The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1865, Page 4

\ 4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advance. Money sent by mail will be at the risk of the sender. None but bank bills current in New York taken, THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year, Annual subscription price, $14. Jon Paintin of all descriptions, in every variety, style and color, executed with promptnoss and on liberal Fowr cents per copy. terms. VOLUNTARY, CORRESPONDENCE, containing im- portant news, solicited from any quarter of the world; if used, will be liberally paid for. gg> Our Fores Cor- RESPONDENTS ARE PARTICULARY REQUESTED To SAL AUT AND PACKAGES SENT U8, LETTERS NO NOTICE! do not return rejected communications. We cen of anonymous correspondence. Volume XXX. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Coutren Baws— Hanoy Anvy. y THEATRE, bow R Baan Boroims—Les s—Roweur THE Di \, Broadway.—Bannuw’s Museum . 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Our city subscribers will confer a favor by reporting any of our cfty carriers who overcharge for the Heratp Conntry subscr.bers to the New York Heratp are re- quested to remit their subscriptions, whenever practi- cable, by Post Oftce Orders, It is the safest mode of + trapamitting money by mail. Advertisements should be seat to the office before nine o'clock in the evening. TRIAL OF WIRY. The trial of Wirz, the Audgrzonville rebel prison Beeper, was resumed in Washington yesterday. The bstimony of Dr, John C. Bates, the rebel physician of Vee prison, was continued. He described a condition of bisery, suffering and horror uoparatieled. The scurvy Prevailed almost to rottenness, many of the men siarved to death because of the small quantity or un- Wholesomeness of the food furnished, and gangrene ,was 80 virulent as to require frequent amputations and feamputations, Dr. A. W. Burrows, who was surgeon of the Twenty-ceventh Massachusetts infantry, and Was for soime time a prisoner at Andersonville, wae also examined, He testified to the fasafficieney snd unwholesomeness of the food, the absence of medical supplies, the cruelties to the captives, their their vaccination with impure matter, from the effects of Which mavy died, and the pursuit of those who escaped punishment in the stocks and chain gang, With bloodhounds. His narrative was @ recital of the most sickening and cruc} details. At the commence. ment of August, 1864, there were from thirty-three thousand to thirty-six thousand prisoners confined in the Pen, and during that month nearly three thousand of thera died. ‘The court will be in session again to day. THE NEWS. By the steamship Ovean Queen, which arrived here yes orday, from Aspinwall oa the 16th ins., we re- Ccived California papers of the 2d, containing the an. Houucement of a terrible marine disrster, The steam ship Brother Jonathan, which sailed from San Francisco on the 28th of July for ports tu the northward, struck a sunken rock in the Paciic Ocean in the afternoon of the 30th, and sank in lees tuan an hour, carrying down with her all on board, betwoon two and three hundred per. fons, excepting sixteen who escaped in a small boat, General George Wrigh!, who was on his way (0 aveime fommand of the Department of Columbia, embrac ng the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, ix believed tobe among the victims of this Gisaster, as also his wife aud some members of his Biaf This 1 not the General Wright who was commander of the Sixth corps in the Army of the Potomac. The name of the latter mentioned gallant officer is Horatio Gates Wright, who is now in Texas. ‘The reason that we have not learned of this catastrophe bofore iexhat the hostile Indians on the Western plains now keeg the wires of the Overland telegraph alwost Constantly broken. We have also by this arrival some important details, Which wo publish this morning, of the depredations of the rebel pirate Shenandoah in the North Pacific. Atthe Gate of latost advices she had captured eight additional Vessels, seven of which she burned, and eighty others S@ppeared to he at her mercy. Tho Ocean Queen brought to this port nearly @ million dollars in specie and our despatches containing interesting ows from the republice of South and Central America. Al the time of the steamer's sailing, on the 16th inst., the city of Panama was greatly excited by an antici- ited invasion of the State of that name by a hostile from the neighboring State of Cauca, under Sefior Calancha. A number of the merchants of Panama had been compelled to submit to forced loans, the impress thent of recruits for military service had been vigorously Commences, businoss was paralyzed, and the city was dma general hubbub, The result of all this we must walt another arrival to loarn. In Pera the rebellion @gainst the governmont of President Pozet ati! main. Sains a formidable front; but no great battle had yet fakon place, and nothing decisive had been accomplished ‘bn either side, though affairs looked favorable for the evolutionists, In about the same state the revolution continued in Bolivie, The bill granting, with dortaia ‘Gualideations, frooddm of religidus Worship to ail ae. Dominations of Christians, had passed the Sonate of the Chilean Congress, and was expected to pass the loWér Bouse, The stoumobipe George Washingish and Malapags ar. fived here yesterday from New Orleans, bringing H Aospatohos from that city to the 10th inst., and from