The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1866, Page 4

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Napoleon sends an imperial commiesonor to confer with Maximilian in Mexico, and the London Times advo- cates the abandonment of the empire by foreigners. ‘Me reopening of the Eastern question by Russia is re- garded with some alarm in Berlin as tending to war. The Italo Austrian peace negotiations are progressing satisfactorily. The City of London has shipped over $500,000 in gold for New York. Consols were quoted at 893; for money in London at noon on Wednesday, September 12, Fivo-twenties were at TL at the samo time. The Liverpool cotton market was unchanged at woon on Wednesday, Middling uplands was at 13d. THE CITY. The cholera has broken out in Westchester county, and measures have been taken to suppross it, There Were seven mew cases of cholera and five deaths from the same disease reported in this city yesterday. At a meoting of the Health Board, held vosterday afternoon, Fesolutions were passed to borrow the sums of $25,000 ‘and $15,000 for various purposes. The report of the Assistant Superintendent showed that the cholera was faat disappearing from Brooklyn, only one new caso being reported there yesterday. Tho third annual regatta of the Union Yacht Club @amo off yestorday, and was rather a tame affair, fut @wo boats were sailed—the Fanchie and the Glance, the @rst named winning the race by just eleven minutes. Whe prize was a sliver cup, valued at $150, and the @ourse was from & stake-boat anchored in Gowanus bay bo the Soughwost Spit and back. The case of Carl Nootle, who, it will be remembered, bad been arrested in the early part of this year ip this city on a charge of having embezzled several thousand thalers, the property of Meyer & Co., bankers, Berlin, Prussia, was disposed of yesterday, the prisoner having been delivered up by the State officials to the federal authorities Noelte admitted the charge, and the neces- sary Meps will now be taken to forward him to Prussia Forthér disclosuros as to the alleged frauds perpetrated by the North River Bank of Hoboken came up yesterday before Judge Sutherland in the Supreme Court, cham- bers, Charles I. Deoman and Juan Denwan bring a suit against Ano Maben, lopher V. Hogan and William W. Smith to set aside an alleged fraudulent sale of pro. perty at 27855 West street, in payment for whieh certificates of deposit at the above bank to the amount of $4,500 wore offered. On Presenting the certificates for payment the true character Of the institution Was ascertained. The case came up Yoaterday on ® motion to set aside an injunction reetrain. ing defendants from parting with the premises until * matters are properly arranged. The motion was denied, The officers of the Nassau Bank have commenced a civil suit in the Supreme Court against thei: defaulting cashior, George H. Briggs, to recover, if possibie, « por. tion of the stolen funda. An order of arrest was granted and the defendant held to bail in the eam of $90,000. Henry Watson, who saye be is an insurance Wroker and lives in Fifth Avenue Motel, was arrested yesterday charged with extensive robberies of property belonging to different boarders at various hotels in the city. ‘The steamship Virginia, Captain Prowse, of the Na- tional line, will sail from Pier No 47 North river, at twelve o'clock to-morrow for Liverpool, touching at Queenstown. The stock market was unsettled yesterday, but closed firm. Governments were dail, Gold closed at 1455, an. Business was fair yosterday, though there wns no cane cial activity, Both imported and domestic goods sold tu n fale extent, and at full prices asa general thing. Cof- so was unchanged, Cotton was more quiet but frw. Oo “Chenge the motket for flour aad wueat opened | NEW YORK HERALD, ‘FRIDAY,’ SEPTEMBER 14, 1866, firmer but closed dull and heavy. Corn was steady. Oats were dull and heavy. Pork was quite active but at easier rates. Boof was unchanged. Lard was « shade easier, Whiskey was quict and unchanged. Freights ‘wore quiet but firm, MISCELLANEOUS. The Presidential party loft Columbus early yesterday morning, on their soute to Pittsburg, whore they arrived in the afternoon, At Newark, Coshocton and New Comerstown enthusiastic gatherings weloomed them as they passed, but at New Market insults were again ex- tended to them, and General Custer, who was born Near there, told them, in a specch, that he was ashamed of them, At Steubenville the insults were continued, The reception in Pittsburg was hearty, and'wound up with a banquet at which toasts were drunk to the Presl- dent, Grant, Farragut, Seward, the Constitution and Union, and appropriately responded to. The Mayor of the city declined to take part in the ceremonies, A grand celebration awaits the party on their arrival at Washington in the shape of a grand military and civic procession and review, Our special