The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU BTS. ———— EE Volume XXX..... seeeeenneaeeeeeeererees: No. 219 AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING. NipLors, G DEN, Broadway.—Ausau xa Pocus; om, mus Wiostow Wevoina. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Piocotixo. NEW BO! 7B) 2 wt WERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Dasam oF Dus- Company, Mupmi st—LOVE AMONG THE ‘Nioouo Famity. ‘and Evening. WALLAOK’S THEATRE. Broadway.—Co.teen Bawn. woop's MI ‘EL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermiori Bonas, Dances ka tanoe ‘Any RUNSUNG Tie rt HELLER'S HAL! 506 Breadyar.— San Francisco Mix- eer "Sumetsen ancinG, &c.—THx ‘Black TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 201 Bowery.—Sinc- ara, Dawowo, Bumiasauas, &0.—Vot-au-Vaxr. THEATRE, —-Grorae Canisty’s Min- (OTREUS IN Danozs, &c.—Unvonrunate Doorwexrsn. NEW YORK UM |ATOMY, Broadway.— open rom oa Mu no $5 WINTER GARDE: Broadway.—Baryum’s Musrom ay New York, Tuesday, August 8, 1865. Recetpts of Salcs of the New York Daily Newspapers. OFFICIAL. : Year Ending Name of Paper. May 1, 1865. Herat. + $1,095,000 Times.. 368,150 Tribune. 252,000 169,427 100,000 re, 151,079 90,548 New Yor Heratp..... + $1,095,000 ‘Times, Tribune, World and Sun combined.. 871,229 THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Oar Account of the Atlantic Cable in the ‘Weekly Herald. We shall publish in the Weexty Henatp this weok the full and elaborate account of the Atlan- tic cable, with the maps and engravings given in our edition of yesterday, together with the latest mews from the Great Eastern to the hour of going 40 press. THE CABLE. All still goes well with the Great Eastern and the At- antic cable. On the morning of the 28th ult. the big ship was four hundred and fifty miles from Valentia, and bad paid out five hundred miles of cable, there being ‘hue fifty miles of slack to the four hundred and fifty, which is not more waste than was anticipated. Up ‘tothe 27th the Great Eastera bad cnly averaged about seventy-five miles a day. Between the 27th and 28th, however, a considerable improvement was manifested, ‘the rate of progress being exactly doubled. If she maintained this speed—viz: one hundred and fifty miles @day—to the end of the voyage, she ought to reach Heart's Content to-morrow; but as she was likely to in- ©rease hor rate of progress in proportion to the lighten- 4ng of her burden, the announcement of the end of her ‘voyage may be hourly expected. On the 28th ult. the woather was favorable and signalling perfect throughout the cablo, is EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. ‘The Montreal Company's steamer Damascus was inter- copted at Father Point yesterday, and brings us advices from Europe to the 28th ult., one day later than those previously received. The political news was unimportant, ‘Tho downward tendency of United States securities in London continued. Five-twenties were quoted on the 26th at 6970. British consols were at 89% a 8934. The qotton market was dull and prices were lower. THE NEWS. ‘The first step was taken yesterday towards reorganiza- tion in the late so-called seceded States. Mississippi, under the proclamation of Governor Sharkey, elected ‘mombers to a convention, which is to be held on the 14th Anst., to revise the State constitution. The remaining ix Statos are to hold elections and conventions as fol- lows: — Time Time - Pmt. Bh Aug. 31, 1865 Sept. 10, 1865 Sept. 4, 1866 Sopt, 13, 1865 Sept. 14, 1865 4, 1565 Oct. 25, 1865 At as early a period as practicablo. {At as early @ period as practicable, ‘Tho arrival at Fortress Monroe, on Saturday last, of Ad- Jutant General Townsend, gave rise to rumors there that his visit had reference to some new disposition to bo made of Joff. Davis, and a mysterious gunboat anchored in Hampton Roads, it was surmised, was intended for the removal to some other place of the ox-rebel chief- tain; but General Townsend departed the same night on his return to Washington, leaving behind both Jeff. and the gunboat, and the object of his hasty visit remains unexplained. Gouoral Grant remained in Quebec during Sunday last, where, in company with distinguished citizens, he visited various places of interest. He left for Montreal youterday afternoon. One of the Haran correspondents ‘at Goroham, New Hampshire, furnishes a description of the General's trip through portions of New England, and the marked attention and enthusiasm with which he was everywhere received. Important Texas news, of late dates, is contained inour Galveston and New Oricans despatches, General Mer- ritt’s cavairy command had arrived at Austin, on their march across the country from Shreveport, Louisiana, ‘and had re-raised the national flag over the State Capi- tol, where it bad not before waved in four years. Pro- visional Governor Andrew J. Hamilton reached Galves- ton on the @ist ult., where, on the 25th, he issued his Proclamation to the people announcing bis ap pointment by the President and foreshadowing his designed course of procedure in the performance of his duties, He fixes no time for the election or convention, but states that they would be held as soon ‘as practicable. He admonishes the Texans to dispel the delusion under which many of them are laboring, that slavery still exists, and informs them that it is effectually dead, and that if they fail to treat the negro as less than ‘& (roeman their representatives will in vain seek admis. sion into Congress, He does not, as some of the other Provisional Governors have done, reappoint the county ‘ofcers who acted under the rebel régime, but states that he will make the necessary appointments to fill their places. The