whaville, Texas, to the 8th. Our correspondent at bho latter vince details @ recent conversation which he had in Matamoros with an ex-rebel officer, who boasted that General Sterling Price, of Missouri, had been made major general in Maximilian’s service, and ompowered to raise @ cavalry force of thirty thousand from among the men of the disbanded Southern armics; that several other rebel. generals have been similarly favored by the Mexican Emperor, and that it is bis intention to haveone hundred thousand rebels in his service within a year, to keep watch on Shoridan along the Rio Grande, Mean. time maiters on our side of that siréam tema‘n quiet, and the condition and hoalth @f the troops are good. The United States officers at Brownsville recently entertained at a banquet tie imperial officers stationed Qt Matamoros, together with some ex-officers of the robel wy General Slaughter. So it would seem that the social amenities still prevail between the repre- sentatives of the antagouistic institutions separated by the river, notwithstanding it is said to be the almost universal behef among the American officers that they will ultimately be called upon to march into Mexico to enforce the Mourve doctrine. General Shoridan, in order to encourage discharged soldiors to remain in the South, has ordered that such as desire it shall be paid off without having to return to their homes. Four million dollars to pay the troops arrived in Now Oricans on the 12th inst, The captain ofa British schooner which arrived at Now Orleans on the 15th instant reported that about a dozen deserters or discharged men from the United States army or navy had been engaged in piratical operations on the coast of Honduras, having murdered the crew of a small schooner, and, setting sail in it, captured several other vessels. They were last seen near the coast of Cuba, with an English vessel in pursuit. President Johnson yesterday directed that Major Generals N. P. Banks, Daniel Butterfiold, Silas Casey, Abner Doubleday, Samuel P. Heintzelman, George L. Hartsuff and John J, Peck, be honorably mustered out of the service of the United States, Thirty-nine brigadier generals of volunteers were also directed to be honorably mustered out. The Mississipp1 Constitutional Convention assembled under the call of Mr. Sharkey, the Provisional Governor appointed by President Johnson, has met, transacted its business and reached a final adjournment before the con- vention of any other of the lately rebellious States has assembled. It met on the 14th inst., and, after sitting eleven days, adjourned on Thursday of this week. The more important points in its proceedings have already beon noticed in our columns. It adopted an ordinance prohibiting slavery in the State and pronounced null the act of secession, but ratified all proceedings of the rebel Legtslatures not inconsistent with the conatitutions of the United States and of Mississippi. During the last day’s session a despatch was read from President Johnson, congratulating the convention on the progress it had made, expressing a hope that all obstacles to the State reassuming its position im the Union will soon be removed, and promising that the writ of habeas corpus shall be restored in the State and the troops removed from it at the earliest practicable mbinent, The Democratic State Convention of Ohio assembled at Columbus yesterday. General George W. Morgan was nominated for Governor, and William Lang for Licuten- ant Governor. Candidates for the various other State offices were also nominated, The resolutions adopted in the main accord in spirit with those of the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention. The prin- cipal points of them are the assertion that the rebellious States are entitled to all the rights which they possessed previous to the rebellion and im- mediate and unconditional representation in Congress; de- nunciation of military arrests and trials and negro suffrage, and regret that the rebels were ultimately deprived of the favorable terms for them} at first agreed upon be- tween Generals Sherman and Joe Johnston. The resolu tions are of a strong State rights character, and promise President Johnson support “in all constitutional efforts to restore to the States the exercise of their rights and power.” Clement L. Vallandigham and James L. Pugh, as well as Gencral Morgan, the gubernatorial nominee, were among the speakers. Major General John G. Parke has issued his orders on assuming command of the District of Southern New York, one of the subdivisions of the military Department of the East. This district comprises the harbor and de- fences of thiscity aud the first ten Congressional dis- tricts of the State. An Todianapolis despatch gives further particulars of the arrest, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, noticed in last Thurs- day’s Herato, of a man named Lemos, believed to have been one of Booth’s accomplices in the plot which re- sulted in the assassination of President Lincoln. He was committed to prison {n Indianapolis, and will probably be, if he bas not been already, sent on to Washington. This Lemos is believed to be the same man who was ar- rested in Now Haven, Connocticut, shortly after the at- sassination, for some petty larceny at a hotel in that city at which he was stopping. He was allowed to go at the time, on making good the amount of his theft; but a carpet bag which ho felt behind contained documents indicating his