The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1866, Page 4

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Im the Senate yesterday the House resolution to ap- polat a joint committee on the subject of retrenchment, to sit during tho recess, was adopted with amendments 0 as to apply to the military and naval as well as civil service, and charging the committee to inquire imto the expediency of changing the method of ‘@ppointment to civil office so that it cannot be used for party purposes. Mr. Edmunds, who called up the joint resolution, said it was not to be sub- mitted to the President. The Civil Appropriation Dill was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Northern Pacific Railroad bill was taken up, but pending action on it the Senate adjourned. In the House the bill authorizing the construction of ‘bridges across the Mississippi was passed. Mr. Alley, of ‘Massachusetts, and Mr. Washburne, of Illinoia, bandied a fow harsh words during the discussion; but nothing exciting resulted therefrom. The consideration of the Teport of the Rousseau-Grinnell committee was then proceeded with. The report makes an elaborate @tatement of the caning, and then proceeds to give the reasons of the committee for recommending the expulsion of Rousseau. The minority report is also pre- sented. Speaker Colfax mado a statement defending himself from the imputation of inefficiency in not re- quiring Mr. Grinnell to take his seat when ruled out of order, by saying that usage has made it the primary duty of members to do g0, the Speaker not being allowed the privilege, Mr. Spalding de- ivered a glowing cuiory on General Rousseau. While condemning his conduct, and intending to vote for his expulsion, Mr. Hale offered as an amondment to the commitice’s first resolution that it is deemed inexpedi- ent to take further action in the matter, but a question of adjournment was proposed, and the subject was dropped. The committee juvestigating the Fry-Conk- ling case reported in part censuring Fry and exonerating Conkting. THE CITY. MISCELLANEOUS. The radical caucus of the members of the Senate and House was held in the Hall yesterday evening. The ses- sion wae stormy, and tho President received his usual quantity of abuse, No reporters were allowed to be pre- sent, and detectives were placed to watch the movements of all Heraxp correspondents who might be walking in the grounds or anywhere in the vicinity of the place of assembly. A resolution was adopted that Congress should adjourn on the 23d instant, Cabinet matters are still interesting. Governor Ran- dall’s name was sent to the Senate yesterday as Post- master Gencral. Attorney General Speed offered his resignation, and it was reported that all the Ministers had determined to follow his example, ‘The Prosident has approved the Internal Revenue bill, the bill making appropriations for the support of the army and the one relating to pilots and pilot regulations, ‘The letter of our special fashion correspondent in Paris, dated on the 29th of June, which we publish this morn- ing, contains matter of rofreshing interest; particularly 80 for the ladies. The writer describes the new articles of dress, the basque piplum and paletot-breton, with the different varieties of the new material—the Sultana— which is in much favor for full dreas at the French court, The prevailing styles, in cut, material and trimming, of out door dresses and hats are also reported. Our Matamoros correspondence is dated July 2 Gen- eral Escobedo is shortly to leave for Monterey with four thousand men, his prospects of reducing the city being very flattering. The Amorican division is not Alling up very fast, General Caravajal has demanded the return of the French financial agent in Mexico from General Getty, commanding ‘Xie United States forces on the Rio Grande, under {ne Extradition treaty of the 1ith of December, 1861. The agont crossed the line at tho time of the sur- render with the Custom House archives im his posses- sion. The matter has been referred to Washington, Zhe health of Matamoros is good, and no epidemic is antici - pated, Gencral Mejia and is troops arrived in Tampico Just in time to repulse an assault from the liberals. A series of pon portraits of the present Senate of the United states is published in our columns this morning with scientific chart dissections of the mind and matter composing the various personages who go to make up that “historic” body, These photographs are ‘n in an impartial and unprejudiced light, and, there- o many instances the portrait is so natural as to ate all the scars and wrinkles belonging to the original, as well as the handsomer traits, ‘The Johnston Club of Portsmouth, Va., have resolved to appoint delegates to the Philadelphia Convention. ‘The loss by the burning of the