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NfiW YORK IIERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN HTBEBT.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
r roprietor.
All busiuesa or news letter and telegraphic
despatches must be addressed New York
Herald.
Yalane XXXIII 334
RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY.
ANTHON MEMORIAL CHURCH.-Rsv. TUOMAS A.
Jauoeb. Morning and arenlog.
BLBRCKER STREET UtUVERSALIST CHURCH?
Bar. Dat k. Lea Morning and ereuing.
CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION?R?v. Da. Flago.
Burning And afternoon.
? CHURCH or ST. JOHN THE B APTI ST .?ROT. DB.
DorKtE Morning and eveulng.
CHURCH OF OCR SAVIOUR, Thirty-firth street?Rev. J.
B. Pullman. Morning and evening.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIQHT.-RlV. Db. FOBBIS.
Morning and evening,
EVERETT ROOMS.? SPIRITUALISTS. MRS. NELL!! BBMJ
Mam. Morning and evening.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF T1IF. HOLY
TRINITY.?Hr.v. Dm. G. F. Kbott.l. Morning and evening.
. I
FORTY-SECOND STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH?
Riv. Db. Scott. Morning and evening.
PRESBYTERIAN CHUttCU, Fifth avenue and Nlnoteenth
?treat.?Rev. Dii. Hall.
ST. ANN'S FREE CUUBCH.-Morntng and evening.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, Brooklyn, E. D.-R*v. DB. An
SMtBbO... Evening.
SPIRITUALISM, SM Broadway.?Mb. J. M. Conklin.
Afternoon and evening.
UNIVERSITY-Washington equnre?Bishop Snow.
Afternoon,
TRIPLE SHEET.
New York, Hnnduy, November 39, 1868.
1' H SNT 23 W A .
Europe,
Mr. DUi .+'A has re'itsed the peerage. The press
o! London approve his action.
Great preparations arc being in sde for the recep
tion on Wednesday next of Kevcrdy Johnson In
Birmingham.
Further returns from the English elections have
been reoe.ved.
'Ilia publishers of another French paper huve been
arrested, tlncd and imprisoned.
Republican demonstrations are prevalent In
Spain.
The Spanish government has declared that the
people are in favor of a monarchy.
Mount. Etna is in a state of eruption.
A serious outbreak among the peasants lias taken
place iu Bologua.
The deputies Trom Schleswlg have been denied
seats In the Diet.
Au American vessel, with arms for the W alUcliians,
tins passed up the Danube.
Reinforcements to quell disorders have been sent
to Ruis'anu.
Cuba.
The first battalion of volunteers, eight hundred
Strong, is to leave Havana this morning for t ho teat of
war. Another battalion will inarch during the week.
Captain General Lersundl professes to believe In the
speedy termination of the war. and is taking active
measures to secure that event. General Ctspedes,
commander of ttic revolutionists, bad three men
executed who were guilty of robbery and incen
diarism.
MiaeellnnrouN.
Attorney General Evarts lias forwarded to the
?'resident his opinion upon tlie operation of the
Eight Hour law in regard to the compensation
of employes. lie says the low being silent upon
the subject of compensation, government odlcials
an at liberty to use their discretion In the matter;
but that the law of equality, which heretofore regu
lated the wages of government employes, requires
that they shall receive the same compensation for
tbc same labor us Is paid in private establishments
In the vicinity. The law of ik?s does nut tlx the
rates or wages, nor does it require the government
jo pay ten hours' wages for eight hours' work, if
rT&ens adopt such a course, government must do
?he saute: but as the law uoiv stands it is left to the
option of government oncers to pay tlie sai te wages
as when the men worked ten honrs a day. or to re
duce the compensation In proportion to the reduc
tion in the hours of labor.
* Chief Justice Clia^e having dispensed with the test
rath for Jurors, Judge Durill, of the I nit ?<! Mates
District Court of Louisiana, adopted a ? miliar rule,
imd ordered the oath to he administered as required
before the war.
\ Tlte Richmond Circuit Court yesterday gave judg
ment against the city for |ift,tho worth of whiskey
NriUo^Vfg|dpstroYed by oroci of the cur Council on
? he flight of evacuation In isca. Abodt ft.uoo bafrc a
{were destroyed, for all of which the city ha- to pay.
' Correspondence iroin Arkansas says thai on the
qoth Inst a party of joo men, claiming to be militia, |
raterod the town ol Centre Point, Sevier county, ar
rested and manacled all the Inhabitants, after which
the town was sacked. The next day a public nvtei
Ing of oltlzens ol the county was held to espies* the
sentiments. when the pretended militia again made
?4MB appearauce, firing lbto the assembly and shoot
ing a number of persons. Three ol the principals
?were arretted, taken into a field and killed, lite
band still hold possession of the town.
