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The New York herald., 1870-05-12
Tho Piebl.cI.s and tho Barricades.

We publish this morning some cable de-
spatches which show that the excitement In
certain quarters Of Paris and among the
dangerous classes has not wholly subsidized
Our readers will see by referring to our tele-
graphic columns that in the now notorious
Belleville district Q fresh attempt was made to
raise barricades. Like all the attempts which
have lately been made In the same quarter,
this latest was failure little killing was
done--not much-and the troops remained
masters of the situation. The Belleyille crowd
was bound to do something. 1t has now done
its best, and we suppose men like Henri
Rochefort and Gustave Flourens-the one safe
In Paris prison and the other comfortable In
the companionship of Fenians in London-will
he quite pleased to know that some weak
minded men have died in their cause. The
days of barricades are ended, and the men
who instigate the people to resort to this
played-out form OF resistance are murderers.
We are glad to learn from La Lsbest6, a
journal SO ably presided over by M. de Girar-
din, that the Emperor is SO satisfied with the
results of the psebiscite that he has resolved to
abrogate the decree which consigns to ban
ishment all the members of the Bourbon
and Orleans families. This, we think, is wise.
If France is with him-and this latest vote
shows that France is with him-he has no
reason to be afraid of either of those families.
1t is but little likely that any member Of
either family will take advantage Of the
privilege thus extended to them but the
abrogation of the decree of banishment will
not on that account be the less magnanimous.
The Emperor has no more cause to be afraid
of She Bourbons or the Orleanists than General
Grant has to be afraid Of Andy Johnson.
From the same source we learn that no effort
will be spared to induce the Emperor to remove
all restrictions on the liberty Of the press.
AS Girardin says, the press laws have failed
in all their varied forms. We advise the
Emperor to make this one stone one ornamen-
tai stone in the ''crown of the edi6ce." The
law of libel is our only restriction here. With
us it works well enough. We know no good
reason now why the Emperor should not make
the French press as free as is the press in
America. n he can do it he ought. These
are the forms Of liberty, and the forms Of
liberty are striking.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12
The Execution Of Goicourin In Havana.


From our correspondent in Havana we
have the full particulars of the arrest and exc
cution of General Goicouria by the Spaniards.
Captured with him on the little island of
Guanaja were five others, one Of them an
American. They were all brought to Puerto
Principe, and the news which. announced the
arrival of the Triunfo in the harbor, with the
prisoners on board, was received by those on
shore with savage JOY. The old hero, after
being landed, was placed in custody. He had
o brief interview with the Captain General
but even if De Rodas was inclined to be lenient
he dare not, in opposition to the volunteers,
who, now that Goicouria was in their power,
determined to have the old soldiers blood.
The prisoner was accordingly sent to Havana
and there executed, ON the ground, it is con-
tended, that In 1850 he was condemned
civilly for political offences" Goicouria died
bravely. The savage joy depicted on the faces
by which he was surrounded had no effect on
him. Serenely and nobly he walked to the
scaffold, and there died martyr for the coun-
try he loved 80 WELL This last act Of the
Spaniards in dealing out 80 hastily the full
measure of vengeance on the brave old Cuban,
serves to illustrate more strongly the ferocity
that ever accompanies weakness.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12
L RIPPLE SHE E L .
New York. Thursday, Mny IL, 1870.
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,s HERALD.