Governor also further explained the course which bo dosigns to pursue in a pablic address which hho mado to the people of Galveston in response to their invitation. ‘An interesting account of a trip down the Rio Grande from Brownsville, in company with General Sheridan, fe sent by one of our corrospondents from Galveston. He describes the appearance of the country, tho feeling of the people, and the condition in which the termina- gion of the rebellion has left political, agricultural and general industrial affairs in the State, By the arrival here yesterday from New Orleans of the stonwships Mariposa, Champion, Herman, Living. @ton and Concordia, we have our regular correspondence ‘and flies from that city to the 20th uit. Gen. Canby had fpproved the finding of the military court of inquiry in regard to the torrible explosion in Mobile on the 26th of ‘May last. The members of the court found that there was gross carelessness on the part of the fatigue party at the g@oone of the disaster, provious to its occurrence, in handling fixed ammunition; but they were unable to @ocide on the immediate cause of the explosion. Crime Js sald to be fearfully increasing in Louisiana, murders ‘Doing of daily occurrence. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, ex-fre-cater and | Peps cavaity loader, bas published a commumeation , 7 : in response to various perrons who have urged him to ‘Head's movement OF the chivalry for emigration to'some “Other conntry, ‘He acknowledges that he considers such ‘an entorprise desitable, but says that he docs not regard itas practicable or politic at present, and advises his friends to take the oath of allegiance, remain in thelr own State, assist in resuscitating her industry, and endeavor |. to maintain control of her politics. A Mexican paper of the 23d ult. mentions, as among a number of other prominent rebels who had up to that time passed through Monterey on their way to the city of Mexico, Generals E. Kirby Smith, Price, Wilcox, Magruder, Walker, King, Preston and Leadbetter; Colonels Flournoy and 0’Banuon; Governor Allen and ex-Governor Moore, We have already had intelligence of the arriva) of Kirby Smith at Havana from Vera Cruz, ‘The rebel ex-Governor Murrah, of Texas, was dangerously ill in Monterey on the 23d ult. ‘The Matamoros Monitor of the Frontier gives some ad- Gitional particulars, of course with an imperial coloring, of the late defeat of the Mexican republicans near the Rio Grande by the imperialists under Lopes, heretofore reported, It states that Lopes was em rowés from Mata’ moros to Monterey, in charge of a valuable traln, when six hundred r.publicans under Cortina made several suc- cossive attacks on him, all of which wore repulsed, the last one resulting in the complete rout of Cortina's men, who it is claimed lost altogether one hundred, while Lopes's loss 1s said to bave been only one killed and fivo or six wounded. It is boldly confessed by this im- perial journa! that all the republicans captured were im- mediately shot. ‘Tho Executive Mansion in Washington being regarded asavery unhealthy summer residence, and President Johnson having declined, on conscientious grounds, to occupy the Soldiers’ Home, in the vicinity of the city, where his.predecessors have for years been in the habit of spending a considerable portion of the heated term, tho Secretary of the Interior has given directions for pro- viding another Presidential summer abode in a healthy lovality, adjacent to the capital. John Surratt, it is again reported, is now and has been for some time past in Montreal, Canada, or its vicinity. The New York Mail Steamship Company's steamers now leave sem!-weekly for New Orleans direct, trade having increased sufficiently to warrant the despatching of extra vessels. The steamship Northorn Light, Cap- tain Weir, well known in the California trade, will sail to-morrow, at three o’clock P. M., from pier 46 North river. W. Russell, steward of the packet ship Victory, was yesterday brought before United States Commissioner Osborne, on complaint of the captain of the vossel, charging him with a violation of the act of Congross of March, 1860. The actin quostion prohibits any of the men or officers of a vessel froquenting or visiting the parts of an emigrant ship assigned to passengers without permission of the captain. Evidence was given in proo of the charge, and the defendant was hold for trial. The August term of the Court of Genoral Sessions commonced yesterday, Recorder Hoffman presiding, who, when charging the Grand Jury, made some tute- resting remarks on the causes of the increase of orimo Walter Patterson, who it will be recollected was charged with being concerned in the extensive forgery on the Bank of Commerce, and who some months ago pleaded guilty to forging a check on Mr. Simeon Draper, Collec- tor of the Port, but upon whom at the timo judgmont was suspended, in consideration of his having gion valuable information which saved the government above a million dollars, and with the understanding that he would aban- don his ovil course, was yesterday brought up and sen. tenced to five years in the State Prison on this latter complaint, he having been last week roarrestd on charge of forging a check on the First National Bank of this city for one thousand dollara.) A man nawod Viele, aliaa Rood, alias the Rev. Mr. Watson, who was convicted in June of obtaining money by false pretences, was son- tenced to the State Prigon for threo years. Domiugo Parodi pleaded guilty to a folonious aseauls, and waa sent to the State Prison for two years. Alosandor Graham, a pickpocket, was sentenced to the State Prison for Ove yoars. H The Sophia Dayton ostate was up ‘before Surrogate Tucker again