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8 “EUROPE. ame Prussian Police Pamphlet on the Policy of the United States. Napoleon’s Invasion of Mexico Said to be Endonsed in Berlin, ae The Revolutionary Movement of 1848 and Its Consequences in 1868, Movements of Farragut’s Squadron. By steamehip from Burope we have the following interesting and tmportant special correspondence in @etai) of-our cable telegrams to the 27th of June. GERMANY. Prussian Police Rule in Frankfort=Manifesto om the Mexican Question and Against the United Stater—Royalty Against Republican- tom—The Luther Festival—United States Bonds (and ; Gold; Paymente—Harvest Pros. pects. FRANKFORT, June 24, 1868. * ‘That the sympathies of a military government can never be for a free republi¢ could never be a matter of doubt; still it might open the eyes of Mr. Bancroft and others who take the same view of the excel- Jence of Prussian policy if I send you an extract ofa pamphiet, which has just been sent by the Prussian Director of Police of our town to the wardens and parsons of the different villages, with the invitation to give it the widest circulation. 1 quote a passage about Mexico:—‘‘If Europe is threatened anyhow it isby North America. _ This country will bring us ‘once in the same positton as that of Asia with regard ‘© Europe. Napoleon acted, therefore, with great prudence when he tried during the civil war toraisea powerful neighbor at their frontiers, and he would have succeeded if perfidious Albion had assisted him. He acted wisely to withdraw his soldiers when they could do nothing more in Mexico. Maximilian could have saved himself by flight if his generals had not acted treacherously towards him.’? ‘There ig no doubt that all the sympathies of the German people are with the union, but with regard to the military and the bureaucracy they are every- where the same, their predilecsions are for the prin- ciple of authority. To-day and to-morrow great festivals will take Place at Worms for the inauguration of the Luther monument. The King of Prussia and several of the minor Protestant Kings and Dukes will attend. Specuiation is now very lively at our bourse, all sorts of railway stock are eagerly bought up and new fasues of the same are readiiy subscribed for. There 4s no lack of competition; Anstria and Russia bid fair prices for money loans. There are four Austrian and Hungarian railway loans now offered, and the Kurek-Chorthaw railway bonds, 5 per cent, guaran- teed by Russia. They all are offered at the average price of 75, and will be subscribed for.’ Americans continue in good request, and would command a much higher price were it not for the high premium on als People expect that if Congress should render legal transactions when payment in gold is #tipulated five-twenty bonds will be quoted at New ‘York in gold just as it is already the case with re- rd to foreign excha! , and then foreign coun- ries would become independent of the fluctuations of the gold earch by which the price of the bonds would derive benefit. A nee interesting case has been decided by the Jury ai ‘arzburg. When the last revolution broke out tn Poland bonds of the value of 3,200,000 rubels were stolen at Warsaw and sent for sale to @oreign countries; some of them have even found their way to America. Of course the Russian govern- ment declared they could never pay interest on such bonds, and they published the numbers. Several bankers at Wurzburg and Nuremburg having in- curred a loss thereby, the police came on the tracks of the agents and arrested two professional gamblers, one of whom had lost $160,000 in one day at Baden Baden, and who turned out to be regular agents for a gang of swindlers, whose headquarters gre at London, under the directions of a certain Ruhemarn. Both, having been convicted, have been sentenced to seven years’ hard labor in the House of Correction. The harvest will begin next week in South Ger- many; first, that of rye, which promises to be abundant. The same has been the case with regard to rape, which has been already taken in. The North German Reichstag In Its Last Days of Session—Scenes in the Legislative Body— Imperfections-of the Confederation—Schism Between Church and State—Religious In- tolerance in Prussin—The People Against Dogmatisom—“Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown”—Royal Assassinations, BERLIN, June 22, 1968, The proceedings of the Reichstag presented no- hing remarkable during the last few days. The house and the galleries were thinly peopled, business ‘was rushed through with a feverish heat, and even Herr Simson’s otherwise imperturbable temperament ‘went by the board. It was on the occasion of a mo- ton made to re-establish the German Reich's ar- chives—a proposition which has found little sympa- thy among the majority—when Deputy von Schweit- wer, editor of the Berlin Social Democrat, expressed his doubts concerning the presence of a quorum. Herr Simeon, rather angry, replied that he would in- sStantiy settle that question; and, touching the knob of the telegraph’s bell attached to his desk, gave the ign for members straggling in the garden, barroom, 4&c., © hasten in. Turning to Deputy von Schweit- wer, he asked him, with a triumphant air, if he were Dow satishied of the presence of a quorum. ‘The following day, when, after the last reading of the bill restricting gambling on Sundays, the vote on ft was to be taken, Deputy von Schweitzer raised we @ame objection without being listened to by the president, who declared the bill carried. Deputy von ScuweirzER—I asked for the floor before the vote was taken to speak on the rules of the House, as | think that | was entitled to do so, President S1MsON—No one has @ right to’ speak when the House has decided to vote, Deputy von ScHWEITZER—! counted but 130 mem- bere in the House, PRbsI DENT—The cierks have counted 160, Deputy Lae —I wish to say that the yentleman ‘Who yesterday, as to-day, raised the question of @ quoram has not even been present during the dis: cussion of the bill; he raised his objection at the very moment of entering the House. Deputy Vor ScHWEITZER—ThIR aasertion i alto. gether untrue. J have be:n present since the com mencement. Depoty Dr. Reincke (Social Democrat) has an pounced his resignation to the Reichetag. In an eddrese to his constituents he says that his efforis to have a committee appointed to report upon the ®ocial position of the laboring classes had utterly failed in the Reichstag. He was highly astonished that #uch @ purely conservative motion had been refused by the Bond Council, though the investiga- tion, ax