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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13

The COMMISSIONER or INDIAN AFPAIRs has
forbidden delegations from the tribes to visit
Washington for the purpose of laying their
grievances before the Government, for the
ostensible reason that the money thus ex-
pended can be used to better advantage in
purchasing provisions and other necessaries
of life; while, it is argued, the agent of each
particular tribe can attend to the business of
the tribe better than its own direct repre-
sentatives. If the agents were all
thoroughly honest men, whose sole object
was the promotion of the welfare of the
Indians, this argument would hold water;
but everybody who has read anything about
the management of our Indian affairs knows
how far short of this standard fell the greater
number of the agents under the old system
The appointment of the Quaker agents gave
promise of a change for the better, but the
plan has not yet been upon its trial suffi-
ciently long to enable the country to see how
successful it is destined to prove. In the
meantime, it is not at all improbable that
some of the tribes may have good cause to
complain of their agents, and it is not at all
likely that these officials will consent, under
such circumstances, to bear their complaints
to the capital. Moreover, these occasional
visits of delegations of influential chiefs to
the East tend to impress them with the
strength and resources of the country, and
teach them how foolish it is for their braves
to resort to the war path, in the hope of
making any headway against the whites.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13

some measure from gratifying their plumber
ing propensities. Altogether, we scarcely
regard Mayor Fox's statistical exhibit as calou-
lated to remove the widespread opinion on
the part of law-abiding citizen, chat our pre-
sent police force is the most inefficient that
we have had since the consolidation of the
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13

Thus, while Mayor Fox's police have made,
during the first ten months of their power,
1903 more arrests than were made during the
corresponding period of the previous year,
their work still falls 4483 below the CORES
ponding months of 1867, and 1924 below
1866. It is noticeable fact, moreover, that
tho arrests during 1869 on the charge of
drunkenness and disorderly conduct, or drunk
enness alone, exceed by 1857 the arrests
during 1868 for the same trivial charges thus
showing that the arrests made by the present
police force on serious charges fall 254 below
the number for the previous year; and when
the excess of 5S3 in the number of arrests
for oorner-lounging is added, the showing for
Mayor FoK's police is by 80 much the worse.
In the fearfully prevalent crime of larceny
the arrests during 1869 fall considerably
below those of 1868, which is not by any
means good sign, unless we presume that
the efficiency of the present police has be-
come so well known among the thieving por-
tioA Of the community as to deter them in
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-13
FOYS POLICE.

MAYOR Fox has taken the trouble to prepare q
statement of the arrests made during the
first ten months of the present year, with
the causes assigned for each, which we pub
lish to-day in our local columns, together with
The arrests for the corresponding months of
1868. 1t will be seen that the total for the
ten months of 1869 is 32,O83, while for the
ten months of 1863 it reaches but 30,3S0.
This is doubtless regarded by Mayor Fox as
remarkable proof ofSan increased efficiency
on the part of the police, but when we carry
the comparison still further back, the show
ing does not become quite so fiattering, as
witness the following fgures:-
Arrests during 10 months of 1869, 32,O83
90 g 90 1888 80 9S0
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

That Of the Rabbi Sneersohn from the
ancient city Of Jerusalem for some appointment
in behalf of the Israelites in the Holy Land, in
the name and under the authority OF the
United States. The Rabbi, In his interesting
interview with the President the other day,
said, that 'the Israelites In Palestine possess
no political or civil rights whatever, and often
deprived Of protection by the representatives
Of the civilized nations which the Christians
enjoy, are exposed TO violence and arbitrary
rule;" and that 'the only shelter the Israel
ties occasionally find is in the courts Of the diff
ferent European consulates, where one Of their
coreligionists is employed as interpreter or
deputy consul, who conveys the grievances to
the proper channel" The Rabbi therefore
prays, in view of the great American prin-
ciples Of equality, liberation and liberty Of
conscience, that '.your Excellency may show
me that mark Of favor which would enable my
brethren in the Holy Land, in the hour Of
need, TO scek refuge under the Stars and
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

