The New York Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1867, Page 8

‘emilee ———- _—- SUNDAY IN NEW YORK AND VICINITY, Buburban Retreats, and How » Occasions of thie characte: They were Patronized. po Mc tg eng foo ite tratbtuies °F pew ‘they could devour, Fecal (eb thousand pieacibg Pem.piscences eben Pery BCL. 8 tori @eveur.nca, a as aes young and old of our city and vielnity, whe have Brule, to Coe! Lew ardor under wirest awuings doze made happy upon the beach and “eea-girt ebere " of Sey Gos bense on beer survete of coarse), until Brjoymenss, Baechanclian, Piseatorial, Pick- | “Mss 's** poset el of col qroches bank Again ah ae teovee — " Highbridge. SorrToued Ger Bor compen io@ from cerger giorcries, niskian and Aquatic, Fights a good way ost of tom, end oma her | FES Ses, wines aod olker iquare any sald oo the sly; day like yesterday people who waire up theie minds ve | PH Dever g1ver say tom pooler pakan hie regular Deal, go there to epend the day have an‘erceedingly hard road to travel, and pay dearly fr their day's pleasure @porations of the Excise Law on | vy te incouveniesce incident ¥,pon ® two hours’ jaunt OF as canals cane WAGER ae ate in the care, or a voyage 00 boe'rd Of a boat resonant rit 2d Ray, “atmespoeric pressare." the People. mammas out of tempep ‘aud youngsters of & pre — very, very tel 69, who sound the echoct SPIRITUALISM. Excarsio: of the river sides by giecerdant ecreechings tha RES A SAA vg S62 put quiet-seoking bacWelors in a fever of impotent rafe and makes (he Carian as surly aga bear, Stil, pleasure bought dearly is pone the less enjoyable be- canse purchased at Me expense of ve feelings and dismal discomfort, and the hundreds who yesterday thronged to High Bridge were evidently, ever in the.r most sweltering moods, strongly of this opinion, The shady nooks aad groves that abound in the vicinity of the bridge allerded ‘a refreshing protection during the day from the burning rays of tho sun that seemed wo bitstenthe smooth gides of tho stone viaduct, and the pleasure eockors, seated under the overhanging ‘ranches of the friendly cake, jotled ay ther ease ‘the live long day, with a plentiini rupee of, Inger at easy reaching distauce, and clow’s of smoke from “wel! used mecrscliaums to form a veilike background to the festive sceme, Everybody Who consideretl himself competent to carry a gallon of Gambrinuy delight without a stagger—ebd who ‘The nducéments to leave the city yeeterday on ealu- ft ‘Wridus trips to the ecéan, the sea smoothed beaches of ‘Whe ‘coast, or the Bhady groves of the ‘interior, were ‘many end mest potent, The Yiazing run and etifing fa “Mimosphere Of the city, ever at early morning hours, ‘when the promige of a hot dey was made the more ap Parent from the ooo! and tempting breezes which ‘én jnvitingly frem the ees, added to the Mmducemeats ‘offered by the ‘projeciors of numerous Sunday excur- gions, had the eftcet of drawing forth a very large pro- (Portion of our popaiation, ‘Tho rivers Were brightened with the life and bustie of Baden steamers, with flags : Music acoompesying the Lively spattering of Ure paddles, ‘end by al! the ferries early rising crowds of men, women Leeture en the © Lights and Shades ef Spirit. ' by Andrew Jackson Davis—Mu ringe Afinitde +. Anttew Jackin Davis del vered a leotere last even- ‘ing, et he Meseo.c Hall, East Thirteenth street, on the “ Loghts and Shades of Sp'riteahem.” Owing to the unfavorable Character of the weather, thero wae a raiher flim aud one, Bet Lie omalipeoe Was probably mere than Compensated for, in the opiatom of the lectarer by its enlighiene! and ' progrereive” ebaracter, In piace of the corces crowd which urualiy makes up the majority of «8 spiritualiet comeregation, the gathering ‘was composed almost exclusively of earnest and enthusieetic “ seekers of the trath” At any rate the preportion of sher'-haired, sts re ; pe ap ag uh ; chdn’tY—rtago emptying work with the lager kege, an’ | hud cf lone hal ctacled, SOMBOIERL mea Was lar er and obiddren, in Toliday-aftire, were seem’ SHGGBIR’IN. | Ld thatahiding time extreme besh-« goedig. Duciber ot Gian each, eed onl of te ~-— it had a wild, seared reat numbers Cowards the conveyances to gubur¥AM | horh eoxes were not loth to trip the light fantastic toe | expremion ubout ue eyes whirh can nly be seen in a parks or the néiurei groves aud broad felts of the eoun- | on the gretnsward and platforms constricted for the oo | yy Ve By iritualet lyceum oF an insane arylam. Qry, where ‘Nature rewn® unadormed, Numerous | C#m, to the exhilarating music of n bres band that eo proceedings ‘opeued by slow magic of au ims exercised itself long sud well, to the damage of suadry shirt collars and frills of @ gaudy hue, sported ty sundry musicians of much rotundiiy of body. Tae Tentonic element extonsively and jovially prevailed among the gatherings at the bridge and, ag a natura! con- pressive character, a young iady of melancholy appear- ‘Apce presiding at the piano. Mr, Dowie thew piunged at once into his subject, He said that in the few years spiritualim hed made great strides, and had now ectablisned ile claims as @ trathful rysiem, Five Privato fishing parties epread the eaila of their Wny craft to the early moraing sunlight on Whe bosom of the “swelling river, and four large micamers, each hewvily laden, put off at the break of , the om jraus and the rollicking young- | yeare ago the member of # ists wan not day for (be fiahing banks, where the amateur tishermen » heirs to lager beer establishments, who gaimboled | jarge; 4 yeare ago every sly aisostioned the found Lo their great delight bites prent:ful and captures frase, broke the lager tumblers and playedat tag | traths taught by the new religioa; fifteen years of the bony tribe eazy as well as abundag. of Reckaway were thronged tproughout the day wit errivaie by both reflvond and steswer, and Couey Isiand received throughout the day coustant accessions to ite army of rambler by teveral rovies. Great numbers of The beaches awid the pedestals of the musicians, much to the in- crease of discordant notes, were out’ in full force and fiurry. In fact, yesterday at Figh Bridze wos a galas ‘and the return of the pleasure seekers to the city Was masked Wy no