Cincinnati Academy of ‘Music is greater than at first supposed, being $65,000, Genera! Sherman will remain in Boston until Tuesday. The ovation he is receiving was in no wise abated yester- day, He was formally received in the City Hall by the members of the municipal governiment, and at the State House by Governor Bullock. An extensive iron foundry, a machine shop and three dy houses Were burned in Concord, N. H., on Fri- day. Loss $40,000. Head Contre Stephens was committed to jail in Boston yesterday for non-payment of a debt of four thousand dollars, ‘Tho Georg ss tqual Rights Association of Freedmen adjourned yesterday after a session of three days in Augnsta, The R Admin People. The events now transpiring in Washington are of the highest importance to the whole American people. A crisis has at last been reached in the Cabinet-which cannot fail to exert great: influence upon the fall elections and the manipulations of parties. The precise effect, however, that it will have, or the changes that will be brought, about in the political: field, cannot be fully ascertained until we have more definite information of the manner in which President Johnson will meet thus crisis and handle the issues forced upon him. . There has been for several months past a direct an- tagoniam between the administration and Con- gress, and onseveral occasions this has reached such @ point that a break up in the Cabinet ap- peared inevitable. So marked were the differ- ences between these two branches of the gov- ernment that few could comprehend how men professing “to agree with Congress could, with the least regard for their self-respect, retain positions as the constitutional advisers of the President. Bat all of these intricate points were bridged over, and affairs allowed to drift along until the action of Congress has forced upon the country a direct issue between the politicians and Congress on the one side and the people on the other—an issue which involves the question whether the government shall be conducted solely for the benefit of the corrupt, jobbing and speculating politicians and for partisan purposes, or for the benefit of the great mass of the American people. In addition to these facts, circumstances have compelled the Cabinet and Congress to take sides upon a question in which is involved the direct abandonment of the re- publican party as it is now organized and conducted under the manipulation of the radicals in“’Congress. A national conven- tion is called in which men from all sec- tions who desire the immediate restoration of the country are invited to participate. Cabi- net ministers are asked to endorse the call. One member readily gives his assent, and two others, finding that they cannot do so without repudiating their party, send in their resigna- the Cabinet=—The Congress and the Six cases of cholera were reported in the city yester. | tions. Others are expected to follow their day, nove of which proved fatal, Four cases were also | example, and thas open the door tor a recon- reported in Brooklyn, three of which resulted fatally. | struction of the Cabinet which has been already The total number ot deaths in the city from all diseases too long delayed andjwhich the interests of the during the last week was eight hundred and forty-four. Ten of them were cholera cases, The cholera is more Prevalent in Brookiyn than in New York, although ex- clusively confined to filthy localities in both cities. Judge Ingraham has delivered an elaborate opinion in the Board of Health and Washington Market case. The Injunction restraining the Board from iuterfering with tho stands is snateine George W. Chadwick, the Vico President of the North River Bank of Kuboken, which ereaicd such excitement the other day by the discovery of huge frauds on is part, was before the Jefferson Market Police Court yes: terday. He waived an examination, and being admitted to ball, presented a gen‘ ieman living in New Jersey, who waa ineligible by reason of being a non-resident of the State. No one else appearing, Chadwick and Jackson, who are charged with being accomplices in the bank frauds, were comm!'ted in default of $2,500 bail. Officer Campbell, of the Fourteenth precinct Metropoll- tan Police, discovered » burglar in the bird cage manu. factory, No. 114 Grand streot, on Friday night, and on attempting to arrest him was violently assaulted and his life attempted. The burglar tried all the barrels of a re- volver on the officer but they missed fre, He was then knocked down and sect His name is Ferd'nand Gries, and he was comm the Tombs. eather was warmer yesterday than on Friday, the deure A slight sprinkio Ten eases of suustroke in t !, ox of whieh were fatal. \ the Ttalian, Austrian and Progstan vesse)+ prevent in this port show that Italy bas 32, Prussia 2° wud