The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. |22eTTr JAMES GORDON BENNETT BOITVK AND PROMRIEROR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTUN Ble —_—————————— + aftorwarda @4 was asked tn BN a clic | ehip’s bags, at BYA butter, by eteumer, at 50s, Flour was cngae ia at & Dered | i Financiers tm Mottom that the: to London New kork Democracy—The Party | corder Barnard quest; re was a neeting held the c NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1860. . D, sate + Necorder Barnard on Bribery. in the history of crimiva! law, as administered in this city, than the opinion delivered by Re- felony found, hay Sin: gM, cus den lo matt will bea » house of Mr. Watts Sher- Pri 8 i eeomce, Honey sent by sal il, be ut the a the pee Theater to bribe Alderman John H. Brady In this omen iO Ve . a THE DAILY HERALD two cents per copy, $1 por aniun no pases ~t halle,” and thy THe WER LN HERALD, cen uray of oe berween Tacmady a4 Mommy hat | offence was at worst ® misdemeaaor, only, ied From any quarter of the world; vel’ for Oon Fousian Coniesroxogsts 4 ear NO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence return rejected communications ADVERTISEMENTS renewed every day; advertisements tw certed in te Wee Calis ornta and Buropean Edition JOB PRINTING executed i opath neatness, Voiuame XX A EMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Uroadway.—Po-ca-mon-tas—Isi8 or Nymrns. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—tare or ax Actunss— Couxen Bawn. WALLAOK’R THEATRE, Broadway.—Gnreat Eastkay Teurtamioy, LAURA KPENEF'S THEATRE, No, 624 Broadway.—Wo. MAN AND THE AnTi#re—TrCoOoN NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Macaxtu—Suercnus © Inpia—State Szeners. BAKN( Rvening—Mapnicar or Srain—M, Ovntositixs, Ac. ~LavIN Ducustemeac NIBLO'S SALO0O! Brnets IN Sones, D Room. NATIONAL CONC Boras, Dances, Buares: PALACE GARDEN, Fou STROMENTAL CONCERT CANTERBURY C6 Bonas, Dances, Bons New Vork, Sunday, July 65, 1860. The News. The Vanderbilt arrived off Sandy Hook tast hight, and we publish in another column a brief ‘synopsis of the news brought by her fromm Europe, which if three days later than the advices brought by the Arabia. John ©. Heenan, the ‘Benicia Boy,” trainer, Jack Macdonald, came passengers in the Vanderbijt. They landed at Quarantine, where they will remain until Monday. The commercial news is important. Nearly all descriptions of American produce were depressed. Consols on the 3d inst. closed at 933 a 934. Disturbances continued in Naples, and it was rumored that the King was about to seek an al- liance with Sardinia. It is reported that Garibaldi’s Ministry was un- poptlar in Sicily. By the arrival of the overland mail we have ad- Fices from San Francisco to the 26th ult. The Dews is unimportant. Business was very dall, bat prices remained unchanged. There had been no Srrivals from Atlantic ports subsequent to the de- Perture of the previous mail. The accounts of the Congressional election in Oregon, announcing the success of the democratic candidate by a ma- Jority of seventy over his republican competitor, is confirmed. Captain Tamas, of the brig Isabel Beurmann, ar- rived at this port yesterday, from Port-au-Prince Lat inst., has kindly furnished us with the following report of affairs in Hayti:—On my arrival the Hay- tien government seemed to be in an uproar, on ac- Count of some person in New York (employed by the Haytien government) sending a letter to a friend of his, saying that in New York and Boston there Wasa great deal of counterfeit Haytien paper money ‘Offered for sale, and said to be sent out by vessels from there. Another gentleman received a similar etter from New York, which he gave up to the go- Fernment. All vessels lying in port were thorough- ly searched, but nothing was found. The Presi- Gent and his escort were expecting to arrive from the northern States, where he has been for the last two months. The country was very healthy and niet. 2 The United States Zouave Cadets, of Chicago, arrived in this city yesterday morning, in the Al- bany boat, and were received on arrival by a de- tachment of the Sixth regiment. Both commands proceeded to the Astor House, where they break- fasted. In the afternoon the Zouaves gave an ex: hibition drill in the Park, which was witaessed by ten thousand persons. The drill was in Hardie’s tactics and the Zouave drill. The correctness and pre cision of the movements elicited warm encomiums from the spectators, and by the general admission of the military connoisseurs present, to be superior to the execution of any corps in the Pirst Division. The case of Frederic Hoffman, the alleged de- faulting Secretary and Transfer Clerk of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was again brought ap Defore Justice Connolly yesterday. Owing to the continued illness of Mr. Davidge, the President of the company, the investigation of the case has not fas yet been formally commenced The examina- tion thus far has consisted mainly of the introdac- tion of charges against the accused. A full report of yesterday's proceedings is given in another column. ‘The steamship Adriatic sailed from this port yes- terday for Southampton and Havre, with 315 pas- gengers and $1,122,556 in specie. The Hdinhurg gailed yesterday for Liverpool, with 299 passen- gers and $160,579 in specie—making @ twial of 614 passengers and $1,283,135 in specie. Owing to the endeavors of Captain Holt, of the Twenty-second ward, some additional facts have been brought to light confirming Franz Hoffman as the murderer of Mrs. Schumaker and her child. It pportant ‘etl Be We don Hewaip, Faxiny Henacn, and tn the cheapness and de S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway —Day au: Broadway.