correspondent at Heart's Content, writing on the 4th of August, furnishes interesting details of the reception of the shore end of the Atlantic cable of 1865 at Newfoundland, with a copy of the diary kept on board the Great Eastern during the search for it. The main points of the record wore published in the Heratp on the 10th inst., in the shape of our extended special tele- graphic report forwarded from St. Johns, N. F. Despatches from San Francisco give details of the landing of General Vega's expedition, composed of Amer- feans, at Lopez, Mexico, They were warmly welcomed by the inhabitants, and were expecting another party under McDaniel and Hungerford to join them. The force numbers eight thousand muskets and wore intend- ing to attack Alamos, Sonora, immediately. The Impe- rialists were defeated at West Sonora by Perquiera. Gov- ernor Ruby had outlawed all Mexicans sorving with the Imperialiste, ‘The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts met at Boston yesterday and nominated Governor Bullock and the whole State ticket for a second term. An ad- dregs to the people of the State was issued, urging them to support Congress and its measures, General Butler, who is a candidate for Congress, Senator Wilson and George B. Loring addressed the assemblage. During a recess the Convention paid a visit to Parson Brownlow’s side show, which was on exhibition at Faneuil Hall, The President ts reported to have said, in speaking of Jeff Davis, that if he was not tried at the October term by the court in which he has been indicted he should be released. As it is understood that he will not be tried at that time, his release may be expected soon after the beginning of October. It is further reported that Jeff Davis indignantly refused to be released on condition of Jeaving the country never to return. Arrangements are being perfected in Cleveland for the accommodation of the Convention of Soldiers and Sail- ors which is tobe held there on Monday. Two large tents will be pitched in the park and seats arranged in- side of them. Michael Murphy, the escaped Fenian prisoner, tele- graphed from Albany, yestorday, that he would leave for this city by the afiernoon train. He adheres to the Stephens wing, and denounces any attack on Canada, A complete armament of Armstrong guns for two volunteer batteries te on the way to Canada from Eng- land. A thousand horses are to bo purchased imme- diately for use among the provinc'al forces, ‘There was a large Fenian picnic near Baltimore on Tuesday. Gongyal O'Neill and Captain Hines, formerly of General Sweony’s staff, addressed the crowd. Two men were carried over the Falls of Niagara in a boat on Wednosday- while attemping to cross the river above. ‘There wore six cases of cholera in Nashville on Wednes- day, one ef which proved fatal. Four new ‘cases ap- peared in Richmond yestorday ; two of them were fatal. President Johnson and the True Pelicy for His Administration. Presideat Johnson, with commendable mag- nanimity and the best intentions, has been very unfortunate in his policy of Southern res- toration. His generous concessions to the late revolted States and their people concerned in the rebellion have evidently been accepted by implacable rebels as’ Covering a licenze for sanguinary outrages against the poor emanci pated negroes and “abolition Yankees,” while in the North those fearful scenes of Southern disorder and bloodshed, though fomented by Northern agitators and perpetrated by Southern desperadocs of the school of the Kansas “bor- der ruffian” have operated and are operating to the prejudice of the great body of the South- ern people and the administration and its sup- porters, We are dealing with facts, and, as Gradgrind has it, “facts is what we want.” Unjust as it is to the masses of the Southern people, it is still « fact that such outbreaks of Southern violence as the Memphis riots and the New Orleans massacre are effectively used by North- ern radicals for electioneering purposes, as illustrations of the prevailing tone and temper of the South and as the legitimate fruits of the President's forgiving and confiding policy of Southern restoration. Tbus, while we perceive from the President’s receptions from point to point along his present journey that his per- sonal complaints against Congress are met with scandalous retaliations of mockery and insult, we see from the returns of the Maine election that, from the causes indicated, a new and powerful impulse has been given to the Southern reconstruction plan of Congress against the immedinte restoration policy of the Executive. We hold that the popular groundswell which has thus carried the Maine election by a ma- jority which dwarfs the majorities of Abrabam Lincoln is a popular movement which, from all the signs of the times, will sweep across the continent and carry the constitu‘ional amend- ment of the present Gon; apd ide the