proposed by him, was to be carried on by their very organs. A legielature which refuses to Jook into the moet tmportant n ople can do ho good. Kut his surprise was at ite feign when a majority decl t, though no t, the Reicnst da continue ring paragraph twenty-cight of the coustitution, it is au absolute violation of it, OF twenty-nine and one-third million inhabitants of the North German Confederat thousand at the hig! a other means to accept a seat in the Reichstag. With Buch an immense bar qualification no small danger arises sf any number, however small, of de- ties ip the Reichstag may sumMce for con- inuing the depate. The government will always ave a euificent anmber of its partiaans on hand, and thas obtain the rule, In England, where for two cen- ries the people had fought for liverty, where Charles Ewes decapitated, and James 1. driven into exile, it m. Dot more than twenty ty their pecuniary or was different ; there the people are con’ cious of eir dearly purchased rights, and it can do no harm only forty or fifty members are present in the jouse of Commons. He closes by saying, that ae an Honest man he feels compelied to lay down his incident was afforded to the House by 8 Ae ter the Bund Council, the Mecklenburg rand State Councillor von Muller, who de- tred to A statement made about illegitimate birthé in the » In Saxony, he said, with a pop. lation of 2) souls, 1 fine for phe yeare 1862-64 he nomber timate births 82,127, illegitimate 14,760, In Méck! ‘with a population of 552,072 e@ouls;1 fing? same period, 40,432 legiti- mate, and 3,687 illegitimate births, This makes the ratio of illegitima'e birthe in Saxony like 1: 66, in Mecklenburg like 1: 39. Considering the proportion @ iligaitimate birthe to the number of inyabitaute, | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. -t a B52 # : S$ anit 5-2 5 3 A y ma beet no! out being ‘well. informed. Hay books at hofhe 1 discover have t, and this will lesson in future not to be yy the semblance of official exciting debate was closed by an adm! ‘on the art of another Mecklenburg Don » Count jassewitz, who timidly declared that it had not peen his intention to praise the condition of Mecklenburg. His Excellency Minister von Friesen haying an- pounced that a royal a directed the close of the session, Herr Simson, his address, gave a summa oe House, and re- cely ote of thanks from ith of the senior Pe alts eee ang cane pee . M u at ‘castle readiness, Herr Biever Keel’ ‘proposed t! ne to the protector of the Confederatio; Friesen handed his Majesty the mani ipt. King Willlam read with a clear voice the throne speech, Considering the quantity. of rformed >: e quan! work formed by the Reichstag, its Retin ptiees ia voting and carrying a large number of bills offered by the government de- serves high praise, still ‘more than is exp! in the throne ‘speech, The latter, a dry, business recapitulation, is bare of any _insuructive survey of the position of the North Ger- man __ Confederation. thought upon its general affairs, its foreign Policy and economical prospects, Immaterial points are mentioned in it, while important measures—such as the naturalization treaty with the United States, the law, or co-operative associations and the share in the regulation in the mouth of the Danube—have been overlooked. If industry alone is required from a legislative body the members of the Reichstag may be eulogized. But if it be their duty to harmonize the laws with the interests of the people and enmone injurious measures of the government, their at- Sen have been excessively feeble. All their merit, if any there be, 1s blot out tenfold by yield- ing the administration of the Bund finances to Prus- sia. It makes it but too evident that the North Ger- man Confederation js, a8 yet, a most imperfect and temporary institution, The schism between orthodox and liberal Protest- ants is likely to produce, as predicted to you in ior- mer communications, serious convulsions of the re- lations between Church and State. HM the Prussian constitution—article twelve of which guarantees rell- es liberty and article fourteen establishes the hristian Church in such State institutions only which relate to religion—had" been adhered to by the cere or by previous governments no such difficulty could have arisen. As it is, the clergy are entrusted with the superintendence of all educational instita- tions; even a Hebrew school: must submit to the aperten of a Protestant ecclesiastic, lous belief is made a test question In almost every social position. A Prussian stares at you if you tell him that aman live all his lifetime in the United States, raise a family, occupy an honorable posit! office, swear as juror or witness in courts of law, si in Congress and perform a thousand and one public and private acts and duties without ever being ques- tioned Sonera his religious belief, Here an oath in court is considered a religious act; hence follows a Catholic oath, a Jewish oath ‘and preclusion of Israelites from the judical carriére, Not a passport, apprentice certificate, summons, notery’s act, &c., pedals Rilo ne seamen, es soy i bes be e party or parties, and, contrary. to the letter. of the Ponstitutlon, vast distinctions are drawn between the different confessions. The col lon arisin, from this undue interference between State an Church affairs can hardly be imaged much less de- scribed. The diMiculties in the way of intermarriage between Protestants, Catholics, Jews, rationalists, dissenters, at least to obtain the recognition of the Church, apart from the civil registration (existing a few years only), the subsequent dificulties when children are born, the anomaly of \considering cer- tain creeds as authorized and dissenting communi- ties as tolerated only, result in the injustice of making all dissenters pay double church taxes— once to their own and to the Established Church (even Hebrews bel to reform syna- bine to full taxes to the orthodox)—a escription of ese and a great any more would Mla book. It is not at all uncommon that a gens- darme or policeman calls to inquire, a few weeks after the new born babe has been registered, what religious denomination {it belongs to, and receiving no satisfactory answer from the father, who may happen to be a rationalist, a free religionist or the like, threatens with a fine if the child is not soon ranged under one of the existing heads of religion, This has to be done, indeed, otherwise fine after tine and trouble besides will ensue. Impetus has been given to the views of Rev. Mr. Knak, who not only asserts that the earth stands