—Gxo, Cunisty's Min bs, BUKLESQCES, &C.—DovnLs Barve nal Theatre.— h street.—Vocat axp Ix ALOON, 663 Broadway.— and his fir Erastus Corning, Daniel E. Sickles, Elijah F. and of August Belmont, the banker of the “Little Giant,” on the otber, the love feast in question wonld have been complete, and great results might have been achieved. As it was, we understand, the meeting re- ported no progress, and asked leave to sit again. The object in view, however, thing larger than “the fusion of Tammany and Mozart halls’—a fusion which would indi- 1] cate simply a movement to hold fast to “| the spoils and plunder of this metropolitan municipality. Mr. Watts Sherman and his as- sociate consulting physicians met to see if some plan or treaty could not be agreed upon where- by the divided democracy of this great State could be brought to unite upcn a joint stock electoral ticket for the Presidency. Our old white coated philosopher of the Tribune says. “we trust that they will sueceed in their en- deavor.” for that “this will make them ready forthe further ccalition with the pretended friends of Bell and Everett;” and that “then the army that follows the banner of Lincoln will be ready to fight them united—Union men, Calhoun disunionists, and squatter sovereigns, all together.” 5 We think the republicans may be accommo- dated with this Httle arrangement without much difficuity. The Bell-Everett managers of this State, snubbed and sneered at, and bullied and badgered, as they have been by Weed and Greeley, from 1856 down to this day, are ready for any arrangement and any alliance which will break the back bone of the republican’ party. They will jump with joy into a coalition ticket with the Breckinridge and’ Douglas deraocracy. The Brooks brothers, Gen. Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs. and such shining lights amoag the Bell-ringers, will go into this business with something of that holy zeal of the Irish vol- unteers who have entered into the military service of the Pope. Only let the two factions of the democracy agree upon 3 common electoral ticket for this Common- wealth, and the Bell-Everett’ party will adopt it—free gratis, for nothing’’—if the de- moeracy carnot afford to pay snything to these allies. So tight, too, is the mowey market—#o scanty have been the subsidies, the contributions and pickings among the baggage carriers of the democraey thus far, for the purposes of this eampaign, that wae believe either fac- tion, or both, in this State, may be bought in for the email sum of, say fifty thou- sand dotara The feder al administration has little or ne money to givia to either wing of the party. Collector Schell, of tha Custom House, does not shell ont; the clerks thereof and of the Post Office are nof called upon to throw. their money away. Ani iso, too, with our cor- poration subordinates. They turn on their heels and give the cold shoulder to their party beggars, whether they 'wear the white rose of York or she red rose o'f Lanoaster, the cowhide boots of Douglas or tht » pateat leathers of Breck- inridge. Never before were our democratic whippers-in, drumurers, emigrant runners, re- cruiting sergeants and sboulder-hitters, hards or softs, so very hard up as now. Roe- duced to the starvation point, they wit work like coolies for sixpence a day. Some of them, it is saidy impelled by the keen instincts of their empty stomachs, are smelting around the republican headquarters, as if they snuffed the fat things cf the kitchea afar off. In this crisis of distvess, peace becomes. an easy matter between our Douglas and Breckin- ridge factions. Let August Belmont, Mn. Watts Sherman, and others of the bankers #ad) cash contributing aristocracy of tbe democasey, put their heads and their contributions together to the extent of fifty thousaad dollars, and the work of a joint stock democratic electoral ticket on this specie basis will be as easy as the establishment of a new shinplaster factory. Wess thar a hundred thousand dollars, ta the flush times of 1856, from the mone <> democracy of New York city, elected | Mr. Ba. hanan President, by saving the Peno- sylvanin October election, sarely in these hard times fi) veand @olars will bring the New York democracy to terms. Let the experiment be tried. There is a broad chasm between squatter sovereigaty and Southern rights in the Territories; but the Al- mighty Dollar will bridgo it over and reduce } the Almighty Nigger to submission, when the Purdy, Jobn Kelly and Royal Phelps—about as interesting a mixture of the belligerent cliques and clans of the party as in this limited ‘whereas the statute prescribes the putish ment ‘ing ten years.” or a fine novtoexere 4 five Gppears that shortly afer the time of the marder | decision rests between a mere