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4 NEW YORK HERALD, M ONDAY, JULY 27, 1868. four or five miles of water before the gates could be closed, No buildings were injured. ‘The United States steamer Ossipee is reported at Acapulco, Mexico, with the oificers and erew suffer- ing from malarious fever. Dr. Rice, Paymaster’s Cierk Hendree, a landsman and apprentice boy had died. The rest are couvalescent. NE Ww Y ORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR All business or news lottes and telegraphic despatches must be addressod New York Herarp. The Reconstructed Southern States—Presi« dent Johnson Providing a Cause for His Removal. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson has been dismissed from the public mind as among the things of the past; but from the present posture gf affairs at Washington we shall not be surprised if the Hon. Ben Wade shall yet be made master of the White House, and in the interval to the approaching Presidential election. Mr. Johnson, in his late veto messages and proclamations in reference to the reconstructed Southern States, substantially takes the ground Letters and packages should Je properly sealed. Rejected’ communications will not be re- turned. THE DAILY HERALD, a eiatedeesey Gay im the year. Four cents per copy. Annual subscripNon price $14, THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Fiv¥ CENTS per copy. Annual subscription price:— One Copy Three Copies Five Copies ‘Ten Copies. Volume XXXIII.... AMUSBMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—A Pian oF Ligarnisa. NIBLO'S GARDEN.—1 BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.Wipow's Viotim—A WNicut's Rest—Tom aND JeueyY—VOL-a0-VENT, OLYMPIC THEATRE, B: RbE BLEUE. y.—Hompty Doerr. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 1b strect.— Tue Lorreny oF Lirg. BRYANTS’ OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, Mth @trect.—Ermiorian MINSTRELBT, &0. DODWORTH HALL, 806 Broadway.—ALr BuaNert, (ue Hononisr. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, Seventh avonue.—PoruLam Guxpen Concert, HOOL OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—HooLzr’s Minsteecs—Tar Witp Fawn. NEV YORK otha OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— BOLENOR AND ABT. i = New York Monday, July 27, 1868. n . =z F) waws. EUROPE. Telegrams from Rome, specially forwarded through the Atiantic cable to the HERALD, announce that the Papa! police had discovered a mine situated so as to biow up the works of the new Pontifical camp which 1s being constructed on Mount Aventine. The au- thorities of the Holy See were alarmed and unusually Vigilant. The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yes- terday evening, July 26. The city of Prague had been disturbed by poll- tical riots. The Emperor of Russia was at Kissengen. Minister Bancroft was at court in Darmstadt. The popalar unions of Austria approve of the recent policy of the government. In Great Britain the har- vest prospects remain very favorable. The French Legisiature made provision for a partial payment of the Mexican bonds, Five-twenties, 76% in Frankfort, Paris Bourse weaker. Our special European correspondence supplies tn- teresting and useful details of our cable telegrams to the 16th of July. CONGRESS. The Senate continued its session of Saturday until Sunday morning, and, after a recesa until dark, held an evening session, Senator Warner, of Alabama, Waa sworn in, The report of the conference com- mittee on the Funding bill was agreed to, Mr. Sher- man remarking that the Senate would be compelled to withdraw its section legalizing gold contracts. Mr. Henderson made a long speech as @ personal explanation in reference to the report of the House Committee of Investigation on the alleged corruption of Senators, at the conclusion of which the Senate went into executive session for the discussion of treaties, ‘The Senate in executive session on Saturday even- ing confirmed E. D, Webster as Revenue Assessor of rty-second New York district; J. B. Ashton as Attorney General, and J. B. Blair as Minis- ter to Costa Rica. The nomination of General Jef- feles for Commissioner of Internal Revenue was re- swhere in our columns this morning will be id a partial synopsis of the work completed by the second session of the Fortieth Congress, MISCELLANEOUS. na letter is dated July 18. The State “t, and the new revolutionary govern- generally acknowledged. The deposed id his Secretary have been banished to Sm #roacisco, The Costa Rican Congress had [ the export duty on comfee. Yellow fpver ant form had appeared at Rivas, ering place correspondence this morn- ing from | Niagara Falls, Nahant, Narragansett and Avon Springs. New York