still and the sun revolves around it, but teheeti feist prohibits to his faithful flock the of victuals, shaving of the beard, &c., on the Sabbath, by a mphiet entitled ‘Proof of pal ty the Earth’s Immobility,” published fifteen years ago and ever since lying heavily on the hands of booksellers. It is now bought with avidity and will have to be reprinted. That the sald lunatic, Knak, bases his belief soiely upon the Bible, while the pam- phiet attempts to prove the point by physical demon- stration, does not disturb the orthodox enthusiast, no more than did the late excellent essay of the Italian savant, Dr. Barzilai (published at Lloyd's printing oMce at Trieste), entitied, “Un errore di trenta secoli'’—an error of thirty centuries—wherein anew light is given concerning the tenth chapter, twelfth verse, of Joshua, sore that the latter's exclamation—shemesh dom—in Hebrew, does not signify “Sun, stand still," but “Sun, grow dim,” or “Cease to shine,” the word dom never being used in the ancient idiom for “stop” or ‘stand still,” but al- waysin the meaning of “noiseless (lightiess) now- ing,” and in which it is moreover proved that the renowned metaphor had reference to the appear- ance of a solar eclipse which Joshua had foretold in order to save his people from ome 2 terrified. ‘The liberaiists, on the other hand, have had several Mase meetings, condemning in strong resolutions Knak’s doctrine, demanding complete separation of Church and school, @ new instruction law such as promised by article twenty-six of the Prussian con- stitution and appealing to ail corporations, heads of families and citizens in general to carry through these reformne by all legal means. Sentence in the cause célébre of Professor Duhring versus Privy Councillor Wagener has been pro- nounced aguinst the plaintiff op the ground that an old law preciudes an author from claiming payment from the publisher when the latter has suggested the subject to be treated of, as also in absence of an ex- press stipulation. On this almost obsolete law Herr Wagener, considered as — of the State Ministry, obtained @ verdict in his favor. Professor Duhring purposes carrying the case to the Court of Appeals. it Taay not be mal a propos at the present moment, when the tragic end of Prince Michel, of Servia, is exciting so much passion, to enumerate the various attempts on the lives of sovereigns that have taken lace during the last twenty years. Since the year 848 a8 many as twenty-seven attempts have been made, the most of them proving unsuccessful, November 20, 1848, an attempt was made on the Duke of Modena. June 12, 1849, one on the Prince of Prussia (a present King), while stopping in Min- den-Ingoihiem. May 22, 1560, a shot was fired at the late King of Prussia, which suattered his right arm. June 2s, 1850, the Quéen of Engiand was attacked by an ex-lieutenant with a heavy stick. September 24, 1862, an infernal machine to be used against Napoleon Ill, was discovered at Mar- seilles. Febru: 18, 1853, the Emperor Francia Joseph attacked and wounded while walking. pril 16, 1853, ata sitting of the Italian Chamber at Turin, Count Cavour reported an attempt against Victor Emanuel It. July 5, 1863, an attempt was made against Napo- leon LL as he was aniving v0 the Opéra Comique. March 20, 1864, an unknown individual Hipped open with a dagger the Duke Ferdinand Karl Ifl. of Parma, Who died twenty-three hours alter in severe 28, 1855, Napoleon lil, was fired at in the Blysées. 1866, the life of the Queen of Spain was pred. ember 8, 1856, Ferdinand II. of Naples was at data review with @ bayonet. August 7, 1857, three Individuals were condemned for attempting the life of Napoleon ILI, January 14, 1868, the Orsini conspiracy against Napoleon proved a failure, July 14, 1861, astudent in Baden-Baden fired two pistol shots against the present King of Prussia. December 1s, 1562, a student in Athens fired at the Queen Amalie, of without effect. December 24, 1863, four Italians were selzed in Paris, who had arrived from London for the purpose of killing your old friend, Napoleon Ll. April 14, 1865, the President of the United States was brutally murdered in the theatre at Washington by an assassin, April 6, 1868, the life of the Emy atfempted by Karakasorf, in St, reburg. Again, on June 6, 1867, au attempt inst his Imperial Majesty was made at Paria by the Pole Berezowski. The last and successful one has been that on the loth of this month, directed agatnet the monarch whose death has suggested this apergu. FRANCE. ror of Russia was The Revolutionary Movement of 1848—Its Consequences in Europe—Political Retro- spect and the Philosophy of the Excite. ment—England’s Reforms in Twenty Years. Pants, June 26, 1965. ‘The revolutionary movement that began in France in 1848, and that broke out almost simultaneously soon after under all the other governments of Burope, ie #till in progress in 186%. But by one of the most singular reactions of history the men who originated it are in exile or without consideration, while their principles bave been cenaturalized or made to sub- serve quite o* much military authority as hberty, The explanaion of this problem in political philosophy: ie mot exactly within the range of letters purporting to describe things as they are, not as they have been. But as I frat visited Europe m 1648 and returned to it In 1868, I will notice some contrasts between the two periods in order to show the degree and charac- ter of the present advance, «++ ae At that date and, as now, was distarbed by & struggle for freedom British suthority, The habeas corpus was suepended within her and some Of her noblest sons were on trial for their lives. In Engiana, O'Connor and ‘the chartists ‘Were agiiating ea with the utmost re ary violénce, and pamphlets of the mogs re#ica) charac- ter and attacking the Very -“naations of English society were very ere circulated and read. ID 1868, after be’ suppressed, in twenty years, two rebellions and made of Irish enmity @ source of dsiger abroad, England is to do justice to trelana vend to grant ‘Sane ‘ame X ion, what they then demanded aSianes. with ie suffrage has been extended, the laws sm- proved, the administration of justice slmputied, and the people individually made More prosperous, more intelligent and moral, and, as statistics show, more charitable in their donations and ved. Agri- culture has not retrograded, alth« free trade sueceeded. While London and its larger towns have row, house rents hi been greatly his getting more for what he does and what he eats, The traveller who visits for a few weeke, on his way to or