abstraction and Hoffman rushed into the saloon of Prancis Rata, in | ihe substantial arguments of bread and butter, Forty-fourth street, pear Ninth avenue, in a highly } ona segars and whiskey. excited state, and deposited « bundle, which he re- quested the proprietor of the place to keep safe for him ontil he retarned with his wife, at the same Te na ese Motben's corroborated by | the campaign in Aiea, which led to thai en- the testimony Of his wife at the Coroner's investi- | rolment, nothing could exceed the favor with gation. Subsequently Mr. Ratz and Mr. Rudolph which they were regarded by the novelity-loving Dick visited Hoffman in we Tombs, and recognized | inhabitants of the French metropolis. Their him ad the perton who came into the store on the | pay uniforms, and their rollicking air, so typical morning tn aggre rial of the don enfunt, gave them at once fmmense Seventy-five applications for licenses were re- popularity with the fair sex, while they won them ceived yesterday by the Excise Commissioners} 1) coey and jealousy of the other branches fll of which will doubtless be granted at the final " 3 kes place on the | Of the service. With that facility which tre teeting of the Board, which takes place on agile syle * as oe tak last day of the present month. French have for seizing on the topics of \.« ‘The saloe of cotton yesterday were confined to a few hour asa vehicle both for fun and business, hundred bales, closing on the basis of 10%%¢. for middting everything was a ence transformed into Zousve vplands, 1X0. for Florida and Mobile middling, and fe. | forms and Zowave designations. ‘The town had, for New Orleans and Texas do, Flour waa in fair jemand, in short, run Zouave mad. th aates for domestic wee and for éxport at anchanged ws i cael Southern Nour was in good request aud prions Something of the «ame mania fs ¢ antici with fair sales, part for export to tropieat | pated from the invasion of our city by the dash- ports. Wheat was active and without change of impor | ing and gorgeously attired corps of the same fance in prices, while the sales reached about the veiat: | arm of our volunteer service which has jst Dorhood of 90,000 bushels. Corn was steady and inactive | Soeteed from Chicaco, Their eppearados ia demand, with free sales at full prices. Pork was firm, bat way yenterd ye rested en Nntente pele Yeas active, Salce of new meet were mate at $10 26 nd of sew prime at $14 25. Sugars wore quite drm and | tion, theiy nove! aniforms and equipment win- Active: the sales footed up about 3900 hhds., 109 boxes, | hing at once the admiration of the women and Gnd 100 hhde, molndo. Coffee was Grmer, with small | the envy of the men, We prognosticate a bril- alee of Rio wt Ide. « 14}¢e., and of Java, io mats, at 16% | isnt gaan ia Now York for the Chicago Freights opened with ateadinoss, and at the close de- Gidedly higher rates were demanded for Liverpool, to Zouaves, Let the Seventh look out for their wich 2ort 3,900 g 2,000 bushels shea wert abeieet, ia’ Latitele, Ocr Miuttany Vistrers.—When the Zonare corps made their first appearance in Paris after price wer | cmong the distingnisted dodtors, bankers and punishable by imprisonment in the peniten- wiers of the two factions invite to said ounce! were John Van Buren, Fernande Wood, ‘opr A Dix, Alderman Mike Twomey, Sann'¢! xe | J. Bristey, Dean Riebmond, F, £ A. Boole, WerQuesten TO SmaL ant Larreke ann Pack tiary; end that no crime can be regarded as a men, The w.role- opinion of the Recorder attenpts whole frame of t&,'S indictment it ts clear that it was particularly aatended to éndeaver to cuter, [ think a defend We x” called on to submit to stat higher grade of offence than any) be bas committed.” in p)) cases irrespective of the matire of the crime, whether it be a misdemeanor or not. t think not, and shall therefore diregt an order to be entered quashing the indictment for felony.” Now, in this case, the Distriet Attonry, under ordere of the Grand Jury, hed prepxred two distinet indictments, one charging the @ffence to be # felony, and the other charming if a3 a misdemeanor—the felony tndictwent atte ing the sum offered to have been $1,560, ana ae date of its offer 25th Janngry. 1860; the misde- meanor indictment varring the amonnt to $2*000, and the date of its offer to the 28th of the same month. It wil be remembered’ thut the object of this alleged bribe was to procure the confirmation by the Board of Aldermen’ of Gideon J. Tucker, who had heen nominated by and now let us examine, by the light of the Re- vised Statutes of this State, the opinion of Re- corder Barnard. Section nie, article second of the Revised! Statutes (as amended 1853, chap. 539, section 1) concerning “offences affecttng the administra- tion of justice,” declares that “every person who shall promise, offer or give or cause, or aid or abet in to be promised, offered or given * * * * to any Governor or Lieutenant Governor, of this Stats, after his election as. exch member, ** ** * or to any member of the Cosa- mon Counci? or corporation of any city in th is State * *** "* any money, goods, right in a> tion, or other property, or anything of valu >, or any pecuciary or other individual advantag ;e presen’ or prospective, with intent so influenc :e