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NEW-YOiiK. SUNDAY. NOV. 20. 1870, TtnM of ta ftww.Yerk Tlmi mn.

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per snaam. pnata-e extra katwriiUau to Hilwt 4 aox aUlUoua rtcmwl I teas knruof Uom tAan om year a Ute yearly rat JOXO. 1 for a ram. The bootl-Weekly and WaekJy auiled ctesyaMB ItMlowialrtiikrMc. AOdittoas be bsmWi to elaka at crab rata.

These prices are Invariable. We bar bo traTellng asanas Ttiirt a rarta on If ew-York or Post Office Masaey Orders If possible, and where neither aftbeee om ba procured send Uo money ta a ragfeieras totter. XL J. RATKOITD A CO Tiauts Office, aw- York. AarrrtlaiafRam oft he Hew- Verfc Timw.

Orolaanr iaaunod adTertuameata, 20 ceuia per Lne BaaUma Sotloea, fifth page, before Marriages and rwallis. 9 ceats per linn carta insertion. Special oUoea, Bfth page, after Marriages and OuUit, imdU par line each Insertion. AdverUnccjente on eighth page, SO canU per lme each tiiwi t-m. City li' ina wrtJa word arerUaemeat preOxed ao emU i '-c line eaeb lnaart'oa.

Deait nr Marrtaxe Nntioea. CI facb tnnrrtiaa. Tae t.ara been tbe fixed adTerUnioa mIm of tbe i. VottK Tuirs for toe put l(f yearn, and will aot bo rUmigetl, although oar olrouiatian Laa Uxgely I during that time. Ta AdTcrtJara.

AlTt1r tobrlnR ta tbelr n-tMs at ha err.y an hour Ihoilay aa poal-bin. If tocnnil alter o'clock, it will Le iiiipoaiubie to rJ'wwtfy ander jroper lf 1 'ir tiie accoJummiaUoa ul up town rementa, fur Inm rtton In the Tiiikj will be le-eueii at No. Went Mrtl-at junrlion ot oaKtbr- nail at No. 4U Kaatt leUi-t-. Ix-twcwn Browl war also al Nu.

Aui at aauie ratia aa an ctu c-a. at ufuna o( pablnMou. CT Mraxrn. KuiJLlU UatUKa A Iluukera. No.

XUte Sen be, l'aiiM, nm the tHtcreulted lor Ute luaw-Yoaa; Timid In tbat city. rtattcaw Wa cannot nottea a.tnTinona romounlr.atlons. In all cotiea we rrquiie tiie wrttrr'a nam ind niriae, tmt fur pnlklleatmB, Imt aa araarauto- of iool luith. We cannot rrtui-B rt-Jucted coii'muni aUmin. nor iiwre inanntinr', niiivna apnciaiir i t-iiucabov mo news or T.11L: J.JAV.

TJIE EA8TEKX QUESTION. Tbe substance of the reply of the En-aiau Go ruiuent to Lord Gk an vili.e. i rccelvi-d tT cattle. It AdoyU a conciliatory toic, but re-tnaina firm In the position originally adopted. 8ba denkia that Uie nioTenienta of the Prinoi-palitlea tn oontrarention of tbe treaty of Paris tcored to her adrantage dechtrra that a congreea la iinpractl-eabla in the present state of the principal European Pawera dis.laius any hostile lntentluus or deal re to alarecitrd any of the provisions of tbe treaty of Paris but those which are fronerally admitted to be unjust and oppressive against bar; aud repeata her fntoution to act npoa the previous notification tn remrd to Ite rtiuclt Pea.

Lonilou dispatcLffl indicate that the feol-tnc tn Enjrland, yesterday, waa more pearelul than on Friday. Queen Victoria, tbroush the Prtoee of Walk, It la said, has expressed to the Cabiuet her disapproval of Earl Uran-tille'b reply to Ktsia; aud Johx Stoabt Mil and Mr. Fholdiv hare untten letters to tbe Timet la behalf or pence. The fcelintxln Vieuno. expressed Luroucb the Jonrnaia, ta Aoti-Kusilun but from Florence It ta reported that the Italian Government a Ul on no account Join ta the diplomatic move against Hussiu.

Prustua, It is announced, will 1 conseut to a Coiirreas of tbe Great Powers, only on condition that her relations with France shail not bo diacuabed thereat. Tun WAR. It is reported in Juduu from Tours that Eaglaud hua mucvt i.er j-iopcsal for an aniiis-Uee, baaed on ar pecui.iury war compensation, the razin of the frontier fortreasea, and the neatraliaatlon of Alaace and Lorraine, taa creat Powers Kuaranteeloa; the ful-flilaoeat of these oonditious by any fain re French Government. It la further Adarstood that the Provisional Government appose are again current in Loadon of an early concentrated attack of the Preach upon the Prusmuns before Mon-dar or Tuesday is tue time now set fur this irraad movement. Aooordlmr to a Paria balloon letter 10,000 half -starve 1 Parlslaua ara to bei soon driven from cliy.

by order of Gen. Taocnc.as food can no loncer be provided for them. boiabard-aaent of Montrutdr is now confined to the fortress by the PrciMnans. On Wednesday lat a surtie was made from the bealeced place by two oinpsnie of the Garde Mobile, and every one was cither killed er taken prisoners. There are ramors In London of a disaster to the Army of the Loire, bat no particulars arc received.

GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS. A committee, appointed by the Spanish, Oortea, has set out for Florence to tender tbe Crown of Spain to the Duke of Aosta. Tbe Oortea have adjourned to await tbe return of the WnKEt-ER. the South African diamond hunter, has arrived in London with a atone weighing eishty-elcht carats, aud rained at 30.000. GENERAL.

The United States ninneers' vrbo Lave ezaaained the, Newport and wiuclnn.ui Bridge have preparetf an adverse report. The; Committee who have Tinted the Louisville Canal are of opinion it will be ready for opeolne; by IV-c and will admit of tbe passage of boots eighty feet wide. Some of the women of Missouri are in-veatiratlBg Gov. Ehowh's views on the female uHraa-e question, with a view tqaeearing favorable mention in Ma flrt meeaaare. BOTfLTON's flour mill, in Toronto, was 'burned on Friday night.

The loss Is 135,000. There were four inches of eaoxv ia Western Pennsylvania yesterday. TLe steamer Cktu arr'ved at Portland yesterday tn tow of tbe HonJrra. The engineer was acalded to death by steam when the accident occurred. Joseph Craft, the oldest member of the Bar at muburg, Teon and a member uf tho Pennaylvauia Legislature forty yeats ago.

died on Friday laU wafvincoutaiiiiuz aman camotl FniT7.rR, with three cbilirea and ute other pcraoa. waa ran over oa tbo IndianapoUs. Cineiuuatl aod La-. fayetta SUilroad. on Friday last, and two of the eeenpauu fatally Injured.

The CongTeebionai election in the Fifth IXsunotof lfaryland is to be eun tested. Air. Oait, the defeated Beponlioan caauldate, la tuo coatee taut. During the late hurricane in the West In- dies, several vessels were wrecked oa the Salt Sauk. Bahamas, of which the erews and cargoes) ware totally lost, no one orvlTinic to tell the tale of diaaster.

Joseph Gaixso and Nklrox p. Ftaxi-rrcnr bare been indicted for murder, at tae former for killluir Lot. is Gaucuikk. tbe latter for killing his own vita. In game of billiards at ran Francisco, oa FH4ay nighty Jons F.

HrCLittT wen the ohaerton hip of the Pacific coast, from Joe. W. Xrrta. I aaowpd, reetcrday, in Ne-rark for three boor, at mtem'a The Tital statwties for the week show attdt-btrtbe, 9Q btrtta, 11 wir.rrtegee, and 45 deaths, which Is an excess of over the tnor-'t Caiity of the prsvleus week. Quaajnberof te.

last weak, was twen- ty-fovr. with aa eeUmated loss otHSlO. Fire Marshal McSras-oa foMwMady woieeaaaaod by eareleaaneaa. Edwabj L. Cosuefl, the yonne New-Tork broker, who attempted to shoot Mr.

Horr. at Lone Branch, last Bummer, has been eommlUed to the to Looatle Asrram af Trenton. Tbe jury in the ease of MoRRla Boias. who died at St. Mary's Hospital from lnjurtes received at the Morris and Essex coal docks, returned a rerdiet of accidental death, yesterday.

Bo lav was on the trestle worka from which tbe eoai cars are emptied, and in attempting to get npoo a locomotive while ta motion fell between the ties and was ran over. The twenty-fire colored men who were arrested on a charge of assaulting Justice Hkxb-t, at Camden, on election day, were released yesterday la 9300 bail each. During the past week tbe Police' made 1,437 arrssta. Our Street Arabs. In the interest of good order and pablie safety we trust that the man accused of shooting two boys with swan shot in Avenue will, if convicted, be properly punished.

However great may hare been his provocation, it could not justify a retaliation which barely mifwed homicide and inflicted mutilation. Thia indhtcriininate report to firearms in every ebullition of anger should be dixconraged. Unless tbe reckless Teuton of Avenue should prove to be an adherent of the liincr, and therefore a member of the privileged class, we shall expect to sse hi.a severely dealt with. We pay yearly to our nine Folic Justice salaries amounting in the agKrejrate to more than one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of do- cilin without bloodshed just such difficulties as this which our hot-headed east side marksman lias chosen to settle with the stronjr baud. That some of these worthy Magistrates devote more time and study to target excursions, and chowder parties, and fast horses, than to the duties of their office, furnishes no sufficient abstract reason for preferring the Bwif satisfaction of physical force to the tardy reparation imperfectly meted out ia their tribunals.

When they are on the Uench and the judicial mind is not clouded by mints of political influence, we are willing to believe thom dispensers of a Rbadamanthine justice. At least it would hare been well if, when Mr. Doij. found lifo made a burden to him by his boyish persecutors, he had exhausted the impartial wisdom of his local Solon before attempting to combine in hid own abused person the incompatible offices of Julr and jury and executioner. We trust, then, that his sentence will be prompt, and if he shall be proved to have been heretofore an orderly and law-abiding citizen, a trifle heavier than otherwise.

We hare rogues enounh making a jest of our statutes already. If the honest men take to imitating them, wo may as well return to the swoet simplicity and cheapness of primeval anarchy. Having thus plainly sisnified our disapproval of this attractive- but objectionable method of righting wrongs, lot os Bet ouraolvcs, if possible, to do away with the wrongs themselves. If tho two victims of Mr- Doias warlike fire did not deserve to lc shot, it was becauso they were the uu-luckiest of phenomena. If in any one part of our country, more than in another, the prevailing spirit of juvenile depravity has itself into systematic and organized wickedness, the east sido of this City is that region.