Avctria2, making @ total tonnage of 25,000 tons. An umatour regatta took place yesterday at Staten Island, The distance sailed was sixteen miles, The yacht Anayon was declared the winner. The stock market was buoyant yesterday at 1629; There was very little change in commercial affairs ye torday, Prices were unsettled, the fuctuations of gout and the defeat of the Tariff bill combining to render them more than ever nominal. But little was done ir mported merchandise, and but little in domestic pr uce, Groceries were firmer, Cotton was dull avd irooping. On ‘Change, floor was dull and inforior, rnd Cuolee grades wore 10a a 25e. lower, Wheat was inv tive and nominally lower. Corn was in fair demand, bat at lower rates, Onte were dail and lower. Pork wer also loma active and lower, while beef was steady. Lard was du! heavy, Whiskey was unchanged Fre quiet but Ormer. t 0 de Gold closod | country demanded months ago. We are yet | in the dark as to the course that President Johnson will pursue in this new emergency. He is in the midst of a revolution fraught with the most important results, and has come upon 4 crisis in which nothing short of prompt and deci- sive action will reach the exigencies of the occasion. Were he a Jackson, there would be no doubt as to his mode of dealing with the re- volutionasy elements around him; but the fear is that, instead of boldly taking the responsibil- ity of shaping the course of events, he will allow himself to drift along with the current and permit this opportunity to strengthen his administration to pass away. Whatever may be the disposition of the President in this emergency, it is very evident that the radicals in Congress do not intend to let this crisis go by without attempting to profit by It. To accomplish this they are ready to resort to extreme revolutionary measures, as is already seen by the developments of the caucuses held in Washingtom. They have pro- hibited all republicans from participating in the Convention at Philadelphia, under the pen- alty of excommunication from the party. In this way they hope to consolidate their forces and retain sufficient strength to continue their work of spoliation and revolution, in spite of the results of the Convention or the opposition of the people and the administration, This only sbows the necessity of the President act- ing promptly and so directing the current that these eventa will be made to assist the people in electing @ conservative Congress in the place of this factious, revolutionary and spoils-hunting body, The demoralizing effects of this Congress are being felt all over the country. The only safety for the country, the people and the administration is in its supersedure in that quiet but effect ial constitutional war—thpough our ap NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1866. is this| at Bayxnvrr Law.—We perceive that the Bankrupt law is still receiving consideration at the lands of the Senate, with various amend- ment and modifications added from time to time. Thenecessity of such » law must be apparent to ¢very one as # medium of relief for the hondst but unfortunate debtor. In the present unsttled condition of the ceuntry, particularly in the South, impoverished as it is and embar- rasted as the majority of its commercial commu- nity must be by the events of the war, there is but one methed of enabling business men to retileve their Sriunes and pay off their indebt- edyesa, a>% that isa bankrvpt law which will leave “neir industry free Yor future operations. 7» argument that dishonest men may take ad- vantage of it toevade the payment of their legitimate obligations ought to be no obstacle to the passage of the law, because that olass of mon will prove dishonest in any event, while the existence of » bankrupt law will afford an opportunity for thousands of upright men rh eae aot: to pay off old debts by new enterprise, and embark again in pros- perows business which has been destroyed during the late calamitous war. A law of this kind, framed to shield the honest merchant, and stringent enough in its provisions to repress fraud, is much needed, and we hope that the Senate will not hesitate any longer to adopt it. proaching fall elections, It very thing that the radicals are now en- deavoring to prevent by appropriating all the advantage of the present emergency to them- selves that is possible under the circumstances. The great pressing necessity is a new Congress, and the opportunity is now offered by the rup- ture in the Cabinet for the President to mate- rially assist in bringing about this much desired change. If out of this crisis at Wash- ington and the action of the Philadelphia Convention the overthrow and complete rout of the present sectional and revolutionary body are secured at the ballot-box, then some- thing important will have been accomplished. Otherwise we fear that our dangers have but commenced, and discord and terror will 8p prevail throughout the length. and bree*/in of the land. Tas Quaraytivk Muppis.