scene of dizordet or confusion. ago, everybody disbelleved m tuew, ‘all persous in- claded, Now, as Judge Kai stated on that very platform only @ lew Weeks ago, there were e'even mil- lions of spirituatiats in tho United States, It was one of the lights of spiritualism to know that this was £0; bat @itidens, whole fawiles, with even. the smallest ge " Ghiidren paraded, tock advantage of the facillues pe bg Ree geese My Dae | @feret for tiie up the Hudson aud on. the Wensoneater, pede: fon Md ot ae aa ot taiel a or Sound, and the change from the Lerted | The recent decision in relation to she Sunday “club” | Feco.ved private, evideuge of the sajatis cooehan tea Slinerehere of “he civy to the cool breezes which pre- | system Lad the effect of driving from the metropolis a puipits in whieh principles, whieh they them- on tbe water or swept down from the lofty lope, was most healthful. large number of persons to Westchester county yester- i eeeredy accepted, were constantly and se- Vafortunateiy, verely denounced, Oaly last week” he had spoken to a f the excarsionists were landed in the | day. Al the villages of Metrose and Mott Raven, ‘db / 7 xy ou their return Jast ae the fursoue thunder storm of | with their numerous “regorte” were througed with the | Sculleman whe belonged (> ‘this large class upem this dont {Vsnlng @roke upon the heated macs of bricks and | nirsy visitore from New York, quile a respectable | spirituiliste gave every year to support ortiso . ton Tbe — Bro} streets were peculiarly | crowd venturud cut ag far aa Morrisania and beyond. | theology? ‘Was it as much as $20,000/ ively se crows “during 9 Storm. — Natty | About baif just seven o'clock a thander shower com. | avkel, and had been told im reply that it certaluly ee ee ee eee eet eBlendor of imuwcn- | enced, which cansod @-peneral rush for the various | reached $200,000 per auaum, This had grown out of an je Guck, forget bsqgd guilty, amd ran | modes of ce eityward. As far as could be he tencency there had exisied hitherto ie spiritualist ot full epeed toward the fret awning that | certained ay patted off without any serious central idea preeevtied to Wem its prateful shelter, but getting ren: ed bo the ekip inopite of their Best eft Shesseives, and men, wemen and children, m buge nd on ed along in troaps dy & Oveadsatly damp dt an Tiee t o” turba . Sing Sing. ded the place of honor, aud had monopolized the A large number of excursions were announced yesier- | pe as ary br bean t a rapes of real, Pebrdberin " i patente sound, nieritorious men, who were under the more valu: day ae bay ng the'r point of destination st Sing £08 ® | soie aud importaut inspiration of rath, dtr. Davie then known locality on the Hudgon, abounding in | giinded to the great work which spiritualists were doing 80) cone! 9) © tmafactory . folk viet Big tind me tee romantic scenery and picturesque land and water-scape, | for women, and urged npon the femnlo potion of the B0Og Our cibivabe the drenching torrents | This classie locality has also many other romantic | Misael soo the. new movement, oa, the: ip, c for the gratefu) cooinees wich they | features conneciod with it, or rather culminating in it, | coum women ‘were wore influential and fot Inrgor ete them, 8 Was because spiritualism rally, jas as the sunlight ers. ' Spiritualsm was omin- the religion of woman ; fections, ‘Then there was St platform in which wo- the rectification of tho and decidediy suggestive of <yclopean masonry, ser- | slariew than men, | Fated walls and barred windows, Bat to the excorsian | Grd upon ths fhe isis of yesterday another and very different aitractioa | eutiy and pre-eminently presented iigelfin the fact that a camp mecting was | il oe a ay my ry bolt, eit i eingularly named | S00ther plank in the spiri doing held in the vicinity of this singularly named | en Were urestly. interested village, for which, by the way, it may be (modestly) | marriage relation. hject which was never Suggested there may be a degree of appropriateaces, | 9) noe ee wemtiones EF oalipyait Sarehee, Ca s ‘ * | was only spir: m which dare prociaim openly the owing to the fact of £0 many jail birds having their | crema! glory of en eteroat marriage and the everlasting, domiciles in the place, But, to the camping ground. miserable Wickedgess of a badly made aud ill assorted Among other vessels which were advertised to carry | marriage, Lyeurgus in the olden timo by laws reguiated pleseure seekers to Sing Sing was a steamer marriage, and succeeded in goting ey soldiers and certainly not named after any ‘‘bird of the geatie beak,” prone & men, Spiriiaaism pre to do the same thing by men and-women and acquainiing but called the Falcon. This vessel was announced to leave Christopher street at half-past ten A. M.; them with the laws of pature. Mr. Davis referred to the abuso which had been cast tpon svir.tualism becanse but at that hour about one hundred and fifty persons who were awaiting her arrival learned to their intense Ht had anne the doctrine of natiral affaities, and cone! arcing upon the congregation the necrssity of educating young inen and women im spiritualist disgust that the steamer had calied at about tea o'clock | ‘ath in order to regenerate the coming generation. and had proceeded on her way, The result was that about that number of would be excursiouists were dis- “ppointed, IRELAND AND THE IRISH. hesteamer I. Boardman, however, made two trips ~ during the day and carried each time @ large number of passengers. The trips up the majestic river carried she tourist through probably the moet beautiful portion of its length, and the an ‘was unusually propitious until about four o'cloek P. when # heavy rain storm came on. at Sing Sing there Menten Isinud. In bmee gone dy of antiexciee and arti-repablican- Porian om, Staten Island wat a farorive Senday resort for many persoae bjolown'y inclined, as well as for many others Whe Look ab ceens ons! opportunity to ereape the turteor! eud the wearying, worrying cares of ey fe to enjoy & pleasant fail and a quiet day oe fw Compapionebip with nature. Ip those timos the Sorry companiee were as inconsiderate and ae impudent & the W liamebure ferry companies are tt the present tame Bet bot, forvonateiy, the