From the devious recesses of the Swamp to the savory precincts of Mackerelrille, it swarms with a youthful horde of precocious scoundrels and incipient desperadoes. Whatever of vice they do not inherit, example is not lacking to teach them, and they furnish a never-failing supply of recruits to the army of thieve, and burglars, and murderers, who reliere us of the cares of Government, and whose business it is to break the laws which they amuse themselves by making for us. Of course this description roust not be applied to all tbe young population of the east side. In the poorest quarters of the town there aro pious and God-fearing folk, who strive to rear their children in the way of righteousness. But making due allowance for such as these, the amount of juvenile wickedness in tlds district is still painful and appalling.

Tbe pastime of snatching through the open window of a passing street-car the hat of some unlucky passenger, is one of tho most harmless diversions of tho cLdish fancy in this ricinity. Stoning the cars is a common outbreak of infantile exuberance, and all tho variations of hijrhway robbery and felonious assault aro rehearsed among these minions of gutter. If they often stop short of the more aggravated crimes of the calendar, it is because their will outruns their power. We have seen an urchin of five draw a knife on his playmate, and pursue him with the ferocity of a tiger. To recognize the extreme unpleasantness of such a state of affairs is easier than at once to remedy it.

Ignorance is, of course, chargeable with much of this youthful rice, and ignorance, at least, wo may hope to lessen by a rroper system of compulsory education. Without that, careless and ignorant parents cannot be relied on to cooperate in the instruction of a perverse and stiff-necked generation. Tbe question is one of the utmost importance, and it behooves us to consider it well. Boston furnishes a practical illustration of the working of the compulsory system, -which we might study with advantage. Might it not be well for onr Board of Education to appoint a Committee to investigate the subject The Real Secret.

In theiate political contest, more than ever, Republicans have bad to work against the money and patronage In tho har.ds ol Tam- ui any. These constitute the. secrot ot carryins elections" which the World calls upon the country to witness Tammany is possessed of. There are two vicious principles in our municipal system of eorernmont whicn. in the nature of thiags, cannot bnt engender corruption, and that continually.

Id the first place, most of tho departments can make as many offices as they please, and Sire to the creatures of their appointment what pay they please. It is do longer necessary for an ofBee to be created br the Slats Legislature. or area tho Commoa Sft gkfo-gnrh Cotmcfl. Tammany esnsKif dee tlre appoint men to sinecure portions, with liberal aslaries, wbo are distributed throughout the rariotu districts of the City, and whose sol duty consists tn furthering her interests. With ber practically unlimited dower of patronage, Tammany not only provides for her own children, but adopts Bepublieans into tbe family, who, if they cannot sit by the immediate firesTof the wigwam, are yet as well wanned and nurtured as her natural offspring; and no wonder, for they are obedient and good and their constant study is to please her.

In the next place, the transactions of the departments are secret. Tammany is constantly adding stipendiaries, and swelling the pay rolls, at the same time excluding all knowledge thereof as far as possible from the outside world. The Board of Health has a number of men holding positions with good salaries, who are expected to ran Republican organizations in the interest of Tammany; these are increased from time to time as political exigencies seem to require. And the same ia true of other departments of the City Government. It will be seen that the power of the departments to spend money is practically unlimited and irresponsible.

It may be answered that they are limited by the appropriations. This looks well theoretically, but practically it introduces nolricticnin the Tammauy machine for putting emrty buckets into tho treasury and drawing them out fulL It baa boen said that everything yields to inoneyi money to nothing." Hero we find Tammany entrenched with all the machinery that unscrupulous men can devise, and whatever is purchasable to carry her purposes is freely paid for. In the late election the plan of "repeating" was comparatively abandoned, and the means of Tammany were expended in securing a count of the rotes in her interest, A comparison of the rotes in districts where the Republican inspector was in the pny of Tammany, either directly for the occasion, or as holder of a sinecure position, tells the story. To sum it up, the Republicans are confronted at every turn by tho money and patronage of Tammany. It corrupts the Republican organizations, and does not hesitate to buy districts," where purchasable men are tbe election officers.

This conspiracy against popular gorcrnment can only be put down when the aroused indignation of tbe mass of the peoplo shall be directed agaiust its authors. Wait a little longer." Tbe Camiag Kclipae ot the Bmn. While Europe is disturbed with the clang of war, and listening with anxiety to hear whether it is to subside or to spread all over tbo Continent, men of scionco are' calmly gotting ready to take observations of the approaching eclipsu of the sun. This will occur on tho 22d of December, and, in contradistinction to tho three other similar events of the year that have preceded it, it will be a total eclips-c. Iu the United States, onlv a small portion of tho pcnuinbral phase will be rusible, just after sunrise, in the northeastern extremity of Maine.

Tho pennmbral phase will bo visible over the North Atlantic Ocean, Europe. Eastern Asia and Northern Africa. Tbe total phase will be visible in Southern Spain, the south-eastern extremity of Italy, in Greece and in Turkey. The eclipso is total at apparent noon in longitude fire degrees, four minutes east of Greenwich, and in latitude thirty-six degrees, twenty-six minutes north. Consequently it will be best observed from parts of Spain and tbe island of Sicily.