The Treasurer of the L' nlted States received from
?lie printing dtvlslon during lssi week fractional
furrsttcy to the amount of g4U,00<)? of this sum
#?.100,000 was sent to the Assistant Treasurer in this
my, and |lM,too was distributed to national bank-,
ft ie amount of mutilated fractional currency re
ki ? caed and destroyed during the week was fiifftw.ooo
VJtf. \vmcoU-, Superintendent of tlie I.unatio
Ur.vinm at Y> Lianisburf, t a., co.Minified suicide
pustorday moruiug bythrowiug im i?cif frun the
la ,ndow of th" asylum, d ishing oi ? io ins on tlte
L avement below. Ills luijrl ha o u ? 'tiled foy
p,inm time past. * ? a'
? The aggregate enstoms fect io:- ''.u.;./ ;h. wee\
h' the purls of Boston, I'hi udeli I. t irl Laltlmore
?UMoentel to $4?,97?; at New lor* dm log hie saw**
period, fil,T79,8J4
' The mystery of 'he atrocious murder In I .ster
County is clears I up. The laxly found, siippe-oii to
that of Amanda Broadiicad, proves to >?? i hat of
B hla Rtnltti, wife of Jeremiah Bmitli. of miIIivbii j
roantf. Smith took his wife from her home on tn< (
|4th lust., saying be was g" ng to tuv hi i to Olive
( , y, und since tbnt time slie natl not b' en In aril o
vim til her remains were Identified by hpr fi'iehd*.
'Ibo girl Amanda Bioadlua i nss In* 11 heard from hi
k). mid Rapids, Mich.
' The statue ol Alexander Hamilton, ordered by
Lii-ifits? and executed in Paly by uu American j
Wi Mat, l?fi been received and place l in theioiuuda |
di the Capitol.
( hrtsUan Oardle, or Buffalo. was sentenced ycsior
Hay momlng to be hung on tlie Mh ol Deccmbi i next
tor tae murder of Marcus bewerlelne.
*1 Tlie steamer Boston was run into and sunt i;i
g,ako Michigan by the steamer Milwaukee, both
weasels belonged to the Northern Iransporta'ion
fi'omparv, of lluir?lo.
The steamer Akron, of Buffalo, has been sel/.c.l a'
fi*ort Oolborae, Canada, lor violation of the revenue
regulations.
Yesterday morning the brewery of Paddon A Eon,
or liOoMvdle. Ky., was partially destroyed by fire.
Imring i ?'? dre one ot the walls of tne building fed,
Riding a ma.i named Joseph Woodruff.
The CHy.
The Coroner's inqnest on the bod? of Keilx I.Hrklu,
krbo was killed in Hugh Campbell's oyster saloon on
vedneulay morning, was commenced yenerday in
tlvr chamber of ihe Hoard of Oouncilnien. Hie Coro
ier refused to permit counsel to appear oo either
lexis or to allow questions to be put through coun
{Ht. o pay. gat of Ltnuii * QuaioUilkMJiii,
the night of the murder, the only witness exsm ned,
testified poiiUvely to the slabbtug of l.arfc>n by
Campbell. At three o'clock the Inquest was ad
journed uutli Monday at eleven o'clock A. M.
Patrick Clark and James Smith, woikmen In a
brewery at the rear of No. lis Front Htreet, Brook
lyn, engaged in an altercation about two o'clock yes
terday morning. After Beveral blows had passed be
tween them the men clinched, and Smith suc
ceeded In throwing his opponent headlong Into a
vat of boiling beer.- Clark was assisted out of the
vat by another workman; but he was so severelr
scalded that most of the skin peeled from off his
person, and It Is Impossible that he can survive.
Smith succeeded In making his escape.
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday Judge
Nelson Issued an order id the case of Henry 11.
Whetpley vs. the Erie Railroad Company citing the
parties in tho suit, and also Jay Gould, to appear
berore the Court and show cause why the order
prayed for should not be granted; and s'bo forbid
ding the parties or their counsel from discontinuing
the suit until after the hearing upon said petition
and the order of the Court thereon.
Mrs. Ann Powers, proprietress of a large millinery
establishment In the Bowery, waa convicted yester
day In the Court of Sessions or attempting to steal
sllverplated ware from the store 204 Sixth avenue
and sentenced to one month In the Penitentiary.
An attempt was made on Friday by a lady friend of
Mrs. Powers' to bribe Judge Dowllng by handing
him a sealed letter containing a number ol bills.
Ned O'Ualdwln, the pugilist, was arrested yester
day and taken berore Justice Dowllng, who com
mitted him to the Tombs In default of $1,000 ball.
John O'Connor was Instantly killed yesterday after
noon by falling from the third story of his residence,
No. 113 Mott street.
Abncr Horton, aged forty-five years, while driving
two heavy freight cars of the New Haven Railroad
through Fourth avenue fell under the forward car.
Both cars passed over him, killing him instantly and
mangling his body In a feariul manner.
It Is now stated tuat fears are entertained for the
safety of the artificial Island built In the lower bay
for quarantine purposes.
The stock market yesterday was very strong. Gold
fluctuated bctweeu 134% and 135%, closing at 135%.
There was but little activity in commercial circles
yesterday, though a lair business was transacted lit
a few of the leading articles. Coffee was quiet, but
steady. Cotton was lower and irregular at the open
ing, but quite steady at tho close, when
middling upland was quoted at 25c. On
'Chauge fl^ur was dull, but steady.