his return from the Continent, may not observe all these ameliorations, but he is struck with the fact that the hotels are only larger and better kept, ing are but little more all this within twenty years under the man, Without universal suffrage, with Wellington, Peel, Palmerston, Cobden dead, and the novelist Disraeli at the head of the government, The English are prof blers. Notoriously too selfish to admit sentiment in their public pone, and yet in the Abyssinian war Sar hare just given the world a 6 moral lesson in the successful marching, without loss, of & splendidly equipped army four hundred miles into a tropical regton over the mountain desert, to rescue from a tyrant some dozen Englishmen, while they the cost cheer- fully; boast of what the expedition has done for science; ciaplay the seal, robe and crown of the tyrant as their only spoils of war; resolve that his two sons, brought off as captives, shall be educated as hristian princes in the faith of the English Church. The been esteemed a proud people, jealous national dignity, yet rather than go to war United States they will abandon Canada, inge their naturalization laws and yield the Alabama claims, if allowed todo so in their own way, just as they havesubmitted to the undiplomatic reproaches of Mr. Seward and then thanked Mr, for oe with them under them. » Co have of their with the oden said, twenty — ago, that the adoption of free trade would make a ter revolution in England than any reform her government; for peace would then be a necessity for her food as well as for her trade. =eee statesmanship consists in thus cusoeing. without seeming to change, for society in England is stronger than government. Ideas that when uttered twenty years ago were radical are now conservative, and ty has advanced while proclaiming itself stationary. Such is the anomalous character at this day of Eng- Ush institutions, and such the peculiar genius of her people. They havea constitution that is the boast of every loyal Englishman, and yet few can tell what it is; her citizens practice liberty rather than possess it, and yet they are referred to all over Europe asa free people. ‘hen their present Queen, as a young gl, entered upon the throne there were many pre- lictions that her reign would not close in peace, and yet she is the only sovereign in Europe who has sur- vived the changes of the last twenty years, except the Queen of Spain and the pe. Those who were deemed the feeblest have proved the most permanent. Every nation has had, even in its era of skeleton Ireland, greatest pi rity, ome one trouble as a in its household, Ya 1848 England had its France her socialism, the United States her ind in 1868 the problem still remains un- solved how far these questions are to affect their future. In France the contrast between 1848 and 1868 has been even greater. BELGIUM. A Sensation at Ostend—Admiral Farragut Heaving in Sight—Royal Greetings—Father Neptune and the Weather Unpropitious. OsTEND, June 23, 1868, This lively little watering place has not often been fortunate enough to witness the sights it has looked upon the past day or two. Not often does the sea-bather or the weary seeker of health look out upon the blue waters and behold a brace of mag- nificent war vessels lazily nodding to the long swells of the North Sea. It is not often that any craft larger than the brisk little steamers from Dover or the coast or the heavy solemn French lugger come to anywhere near this seat of breezy com- forts. But yesterday we had the United States frigate Franklin, flying the broad pen- nant of Admiral Farragut and the beautiful corvette Ticonderoga, Captain Wyman, lying off the little port. They were far away—not less than six miles—in consequence of the shoal waters of this part of the coast; but the beach was thronged at all hours by the crowds of visitors, eagerly scanning their proportions through marine glasses as they rose and fell upon the heavy ground swells that swept from the English Channel. The object of their being there was well Known. It had been announced that the King and Queen of the Belgians and suite were intending to visit the American Admiral in his own floating castle, off Os- tend. For this reason the ships had been brought round from Flushing, that solid old Dutch port, and anchored in shoal water, to await the arrival of the royal visitore. Yesterday they came by special train, accompanied by Mr. H. S. Sandford, the United States Minister to Belgium, with his wife and a number of distinguished officials, members of the King’s government. One of the government despatch boats was awatt- ing the arrival of the King, and as soon as the party ‘was aboard it steamed out of the harbor and into» heavy sea and a tremendous rainstorm that soon drenched it all over. Nothing could have been more inauspicious. The boat pit and rolled and the -royal passengers be- came sea-sick, and during the transit old Father ane received his full dues. In consequence of heavyea the party went in small boats and spent the day most delightfully. Salutes were fired, marines paraded aud all the forms were ob- served, During the day the King visited the Ticonderoga. At evening, after dinner, the royal party returned to the shore in bright sunlight, and went to Brus- sele*perfectiy delighted with their visit. ENGLAND. Farragut’s Fleet at 8: ampten—His Recep- tlon—Trip to Scotland=The Run from Os- tend—Leave and Recreation—Movements of the Vessele—Health Report. ‘i SOUTHAMPTON, June 27, 1868, Admiral Farragut, with the American squadron, again visita the shores of England, and brings his command to anchor tn the beautiful waters of South- ampton. He has already, during the past year, vis- ited the great navai stations of England, and has re- ceived all the honors that a first class naval Power ts accustomed to bestow upon the most illustrious cap- tain of the age. Naturally enough he seeks on this occasion a harbor where he is not compelled to spend | several days of his valuable time tn the exchange of international and personal courtesies, In Southamp- ton, where a single heavy tron-clad represents the English navy, the customary civilities are quickly gone through with, and the admiral is thus = able to leave his command and take a ran into the country, without danger of omitting anything that might tend to make his visit agreeavie and satisfactory to the host. ‘The flagship Franklin, Commodore Pennock, and the corvette Ticonderoga, Captain Wyman, sailed from their‘anchorage off Ostend on Tuesday morn- ing iast at an early hour, and after a very pleasant passage dowa the