—The present con- dition of the quarantine muddle may be briefly stated. The infunotion Yesued by Judge Bar- nard bas compelle?, the Commissioners to evacuate Seguip%)s Point, after spending sev- eral thousand. dollars in their experiment of a temporary quarantine, The people of Staten Island, following the good advice which we gave them, refrained from all riotous demon- strations, and the legal victory which they have obtained was no more than they deserved. The Commiss:oners now rely upon floating hospitals to answer the purpose for which they intended the buildings at Seguine’s Point. The law passed by the last Legislature pro- vides, however, for a permanent quarantine hospital, to ke located upon the West Bank. The location is not a matter of choice with the Commissioners, but was decided upon by the Legislature. The law states that “the said Board of Commissioners shall, as soon as prac- ticable after the passage of this act, cause to be erected on the West Bank, in the lower bay of New York, but not within one anda half miles of the shores of Staten Island, in the man- ner hereinafter provided, a suitable structure, with all the necessary docks, wharves and appurtenances, for use as a - hospital for the reception of those sick with contagious dis- eases arriving in vessels subject to quarantine,” It would seem that nothing but another act of the Legislature can change this location. But, on the other hand, this law does not settle the quarantine muddle; for in the next section it is provided that “ before proceeding to the erection of said structure, the said Board of Commissioners shall submit to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Comptroller (State) for examination, careful plans and specifica- tions, made by competent engineers or archi- tects, with accurate estimates of the expense of erecting and fitting up the said structure, docks, wharves and appurtenances ; and if the said plans, specifications and estimates-shall be approved by them, or a majority of them, they or such majority shall certify that fact in writ- ing, and file the same in the office of the Seo- retary of, State; and no contract shall be made for the erection of the said structure, or any part thereof,-wor -shall‘any:money-be ex- pended thereon, until the plans, specifications and estimates therefor shall be approved and filed as aforesaid.” To prepare these plans and estimates will take a considerable time, fand after all the State officials may not ap- prove them, since an island will have to be erected upon the West Bank, and the work will necessarily be very costly. Then, after the plans and estimates are approved, it will re- quire a long while to construct the necessary buildings for the reception of patients. Thus for at least a year to come there will be no place for the sick arriving at quarantine but the floating hulks that now afford such meager accommodations. Jerr Davis axp Garrett Davis.—In the Sen- ate, last week, Mr. Trumbull asked that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of several pvti- tions, among them one for the speedy trial by court martial of Jeff Davis, and one for the ex- pulsign of Garrett Davis from the Senate. Garrett Davis, therefore, is safe for the pres- ent, and Jeff remains, like Mahomet’s coffin, in @ state of suspense. He is reported, however, to be failing. “His voice is much weaker, his step far less assured, his conversation less cheerful, and with very little of the buoyancy he lately evinced.” This may be largely due to the intense heat of the last few days; but still it is probable, from his gradually declin- ing strength, that between this and October Davis and the government will be relieved of the troublesome question of his trial, by the intervention of a nelle prosequi against which there is no appeal. Will such a settlement of his case meet the ends of justice or the dignity of the government? That is the question which should now be considered. Tae Unrrep Starks Senate.—We submit to our readers this morning an entertaining chap- ter of the personnel of the United States Sesate. If from this review the reader is impressed with the fact that the old crop of such states- men in the Senate as Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Hayne, Randolph, Benton, Cass and Silas Wright is exhausted, he may be consoled with the thought that a new crop is perhaps coming on, which in good time will redeem the country from the rule of small politicians. We are just now and have been for some years in a transi- tion state, from an epoch of great men passed away to an epoch of great men yet to come; and they will come if we only labor to bring them out. Tur Wawxey Tax.