Wheat was in good demunil and more firmly
held. Corn advanced lc. a 2c., under an active de
mand. Oats were active, excited and 2c. a 3c.
higher. Pork was quiet and a shade lower, while
beef and lard were dull, but without chango lu
value. Naval stores were dull and u trhle lower.
Petroleum was slow of sale and easier, crude clos
ing at 17'ic. a I7%c. and rclincd at ubour. 33c.
Freights, though quiet, were very firm. Whiskey
was dull and heavy.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Count Outono, of Italy; Governor Burnside, of
Rhode Island; Genera! W. W. Averill, United States
Consul General at Montreal; Major (Jeneral Donald
son and Colonel O. H. Payne, of the United Mutes
Army, and Thomas A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, are at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General J. R. liawlet, of Connecticut; Samuel
Howies, of Springfield, Mass.; I?r. It. A. Clements, of
the United States Army, and S. F. Einmoud, of Bos
ton, are at the Brevoort House.
Congressman R. Malloy, of Oregon: Mujor C. P.
Grout, of the United States Army; F. W. Kellogg, of
Mobile, Alii., and Johu H. McClnuock, of the United
States Coast Survey, are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Commander W. N. Jeffers, of the United States
Navy; Israel Spencer, of Syracuse, and General Cad
walader, of Philadelphia, are at the Aster House.
Captain E. P. Williams, of the United states Army;
I)r. George Anderson, of London, C. W., and Judge
J. Underwood, of Virginia, are at the St. Jullen
Hotel.
Thf Rpumenlcnl Council unit the Sirny
Hheep fr?mi the JHotlier Church.
Although it is a long look forward to
December, I8(5!i, and although between then
and now there will necessarily be many
changes, some blasted hopes and not a few
defeated purposes, the Ecumenical Council
convened for the hth of that month is already,
and not unnaturally, commanding a large
amount of attention. It wus a pious thought
which prompted the Iloiy Father to invite to
the Council the representatives of all sections
of the Church of Christ. It revealed, or
seemed to reveal, n deep solicitude on his part
to see the scattered members of the Hock
brought back within the fold. "One fold and
one shepherd" has always been the favorite
ideal of the Papacy?an ideal which, for
tunately or unfortunately for mankind, it has
been found impossible for jnur.y centuries to
body forth into a living, tangible reality. Jt
is, however, a beautiful as well n? Scriptural
ideal, and whoever shall siteceed in gh ing it
practical shape without compromising the
liberties of the individual will have earned his
right to the approbation of the sons and
daughters of men. An Ecuin>,aicul Council in
which the long-divided forces of Christendom
should have been fairly represented would
have marked a new epoch in the history of
the world. It was right and proper on
the part of Plo Nono to invite all the
strayed sheep back agaiu to the fold.
It might not have been unwise on the part of
the wanderers to accept the invitation. It
appears, however*, from the prevailing senti
ment of the outside Churches that such a con
summation is not yet to l?e considered on the
list of early probabilities.
Il will be remembered by our readers tlia*
shortly after the publication of the Papal bull
convoking a general council invitations were
addressed to "all Protestants and other non
Catholics," who were urgpd at the same time
to renounce their errors and resume connection
w 'th the mother Church. Tiie phrase "non
Cat holies" clearly pointed to the Greek Church.
It was so understood at the tioie by the "iliir
tei nth apostle," who i< "by tin mercy of God
ArJibishop of Constantinople, the new Rome,
and Ecumenical Patriarch.' It appears that
tin Patriarch of Constantinople (who may l?c
c j idcred the Pope of th Eastern Church)
?au . his suffragans have a disagreeable re ollec
tion of an Encyclical addressed to them in
; lj tiv the present occupant of the Roman
See. My that Encyclical, which sought to in
duce tliein to enter the fold of the mother
Church, and which unfortunately ignored their
proper ecclesiastical titles, they considered
themselves insulted. Soeoon, therefore, an it
became known to litem through the public
press what w.is the character of the invi
tation addressed to them in reference
to the approaching General Couucil at Rome,
the Greek bishops met and came to the con
clusion that tin- invitation could not be
accepted, and indeed that it was couched in
terms which could Ite reaorded only as an
insult-?an insult which was all the more
Intolerable that it was repeated tor the second
lime. An unwelcome reception in con*e
(pience was gifen to the Vicar Apostolic, who.