PAGE.
I-Adverrisements.
9-Adveriisements
S-MashiDgton Argument OF Mr.. OrtOn Against o
t,a rostn IeIegraph; Discharge Of Employees OF
the House over the Northern Pacific Railroad
Btll; Animated Debate Over the Tariff Bill
City Politics-The washington Club-McFar-
land on Broadway-PersOnal Intelligence
Amusements-rhe Delaware Water Gap MUIR
der-Murder in Sing Sing Prison-A Car Con-
duetor Injured in West Hoboken-The Orange
4-Europe: The French Plebtscitum Vote; Execu-
tive Coercion IN Ireland and the 'AIemory Of
'98;" Personal Dispute IN the Panal Council
The Memphis Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad:
General Fremont's Bond Operations-The Dia-
ticulars Of the Case-A Houston Street Bond
Robbery-A Lost Husband-The HebemIcht
HomlcIde-The Cruel Fate OF Watson Webb.
.6-Cuba: Particulars OF the Capture OF GOicouria;
Spanish Report Of HisIntervew with Captain
General de Rodas; His Arrival and Execution
IN Havana-News from Porto Rico-Launch OF
the New Pilot Boat James Gordon Bennett,
No. 6-The MISUNDERSTANDING in the
@ rinesIThe A%ericus Cu6uUut a to the n Waters I
Mex!co-West Point Annual Reanion-The
and Portchester Railroad-valuable Land in
Manitoba.
Pacific Railroad, General Fremont and His
Observation-Disclosures Announcements.
5-Telep raphic News from All Parts Of the World:
The French City Riots in Paris and Havre;
CHARGES OF Soldiers and Police, Resistance OF
the People and Fatal Fire; Paris and the
Suburbs Still Held by the Military;
Election Riot in Ireland and Trades
Unionism IN Eneland-Internatonal Yacnt
Race: The First Contest Between the
Sappho and Cambria; the Sappho the VIM
ner-New York City News-Lecture OF Senator
Revels-FaC Dufctmen Tn Councif-BOld Rob-
bery-Busness Notices.
S-S01th America: Closing Scenes nf the Para
guayan War; Social and Political Affairs In
Brazil; Prosperous Condition OF Bolivia and
Troubles In Chi,e-The Case OF the Rev. Z. b.
Smyth-Coored Troops Onlcers' Association
The Crystal Palace-Financial ana Commercial
Reports.
O-West Indies: Conspiracy Discovered in Hayti;
Troubles Anticipated in ST. Thomas; Condition
of Turks Island and Porto Rico-Rather
Green-Real Estate Matters-Marriages and
Deaths-Advertisements.
1O-Wailing Women: American Amazons In Coun-
cl and Political Females Let Loose-The Tren-
ton Board of Observation-Disclosures OF United
states Marshal in Utah-Marine Transfers
Shipping ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
J1-Adver.isements.
12-Advertisements-
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The End OF tho Mcfarland Trial.

The End or tho AlcFariand Trial.
At the close of the remarkable criminal trial
that IS just concluded we may properly con-
gratulate the public upon certain things the
trial has made manifest. 1t is somewhat the
fashion for the press and the people to speak
with very positive disrespect of our local
judiciary, and this habit, perhaps, originated
in observation more or less accurate. But the
Mcfarland trial has shown that in Recorder
Hackett the bench here Is honored by the pre-
sence Of one man who may justly be ranked
with the best Of whom there is any remem-
brance in all the good qualities Of Judge
This was trial especially fitted TO tax the
temper, to try the patience and to test the
legal knowledge Of the presiding functionary,
and In It's tedious length and its fertility in issues
as well as in the. emotions it necessarily ex-
cited, 1t did all this to an extreme degree
But the Recorder was always more than equal
to the occasion. His rulings on the admission
OF testimony are without reproach, so accn-
rately did he balance the scales between either
side, and so strictly did he keep the case to
the limits that were consistent with the theo-
ries Of either side. His charge finjy simpli-
fed from the immense mass of testimony the
clear points upon which the jury were to rest
their verdict, and while It was model of i'm
partiality it gave the law so plainly with re-
gard to the well-proven insanity of the accused
that it left no room for any other result than
the one reached. Another point in the case is
its exemplifcation of the real practical excel
lence of the nuch-abused trial by jury. At
the end of such a case as this il is painfully
plain that the simple common sense of the
people is the best safety of society, and this
simple common sense the jury officially
declares. Science inevitably misleads by an ex-
treme view. We see how lawyers take ex-
treme standpoints, or how a sense of duty
seems to compel them to pervert or distort
truth to this side or that, till in the end one be.
lieves the man the greatest scoundrel
alive and the other holds him up as model
of injured innocence. With such fact before
us how can we trust to the law to help us to
justice2 With the issue Of insanity raised the
doctors come in, and what is the end of what
tHeJ teif uos oiuPty suiS su"b We cauuOt
hang any man for any murder; for on their de-
fnitions of insanity we should bejnstified in as
suming that the very fact thai a. man commits
murder isproof that he is insane; since it ex-
hibits him fagrantIy casting aside all the ordi-
nary restraints upon which the social fabric
stands, the constant recognition.of which re-
straints seems to be their notion of the state of
sanity. Between all this extravaganza of
egal and medical science how would society
20 distracted with doubts and how would
the world become bedlam' of insanity,
but for this decision Of twelve plain men, who,
directed by just Judge, come to,a conclusion
fully in sympathy with popular thought and
popular feeling9
The New York herald., 1870-05-12
Very small for a Great Government.