yesterday. Sometime since the Surrogate decided against Mrs. Dayton's two alleged wills; but tho heirs-at-law having never entered and perfected tho judgment, and thero being, as alleged, no poraon author. ized to take charge of the property, tho public adminis- trator now applies for letters upon tho ostate. The Sur- rogate granted a delay to enable the relatives of the do- ceased to come forward. The Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad, running from Brooklyn to the village of Jamaica, in Quocns county, was yesterday sold, in pursuance of a judgment, for ono hundred and six thousand dollars, Mr. E. B. Litchfield being the purchaser. Tho sale carrios with it all the appurtenances of the road. - Tho annual races at Saratoga Springs commenced yos. | terday. It is estimated that there were tn attondance eight thousand persons, many of whom were ladica. Great interest was taken in tho sport by those prosent, ‘and there was much betting and excitement. Tho first contest, for the Travers stake, was participated in by seven racers, and was won by the filly Maiden. In tho second race, two mile heats, for a purse of seven hun- dred and fifty dollars, five horses took part, Arcola being the winnor. The racing will be continued to-day. It appears that at loast three other porsons besides Mr. Vantassel, the fireman, were killed by the explosion on board the steamer Arrow, on Saturday last, on the North river, Miss M. E. Erickson, of 230 “West Thirtieth street; Mr, John M. Westlake, of 22 Ninth stroot, and a young man named George D. Cooper, have all been miss- ing since the occurrence. The annual convention of the Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows for the Southern district of this State was held at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Grand street, lasteven'ng. Officers for tho ensuing year were elected, and considerable other business of importance to the Order was trans acted. « The case of Mr. Choahire, one of the Supervisors of Kings county, and formerly an employe in the office of the Provost Marshal of the Second Congressional district, was yesterday beforo a Brooklyn court, Mr. Cheshire was last week arrested at his residence in Williamsburg and taken to the Albany ‘Penitentiary, in consequence of having been found guilty of malfeasance in office by a court martial. His counsel obtained a writ of habeas corpus for his rolease, which was returnable yesterday; but, on the motion of United States District Attorney Sifliman, further proceedings in the mattor were postponed till ten o'clock this forenoon. A portion of the rear wall of the building No. 650 Broadway, fired on Saturday night by the burglars who attempted to rob the Eighth National Bank, fell to tho ground about twelve o'clock on Sunday night. Soveral persons were in the building at the time; but the only one injured was Mr. H. L. Knight, proprietor of the St Chaties Hotel. Ho was buried under the ruins, and waa found, when extricated, to have received serious bruises and contusions. The Rev. W. B. Leo, pastor of the German Prosby- terian church in Gates avenue, Brooklyn, was garroted about ten o'clook on Saturday night in Beckman street ‘and robbed of his gold watch, gold shirt studs, a finger ring and fifty dollars in money. Three or four men were engaged in the bold outrage, and all of them escaped ar. rest ‘On last Saturday night a party of sovoral young men made an attack at Rocky Neck, Connecticut, on the house occupied by « colored man named William Davenport, who is married to an Irish woman, with the avowed intention of inflicting punisimont on the negro and his wife for their indulgence in matrimonial amalgamation, After the young mon had been several times warned to leave, the mother of Davenport, an old negro woman of fifty or sixty, who was algo in the house, fired upon them, and killed their leader, named Ludiam Chard, A coroner's investigation took place on Sunday and yesterday, when tho jury in their verdict justified the shooting, as having been doné in self-defence, and the old negro woman and hor son wore discharged. ‘As has beon often observed, there appears to be at times a mania for the commission of crimes of some par ticular class, Just now this mania seems to be for the murder of relatives, and it extends through various soc- tions of the country. Within the last-few weeks wo have had to record a number of crimes of this character, in- cluding parricides, fratricides and infanticides, perpe- trated both in this city and in distant sections, and to- day we have still another. On Saturday last, the tole- graph states, a young man named Irwin murdered both his father and mothor at a place called Doertown, near Hamilton, Ohio, A colored cook, named William Kortright, was yostor- day arrested in this city, and locked up to be sent to Connectiout for trial on charge of having, on the first inst,, violated the person of @ girl of sightoen, named Mary Croker, on board the Sound stoamor Plymouth Rock Great excitement waa oromed among the Canadian ryt magnates and politicians by the selection of Mr. John A. MoDonald to suooced the late Sir B. P. Taobé as Canadian ‘Prime Minister. In order to prevent a breaking up of the Cabinet, as a result of the indignation excited, the Governor General has finally set aside Mr. McDonald, and fixed upou Sir N. Bolleau. With reference to the recent loss of tho steamship Glasgow by fire, we have authority to state that no amok- ing is ever allowed in any part of the vessels of the In- man line, where it would be possible for the passengers or men employed in loading the vessel to get roto the cargo. Ettrick's cotton factory, at Potersburg, Va., was do- stroyed by fire on Thursday