u few days lalor, accompanied by four digni
taries of the Romish Church, appeared before
the Patriarch and offered to present the docu
ment on which was written the invitation of
[ tk? U^r F?Uixr., Xho tyctHnain 9^ 99
accepted until It was known whether its con
tents had been correctly given in the public
journals. Being answered in the affirmative,
the Patriarch persisted in his refusal to accept
It, and emphatically stated that in the cir
cumstances an official reply was out of the
question. It is further said that the Patriarch
referred to the Encyclical of 1818, and charged
the Pope with laying down principles to which
the Eastern Church could never assent, and
that, growing warm as he proceeded, he
denied the right of the Pope to assemble an
Ecumenical Council at all. How much more
was said and done we know not. This, how
ever, is now certain: that the Vicar Apostolic
altogether failed in his mission, an d that in
the proceedings of the Ecumenical Council
of 1869 the Greeks will take no part. With
out pretending to go into the merits or
demerits of the case as between Rome and
Constantinople?a big and rather ticklish sub
ject at any time?it is safe at least to say that
a little more ot the wisdom of the serpent and
a little more of the harmlessness of the dove
would have suggested to the Holy Father the
propriety of not refusing to recognize titles
quite as ancient and quite as honored as his
own. To address the Patriarchs of Alexan
dria, of Antioch, of Jerusalem, not to speak
of Constantinople, which, if it was not at one
time the first See in Christendom, has at least
for fifteen hundred years been the second?to
address them simply as 44 the bishops of the
Eastern rite " was certainly far from compli
mentary, and justified not a little the indigna
tion which was felt. The breach betweeu the
Eastern and the Western Churches?a breach
which is as old as the eighth century, and which
has never had much to justify it?is thus made
deeper and more impassable than ever.
It does not appear as if the Pope were going
to be more successful with the Protestant sec
tions of the Church than he has been with the
non-Catholic divisions of the East. We have
not heard that any of our American wanderers
have made up their minds to go back, or, as
some would put it, go home. The Episcopal
and Presbyterian prodigals have, we believe,
rather contemptuously given the Papal invita
tion the go-by. Whether our Methodist and
Baptist friends have been or intend to be more
civil we know not. The signs are not promis
ing. It is not otherwise on tlio other side of
the Atlantic. In England, in Scotland, in
Switzerland, and all the Protestant States
of the North, the sheep will not
hear, v ill not know the voice of the shepherd.
In this matter, too, schismatic Russia will
prove obedient to Constantinople. We have
heard that the Holy Father, discouraged by
the unpromising aspect of things, has resolved
to send a formal invitation to the Council to
the Archbishop of Canterbury. We doubt
whether the invitation would make matters
better; for the Archbishop elect, though an
elegant fellow, is a stubborn Scot, half Pres
byterian, half Episcopalian, and not at all
suspected of a hankering alter Rome. It is
therefore by no means unreasonable to con
clude that "all Protestants nnd other non
Catholics" will be foolish enough to remnin out J
in the cold. The Grbat Council will, never- j
theless, be held all the same, and while it will
unquestionably be one of the grandest ecclesi
astical demonstrations witnessed in many cen
turies, it will also in certain important respects
be a great success.
We cannot say we expect much from the
Council. Council* cnunot perform impossi
bilities. It has been their mistake in the pest
that they have attempted the impossible. The
Council of lk(i!> may do some good if, in place
of proclaiming the Pope infallible and giving
their sanction to the dogma of the immaculate
Conception, as it is rumored they intend to do,
they open their eyes to facta, yield to the dic
tates of common sense, admit the existence of
railroads, of telegraphs, of the printing peers
and the munv other propelling forces of the
times, if they adopt some such course, Ihus
placing the Church in harmony with ihe age
they may prove themselves not only the bene
factors of a party but the benefactors of man
kind. (Ireat as is the Catholic world there it
n greater world without and beyond it. This,
too, the Church must believe.
The Itciiril ol' llenttii mil t lit* .street
Pedlcro.
The obstruction of the sidewalks by pedlers"
stalls bus for a long time been complained
jgainst ns a nuisance. While it may be very
convenient for little folks to get their toys and
candies at these pedlers' stands they are none
the less a nuisance to people of business,
to whom time is money, and to thousands to
w lioui a free access i hrough the streets is all
important. The city government having failed
to remove the grievance, the Hoard of Health
have prosecuted it as a nuisance and a viola
tion of the law before one of our courts, making
n test case to decide the matter. It appears
that the Corporation, through its attorney, has
resisted the claim of the Board of Health, ami
this official, in the name of the city, appeared
to defend the defendant, who. it was claimed,
had a permit from the city to carry on his
business ns a fruiterer on the sidewalk of
Barclay and West streets. This will no doubt
prove to tie an interesting case, and will en
able the Board of Health to ascertain, in
elk ting the testimony for the benefit of the
p ddir. how much the city treasury really re
ceives for the permits thus alleged to be issued
for the obstruction nt the sidewalks by pedlers
stalls. It is a matter in which every one has
an interest.
The PittM I'uovtMoSAi. Govrknmknt of
Spain Hfading orr tub iivet hmcvns.?a
despatch which we publish to-day from
M idrid states that the provisional government
of Spain he * declared that the popular sense
of the country is antagonistic to a republic,
and th.it the Cortes soon to meet will 'surely
propose a monarchy. This is a little awbigu
o is. How litis (lie government declnred such
a thing ? < Iffleially or aemi-offlcially through
the press'/ It seems slrsnge that sueh a de
claration should be made in advance of the
elections for the Cortes ami in the tace of
demonstrations in many ol the inost important
cities in favor of a republic. It looks as if
General Prim and his party are resolved to
lu-ad off Ihe republicans anil lorce a monarchy
upon the people at all ha&ardl. We should
like to know what relations l'rim holds with
the limperor Napoleon, lor this reported
action of tbo provisional Spanish government
baa all the appearance of being inspired by
t?y Qf tjie ^lyJoTies.