question, matter, cause or proeeeding whic h may be then pending, * * * * * shall wpon cor 1- viction, be imprisoned in a State prison not e9 <- ceeding. ten years, or shall be Gned'rot exceer 1- ing five thourand-dollars, or both, in the discr ‘e- tion of the Court/’ covld never have read even the mere substar we of 1bft law under-which his opinion io this @ ase was supposed to be based ; for he evider tly considers that Messrs. McIntyre and/Tacke ¢, if convicted of the bribery charged, jd « only be prnished by imprisonment ima pénitent jary, as imprisonmentia a State prison “potex oeed- thousand dollars, or both, in the disee tion of the Court. The-punishment, in-fack pre scribed by law for this-feleny is nearly three > Jimes as grand larceny ; but as bribery cases’ jrealways liable to greater variatioas of ability, the Court is wisely allowed a larger #) jscretion in their punishment. As far as the Recorder's. attemy appear that tie District Attorney to raise this offence to.a felony, wharew -, ¥ is only, in reality, a misdemeanor, (hato# 4 payuickly dis- posed of, Section forty, chay’ or qyt, of the Re- vised Statutes concerning * oj and their punishment, defines tha ter fy), y” to mean “any offence for whick.th® — offendg¢, on convic- tion, shalt be liable by lw» to be punished by death orby imprisopmest jn the prison.” Now, as Messrs. MeIutyr » and Ticker, if con- victed, would be liable to ten yeds each in the State prison, itis differ 14 to j, how the amar * reached his conclusion that their of. fenoe, “if any,” @ he ga: if, amount toa felony | m a 5 ie We are glad 0" jearn that in view of the gross ond startling fal) ,cy of this decisbn, the Grand Jury have foun | another indictmént for felony against the 6 ye parties, and tha/the District Attorney ha , moved on the case inthe Court ot Oger and " Jerminer, where Recorler Barnard way be ‘ynable, however willing, to reach it. It is dw 5 to the public that this trial should be bad ; and due to the accused chat, if’ inno- cent, their innocence should be established. It is tf) be regretted the case did not appear be fore Jadge Russell, whose prompt and firm Yadicial mind would have grasped the whole subject, and established a new era, both In the construction and practice of the laws professing to punish bribery. Heaven knows we need ene or two severe examples of punishment for this species of offence; and with the case, either be- fore Judge Russel) or in the Oyer Ter- miner, we rest confident that justice will be done. \ sto make it Sexpay Rerer ror tar Worktya Craases.— One of the most pleasing evidences of a depar ture from that long prevailing <ystem of ex- cluding the working clasees from all Sunday enjoyment, engendered by a spirit of Puritan- ism and mistaken plety, fe the tioning of steam cars on the Fourth Avenne Railroad, from ‘Thirty-second stroet into the conutry, towards the Central Park, Harlent and that beantiful rural region which invites with ite pleasant abades, cool breeves, and enchanting scenery, the fofl-worn denizens of this crowded metro- polis, who are pent up all the week in @ prison of bricks and mortar, in workshops, foundries, stores and offices. Sunday is the only day upon whieh the relief and reorestion which @ trip to Terhape nothing more curious can be found | terday, the Mayor as Prendent of the Croton Board; | know courts is, whether he has formed’ such an opinion as. will prevent his rendering a true and impartial verdict upon the evidence to be produced ia court. The more enlightened end eile a man js, the less likely would'this test be his vote, opinion, judgment or action. upon any | (y disqualify him. anlculated to-put on juries only tisose who are the most illiterate, stupid, debased and criminal ance go band in hand. It is a0 wonder that such jitrics so often do not agree, whan the case is From this it would seem that. the Record ier | yery plain to: all intelligent minds, and that en ee nnn stp <= Toxonaxce 4 Qeattrication or Jvxons.—Yow in commenting on the execution of Hicks, the pirate, we adverted to the absurd practice vfonr courts in this State in holding that » img the indictment for | juror is disqualified from trying a case if he om against Wm. N. MeIntyre and J- | happens to read about it in the newapapers, and ‘ker, for the offence of having attempted | hax sufficient intelligence’ to form an opinion about the facts, We find that the same doctrine Spinion the Recorder takes ground tha: the | prevails on the bench in the State of California the ,udgeg there no doubt adopting it from the judges bere. In the case of Judge Terry, tried for the mur- felony “unless it is punishable either by death | der of Senator phere = 1 Judge Ha- or imprisonment iu the State prison;” or unless | ger, on application, has ordered a change of the Legislature “has expressly declared it to be | venue, not on the ground of excitement and a felony regardless of the Place of imprison: | popular prejudice, but on the ground that the Supreme Court of California had decided that “men who have formed opinions from reading to raise ap."umption of malice agsinst the | newspaper reports, aitnouge they know no- tomber of delegates could be summoned A vy, ax where he says: “From the tri torm |? thing of ansactit