last, entailing a loss of two | hundred thousand dollars, and throwing out of employ- ment three hundred hands. Accerding to the City Inspector's report, there were 632 deaths in the city during the past week—being an in- crease of 37 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 43 lees than occurred during the correapon- ding week last year. The recapitulation table gives the following rpsult:—Acute disease, $73; chronic disease, 220; external causes, &c., 30. Thore were 472 natives of the United States, 101 of Ireland, 26 of Germany, 11 of England, 6 of Scotland, and the balance of various for- eign countries. ‘The stook market was rather heavy yesterday morn- ing, but afterwards improved and closed steady. Gold waa not very firm in the moraing, but became stronger, and the price, at five o'clock P. ML, was 44336. In the absonoe of violent Auctuations ia the gold market there was but litle dome in general moprohandise yesterday. . Imported goods were. rather quist, ‘bus, as a mestic produce was irregular, with but a moderate busi. ness, Cotton was dull, and prices were again about 1c per Ib, lower, mainly on the common and modjum grades, Potroloum was dull, and prices wore noarly nominal. Groceries were steady, with a moderate in- quiry. On ’Chango things were mixed, Flour waa dull ‘and 100, a 150. lower. Wheat was 20, lower on springs. Corn was in fair domand and 1c. a 20, better. Onte were also firmer. Pork openod firmer, but closed dull. Whis- key was unchanged. The Fall Elections and the Issues. It is now morally certain that the republican party, in this State at least, will not adopt in their convention the Chase doctrine of univer- sal negro suffrage. They have been forced by tho pressure of public opinion to take the back track, and will be compelled to thoroughly endorse and support the policy of President Johnson, or suffer a defeat at the polls. So manifest ia this fact, that the numerous aspi- rants for nomination on the State ticket all declare that it will ruin the party if the ques- tion of negro suffrage is incorporated in their plattorm. Nor can the democracy again stand up and declare tho war a failure, They have no other course to pursue but to approve the President’s reorganization policy. They may differ with the republican party on some minor | question, but that far at least their own salva- tion necessitates their going. The retura of the Southern States is to them all important, and they cannot afford to adopt a course which will delay early ad- justments. Mr. Johnaon has provided for the speody return of all the States’ engaged in the rebellion toa partnership in the great union of States; and white public opinion forcea the republican patty to aupport. that policy, the democracy will have to-do: the aame from sclf- interest. “The result in this State last year dliows that the two parties are véry néarly oqual in strength. A few votes will change the result either way. The party, therefore, which com- prehends the questions purely local to the State, and manifests by its management of those questions a determination to act in ac- cordance with the views of the publio, will carry off the prize in November. Both parties supporting the President, neither will have the advantage of the other in that respect, and the result will turn upon the local issues. We recog- nize the advantage which Governor Fenton possesses, as the Executive of this State, to secure all the benefit of the local ques- tions: to his own party, and have pointed outa line of policy for him to pursue which will surely orown his party with victory. But if he chooses to follew the lead of the Tribune, which boldly admits that it has a job worth two hundred millions to put through, he has the privilege of doing so, and thus placing the State in tho hands of the democtacy, by the latter adopting the policy of not only logisla- tive bat municipal reform in all the cities of the State. The Governor and the republican party will be the only losers. The public gene- rally will support one party justas soon as the other on those questions. In fact, many of the managers in the democratic party already show more disposition to inaugurate a thorough re- form than the republicans. The leaders of the factions in the latter party are nearly all mixed up in some scheme or other which makes it to their interest to favor the present condition of affairs, The corrupt officials, in all positions and in all localities, always make it a point to combine in their operations as many of the political leaders os possible to protect thom- selves against exposure. This has been pecu- liarly characteristic of them in this city, Owing to the fact that the Legislature has been ot late years of opposite politica to the powers in this city the combinations have been made with republicans. - Fat jobs and lucrative patronage have been dealt out to quiet the dominant party at Albany. This is the real secret of the abies in this city. It is these corrupt practices which have brought on the present evils and make it imperatively necessary that some step should be taken to arrest them. Ono great source of trading and bargaining is the Corporation advertising. Nearly a mil- lion of dollars is stealthily used in some way every year to quiet the pross of the city. No reliance can therefore be placod upon a ma- jority of tlftm. Now and then some of these papers come out with faint utterances for reform; but it is only to get a largor slice to be kept quiet, when they immodiately tall back ‘into silence or defence of the officials. The republican press appear to have boen specially bought up. The Tribune claims that it is under no obligation to any head of department for ita Corporation