implication with Booth, and a search for him was immediately instituted, but witbout success till the recent occasion referred to. A fire broke out about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon in the pyrotechnic establishment of Mr. J. T. Jones, on the first floor of No. 16 John street, caused by the explosion of some of the fireworks. The upper floor is occupied as a fur manufactory by Harris & Russack, in which were employed several girls, and on the alarm being given they hurried down stairs. The flames rapid- ly extended to the second floor, and in endeavoring to escape one of the young women, named Catherine Cleves, dnd a man named Jobn Filo, fell. The man, however, succecded in gaining the street, terribly burned about the face and body, but the young woman met a frightful death, being burned to a crisp. The first and second floors of the building were destroyed and considerable damage done to the stock in the upper floors. The loss will amount to about $30,000—mostly insured. A pretty accurate estimate of the defalcations of Edward B. Ketchum has now been arrived at, and it foots up the enormous amount of four millions two hun. dred thousand dollars, The Inman steamship Etna, Captain McGuigan, will take her departure at noon to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool, from pier No. 44 North river. The mails will close at the Post Office at half-paat ten A. M. The steamship Geo. Cromwell, Captain Vaill, of the Cromwell line, and the steamship North Star, Captain Jones, of the Star line, will ea: to-day at three P. M. for New, Orleans, the former from pier No. 9 and the latter from pier No. 46 North river, The mails will close at the Post Office at half-past one P. M. The new and beautiful steamship New York, of the Atlantic Mail steamship Company's California line, will be open to-day for the inspection of our citizens gene- rally at pier No, 43 North river. The veteran Captain Tinklepaugh has command of the ship. At an official inquiry instituted by the Board of Fire Commissioners yesterday, regarding the late Ridge street riot of Engine Companies Nos. 6 and 41, several wit- nesses of No, 6 were examined, all protesting perfect in- culpability in the promises. The case is adjourned till Monday at nine o'clock, when the other side will be heard, and a decision rendered. The Board hold a reg- ular meeting in the afternoon, giving permission to certain companies to visit the Philadelphia parade, and doing little else, Commissioner James W Booth has resigned, and his successor isto be appointed by the remmining members, ‘The Secrotary of War has appointed the cadete who re- cently graduated at the Military Academy to positions in the regular army. The list will be found in another column. Brevet Major General P. H. Ruger bas been assigned to the command of the Department of North Carolina during the temporary absence of General Schofield. A passenger train on the Tennessee and Alabama Rail. Toad was precipitated from a troatle work bridge, vear Reynold’s Station, Ala., yesterday, killing ten or twelve of the passengers and injuring about twenty, The steamer George Leary, from Baltimore for Nor- foik, having on board about @ bundred passengers, col- Nded in the Chesapeake, on Thursday night, with the propeller Sea Gull, and beeame completely disabled, ‘One person waa drowned and two were badly injured, All the others were resoued by the Sea Gull. ‘The rain and wind storm of last Monday night was very severe in various portions of the State of Illinois, causing the death of several persons and the destruction of an immense amount of property. Tho stock market was firm yesterday till near the ofoae of Gusiaoss, when Tt becaine heavy, Gold closed at 143%, » Commoroial matters were quiet yesterday—to far as fluctuations were concerned—yet a good business was done, particularly in domestic produce, ip which there was considerable epeculation Groceries were steady Coton was une Petroleum was active and firm. or. On Changs flout, Wheat, corn ahd oats sold freely at advanced pricos Whisky was steady. Provisions Wore lo86 active and a shade lower NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1865. The New York and Boston Merchants During and Since the War. History will not soon weary of recording the patriotic support given by the New York mer- chants to the government during the war. From the time that the first gun was fired at Fort Sumier down to the returz, of peace the administration was willingly supplied with all the men and money it required at their hands. They organized that great war meeting in April, 1861, which roused the whole country as well as this metropolis. They formed the Union Defence Committee, which was a war department in itself, and rapidly filed up our armies, They raised regiments and sent them to the field. They contributed provisions for the soldiers and delicacies for the sick and wounded. They freighted huge ships with their gifts. They fed the Southern poor as we recaptured ‘the rebel ports. They gave our heroes Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. They paid the salaries of the clerks who enlisted. They supported the families of many of their military employes. They kept up the enthusiasm of the people by war meetings and flag raisings. All this and more they have done heartily, cordially and spontaneously; and we have yet to learn that they ever sought to make conditions for their loyalty or claimed the privilege