ledge, together. The Douglas element predominated; Dis triok Ae z pmb rahe wpa . but, with the additions of Daniel 8. Dickinson and Collector Schell on the Breckinridge side, are incapable of sitting as jurors.” ‘This dictum, equally at variance with sound rolue the crime from & néidemeanor to 8 felo- | law, right reavon and common sense, would lead Ly; and where ench is tive vent of the p:oe- | to the conclusion that the only class of not. be} men fit to be juromare those wha.are 60 igho- fer © | rant that they cannot read, for in these days all ag which (if | who ure capable of reading anything read the Ageing’ b¢ 497%: | newspapers. So that the fives, the liberties, is “The broad question is, whether the Distric’ I the rights and property of citizens are to be Some- | Attorney has his option to indict fora lony | oatrnsted to the’guardianship of the most unen- lightened portion of the community. If this doc trine were good law, and pushed to its legitimate conclusion, hardly could a prisoner be tried at all in this Stane. For in what portion of it does not the newspmper circulate, and where is it not read by all, usless by the unfortunate class who do not know ow to read? To change the venne for this reason would not answer here, for the press of this city carries to every village reports of every criminal case of any importance. But the whole theory is at vari- ance with the original intention of trial by jury, and the common taw of England, from which we have borrowed it. In the olden time the jurors consisted of the neighbors of the accused party—of these who knew him best, and would be most likely to the circumstances of the case. ‘They were, in fact, summoned very much in the character of witnesses, and their testimony was ealled a verdict—that is,vere dichen, or the telling; of the truth. It was always helif that the neighborhood in which a crime was committed was the proper place in which to try the case. The jusy would thus be able to form @ more correct opinion of the credibility of tie evi- causing | dence and of the whole case. And never was it dreamed that intelligence, ana’ the power of understanding and appreciating what we read or to any member of the Senate er Assembly | or bear or see, could be a disq:alification to eat as a juror. The question asked a juror in the Engtish But the blundeging version af it adopted by some of our ignorant judges is portion of tho population, for crime and igaor- when they do agree their verdictis more likely to be wrong than right. The sooner such a. bar- barous rule is scouted from our courts the bet- ter for the credit of the administration of justice and the character of the community for enlightenment. It is only worthy of Goths and Vandals. The cause of the evil ls in the system of electing our Judges and District Attorneys by the popular vote. It is a grand mistake, and ever since its adoption our judiciary, with a few exceptions, has proved a remarkable ‘severe as that pronounced ngainst the) felony of | failure. The Judges ought to be paid far bet- ter salaries, euch as would remunerate well educated and able men, and their appointment ought to be vested in the Governor of the State, to be confirmed by the Senate, and the eppointment to be for life or good behavior. A higher class of men would thus be obtained, and, what is se essential to the pure administra- tion of justice, they would be independent and free from those corrupting influences which now 80 frequently bias judicial decisions. Tre Garmatpt Funp.—In another column will be found a statement of the receipts and expenditures at the recent grand musical festi- val at the Academy in aid of the Garibaldi fund. The total receipts were, it appears, $1,882, and the expenses $547 81, leaving a clear balance of $1,334 19, which has been handed over to General Avezzana to be re- mitted to General Garibaldi, This will make a handsome item in the New York subscrip- tion, which is, we are happy to say, progress- ing satisfactorily. To the United States, more than to any other country, the Sicilian patriots have a right to look for sympathy and assist- ance in their present struggle. They are com- batting for the same principles that made us an independent nation, and they have proved themselves worthy of success by their patience and moderation. We trust that the amount of money that will be remitted from this country will prove to the world the lively interest that we take in the cause of Italian nationality. Tus Prooness or tum Horse 1x New Yorx.