for an inquiry into alleged negro rioting and violence directed against the democracy. The trouble with these so-called investigating committees of Congress is that they investigate only on one side. Ifthe Senaté republican commit- | tees fail to discover evidence against any but their political opponents the House democratic committees will be careful not to unearth any rascalities but those of republicans. Indeed, the Senate committees were appointed more as balances against ‘the committecs of the House of Representatives than for any other purpose. The investigations ordered by the Senate into matters connected with the recent election was inconsistent with the Senate position that it is impos- sible to go behind the decision of the re- turning boards. But the people understand the whole investigating business as a polit- ical farce. It is the labor of the politicians to try which side shall shout the loudest. Its only practical result is described in the few significant words at the close of our: Columbia wpecial despatch:—‘‘Tho esti- mated expense of the committee when it reaches Washington will have amounted to about twenty thousand dollars.” The Legislative Outlook. The State Legislature has not commenced its work in a manner to encourage the hope of an acceptable session. The bad temper displayed at the announcement of the standing committees of the Assembly indi- entes the presence of a large jobbing ele- ment in that body, while the Senate has already given evidence of its continued dis- position to study pagtisan interests in pref- erence to the interests of the State. Ill- considered, objectionable and suspicious bills have been rushed into both houses, and there has been an _ apparent determination on the part of a num- ber of the members to disregard the spirit if not the letter of the constitu- tional amendments which sought to puta stop to special legislation, A fow impor- tant mensures are needed this session, and it will be almost criminal in the Legislature to leave the banking and insurance laws un- revised or to suffer the Bank and Insurance departments to go unreformed. If the honest and intelligent repi€sentatives on both sides would get together and decide on these few necessary acts they might check the loose legislation with which the session is evidently threatened and save the prosent Legislature from the unenviable no- toriety that attaches to its Preyeoesons for many years back. . Very little of public interest was done in either House yesterday. Mr. Baker intro- duced a bill in the Assembly fixing the salary of the Superintendent of Public Works at six thousand five hundred dollars a year and travelling expenses, and his term of office the same as that of the Governor of the State. This is the first step toward carrying into effect the constitutional amendments adopted at the last election, The bill should be passed at once, together with a similar measure relating to the Super- intendent of State Prisons. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Mrs, Genoral Sheridan wears blue silk. In Paducab, Ky., rabbits aro five for a quarter, “The Dutch,” says a critic, “were born engineers,” Miss Anderson, the rising actress, is only cightcen, Redesdale ts now an carl of the county of Northum- berland, The French owe to the English the custom of taking Madeira with eoup. Said a Hindoo:—‘These Englistmen know nothing but to spin cotton and conquer the world.” Some one says that the great secrot of political health 1s the right distribution of responsibility. The Emperor Heliogabalus took every morning for his breaktast 400 oysters, 100 ortolans and 100 peaches, David Dadiey Field, Congressman, in the House | between Stanton, of Pennsylvania, and Fenn, of Idaho, “The bardest workers in Holland,’ if we may ov- Neve an English traveller, “are the women and the | | dogs.” Mme Pr6l said toa mayor at Ddle, “When a man cultivates the fine arts as yon do ne does not betray his country."’ ie was Brillat Savarin who said that tinger bowls wore disgusting, because all ablutions ought to be por- formed in privacy. When Lord Derby was told that he could cure his gout by forsaking port and taking Gladstone's claret, ho suid that he preferred gout, Mr. George Knapp bas been connected with the St. Louis Republican (one of the two or threo really great papers of the West) for fifty yours, Wendell Phitlips thinks that tho American school- girl is far jess intelligent and cultivatea than the Scorch, Swedish or Canadian schoolgirl, as ber letters show, The police of Brooklyn scem to be instructed to ar- rest ali persons attempting to carry bundles across the lorry, On Thursday night an estimable gentleman of Now York, who was carrying home x bundle, was ar- rested and confined until the next morning in a Brook- lyn station house. Swedenborg was five fect ten, slim and of dark com- plexion, though he was seldom withoutasmile. His clothes were usually of black veivet, and he wore ruffles and a sword, and carried @ gold-neaied cane, His style ot writing was operose, Kant tried in vain to correspond with him, * Miss Smith, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. W. A. Smith, of Virginia, i in England, teaching a theory of the nervous systom, im which, sho says, there is» Jaw ot harmony. In ordor to be always yourg one must rise at half-past four A. M., walk a mile, break- fasvat balt-past five A. M., dine at half-past one P, M. sup on bread and water at six P. M., and retire at balt past seven P.M, She is keeping herself young tu appearance. Evenng Telegram:—“ilencoforth the robust bari- tone voice of General Stewart L. Woodford, as District Attorney, will awaken the echoes of the United States courts in place of the piping treble of George Biss, Stewart i ® pretty good lawyer and a pretty good follow. Ho will wish to be a popular District Attorney, and ho possesses a quality which ought to make hina successtul ono in litigation—ne always tries hard to be on the winuing side, and generally suececds if he does not aim too high. Stoughton thinks tnat he himself | might bave had the piuce, but waived it in expectation TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the ‘ World. - THE CONSTANTINOPLE CONFERENCE, | Fruitless Efforts of the Powers—Tho Delegates Going Home. TURKEY WITHDRAWS HER PROPOSALS, Absolute Refusal to Comply with : Europe’s Demands. GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, The French Chamber and the Bonapartists— Disturbances in Spain. —_—_——_—— br CABLE TO THE HERALD.