of grumbling as payment for their patriotism. The record of the merchants of Boston during the war is by no means so bright. They ap- pear to have been continually engaged in trying to solve the problem how to keep their own men at home and send other men to the front. They established more recruiting stations down among the ignorant negroes of the South than upon Boston Common. Thoy sent agents abroad to hire volunteers to take the places of Massachusetts men. The vast majority of their representatives in the army never saw the city whose quota they filled. They were Boston people only on paper. If the Boston merchants held meetings it was to listen to the diatribes of Wendell Phillips, who elicited their cheers by abusing President Lincoln as a “tortoise” and a “slave driver.” They were much more interested in the question of negro soldiers than in the question of Yankee soldiers, They.worked very hard to get the negroes into the United States uniform, and equally hard to keep their own citizens out of danger. They were devoted to themselves first, the negroes next and the Union last of all. They were patriotic enough to make plenty of money from government contracts, and managed to pocket almost as much as New York contributed. Yet, in spite of all this, they were never sat- isfied with the President, the administra- tion, the conduct of the war or any; thing else. Their grumbling was chronic. They would do nothing unconditionally. When the President appealed to their patriotism they endeavored to draw him into a trade. When he asked for men they wanted to know if he- would dicker with them for emancipation. Thus, in response to one of the President’s calls, Governor Andrew replied that his young men all had other views, but if the government would arm the negroes, his young men would “swarm” and “pour” to the field. That was Boston loyalty, and the sequel was that the negroes were armed, but the Bostonians never “swarmed.” This being the comparative record of the two cities during the war, their record since the war has been no less characteristic. The New York merchants have cheerfully assisted President Jobnson in carrying out his _ scheme of reorzanigation, They “ave started steam ffnes to Southern ports; they bave begun to reopen their Southern trade; they have in- vested their capital in enterprises to de- velop the resources of the South; and, while doing this, they have welcomed the Southern people back into the Union, and said nothing to delay the restoration of fra- ternal sentiments or to impede the President in the great work which, by special dispensa- tion of Providence, he has been called upon to perform. What the Boston merchants have done is of quite another character. As they were once more devoted to abolitionism than to the preservation of the Union, so they are now more anxious for negro suffrage than for the re-establishment of the Union. Since the war ceased their grumblings have been louder than ever, The inference is obvious that they are sorry to have peace return. They have held a meeting to assure President Johnson that he could not have reunion without negro suffrage. They have put forward Wendell Phillips, their favorite orator, to threaten repudiation if their demands were not granted. These efforts failing, they have still further distinguished themselves by con- cocting a letter or lecture to the President, in which they tell him what ought to be done, what ought not to be done, what will succeed, what will not succeed, what the negroes should have, what the Southerners should have,and many other things of which they presume President Johnson to be wholly ignorant, and of which they claim to possess the exclusive information. President Johnson, himself a Southern man, understands the wants, the capabilities and the necessities of the South better than any Boston merchant in existence, and if he ever reads the impudent letter to which we refer it will only be to laugh at its blunders and ite hectoring tone. We have shown the striking contrast be- tween the conduct of the New York and Boston merchants during and since the war, and we might carry the comparison further and prove that while New York did every. thing possible to avert a civil feud, Boston did everything to foment and precipi- tate a quarrel. These Puritan merchants of Boston, who had grown rich by slavery and from the profits of slave labor, were the people who set the North and South to shedding brotherly blood in a conflict about the blacks. Now, after we have fought out the quarrel into which they forced us, and are busily burying the hatchet and forgetting old prejudices, they raise this new issue of negro suffrage in order to occasion another war. Against this the great metropolis of New York should protest. Let our merchants call a public meeting in support of President Johnson’s policy, and send him a memorial which will more than out- weigh the Boston letter, If the gecent pro- ceedings of the Boston Board of Trade have strengthened the radical enemies of the Prest- dent, let the proceedings of the New York meeting be such #8 to encourage the President’s friends, The experience of the Loyal Leaguers. at the Coopor Institute must have convinced them that it is impossible to bold an anti-Johnson meeting in this city; for although that meeting was assembled in the interest of Chase, the appearance of General Grant and the brilliant ovation of General Logan transformed it into an ovation