channel, in which nothing of any note occurred, arrived at this port on Wednesday. In passing the fortifications near the Isle of Wight the usuab salutes were fired by the Franklin, the shore batteries returuing them gun for gun, On ae cending the Southampton river the Engiish iron-clad lying off the magntticent military hgppital sent the American fiag to the fore as soon as the Franklin hove in sight and saluted it with seventeen guns, | whieh were returned by the Franklin with all tha’ promptness and regularity which distinguishea Ad- miral Parragat’s flagship. Subsequently the Engliah Commodore's fag Was saluted by the Franklin and the salute returned by the Achiiies, On coming to anchor the. flagship was visited by boats from the tron-clad and shore, couveysng stall officers and representatives of the’ municipality of Southampton, placiag everything in the port and city at the Adwiral's disposal during his sojourn in these waters, The Admiral returned lis most grate- ful thanks for the kind offers made by the authorl- tes, and expressed his inclination to accept an tnvi- tation to agrand dinner to be given by the city of Southampton to himself and officers at an early day. He aiso intimated that the ships would be open the inspection of such of the authorities and pubic as mish ¢ pleased to visit them during their stay, and that ail should receive @ hearty welcome. After the formalities of the arrival were property completed and the worthy Consul at south- ampton, Captain John — Britton, had paid his OMcial Visit, Fece@ving ail the hogore, rnlen for be on his re- as ty furious pele, enc competied ee OD him to seek Now that i He ‘or ten ay oe nee and be thrown The offi afew dae some have run over to way French ye tow of recreation tg thé The 2 y wa Caer hd visit the ports of bree ‘and Hamburg, and show the Stars and Stripes im- the German waters gene- rally. The generous inhabitants of the great German porte will undoubtedly extend their most hospitable attentions to our officers, because they look u) the Al as equal to that of "ramilles in America. Ly 0 of the Swatara’s cruise in the North Sea she will proeiy proceed to Cherbourg to join the Hagahip, or @t once for Lisbon to yy the arrival of the Rear Admiral, who suqceeds The coi Canandaigua, Strong, is ex- pected here from Gibraltar in @ few days. e Ca- nand has been makings cruise in the Adriatic and in Eastern waters. The boat Frolic, Commander Harmony, is still in the Mediterranean on service, She is oe on On the completion of this ‘ice the Frolic will at once come out of the Medi- Serranean, and rejoin the Admiral’s flagship at South- ‘on. e boat Shamrock, Captain sailed from Lisbon for Philadel} deiras and the West Indies—the to be visited if extraord! called double-enders, built dur! Yor smooth river service, but prol throt some mistake of a copying clerk in the Navy Department, because it is certain that the Secretary nor any one in the department who had the slightest knowl of the character of the craft or the nature of the distant seas she was sent to could any possibility ordered such Fort she re: out grave ras but demn her in Lisbon as unseaworthy. home again we shall hear no more of her, itis to be hoped. ‘he st Guard, Lientenant Gorringer, is now at Civita Vecchia, await the arrival of @ colossal statue of the great revolutionary statesman Alexan- der Hamilton, which js to adorn the. grownde of the Capitol at Washington. When it is safely aboard the Guard will sail at once for New York direct. The health of the squadron remains perfect. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The reget ressaaees to Berlin, {hd the following re :—Scene—The races at Longchamps, Paria, the winning post in front of canicatu: and two horses eee the eat xX; the foremost horse is marked Abyssinia, and the second Mexico. The Emperor remarks, “Even the French horses now allow the beat them 1” ie Hamburg Wesp caricatures Prince Napoleon’s visit to the East in the following manner: sin Peter (Prince N-n) ts shown knocking at Cousin Mi- chael’s door, holding the emblem of peace in his hand. Cousin Michael—‘“‘What do you want?’ Cou- sin Peter—Peace; nothing more.”? Cousin Michael— “Weill, then, just te stop at home and leave us 10 peace, then you will have peace, won’t you??? ¢ A novel robbery was committed in a few a: back. Several persons were gazing at a shop the pomean, Jouffroy, and among them a and Shug ay what wan tel algndy on Snag at going away what was thelr Sn adroit Who ned at ad wnde of with the Shas magnificent crop of golden hair. A Maples paper asserts that a gentleman having been taken prisoner and heavily ransomed by baat y ands intends bringing an action for full indemni cation against the Italian government. He pleads that it was unable to protect in his person the safety of the public. Should the tribunals decide in his favor, states the paper, it is all up with the finances of Italy. THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BREWERS. i Hopkins, has via the Ma- Ite Meeting To-Day—Its Objects and What It Proposes to Accomplish. To-day there opens an assembly of men in the city of Buffalo whose doings will be of some interest to the people, particularly to the lovers of cheap and good beer and ale, It is the congress of all the brew- ers of the United States, convening this day at noon in fifth annual session for the purpose of considering matters of importance not only to their trade, but also to taxpaying people at large. Since assocla- tion, combination, co-operation is the tendency of the times in all things and trades, the brewers of the country also formed themselves into a national league or union for their common protection and the enhancement of their common interests. The occa- sion for it was given by the oppressive and inquisi- toria) provisions of the first Internal Revenue law in regard vo the imposition and collection of the tax on beer and ale. The originator of the congress com- municated first with the brewers of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and meeting with ready as- sent he caused invitations to issue to the largest brewers in every city in the country, and an informal meeting of these men took place in Phila- delphia in_ 1863, when the ‘National Association of American Brewers was fally nized. Its ramifi- cations extend to every part of the country; local and State societies were calfed into being, and now these are in full operation tnroughout every State of the Union. The present President of this National Brewers’ Congress is Mr. zy Clausen, Jr., th member of our State sea from. the