WOMEN IN OFFIoE.-The war has COM
menced. Western women have tasted the
apple Of Office. They cry for more, and are
determined to have 1t or perish in the attempt
Miss Angie King wants the Post ONCE of
Janesville, Wis, and is determined to oust the
present incumbent, poor old fellow of the
masculine gender. She writes to her ''dear
Mrs. Livermore," Of the Chicago Agitator, as
follows
JANEsvILLE, Wis, April IL, 1869.
MY DEAR MRS. LIvERMoRE:-
At present do not feel at liberty to expose all the
"wirepulling OF the politicians In the of the
Janesvtle Post once. But assure you that sthere-
by hangs tale" that intend to narrate II they do
plums." Truly, yours, ANGIE KING.
Disgraceful as it Is to see men scrambling
for Office and backbiting, slandering and lying
about their competitors, how mortifying 1t is
to see women dragging themselves into such a
mire and talking glibly, like dance house ho6i-
tues, about So-and-So "coming down hand
somely with the sugar plums" or suffering the
effects of some mysterious erposs! If this is to
be the natural result of the women's rights
movement the sooner sensible people set their
faces against 1t the better for the cause of mo-
rality and the sanctity and purity of the
American domestic fireside.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

Why Sanford Was Nominated for Spain.
One report says that Sanford was transferred
from Belgium to Spain because he knew how
to make influential friends on this side the
water with nice little diplomatic remem-
brances of wines, bijouterie. kickshaws and
fancy bagatelles. Another newsmonger says
that Sanford has made himself great man at
Washington in establishing certain general
rules for our ministers abroad in the way Of
court costumes, combining royal fnery with
republican simplicity. Lastly, we are in
formed that when the Spanish General Prim
was an exile in Belgium Sanford saved him
from being delivered up to Queen Isabella, and
Prim, in return, promised that If he (Prim)
should get up in the world in Spain he would
sell Cuba to the United States, and that herein
lies the reason for the transfer Of Sanford to
Madrid. He Is chosen In order to hold Prim to
his bargain. Meantime the important question
is still unsettled whether Cuba belongs to the
revolutionists of Spain or to the revolutionists
Of the island, and so it may be wisely con-
sidered inexpedient to pay roundly to-day for
piece of property which tomorrow we may
get for nothing, Sanford or no Sanford.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

REVIVAL OF ENGLISH OPERA.-There is
every reason to hope that Nine. Parepa-R Rosa's 3
scheme for organizing first class English
opera company will meet with popular favor.
The late William Vincent Wallace used to be
fond Of quoting Aaron Hills famous letter to
Handel, exhorting him ''to be resolute enough
to deliver us from our Italian bondage and to
demonstrate that English is soft enough for
opera when composed by poets who know how
to distinguish the sweetness of our tongue from
the strength of it, where the last is less necessa-
ry." 1t is seriously mooted question whether
theidea that the Italian is best adapted to music
has not been pernicious. II is certain that
Nine. Parepa-Rosa, Nine. Sainton-Dolby, Miss
Louisa Pyne, Nine. Lemmens- -Sherrington, Mr..
Sims Reeves and Mr.. Sautley chiefly owe the
high reputation which they enjoy to their
performances in their own language. II is,
moreover, probable that one of these days
American and English audiences will not deem
1t Questionable to confess honestly that they
derive more pleasure from hearing words sung
which they understand than from any foreign
libretti
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS Motley, our
newly appointed Minister to England,
is at Washington awaiting his instruo-
tions. What will they bep is the mo-
mentous question. If according to Senator
Summers exposition Of the Alabama claims
they will be in perfect harmony with
the public sentiment of this country, and they
will bring about a satisfactory settlement IT,
on the other hand, it is true that Mr.. Fish's
paramount idea is peace with England, this
idea may be the leading point of the instruc-
tions to our Minister on the Alabama question,
and in this event Mr.. Motleys mission, like
that of Andy Johnson's man, Reverdy john
son, will be Jfasco. Summers speech on the
Johnson Alabama claims treaty is the only
proper programme for General Grants ad.
ministration.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
HI gh Art.