—It is pretended that the new Tax bill isso stringent upon the whiskey manviacturers that the government will have no further difficulty in collecting the tax. But it is probable that some loophole has been adroitly left for the whiskey dealers to escape, and the President should direct special atten- tion to this matter. At present, according to the statements of the government inspectors, only one barrel of whiskey in every four pays the tax. Popular Ideas. WHY THE REGULARS IN THE ARMY DESERT. An enlisted man in the United States army, who is ona short furlough which he would not have received had it been known that he was determined to write his grievances to the HEraxp, dosires to call the attention of the public to the large number of desertions from the regular army. He says the principal cause is the rotten condition of ourcommissariat, The food is shamefully inferior to that consumed at the very lowest boarding houses in our large cities. Tne men have no redress; if they com- plain they are sure to lose the few privileges they may have been enjoying, and the slightest offence condemns them tos ‘guard house,’’ which, in nine cases out of ten, ts not fit fora hog pen, which are now crowded to suffocation in these hot days with apprehended deserters, The “post fund’? (so called), wrung from the stomachs of half famished soldiers, supports a vegetable garden, @ large proportion of which is devoted to the production of luxuries—such as celery, green peas, &c.—which are absorbed by the newly fledged officers (?), half of whom got their commissions either because politician “‘papa’’ had influence with come member of Congress, or for ‘long and meritorious services during the war,’’ which service, ‘by the way, was performed in one of the luxuriantty fur- nished parlors of the Treasury :bulldieg or the War De- partment. Inspectors of the army, on their arrtval ata post, are recoived with all the honors, and arm in arm with the commanding officer visit the kitchens, a model of cleanliness; but how would-they’ like todine on -the rancid pork (out of sight) which is fed to.the men at least four daya-ont of the seven, and sometimes oftener? The inspector is regaled: by'music by the band. while his at- tention is called to the magnificent garden, which it is imtimated “contributes to the comfort of the enlisted men.” The contractor who furnishes the pork in large quantities intersperses several barrels of good pork, which by somo alight of hand he manages to designate for inspection, and the whole passes as of that quality. ‘Tho greater part of the pork consumed in che army is ab- jately sickening to any one who has been half fed in Previous life. Let General Grant appoint aa intelli- ‘Gout detective to enlist and taste, PICKPOCKETS IM THR OITY OARS. ‘We could not if we would publish all the complaints that come to us from the victims of pickpockers in the city railroad cars, but we are inclined nevertheless to keep the matter constantly within the view of our police authorities, A gentleman informs us by note of two or ‘three cases which have come to his knowledge. He says that within a day or two past a young married lady from the country started out on a shopping excursion with hundred dollars in her pocket, of which she was genteclly fleeced in an Eighth avenue car, Another lady, quite young, was intrusted with eighty dollars to make some purchases, and a pretended female friend of hers relteved her of the entire amount in a Third avenue car. Yet another, who was seeking medical aid for am invalid eon, took a Second avenue car the more readily to reach the steamboat landing, and after # very fashionably dressed female who sat beside ber had left the car, she found that one hundred dollars had departed fram her pocket. This is the story of “ome who knows" and who thinks that many of the crinoline pickpockets are noto- tious male thieves in the disguise of ladies’ apparrel, ANOTHER NUISANCE. “W. H. P."’ complains of tho stench which arises from the private rooms of tne ferry houses, and asks if the nuisance cannot be abated. An appeal to the forry mas- ters by the Health Beard might elicit a proper answer. A QUESTION OF VERacITY. Harlan P. Smith, 240 Kast Tenth street, writes to state that the report of the Health Board im regard to a model tenement house, No. 266 Monroe street, is erroneous, and that the whole complaint is » “base, malicious lie.’’ He explains the edifice in question to be five stories high, and, counting the family in the store, to contain nine families, ‘The landtora has not been in the building for © long time, and dees not interest himsolf in tenants’ complaints, Bat it appears that repairs are needed, and they should, for the sake of preserving the health of the neighborhood, U8 promptly sttended to. i WHERE DORS THE MONEY GO? “HL J.” informs us that it is stated by well informed Parties that the general order business fer the whole city is given to one firm ia the storage business by the Custom House authorities for a bonus of forty thousand dollars. Can any one tell us if there is ang truth in this report; and, if true, where the money goes? by MORE NUISANOBS. “An Old Physician” complains of an wpas nuisance in the shape of large garbage boxes on the sidewalks in fromt of densely rewded tenement houses. He states that while walking-with a lady through Thompson street, between Prince and Houston, on the west side, his breath wae almost taken away by the afflavia He recommends the Board of Ith to require that these boxes be Properly covered,’ as life is likely to be destroyed, even during slumber, hy sfe pestilential gases arising from those mammoth garbage boxes. DISC RDANT MUSIC. A member of the Seventh regiment is decidedly op- posed to marching between two bands of music playing different tunes, as he says they were forced to do on the Fourth of Jifly. Yo says that was the enuse of the baq marching that was noticed by our reporter. PENIAN VUNDS FOR THE PORTLAND SUFFERERS. A sympathizer with the sufferers by the fre in Port- jand suggests that the unexpended funds im the bands of the Fenian Treasurers and Head Centres should be appropriated to the alleviation of the deatitate in Port- Jand, Prorscrion or Lirs on ovr Sea Coasts.—In the consideration of the Miscellaneous Appro- priation bill in Congress on Friday, the sum of $10,000 was added for additional station houses and lifeboats on the New Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Little Egg harbor. There have been more useless appropriations than this made by Congress. More protection is re- quired upon the entire coast than is now pro- vided, and the provision for lifeboats might be extended beyond the shores of Jersey, danger- ous as that locality is. The means of saving life in cases of vessels going ashore along our vast coast line are altogether inadequate to the risks constantly incurred. Next in imper- tance to the lighthouse is the life station, with ita properly manned and well constructed boat. PARDON TO DRSERTERS. A member of Company C, First battalion, Twolfth regi- ment United Btates , desires to know whether General Order No. 43, issued July 8, 1868, offering pasdon to deserters, was gonuine. He says there are a number of men in this department that are still held in confine- ment who are entitled to the benefit of the order. AN EXPENSIVE GAME. A member of a chess club suggests that immediately after the formal opening of the great Atlantic cable a game of chess between the two leading clubs of Europe and America be played over the submerged wires, He thinks it would be very exciting, and no doubt it would; but who would pay the cost of ten dollars a word? Frovnes vor Taxparers.—The revenue of the government for the last fiscal year was six hundred and twenty millions of dollars. Of thie revenue over two hundred and fifty mil- lions of dollars were wasted in corrupt jobs by Jalil. \ the present Congress, Shall any of these guaphea ne lt ot forrendered hima squanderers of the taxes paid by our laboring | today ino counties ‘te me ne men Jy se-eiantaly Gabi of £4 O00. ond tha dail reanired iq 97.00% CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tus Post-Orrice Fing-Bait.—The inhabitants of the lower part of the city will be pleased to learn that the bell of the Poat-office tower was taken down yesterday, and is to be replaced at an‘early day. The old bell has done good service, its clear tones having given many an carly and timely ly during tho tity received so many’ hard hits uring: ihe samme, period city received so ts dui same of time, its districts Raving the a of strokes and ly the number of fires, The conse- quence was tbat it cracked and useless. It was mended some time ago. The down of this faith- Ghote te aos ensincnetg ee ee vent was w yy a large crow: ‘who were highly amused by the rough road which one o! tha riggers bed o Waves Some sae the wall of the old Roe Church tower wi descending on the Scars om 4 Revenve Cortecror’s Orrice. — The following occurred the other day in the offlce of one of our Revenue Collectors in this city. Op*, of our respectable German citizens applied for b¥% license to sell lager beer, when the follow’ n took . Clork—'* What will you have, art tery wooo mein lizenz.”” k—'* lo you do business?” “TY five in dat » Clerk. wire our 3) by ev Her ‘You st ioc did you make your applica- cation?’ Applicant—‘ Vell dat assessor he cooms PY mein blace, und he vant me to zign « baper, but dold him dat ven de droubles apout dat liquor pizness ppg brig bes ora e him out. a gotodem Excise Commissioners und vant a ein ut tollar lizenz, but dey dont zend me any potiz ; 80 now I dinks I give de government twendy-fife lar for a lizinz, und if dem Commissioners makes any roubles mit me or my blaze I goes down mit Shudge Kardoser und he vill give me von insheckshun.”” Acowent at tux Foutox Feary—A Sap Case.—Last evening about eleven o'clock, as one of the boats at the Fulton ferry was entering her slip on the New York side, @ lad named John Riordan, eleven years old, thinking the boat was already fast, hastened to walk off the boat in advance of his parents and fell between the boat and the pier, although the opening was hardly more than a foot in breadth. He was seen to rise to the surface twice before the steamer could be bucked out, and as soon as there was opportunity a man jum: overboard, but no further traces of the boy could bo found. It is the body was driven by the action of the water, boat hauled off, under the bridge. The father of the lad, James Riordan and his mother were on board. They reside in Gowanus, and came to this country from Ireland nine weeks ago, chiefly on account of this their only gon, that he might be reared among the ad- vantages of our free inatitutions, Their frantic, agoniz- ing woe was moat touching, and awakened the liveliest fled § for their sad bereavement among the passeu- ers on tho boat, At latest accounts the body had not yn recovered, LAxENTABLE ACCIDENT,—An accident which was very lamentable in its consequences took place at White Plains on Thursday iast. William Barnes, of this city, while witnessing the operations of a mowing machine upon his farm bad his leg cut most severely under the following circumstances :—While be was in front of the horses attached to the machine they took a sudden start, driving the blades of the mower into his leg near the foot, almost severing the lower portion of the limb, ‘The wound is so serious that amputation, it is expected, will have to be per.ormed. Distitery Fravps anp Inroruers.—The obtaining of information regarding the illicit manufacture of whiskey tn this city appears tobe ho Pasy task, as the Revenue Police, under Mr, Lewts, undoubtedly have experienced. Although the law provides for rewarding informors with half the proceeds of the confiscated liquor, still the de- duction of duty—two dollars per galiox—which ts about all that the seized whiskoy ever selis for, fou the. ‘nformer from any actual profit or pay. action Congress will be bgsapl to.remedy this dofapt, which renders the present law almost nugatory. Saturpay Turgs P. M. Movamenr.—For some years back a movement has been every summer started for the purpose of enabling clerks to enjoy every week of that season a few extra hours of recreation. Originally the movement began on the first Saturday of June and it action of the clerks, however, takes in only Sly and and idea.is #0 reageusbie and praiseworthy one men img to their request, Lows’s AurniruzaTer.—The attendance at Lowe's a trapeze. ‘from the Now York Volunteer Institu Programme being interspersed with appropriate alae Fata, ACCIDENT Near THE BurrexMiLx Cxaxnnt.—On Fri- day afternoon, at about half-past four o'clock, a row boat, containing three men, was run down near Butter- milk Channel by one of the Hamilton avenue ferry boats. Two of the men were drowned, and the put, Sores Terrell, aged about forty years, and resldiag at No. Bowery, was rescued in suctr a state of that no information vould be voyed to Long Island Excursion ov Company D, Escura Recrmrr.—The an- nual excarsion of this organization, under the eommand of Captain Joha Penberthy, will take place on Tuesday, July 17. The destination is St. Ronan’s Well, and from pete cope pornos s ager ig to be a most rt ! and enjoyable affair. steamboat William ‘Tittambr and barge Geraldine have been chartered for ‘the occasion. Drowssp Boor Recovwrap.—Last Thursday evening a Jad named William H. Harrwon was drowned in the dock foot of Warren street, North river, Search was mado for the remaina, bat they were not recovered till ear! morn! The Ret tn ld aa 's parents, street, wi an inquest was hekd Coroner Wi ‘The dered. a verdict of by pond lr ga sng Mr. Peabody's Fishing Exzcersion in ‘ Canada. OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENCE. Moore ov Tua Sv. Manavearr: River, Ory St. Lawnnnce, July 12, 1866, was served up, until one o’ciock this moming, when they again embarked for the Saguenay riverWnd Ha-Ha bay. Tadousac lies at # point just above Point Aux Vaches, about five miles from the confluence of the Sag- i Tae eat TAR i init Hf Hf iH 5 if i ji ul H & Pr ee rEEEEEEEEEEEEEEnnennnenenmemenmmmenemeemene YACHTING, Regatta of atemn Island—Exciting Race—Distance Saiied Sixteen Miles— Eleven Yachts Entered=The Anevos Declared the Winmer. A very