advor- tising, but admits that its publisher is deeply interested in the piers and wharves job, worth about two hundred millions, which that con- cern is trying to engineer through. This, then, is the fat job which controls the course of that journal. Its success can be very materially affected by one of the departments of the city government ; and the publisher of the Tribune having a republican and side partner in that department, it hae the necessary machinery sot to seoure the co-operation of the democras at the head of that branch of the city government, provided the Tribune will not permit Gov. ernor Fenton to remove him. Now, we ob- ject to the managers of any public journal using their paper to secure any big job for themselves at the public expense, ahd to thus protect incompetent and corrupt officials. The Tribune’ doos not dony that the piers and wharves monopoly atheme was passed leat winter at the expense of reform measures presented by the Cid- ‘wens’ Association. It was inaugurated to ben- efit a few individuals, including the publisher of the Tribune. Its first step was secured to the detriment of the city, and now it is pro- posed to carry it imto practice by protecting one of the heads of departments against re- moval for his misdeeds. But, a8 we have shown, there is no issue on national questions, and this is the time to cor- rect the abuses which have arisen in the State while the people were absorbed in the prosecution of the war. It makes no difference which party does it; and inasmuch as the organs of Gov. Fenton and his party, the managing politicians, from Weed down to the publisher of the Tribune, are interested in pro- tecting the city departments, an opportunity is presented for the democracy to carry the State. Let those who mark out the policy for the latter party move at once, and pledge thom- selves for thorough and complete legislative and municipal reform, and success is certain. The abuses at Albany have become enormous, almost equal to those in this city, and we have got to rely upon the -peopte throughout the ‘State to correct them. Now is the time to in- augurate the movement; there is no other issue in the way. Which of the two parties will move first, and so shape its course that the people can fully expreas their views on this subject, and arrest the official profligacy and corruption which are now running rampant? Jeff. Devil. The other day there‘was a meeting in Broad street, about which the Post and the Tribune are making a tremendous pother. To read the glowing articles in these papers, which cause the August days to seem more insufferably warm, one would suppose that a lot of fire- eaters had assembled in this city, organized another rebellion, formed themselves into a Devoted Band or Brotherhood of Death, and determined to apply the firebrand to the resi- dences and the knife to the throats of all the loyal people hereabouts. Such hot reading has never been known aince Dante described his descent into the infernal regions. If you venture to doubt a word of the story out comes Smith, Jones or Brown in an affidavit, which you are expected to believe without perusing it, since you cannot possibly peruse it without falling asleep. Broad street is certainly most appropriately named, for the Scrip- tures tell us that broad is the road which leads to death, and according to the Post and Tribune, this meeting was held for no other purpose than to plot tréason, plan another war, and devise ways and moans to get Joff. Davis out of jail and put him atthe head of another Southern confederacy, by employing a sharp lawyer, and indulging in universal in- cendiarism, blood and thunder. : Bat whea-we comeito extmine this matter coolly, by the aid of a fan and a tumbler of iced water, we find that the dréadful ‘meeting. The Lawyers, Davis and the ‘in Broad street was merely an assembiage of a parcel of lawyers, who wish te gata aotoricty and advertise their business by connecting their names with that of Joff.. Davis and figuring in company with hini in the publio priate. If the Devil himself stould come to town, with hia tail, hoofs and horns all complete and un- disguised, and’should aeglect to pay up his income tax, or should edit the rebel News, or in some other way should get into trouble with the government and bo accommodated with lodgings and rations gratis at the public expense, half tho lawyers in the country would -cush to defend him in order to” advertise themselves, and would contrive to got their names printed conspicuously in all the papers as his counsel. It is true that in the case of his infernal majesty the lawyers might be pardoned for their offers of advice and assistance, since they would doubtless expect him to let them off with a slight roasting here- after, in addition to the usual fee ; but tn the case of Jeff. Davis it is the thirst for notoriety, pure and simple, that leads them to hold these secret cabals and print their proceedings in the Post of the same day. The Zribune, which bas a fellow-feeling for Jeff. and omploys bis agents as its correspondents, is always ready to ohat- ter about him, and therefore comments upon the Post's report. Day by day the story grows, as in the fable of the three black crows; and from the consultation of half a doven pettifoggers comes this terrible sensation of a Northern conspiracy to got the South to rebel over again,and to murder every- body who belongs to a Loyal League, votes the republican ticket or subscribes to a radi- cal newspaper. The administration ought to put an end to all this fuss. and gammon by deciding at once what 1s to be done with the leader of the re- bellion. It might be botter for all concerned to send him out of the country