Appreciation of CUy and Suburban Pro
perty.
Ab an indication and a part of the growth
and progress of New York city there is no
more interesting chapter in its hiBtory than
the record of real estate transfers occurring
from time to time within its limits or in its
neighborhood. Traditions that have ahout
them almost the air of romance, but that we
know them to be true, have oome to us of
whole acres of the present city's aroa now
covered with magnificent warehouses and
worth, to a mind that has not lost its tone by
much contemplation of late Wall street specu
lations, inconceivable sums, having been pur
chased years ago for a mere bagatelle of a few
hundred dollars, odd strips, occasioned by in
accurate surveys, representing now large for
tunes, being often thrown in as of no account,
separated from the larger tract. Startling aB
these legends appear to the mind in its normal
state, the present is every day furnishing corro
borative testimony of their truth, aud supplying
new wonders for future generations to question
or believe as their skepticism or faith suggests.
In the language of market reports, real
estate is remarkably active and largo transac
tions in city and suburban property are com
mon. This has been noticeably the case now
for over a year?in fact, curiously enough, ever
since our sagacious Secretary of State made
that little investment in Russian American
territory, and, although at first regarded by
many as only an ephemeral excitement,
has so settled down into a steady
movement as to be now generally and
correctly regarded as the result of just
appreciation consequent upon the growth and
prosperity of other interests. The records of
sales published in the IIehald duriug that pe
riod abundantly prove this, showing a steady
advance in the quotations of both descriptions
of property. To take other examples, we may
refer to the recent sale of the Dyckraan pro
perty at Fort Washington, some of the plots
purchased at which for ten thousand dollars
have since been sold at as high an advance as
three thousand dollars. In improved city
property we have an instance?which, although
not giving the exact percentage of apprecia
tion, is by no means an isolated case?of a
house and lot on the west siift of the city, in
the neighborhood of Fortieth street, purchased
last year for fifteen thousand dollars, selling
this year for thirty thousand dollars. In New
Jersey associations of capitalists have been
buying up land by the aero and selling it
in lots, realizing handsomely on their invest-*
ments?one individual who operated in that
way alone clearing forty-two thousand dollars
on sixteen acres. So in Brooklyn, where unim
proved property has thus been brought largely
into the market, similar profits have accrued,
while in both these localities new and even
greater projects of similar enterprise are in
progress and in contemplation.
The inception of the work of clearing Hell
(?ate bus stimulated to a high degree of appre
ciation property on the cast side of the city
and the lower portion of Westchester county,
and that winch formerly lagged behind
property on the west side of the city can
not now be obtained at any lea* figure, and
from many holders not at all. All city
property put up at auction is eagerly pur
chased, and such is the rapidity of apprecia
tion that a large class of operators, buying on
short contracts, realize large profits by dis
posing of their intoreste before the time for
closing the transaction and delivery of the
deed.
All this activity and excitement lias but one
lesson, and that we have previously pointed
out. it is the awakening sense among our
people of the great future towards which New
York is progressing with rapid strides. Many
of the influences operating to bring about this
grandeur of development may be unheeded bv
the majority; but the public mind, with a
prescient sense of its approach, already
quickened by its propelled brightness, seeks
thus early to profit by and share in its
laments. In the near completion of the
I nion Pacific Railway all, however, cau see a
new departure for New York city, and the
glory of those ancient cities which in the
early ages of commerce guarded the high
ways of Eastern truffle and reared their mag
nificence upon the tolls tln-y thus exacted
transferred to our own metropolis, which then,
like another Tyre, will shine pre-eminent for
its beauty, wealth and cultivation, and includ
ing in its limits ull the present suburbs, ex
ceed in its extent the most populous cities of
ancient or modern days.
Reform the Ferric*.
The recent disaster ut the Fulton ferry, while
it excited the usual amount of virtuous though
barren indignation, failed to arouse and direct
the proper current of public opinion to the
necessity of some measures of progress and
reform being adopted in the management of
the ferries at either side of us. Within the
past ten years Ihe traffic between New York
and her clustering suburbs has grown to im
mense magnitude in extent and importance, and
at the present moment impatiently calls for safer,
better and more extensive accommodation. In all
this time the ferry companies have never once
shown that they appreciated either the grow
ing greatness of the trust committed to them
or the varying necessities of the community
they professed to accommodate. However, it
is an error to rail against the stupidity and
selfishness of these corporations; because, after
all, these ferries are no more nor less than
public highways, and as such the people can
and will demand that they be kept in as good
order and that passengers be as effi
ciently protected from insult, injury or
imposition as though it were the tiiorougfi
fare of Broadway. Yet it is a oommon com
plaint that every suggestion and report of
miFtiianagement made by those who have
occasion to use otic ferry?the Union?t.re
purposely disregarded ami cast aside. There
is a lesson among others taught by the late
calamitous occurrenoe, which is, that for
the purpose of enforcing the company's rcgu
lalions on bna'd ea<'h boat deck hands are
worse than useless. Ndboly ever sees them
interfere to prevent young and thought
less hoys from riding astride the railings or
from sitting on the forward edge with their
legs swinging in midair. Nobody evor (cos
them interfere when a parly of louti b.