Twentieth district of this city, and Mr. Richard Katzenmayer, of New York, is the Secretary. The principal business of the con, posting to- day may be divided into four dist! heads—first, the — of the special committee appointed to watch the proceedings at Washington h respect to the brewing interest, and to secure such amend- ea to oe Lipton Aol) be iad the brewers of some of ti ips of which they com} H second, to mature propositions to be Tatmnieead We the House Committee of Ways and Means for their action Peleares, Pe collection of reve- nue, while insuring @ full return to the govern. ment; third, to initicate s move towards resum- i some kind of roctpromt in trade with British America, that Canadian barley may be again introduced into the American beer manufacture; ‘and, fourth, to prepare and publish a correct statis- tical review of the-vast amount of capital amd labor represented by the brewers of this country, aa, for in- stance, ae _asiaainen ao real wan de the capital necessary rnish a brewery w: necessary machinery and appliances; the pumber of hands em- ployed in the trade, not as brewers only, but as coopers, smiths, masons and laborers, and the fami- lies dependent on them; the aggregate quantity and value of land required to produce the and hops consumed and the probable number of persons en in this culture; the income derived by ratl- Toads and other transportation companies from this trade for freight, and last, but not least, the annual tax paid, either directly or indirectly, Wd all these per- sons connected with the brewing’ Interest into the county, State and national treasuries. This is ex- sted to be a very interesting document, and the Brewers believe that it will astonish all who have, as yet, no proper conception of the vast proportions this branch of manufacture has already assumed. ‘The « —_ wil! probably remain in session for the rest of the week. ANEW STEAMER FOR SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS, The steamer America, which has just been com- pleted at Boston, arrived at the wharf near the Wali street ferry, Brooklyn, on Monday last, from that place. She is intended to run in opposition to the steamer Si on the Rio dela Plata, South America, between Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. She 1s one of the handsomest specimens of river steamers ever built for South American waters. The ornamenta- tion of the main and upper saloons is chaste and elegant in design, embodying a most lively and pleasing combination of colors and carving. The credit of the he is due to the captain, Batholo- mew Bossi, who has devoted several months’ time to the development The Amer. ica, which was the Society of South America, superintendence of Messrs. Dowley & orners, of this city, is 1,300 tons buredn, 240 feet jong on keel, 248 feet on deck, 36 feet in breadth of beam, and 63 feet over all. Her cabins, which are large, are finely upholstered and fitted with all the modern appliances for the comiort and con¥enience of her wseenyers. She has 26 berths in all, She is built with a view towards attaining @ fair degree of speed, her engines being 826 liorse power The main shaft of the engine is 17 inches in diameter, cylinder 5 feet in diameter, stroke 12 fect, and is furnished with two tubular boilers 10 feet 6 inches by 21 shell. Her wheels, which are of fron, are 32 feet in diameter, with 9 feet 3 inches of face. On her trial trip she is said to have accomplished 20 miles per hour. The America Will sail for her ecene of fature usefulness on Monday next, and it is ex- pected will reach Montevideo about the middle of August. Mr. Samuel Tranger, o# Whiteside county, Hil, died @ year ago. Mrs. Tranger marred a young man named Osborne, who had lived in the family. Re- cently Tranger’s body was disinterred and He in jarge quantity wae found, Mrs. Trange: w stropg cbance of being hung for murder. the work, built for under — the of it | that it covers NEW YORK CITY. to nave, o shildren. Pelee wenel et al. vs. Stouvenel et al—Report con- firmed. In the Matter At the opening of the court yesterday the Grand Jury brought im a bateh of indictments, after which the prisoners were arraigned and William Cady pleaded guilty to an attempt at bur- glary in the third degree, the charge against him be- ing that on the 26th of June he burglariously entered the store of Isaac Wetzler, 37 Maiden lane. No pro- perty was taken. His Honor sent him tothe State Prison for two years and six months. William H. Ralston (a youth) pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny, the indictment alleging that he feloniously posgessed himself on the 26th of May of $500 belonging to George D. Pitkin. He was entrusted with the money to deposit it, but failed,to doso. The Judge him to the House of wi Hastings, who stole a pocketbook, contain- i} $, from the person of Susan Condon, on the 29th of June, while stan in Tent ia ry in Tenth street, pleaded ity. He was sentenced to the State mn for four years. Michael P, Martin pleaded ies foun attempt at burglary in the third d n the piety of the 26th e he broke into the restaurant of John D. Betts, 239 Broadway, and stole $87 worth of liquor and cigars. He was sent to tne State Prison for two Years and six months. Baptist Martinoli, who was jointly indicted with Louis Marasani for Ls a in the second degree, poe guilty to the t grade of that offence. ‘he ‘was that the prisoners entered the dwell- ing honse of Gustav H.Witthaus, 245 East Fourteenth ati on a sae the ist ad weak toe fe. welry, a portion {athe ion ofthe prisoners. Martinoli was sent to the State Prison for five years. Robert Reed was convicted of burglary, he having, on the night or the 18th of June, wil another boy, entered the shoe store of rge Whaley, 308 West Twenty-fourth street, and stolen two pair of boots. He voluntarily confessed that he took them, and, as his previous character was bad, the Judge sen him to the State Prison for five years. Assistant District Attorney Bedford then stated that there were no other cases ready, whereupon the court adjourned, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY, manne COURT—CHAMBERS.—Nos. 66, 80, 81, 82, 1908, 1708, 988 1700, 1107, 1600, Keon. 08/1804, ty it 1860, Meek ee nrc i CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tae WzaTHER YESTERDAY.—The following is a record of the temperature for the past twenty-four hours as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, 218 Broadway, HERALD Building: Average temperature....... Average temperature Tuesday. PERSONAL.