complexion of the val coe a the President’s policy. The superserviceable New York organ of Mr. Seward, in threatening the alternative of civil war against C is only adding combustibles to a roaring fire, and the sooner the President is rescued from such reckless partisans and treacherous friends the better it will be for him and bis official reputa- tion, This broad hint of « violent dissolution of the government emanates, we believe, from the Secretary of State; for, if we mistake not, the same hint was first thrown out by his special home organ at Auburn some months ago. It is at par, however, with the proposition of his New York organ, put forth at the beginning of the late war, for the forcible deposition of President Lincoln and the setting up of George Law, “Live Oak George,” as « sort of pro- visional dictator in his place. But if the President’s plan of Southern res- toration against the constitutional amendment of Congress may be pronounced a failure, what line of policy is left for his administration? We answer that the broad and comprehensive policy, foreign and domestic, suggested through the columns of this journal months ago, is atill open and still invites him to the path of popu- larity and success, We hold that the Mephis- topheles of bis administration has been and is the Secretary of State; and that Mr. Seward, with bis good man Friday and his lantern car- rier, have, like @ will-o’-the-wisp, been stealth- ily leading the President on the way to the Dismal Swamp, That which should have been the first act of reconstruction on the part ofs President Johnson—a reconsiruction of his Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of Sta js still the fret essential to success. With s new Cobinet, Iearing t and the test of the constitutional amendment of Congress on the question of restoration, Mr. Jobnaon’s new policy, we think, should be mainly directed to a vigorous settlement of our unsettled foreign affairs and a financial policy direoted against the pet national bank system, as it now stands, of the late Secretary of the Treasury, now Chief Justice Chase. Mr. Seward, in his temporiging and dawdling with Louis Napoleon and his protégé, Maxi- milian, in Mexico, and in his humiliating diplo- macy with England in reference to the depre- dations of such Anglo-rebel cruisers as the Alabama and Shenandoah, and in regard to the deceived and disgusted Fenians, has been and remains a dead weight upon President Johnson. A new man in his place, who would make short work with England and France, would at once lift the administration high in the respect and confidence of the American people of all parties; and a new Secretary of the Treasury, who would boldly strike out for a thorough and wholesome reconstruction of Mr. Chase’s pet bank system, turning the sops of twenty-five or thirty millions a year which those banks receive from the government into the public treasury, would revive in favor of Andrew Johnson the old enthusiasm of the country which supported Andrew Jackson in his war against Biddle’s Bank’ of the United States, The prevailing sentiment of the North is in favor of General Grant for the next Presi- dency; but the financial managers and radical leaders identified with the political interests of Mr. Chase look to these national banks for the pressure which, when the time comes, they calculate will secure his nomination as the re- publican candidate. Here, then, isa ficld— the field of financial reform, in which Presi- dent Johnson may win imperishable laurels. In truth, with a new, vigorous and dashing foreign policy, and a bold and comprehensive policy of financial reform, strengthening the national securities, the national faith and the national currency, he may still be able to control Congress and the great question of the Presidential succession. “TI Am No Politician.” Since the close of the war, as in every posi- tion in which he was previously placed, Gen- eral Grant has conducted himself with a dig- nity, prudence and tact that cannot be too highly commended. Entertaining none of those Presidential aspirations which led Gen- eralScott into so many grievous errors, he has modestly accepted the honors which a grateful country has been proud to bestow upon bim and has been satisfied to do his duty, simply and thoroughly, in the high rank to which he has been promoted. Unlike other generals of less ability ani reputation, he has not been eager to make political capital out of his military fame, and he now stands in the same relation to this government that Welling- ton occupied towards that of England—a trasty, reliable and confidential adviser, inde- pendent of all partisanship and of all parties. Notwithstanding these facts the radi- cals have endeavored to use General Grant as an instrument with which to assail the President. They have dili- gently disseminated the rumor that there is a wide difference of opinion