appears to be welljrepre- sented atallof them except Nahant, which appar- ently ts given up to Bostonians. The President has nominated Alexander Cum- mings to be Commissioner of Internal Pievenue, Simon W. Johnson to be Assistant Secretary of the Tre ry, and General Rosecrans to be Minister to Me ‘Two young ladies from Cuba who were sammering at Carthage Landing were drowned there; yesterday, one of tiem slipping in the river and the other at- tempting to save ber. The Convention of the Order of B'nrA B'rith was again in session yesterday, it being the seventh day of ite meeting. Most of the day was consumed in de! ating and voting on the new conatitution. To- wards evening Rev. Dr. Isaacs propc#ed an amend- ment restricting membership in the Order to Israel- ites of good moral character, This gave rise to a very animated and at times even exciting debate, during which the religious differences of the He brews, divided as they are into orthodox, reformers ‘and radicals, sprang vividiy into light. After four hours of discussion the amendraent, by means of some parliamentary legerdemain, was shoved aside, ‘the constitution as reported ‘by the committee adopted, and at nine P, M. the Convention adjourned to this morning, having been im session for tweive bours. All New York is supposed, to have been out of town yesterday, the favored ynes having gone to the seaside and the country for 4 summer stay long ago, and those no less favored, but somewhat more limited as to means, having taker, advantage of the numer- ous cheap excursions to Jzrsey, Westchester, up the Sound or up the Hudsoa, down the bay to Coney Island, Rockaway or the fishing banks, to leave the city at least for a few hours. Two men, named Heary Canadan and Patrick Mad- den. were fatally stabbed at West Hoboken with a chisel yesterday afternoon. Michael Roche, the alleged murderer, is in custody. ‘The three express robbers recently arrested in Tili- nois were taken % Seymour, Indiana, on Saturday night, and there were seized by ® mob of masked men, taken from the guard by force and hung upon the same trees whege only the week before three of their confederates had suffered the same fate for the same crime. San Francisco was visited by a severe shock of earthquake On Saturday, but no damage is yet re- ported. A coal oll refinery, with two thousand five hun- Gred barrels of petroleum, was destroyed by fire in Philadelphia yesterday. A large fire also occurred tn Columbia, Pennsylvania. Additional particulars of the flood in Maryland grate that six persons are drowned or missing in Baltimore and thirty-seven in Ellicott City. The Loag Bridge over the Patapsco river at Baltimore ts Uivctted up with the debris of the food, in the shape of jactory fixtares and house furnitare, and two ‘fuadred bales of cotton have been saved from the ass, The étorm on Friday night eauged a break in Gp Morris Canal aang KpTan XJ Wertng out that the State governments under which said States have been readmitted into Congress aro illegal and void, and that the provisional gov- ernments organized under his policy are the only local establishments which he can recog- nize in his view of the constitution. It is given out from Washington that within the last three days he has expressed himself to this effect, that he cannot consistently recognize the officers of the Southern State governments set up under the policy of Congress, and that, eonsequently, he will be obliged either not to hold any intercourse with them or address himself to the officers who, in his judgment, are legally entitled to recognition—that is, the officers under his provisional governments, which were set aside and superseded by Con- gress. On this tack, we say, it is not impossi- ble nof improbable that Mr. Johnson may find himself impeached, tried, condemned and re- moved before the 3d of November. Congress has resolved upon a recess from this day to the third Monday in September. Let us suppose that during this recess the State authorities of Georgia, for instance, set up under the reconstruction laws of Congress, are discountenanced by the opposition ele- ments of the State; that the Governor and his subordinates (the United States army being withdrawn) find themselves powerless to en- force their State laws; that a general refusal to recognize them is inflamed to an organized resistance which cannot be overcome short of some aid from the federal government in the shape of soldiers; that the Governor applies to the President for this assistance; that the President declines to render it or to recognize the Governor in this appeal, but that, in recognizing as the legal provisional head of the State his own deposed Provisional Gover- nor, Mr. policy—what