The theory Of amusements at the Tammany
temple of high art ranges just now with be-
wildering variation from pitch and toss to
manslaughter, with decided tendency lat
terly to manslaughter. 1t has always been an
interesting question. and has become even
more 80 by the peculiar condition of our
stage, as to how far manager may go in
catering to the whims and caprices of the
public. Offenbach grew broader and broader
in his musical improprieties until climax
was reached in the startling story Of Scene
We've de Brabant," the plot Of which, 1t ID
pleasant to record, no newspaper published
in the English language has yet ventured to
faithfully translate. A natural weakness In
the American male bosom for shapely ankles
and blue boots has been CONSIDERABLY INDUCED
by pandering managers until the little which
remains undeveloped Of the female form divine
can be amply draped in yard Of silk and Q
handful of glittering spangles In Paris, that
voluptuous and aesthetic city of luxury, one
lovely creature blazoned her name high in the
annals of the naked drama by floating in
sylph-like languor on the stage enveloped
only in halo Of electric light It would have
been o curious contretemps, and one doubt
less highly gratifying to such an audience az
Witnessed this prostitution Of science, had the
apparatus ceased to work during the exhibi-
tion and left the actress nude and appealingly
beautiful, even as Phryne stood before the
judges.
The prevailing rage just now. however, is
neither the indelicacies Of Offsnbach nor the
nudity of burlesque ladies, but the nightly
perilling Of life and limb by children and wo-
men; and at the Tammany resort this is car
ried to an extreme which makes II In one sense
essentially high art The possibility of fall
Of less than forty feet incurs for the performer
only tho neglect or contempt Of the audience.
which hangs with breathless suspense on the
thrilling feats Of boys or women, perched high
in air, from whence fall would certainly dash
them TO pieces or crush thom into hopeless
cripples. Admitting the existence OF such q
savage thirst for excitement in the breasts Of
Tammany audiences, Is IL right for tho mans
agement TO humor it2 We think not; and an
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

SENSIBLE MASSACHUSETTS woRKINawoMRN.-
At workingwomen's Convention in Massa-
chusetts on Wednesdays petition to the Legis-
lature was read, asking that tract of land
within easy distance Of the city of Boston be
laid out In house lots, to be sold cheap or given
to poor laboring women, and to be inalienable,
exempt from taxation, and not liable for debt.
This is much more sensible and practical
idea than any Of our New York Sorosistera
and women's rights revolutionists have
broached at their nice little Delmonico lunches
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

'sYoU PAYS Your MONEY AND You TAKES
YoUR CHOICE. The poor spaniards are really
objects of pity. Within few hours yesterday
three distinct plans Of future government were
presented to them by the persons who manage
affairs in Madrid. Sehor Figueras proposed
to the Cortes either to restore the Bourbons or
inaugurate the republic. Sehor Gorilla re-
garded the restoration Of the Bourbons az
on impossibility and a republic national
calamity" He is certain to find king.
Where is the difference?
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
The Cuban Observation-Disclosures sympathy
with Spain.

Win Sp0tns
The London Fost an influential organ Of the
Russell-Palmerston wings, in its issue yester-
day reiterated the arguments already pub
lished In the British metropolis in favor Of
English interference In behalf of Spain in
Cuba. President Grant is again accused Of
longing for the acquisition Of the island in
order to divert public attention from the inter-
nal condition Of affairs in the United States by
foreign war. The writer adds that the issue
Of contest between our government and
Spain cannot be doubtful unless England
and France interfere" An American blow
aimed at Cuba would threaten every island in
the West India waters from Jamaica TO Marti-
nique. After this adrot introduction of dan
ger to Martinique, the Post says :-'France
and England will doubtless determine whether
these designs against Cuba will be tolerated. -
,, This English prompting has set the Paris press
agog on The subject, and Napoleon, with the
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