quietly. To try him for treason would be superfuons. Everybody knows that he is guilty, and nothing new could be developed by his trial. The government takes the guilt of all other rebels for grantod, since it has provided for pardoning them; and why should Jeff. Davis be honored by a special opportunity to display himself in court among the judges, jurymen and lawyors? If Wondell Phillips, Gar- rison, Sumner, Chandlor, Cheever and Beecher could be hung up with Davis and an equal number of Southern agilators, we should be very willing to see the ceremony performed. Then there would be some sense in having grand trial. The country and the world would bo benefitted by the execution of these sec- tional fanatics, who are afflicted with different phases of the same disease—of nogro on the brain. They are all traitors together, and they should either die in company or be allowed to escape scot free. The Northern fanatics tried to dissolve the Union to get rid of slavery, and the Southern fanatics attempted the same performance in order to maintain ‘slavery, There is no moral distinction, and not much legal difference between their degrees of tur- pitude. We see no reason why one class should be let off and the other made to suffer. It is unfair to hang Jeff. Davis while Phillips is permitted to escape punishment, What ia sauce for the abolition goose ought to be sauce for the secession gander. Before Andy Johnson became President he used to coincide with these opinions, and we doubt that ho has changed his views since he entered the White House. If it be possible to try the Northern and Southern disunionista together, let us have the trial and give all the lawyers a chance ; but if this be impracticable or impolitic, then let Jeff, Davis be sent out of the country so that wo may be rid of him, as we wore of Benedict Arnold, forevor. ° and laid it had an importance which it can no longer claim. This country was in the habit of looking to Europe for most of its informa- tion, and was influenced largely by its opinions on almost every subject. It then seemed mecessary that we should know at the earliest moment what was going on in the Old World, at its courts, on its exchanges, in its markets. We desired to understand what was their policy, what their feeling, towards this country of ours in the West, and whether we were to be treated in a frank and friendly manner, or to be the continued subject of open spite or festering jealousy. Subordinating ourselves to public opinion abroad, in many respects, we | were anxious to understand it and quickly to receive it. The cable was therefore hailed as a medium of communication of the most valuable character, and we celebrated its first success with our usual enthusiasm. But since that time grave and important changes have. taken place in the world. A great nation has developed itself in ite mighty power. The acew Hercules has slain another | | Hydra. No one can tell what other prodigies ‘are'to’ be witnessed’ in hin’ career. The Old World has « new series of events, new races of men, to study, and it may well pause in its own career to contemplate ours. The cable will be, therefore, much more important to it than to us; its sentences will have a meaning for our trans-Atlantic friends it can no longer have in this country. Such are the changed condition and relations of the Old World and the New, within the last four years, that we may doubt whother the in- formation we: are henceforward to obtain by the ocean telegraph will really be worth pay- ing for. What is it to us, in fact, whether the five-twenties are up or down one per cent in London?’ What to us whether the Pr:nce im- perial is sick or well, or whether Lord Palmerston has the gout, or Mr. Gladstone is to succeed to the Premiership ? We can scarcely imagine any news which will reach us by the cable which will have the least practical effect on the American mind. That day is past when foreign opinion can again disturb us. On the other hand, we can see how news from this side of the ocean may be eagerly looked for on the other. It will be very ear- nestly inquired how reconstruction is being effected peaceably and harmoniously; how we are adding to our wealth, our population, our security ; how our cities are growing, how new States are being formed, how many millions of gold we are producing every month, and what surplus of-cotton and cereals we are ready to dispose of to foreign nations. And so, too, it will be.aa anxiously inquired when the Monroe doctrine is tobe put in force and the Austrian Prince sent back to his own country. In fact, thére will be a constant series‘of interesting subjects to occupy the attention ot the Euro- | pean press and European politicians, and the transmission of news from this side will be tho chief oceupation of their operators, and be the moat profitable. We, therefore, consider the guccess of the present enterprise vastly more important to ‘the Old World than the New. We are getting on here pretty well by ourselves. We are making our own history, we ere creating events, we have news of our own, we are more than ever independent of foreign opinion. In fact, the telegraph could not to-day communi- cate a fact to the American people really worth the cost of transmission ; but we shall omploy it for our own satisfaction, as any other instru- ment of progress, not admitting that it is any way material to our essential prospority, ex- coptas the medium of communicating to Europe lessons by which it may prosper, and which it will do well to study. Frawos anp Muxtoo.