Prof. Ttk daix proposes to obserre it from the highest point of Mount Etna. We are not aware what spot has been selected by Prof. Pikrck, wbo has already arrived in England in charge of tho United States Government expedition; but it will be, no doubt, one judiciously selected with a view to co-operation with other eiuinout astronomers. The great point of interest which it is hoped may be determined by tbo contemplated observations is the nature of is termed the sun's corona.

Through the researches of Mr. pe la Rue, Mr. Lockyer and others, and by the aid of tho spectroscope, tho phutoheliograpli, and othor appliances, the position and character of the red protuberances or tongues of flame on the sun's disc have been clearly established. But beyond and without what is called the chromosphere of which the rod flames aro only the remotest portion there appeals during eclipses a halo of light of uaeren contour, fringed with brilliant lines or pendants. This is what ban boon styled tbo corona, and there aro various theories about its nature and origin.

It is supposed by some to be a mere reflection from our own atmosphere, aud by others to be the atmosphere of the sun. Still other tboorists hold that it consists of comets, or similar meteors, revolving around the sun. The coming eclipse will afford an opportunity, from which trustworthy deductions are anticipated, for setting this important problem at rest. Of course, the greater tbe number of observations by trained and experienced eyes, the better tho chance of arriving at accurate conclusions. It is understood that drawings of what they soe are to be made by the different observers, from the comparison of wbieh mnch is expected.

A foreign writer points out that if the drawings of each pair of obsenrers are alike, we get rid of the objection inrolred in what is called the tub-Jecliciif of the corona if the drawings of all the pairs are alike, he infers that the corona must be deemed solar; bat that if they differ, it must be held probable that the earth has something to do with it, This makes clear tbe use of one class of observations, and the kind of information it is hoped they mar be able to furnish us. As many readers axe aware, it is to the spectroscope first used in application to celestial bodies in the total eclipse of 13CS that we owe our knowledge that the crimson protuberances, be fore mentioned, are chiefly a mass of incandescent hydrogen gas. Br means of this instrument wo are able to distinguish a solid body from a gaseous, a self-luminous from a reflective substance and, moreover, to designate wxtk gnntg, Snritms, gtobtmbtr 20, 187a tWlewenti thsv iassiljawesrt mattwrVtbeinsti can be established with similar exactness. lone stride will be taken toward scien-tiflo serruaintanee with solar phenomena. The opinion of American astronomers is, we beliere, generally unfavorable to the corona as an adjunct or product of the sun.

Observations, howerer, directed toward settling this point, hare been few, and so far necessarily short in duration. It is known the phenomenon is only risible daring total Now, most observations of it already effected in this country, were made during the eclipse of Aug. 7, 1869, and in this the period of totality, at the Dudley Observatory, Albany, was limited to two minutes and forty-three seconds. Prof. Mukray describes the corona on that occasion aa seen from Mat toon, I1L, as follows "In immediate contact with the solar disc it appears as a clear, silvery light, as bright as the brightest part of an aurora, and somewhat resembling it in consistency.

Further out it appears streaked with pencils, radiating in tbo direction of the centre. These rays are more especially noticeable at five points of the circumference, two of -them pointing upward and outward, and three haviug a general downward direction. These prongs could be traced through a distance even exceeding the diameter of tho sun, and near one of them was visible a mass of curved light, in shape resembling the petal of a flower. On the upper edge of the disc was plainly seen an arch of light, parallel with tho edge and within tbe boundary of the corona." The impression made on Prof. Mcrtiay's mind was that the phenomenon in some way was formed in the earth's atmosphere.

Prof. Pieece thinks the theory that the corona is of the same character as the aurora the most plausible one. To this the objection is made that an aurora implies an atmosphere in which it exhibits itself, and that of tho existence of such an atmosphere around the sun we have no proof. It is. moreover, noted by Prof.

Pickering that the principal reason for supposing the corona a portion of the sun is, that during totality, it does not appear to more with the moon, but remains concentric with the sun, or, more properly, is brightest where the sun 'a edge is nearest. The British Government has not taken that active interest in this highly interesting investigation that men of science have hoped; but we observe that Mature, the London scientific journal, imputes the blame of this neglect to the Joint Committee of the Royal and Astronomical Societies. In the meantime, private enterprise will not be idle, aud lrof. Pierce has invited some leading Englibb astronomers to avail themselves of Lis comprehensive arrangements. We trust that the labor and expense of tbe various expeditions will be rewarded by valuable discoveries.

The Teatinony of It lead. Is it pi fibible to tell the difference between human blood and tbat of other animals, whether fresh or in the form of dried stains This question, tho determination of which in its medico-judicial relations has just been raised in a conspicuous Western trial, still unfortunately remains unsolved. There is at least a conflict of opinion and of testimony concerning it, so that the preponderance cannot be said to rest wiCL either side. The doctors hare disagreed, and no authority exists of sufficient weight to settle the issue between tbem. The case we refer to is a trial for murder.

During most of 18G9 Gkorok Vanderpool and Herbert Field did business together as bankers in Manistee, Micb. In September of that year the partnership was dissolved. On Sunday, Sept. 5, FIELD disappeared. On the third day after, his body was found in the Manistee River.