to the President. Another such demonsiration, under ices of our merchants, will complete the contrast batwaan Rosiyn and this metropolis. Since Faneuil Hall, once the eradle of liborty, has become the cradle of sedition and dis- union, let Now York rally to the assistance of President Johnson and insist that bis policy, which recognizes the rights of the white man as well as those of the black, shall be faithfully and successfully carried dut and obeyed at the North as well as at the South, France and MexicomA Friendty Offer and Explanation. We of the United States have made up our minds on tho Mexican question, and we take it that other people understand pretty clearly what we mean to do. We are acting on a prin- ciple, and stand on ground pecullarly our own.. What we threaten to do we will surely do, one day or other, and do it right thorough- ly. We have called upon the French Emperor to withdraw his troops from the soil of this continent, not because there is nothing ad- mirable or excellent in French civilization, nor because the presence of French troops is not a positive good to that worthless, wretched neighbor of ours, but because nothing can live in the atmosphere of this continent which is not, so to speak, homogeneous end kindred with the spirit of its people. This must be clearly understood. We admit all that has been said in favor of Maximilian personally. He is an amiable gentleman, and deservedly admired by those who have experienced his libérality and benefited by his generosity; yet, and more the pity, he never can purchase our good will, because he represents and is the embodiment of an antagonistic idea. To us of the Now World the history of the Old is a lesson which we endeavor to profit by. We cannot permit the growth here of a system of things which our fathers fled to avold; else God has given us in vain a virgin scroll where- on to write a new record and a new history. No hereditary monarchies’ upon the soil of America, from the frozen ocean to Cape Horn! Universal suffrage and the right of the people to elect their rulers are the doctrines upon which all the communities of this continent must rest; and those governments which are not of this creed must perish. At the same time we are not unreasonable. It is perfectly clear that the Mexican people are not up to the mark, not yet sufficiently civ- ilized to control their own destinies. They need policeing, and they shall have it; but they must have it of the right kind, and if we choose we can do it just as well as France. * Our sym- pathies in this question are enlisted on the side of American governmental ideas and princi- ples, and not purely and simply on that of the Mexican people, who are as dust in the scale. Tke soil of America must be kept uncontami- nated, and no people on this continent shall be permitted to invite or foster a form of govern- ment antagonistic to ours, It is unfortunate that the Mexicans, and, in fact, the bulk of the Latin races everywhere, have shown them- selves unable to take care of themselves. In the case of Mexico twenty-seven revolutions and violent up-turnings of the government during the short period of forty years, more or less, offer sufficient proof. What is worse, there is no cure for the evil, for the population has | deteriorated irretrievably through the procesg of miscegenation. As in Venezuels, 4 country alilariy torn by pouncs!, gonv@sions, where the populatign is so mixed that about one matt in seven is whité, ‘it ts extrem ie diMault to distinguish pute: blood. Miscegenation bas done its work most thoroughly, and a9 degene- rated the old Spanish race that these wretched descendants must be cared for by others or perish miserably and ecandalously. We grant that Marshal Bazaine and his soldiers—for. after all, they are the real government of the country—have done much good to Mexico, more, in fact, than all the native governmonts since the country became independent. The difficulty is that Napoleon and his lieutenants have gone too far snd established a monarchy. It is precisely for this sim- ple reason that our newspapers and peo- ple have made such a fass about the Monroe doctrine, and published and spoken a great deal of nonsense, too. But we have no really hostile feeling towards France—onr first, fast friend and oldest ally. We only want to get rid ot the system she has planted in Mexico—that is to say, in America—at a mo- ment, too, when our national government was in trouble and had its bands fall. We ask her to withdraw and take her system with her, for it cannot flourish on this soil. We will do all in our power to facilitate matters and be per- fectly fair and friendly in coming to an under- standing. We will take care of the Mexicans, so that they may not disgrace themselves in future as they have been doing, and we will even allow a portion of the French army to re- main till the claims due by Mexico are paid, debts which the Congress of the United States shall guarantee, if our offer of arrangement be accepted by Napoleon. Can anything be fairer? By the way, just to save time and further parley, we offer the same excellent advice, in the same friendly spirit, to Spain and the other European nationalities having possessions any- where in the waters or on the soil of America. They bad better make preparations for depart- ing at the earliest moment—the most convenient for us. In any event, we advise the speedy evacuation by Europe of every inch of ground that is