} Lonpon, Jan. 13, 1877. It has long since been confessed that the Com ference is a failure, owing to the stubbornness @ the Porte in rejecting the proposals of the Powers; but the Conference has kept on meeting and nego- tating, either in the hope of bringing Turkey to yleld something or because no one could foresee what would happen after: its adjournment. Weare now nearing the end, however, and the Conference.will soon cease to meet. THE PLENIPOTRNTIARIES ABOUT TO LRAVZ, ‘The HERALD correspondent in Vienna telegraphs that reliable information has been received in that city to the effect that the delegates to the Confer- ence will leave Constantinople by the end of next week. Though unanimous jn their opinion as to what Europe should demand of Turkey in the way of retorms for the Christian provinces, they can- not, now that the Porte has rejected their propo- sals, agree upon an ultimatum to meet the emer- gency. THE PORTE WITHDRAWS ITS PROPOSALS. The Porte on Thursday formally withdrew ita own proposals, which were based on the Andrassy note, and as the proposals of the Powers had already been rejected the Conference has now nothing definite before it. The closing meeting of the Conference is expected on Wednesday next. A FINAL BFFORT. A despateh from Constantinople states that the Earopean Plenipotentiaries, at a meoting held at tho Rhssian Embassy yesterday, decided to makea last communication to the Ottoman delegates on Monday and demand a categorical reply. The Conferonce will meet again on Thursday to receive tho reply. If the Turks porsist in their refusal all the mombors of the Conference will quit Constantinople on Friday, THE TURKS TO RECOMMEXCE HOSTILITIES. It is said the Sultan has resolved, 1f no agreement is reached by February 28, to recommence hostilities against Servia and Montenegro March 1. THE PORTE’S ABSOLUTE REFUSAL, It is stated that the Porte, at last Thursday’s sitting of the Conference, addaced reasons for its rejection of the eight essential points of the European proposals, and absolutely refused to discuss the most important of the proposals, viz :—The appointments of Govern- ors of Provinces, subject to the approval of the Powers and the creation of an international commission, NO FURTHER COUNTER PROPOSALS. A Vienna despatch asserts tbat the Porte has relin- quished the idea of making,further counter proposals, as it does not bolieve they will be accepted, A RUSSIAN SOP TO ENGLAND. ‘A special despatch from Gonstantinople says in the event of afinal refusal of the Porte General Ignatie® will again propose'that the British fleet come to the Bosphoras, RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE MARCH, ABorlin despatch says it ts reported that two divis- fons of the Russian army are approaching the Rouman- tan frontier, THE TURKS UNTIRLDING. All the correspondents of the London papers com sider the failure of the Conference probable, The atl tude of the Turks is unyielding. TURKKY SAVING HER PROVISIONS, The Foreign Office hus received a despatch from the British Ambassador at Constantinople announcing that the export of grain and cattle has beon pro- hibited from the Vilayet of the Danubdo, and the ex. port of grain prohibited from the ports of Trebizond, Samsun and Korasun. THE RUSSIAN PRESS AND THE EMPRESS OF INDIA. A Berlin correspondent comments on extremely hostile language of the Russian official and other papers in regard to the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India, The Vedemosti asserts that the Ameer of Alghanistan fs arming against England, ROUMANIA’S CLAIM TO INDEPENDENCE. A despatch from Constantinople reports thet a ante has been presenied to Safvet Pacha, Minister of Forcign Affairs, {rom the Roumanian government, do- manding that Turkey recognize that Roumania forms no integral portion of the Ottoman Empire. THR BREACH GROWING WIDER. A Vienna correspondent says tho quarrel between Turkey and Roumania may possibly cause mischief. Roumania requires a more solemn declaration that her status will not be affected by the Turkish constitution than a simple communication to the Roumanian ageat at Constantinople. Unfortunately this dificulty bas arisen just as the party who was opposod to a convention being made with Russia for tacilitating the passage the of Russian troops through Roumania, had, after « hard struggie, gained the appor hand, The presont diMculty has in a great measure changed this, There are unmistakable symptoms of the pro-Ruseian party gaining the ascendoncy, My MARINOVICH IN BELGRADE, A Belgrade telegram announces the arrival of M, Marinovich trom St. Petersburg. WHY BISMARCK DESIRES WAR, The Pall Mali Gazette \tus afternoon, in a leading article on the Conference, expresses the belief that Germany's action is @ fresh indication of Prince Bis- marck’s desire to see Russia at war and the Russian Empire shaken or dostroyod, PRINCH BISMARCK ILL. A special despaton from Berlin says that Prince Bis- marck Is Indtspored and confined to hisroom. He was unable to attend the Prussian Diet, which was opened by the Etaperor in person yesterday. THY KOCIAL DEMOCRATS, ‘Tho social democrats, in addition to carrying twonty seats, have shown great strength in all the largo towns, even where defeated. GERMAN INTER! IN THE 800100 ISLANDS, A despatch trom im states that th ‘man cor. vette Vineta has been ordered by telegraph to leave Yokobamu und’ take up her station at Manila, for tio | protection of German commercial interests in the Phil- ippine and Sooloo waters, BOWN ON THY HONAPARTISTS, There was an animated scone in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday during a dobate on the dismissal of the Procurear General of Besancon for detending the mixed commissions appointed after the coup d'état, M. Martel having deserived those concessions as abom. inabie the Bonapartisis provested in a lively manner, The Chamber, by a vote of 395to 2, resolved to pass to the order of the day, approving the language of M, of purpler honors, in pursuit of which we expect to see more public | from bis industrious goose quill advocating the extromost republican claims about the Presidential count,” = + Martel, DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN, Letters from Saragossa report soveral armed bands are committing depredations in Upper Aragon ¢