will be the first proceeding in the House of Representatives with the reas- sembling of Congress in September? Assuredly it will be the impeachment of Andrew John- son for the high crime and misdemeanor of resisting and overthrowing the laws of Con- gress and inciting insurrection, &c., cution of the indictment under the late Com- mittee of Managers, and such a shortening of the trial, under new rules of the Senate, as Johnson shall reinstate him and his the prose- will bring about the conviction and removal of the accused before the 3d of November—the day of the Presidential election. Conviiction and: removal, we say, because, since the late impeachment trial, in which a change of one vote would have put Mr. John- son out‘and Mr. Wade in his place, fourteen ultra anti-Johnson radicals have been added to the Senate, clamorous, all of them, for his impeachment. before us, in end proclamations of the ratification of the constitutional amendment by the re- constructed States, that Mr. not recognize these new State governments, but flatly denies their validity in the presence of Congress. Is he likely, then, to recognize them in the absence of Congress? Should Governor Bullock, of Georgia, in the absence of Congress, apply to him for assist- ance, Mr. Johnson may be expected to pay no attention to the appeal. be to give up his whole case. probable, then, that during the recess ot Con- gress such scenes of demoralization and con- fusion in these reconstructed States of the South will result from this policy that on re- Now we have the evidence his late veto messages Johnson does No. To answer it would It is altogether assembling in September there will be no alternative left the two houses but the removal of the otherwise unmanageable obstruction at the White House. Down to this point, even in his proclama- tions required by the law, Mr. Johnson sticks to his policy and denies the validity of the re- construction system of Congress. A call from one of these new Southern Governors will put him to the test, point blank, of a surrender to or a defiance of Congress to do its worst; and we have seen enough of him to fear that what he calls his consistency and regard for the con- stitution he will follow against a stone wall or over a precipice. One would think that in being cast off by the republicans and in being overlooked by the democrats it has become the policy of Mr. Johnson to be revenged upon both these parties in driving them in the South to the verge of another civil war. From the beginning, however, he has furnished political, capital to the radicals, when otherwise their own follies and blunders and botchwork would have utterly ruined them. In the matter of these reconstructed States we have only to say to Mr. Johnson that the further prosecution of his conflict with Congress, whatever may be its effects upon the two great parties of the day, promises almost to a certainty to open the door of the White House for his expulsion and the introduction of the Hon. Ben Wade. The Aspect of Affairs in Wall Street. Wall street is in @ confident, not to say buoyant, mood again, and our national securi- ties have recovered from the disturbing effects of the recent agitation concerning the taxation of their interest in Congress, and the payment of their principal according to the letter of the law in the Democratic Convention. Investors are again absorbing five-twenties, and the foreign demand for them is larger than usual, while the tendency of prices is strongly up- ward. In the railway share market, too, a similar tendency is manifested under the large earnings of the roads, the highly favorable crop prospects apd the extreme abundance of money, which causes loans to be made on first class collaterals at three per cent; and the sup- ply is excessive even at this rate. Moreover there will be nothing to produce a more active movement of capital until September, when the aha westward to move the crops ‘will sot a: | and even then there will be no material | change except in the rate of interest, which ! will be advanced to* six and seven per cent. | There is positively nothing in the financial prospect calculated to: produce monetary ac- | tivity so long as currency contraction remains stopped and the government is out of Wall . street as a borrower. Congress has already , voted for the issue of twenty-five millions of new three per cent certificates, to be substi- | tuted for the remainder of the compound in- | terest notes outstanding, and thus the money | market will be guarded against all derange- ment from this sourge, Finally, Congress will adjourn to-day, and all danger of further tinkering with the finances pending the recess may be looked upon as