properly American, in order to balance world squarely—the New against the Old. ’s CommissioneR IN WasHINcTON-- Government Knows No Svcu Person as tar Eupzror or Mexico—An important and significant fact regarding Mexican affairs is given in one of our Washington despatches. It will be remembered that in a letter of our cor- respondent in the city of Mexico, published some time ago in the Henatp, it was stated that Senor Degollado had been sent to Wash- ington by Maximilian as an agent, commis- sioner or minister. The ostensible purpose of Senor Degollado’s mission was to present to President Johnson the so-called Emperor's condolence on the assassination of President Lincoln and congratulations to his successor on his elevation; but the real object was to obtain some sort of recognition by our govern- ment, however slight it inight be, of the Mexi- can empire. Senor Degollado, it appears, has already arrived in Washington and made his application for an audience of the President and Secretary Soward, who were asked to re- coive a letier from the Emperor of Mexico. ‘Their reply is rovorted to have been thet thay knew no such person and would not.receive the This shows that our government is firm on the matter of the Monroe , how- ever muoh, owihg to its preoccupation in sub- uing the rebellion, it may have been aus- pected of losing sight of this cardinal poiat in American polioy. Ramroap Stavcarers—Dancee oF Saort Conves,—It is a remarkable fact that the majo- rity of railroad disasters which we have had to chronicle for some time past occurred at curves 'in the road. This was so with the acci- dents on the Bridgeport, the New London and the Oil Creek roads. It seems to us that there is a very easy remedy for this, There ia very rarely any necessity why a curve should be so short as that a train could not be seen ap- proaching at a distance of an eighth, or even a quarter of a mile. But it {s true that curves are mostly made so abrupt through the mis- taken economy of the railroad companies as to render collisions inevitable in cases where trains ran out of time. A good system has been adopted on the New Haven Railroad with regard to drawbridges since the fearful disas- ter at the Norwalk bridge some years ago, for which the company had to pay eight hundred thousand dollars—that is, to bring the trains to a dead stop on reaching a drawbridge, whether it be shut or open. No accidents have occurred at the bridges on this line since. A similar rule has been enforced for some time on the North- ern Indiana and the Michigan Central roads, at the crossings where the two roads meet. Each train is obliged to stop, just as at a station, and cannot proceed until it is ascertained that the tracks are clear. Therefore a colli- sion such as occurred at that point some years ago is impossible. The same regulation could be put in force with regard to short curves. The loss of time would be very little, and it would assuredly be compensated for by the security to life thus obtained. We would sug- gest this plan to the railroad companies, an we would also impress upon the legislatures of the different States the necessity of making such a rule compulsory. It would at least protect the travelling public from one class of accidents, and that the most frequent ia the history of railroad massacres. Tae Census Trovetx.—We’ publish to-day several additional communications from both sides of the census question—from citizens and census enumerators. The citizens claim that they have not been called on for any return of the number of persons in their househo}ds; the enumerators complain that they cannot get the necessary information at several houses where they have called; and thus the affair appears rather mixed. There is no doubt that the enumerators meet with considerable difficulties, and that their duty, like that of the tax gatherer and the conscription clerk, isa very disagreeable one. Many people have acquired - such a dislike for any man who comes round with a book in his hand, asking the particulars of family affair, that they invariably treat him as an enemy, and refuse to give him any in- formation. This feeling, of course, has been increased by the terrors of the draft last year, which pervaded every household, and also the not over courteous manner of the generality of Internal Revenue officials. The census taker, however, should not be daunted by the reception he may get, but should explain his business distinctly and wait his opportunity finiil he can obtain the information required. This is the duty of the census officer, and if he is not equal to it he should resign in favor of somebody who is more competent. The diffi- Cillttes tn the way of obtaining a correct census = -eable. are not unconque... pawns —_—_— er. ns ny Axoraen — Stook-Joawjsg Fv; +NO8.—That hotbed of vice, the Evening Stock tacucos, having collapsed, it now becomes for the brokers and iégitimate dealers in Wall street and vicinity to exert themseiyes in put- ting down the noisy and turbulent congrega- tion of curbstone operators that block up Broad street every afternoon. They are a great nuisance, and the police have no control over them. Let us see what the boards of brokers can do. Firra Avexve.—Perhaps the street cleaning contractors can account for the dust and dirt in this fashionable thoroughfare. Strangers are apt to remark, if Fifth avenue is dirty, where shall we look for a clean street in the metropolis? Wattack’s “Tieatre.