between these two high officials, amounting to a mutual jeal- ousy and sure to end in an open quarrel. It is in vain that both the President and General Grant have done everything in their power, in ® quiet, unostentatious manner, to rebuke and silence this scandal. They have been seen to- gether constantly; the General has been pre- sent at the President’s most important recep- tions, and they have travelled in friendly com- panionship during the tour which now ap- proaches its termination. So far from heeding these rebukes, however, the radicals have re- doubled their persecutions. When General Grant left the Presidential party for a day the radical convention at Philadelphia cheered the news as if it were the sign of an open rupture. Wherever the President has spoken before radi- cal audiences they have interrupted him by shouts for Grant. Completely disgusted at these efforts to make him appear a party to the radical insults offered to President Johnson, General Grant determined to put an end to them at once. He arrived at Cincin- natiaday before the President, and went to the theatre in the evening. The radicals organ- ized a demonstration for him, thus intending to forestall the Presidential reception of the next day. General Grant perceived their intention and indignantly refused to show him- self to the crowd, requesting them to send their leader to bis box. The leader appearing, General Grant, who never makes a speech, looked him full in the face, and in that firm tone in which he gives his orders on the battle- field spoke as follows:— “Sir, Lam no polit'vian. The President of the States is my commander-in-chicf. I consider Pad stration in ay ee to the President of the United Andrew inson. If you have any regard for ppl imap Mar toma cal performance. T will bo glad to see you all to morrow when the President arrives. Few persons, we imagine, will envy the radi- leader who listened in tful gilence to i oprtod adisoallos, TAS desoeny tet that it will never have to be repeated. Gen- eral Grant summed up his whole character when he declared “I am-no politician.” He is not pleased with the flatteries which gratify the vanity of politicians; he is not influenced by the miserable motives which affect poli- ticians; he is not to be judged by the rules nor worked upon by the agencies to which politicians are amenable, Those who seek to serve their own purposes by inciting any hostile feelings between him and the Presi- dent mistake their man. He recognizes the President as his commander-in-chief and re- sents any insult to Johnson as an insult to him- self. In the most explicit terms he emphati- cally states that he is “greatly annoyed” by such demonstrations as those which the radi- cals have contrived, apparently in honor of Grant, but really for the purpose of wounding the President. We hope, therefore, that in future the radicals will have sense enough to respect General Grant's wishes, even if they have no respect for their own Chiet Magistrate, On the other hand, General Grant does not mean to decline any of the legitimate honors which the people may tender him. He is always glad to meet the people, and althongh he is no politician he will not refuse to serve his country as its President if the people re- quire him to assume that office. From the troubled aspect of public affairs we have but little doubt that it will be as necessary to elect Grant to the Presidency to save the coun- the chief command of the army to save the country in 1864. With him in the White House all parties would be satisfled and all animosi- ties assuaged. But whether as President of the United States or in his present rank as the President’s highest and most trusted adviser, General Grant is no politician, and the politi- cians may as well give up the idea of con- trolling, using or abusing him. Our Position on the Question of Specie Pay- ments—Errors of the Press. One of our contemporaries, professing to be an organ of the commercial community, mis- represented in a late issue the position we have taken on the question of the currency and a return to specie payments. It says:—“The Heratp has become a thorough convert to government paper currency,” and that we “loge sight of the important fact that if the money value of property were to fall in con- sequence of a return to specie payments its exchangeable value would still remain the same.” This writer either has not been able to comprehend our position and arguments or purposely misrepresents them. We are not in favor of paper money, and are decidedly in favor of hard cash as soon as we can return to that without producing ruin- ous consequences, The difference between the resumption theorists and ourselves is this— they want an immediate and a forced return to “specie payments, not seeing the evils that would follow, or being regardless of them, while we propose to reach the same desirable object by a