island © "2 oncer the pelronageo! the Excisa law and were ceutly under the vonage of little * Fuse and Seoen ad ‘en, the biu'o a of Redloes, and, seen the former known &s Fort 1 Lecture by Rev. Dr. O’Leary Before the Friher Mathew T. A. B. Society. Avery large andieuce assembled last evening at the Jefferson Assembly Rooms, over Jefferson Market, for fulsked masonry which sR fen. me, nseume the shape | erat bust ‘o the camping ground, and | M@ Purpose of Hstening to a lecture on ‘Ireland ands af & fortress, te be known as Fort Richwond. Arriving | it certainly seemed as if the dehus Lad ech polzed with | the Irish, ‘ed by the Rev. Dr, O'Leary, of St. #1 the send emberiess ebady nour» and coo! retreats teary be found either om the north or south & rpasio of impecantosity and wished the motropolitans Joseph's cbureh, Sixth enue, under the auspices of She Londanme sendences, gurrounced by fine shade | tenceg sadiive: in tie omen cae ee canes Se | Branch No. 1of the Pather Mathew 1. A, P, Society, were ned fronted yy, bteky tamed lawns, speak of riders was ‘Oniy twenty-five cents; this “way with | Notwithstanding the oppressive beat of tho weather and poy Bn ae twenty-five cents.” A pleasant ride (that | the inconvenience arising from the totally inadequate goa of the weather on Saterday bight avd the doubiful FeO raknner sup eke, | ventilation of the ball, the audience remained attentive Syyencance of posterday moreing pave ree to ti fle “truck,” hay anda plentiful lack of eprings) | listeners till the close of the lecture. The reverend doe- preerion thet the day would ‘vory prop:tio two ities’ thro 2 bh a beautiful country locate, the "viney the: Veiaheroh ee eee oie tor commenced by remarking that, either for glory or owreens 'o1 fom Ueme, 6 hat arraugemonts for pleas: se. eee cocking that way Were tor the nonc f this locality ie much superor to that couers shame, the Irish peeple wore Celts, If their foretathers bese Fhe were fort ‘DAVE enoLgh 1 p friends, mp meetings, the tents being ranged erred let history ta.thfully portray those errers, and let winnces GF relauiwes moog the residents tematicaiiy in etd forming convenieat avenues or | the Irish people as fully and fairly acknowledge them, * wand gladiy seined and the ground selected being admirably suited ther. here were Tt general plon has been alveady de- If wey bad achieved glory anong the races, vepe’ tal end thea a « Henan. Severai sieamors trom the upper Hudson bad also yesterday conveyed peng to Sing Ping, aod 2 large number led left this city by iio vari ous steamboat and railroad tines on the precoding even- ing. The result of this gencral concentration was that perbeps not loss than ten thousand persons visited the village and the camp daring the day. Daring the morn- jet the Irish people be proud of their glorious record; in but he conjored them to lay prejudice aside considering the merits of thei toms, iieratare aud religious feelings of ing and the early pari of the afternoon the usoal sacred | THC, Among whom, he said, liberty exercises were indulged im without interrapiiop; | morethan wo thousand years. The pibroch and the bot about three o'clock a rain storm of consid. | DATP Were Founding to valiant deous or being ewept to emble violence, dhongh of brie? duration, se-ved to | the string of love, even whe was Taare i The ardor of the devoiees of religion ac well ag | Phalling bie hosts vefors the we . ue wes bearthy were leceure seekers or curious toungers, of which latier | Speer ud the heicher of the Celt wore as irrerist b voepeieer leony bs 4 shore was a goodly representation, One commend. | Were the martial instruments tha: had been the epi vanwets ¢ e able feature of the meeting is the fact that tho where. | '2 Grecian tons or Roman story; and the i ry of ected nad clevaies purcaiona, Teutons with toentisfy the craviuse of the temporal appetite is | dates of Erin, ages ago, were an beactiful ag were their im a8 groat alr eas is ths opportunity of eatisty.:| Comemporaries «cer ‘> Rome or Sparta, In ireland Coney intend. ing the apiritant @, apd ts to be obtained by | Wder the kings thero could have been found men who Coney Ieend, 4 weal be ko new Uong to nay, le | those whe hunger and hirst without being subjec: wo ox. | Wovld have boxed or rup witb any of the expe! we cue cur, | tortion, The assembioge was vory orderly, cud thoaph | the Olympian cames, and their performances drew f« feawous eworg & sue the peuple of the *Gr- | there was evidently a fait propottion of ¢ ogk much aypiani as war sounding © 69 Covered af one of the macble-lined | element ont prestidigitatorial geatry present, they were lowered upon the vi the Keman arena, ob Fort pelebed boteing (gis ef eld King Neptune, ie ra ae Popeye y a a val yd g quariered there, One of om abut cieren miles se@th of this city, and ts one at lors who addressed one of the numerous audiences, and shelf myles long and About onebelf a nite wide Ne coe of (ee many sand bem, legit mole bream waters, which ualure By the hands thas “deen «) (uioge welt hae erected to Gey the inching wee from breaking referring to the remarkc of certain newspapore, to une efices that the aevemblore was a conglomeration of rowdes and pickpockets, complimented bis hearers openty by that ther were the best fooklue and of = thier it nD doctrive wodernly known as 8 ale rihis, anda more Co. i" . eet n a had ever been his jot be cast umong. Dur | hesive power tian wen existed would have proved of me bervions—a \eisibie siatate, 60 etetenl wie iM | ng the Matter part of the afternoon and evening | immense benetit to the forefatiers of tbe prevent Irish “ebue far ehavt aed pe fari Some old 205 | several beary showers of rain visited tb groonds and | People, No race lad preserved ite identity like the dere fod fault b ie bat it se aver | recdered enjovinent more difficuli of aive'ument ian it Celtic, | Sauparia abd derusalew never numbered the held orton weacianny Would otherwise have been, Ite eflects were inen'fectod | Years of Erin. The lsh race saw she rive of the > A eee tee i, ued act | ia an.scrag of bedsaggiod ekitts, maddy beets, drenched | Hoesan eagle, and, while-even yet in ite privme, witnessed Feet as mascury, @terding @iehy ts ‘viroicn” a | basqucs, shawls, and dusters, and a vast guilory, eo to | tue decadence of the proud empire that that eagle typ! most dehgbtfal aifve, and over i" poliehed speak, of phywounot 1 studies, Of the latter, the | Ged. The cotel, or Gmlic brauch of the race, though rat wo-faryy opeet many of (Le fe malorty werd, itis almost wnaeceseary to stato, ot the | Joined im legislation 42 the Saxens of Britain, ees bre Inpubreus order, sud the genoral appearance was crest | Were still Beotch, The lords of the Palo learn: fallen. his latver remark will not be coneirced asro- | ¢¢ the Celtic tongue and became Celts In fernog portoulariy to the ladies, although a targe nam- | their habits and enstoms. Neiher tme nor ber 0. wm displayed some very umque and elegant | pereecution, ner emperation could uppsople ireland, » plomes apd feathers /o their “dacky littie bonnets," | Foreeven buuedred verre, anffering as pe other people ‘onling tee breezes at Coney ‘This meeting is ove of the most successful so far that hae | have sallered, trend stiif wes, and vigurousiy pro- id 16 his locality for many years, and i¢ aieo in- | ¢ im the face o. the world against the acts of ber per- teoded to he of groater doration, as it to be | Secatore, sud asserts Ler righ? to freedem, fucepen- kapt up nu 4 of the present week. The | devce aud anto saations, ‘This, though evening boa were heavily inden with | frunine ind agencies have been added rea uited in the destruc. ) hers [a the forcat, and in their leave- wtent Iriel savaces ? . Let their ia:xs and taelr liveraturo Notht oot lel he r r Mi gi °@ answer, Nothing Bender, Sent oow calvin. ms : unremt(tingly deriog a period of about two hours on the | indicates the power of# people |. ite ianguage. The quake "tongs Mauch to (he a@usoment of the | Lomeward inp, Becessilating a gooddeal of huddiing, { paucity of its loxtcon te caine 9, The krish gram- S4i-re 20d visitors, Whe Wew many and more pariice “‘oadd.og” aa was obserrabloamong | a cloge convection with the, Hebrew au: other Jeriy to the great wstepishamrnt cf ibe poor animals ia the cabins and eatoons of the | Erstern tongues. It is built up without the aid of fe hs Sereert, who@ at howe @ grave—paced and | Yer\cut steamboats, However, tois is a matter entire: materials. She Doctor dweit on thie point, and Sow,” heme pet We Bayete! e@trely -acompatible wih | ™ beh poo Cay) yy most direciy rye Porte om pred nea = ae tersent pe may Af y " taper « dy ettivena, ood 4 te winable that the propingutt mally vege. 8 Connection han 26 Gyimn and ibe aasectatigor of y ett Propinguity was matually eee ety insane conmeenien (2 Sees See e ean. upon the AgTeroble abd mot Jeirimoatal to the general public. Oa the arr er pecolucty with Loney inland te ie and coroes otect ite pure ar ba an anetdagly Ory ihroet, at credit of bewy educators of the Furopeam nations in the eighth century. Leaving this topic the sp ker touched upon the martial valor of the Irish peoph % and in the connection ed to the Fenian band of ¢ ld. One of thea principlos was to protect womanhon t; yet Earl Russet, Thoms D'Arcy Magee and Bishop * Connolly ascribed to the Fenian men of this day only the pria- ciple of “beauty aod booty.” If, however, e@aid the Wrence O'Toole were to rise from bis on bis armor as of old in dey “ence of Wal of the bonis and trains in the city , however, jogs end wibulations of the day were speedily various group? sauntered ea, it is to be hoped, mo quaiided to resume the datios The Excise Law=The Sunday Clobs Stl Fe tives bat net Nemerons=A Quiet Sabbath nad Everybody swotterin Me tusianding tbe ominous w vm Telawd vate, ond ihe happy manner ther Feared clams Rib Come o a of their core! aor Wie Creame ning given to the the Sonday clab system by the Board of day quite ® nember of clubs were in yesterday, mach to the disgust of seve. boys lu Blue, who, relying upon various wwiots, In her moral aspect im bad been the virgin among nations, and her werl ea Dame in this regard would not be eullied, oven by, her sons of this late generation, Her cause to-day had’ ‘he friendship of Europe. Nolther Spain, France, Ge ™ many, Scotland or Columbia wished for an aborted Tria, Le epmew and the woot wil tee ue we the bone © aad rom. o2 (bia, whem tne rong a, endeavored tO insiuuate themeelves into the | Mant. Sctrlens OF NS Pope were inimical to Irish na- = of (he propritiors, With a view to worming | tionality he would be condemning iu fact what he could way lato the bn nalian balls presided over by | mot establieh In prino ple, and would be forgetful of the * thas 4 eter & patadivn more defant of the vorites, The Intt services of the Irish people, a weil ns contradicting the ame by best ond | Rowover, wore on ihe gui vite “ones diet liey of ° .' Tho heart's blood of - "i reland wae ing poured out anouaily in the aed orery wee, hed it, aod | shape of taxes and products going abroad, from wt the etab do. | Whtel rectived nO bevel, to the to come sober | Of thirty million pounds sterii No mere reform, bumbly powtn. | Mmant right bill could remedy u's hemorrhage; and vb! people of Iiciend know. The priest- i e0le the priests apd the opus tame me Oe oon there wanted a onion wiih Washingion rather then with Westminster; but the independence of Ireland must be ht about by the valor of Irish arma, backed by the moral support of America, When Columbia shail call this Lazarus from the tomb, liberty and republi would go forwert band in band, ‘onjared his audience never to for «| orion, aud the wamerien t ¢ j wo ail "propaviiity be attebued | they were ihe sons of ‘'sweot Erin of (be streams, ” “ | Sane peruletame, Haun om ihe) Past of tbe — Ff o* more predest of the Hqaor deslers dmg havo t Menage ood FETE aseof tue tonvifying Excise Boant at no dietant BROWNED MR_THE EAST RIVER, . io, @ OOF (None WED Were losers weeping © sepoiet ot vast | dome ond mening Be » ee thaw be Jomes Tierney, @ young man nineteen years of age, fell overboard yesterday afternoon from a boat in which be with three othere were sailing, near Mariem bridge, end before amsistaner could be rendered wae drowned. Me repicgd at Na 44 Pores th siroes, aughet a ther eoaptertt fond lage: beer, drm. t. of We earners end oan * iv. trerry over clob tables tbe @ertal condemvation