past. Therefore Wall street has fair weather and a clear coast for its summer operations from this time forward. A Napoleonic Idea. In an imperial conversation held at Fontaine- bleau since the murder of the Servian ruler the Emperor of France touched upon the subject of political assassination, and was naturally heard with peculiar interest, He took the ground that assassination tends to strengthen the dynasty it aims to destroy. He had Cawsar and the empire and Augustus in his thought, no doubt, but he drew his illus- trations from the history of France. ‘‘ Here at home,” he said, ‘if one of the many at- tempts against King Louis Philippe had suc- ceeded there is every probability that the House of Orleans would still be reigning over France. If I should fall under the assassin’s blow to-day or to-morrow the people, with one voice, would acclaim my sun; and even if all the imperial family disappeared they would go forth, as in Servia, in search of some little nephew heir to my name, some Milano or other, to raise up anew the flug of the empire, revenge the murder and sanction once more this truth, that the parties which stain their hands in blood never profit by their crime.” In these words the ruler of France in fact con- descends to give reasons to the revolutionary assassins why they should let him live. ‘‘Kill the Emperor,” he says, ‘‘and you fasten the empire on France indefinitely; but if you wish to see a change in the government spare me.” There is no great personal vanity in this view thus taken of the consequences that may result from the Emperor's enjoying the crown for some years more; and yet this is, perhaps, not a plea for life. Revolutionary Movements Near Rome. From Rome, by way of London and through the Atlantic cable, we have special advices to the effect that an attempt has been made to mine and blow up the extensive military works which are being constructed on Mount Aven- tine for the encampment of the reinforced Papal army. Sentinels on duty near the place have been assaulted and wounded, and a num- ber of Garibaldian black shirts—now substituted for the red—have been found at the spot. The Pontifical authorities are alarmed, and apparently with good reason, for it is quite evident that the Garibal- dians or Roman reactionaries, or both, contemplate a renewal of the movement against the temporal power of the Pope at no distant day. Most important consequences would cer- tainly result from such a step if taken just now. It would compel Napoleon to make good his claim of filial obedience to the Holy See and also solve the September Convention either for the perfection or ruin of Italian unity. The Church may be affected even in its ecclesiasti- cal anticipations, for if the new Franco-Papal camp is not completed it may not be prudent to assemble the priestly representatives of the Catholic world in general ‘counell even in 1869. Jobn Bright Limerick. George Peabody, the American millionnaire and philanthropist, is now residing in Ireland. Whether he is studying the Irish character and making himself familiar with Irish wants for the purpose of making another and grander distribution of benevolence we are not in- formed. It is not unlikely, however, that he is there for some such purpose. At all events he has summoned to his aid John Bright, the only British statesman of the present day who bears any resemblance in the House of Com- mons and on the platform to the great O'Con- nell, The difference between him and O’Con- nell is this : John Bright is an honest man and O'Connell was not. Unless we greatly mistake the burly and outspoken Englishman will prove a better friend to Ireland than did the great agitator. A grand demonstration took place in the city of Limerick on the 14th inst. Mr. Bright made one of his characteristic speeches. Merciless on the Irish Church and unsparing in his denunciation of Irish misrule, the Great Commoner was all love for Ireland and the Irish. With genuine eloquence he pleaded for justice to Ireland in the future, and implored the Irish to show their magnanimity by forgiving and forgetting the wrongs of the past. Scotland, England and Ireland going hand in hand and working together as one people for the common good is Mr. Bright's ideal of the future of the empire. His speech will tell powerfully in favor of Gladstone and the liberals at the approaching election. IxpIaN Givers.