gradual and healthy approxima- tion through the natural growth of trade and accumulation of wealth, and by prudent finan- cial measures of the government, so as not to create a revulsion and general bankruptcy. This is the difference betwoen us. The writer of the sentence quoted above loses sight entirely of ourargument, We have never said that the exchangeable money value of property would not remain relatively the same, or nearly the same, under a specie basis as at present, though it is much easier to bring down the price of labor and the immediate producis of labor than to reduce the value of accumulated wealth. Our argument was that, by a eudden resumption of specie payments, a terrible crisis would be brought upon the coun- try ; that all who should owe anything (and these would be the mags of business men and the industrious and poorer classes) would find themselves unable to meet their liabilities. Their debts would be increased in amount over thirty per cent. Universal bankruptcy would necesgarily follow, for the products of industry would instantly fall at the same time that their means would be reduced and their liabilities enormously increased. As we have said in a former article on this subject, the rich would become richer and the poor poorer, relatively. Bat one of our strongest objections to an un- wise and a forced resumption of specie pay- ments is, that while the value of all other pro- perty would be reduced to the extent, proba- bly, of five thousand millions, that of the bondholders would be increased something like eight hundred millions. Of course the national banks, Jay Cooke & Co., all the rich bondholders both here and abroad, all the stock gamblers, and the press in the interest of this im- Mense monoyed power, clamor for resumption. Eight-bundred millions added to their wealth, while the property of the rest of the commu- nity would be propertionately reduced, is a prize they will not lose sight of. They will move heaven and earth to reach it. They have, too, a powerful agent in the Secretary of the Treasury, but it is to be hoped Congress will have wisdom enough to defeat the schemes of the fundholders and their agents. Our contemporary, who refers to the history of the resumption of specie payments in Eng- land by Peel’s bill in 1819, and subsequent measures of the government, is evidently ignorant of the subject. Historians tell us, and even those who may be termed bullionists, that the cause of the widespread bankruptcies and terrible distress in England, following the forced resumption of specie payments, must be attributed chiefly to that measure. Ino petition to the House of Commons against the bill of 1819, from the merchants and bankers of London, the petitioners said they “had reason to apprehend that the measures with reference to the resumption of cash payments would tend toa forced, precipitate and highly injurious contraction of the currency of the country.” Alison, in his History of Europe, referring to this action of the merchants and bankers, says that “the effects of the proposed measure were foretold with a clearness and, as the event proved, with a truth,” which rendered the petition among the most valuable and instructive documents recorded in history. Common sense, sound principles and the evi- dence of bistory all concur to show that a violent disiurbatice of established values based upon the existing currency must caugg the most serious and lasting evils. Wihas been said that the disasters which followed the return to specie payments in England might have been avoided by making the effort earlier. Peel’s bill was passed within five years of the definitive conclusion of peace, and to say that after the most exhaust- ing wars and a suspension of specie payments for nearly a quarter of a century England could have returned im- me tiately to a permanent hard money basis, is simply preposterous. It might have been at- tempted, but would have failed. As it was, with all the careful preparations and progres- sive steps, the effort was a very difficult one and proved most disastrous. Let us take warning from the teaching of history. We are in & prosperous condition now—yes, in o healthy, active state of industry and trade. Why disturb this? We are in « position that no other country ever was before. Our im- mene resources and rapid growth will gradu- ally and almost insensibly absorb the cur- reney and bring the nation up to the specie standard. In this way all values of property and industry and all debts and business obil- gations will become gradually adjusted with- out revulsion, bankruptcy or distress, Mr. Persr Coorer to Prestpent Jounsox.