drunken boors invade the ladles' cabin, fling
cigar stumps and filthy tobacco quids around
the floor, ^pgpolijss ibe seats set apart for
^?'lie8, and, as too often happens, indulge in
the aQd most ob3cene discourse.
The ew'ormous revenues these corporations
receive mig-M well afford to bear the tax of
paying for' jl?e services of a Metropolitan
policeman for #ach boat, whose duty it should
be to travel b.npk and forth day and night,
and thus inspire {lint sense of security and
protection which is certainly not enjoyed by
the public at present. This might help to
diminish the occurrence of those lawless pro
ceedings of which the ferryboats are so frequent
ly made the theatre?the irruption of a party
of turbulent thieves Into the gentlemen's cabin
at night, extinguishing the lights and rob
bing people of watches, chains and packet
books. Providence only knows what deeds of
cold-blooded villany have been transacted on
some of these boats. A stranger might be
garroted, robbed and his body flung overboard
on the short trip across the East river to
Brooklyn without the slightest knowledge of
the transaction on the part of the deck hands.
When things como to the wor3t they mend, is
an old aphorism; but in this instance they have
reached the worst long since without exhibit
ing any disposition to amend.
The Cubaa Insurrection.
We get very little news of the movements of
the Cuban insurgents and know very little of
their strength, their adherents, their means or
their designs. The Spanish authorities having
full control of the telegraph and the mail lines
communicating with the outside world exor
cise, no doubt to a considerable extent, the
power they have of giving or suppressing the
news of the insurrection, as it may suit them.
Thus, we are informed from Havana that somo
of the merchants there are raising subscrip
tions for the payment ofi throe mouths' volun
teers against the rebels; that rumors are rile
that several cargoes of arms for the revolu
tionists have been landed ; that it is reported
that a secret commission has left the island for
New York and Washington to look after the
American press and government in behalf of
the rebellion, and that within the last three
months there has been a very great reduction
in the price of negroes.
"The Republican Committee of Havana,"
under date of November 14, in a regular pro
nunciarniento, denounce the Captain General,
Lersundi, As having provoked this revolution
ary outbreak in the island in consequence of
his adhesion to Queen Isabella and the Bour
bons, even after their expulsion from Spain
had become known all over the island; the
committee further charge that he has been
ncting as if confident that the revolution in
Spain would end in the restoration of Isabella
and so bring him new honors from "the odious
Queen," and that "if Cuba be lost to Spain,
as it may happen in consequence of recent
events, the whole responsibility will fall on the
Captain General pvho unfortunately governed
the island during the time of tho national revo
lution against the dynasty of the Bourbons."
Here, then, the important fact appears that
this insurrection in Cuba was set in motion in
sympathy with the revolution in Spain expel
ling the Bourbons, and against the Captain
General, Lersundi, still adhering to Isabella
and the cause of the Bourbons. Since this
promt aria m ieato was issued, however, the
revolutionists have doubtless heard of the ap
pointment by the Provisional Government at
iMadrid of General Dnlce to supersede Ler
sundi as Governor of Cuba ; but still the revo
lutionary movement has been gaining strength
and has raised the ensign of "independence
and annexation to the United States." The
revolutionary party of the island have evi
dently made up their minds that Spain herself
is in a doubtful quandary, and that her diffi
culty is Cuba's opportunity; and so it is. Nor
have we any doubt that the issue will be the
annexation of the island to the United States ;
but whether by purchase or through the prose
cution of this war of independanceto a suc
cessful issue, now or hereafter, will depend
very much upon the action of the government
at Madrid.
The present government at Madrid has been
recognized by the' United States. It has the
authority, therefore, to treat for a sale; it
wants money very badly, ami the money which
it might obtain for Cuba would enable it to
weather the shoals and breakers by which it
is surrounded. In view of the cession, too,
we have no doubt that the Cuban planters nnd
manufacturers of sugar and tobacco, would
cheerfully assume the burden of the. debt.
What does Mr. Seward think of it? One
would suppose that this would be exactly in
his line; but he may, perhaps, have his fears
of England and France. Giving up. then, all
hope, bo far as Mr. Reward is concerned, we
are thrown back upon the question, wbnt is the
pros|?oct of this Cuban insurrection ? In our
opinion if the managers have the least degree
of skill and sagacity Ihey will surely succeed;
but while we are ignorant of their leaders,
their plans, their forces, means and move
ments, we can only snv that the opportunity is
all that could be desired, and that if Cuba falls
short of independence it will be for the want of
competent leaders in this enterprise, and noth
ing more.