—The summer season at this Popular establishment will close this evening with the farewell bencfit of the favorite actor and stage manager, Mr. W. R. Floyd, who goes to New Orleans in a few weeks as manager of the Varietios theatre. The bill announced is an unusually strong one, consisting of the drama of the Colleen Bawn and Handy Andy, with the young comedian, Mr. Dan Bryant, as Myles-Na- Coppaleen and Handy Andy. Mr. Floyd will appear as Danny Mann, the performance of which character has given him some prominence. These varied attractions are sure to draw an immense house. Woon’s Minetret Hatt.—This elegant, cool and well conducted establishment is one of the most delightful places of amusement in the city. We know of no house where there is such a perfect combination of enjoyable performances. Mr. Wood and his excellent company Prove to perfection the secret ot making people pleasant and comfortable, and the public mark their appreciation of the fact by liberally patronizing them. achat Persona) Intelligence. Secretary Stanton arrived in this city, from Washing- ton, on Thursday, en route for West Point, whither he started without delay, We understand he intends re- maining there a fow days. Brevet ry ys General Robert Nu; formerly in command of Trish Brigade, is now on™ it Dayton Ohio, He ranks as brevet colonel in the army which appointment he received from th ern field. for gallant and meritorious services in His friends will be Lgl to hear that he is in the ment of excellent health, and expects to visit New York very Our Re ig Veterans. ARRIVAL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH NEW YORE VOLUNTEERS. The One Hundred and Tenth New York Vohinteers, commanded by Colonel C. Hamilton, numbering Ove hundred and fifty ofcers and men, arrived in this city, on a transport, last Thursday, from Tallahassee, Florida, where the regiment bas been doing duty for some months past. No dolay was made here, as they immediately after landing embarked on the steamér Thos, P. Way for Al- Dany, en route to Syracuse, near which place the One Hundred and Tenth was in the summor of 1863, and where they will receive their final discharge. THE SIXTH NEW YORE CAVALRY, having been mustered out of service at Washington, are expected to arrive here to-day. THER YOURTRENTH NEW YORE HEAVY ARTILLERY are to be mustered out of service to-day at the capital, where they have been doing garrison duty, and will probably arrive in New York on Monday morning, THR TENTH OONNRCTICUT VOLUNTEERS, Colonel Greeley commanding, having beén mustered out of service at Richmond, Virginia, a couple of days Gince, will leave that city this morning and reach Now York on Monday next. There are but eleven more . ‘Monts from this State to be mus out under exiati orders. The State agencies will thus soon find theft “ov. a gone.’ At the New York State Depot in How. ard street there are some four handred men, detach: monte of various military organizations, who are await, ine gal petiloment aud trppsporiatiog fy shoir nampa, | Beseae A Pyrotechnic Establishment in Flames. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A FEMALE OPERATIVE ONE MAN TERRIBLY BURNED.- A destructive and very exciting fire occurred yeater- day in John street, consuming the entire contents of a gun and fireworks establishment, and causing death te one or more unfortunate operatives. The explosions and gyrations of the combustible fabrications produced a feeling of painful apprehension and awe among the ox- cited crowd who gathered in the locality, which was much intensified by the knowledge of numerous females being employed in a fur ostablishment in one of the upper stories, whence escape seemed only a desperate possibility. The facts are these:— Betweon four and five o’clock in the afternoon parties in buildings opposite perceived a sudden volume of smoke issue trom the store of J, T. Jones, No. 16 John street, and used as above stated. It appears from a statement made to Assistant Fire Marshal H. D, Baker by Mr. Richard Jones, the merchant's brother, that he was im the store at the time, taking an order from a boy, when suddenly he heard an hissing sound and at the same time received a blow upon his head; on looking arovnd he saw some fireworks upon a shelf exploding ; he shoved the boy towerds the street door and tried to close the safe, but had to run out without doing -so; he then run up stairs and gave the alarm. By this time the fireworks were cxploding very rapidly and a dense smoke coming up the front stairs, he made his way down the back stairs to the yard, He can- not account for the fire unless it was caused by spon- taneous combustion of some signal lights he got in the day previous; he had shipped a part of them, and only had half a dozen left, The entire store was burned out and part of the stairs to the second floor. Mr. Jones estimates the loss on his brother's stock at about $16,000, on which there is an insurance of only abort $10,000, ‘The second floor was occupied by G. J. Dumse, lottery or policy office, and other parties for offices; their fur- niture is damaged by smoke and water. The third floor, in front, is occupied by J. W. Robinson, silver platers damaged about $100; insured for $250. The back part 4 is used as an envelope factory; name of owner not as- certained. The attic story was occupied by Harris & Rugsack, fur merchants, and John Filo, fur sewer. There were seven giels at work in his promises, and on the