interesting and exciting regatta took place yesterday at Tottenville, Staten Island. Owing to the fact that there exists no regular yacht club in that vicin- ity, and that the regatta was an amateur performance, much credit is due the gentlemen who had the direction and supervision of it, as all the arrangements requisite for quick and fair start and a good race were perfected before the time uppointed for the yachts to start. THE COURSE Was from stakeboat No. 1, stationed off Tottenville, up the Kill von Kull as far as stakeboat No. 2, off Buck- wheat Island, rounding it to the left, thence homeward, rounding the judges’ boat to the right, making the whole distance of sailing sixteen miles. BNTERING FOR THE RACE ‘was interesting, and in it wore a number of the" fleetess craft of which Staten Island can boast, Staten Island all rbial for trim and fast eaill and | nt of php fa ar these prey Reilly Tame. P ® wich following yachta belong — Ne Time of Me STA Ti RT. Tho signal being given from the,indges’ boat the Spar- row shot off, followed by the othe! sin tho above order. Before starting the general opltiog relative the issue of the race was that the winning boat be those of the first class, which proved, with one eX? ception, to be true. The position of the boats of the seo ond and third classes with respect to each other re- mained nearly unchanged up to turning tho stakeboat for the home course. Tbe Anavon, Jersey Belle und Phavtom had skipped by most of tue smaller craft, and the following were the positions of the first five in turn. ing:—Lightfoot, Anuvon, Tarr, Jersey Bolle, Phantom, The others followed pretty closely. HOME COUBBE. ‘The wind, which had been pretty brisk up to this time, now showed signs of decreasing, and after the first mile homeward had been sailed it became very light, which was favorable to the Jersey Belle, which now began to pick up very rapidly on the head boats. When opposite the four mile point from the place of starting she wag the third boat, beiug about two hundred yards astern of tho Lightfoot, wich was a few lengths behind the Ana- von. ‘The homeward course is always the more exciting, and it was so in a great degree on this occasion. The wind being light the Jersey Belle kept creeping slowly upon the two head boats, aud showed some signs of winning the race. All was now excitement on bourd the Anavon ; forthe sailing master, Captain Moore knew fall well that unless a stout breeze sprung up the Jersey Bolie would be the wiuning boat. Fortune favored the Anavon ; fo? thé Wind, which had been to the north and north-northeast up to this time, then changed to the south-southeast, and blowed, as the sailors say, “good and taut,’? Jag Lollawing {a the order in which the first five rounded the Lleida Anavon. 33034 followed rapidly, the last getting im The weather was fine, the boats were worked ad- mirably, and all who accompanied the regatta were much pleased. The Heated Term. THERMOMETRIOAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FOUR YEARS—SLEEP BANISHED BY HEAT—CASES OP SUNSTROKE IN NBW YORK AND BROOKLYN, ETO. The weather yesterday was somewhat warmer than 0a 2M. 3P.M OP. M. 80 80 7% 84 82 7” 3 % % 90 87 80 29 East Twenty igh of the heat, in yesterday. Nassau’ street, near "A physician wax cules, SES Partick O'Brien, forty yours of age, residing at <TR ET Fourth He was taken to his residence by officer McGraw. A sailor, name unknown, from suustroke yosters ee ee East ver. ‘Officer Halstead, of the Kighth precinct, found Jomee ‘Witoe lying deed af the Corusr of Blescket and Wooster eo John Sheridan died —— —s "glock P. goog By board « at foot af Stanton 5 river. Saws ae ane eee se ins as tae Patrick was overpower heat in the loft over the Orange Horse Railroad dép t at Boon and died ina few minutes after exhibit Rumors, which so far have proved to be unfounded, have been circulated that sume of the belligerents were about to contract here for the building of vessels ine tended for naval purposes, and that Italy especially was about to do this, However this may turn out, the foe in port bolonging to prove interesting at The Georgia Equal Rights Association of Freedmen, representing twenty-four counties of this State, after a session of three days, has adjourned. The object of the convention was to examine into the conduct of J. R Bryant, President of the association and editor of the Loyal Georgian. Mr. Bryant was acoused of swindling the freedmon. After an ez parte hearing, without sammoning Witnesses, tho investigating committes reported favora- Persoal Inteliigence. Francis Hall, for many years senior editor of the Aderriiam. ‘9 apy gxvected to live long. The Piasterers’ Convention. ParLapenrma, July 14, 166. ‘The Plasterers} Convention adjourned re at Raltimore on tha saoond Yonday Je July. 1a6t