— Our venerable and respected fellow citizen, Peter Cooper, has “come out in the papers” with a long letter of fatherly advice to Presi- dent Johnson. We have not the space for it, but the leading points thereof may be briefly stated, Mr.Cooper begins with the recommet- dation of @ liberal dose of charity as a good Prescription for the President in reference to Congress at this time. He next quotes very i largely from Provisional Governor, Vice Presi- ty ‘a 1S¢8 as i was necessary to call bum to. deat aad Pyesidoai Jabnzva's swecokes. wo tho effect that “treason must be made odious and traitors must be punished;” that “after making treason odious every Union man should be re- munerated out of the pockets of these who have inflicted this great suffering on the country;” that in regard to the Union men of the late rebel States, “Ihold it to be « high duty to protect and secure to them a republican form of government until they again gain strength;” that “they must not be smothered by inches;”” that “traitors should take a back seat in the work of restoration;” that “we must not be in too much of a hurry;” with much more in the same radical vein. Mr. Cooper, next quoting the old maxim that “the sin of ingratitude is worse than witchcraft,” pleads that the government be not guilty of this sin towards the Southern black race, and that we have nothing to fear in giving them justice. Finally, Mr. Cooper ex- presses the hope that “you (President Johnson) will see, before it is entirely too late, the ter- rible danger of taking counsel with Northern men in sympathy with rebels, who fought the government with all the energy of desperation to accomplish the destruction of our govern- ment, instead of taking counsel with those friends who elected you.” This is the gist of the letter. It is valuable, at least, as one of the signs of the times which show the drift of public opinion, and the tre- mendous moral pressure of the Maine election and the causes controlling it. We regard the contest between the President and Congress as virtually decided by Maine. We bow to the judgment of the people of the mighty North, and we trast that the President will shape his course accordingly. CANADA. Arms tor the Volunteer Militia. Torowro, C. W., Sept. 13, 1866, A complete armament of Armstrong field guns to equip two batteries of volunteer militia are on their way from England. The government will purchase 1,000 horses imme- diately for the use of the hussars and artillery, REGATTA OF THE UNION YACHT CLUB. Only Two Yachts Contend tor the Prize—The Fonchie the Winner by Eleven Minutes. Tho third annual regatta of the Union Yacht Club came off yesterday, but upon the whole, it was rather a tamo affair. Three yachts—namely, the Mist, Glance and Fonchie—were entered; but, from some unknown cause, the Mist failed to make her appearance at tho ren- dezvous, and the Glance and Fonchte were compelled to sail over the course alone, thas dwindling what was ori- ginally intended as a regatta down toa simple race be- tween two boats, ‘This was very much regretted by the members present, Had there been more entries the af- fair would not bave lacked interest, as was decidedly tho case yesterday. Tho owners of the yachts, it is sald, did not like the trouble of getting their boats ina fit con- dition for racing when the season for this exhilarating sport is so far advanced as at present; and, also, that some of them wore afraid to risk the reputation of their vessels, when, if beaten, they had no chance of rotriev. img their bouors until next year. However, be this as may, but tro yachts were on the ground at the appointed time, and after the start the Fonchie had it all herewn way. ‘ ‘The course was from a stake boat anchored in Gowanus Bay to the Southwost Gpit and back, and the prize a handsome silver cup valued at $160. The day wasciear, with a good stiff westerly brooze biowing, which did not canter once, but continued unt.l the race was onded. At precisely twenty-five minutes past ten o'clock the sigual ‘was civen, and both vessels slipped their cables and vantage over her snlagouat’by being about a quarter og This enabled ver wo of a mile more to the w ndw: clear the Narrows on two short tacks, after which she A‘toon seconds over her rival, being @ sloop of-thirty- four feet and nino inches in length, while the tength of the Glance was thirty-eight feet, Both vessels were al- lowed as much eail as they could carry, and looked very beautiful as they scudded through tho waters, careening over Pee tt ba gan gemaggpee fe Fy 4 from their bows, which sparkled ia sunlight ee - Glance started with her mainsail, jib and gaff-top- sall bat an accident prevented the Fonchie from setting her gaff-topsall also; but she went along nicely under ber jib and mainsail, which proved sufficient for ber to win ihe race. Before ne of the Glance were carried away and the taken in; ber contre-board met with an accideut at the same time, which considerably retarded her gress until she rounded the tof which she did four- yachts Kept to the easteard of the buoys Ia going. tnd uoys in going al returning from the “‘spit," and had the tide against them both ways. The ie rounded the stake-boat ‘at Gowanus at one o'clock and fifty-one and a half min- utes, beating the Glance by justeleven minutes. Both vessels made remarkably good time considering the strong tide which they bad to sail against. The race lasted just three hoursand sixtoen minutes. CORONERS’ INQUESTS. Deatn rom Frigur axp Excrrswmnt.