alarmyof firo being given they hurried dowm stairs towards the street. When going down the last flight of stairs the flames and smoke suddenly gushed up, when Filo and one of the girls fell; he suc- ceeded in gaining the street, but was terribly burned about the face, arms and body, and it is feared he is fatally injured internally. He was conveyed by the po- lice to the New York Hospital. He isa man about forty years of age, has a wife and three children, and liver a& 243 South Third street, Williamsburg. The girl was not so fortunate, for some time afterward her Kfoleas cory was taken out by the firemen from. the hall at the foot of the ‘stairs, burned almost to @ crisp. The body was conveyed to thd Second ‘ocinct station house and the Coroner notified. The other girls made their escape from the second story front windows to the street, and all escaped uninjured. ‘The stock of furs of Harris & Russack are about five hundred dollars and are Insured for one thou- sand five hundred dollars in the Brooklyn Insurance Company. The stock of Yankee notions in the adjoin- ing store, No. 14, owned by T. J. Connelly, is by water to the extent of four hund dollars; insured, name of company not ascertained. There ‘be some slight damage to the stock of silver plated ware of Waters & Thorp. They are insured for ten thousand dollars in the Etna Insurance Company of Hartford. ‘The buildings, Nos, 14 and 16, are owned by the Am- derson Fest ‘They ‘are damaged to the extent of $3,000, and are inst The cxcitement at one time was very gi as it was reported there were fourteen girls in the f that only four of thom had . The the met, aided by the reserves First, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Twenty-seventh oe preserved Ceppen hiages Ae. ‘were very ough somewhat ‘on the groun ‘The woman mentioned above as burned to foenigt 4 5a8 named Catharine Cleves, born in Germany and t1 one years of Various parties had called at tion houso in the ear Dart of the athe ot identifying her, but all failed. It was re to trace any hu} Vineaments, for o-, ie mere bris je of cindgra, with © 41° war roasted he roots, consumed ' aS ea nh ae re exolaimed :— “Tis my 1 know that ring ‘aud hero was seen & gold, eeong ves Way OMIg With difficuity. sM@icting. The couple were married only a few ¢ remains lie covered with a white the q Veatige of clothing being a ‘ rt, citngs With tenacity to wi dered viotiats & see ans neta im escaped were for the irt”” vil flam’s. Parties are ptill calling at =f ins'st that Mote lies dre bui there. bish will be removed to-morrow and made. Auxtety is manifested by the family of Mr. Jones, as he has not been secn since took place. Some assert, however, that he left the build- ing, and is probably adjusting affairs in business circles, The contents of the open safe were of course destroyed, i Music at the Park. The Park Commissioners announce that, if the weather is fine, there will be music on the Mall at the Park to- day, commencing at half-past four o'clock, by the Park Band, under the leadership of H. B. Dodworth. The fol- lowing is the programme :— Part riret. Centra! Park March. 1. Overture, ‘La Fille du Regiment’ 2 Polka, “Berlina”, ‘ 3. Barcarolo, ‘‘Bounding-Bourding Boat Go. Lightly”... sooeee Rucker, aT 4. Grand March, ‘De Cortege 6. Overture, *+emiraniide . ink taal Sword’ bie . is PART THIRD. 8. Quick March, ‘Give to the Winds”. 9. Andantino from “Das Wunderuaseer, Meister Licht bei des Fruhrothesscheins’’ 10. Quick March, “The Medlo; 11. Gallop, “Frieden Jubel The Union. A despatch received yesterday from St, Paul announces the death at the lakes near Minneapolis, Minnesota, at two P, M. Thursday, of Henry 0. Clarence MacCarthy, for many years engaged on the periodical press of this city, and latterly prominent among Irish revolutionary leaders as Deputy Head Centre of the Fenian Brother- hood and President of the Fenian Central Council. Be bad repaired to Minnesota, hoping the climate an@ scenery would relieve him of a nemorrhage and pulmo- nary disease contracted during a lecturing tour for the yap tet which event bie death. He was born i Aum was a man of intellectu- ality and marked republi vences. His lows will be felt by the Fenian y, doth in this coun- try and in Ireland. The ‘are 11 of remains in charge brother, and will be conveyed to St. Louis, Mo., for ta- terment near his mother’s grave. MAS. ROSALIND A. BOVEY, The esteemed and honored lady of General Alvia P Hovey, of Indiana, died at the &. Nichols Hotel, in this city, on Thuraday of the present week. Mrs, Hovey was the daughter of Caleb B. Stnith, laté the Secretary of the Interior, and was united to the General, who was her second husband, onty a short time siamese, She had travelled as far as New York, on for Peru, to whi pointed United Sater Miniter, ‘when she eicKoned” Aud wet an untimely dissolution. DEATH OF MOSES THOMAS. Privaverpaia, August 26, 1866. Monee Thomas, the well known real estate auctioneer, died this morning, at an advanced age. —— The trot on Ham oe open to atallions. Ti a: of the wesneh Cotten at Caire. Carmo, August 25, ‘Three hundred and cight bales of ari eaterday ; also four hundred bales for tor Louisville and forty-two for St. Loui a New Counranvnit Firty Dot. afew the genuine, ry dol in circulation. One ceva The face of Alexaudoe are well alcutated to deceive, Hamilton on the bill is coarse; otherwise than that it ts The back is fect; but the papor is heavier Apa a eqnying Bil- very than