—The organ of the State Department in this oity is very much distressed lest the Emperor of Franoe should feel uneasy over the prospects of his Mexican venture. It is quite alarmed lest he should be frightened over the stories that this country was excited on the Mexican question, and that our govern- ment was concentrating troops in Texas. It loses no opportunity to reassure bim on this aubject, and to show him that all those stories are for the sake of sonsation ; that the Monroe doctrine isa myth ; that the peopie of this coun- try don’t care a pin for it; that they have not a particle of spirit to resent European aggres- sions, and that the Emperor or any one else may come over and do what they like on this continent, and we will take it very tamely. ie Broapwar Taratrs. —Miss Kate Reignolds commenced tho last weok of the prosent sonson at the Broadway last night, in the now comedy of Picolino, in which she played four parte, with her usual vivacity, looking, dressing and acting them all well Tho pieco is decidedly Frenchy ; full of pathetic and ridiculous situations, inter sporsod too closely to be natural, and dowble entondres which would be, no doubt loss broad, and therefore more piquant in the French tongue. The story, of course, is an ingeni ous weaving of improbubilitios, with a view to stage effects. The piece is brought out very well, and will pass off more Lorry on a second performance, We pre ume itwill run the entire week. bliss Reignolds takes her closing benefit on Friday cvening, when, no doubt, she will receive a still tnore practical evidence of the good opinions she has won from the public during her first metropolitan season. Wooo's Mixarrect —Thoro ia no place of entertainment of ita kind in the eity 60 cool and comfortable as Wood's Minatrol Hall, and to this fact, as well as to the excelleat management of Mr. Wood, wo attribute (he good attend ‘ance there every night. The performance is just the kind the poopie want in this sultry weather Theres always plonty to laugh at and plenty to amune, Tho bill of Last week is 80 good thay it was not changed. Tho public ace not tired of ita humors yet. A New Evrorean Conceer Tro engaged a company in Europe for « popular gon, somewhat on tho Londoo plan, aud expe ts his artista to arrive carly next month, when be wit! con mence a sories of crncorts at Crving Hall about the TLth, Madame Per prima donna of © erable ropita tion in Karope the Bin ” —Mr Batoman bas joncert sea soprano. The burg Musi wotety and well “ Mr. Danre the pianiat of tho troupe, who bas just completed Iris sludies in’ Leipsic and He ta a ba tive of Cincinnati, but finished bis Europe. We do not soe why cone should not be extensively patronized Tho Tonnesses Election. Mewrars, August 6, 1325 Tho ol ction in this city passad olf very quotly, Ouly one thousand three htmdred and twenty-eight votes wore cast. Dr. Leftwick ts probably olected to Congress over Mr. Bullock, and Me Cameron W the Lagiviatare over Mr. Hubbard. Porases, Tonn., Augie 7, 1345 Mr. Coopor has no opposition bere. Tho following ts the Congressional vote of Giles county — Cooper. CN. Ordway, conser’ Visit of Adjutant General Fownsend to the Fortress. Surmaises as to the Object of His Visit. THE HEALTH OF JEFF. DAVIS, him, and the extent and roliability of the guard wateh- ing him. Others went farther tham this in their alloga- tions. They insisted that General Townsend came here to superviae the removal of Jeff. Davis to Washingtoe for trial. A strange guaboat quietly moored in the Roads was indicated as the safo medium of hia transfor to the national capital. Night came and the City of At bany went away and General Townsend im her. sere. DAVIS. ‘Tho mythical guoboat is still here, and Jeff. Davia is still in his old quarters, and appetite good and health im- proving, and evidently caring very little about hus trial. It is very cortain, according to ail accounts, that General Milos, whose sole duties here are to watol and keep him safe, fully and thoroughly appreciates his responsibil ties and acts accordingly. Those who have the fooding of him feed him woll, his room is kept cleanly, and bis daily walks are made as enjoyable: as:circumstances per mit. He is allowed to sit down and rest when he chooses, and.once in a whitie an agreeable conversation ensues. Since thia walk began he: has been far more inclined to be sociable and talkative than ever before. If an inquiry into tho condition and care taken of hia waa the object of General Townsend’s vistt, he must um quostionably have gone away satisfied on this point. But the object of the visit has not been made known. ‘The probability is that it was on business connected with his own department, and nothing more. DEPAGTURE OF THB THIRTEENTH NEW YORK BRAVE ARTIL ‘Ler. * A battalion of this regiment, numbering eight huadred and sixty-five officors and men, and made up: of late consolidation of remnants of the Sixth, Tenth and Thir teenth New York heavy artillery regiments, left Norfolk to-day on the transports Andraw Hardee and Peoonie for Washington, Major Hasler commanding the battalion. pars Fp has Jesp eaeee at Norfolk. — Wy over @ year past, thoug! dangers and pevertiion a the closing aa onan of the war, has willingiy aa well done whatever it has bece ordered to do. 6 Sixth and Tenth did t service im the trenches before Potersburg. It not whether the organization is to be mustered out of the service or assigned to the defences of Washington, The Thirty-niuth Illinois regiment, General Manns’ old: regi- mont, takes its place in Norfolk. ‘THR TANCOLN MONUMENT FUND. A concert waa given last ovoning in Carroll gpl og the: roe the post band, in aid of the Lincolm Monument fund. [t was a very successful about one hundred dollars was ralnod. '" BLROTION IN MATHEWS COUNTY. : ‘We have just recoived the election returns from Ma- thews county. The foll ticket was olected:—O. & Miller, County Clork; J. H Sheriff; M. Browalee, Coumiasioner of Revonye, . Common- woalth Attorney. About five hundred votes were polled. ‘The Union ticket was dofeated. 