.lutljrr Dowlln* Hough on rlir KoukIi*.
Jt is our misfortune that we arc nol gifted with
many police justices possessing firmness enough
to deal with the roughest portion of the com
munity when it comes before them for judicial
notion. As n general rule this element is dealt
very leniently with and very frequently escapes
punishment, owing either to the weakness of
the magistrate or the corruptive influences of
the accused and bis friends, ltut in the caftc
presented to Jndge Howling on Friday, asking
for the release of the pugilist O'Baldwin,
against whom a warrant was issued, we find a
bright example of judicial integrity, snd, in
deed, something more?of judicial pluck ; for
few magistrates would have the courage to
provoke the hostility of ihe whole community
of roughs as Judge Howling did when he pro
nounced O'Baldwin to l>e "a mlflan without
cournge or stability"?not a pugilist in the
true sense of the term, and one who had not
only been the indirect eauae of the murder of
the unfortunate man 1<arkin, but a source of
tumult and disturbance ever since he came to
Ihe country. Wo should like to know which of
O Baldwin's class, whether native or imported,
has not been a cause of tumult and disturb
ance. Judge Dowling, in taking this firm
stand, has relieved the bench of police jns
tlccu of mugh of tho odium which clung t > it,
and he ia entitled to credit for the bold nee*
with which he has grappled with a claaa A
dangerous to the peace of the community as
they are vindictive in their resentments. The
Biblic, however, will sustain Judge Dowling
ii|a course, let the roughs howl and threaten
as they will.
GENERAL NOTES*
Yesterday was a braciug Maine day. It was not
spliced.
Grunt's fortune Is half a million. Nc/oiour**, a
water-million.
Presumptive?Resumption under McCullocit
'Hie latest Jew d'eaprit?The Israelites objecting to
Geary's proclamation for Thanksgiviug. They may
next object to Jewry.
Cincinnati papers complain of double charges for
composition. One price is enough, u editorials are
meant.
The Cincinnati Commercial regards Paraguay as
our Abyssinia. England in that business luut Na
pecr I
A man was lately run over in California by three
mules. They kicked him in the face and breast.
The mutes were not hurt. Let us have peace.
Pity Patty?Commodore Patty, the "auelent man
ner" of the Pacific, is dead.
A city paper calls attention to the advertisement
of a "Collegian." Collegians have been pretty well
advertised lately, especially those of Williams nod
Amherst Colleges, down East.
Erie lake lias been described as a "lake or gold."
Is Erie stock a leak for Gould ?
a new order for Odd Fellows?The order of Judge
Blatchford about the Erie receiver.
Western thieves in the South. Pity some of the
revenue thieves of the North would not emigrate.
Some one by the name of Virtue has published an
"Eagle Edition of the Poets." That would bo a good
edition for those connected with "Eyrie" to quote
from. They could be so well posted ou the poetry of
motions. -I
Mr. llanna, the associate of the late Mr. Pollard In
the publication of the Southern opinion, proposing
to continue that paper, there is a rumor io lUohmond
that there is to be a meeting of some cit izens re
questing him to leare the city. He has received an
anonymous threatening letter. That's what's the
matter with Hanna.
General Grant is to be treated to chowder and
grouse during his visit to the "Hub." Some of the
old chaps have given a Spurr (o the occasion. ? The
following reports of the speeches of the chairman of
the Committee of Arrangements on tho part of the
City Council and General Grant's reply are furnished
in advance for the benefit of the lazy Boston jour
nalists:?
Your Excellency?We are a commit'ee of the
City Council of Boston, appo,tiled to wa . upon you
and tender you the hospitalities of the ciiv of Boston.
We propose, with your permission, to take you dowu
the harbor to Mtuoi's Ledge, show you the in
terior of Fort Warren, and dine yo i i.t Peer
Island, regretting that your old friend, tlie
late and weighty and much beloved Dr. Moriartf,
will not be there to welcome vou. Wc al-o 'uopo to
carry you out to the new reservoir and show you
how we raise eels for Hie free benent of the C'ochliu
ate water taker; aud thence to Mount Hope Come
tery; and shall also tender to you a hamr et at the
Bite Tavern. The rest or the programme s not yet
arranged, but Hunker 11111 Monument, the ? avy Yard,
Mount Auburn and the School Ship are on the list.
In behalf or the citizens we cordially bid you wel
come.
General Grant will then replv:?
Gentlemen?I thank you for all your good inten
tions, but I came ou private business, and must
deciiue. Boston has once honored ine with an
ovation, and at the recent election some
fifteen thousand citizens Indorsed my record.
Tids is enough. I have done Boston onto. I stood
two hours hand shaking in Faneuil Hall. 1 visited
Mount Auburn, the Navy Yard and the Bite Tavern,
and I havn't time or inclination to repeat 'he inflic
tion. You will greatly oblige me 1/you will allow
me to mind my own business. Good bye.
When General Grant was in his fight at Belmont,
his red Garlbaldian became singed. He i bought lie
had not a shirt more. When lie gets to Br ston lie
will probably find ho has a shirt left. "The ma'er
the merrier."