— Nothing, perhaps, has bad a more stimulating effect upon the cultivation of the horse in New York than the opening of the Central Park; ané yet for some years past we have been fast becoming a horse loving and horse appreciating people. Since the Central Park has begun to offer a place where horse flesh can be displayed to the best advantage, however, more attention is devoted to the raising and keeping of first clase animals, The race course, it is trae, has always served to keep up the desire to raise fast horses, but in o different way. There is associated with the turf, in the minds of the public generally, an idea of gambling which hus deterred many from participating inits pleasures, The Cen- tral Park works differently; for while its rides and drives are entirely dissociated from the conceived immorality of the race course, emu- lation still prompts to display, and every one wishes his own animal to be the best and fastest on our metropolitan Corso; and hence very large prices are paid fomporses for private use— the conntry affords can be shared by the work- | prices which are rapidly running up to the man, in whatever capacity bis labor may be | race course tariff. A great many people who employed, and we look upon this movement on the part of the railroad company as a hn- manitarian measure which cannot be too highly appreciated, and which wil) unquestionably be looked upon as a blessing by our thousands of | working men. may be somewhat squeamish about encourag- ing the sports of the turf, animated by thetr innate lore for the horse, and stimulated by the natural desire to excel, often patronize the rage course; or ff they do not, they delight at sult of voluntary enrolment, are, we should skilful’ theologians, but tey make but poor political reaseners, They are so much in the habit of having-their spiritaal dogmas accepted in trast, that they expect the same implicit faith (@ be placed in their opinions and argu- mente-on secular subjects. With a practical and common sense people, like ours, however. it will require a closer adherence to facts and to logic to extraet money to any large amourt from their pockets. TICLANS—The political managers have been aft ter Captain Smith, our effoient Street Commis- sioner, in order to have-the employé of the Street Department bled im the pocket for their and more particularly such discreditable oc- is calculated to check the growing passion for horee riding, an exercise which itis most desira. the youth of the country. Para Levy ww Battimore.—In another part of to-day’s paper will be found a pastoral letter from the Archbishop and prelates of the eccle- siastical province of Baltimore, calling upon the laity within their jurisdiction to coatribute to the subsidies which are now being levied in the Holy See. The appeal is based on nearly bishop Hughes in his recent sermon at the Ca- thedral, and it equally betrays the weakness of its case by the qualifications which it‘admits to some of its arguments. Thus, for instance, it aye, speaking of the Roman States, “The forms of government are not, indeed, those which are popniar in our age, bat Christian principle mo- derater and directs them, the divine law be ing always had in view with the ecclesiasti- cal law which is adapted fo the religions pro- fession of the citizen.” What casuistry is this. in the face of the assertion oceurring « few pas- sages previously: “We do net believe it (the withdrawal of the Romagna frora the rule of the Pontiff) to have heen the free act of the inkabi- tants, whom we regard rather as the victings or dupes of corrupt and designing men than the authors or willing bettors of the revolutioa.”” First, the government is admitted’ to be ua- popular and unsuited to the age, and’ then we are totd that the change which gives the people of the Romagna constitutional institetions is not willingly sympathized in by them. Of the same veracious character is the assertion that “the revolted province is now burdened with enormous taxes, and the citizens are forced into military service.” The taxation which assames tie form of spontaneous gifts to the govera- ment, and the military serviee which is the re think, neither very burdensome nor oppressive toa population. The Romicholergy may be very Tas Street Derartuaxt axp THE Poul beneft in the present Presidentiak campaign, or else to lose the places they hold under his appointmeat. The Captain heard all that the anxious money seekers. had to say, and then gave them in reply his peculiar and unmis- tekeble “No,” wh'oh office seekers in that department have learned to comprehend. He told them further, that the Street Department was administered, as a branch of the city go- vernment, for the beneft of the eity, and while he wus at the head of it it should never be converted into a President-making machine, ot an instrument of political mapagers. In taking this course Captain Smith has done bis duty as an honest and efficient city officer, and his determination in this respect is in keep- ing with the whole of his career as Street Com- missioner. He has brought that department out of the chaos in which it formerly floundered to its present condition, as the most perfectly organized and effective of the city bureaus; he has taken down all the old toll gates formerly erected in it to fleece people who bad to do bu- siness with the city; and he has restored the city contractors to a knowledge of common sense and common honesty in their transactions. In defending the department now against the pocket raids of hungry political managers, he has done what every citizen of New York ex- pected of him, as one of the most honest, efficient and capable executive officers this wofully plundered and prostituted city govern- ment has ever possessed. Let him hold to this upright and independent course, and we will see that the people and the city stand by him in so doing. Grumpcers axp Tuer Merrrs.