Circumstances directed suspicion toward Vavder-roOL, and he was arrested. The case came to trial and the accused was found guilty. But on the ground tbat no impartial trial could be bad in that district because of the prrjudico against him. a new trial was granted, to take place at Kalamazoo, and for some weeks past, it has been in progress. The evidence oo the part of the prosecution appears to be almost purely circumstantial.

Conspicuous among tbe points is tbe existence of numerous stains aflirmed to be of blood, and found on the floor and walls of tho bank. Tbo theory of the prosecution is that after signiug the agreement of dissolution, the partners were together in a room in tbe bank that while Field sat writing at a table Vakderpool approached from behind and dealt him two murderous blows on the head; that tbe blood spattered over every thing near that the body, being left afterward en tbe floor, stained the carpet; and that atnigbt it was earned by the assassin down a flight of steps that led to the rirer. and Oat like the body of the slaughtered Rizzio, killed at Holyrood. it left telltale traces of blood on the staircase. On tbe stoond trial.

Dr. Dutfixxd, of Detroit, testified that be was an expert in chemical aid microscopio analyses. Six weeks after ihe murder he received from the Proeecuting Attorney of Manistee County a certain paclstge. This contained a piece of floor, two pieces of carpet, and some chips of wood- all these were stained, and be was asked to determine the nature of the stains. Ds DurFrsxD testified that be could swear positively that these were made by blood.

He farther testi fied: There is to danger of mistaking the blood of a warm-bioeded animal for that of a man. Whether all the blood I examined Is human I can do: say. bnt human blood was present In aQ the specimens. I can draw tbe general character and class to which tt belong from the eorpmsciea. I eaa assume that It belongs to the mammalia from the sise of the corpuscles.

While tbe corpuscles vary in diameter, that of tbo human being. In Its tresh state, peine the anight shrink during dryness, and not again resume its roll alxe. I would not like to swear positively on the sue of the corpuscles, therefore I take the eerpiucle to determine the class to which It and the crystal de-tereaaes the individual of tbat alasa." i has certainly an airof conclusiveness. Yet te rebut the implied" the de-leam predated witness in Dr. Douglass.

Chafcrtry' and Toxicology in tbe jBrai of iGchigan, whose testimony was about as strong tbe way. Dr7 Docolass positi vely arezred tbat no trustworthy process exists by which it can be determined with certainty whether blood la that of a human being or of other mammalia. The nearest approximation is gained, he asserts, by ascertaining the size of tbe blood disc and its form. Bat the disc is liable to rary from circumstances, and consequently it is not a safe test to apply to matters so important as legal investigations. He insisted as the result of careful inrestigation, that all that can be done is to say whether or not Siren blood belong, or not, to' the class mammalia.

No one can absolutely be sure that a specimen did or did not belong to a human being. "The crystal of the dog's blood cannot be distinguished from tbe crystal of tbe human blood." This opinion is strengthened by the investigations of several eminent physiologists. Gut. Caster and others bare arrired at and published similar conclusions. And yet when we recollect the refined and delicate instruments now in use, and the wonderful progress made of late in the various walks of chemical and pathological analysis, it is hard to believe that this inability to discriminate between the blood of men and tbat of beasts can long continue to be other than temporary.

So long as the opinions of experts ia so evenly balanced as in the trial we cite, it is clear that no human life can either be taken or expiated by tbe law when proof rests in any important degree on the delicate point at issue. The discoverer of a demonstrable process whereby to establish this distinction' will confer a benefit on science and an additional safeguard on society. laUeraatioaml Cheee Coatgreea. It is once more proposed to conrene an International Chess Congress at New-York. The plan contemplated is that adopted at various times in Paris, London, Berlin and other foreign capitals.

This includes tbe extension of special invitations to all players of high reputation, and a general one to members of clubs and others interested in tho game, the offer of prizes being sufficiently large to constitute an inducement to the magnates of chess to devote time to the contest, and the arrangement of handicaps being such as to take in many grades of strength and to prove generally attractive. We presume that, as in previous instances, a Boole of the Congrest would also be published, to commemorate its proceedings, preserve its games, and form a welcome addition to chess libraries. There are advantages about this scheme which, in this country, have not yet been realized. The Chess Congress of 1S57, presided over by Judge Meek, of Alabama, of which Paul Morphy tbe shining light and Mr. Fiske the historian, was an interesting gathering, but it was not international" in character.

Somo of the great players of other countries were, indeed, asked to bo present, but under circumstances that rendered their attendance unlikely. To make our meaning clear, it may be said that eminent chess players are not always rich men; that a trip to the United States, in time, passage-money and subsistence while here, is an expensive affair; that an allowance has been made by foreign chess associations on si miliar occasions for even such trips as from Berlin to London or Paris; and that no such inducement has hitherto been tendered by our American clubs to make their invitations more acceptable. It cannot, in reason, be expected that such men as AN'DERsaRN, Staunton, Harrwttz, Db Vebk, Steinttz, Bodkx and others should devote mouths of time and -considerable sums of money to endow with brilliancy an occasion which offers to themselves no corresponding advantages. Some of these players, no doubt, could afford the outlay, but as certainly there is neither grace nor propriety in seeking to impose it upon them. We hope, therefore, that before taking any other important or irrevocable action the projectors of the new Chess Congress will collect a sufficient fund to enable them to offer to pay the whole expenses of the representative champions of each foreign country, so that there will be some assurance that the meeting will have the great advantage of their presence.