—Mr. late United States Minister to Great Britain, and family left this city yesterday afternoon for Boston by the Bristol line ot steamers. FIRE CoMMISSIONERS.—The Board of Fire Com- missioners held its weekly session yesterday. No business of importance was transacted. The total number of fres during the month of June was fifty- ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—About two o'clock A. M. yesterday a German named Rudolph Derk, residing at No. 459 West Fifty-fourth street, attempted to commit suicide by cutting himself in the left breast, while laboring’in a ft of delirium tremens. PERsonal.—The injuries to Mr. John E. Develin, who was thrown from his carriage in the Park a few nights are not so serious as at first reported. He sustained no internal injury, and is improving as well as can be expected. THE OBSEQUIES OF Miss LacosTs.—The funeral of Mies Anna Lacoste, the actress and reader, whose demise was reported in yesterday's HeRaLD, took eee yesterday afternoon from Calvary church, ‘ourth avenue. The services were attended bya large circle of CHANGES IN THE CiTy PRisons.—The following changes of keepers of the city prisons have been made by the Board of Police Commissioners:—Thos. lice district No.2 (Jefferson Market) wo (Essex eee William Long, from district No. 2 to district No. 4( Yorkville, Fifty-seventh a Joseph H. Doxte, from district No. 4 to dis- trict No, 2. Dry Goops CLERKS’ EARLY CLOSING Associa- TION.—There was @ full attendance at ‘the regular meeting of the Dry Goods Clerks’ Early Closing Asso- ‘ clation, held at the Union last night. The finance committee the funds in @ satisfac- condition. Sul juent to the of the ta eee: aes lectures Was apponmed and authorized to lecturers for @ course of ings at some future time. On the conclusion of She mpeninn bummnespoenapendtecmenweramente kp gentlemen connected with the dry goods business. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF ST. JOSEPH’S ScnooL.—The commencement exercises of this school, which is ander the direction af the Christian Brothers, were held yesterday afternoon, at the school building in Leroy street.. There were present a@ number of visitors, who seemed very much inter- esied in the exercises, The pupils are nearly all under fifteen yeara of age, but showed wonderful proficiency in the various branches of study upon which they were examined. The examination in mental and practical arithmetic was especially worthy of mention, and the song ‘Fenian Martyrs,’ ‘was very good as far as it went. THE Labor EXCHANGE.—The semi-monthly report of the Superintendent of the Castle Garden Labor Exchange contains the following interesting statis- tics, The number of applications for employment from the 16th to the 30th of June amounted to 1,812, of which 1,091 were made by males and 711 by females. Within the same period orders foremployés were re- ceived to the number of 2.04i—males 1,321, females 720. Of the 1,812 persons who obtained employment 1,001 were males and 711 females, among whom were 3h fami i 107 persons. number of orders for employés was 167, and the number of Le ge and engagements 139 per day. $24 ts the average of motitty A paid to males and $9 the average to femaies. Of the males who obtained employment 82 were mechanics and the balance agriculturists. Of the females only 25 were capable of skilled labor. 847 of the maies and 445 females were able to read and write. ‘THE ALLEGED MURDER IN TWENTY-NINTH STREET.— In the case of James Canton. late of No, 228 West Twenty-ninth street, whose death is alleged to have been the cause of violence at the hands of Thomas Jefferson Wide, living in the same house—it ap- ra that death ensned from natural causes, Dr. Thomas C. Knox and other medical gentlemen made ® post-mortem examination on the body of Canton, on which they found no external marks of violence, except a contusion om the right shoulder. All the internal organs were in a healthy con- dition except the brain, which was much congested, In the opinion of Dr. Knox death was the result of congestion of the brain caused by the extreme heat, Deceased was over to a picnic on the 4th, and upon returning in the evening had a scuffle with Wilde who threw him on the floor, but no blows were atruck. NeW PROPELLER STEAMSHIP.—Mevars, F. Alex- andre & Sons, of this city, have in process of constriction at the yard of Mesars, Englis & Son, @ new propeller steamship for the Vera Cruz trade, It is designed to build this vessel of the best materials, white oak, chestnut and hacxr k Being used, and her hull will be fastened in the ae- curest manner. She will be 217 feet in length on deck, 26 feet breadth of beam, 20 feet depth of hold and about 1,600 tons burden, carpenter's measure- ment. Her engines, now being rapidly constructed atthe Quintard Iron Worke, will be of the vertical direct description, 60 inch cylinder, with two tubular botlers, There will be accommodations for 150 pas sengers in the first aiid second and in every reapect this veese! will be worthy of her builders ana of the route for which she is designed ALLEGED FELONIOUS ASSAULP,—Jobn Caldwell was committed by Justice Dodge yesterday to await: injuries indicted by him upon Edward Dempsey, Condition from the effects of a tearing received ALLEGED PICKPOCEBTS.—Omicer Herrick on Tues- day arrested Chares 8, Stewart.and David H. Dalton, fl Ar re we A CHARGE OF BURGLARY.—James lly, rested by.oMcer Harris, of the Righteenth yeSlooe Dodge, was yesterday ye deioré . Jus Dy ‘Lu 6. 888) Wy agar entering te sone prea as He gave ‘of $1,000 to answer, after entering @. plea of not guilty. glee ASSAULT WirH a Razor.—Peter Rioss,. a native » of tne East Indies, was brought bebore Aldermap,, Coman at the Tombs yesterday afternoon by oficer,, Nealis, of the Fourth precinct, on the charge, of om assaulted Francis Welcome, of 384 Water, Bt on the 22d ultimo, with a@ razor, inflict “ e severe wound in the abdomen. Since that Welcome has been confined in the New York — and was unable to leave it until yesterday. After bis aMdavit yin) to ref to the for trial in Opranine Mongy BY TRIOK and Dgyice.—Joha Murray and several other young men arrived from Pennsylvania a day or two ago en route for London, On Tuesday Murray entered a ticket office in Albany street, and there meeting Patrick McDonald gave him the sum of $440 in bills and requested him to ex- change the same for English gold sovet . Mure ee at s receipt for the ga le le wi we rey him to return-in two hours gold. Murray, as he alleges, did as requested aemanded money, when McDonald to see receipt which he hi ible. Penta After waiting over two hours Murray again demanded his money from McDonald, who refused to return it, Murray appeared before Alderman Co- men terday afternoon and McDonald with ing $440 from him by means of trick and device. Oficer Regan, of the Teeny serene. pre-. cinct, arrested McDonald, who was detained to await. an examination, which will take place to-day. NOTES ABOUT TOWN. ‘The City Chamberlain is a trump card in the Tam- many pack. It is a wonder he is not “cut” by some knave in the “ring” for persisting in being honest.