—Numbers of the professional spoilsmen and office Munters, who make a business of collecting mouey under pretence of paying the expenses of the political campsign, when they only want to put it in their own pockets, as they did with the thon- sands of dollars sent from this city to Pennsyl- vania to help the last Presidential election, com- plain that the course of the Hazan prevents their raising any money this year. We are glad of it, We have long wanted to get them into the State prison, where they deserve to be; and as we cannot get them in, we will do the next best thing—we will cut them down to the State prison diet, bread and water, outside. A Cann Scre to Draw.—We commend to the attention of the political managers who are grieving themselves to death because they can- not get up anything to draw the people to their twaddling political meetings, to try and en- gage the Chicago Zouaves. Their drill yester- day in the park filled that institution as in the old time political gatherings. Engage them by all means for the next ratification meeting. Their “belly movement,” “taking to grass,” and other active manoeuvres, are the most popular movements of the day, and will draw ten thonsand people wherea political speech would not dfaw one. ‘The number of visiters to the Giant of the Seas conti- nuce withont any diminution since our last report, the number who pai her their attentions and her owr’neg their money yesterday being “Wy equal to Ad? ¢ gay previous day since her arrival here, In MON ioe the various stage routes whieh connect 4h. chin with dietant ie of the city baad inadvertently emitted the. Spring street line of nis line rung from Fultep ferry along South +. reegh Catharine street, the Bowery. BR a oct. oadway and Spring street, thie afford een ee nie : ‘ nce not by to the citizens of Hrock” yn, bit to thowe who reside . : at own city NO vieiters will be @2° ited on howrd today, but thon- will doubuess Fr — ke her the terminus of a stroll, and lingering AFOMD”, ihe dock, gratify thott eurivsity it inspecting ber btwn! ontlines, and wondering at her Vhowsand BRY*’, peculiarities least to own animals which woud not shame the professional heroes of the turf. But ifeuch scenes as we aometimes s¢e in our race courses, currences as took place at Philadelphia the other day—-where parties who had bet against acertain horse flung their hats in the animal’s face and thus startled and balked him—are to continue, we fear that no respectable person will trust bis horse on the tarf. Such conduct ble for us to cultivate. both for its good effects upon the physical and the moral condition of this country in aid of the exhansted treasury of the same grounds as those put forth by Arch- | NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Our Special Wasningia™ Despatch, Wasuratv® July 14, 1800. * ‘THE DAPORTANCE OF THE Cunsve RETURNS. ‘The Census Bureau is overrun with app:spations for office. Onan average about ten have applied ivr each place, The Secretary of the Interior aud Superintendent Kennedy have expressed the determination that eppoiat- ments must rest more upon qualifications for important duties to be »erformed than apon past political services or present influences, The interests of the country de- mand a careful and accurate collation of the census re ‘urns as speedily as the nature of the duties will permit, ‘and this fact must be the controlling element in the ee. lection of clerks, ‘The eighth census will be the most important in ite governmental influence which bas ever been taken, [t will probably trausfer the governing power from the ort. ginal thirteen to more youthful, vigorous and cosmopoll. tan States, which are made up of natives of every pation ul: der Heaven. Owing to the more liberal political sentimenta prevailing in pew States from this cause, it will not be ‘uppatural to look for increased liberality of goverument a they attain @ controlling voice in thé conduct of affairs. Both Secretary Thompson and Superintendent Kennedy Ppreciate these facts, aud are determined to use Overy effort to secure promptness and accuracy in preparing the returus and placing them befure the public. Indications are that the increase of population in the . Dorder States is far veyond the most sanguine sstimates, while in Obio, Indiana, New York, Pennsyivanis and New ; Eaetand, outside of the large towns and cities, has re- mained nearly stationary. CONDON OF SECRETARY TOUCHY. * Secretary Toucey was #0 far recovered to day ag te spend a few bours at his department. : THR FRIGATE MACRDONIAN. The crew of the frigate Macedonian will be paid off at Portemouth, N BH, wext week. She is ordered out of commission, She has beeu absent on a two years’ cruise in the Mediterranean. The draft to meet her pay roll is Boston, July 14, 1960. The friends of Mr. Dougias are making preparations te give him a grand reception on his arrival in this city. It is unders‘ood Be will attend the coramencement at Har- yard College on Wednerday, and arcept the invitation of ‘the Lancers to dize with thers op that day. Devgias in Delaware. Whatixotos, July 14, 1860. ‘The long talked cf Douglas county meefing called here this afternoon was a total failure, Nobody present. Congres-tonal Nomination. Cunvaco, July My 1660. ‘The Democratic Conrention of the First Congressional district of Iowa