We understand that our late Minister to
China, j. Ross Browne, has lately been to
Washington to get what money was coming to
him or that he ought to receive, and that he
cannot get settlement. Through some petty
technicality, red tape Indifference or bad feel
ing, the departments put him off and say he
must 60 to Congress Now, whatever mis-
takes Mr.. Browne may have made in his mis-
sion at Pekin or in not comprehending the
policy Of his government, he was honest,
doubtless, in the course he took, and at any
rate he was the Minister and servant of the
American republic. He is entitled to receive
whatever money is due to him. Even with
that he will necessarily be great loser.
Through change in the administration, by the
expiration of Mr.. Johnsons term of office and
the Inauguration of General Grant, Mr..
Browne was recalled shortly after he
arrived in China. The cost of going to Pekin
with his family, Of procuring residence there
and of returning to the United States, without
reckoning the sacrifice Of property and inte-
rests at home, must have exceeded by ten or
fifteen thousand dollars the salary Of the Office.
Notwithstanding the great distance to China
and the cost Of going there and returning, no
outfit or Unfit is allowed under the present law
One years salary, therefore, will not pay by a
long way the Minister'S expenses. To leave
the servants of the republic, and particularly
those occupying high and responsible positions,
in such embarrassing circumstances is mean
in the government and disgraceful to the
country. But to deprive returned Minister
of what is really due to him or to give him
great trouble IN obtaining it is meaner and
worse still Whatever Mr.. Brownies errors Of
judgment may have been, he was the servant
of the republic, and ought to be paid without
rebate or hesitation.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

TIE ENGLISH YACHT RAoE--ANorHER
AMERICAN TRIUMpH.-The ocean telegraph in
forms us that the long pending yacht race in
the British Channel between the American
yacht Sappho Of Mr. Douglas and the Eng
lish boat Cambria of Mr.. Ashbury resulted in
the success Of the American yacht. This may
be regarded as another American triumph for
our yachtmen and yacht builders Channel
sailing in British waters is not the kind Of
thing to thoroughly try the mettle Of our
yachts fairly, yet we have now, for the second
time, beaten English boats in their own
waters. In an ocean race American yachts
are more at home, as the magnificent race Of
our three yachts across the Atlantic proved.
We shall soon have another opportunity of test
Ing the comparative qualities Of an American
and an English boat upon the broad surface Of
the ocean.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

The POSTAL TELEGRAPH PRoJEoT.-Mr.
William Orton, President of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, made his posi-
lively last farewell speech against the postal
telegraph before the committee of the House
yesterday, basing his argument mainly on the
failure of the project in England, where, he
contended, it had proved utterly impracticable.
At the conclusion of the argument Mr.. G. G.
Washburn, who engineers the bill, handed
him a letter from Mr.. Scudamore. Secretary of
the British Post Office, stating that, although
thirty thousand messages per day are sent by
the government lines in Great Britain, there
are on an average not more than twenty-five
complaints in the same time of delays or blum
ders. He says the traffic and consequent in
come are steadily increasing and the COM
plants decreasing Upon reading this letter
Mr. Orton subsidized; SO we may hope that, un-
like Charles Kean the actor and other promi-
nent personages, he has actually said his last
farewell speech, at least on the postal tele-
graph system.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