It may be said on similar occasions abroad it has usually been said at he outset that the prizes offered themselves constitute an inducement adequate to tempt into the field the desired contestants. But a little reflection will show how risionary is this suggestion. Only two or three can gain prizes, and the object is, if we do not err, to gather the strong players from all parts of the world. Chess, like some other things of fluctuating popularity, but of positive intrinsio excellence, can never altogether die out. It has.

however, its periods of prosperity and of decadence, and we fear that in this country since the war the game has not attracted the attention previously accorded to it, The decided' stimulus of an International Congress is therefore to be desired and encouraged. It is possible, unquestionably, to play cbess too much, and there are people wbo abandon themselves unduly to its charm, as well as to other. less objectionable recreations. Yet chess more frequently supersedes other more hurtful pleasures, and of its intellectual dignity there can be no two opinions. It is tbe king of games, and always mast remain such.

We hope, therefore, that a Congress so well calculated to improve and develop its practice, and to draw together in social intercourse iU leading professors and devotees, may Bssemble upon a "scale that will do no discredit to this country or to its famous standard-bearers on tbe checkered field. MINOR The latest developments on the Eastern Question may bo briefly described as paeUo pr-1 easton oa the part of Russia and warlike preparations oa the part of Great Britain. The semiofficial Oolo follows the inspired Jovmal ds A. PtUrswottrg reiterating Entail's readiness to submit the question to a European conference. The rsgTitk Cabinet, while waiting for Prince GotrCKAXOrrs raply, soads tho Chaanel Fleet to the Lsraat, so that the risk of tbe TasaaelVrs beta BaastaBised, before they here tune to eooxtng, even te the moot ladxreot manner.

Into opposition toTrnsBu aad aon-ln-laW Farrx, ap pears to have carried dismay Into the boson of the Engnaa royal family. The Prince at Walks has, for the first time ra his life, had something to say oa affairs of 8tato, and, possibly la tbo choicest vers scalar of the Mosle Halls, 1st the Cabiaet know that his angnat mother Is eertoua- ly displeased at the first plneky thing tho English Foreign Office has done for a docen of years. Earl GsAJrrnxs was quite at liberty to exhort Prince GoarrscHAKorr in a becoming manner to think over his little grievance, but to adopt a policy that might ultimately set royal relatives by tho oars, waa unpardonable proaamptlon. One of the most remarkable features in tbe annals of rascality is tbe verdancy of sharpers. The eorreapondents ot tbe philanthropic Mr.

Sitnn must have discovered after their first communication that tbe promised fifty thousand dollars a year was not to be made In an honest way, and might reasonably have concluded that as that gentleman confessedly lived by swindling tho community, he would sot be likely to hesitate ra swindling them. Nevertheless, we find hundreds of people with talents equal to the elreulation of coun terfeit currency, blindly Intrusting greenbacks to the Ingenious principal of their adopted business, and getting most impartially done" as a fitting return for their confidence. The delusion that there ts honor among thieves" Is evidently not con fined to the honest section of the community. If Gen. Trochtt drives out 10,000 starving people from Paris, as Is his fdleged Intention, It is morally certain that tbo Prussians will drive them back again, and, falling compliance on the part of the victims, they hare a fair chance of being shot.

Too alternative of death within the walls or death outside ot them. Is one that Is sure to oocurjwlth distressing frequency at no distant stage ot this melancholy siege. The present position of the belligerents seems to be simply this The besieged are waiting for Winter to decimate the foes outside tho besiegers are waiting for famine to subdue those within. AU present indications show that famine will win tbe day. Judging by the Lite average of foreign immigration, tbe total of arrivals for the year win probably be about 940,000, as against 885.187 last year.

This would mske 1870 rank sixth in point of immigration returns, in tbe history of the Union. The largest number 137.833 was reached in last, last year comes next, then 1861-1-3, In tbe order of tnetr oeenrroaee, Sbould the present decreasing ratio continue, onr statisticians will hare a congenial task before tbem in calculating the amount of pecuniary loss under this head which we hare Incurred from tbe present European war. England is apparently becoming conscious of the danger of allowing her late ally to be humiliated beyond a certain point. Another proposal for an armistice has boen submitted to Prussia, with the approval of the Government at Tours. This time the neutralization of Alsace and Lorraine forms an article the basis ct negotiations.

It is tolerably certain that Prussia is less disposed than ever to listen to anything that stops short of territorial concession. Her Government and people are perfectly at one on tbat point, and any Power that wants to induce her to lower ber demands must be ready to back the request by an appeal to ths sword. There Is no evidence tbat England is disposed to. do this, so that it would be altogether too sanguine to expect much from the latest proposal tending toward peace. In the West the ladies exhibit character- i Istie vigor In pressing their rights to exercise the privilege of voting.

The Governor elect of Missouri is to have his first foretaste ot the tbe coming sweets of office ta the shape of committee of ardent suffragists determined to secure due mention ta his inaugural message. It is clear from the matter-of-fact proceedings of the Woman's Rights women of St. Louis, that they mean business, and Gov. Baowir win probably find that diplomatic evaslona will be worse than thrown away upon his fair Interviewers. If, as asserted this morning, a concentrated attack upon the Prussians before Pans is to be made from tbe outside In concert with the garri-aon within, it is clear that the victory at Dreux can scarcely hare been so decisive aa affair as would appear from King William's dispatch.