DoINas AT ALBANY.-They have killed the
Broadway Railroad bill for this session, and
the bill to widen section of upper Broad
way, the "bill to provide for the purchase Of
the junction canal Of the State," and various
ether bills, including bill for the colleo-
ton of ship news, which, though bill for the
public benefit and free from all party consi-
derations, was yet made in the Senate paltry
party question. The Assembly has passed
bill to regulate the appointment Of Police
Commissioner In the place of Mr.. Acton,
awaiting decision on the succession, and
this bill, 1t is said, will make Il all right. The
amendatOry Excise bill is probably swamped
by the opposition Of the rural districts to
metropolitan Sunday evening lager beer; and
the new Erie Railroad bill of Gould and Fisk,
they say, calls for littlp more of the sinews
of war. Upon the whole the ways and the
doings of our solons at Albany are such that
the people will be glad when they shut up
o. ssnop 90 and 20 home.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
STUCK IN THE MUD-Pile!

THE GOLD MARKET.-There has been q
financial see-saw in the Gold Room the
present week. The ''bulls" were in the
ascendant the greater part Of the time, but the
''bears" got the upper hand yesterday and
are exulting over their opponents. Secretary
Boutwell's proposition to sell gold next Thurs
day, two days before the May interest comes
on the market, is very sapient step for the
beginning of his administration. Isn't it very
much like locking the stable door after the
horse is stolenp
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

MOVEMENTS OF AN Ex-PosrMAsTRR GENE
RAL.-Ex-Postmaster General Randall passed
up Broadway the other day and was button
holed by no one. That's the difference
between public and private life. The
Whitewater (Wisconsin) Register states that
Mr.. Randall is to reside in his mansion In
Elmira, in this State, and wants to know
whether he will not donate his wiscoH-
sin property to the poor. The suggestion is
either pertinent or impertinent, according to
fancy.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
THE NEW AMERICAN TITLE OF NOBILITY
'Friend."

An ENGLISH BILL OF ''SET-OFF. in the
Canadian House Of Commons yesterday ex-
Premier Gak gave notice that he would to-
day move that the papers exhibiting the
amount Of expenses incurred by the colonial
and imperial governments in defending the
frontier in the years 1868 and 1864, with the
subsequent cost Of arming against Fenian
invasion, be submitted and aggregated so as to
constitute claim against the United States.
This may be intended as sort of legal ''set-
of" against the Alabama claims. In making
1t Mr.. Gait has demonstrated that Canada can
furnish froth and bombast just as abundantly
as Senators Sumner and Chandler. The remedy
for her griefis to come at once under the Union
flag and receive our government protection in
payment Of what Mr.. Gait regards as a debt.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

A SMART NAVAL OPERATIoN-To send the
old wooden hulk Sabine down to Cuba to keep
an eye on the Spanish iron-cIads. The Sabine
earned undying fame on the occasion Of her
magnificent achievement in the bombardment
of Greytown, during the Mosquito war, and
should be placed upon the retired list, with all
her laurels.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

We published yesterday a long batch Of ap-
pointments as Indian agents from among that
highly respected class of citizens known as
Friends-vulgarly styled Quakers. Quak~.,,
guns answered certain purpose d-...rin0 the re-
oeilion, AID we suppose live Ouakers will do for
targets fo- indian arrows nowadays. 1t would
seem la LAT the administration had been recently
impressed with the schoolbook pictures illus
trating that venerable old Quaker, William
Penn, making treaties with the aborigines
of Pennsylvania, and thinks that the selection
of these worthy men will result in the peace
full solution Of all our Indian troubles. Per-
haps so. We hope so. But in this connec-
tion we are reminded, as the lamented Lincoln
would say, of little story. On certain
occasion Western Baptist preacher consulted
a well known Quaker philanthropist on the pro-
priety of the former undertaking missionary
journey among the Indians Of the Northwest.
''Thee may go, friend Harkness, and bid thee
good speed. I only hope thou wilt come back
with all the ha'r on the top of thy head"
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN.