the stamps over the wet ee ee NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1867. ola Wapumnes, Juiz % Yet. } General Grant and the Presidency. Ae General Grant's viewe and feelings the Presidency are just now the eudject of some interest in the country, it will not be out of place to state that the General recently in a conversation with a gentleman of this city said candidiy that he was as ambitious to om the high office of President e# most men, and that he would accept it if conferred upon bim unsought and without pledges; but that if he had togo after it and teck it the White House would remarn a long time with- ‘out an occupant, Mere About the Esplonage on General Grant’s Movements. ‘The facts which I telegraphed a few mights ago about adeteetive watching the movementa of General Grant have caveed quite a seneation, and there is much curiosity to learn the names of the Massachueetts politi- cian and the detective alleged te bein bisemploy. I ‘am not at liberty to furnish information on those peints just yet, 1 ebould add that it ie denied, not on au- thority, however, that Graat had au interview with the detective and questioned him as te why he was watch- ing bis movements, There is mo doubt, how- ever, to the rest of the story. Some of the people at the National theatre here noticed the mysterious movements of the detective, and one of them wrote a note expresseng his suspreions to General Dent, brother-in-law of General Grant, Dent communicdted with Grant on the subject, and the latter invited the writer of the note to an interview, ‘The in- terview took place, and during it Grant is reported to have said, “You are right, sir; that man (tho: Massachu- sete politician) hae done the same thing before. When I was in command of the army he had spies about my headquarters and know everything that transpired there. He also had epics around President Lincoln.” Prepesed Departure of Senor Romero for Mexico. Sefor Romero, the Mexican Minister, intends to leave for bie home during the coming month, availing bimseif of a leave of absence granted by his government, Seior Romero has represonted his country at Washington for the past eight years, and during the most difficulc period iw the bistory of Mexico, His tabors in behalf of the cause he espoused are well known, The incessant work, excitement and anxiety incidental to these labors have very materially impaired his heaith, and he now needs a relaxation of some months to recruit, His long absence from his home requires, now. that peace has been restored to Mexico, that he should visit tho republic to eud to his personal affairs, which have been for a long time neglected. The Surratt Trial, The Surrait trial bas been in progress seven weeks. Nearly ali the present week wil! be occupied with the arguments to the jury by the rospective counsel, when the case will be submitted, Strong Prejudice Against Celored Jurors. A few days ago a young lady of Alexandria committed suicide by jumping from a ferryboat into the Potomaé. Her body wat recovered on Friday and Coroner Stouten- burgh proceeded to hold an inquest. Six white and six colored men were summoned as jurors, and while they Despite the beav.itui elegy of Gray, who depmed al; storied urns and animated busts vain and profitiess, of granite an’y marble, graced by a glorious name, sur- only successful mode of securing an eternity of fame. F sppily, however, our own Washington needs no mon- V'.nental tributes to proclaim his triumphs to mankind. ‘on these tributes, he would have long since been forgot- ten, Type and ink, and the marvellous progress of the republic founded by his genius and valor, have combined brow without the aid of towering testimonials, We are not of those who would shower anathemas on tion for this sin of shameful omission; but wo decidediy Years since in this city, THE OLD WASHINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. the community. THR CORNER STONE OF THE MONUMENT LAID. coln up Broadway, moved to the scene of the graced the ranks and added dignity to the d:cylay. the pageant ended in smoke, and in its Yast proportions were being sworn in an excitement was ce: | judged by the result, it can only be likened to the canioned by the brothee and brother-in-law | mountain which travailed and brought forth « of the deceased protesting against colored | mouse !’” TRE DEMONSTRATION, There was an imusense piatform erected near the which was covered with the national colors and pati legends.” Above an ensign which ap; jurore hokiing an inquest on the body of their sister, They both argued strongly against the propriety ‘of such a courge, and said that bad they supposed tweive white men could not have been procured as Jorers they would have taken the body to Maryland and bave obtained a white jury there, ‘The protest was dis- regarded, the inquest proceeded and a verdict was ren- dered, It is said that one white man who was summoned asa jnror refused to servo with colored men. Presidential Recreation. It is said that President Johnson contemplates epend- ‘ug a shert time at the Lookout Moantain House during the prezent season. certificate of the genuinencss of his last mermaid: — ON IONIOEELISELOIE RE LEDESOLOES BELO CE CEDE LE 20> e “the identical tlag first hoisted in New York by order of General Washington, November 25, 1783. 