met at Des Mo\nes on the 11th just.,and nominated Hon, C. C. Cole for Congrees. Political Affotrs in Koeutucky. Lovravintx, Ky., July 14, 1868. A weil'attended republican meeting was held in Gourt Houge square last vight, cmd addressed’ by P.O. Haines, Esq. Z Preparations are making for a large Brsokinridge moet- ing to-night. Newrort, July 14, 1860 A large democratic mecting-was held bere last night, and spesches were made by General Flournoy, of Ar- kansas, and Major Ira Root. Resolutions were adopted endorsing Deugias and Johnaoa. New York Politics. Cavanpalora, July 14; 1860: At @ convention of Breckinridge and Lane democratn, for the Second Assembly district of Ontario county, held im Canandaigua to-day, Col. G W. Terrence, of Vietor, waa elected a delegate to the State Convention, to be heid@at Syracuse August 7, 1860, and J. W. Taylor, alternate. Serenade to Mr. Browk! Barrmrons, July 14, 1960 Mr. Broewinridge was serenaded last nightat Barnum’s Hotel. He made a brief reply. Indiana Politics. Inpianavouts, Ia, July 14, 1800. ‘The county convention of the friends af Breckinridge and Lape assembled ut the Court House to-day, and or- gan'zed by electing Judge James Morrison president, with several vice presidents and scereteries. Resolutios on- dorsing Breckinridge and Lane were atoptet. Speeches were made by Judge Eckles, Hon. A. B. Carton and ” others. Completion of a New Telegrape Line. Vay Borex, Ark , July 23, 1860. A salute of thirty-two guns was fired thie evening in honor of the completion of the telegraph line to thie city. ‘The weather for the past few days has been intensely hot in this vicinity, Yesterday the thermometer stood 108 dog. in the shade, oad the air was so bot as to almost suffocate a person. The river continues very low, being fordable at nearly every point. Death of a Lumber Dealer. Lown, Mags. , July 14, 1860. Nicholas G. Norcross, an exteusively known lumber dealer, died suddenly this morning of heart disease. The Great Eastern. Purapeirnsa, July 14, 1860, A committee of the Councils has been appointed to in- vite the Great Eastern bere. They will visit New York on Mopday, accompanied by an experienced pilot. Fire in Norwich, Conn. Noawien, July 14, 1860. The lower depot of the Norwich and Worcester Rail- road took fire at six o'clock this moraing, and was burned down. The cause of the fire was spontancous combustion of cotton waste. The rajiroad company’s books and papers were mostly saved. Smith's furniture store, in the upper part of the building, was totally destroyed. All the freight in the depot was saved. Loss on building $6,000, and oo contents $600; insured, Sailing of the Angio-Saxon. Mowrarat, July 14 1960. The Anglo-Saxon sailed from Quebec at teu o'clock for Liverpool, with one hundred and ninety passengers. ‘Wind west; weather cloar. The Nashville at Charleston. Cnanrxstoy, July 14, 1860. ‘The steamebin Nashville, Captain. Murray, arrived here at two o'clock thie (Saturday) morning. ‘Weather at St. Johns, St. Jonws, N. F., July 14, 1860. Wind west—overcast-thermometer 64 degrees ; rainy. At Cape Race wind south; can ceo aix miles off. Markets, Mutaoewrats, July 1 Flour duil; 66 8736 for supertiae, Bpeat di at $1.36 © $1 40, red $1 27 a $1 28, Cora presi pork $) yellow @6c. Provisions firm: mess 10 25; bacon iuoyant; heme heit at 120, a 19 8¢0. sides at BKC a 120, shoulders 934 8 100, Whiskey avis ware Jaly tM. Flour stea¢y and unchanged. yy coring, 3, with a light stock Corn treme: . demans selec 43.000 bushels Riesie st iis. 2 bern 4 — jt . Canal ir 5 je Imports @<lay— weed ECE. isan, 16,000 busbule Wheat, 145 buddele corn 3.000 burbels oats, Canal exporte—00 bbis, figar, © 00! bushels wheat, 63.000 bushels corn, 8,000 Duekelg, oats. Police Intelligence, Roney or 4 Duamonp Pix Usete Oresors Crcem- srancrs —Catherine Henry, residing st Pordentown, N. J, wae peo b fore Justice Bronnan, at Fanex ourt, oA charge sf Fobbing MP. John Gi) of No. 119 Weat Twentieth strect, of a diamond 4 Valued at $75. The acoused, it in al- veged, got HLA ® dixth avenue cat which was proceeuiag, down town AbGat threc o'clock in }yo morning,aud having anges seat ieseriee the Complaigaut begaa ty Mourih “ fet jn his face Mr. Gibbons soon aftgr messed he pin frora his sbirt bosom, nud thinking that Catherine WAS WW SO%ME Way CONDE ted With 1 disappoarange ceased ber arrtet when she got cat at tho Girard Hodes. She depYed having Committed the theft, but Justice Brenr an © nsidered the circumstances of Uo case sullielebt 1 ue. tein her for trial, andshe waa locked up. Heavy Rowneny ay 4 Deotenc.<-Detective Wileon yer torday arrested Catharine Mulloney, a domestic Ab a Louse in Great Jones street, on a charge of plas om. ployers of @ velvet olnak, two camel's wis, ant other articles, ip all valued at $300. Seeused hat been bet asbort time io bor sieges we when 888 Hecompec | with the articles in question. wt property wae toad in ber posession, which she is mupposed bo bay i, which awaits owners and identification at ( hebAquarters, Broome street. Cunon oF Pemucey.—Rafae and Macy before Justice Geborh Of Complaint OF Write F who charges ther with baring Re or tried beture the Court of Genera “toma, oth = Rafes wre belt to answer to prison in detewls of ball wri Mery Was wt