Notice to Carriers and Newsdealers.
BROOKLYN CARRIERS AND NEwsMEN will in
future receive their papers at the BRANCH OFFICE
OF THE New YORK HERALD, No. las Fulton street.
Brooklyn.
ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIPTIONS and all
letters for the NEW YORK HERALD will be
received as above.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

FINED FOR SwEARNe.-A man has been
fined in New Hampshire for 'damning" q
neighbor. II all the fines for oaths Of SINH
lar character uttered in New Hampshire during
poor Pierce's administration could be collected
the national debt would be easily liquidated
and surplus left for the expenses Of the ''nsxi
war;"
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

THE COMPTROLLER or THE CURRENCY
CALLING FOR NATIONAL BANK SrATEMENrs.-
1t will be remembered that Congress passed
an act on the Sd Of March requiring the
national banks to make q report Of their con-
dition at some past date, and not, as formerly,
at the time Of the call or on some future day.
The object Of this is to get correct state
ment Of the condition and working Of the
banks from their books and to prevent these
institutions from cooking up one TO hide their
operations or real condition. The Comptrol-
Ter Of the Currency, acting upon this law, has
just issued call for such reports as shown by
the books Of the banks at the close Of their
business on the 18th OF this month. We hope
there will be no possible way Of evadlng or
lodging this law, and that the country may
get true statement Of the condition Of thes,
national banking institutions.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

CLOSING SCENES OF THE SENATORIAL SEs-
sIoN.-The excitement and personal accusa-
tions and reclamations which usually mark
the closing of the Congressional session were
indulged in to very considerable extent in
the Senate Chamber yesterday evening, sena-
tors Nye, Sprague and Abbott taking
the leading parts in the personalities.
Senator Nye said Sprague had classed him
as ''charlatan," ''quack," or a ''mounte-
bank" Sprague replied by placing his two
''assailants" before the Senators, the one as
''mastif," the other as ''mongrel puppy
dog" Senator Abbott retorted with the
advice that ''Little Spraguey be spanked and
put to bed" Very dignifed; exceedingly
edifying.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

consent Of his Cabinet. has despatched .
special envoy to Queen victoria's Court, bear
ing dispatches setting forth the French views
Of the ''complication. For some reason or
other Great Britain appears very anxious to
renew the entente c0rdiale with France;
although one would imagine that she had
quite enough of the fruits of such an alliance
in her experiences in the Crimea, when the
''Union Jack" went down in the ditch of the
Redan at the moment the French eagles were
planted on the Malakoff. Let there be q
reunion, however. Let them come along.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

ENGLISH GOLD FOR SPAN.-The new Span
ish loan, voted since the retirement of Queen
Isabella, was placed on the London Change
with great success yesterday. Any guarantee
in Cuba2
The New York herald., 1869-04-23
7 RIPLE S HEET
New York, Friday, April %, 1859.
To ApvER Users.

All advertisements should be sent in before
eight o'clock, P. NJ, to insure proper classif-
cation.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

IMPORTANT 1-.vyERY-That Of the Rich.
mona wing just proclaimed to the world, that
the Northern democracy of the copperhead
school are bad advisers for the South.
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

New READING OF AN OLD QUOTATION.
Grant-"Black Caesar dead and turned to Clay
(of Louisiana) may stop crack to keep the
RAIDS away"
The New York herald., 1869-04-23

Stripes, that this free country and It's exalted
chief should be blest on the sacred soil of our
common ancestors." The President, after
some inquiries rs to the condition and the
circumstances Of the Jews in Jerusalem, re-
piled that 81 shall look into this matter with
care" We think, too, that this promise means
something. It rs not much that this Rabbi has
come all the way from Jerusalem to ask in
behalf Of his people, and his mission, as
matter of humanity, ought not to fail, to say
nothing of the political claims of that great body
of worthy American citizens known as Jews.
On broader grounds the time has come when
the good offices Of the United States may be
wisely exercised at Constantiaople and else
where, as well as at Jerusalem, in behalf Of
religious liberation.