Tbe absence of very clear details of that engage-men or ot any further advantage that might have been expected to follow it, point to the conclusion that the flank movement upon Yer-sailies has not been abandoned, and to this extent confirms the news from French sonrees. They have thia further probability, that the last hope for Paris consists tn some such attempt as this resulting saoceesfully. How chimerical It would be to expect such an Issue under existing conditions need hardly be stated. Oar City Praetorians have been giving Tweed Imperator a taste of their quality. Casser Bwukt has, we fear, got his cohorts badly tn hand when they are found thronging the corridors of the Capitol otherwise, the new Court-house brimful of such awkward revelations as the unpaid loafers of the City Parks were oa Friday disposed to make public.

Tbe reader, while admiring the neat and appropriate comment made by one man as to the work being all tn his eye," and amarvoilng moea at the threat made by another about "blowing tho gaff. will probably think tho most wonderful thing of all to that these miserable instruments of an anscrupulous oligarchy should fail to resent the contemptuous neglect that follows the discharge of their very disreputable duties. Tko Ho Caaat-B sin aas Tory Lifht. From fas MoeMmter sierra JTa. IS.

The canal business this Fall very light, and freights are very low. Forwarders ssy they do not remember any season, when so near ths dose of navigation as ths middle of November, thai freights were so low as this year. Flour, wheat, and other produce are takes from Buffalo at bait tbo uftual rates far this season, or the year. There are a large nuaa-ber of boats at Buffalo waiting for freirht. The boatmen are anxious to mske asntaer trip at least, and are offering te take freight at a price just same lent to pay expenses, or leas thaa that, la tbe expectation that they ran find return freight.

Some of them would bnag back coal, if nothing else. Boatmen that Jiave recently arrived here are disroursged from going to Buffalo to look for a cargo, and aro offering to take freight from thia point at nominal rates. From Kocnester there bee aaually been a large eastern shipment ot potatoes ia tbe Fall, and many of the last boats down nave loaded with potatoes. This year the shipments from here have been verr light. Bayers ia the villages alone tho eaaal nave baaa large per-chaaera.

and ao this commodity has not songAt a city market. If boats now lying st ths west do not find loading sufficient to warrant aa eastern trip, there will be a muea leas nanber of boats to eoaoe frees Albany tbe last week of navigation then to usual, sad they poeaihty may nad oat what freight they eea bring. Thia has been aa unfortunate rear for boatmen. The Potnooratie petrolmoo who are said to mare along the eeuai. or who were doing oo before slecUoa, will bsaxs mors money than those wan are imrsnlag tbe legitimate twine ef rwnnfeg eanal-boala.

Caaal bursas will fra ksgd this Winter unless their ewaers bare boom artr waeanaoof bbj lag ha mad aaa see tbi ta saesyAha R'oney they hare earned during the bummer of im tn buatiac. The aoatmeo will axt war a neavy tax oa toe surplus eaxuinga of una sara ISTJaXC AXID tw Woeat -i WAIXACK'S TUAT8S. The days, or nights, bare' been really "palmy" of late at Wallack's-tf by the phrase we aaay convey that standard ooasodles, welV acted, have drawn crowded sonata there, "The Road te Bain and The Serious Faaufijr, nave dose so wen that they have seen ksptoe ths mils np te yesterday. When both were performed, the latter for a mattae aad the former la the evening. To-norrow, for ths flm fanMthu season, eomes the promised revival of The School for Scandal," when a full and fashionable andV enee may confidently be looked tor, Oa Toes-day The Rivals Is promised, and Wednesday and Saturday The School tor Scandal will be re pee tea.

On Thursday "The Serioen Family" may be seen, as ales tot the Saturday matinee, aad oa Frtdsy" The Boas to Rum" will be offered. A sooth's Tnauraa. Os Tuesday evening next, occurs the one traa dredta eoneecutlve performance at Booth's Theatre of Rip Tan Winkle." Mr. Jimuoi may well be proud, and the management well satM fled with thia remarkable achievement. Ths eastoa am be celebrated asa gals night and with good reason.

Wo Imagine, however, that the end to not yet. A succession ot such booses aa Mr. jErrxtsov has lately drawn to unlikely ta be interrupted by a sagacious manager. There seems to be quite as good a ohanoe that the play will reach its two handiedth represeatattoa as that at the beginning of its run it would reach tbe one Mr. Magoxigu Is tws clever a tactician to take an attraction front the bills while it continues to flUhtotressary.so that -the public wUl doubtless be allowed toenjoy Mr.

jBrrexeox's inimitable 'performance ef ifp Yaa Winklt for an Indefinite time to come, THS FOtJKTEENTH-SrEXrT TBKATan. Mrs. Lasdkk has continued to please judicious admirers at the house ia Fourteenth-street. Ber artistic merit has been so often conceded that It seems superfluous to dwell upon It, and we regret that during this engagement It has not proved more attractive. Mrs.

Laxus belongs to aa old-fashioned eebooM but a very good school for all that, and she Is quite capable of --teaching their art to many actresses wbo occupy prominent During the week Mrs. -LAxnsn has appeared as Adrian and She to now underlined to play Frow-Frow, a performance which there will be. we sbould say, a good deal of curiosity to see. TH BaVKSYkAlrcS OF SUSS KTHKL. To-morrow evening the favorite young ao trues.