—A rather sin- gular case was brought to the notice of Coroner Wildey yesterday. He was cailed to No. 71 Attor. ney street to hold an inquest over the remains of Mary A. Sanders, little girl nine years of age, who Kilen deceased, was arrested and locked up. Qn being in- formed of the fact the deceased m very much frightened and scroamed and cried tll n exhausted. 16 Pieyroon = an Mr. was after which Mary complained of pain in_her 'ches' at night was exceed: restless. ‘On Sunday morning throw op a quasttty* of bicod Sabeequenth® she he op a Sal nent 18 - came insensible, sod reeaained in that condition till nine mortem examination on the body nn oul te mtrnat 4 was of the opinion death waa Caused by congestion of th brain and shock to the nervous squen from fright and excitement, The jury rendered a verdict to that effect, Mrereniovs Deata of 4 Gamsizn.—Information wos Fecoived at the Coroners’ office yesterday that a man named Thomas Newton Wa3 lying tn a very precarjous Condition at No. 97 Crosby stroet, and the opinion of Dr. Hunter, the attending physician, seamed to be that the \t' was suffering from the effects of poison, taken by imself or administered to him by design for the pur- pose of taking his life, Dr. Huntor requested that ‘Now. ner Wildey proce ded te tbe howe for" that nites et ner 00 reaching there the man was » Se dying condition. Death yy entered his room remained there till the following afternoon, he mee ie ‘& speech. condition. was placed Seanete on ekazucian called, but al h he ralled it was found impossible to restore He lingered till yesterday and McCarty says decoased + Ax Unanown Man Kiizo.—About balf-past ten o'clock on Wednesday night an unknown man fell through the front basement of No. 99 Varick street, which was atthe time, and was instantly killed The was a middle-aged man, about five feet eight inches in ht, with no whi sak pas black ions, showing the oy "ana to) wee ot formers It shows that farming should be a a service in which only those will excel sagacious and in applying the mind. ‘The fair closes to-morrow, ail the prized animats welll bo The show of an paraded. swine and implements is farce and of good qnality. tof cattle + to denoeags 1B Mula dere, hough te quality ts ermerton e ay nce of Day in New York. Yesterday morni.g, as announced, Madame Ristors visited tho photographic establishment of Mr. Brady ‘and sat for her picture. Her dress for the occasion was of the richest silk. The ground was black, covered with large white stars, but so quilted in the loom as to appear Jike embossdi silver. This dress was selected in Paris in compliment to the people of the United States. Itts deautifully made, and in the vory latest Parisian style. ‘The white skirt bencath was plain, with the exception of the front breadth, which was fluted, Across her shoulders she wore a mantle of rich, thick black lace, made double by flounces. The headdress consisted of white laoe, with lappets on each side about a yard in length, and no fastenings under the chin. The front was slightly ormamented with maribou trimming. No jewelry adorned her person, excepting earrings, each of which consisted of three large diamonds pendant and about two inches in length. She wore pear! colored gauntleta, The carriage which conveyed Madame and her fam'ly to the photographer's was a double coupé, drawn by two coal black horses, which, from their beauty and strength, elicited much admiration. There was a large concourse orien of wee ts 5 en their long and somewhat fatig uing ae of three hours they bad some difficulty in passing the ressed about the doors of the E After leaving the picture gall part; view the ruins of the Academy of Music. Here a fansy mistake occurred. The coachman was directed to &, wo the French Theatre, in Fourteenth street, but, cing the order, drove to Fortioth street, Hero it was dis- covered that the Jehu was wandering, but being told ‘in brought the party to their destination, Madame Ristori was tnuch pleased with the brilliancy and freshness of the decorations of this neat little theatre, She objected to the depth of the stage, and regrettod the smaliness of the drawing rooms, It was there determined by herself and Mr. Grau to make the green room her dressing room, as it would be im: ible to make the fine changes ia “Elizabeth” without ample space. The scenery pre- pared for her plays she particularly admired, and com- plimented Mr. Thorne, the sconic artist, and Mr, Kandall, tho machinist, on the admirable manner in which they have done their work. The furniture and