3 Sixty years have elapsed, gud still it proudly waves.” : ‘TUK ODE TO W!SHINGTON—A POETIC FARCE. Alter the meeting was organized an ode, by George P. Morris, was read. When the history of thi and its mysterious failure are considered the nes, which aro as follows, will be deemed farcical:— A monument to Washingtou— A tablet graven with bis name! Grant's aud Sherman’s Foces on the New tonto Fractional Currency. cant i veri ro Bie fame nt Since the aunouncewent of tho intended tesuance of a ow phomer are fifteén cont fractional currency note some doubt has And Speak to the 8 eer wgakice’ boon expressed as to the power to issue legally a note of Our gratitude to Washington! euch denomination. It appears to be the opinion of most people understanding tho subject that the seere- tary of the Treasury is clothed with amp'e authority to do 60 under recent acts of Congress; but the legal right to place on thege or any other new notes the likencsees of Generals Grant and Shorman docs not seem to be 60 monument. from arising io Hamilton square to “the sun? The corner stone was laid with more honors vhan were paid to the ona beautiful day in the Indian summer, What bas no of the five pyram- weil establiehed or ganerally conceded. Section twelve | Wore. be laid on that foundation? | Were they ever Of the Appropriation act of April 7, 1866, provides that | believes they are mythical; and although Hamilton portrait or Lkevess of any living person hereafter ougraved shall be placed upon any of the bonds, securi- Mes, motes, fractional or postal currency of the United ‘States."” Proposed Regntta on the Potomac. There ie to be a regatta hero om the Ist of August, in which it is expected come thirty vessels will participate, The course is be from a etakeboat opposite the Sixth sirect wharf, roond a buoy opposite Fort Washington and back. The eteamer Hi Livingston will accompany the boats, aud on the trip it is the intention ef Captain Lawler to present a prize to the lady offering the beat sentiment on boat racing. On the retura of the boats A collation will be served by Captain Waste, at head- quarters, for the crews of the ‘boats, This regatta originated with the National Yacht Club, which is composed of the following membera, mostly clerke in the Departmente:—Moesra. Conrad, President; F. W. Miller, Captain; Porter, Treasurer; Farnam, Ward, Yownehond, Fiske, Tishman, Freach and Allen. lt was organized some two or three months since, and now owns quite @ beauttful yacht, called the National, of twenty-eight feet keel, Tho bdats already entered are, the National, Highland Mery, Augusta, Young Ariel, u that route fora score of yt pomp and g' be pregented mans the © caps of foola, occupy a sil! PY DY PANES OF THE O*VICERR While the meeting was in progress the following gen. tlemen were announced as the officers of the assoc: tion, and the aids in the great work. mean flection oa the ‘who ate honorable men, but we give the facts x8 matters of history :— Henry Storme, President; dent; Shepperd Kuapp, Treasurer; Robert D. Hart, ‘Trastees:—Edward K. Collins, Henry Stor: William Hall, Calvin Pollard, Ehias G. Drake, HL. Waddei, veyor John Payo Hamiteon Fish, W. €. Wm F, Pratt and Thompson Price. cccasion, tated labor by the following T. Aden; by Beales & Frazer, the tablet by Joseph coment by J, P. & 8, Cummings, Jr.; Joueph Aken; the land conveyed to the asso the Corporation of tne city. ‘The stone, which was a huge block of granite, weigh- Genera! Kearney, Warhington, #inuie Clark, Greyhound, | ing several thundred pounds, was laid amid voc:ferous of Alexandria, and Capitola, applause. Within it was deposiced the coins of tue cay, the files of the press and documents ehowing the histezy The Law Relative to the Importation of of the exterpr ive. rs WEARLY ALL THR MONRY svPEcRineD. ling to the statement of the orator of the day, Colonel Jureph H. Hart, neatly ali the money w to earry on the work had been subscribed, is known to 4 of my hearers that a charter was ob- tained in I by an association of men, ander tho title of the “New Washington Monument Association,” ich was tue lato Governor Morgan Lewis, Some doubts have arisen as to whether the law of 1862 probit) importation of coolies yato this coun- try. it appears, however, from the wording of the act that it was intended to prevent the trade in coolies in American bottome, and punwshes thore thus engaged, whea euch pereons are transported from their native Jand without thelr consent, wth forfeiture of the vessel, and Cue and imprisonment, Southern Conne: w citizens, wore med in the act of incorporation. monument should be erected in this cite i the services and in honor George Washington. Nothing, bowe: tha: association ey organizing Von =. iernees, aes came x fame title in a jorgan Lewis, Stephen Ajlen, Moses H. Grinveli, William W. Fox and othere—men of influence and great wealll, wero the managers tamed in the act of incorporation. Under this act, i am sorry to gay, very little was done, and it was suffered to expire by ite own limitation. In the month of Nareh of the pressnt year au act was obtained from the Legis- Jatore reviving tbe act of 1843, modifying and am uding it im some particulars, and the gentlemen composing the it rd of Irustees were named therein. “nder thin act the Trastees immediately organized and ted measures for future operation, In justice to them it 's but right to eay that they have ever sinco been active in tbe work, They ha’ ceeded that a tailure to carry throug! bofldng o monument of vast size and magnificence, and of unexceptionabie architectural beauty, is sidered cat of the question. * + * © Bow find it becessary, pKa d Testrictions of the char- * with Several South Carolin.ane opposed to the reputticans who have recently been in Washington say that leading conserrat ves have proposed the terms of a political bar- ain to some of the leading colored citizens, te the efect that the conservatives wil) help the blacks to elect whe latter's candidates for Congress, without regard to color, provided the blacks give the whites the contro! of the State government Conflict of Authority In Seuth Carolina. The civil and military authorities came mto collision lately at Marion Court Hours, 8 C it appeare that « freedman named Ben Tiekler bed been arrested and “mprisoned, under due process of law, for an assnult and battery, with intent to bill, upon the person of W iliaw MoClelian, Captain Pirgree and Mr. J. E. Lewis, repre- routing the Freedmen'e Burene, called upon Mr. Moody, Clerk of the court, and required bim to diwcharge the preccer upon bie Own recognizance. This he refused to do, declaring that beth the State law and General Sickle’s order No. 10 required, in er i caser, that the uewal recoguizamces should be given. er, was doue by A s@cond associa- taking. Tt ie to the people at | and subscriptions will be pA appeal, received even bere, on the They replied that they bad sothing to do for the purpote, No matter how or how with General Sickles’. orders; that they acted 6 som, 16 will be ac apd will be at once under General Scott, who was tbe ruling power io the pled toward the iniended