Tho Tammany Aldermauic Nominatiens.
Tammany has done well In the nominations
for Aldermen at large SO far. These are
just the kind OF names we want ON the ticket.
Moses Taylor, Royal Phelps, Oswald Often
dorfer and Lawrence b. Jerome cannot be
objected to as fair representatives of the in
telligence and respectability of the community.
This is fair start for the Tammany managers.
We have now to see with what discretion they
will select the other eleven names from the
different kwards-a labor which has been en-
trusted to the hands Of the committee of
twenty-five. The nominations reported by
Senator Dreamer, and approved by the
convention, afford an excellent example of
what may be done with view to obtain the
approval Of the public In selecting names for
the other members Of the Board of Aldermen.
The committee should adhere as closely as
possible to the spirit Of this first nomination,
and give us names of the best men which
every ward can furnish to make up our new
city legislature. There are plenty Of estima-
BILE citizens willing to act in conjunction with
such men as Moses Taylor and Royal
Phelps in the Board Of Aldermen. They
should be chosen, therefore, for this Office.
The leaders ofTammany must see the increased
strength it would give them to pnt this class
of men on the ticket 1t would be but re-
deeming the pledge embodied in the Charter,
which meant reform and renovation in the
character of our local government. To this
course of action the leaders Of the dominant
party are bound in honor to the majority,
who have placed them in power, and to the
citizens and taxpayers neutrality-suspicious.
within or outside the party-who will sustain
them, looking of course to their own interests,
in any effort to obtain an economical and
honest city government.
We must not overlook the ether tickets of
what is called the ant-Tammany coalition.
The out of door factions have managed to get
some notable names on the Aldermanic
slate; such, for instance, as Daniel F. Tie
mann and W. F. Havemeyer, both ex-May ors
these gentlemen will accept the nomination or
not we are not informed. Nelson w. Young,
one Of the nominees, has already declined.
AS to the other nominees they are little
known, and their chances must depend upon
their merits, if they have any. For Judges Of
the Court Of Common Pleas and the Marine
Court there can be no objection to the lawyers
nominated by the coalition. They will no
doubt present a fair record, as things go, and
may make good show at the ballot box.
The republicans have also made no limitations
highly satisfactory, the full list Of proposed
Aldermen including such names as Henry
Clews, Wilian e. Dodge, Charles L. Tiffany,
Charles K. Graham, and others equally
prominent and responsible. On the whole,
between all parties and factions, there is q
good chance Of our getting a respectable ticket
to vote ON before tho l7th Of May comes
around.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

WHAT WERE THEY THANKFUL FoR!-An
exchange, speaking Of q fifteenth amendment
procession and of few whites fn ii, remarks
ssWhat they had to be thankful for, and
wherefor they were there, is a mystery"
Whereupon Mississippi paper remarks :-"Of
course they were thankful for not being made
as other men who have two sides white
They were probably of that class Of the genus
homo known as white men with black
hearts"
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

QUEEN VICTORIA appeared in state before
her subjects in London yesterday. Her
Majesty formally opened the new University Of
London. The Queen enjoyed most affection
ate greeting from the people at every step of
her progress. She was attended by brilliant
and noble cortege. Queen Victoria has reason
to be happy and thankful She is at home,
whether in her palace, the cities, or the rural
hamlets of her kingdom.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

newspaper organs have commenced to belittle
the ylebiscitun, as an expression of the national
feeling and will. The writer's acknowledge
s'big vote," but assert that its rendition under
the circumstances is without social, political
or religious significance Plain speaking and
drawing the line sharply.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

A FIT ApPoNTMENT-Tha of Assemblyman
Lawrence D. Herman to the secretaryship Of
the Board of Education. Mr.. Herman gradu-
ated with high honor at the Free Academy
now known as the New York College-and
with no better endorsement could young
man 60 forth into the world than from this
democratic institution, which comes from and
belongs to the people. Mr.. Herman has been
warmly identified with the cause of education,
both as teacher and a legislator, and no better
successor to Speaker Hitchman, who takes
charge Of the Fire Department, could well
have been chosen by the Tammany leaders.
It is true that the new secretary--like other
young men-in the beginning of the quarrel Of
the factions was disposed to follow the stan
dard Of the three tailed bashaws into the battle
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

ARE THE MoRMoNs CHOSEN PEopLE?-
One would think so-for the wrath to come.
Their fields are again overrun by grasshop-
pers, which .devour vegetation nearly every
where the measles are having splendid ru.h
through the first families, Salt Lake threatens
to inundate the city, and Cullom is after
them with sharpshootors. Brigham must look
to his tablets aud his little family
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

THE SCHoEpPE CASE UP AGAIN.-The almost
forgotten Schoeppe murder case in Pennsylva-
mia is up again. It was supposed that after
the late decision in his case there was but one
Schoeppe from the Jail to the gallows. 1t
does not appear what the trouble is now. but
no doubt the lawyers are keeping something
dangling between the culprit and his doom.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