Miss Aosns Ethel, makes her first appearance for the season at the Fiftb-e venae Theatre. This house has been largely indebted to if las Ernst. in its attainment in a abort tame of a position ot recognised stability. In tbe characters of Frwav FroM sod Fernanda Miss ErSBL has made aa Im pression of sn enviable HerFsriuradk by far tbe best performance of the two win be seen en tbe re viral of tbe drama next Wednesday night. To-morrow Miss' Ethel Is to play the difficult part ot Julia the Hunchback." Since the memorable perSDoatton ot Fajtsy -Kkbtblb this part pas bees- acted with per- slatency by a great tan ber ot Juvenile actresses, and generally with unsatisfactory results.

The JvHam of the Western school hare usually had sentiment and energy enough for ths part while deficient in the graces of breeding and delicacy. Tbe most artistic Juluu hare, In general, been too old to look, and too unim- paAaioned to feel it. In truth, to make a rent able success In the character requires something like genius as wen as dramatic culture. There should be youth and spontaneity, abundant physical force, and a thorough capacity to com prehend and depict Van absolute hurricane ot Personal beauty. Of course, is desir able It la for most heroines although Its absence is easily forglyen if tbe artist Is rich enough la the sympathetic qualities, ws shall be glad to see Miss Ernax maks a hit tn Vwlta.

There are few very few young Amerioan actresses who can do anything with tbe pert, audit will be a matter ot congratulation if she can he conscientiously added to the list. os Aim orsBA-Horta. "Ths Brigands," ths performances of which throughout last week, attracted very large audi ences. Is to be acted at the Grand Opera-boo as until further notice; The representation has been nxnch bettered in point of smoothness since Monday evening, and tt to simple justice te say that while the very recent Paris rehearsal or the work the Ysrietlee Theatre was dosed by events while OrxwraACars work was In the flood tide ef success excelled that at present to be enjoyed in point of comle strength, the production of tbe composition hers! Is far mors remarkable for completeness of musical Interpretation and beauty of tce costume. change ia tbe distribution of parts last (evening Istrodueed Mile.

8illt aa Piortlla. until then personated by Mile. MONTALAXD. Mile. SILLY throws Into her performance as much spirit and originality as tbe character she assumes can be freighted with.

It to. In fact, a rather colorless role, bat earnest- nesa and skill eaa at least give tt aa effectiveness which a men presence on tbe stage never results in, Tbe pretty opening couplets of Mile. Silly were pea led last night, aad so were the finale of the first act and the laoghing chorus. miblo's THSATmn. Tbe Rapparee," acted it Nlblo'a throughout last week, to likely to be withdrawn after Saturday next.

Several events of Interest will follow, if tbe rumors upon which our Information rests are not wholly unworthy ef attention. These rumors point to the likelihood of the engagement of Measrs. CnsswicK. MoxroosnixY aad E. L.

DAVKHrORT, and of Mrs. Glts and Mrs, BCOTT-8WDOXS. Ahtocy and Cleopatra," "Hamlet," (with Mr. MosroosrcnTj "The Hunchback" aad "As Yon It," are" mentioned as elements of the repertory possibly to be drawa npon, and as It is Intended to make these revivals very conspicuous for completeness, aa appearance oc Mr. Jajcks Macs, as tbe wneatler, tn 1 As Toe LIks It." to even nropbe-sled.

Positive aanonneemeht, however, will not be delayed. In any event, we belie re that the closing representations of The Rapparee are OLTr3 THEATma. i i The Inexhaustible fancy of Mr. Das symovds. shown In reminders nnBumbered of the presence at jcr.

Q. I Fox st the Olympic, makes a notice -ef the continued perlofianres of pantomime at that hones almost unnecessary. 8ttU.lt feeing remembered that the holiday season spproeches. and that a special ostertsinment for faaalUes Is needed, we can do no IU by noting once snore ths fact that Wee WUUe Winkle," ths funniest and most comprehensive of pantomimes ever acted In this City, to to be witnessed nightly and at matinees every edneeaay and sesnrasy. To-morrow the pantomime satem pon the eighth week of rts ran.

J. imu itsstiobl The attention very recently given to the performances at Wood's Maseajn, at Una Edwin's Theatre, and at the Vswt York Circus, makes trii.t reference rather superinous. For the present, then, we need bos announce the' continuance of the eperstfe entertainments try day, and ef the burlesque performances by ntobt, at Wocd'a; the first rep-ressatatton ef Faust," to-morrow, at Una Edwin's, where Mr. sad Mrs. Jomr L.

Hall aad hOss Masmox Taylor are henceforward te act; and the maintenance ef a lengthened and varied programme at Mr. LsvrB favorite family resort, i rBTLHAlROSIC SOaKY Of BkOOgtYir. Tbe very conscientious method employed tn the preparation of the first eoseen ef this most popular society insured a nusierons attendance last craning; la fact, there scarcely standing room in the Academy of Musis, Having pretty faithfully reported the inheersals, we hers only te add that ths Serenta Symphony of Bxxthotx was rendered ts ss nearly perfect a manner as could be desired, sad that IU perforsiaacs sliciisd caaci i Ait 5 it 5 7 int. if i I i 1: 7 ij..