General Butler, it is stated, was not present at
Cough's recent silver wedding, and some scandalizer
says that's the reason some ol the silver didn't
go off!
BOOK NOTICES.
Dr. Howell's Family. By Mrs. II. li. Goodwin.
Boston: Lee A Shepard.
This is a curious story, embracing in its principal
features the lives of two half sisters, (he current of
ouc running In all the wild channels of a wayward,
ambitious and fashionable existence, to end in that
relief of ill-matched mortals?divorce. The other is a
life of domestic quietude, peace and v irtuo, which,
of coarse, brings its own reward. ' Besides these two
prominent characters there is a capricious wife?not
an unusual accident in the household?very forcibly
and skilfully drawn, aud an orphan protege,
snatched from a wreck, it ho makes up her part oi
the story very prettily and appropriately. Without
a distressed female in some capacity n novel would
be Incomplete. The distresses oi KdnaShrcve, how
ever, lie more in tue laet. of her orphanage than )u
tier condition of life, tor she is well provided for
by her guardiau, and. though a waif and stray, is a
very comfortable one, who linds a joyous haven at
last, where her beauty of person and character ditfnsea
charity and good will among all human creatnrev
who came within Hie etrcle of her iuflneuae. An in
troduction to "Dr. Howell's Family '' will not prove
fruitless to the reader.
Hills boko' Farms. By Sophia Dickenson Cobb.
Boston: Lee & Shepard.
A well printed volume, which makes little pre ten
slous beyond the portraiture of certain scenes and
incidents in domestic tile, with Just enough of mys
tery ana romance to give /est. to the atory and keep
the interest of the rentier fixed upon its pages. When
the authoress very modestly declares in the preface
that the book claims to Itnve no speciul moral or mis
sion, she does not do her labor full justice. Hvory
tiiuig wriueu, spoken or ucted which makes homo
life more enjoyable?whit h imparts to pure and genu
ine love a charm that attracts the luititls of both
sexes, cannot be without a good wot .tl unit cannot
fail to fulfil a useful mission.
Thr Goriman Knot. By Sliirlev Brooks. New York.
Harper A Brothers, publisher.
This is a reissue of a novel written over nine years
ago, aud published in serial form at the time. The
author, in a preface, thinks thai to a.majority of the
readers If will be new, which Is very probable, If
they do not even discover anything oi interest iu
the work.
Cliftos grky; or, The Birthright iikst'oleo. lly
Pierce Kgan. New Fork. Frederic A. Brady, pub
lisher.
As the title Indicates, this ii a novel ol the sensa
tion school. Full of romance, It will no doubt, be
acceptable To a large class oi novel readers.
No Love Lost?A Romance op Travel. By W. D.
Howellg. Now York: (j> P. Putnam A Bon.
Blank verse, to he Interesting us poetry, must be
particularly well written, in "No Love Lost" then
is irrv little poetry, bnt the love story it i otttalne Is
of some interest. Tbe descriptions of Venice are
good?undoubtedly the best in the entire worjd.
the poem originally appeared ill /WnontV Aforsv
z hp and Is now published in bqok form, it is hand
somely gotteu up.
The Mimic Staiie?a seres of Dramas, comedies,
Burlesques and Farces Ibr publio exhibtiloiHI ami
priiAte theatricals. By Oeorgu M. Baker, Tirn
lon: Lee A shepard.
A handy little volume of 2 mi pa res, tieatiy printed
on cream paper. We tlunk, io>. that some of
these cotnedlc. tend farces would answei tor private
theatricals very well. The plots are simple and well
worked up: tile dialogues ire sprightly, and the end
itig is according to tnc cstaoiishcd latv that vliiaty
Is a losing game and toil, if you lis B long enough
a virtuous lite will get the uuni.y c-'uie and thCDr-1
tieat girl or the part;,.
Madame Turrksk. By Messrs. Krcktuann-Chairian.
New Fork: Charles Set inner A to. jstw.
The authors have chosen u period lor tl?c dsta of
their novel when the attention til all Kuropc was
absorbed by the stirring events of the times aud tho
gigantic strides inade by tho French republic In
I'M. The scenes of rural life iu Germany arc Innn
fully depleted, and Urn style being nosy.end well
translates render thr work highly intonating, cvp ??
t.iuliy for young people.
lll>wnsine?*
Wc have received the Mei'clMH'*' Mii'i u ? ? itnrt
Cumtnercktl Jleaitw, as also n;"m'o , ,
Htct.-f.-o ant Bui WW jmirnuU both fm ,v?i ember.
These magazines contain much Interesting nmti-r
nod will repay perusal, Wo inns', however, c.\prr,?
otir entire dissent with the article headed "HCltim
to Specie payments''; in the A/t ec ,. p
The writer flounders jjtm the suhif t worse than <<.?
theedltori ofthetwj, radical papei-s in ,ins citv.
The idea of rotnrnwig to specie pnyaienit
dieteiy ta inenpebio or reiwUaUon.