Our EUROPEAN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS,
by mail, supplies interesting matter coming in
valuable detail Of our cable news kilograms to
the 3Oth of April. Our special letter from Paris
initiates the written history Of the plebiscitus
of Napoleon the Third.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

Held; but his talents aud his usefulness TO the
party, we presume, could not we'll be spared
80 the wise heads very sagaciously retained
him In the service, and just In that position,
too. where his talents and experience will be
most available. It is in every respect good
appOintmeut tIst
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

NEW POLITICAL MAXIM Under q low
tarif-''free traders" Under high tariff
ssfaw tradars"
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

A F1GHrING Cross. The Columbus (Ga.)
ENQUIRER is perplexed to know whether Terry
or Bullock is Governor Of Georgia. A cross
between a terrier and bulldog ia satd to
make good fighting STOCK
The New York herald., 1870-05-12
The Women in Council.

There are two exciting female conventions
now in session in this city, one at Apollo Hall,
under the stately lead of Mrs. Cady Stanton,
who is undoubtedly the noblest woman Of
them all, and the other at Steinway Hall, un-
der the vivacious leadership Of Grace Green
wood, who ranks, second only to Mrs. Stanton
in her especial sphere. If in the present con-
glomerate condition of the woman question
she has any especial sphere. The feminine
agitators have been 80 long in rebellion against
the ancient doctrine Of womans sphere being
the household that it is almost rank heresy
now to insinuate that they have any sphere at
all, especially as on aspiring above the house
hold they do not seem to have secured a very
firm foothold outside Of it. The pres
ent conventions, however, give some
encouraging indications for the final sue
cess of the oppressed sisterhood.. One
is the fact that there is formidable split
among them. No great reform has ever sue
ceeded without division and dissensions among
the reformers. When a cause is weak the
advocates of it stick close together. It Is not
until it becomes strong that they can afford to
divide on the minor questions The fact that
the workingwomen's grievances take up great
part Of the time of the two conventions is an
other indication that speaks well for the posi-
BILE success of the movement. Abstract ideas
never take hold firmly on the people. The
questions Of wages and Of hours Of labor are
always in order, while the ballot and the right
to hold office are apt to be very dull subjects
to the masses. A working girl who sees
chance to have her wages increased or her
hours Of labor reduced by this movement is
very likely to approve of the principle,
even if she is compelled to swallow
suffrage and the ballot along with
the increased pay. These cheering indications
and the enlivening news from England ought
to give our revolutionary damsels confidence
enough to carry on the movement in future
without any aid whatever, even such as it is,
from the men. They ought to request the i'm
mediate withdrawal of Parker Pillsbury,
Theodore Tilton and Henry Ward Beecher from
the association. They are mere bones of con-
tention at the best. All they do is to wrangle
| with the able female orators on the platform
and oppose most Of the measures introduced.
1t is time for the suffrage women to assert
practically their independence Of the men and
to stand alone on their rights.
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner OF Eighth avenue and
ESD sI--THE TWELVE TEMPTATIONS
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

'OOD's MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor
fhirtieih sl-Matnee daily Performance every evening
The New York herald., 1870-05-12

FRENCH THEATRE 18th s, and 6h av-suAK
ePnARKB TRAGEDY or HAMLET.
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ADJUSTMENTS TINS EVENING

THE rAMMANY. Fourteenth streei-GaAsp VARIETY
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THE CLOSING SCENES OF THE PARAGUAYAN
WAR-Our correspondent in Rio Janeiro
furnishes US with the closing scenes In
the long struggle between the allies and,
Lopez. As has been before stated, General
Camara, the Brazilian leader, at the head Of
well equipped army, came up with the halt
starved, famished and almost naked soldiers
of Lopez on the banks Of the Aquidaban river
and attacked them. The bravery of the Para
guayans has been proven ON many hard
fought field, the skill of Lopez as general
has been acknowledged by enemies as well as
friends, and, recollecting these considerations,
and with the full facts before US, 1t is hard to
regard General Camara's great victory over
Lopez. and for which he has received the
thanks of the Emperor, other than surprise
and massacre. The slaughter, we are tolt4
among the Paraguayans was fearful and, on
the other hand, the Brazilians did not lose
man. The reader can draw an inference From
this record of facts. Now that Lopez is dead,
and hostilities have ceased, we await with
interest the next movement Of the aslies with
regard to Paraguay.