object, Oar monumentel here will overlook the scone of the Revolutionary State, and would susteip their action in thisense Mr. | Pitue cr leland, which was conducted {e person by Moody still declining to diecharge the prieoner upon hes | Wash ngton.” Own recognizance, they called # freedman standing by, ein ‘ my od RECORD. aan named Alford, and insiructed to go 16 the jell and yoann sd ousands read with plessure order the jailor to turn out the prisoner. atford started | ie folowing sas alee Se ae a ppd lla Spirorerspenrarccorees DuarUdtdesadeded dada : of in het baste, and, on the verbal order delivered by the negro, the jailor turned the prisocer out, and be now at large. Reatstration tu Alabama, Registration has closed im Monigomery co n' b ma, with the following reeult :— whites, 1,47' 65,7’—majority for whites, 758, Forty-one were rejected upa? challenge, and three registered afer challenge and a ‘tamination. The registration embraces seariy every @ ‘gible citizen ip the county. Land Office Business. The Con Mistioner of tho General Land Office, withia the Inet tomy (*¥#, bas traneinitted 776 patents or deeds, She Corner Stone of @ Monument to THE MEMORY OF e - ping WASHINGTON at iad with appropriate ceremonies Wore Day oF Ocrorme, 1847, ‘TEE ANNIVERRARY OF THE @URRENDER OF LORD CORN WALLIs TO GFNERAL hws gs AT YORKTOWN, Under the anapicet of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION THR CTY OF KEW TORK. wemeve cect Net ee re ee tere ne ne terete. te. Ltt tb bE HEHE THA SRQUEL To THE wovEMEKT. An on the paneer eoeerrscecece. Spree pene. from the Unite 4 States to individuale for tande im the | A soere of Fears have parsed siace that memora ble following districa % Ti: Bac Claire, Wisconsin; Boome- Sore pieced, be ite Cw "fountation ven i} ville, Missouri; Sy Cloud, Minnesota; Traverse Onty, | block of granite wine wye to 0 the ‘etree. Michigan; Springtion , Mitois; Carson City, Nevada, mans & living Thete patente were foi, ed co cath sales, and agricul | ag the marbles of Nineveh. liege ‘ome, Commissioner Wilson a8 fine. qranstuitted to th renee, So mnyinteal testimonial? a ee ihn atm ne imug- | tony, for » reply, ing to the State of California nde a ae, | ier smmvenes Se seer 26, 1860, embrng Fhch “Hew eopeder immortality is “fen conferred by a statue, The sbafis vive a thor,sand generations, and poipt in triumph to their cong’ ests over the past. Every ancient highway Of the World where the heroes, sages and poots still live in mov ,orial shrines attest this fact; which reveals the “If the perpetuation of peeriess memory were dependent to keep the laurel of victory fresh and green on his 6 na- complain of the mean treatment which poor Washing- ton, or rather his memory, received about a score of It is still within the recoilection of many of this gene- ation that on May 6, 1847, tho Board of Aldermen of this city adopted a report of the Committee on Lands and Piaccs, granting a site in Hamilton square for the erection of an immense testimonial to the Father of his ; Country, under the auspices of the Washington Nonu- mont Association. From the date of the grant until the hour when the work was inaugnrated it wae a topic of city conversation, and the completion of the task was looked forward to with intense interest by all classes of At length the day came when the corner stone of the structure was to be laid. The 19th of October, in the same year, was selecied for the purpose, and the pre- Parations for the occasion were made on a scale of regal macnificence. One of the grandest processions, equal to that which marched sadly after the remains of Lin- which covered the ground between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-ninth streets and Third and Fourth avenues. The real soldiers of 1776—for there was then a small detachment of the braves left in New York—erected tents on the plot the day previous, and slept there during the night, in order to be enabled to fire a salute at dawn. To give eclat to the proceeding, the salute was fired from gums which Washington had captured at the battles of Princeton and Monmouth, The procession which moved at # later por- tion of the day to tho martial strains of a hundred bands, reached several miles in length. It included the Firet Division under Generals Sandford and Storie, ail the firemen and members of civic societies, with deputa- tions from the Federal, State and City governmenia, A gorgeous triumphal! car containing a bust of the nation's idol, drawn by steeds, magnificently caparisoned, But conspicuous Was the inscription, which remiuds one of Baruam ¢ QAO geet UDC ILEEDEEDEDETEDEIODI LEDC DERE ELE OLEEDE TED @ movement Alas! that these beautiful stanzas should become uare bas been kept under the surveillance of the res!- a he ni ood, and the travellers who have ‘ears, no one has ever Boneld the shrine wiich wae commenced with a!l the ot an Oriental coronation. Thore who sung the ‘ ode" on the memorable occasion might justly It they live they no re- Elias G. Drake, Vice Presi- Secretary; Calvin Pollard, Archhect; Edwin Smith, Sur- Joseph C. Hart, the Mayor of the city, Shepperd Knapp, Jou Leveridye, ‘The programme, which was strictly adbered to on the his section of the foundation was laid by the gratuitous contribution of material aud sons:—The masonry by Jon he stone by Elisha §. Mott; the corner etone ecemsary He said:—it gentie- York ho, together with eome eighty other higuiy ogy ogee 1 it was spices Of that association in commemora- t the memory of urpose and under the retiring, which ho did about twelve He pl, Soun 01 At about one o'clock fn the afternoon ihe clerk, went to is on oor sev' aieessene eae received, with the assis: of other Parmons woke open the dase, was near lying with A ane as face ‘was badly prored, ans mouth considerably, showing evident! from died ik of apoplexy. The deceased wore upon costly diamond rings and four gold rit him $588 in money, a valuable diamond watch and chain, and » few other articles. ‘were taken charge of by the coroner, who will deliver them to his friends, they having been telegraphed for. HIPPING NEWS. PORT OF NEW YORK, JULY 2g, 1867. Arrived. Steamship 11 Livingston, Baker, Sarannat, 60 hours with: mase and rai Livi Co. T2410 