- Since he has had the fingering of the municipal funds" he has returned to the treasury, in the shape of in- terest earned, upward of $71,000—a thing never before heard of in a Comptroller. Sweeny should be placed on the democratic ticket for President. He would make a pretty good run as “Honest Peter.’ Peaches about the size of homeopathic pills are to be found on every stand in the city. They are not good for the stomach; as, a few weeks hence neither will be the unripe, woody-tasted. apples, so prolific of gripes and cholera morbus. Gentlemen who feel pulses, looking wise as the bird of Minerva the while, always find the green fruit season the best for lining with greenbacks ‘their collapsed wallets. About this time, also, undertakers look as cheerfal” as their profession will permit, and Gress garly in the most sombre colors. Where’s Bergh? There hasn’t been anybody are rested recently for brutalizing over. and kiting: horses. The President of the Society for the Sup- pression of Orueity to Animals ought to look after that notoriously tyrannical fellow, Old'Sol. Through his influence any numberof horses have dropped down dead in their tracks in the streets within the past week. % The valuation of real estate in this city te enormous, ‘The real and personal ‘property subject’ to municipal taxation is neatly one thousand millions of dollars. Figuratively speaking it is placed at $908,436,327—an increase oF $76,766,614 In twelve months. This is cheerful news for tenants, particularly as they are expected to pay’ the interest on the increased valuation in the form of rent. Of course landlords do not like this, as it increases their income tax, The psalmist must have had his wisdom teeth cut when he'exciatmed, in tones that would have brought @ philosopher to his senses even if seated on a hornet’s nest, “We are fearfully and wonderfully made’*—especially in such triffing matters as valuation and taxes. Dr. E. Harris, the ‘vitally statistic’ man of the: Metropolitan Board of Health, in his last weekly re- port, with the pen of a sage calmly assures a won- dering world that “there appears to have been no’ increase in the influences which war against human, life in the metropolis, until the excessive heat of Friday and Saturday came upon us.’’ Precisely 80). O observing Doctor! Had you on either of those days got your olfactories into the lower part of Greenwich street, or West street, or any of the thoroughfares that are at right angles thereto, you would have come to the conclusion thet there was reason for the mortality which marked tng “excessive heat” of those days. And mind you, Doctor, there are hundreds of just such places with in the metropolitan district.” In a city such as i@ New York, its shores washed on every side by the tidal wave, and with a great fresh water river di- vided into a million of arteries everywhere percolat- ing it, there ought to be no sickness of a contagious character permitted within it; and if the Board of Health was wisely administered there would not be. Keeping a hotel in the Upper Park, within stone's throw of Harlem lane, with a fine gallery of statues, &c., for the delectation of the guests, must pe @ pleasant as well ‘as profitable business. We wonder that more hotel men do not apply for per- mission to open summer houses within these grounds. It would be so very ‘convenient for gen- tlemen doing business tn the city.’ The Broadway bridge still stands tn all its ungaim liness, bestriding—as did the statue the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes—Broadway. It will soon, however, be low enough, if hard knocks can move its fronical nature. If it were not for the public convenience it should be kept there to point a moral and adorn a tale—of the Corporation ring. Is it not time for the annual raid on the stands a8 Washington and the other public markets, so that citizens may 6 assured of the horrors, in the form of disease, which we are informed always lark im and near them’ Although there are plenty of ‘jobs’? we are quite certain no one belonging to the Sani- tay police is ever “greased” by going near them. The waste of Croton water 1s-enermous, and un+ necessarily so. At the Jersey City ferry, for ex- ample, the hydrant is so contrived that to get a cup of water you are necessitated to waste at least from ten to twenty gallons. We like to have access to plenty of the element, but it hy us to seb it rom into the river without doing a pirticle of good. It is one of the most sacred gifts ‘of the Father to him children, and it should always be used with a feel- ing of thankfuiness, Will the important somebody, who assumes the responsibility of opening and closing Union square Park whenever it pleases his mighty self, deign to inform the public why he locked the gates against the people during the Fourth? The day was a “ewelterer,” jand the working men, with their wives and families, naturally resorted to the parks of their holiday to get @ bit of fresh air. They had to content. themselves by sitting outside the'Pailings, however, and enjoying the cool park and {ts embrageons trees by looking through the fence. Will the important somebody tell his authority for making the Park am exclusive resort? FASHION COURSE, Li The trotting matet between the bay gelding Lew Pettee and the gray mare Tackey for $1,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness; to come off yesterday afternoon at the Fashion Course, was postponed until Friday aext, on account of the muddy condition of the track, occasioned by the heavy rain of the previous night. The owner of Lew Pettee was Willing to trot rather than ore it the gen‘lemen who were in att , but owner of Tackey could not be to risk a race with his mare when the track was in such an-unsafe con- dition, This will be a fast trot when it takes place, beyond a doubt et ATTEMPT To Munpee.—In Dadeyille, Ala. on the 26th ult. an attempt was made to murder Joseph B, McDonald, Solicitor of Ninth uate Circolk M talkin; a ; one of the > ait 7 afated ty another yw . nh attemy iy wounded, pt rrest ay the Sheriff waa resisted. and they made t!