4 SOZOONRR TO BB ROLD. The: government stock of horsey and mules having been pretty much disposed of, the salo of vossels under the auction hammer will begin. Orders have just come to sell on of the government tho tector. About a dozen vousols altogether, it'w The Pross Despatch. Forrraas Monon, August 5, 1606. Ettrick's cotton factory, at Potorsburg, Va., was de atroyod by fire last Thursday. Loas $200,000, which is insured for $50,000. Three hundred hands are thrown out of omploymont by the fire. r: Tho steamers Audrow Harder and Peconic lett Norfoik to-day for Washington, with pe ‘Thirteenth Now ¥ork regiment. Gorman Festivals Yesterday. TOE. JOURNBYMEN CABINET MAKERS AT BELLBVUR GARDEN. Tho German journeymon cabinet makers, who are re prosented by @ United Cabinot Makors’ Association (Veroinigse Tiachlcr), numbering somo two thoussad mombors, held festival at the Bellevuo Garden, foot of Eightioth street, East river, which was a well patrom- ized affair, for some eight thousand persons visited the fostival ground during the day. The mombors of the amsociation and the visitors engaged im @ sesios of social pastimes and dancing, an@ the gloe olub Aurora, whose members are oconnested with the Cabinet Makers’ Association, rendered a neries of favorite Gorman songs. In tho evening @ summer sony ane festival was held, which was continued until a late hour of the night. The festival ground was illuminated in eplendid style, and’ though the crowd was very large, nothing occurred to disturh the harmony ot the proceediny German Cabinct Makers’ Abeo- ciation has been in existence about eleven yoars, when it was startod for the protection of workors at the trade, im which the association haa been quite successful. There are only a few journeymon 1o are not conmected with the association, for all who are employed tm the large shops are compelled to join the organization. ‘When the movement to raise the price of began, neveral. strikes occurred in some of tho ee, wrton Were ordered by the association; and im case of a strike the strikers are supported the jon, A branch association, composed about two hun dred mombers, form’ part of the German. We mon’s Union, who, in case of a strike, receive: tp \- tion six dollars per week each. About fifty Frenchmen and some English speaking journeymon are members ofthe association. Since the. increase of the price they earn about eighteen dollars per woek on an . ‘The cabinet makers’ festival yesterday ih a suc. coat! ir, for tho weather remained fav: Ona previous occasion it had to: be postponed on ‘account of inclomont weather. ‘tH@ JOURNBYMBN CIGAR MAKERS AT TUS UNION Padi At Funk's Union Park, at tho foot of Sixty-third atrcot, on the East river, somo two thousand persons wera assomblod yosterday to participate in tho fostivi- ties of tho German journeymen cigar makers, whose agsociation—The Cigarren Arbeiter Voroin—numbors about five hundred members. The association has beea in extatence for eleven years, and was organized for mu- tual protection. and “benevolence: Tho festival of the cigar makers yesterday was quite: wlively and interest ing affair, Captain Hart was on the ground with some of his assistants to protect the visitors from any demon. stration of roughs, who of lato oftentimes invade the grounda where the Germans engage in their foativition ; but nothing occurred to disturb the affair, and evory- thing passed off woll and im au orderly manuer. Monumwer vor Deckasrp Sovpuns at Fortress Mow pow —Nearly four thousand soldiers bave been buried around Fortress Monroe during the tate war, who died at, the various hospitals about that place. The cometorios 8 which their remains now rest may soon be plougitedy and the graves levelled; hence measures should, be taken at once to preserve from desecration the last; reat ing place of so many noble patriots. It ts, therefore, proposed, with ihe sanetion of the proper government withorities, to gathor all the bedics of our dong, heroes: now lying in old and noglected cemeteries arg. oboure places into the Hampton Hospital Cemetegyy which already contains twenty-five hundred graves of, pokliers, and there to erect & monumont that vwil’ worthily and permenentiy commemorate the servis of towe men whose lives were note, wastod, but offerings upan the sitar of tome, and h ity To this end a monumental — board was formed July 14, 1865, with De, Blt MoClelliam, UB ‘A, a8 President, Chaplam Roe a8 Tressrer, awd Chap- pall ae Heor eta ‘The pationts and at. hospttialy in the viata of Hampton sontribusyd $700 towarde the monument (ajor Genarat Alfred Terry, commanding Depart. moatof Vir haa written Ww the Rev. Mr. Marshall cor- dially and heartily Approving the proposer, Mr. Henry Cowley, No 7 8onth street, is ageut for ‘the board In thie city “The patrotic throughout he country are appealed (o by tho monamental board for pecuniary aid in carry tog out this braly noble desig Saal hang horn aring the metnory of those who i Whon the mgguinent shall bo raised a painphlet will be D. Parsons, conservati 3 jive J. Carry, conservative. Wiltianma, radical Union — Horrible Mardor. Orvonnatt, August 7, 196), A young man named Irwin brutally murdered his fythof and mother at Doortowa, weer Hartiiiton, on Satur * day last published covitaining the Hames of the donors, togethor with a fall Bistory of the erection of the “Soldiers’ Mon- ument ay “ortress Monroe " Goneral Pope, commanding tho Dopartment of Mis- souri, has boon brovetted major general of the regular ~ any, for moritorious and gallant gorvion