PM, Jo mnilew Ne op nate ‘ Signals with steamship. Virgo, he: PM, Snties novih of Matte 45 AM. 45 mil ri ; ig Pan Shoals, exch fice for Savanvah; same les wrih seaimahip Gem ‘i Soiter, do for Chatieston. Steamahip Moneka, Marshman, ‘July 26, with. mye and passengers, 19 Lt ech Steamship Virginia, Snyder, Ne ho, with mage and: passengera, to (he O11 Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship John G:bson, Fuller, Washingion, DO, with mdse and passengers, ‘o Smith & Browa, Ship Lorenzo, Merrsman, Loadon June 18, with mndee, 19- 6,1, Wrigt & Co, Had Tight westerly. winds aud Coen moat oe NMR of lane Sat Sept ark oat on the off Sout! jul from Bremen for New (The L arrived eel" re Hamburg, hip Shakespeare (Ham), Boysen, with Base an £2) pensenpare, 5 well, to RK 2 birt among the pns-ongers, Iip Christel. (Brem), Friedrick, Bremen, 37 aya, with Sark Monn arberk (of Ceioutes, Borstal, Calertia Mare 10, via St Helena Jure Lz, wilh mdasy to Harbecks & Hi which blew y Gwisted rudder head aud tiller, stove and mizzen top- FAllantmnasts, and sprung a leak; bes now two tcet of water Rt (Nor), Andersen, Cardiff, 44 days, with iron, ‘st A hicminn Tiel), Willenbrenk, Rotterdam. 45 days, ba Sy to root Metucke Wont, Been 10 days 7 ig ight Reed winds ealins: June Int aod 34 OsPion 4730, Awertun whaling abip, Luisa, s-sring’ Bs Aristides (Pras), ‘gramminerhop, Bremer, 9 dayey find 908 panscngers, tH Koop & Co. July 28 o cket, spoke bark Eugene (Br), 66 days froin Liverpool for Baltimore, with joss of buiwa a Rosalia (Ital), Cacace, Trieste, 63 days, with mdse, Bark to Dutith & Co. Bark Af Sherwood (of Caloutta), Lecra, Puenos Arreg Juve 4, and Point Lodio Gth, with hides. &c, o Harbecks & Halsey, July 24, lat 57 30, lon 69, spoke ship locahontas, from Bath. Me, for New Orleans. Rark Ficr dé) Mar (ir), Wiswell, Montevideo, 45 days, to Park Monteguma, liammond, Barbados, 14 days, with “s Sm Conmite 45 Moston), Wilson, Cardenas, 16 Al oe days, With eugar, to master. Marco Polo and bri Prairie Rose sailed ove day New vork. “tthe & © areived 27th.) Br ¢ Johanna Masia (Duteh\, Post, Bio Grande, 89 daym, with hides &c, to Ucirichs Bric Aleks a (its), Alfar, Bio Jaxerro, 36 days, with, Brig Dolphin (Brem), Wuefen, Rio Janeiro, 45 days, witht toorder. J 19, lat it lon 85 32, spoke shi Tongs thir)” trom for Calgutun (The'D ats Brig Wanderor (Main) Mabimann, Rio Janciro, 89 days, Brig Catoline i Kelly (of Portiend). sewin, Sagun ap days, with to'Thompaca & Hutter, July 2, lag) S230 Tou 761 che Thriver, of spoke whaling lye ith 5) sp oll, (Arrived 27th. ) | 4 e fr Aveyle (Bt), Horie}, ‘Cow Bay, 12 days, with coal, to Hull, Providence, a Lg je Belew, Bark Pratrie Rose, from West Indios, Nalled. ‘a iom Quarantine, French frigate Themis, end steamship ‘Wind at sunset SW, Marine Disasters. am ‘OosTKR }. of Boston). Know! cieecte ie otis mh ants eseel box care, and tt Teck has since increased (0 8,000 strokes per hour. « Wall, Savanna! ohn & Wines? Moriches, weet wxcuED—From at Xe vefore eyciewsnt yoebt owed by Jonna ferry. Ket and named Ella. oo iam, Sami ‘Will be launched from the Smith Co. Green} the sehr feeGoun'N Genin). “his ane been almost en- tirely rebuilt; the feeeeinie inde innate Seas eh % ° ung, under mand of Capt Abuer Squires, wi was nt Hakodadi May 1, ? Foreign Porta. Rrxenios, July 8—Arrived, sehr James 4 Brown, Marble, g whole of her to be employed tu the Bark Cheroke Elecite, of NW having taken 130'bbie oll eipee leaving Sanuw. hb lelende, Warrea, : American Porte. 2 ais jacoh Ker Lake; i Thomas, Winsmore; 8 Fish, and John Shay, Tilton. Phil ttle john, Btizas delphia: Ean estbroo!| ‘tao urrived, vethport Wn Thoce03, Thompson, Non is Philadelp! ‘WearedBark, Keun, Richardson, Cronstadt; sehr ba il Pere + wing ihe Salen Bat 9 forenoon, a 1 ‘lam Kennedy, halt! i. I onthe Tidal Lang Mary ‘ ba” dente, . Y Aw H pha J Meaus, 40; sh? Gen Com Lon. Ived, poiacren Movesta (Spy ‘Arcellina (Sp), Sunol, Havana via Savane aah, Sailed—Brig De da (Sp). Baictone " Fe sROkGE Wee MC. ay echr Moonlight, vate: Ghariestons , sa ,schr Rhodella Blue, Peterson, Georgetown, be. HOLMES’ HOLP, July 2 PM—, selire Jacbiny Thomnpaon, Cedar, Keys tor Boston: Cites: Wilmington, NC, for Portsmouth; Taticrsun, Cor: jon, hiladeiphle tor Boston Je fford, Hawking, bligobethper SailedBrige Fennin, Bate, Washington Bir), Florenee (Br): schrs subina (Br), Werren. Lizzie Maul, RS Miller, Lavinia Jane, J | Feat ee a Laper, HG Mand, Keokuk, jendersou, a nerd. 7 Richardeou, Elma MW: A 1. aatland, B'S Cia awards, Jountiaw ‘chartolle’ Fishy Mery, Louisa, Koval. Arch Rk ros, L.encadin, Oration, Auna Lyons, Ella in, Et Nae, ide B Ween Lucy D, 8 8 b= hoy macht, Vth, AM—No arrtvais. Tn port achre Mannan, 1 aachit, ‘Ginon Chitin Jane C Patterson, 38 apattoci ah MEW BEDFORD, ‘sohrs ‘Cobb, and Lizeiy Raymond, x s : 27, AM— Arrived, berg Caroli ttle Rock, Richinaa, Boyd's Ir, Robinson: M XM Haakill, Barber; J © 8 Caratal Bos aig ay Salem: S A Hofman, Hamman, ij TR Rockport: J Birdsall Hezeliga, Providence: Convoy. French, Saco. rT ‘LAND, July —Arrived, AF ia £ Hake. Phtiated bin Votent,: Dodgh: titeakerbpat rent Ue Chase, Upton, Baltimore; steamer Dingo, Sherwood, atled— Bt O Phinney. F EB Allen, Tangier, A © Tite comb; schr H Prescott, and overs. ROCKLAND, Ju ‘V8—Safledy schra Richmond, Guptilly ym, Gott, ‘ork ; 24th, Fleetwing, Nae’ M—Arrived, brig Chilor, Naten, New acom, ne, Georgetown: George yeas NAH, July ; sohr Anna Sims, Craig, Sailed—sohra J W Alten, ange, BE. Raweral, Grane HOUSENOLD worp.—Bty YOUR noice Hiaas, Outlery, I" =a Cnoking Plated Wi nd Honse Para BSOLUTE, JA courts of several Sintos Eranied. Also Commissioner and Lc sport Agent: law and translations properly prepared . TRING, Oounsetion AL Orzo AL DRAWINGS OF THE KENTUCKY Lotieries. ‘ errat wy ai, 1887. ee ee Pit ui, Py <tare—cuasy 404, j 4 bh or f a Gemtan end NTOCRY, STATE, EXTRA dt i Hereger ginrseuass aes Mg Ledisi i,” Stowmte's 1 «7, 7 YorCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN ee eer Ln where desertion, he, vabaleae: jaan oie a harass ae LL, PRUAES CASUED IN LEGALIZED LOTIERTES. A GUDTE Boker 1 Broudway and 189 Fulton strest._' ohA, REY DISRASES—RYERY Sete pian RE oat a HOM, ch wire. UPRIGHT PATENT TRUNK. ” T nae .