properties were not in the theatre, but it is understood that they are all prepared by the well known upholsterer, Mr. Maximiliani. Madame Ristori returned so late to the hotel that she disappointed many visitors, Among shese were Madame Le Vert, Mr. and Mrs Fngnani and many other well known persons. Presents of all descriptions continue to be showered at the feot of Madame Ristori. Y« sho received a dozen of “The Bloom of Youth” and also several massive and really beautiful headdremes. Messrs, Chickering & Sons sent “‘a splendid grand — for the use of Signorina Bianca del Grillo,” on which, last evening, she performed some difficult pieves for her guests. Madame Ristori has called hor company together, and they will .meet to-day for instructions, To-morrow the brat rehearsal will take place, The first night of the great actress will be Thursday, the 20th inst, pnorw which she will visit no places of public amusoment. THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB. Preparations in Cleveland for the Reception ‘be hold hore on Monday next, was held tast evening. The committee have received from Boston two immense tents, which will be pitched in the Park and appropel- ately decorated. Seats will be arranged in them for the delozates and audience, The committee have received information thata large number of delegates from ali sections of the country will be present. Rooms have been at the several hotels for many dis- ‘be venerable Chomas Election ef Dologates in Heatacky. Lousvnaa, Ky., Sept. 13, 1868. ‘The soldiers and sailors hold a mooting hore last aight, and aftor endorsing the policy of President Johnson for the restoration of the Union, elected one hundred dele- gates to the Cleveland Convention. Resolutions were era a tala Resolutions were also apn Be « the National Union Con of iphia. Railroad Fare aad the Cleveland Convention. Wasmunaton, Sept. 13, 1886. All the leading lines of railway in the country, with the exception of those of New England, New York and Michigan, and the Wabash Valley road of Ohio, have agreed to convey delegates to the Cleveland Soldiers’ Convention for full fare going and free returning. Efforts are making to perfect similar arrangements with the excepted lines, CITY INTELLIGENCE. Requiew yor Anonssaor Hvcaes snp His Sersen —A solemn high mass of requiem was offered yesterday morning, at the Church of the Transfiguration, in Mots street, for the repose of the souls of th» late Archbishop Hughes aod his sister, Mother Angela, Superioress of St. Vincent’s Hospital in this city, Rev. Father Treanor, Peedi the church, officiated as celebrant; Rev. Mr. terin, deacon; Rev, Mr. Quinn, sub-deacon, and Rev. Mr, Farrel, coremonies. There were four other clory$mash and Sister of Charity present, Twoilve hundred of the children belonging to chial school attended, with a large. jon the friends ana admirers of the deceased. mans was @ ia Gregorian requiem, and does not, therefore, call ‘or any special comment. The appoarance of the chil- the of thoir work uf some of r in83 Gn is ial house refloct credit on the schoo! and lus founder. Tos Henao Tuannep Acam.—At & meoting of the Carpenters’ aad Joiners’ Union ing, resolutions were adopted thax of the Reaatp for the publication of an art.cle, entitled “The Workingmen of New York," and also for the interest so frequently mauifested in bebalf of the work- ing classes, ee ed Bor Mica, —Danie! Boone, a boy about twelve years of age, Who has appeared sevorat times in this city as @ comle lesturer and singer, has been missing from his home since the Sth instant, Ho was last heard of at [eng Beanie, where, # te on |, he fell into the of some man who oa boat nad falsely sented himself as bis agent. Any iaformation him will be thankfully recei by his mother, at aed Tenth avenue. Cavtion To Curwens'or Toeacco.—Mr. Joseph Edge, the pyrotochnist of Jersey City, was about stepping inte his wagon in Cedar street, yesterday morning, when the horse started, and the sudden shock sent the tobacco im Mr. Eage's mouth into his throat’ and lodged it im the wi pe. In the convulsions which followed « blood was ruptured and be now lies in & precarious con- dition. Disrosrrion ov ras Riot Reuter Foxp.—A number of informal meetings of the Trustees of the Riot Relief Fund have been held since November, 1865, when, by @ resolution of Mr. Isaac & history of the fund ands report of the proceedings of the trustees were demanded M4 Shepherd pand the Hon? Henry J. Ray: and pasred, committees to provide @ per- brain, Death must bave been instantaneous, tag ito Cae be " Aj - ~ fae recast abe Sinise very ine ara ‘and despondent, finally leadiag him to cep pewas notified to bold aa inquest on the body $s gz IN CARRIED OVER WIAGARA FALLS. paees Fane be ee On, ee eee mak foe 9 wtrack squall, forcing it into the and over Sotiie teewa ware Me, Conner ls he poste madier at Chippewa! and ho @Aer o (arremen .