—We give the Indians cer- tain sums annually, but it seems these are to be made subject to such drawbacks as will de- prive the Indians of every cent. From one tribe ten thousand dollars is to be kept for the support of two girls whose relatives the In- dians have slain. Thereupon it is proposed to withhold the sums due all Indians who hold white captives. This word white was intended harmlessly, no doubt, and as opposed to In- dian; but one of the fanatics immediately saw it as opposed to nigger, and amended the propo- sition so as to apply to captives of any color. This, therefore, will apply to captive Indians that one tribe may hold from another, and must upset the whole annuity system. f Disavstep at Last.—As a surfeited glutton loathes the very name of a dish he has gloated upon till sickened nearly to death, so the im- peachers in Congress shudder at the very name of impeachment. of the carpet-bagger who tried to start & new impeachment in the House on Saturday, and yet this poor fellow perhaps only wanted to commend himself to their | favor, He did not know what a aatire hoe was, and that he was siowiis \is heacers how they had appearod to the pevyie w suort time gece — Neen eee The Paris Fashions, We published yesterday another of those sparkling and entertaining fashion letters o our Paris correspondent, in which there were some novel and interesting descriptions of the celebration of Independence Day in the gay capital of France and of the new arrival from the eastern coast of Africa, Fatouma Djombé¢, Queen of Mohélie. There was quite a brilliant assemblage of patriotic ladies and gentlemen at the Pré Catalan on the glorious Fourth, and the clerk of the weather acted as stage mana- ger on the occasion. fleecy clouds that hung over the Bois and per- mitted the sun to come forward with his most cheerful rays to smile on the crowd of bright-eyed American girls that met to cele- brate their national holiday. This was very considerate of the gentleman in charge of the Temps, and we hope that his editorial repre- sentative in Paris and others of the same craft | Th Punishment of © ital Offences. The recent alarming increase of crime of @ capitat na ture in this city indicates very clearly one of two “onditions of affairs in the commu nity—viz., either that the proportion of crimi- nally disposed persons is greater in the me- ' tropolis than im other cities of the United States, or that the laws and their administra- | tion are inadequate to impress a sense of their majesty upon that class of people. The State | provides the death penalty for the crime of | He raised the curtain of | murder in the first degree, and to the credit of our juries it must be said they are fearless in the discharge of their duties in meting just punishment for the offence. But it is after conviction that the greatest probability of the escape of the criminal arises, due to the fact that our highest courts in their minute dis- criminations are overawed by the persistent and ingenious manner in which counsel for the prisoner harp upon theories of “fixed ‘78 north, All gp board are reported we). frenzies” and hair-splitting metaphysical de- ductions as to the sanity of the prisoner at the ““nstant” of the commission of the act (though his sanity had never been questioned by a living being during his whole lifetime prior to this infinitesimal “instant” in which he became @ murderer). This art of conveniently prov- ing a man to be a lunatic, if it advances within the next quarter of a century as it has during the past, will culminate in an absolute demon- stration that no murderer is morally, and therefore not legally, responsible for his crime. A third and also very successful method of cheating the gallows and outraging the rights of a civilized community is by picking to atoms an indictmentin search of a flaw, or torturing the rulings or final charge of the judge ina manner to show that the judge must have been ignorant and incapable of impartially trying the prisoner. These theories can never be developed until the close of the trial and the convic- tion of the criminal, and as time is needed in which to perfect these purely colorable doc- trines a writ of error and stay of proceedings is necessary, andis, unfortunately, too easily obtained. In this latter fact the “‘error” lies if it exists anywhere. By the existing law of this State the prisoner is entitled as a matter of absolute right to this writ and stay, without showing one single shadow of cause or even probable reason why it should be granted. And this privilege belongs to him upon ex parte application merely, without any notice to the District Attorney. Pending the action of this stay of proceedings counsel work up their oftentimes trumpery but subtle doctrines of ‘‘error.’ On the first appeal to the Su- preme Court on these false points of defect, if the judgment of the lower court is sustained, counsel proceed to elaborate their specious ar- guments and go to the Court of Appeals. It is rarely that a decision in such a case is reached in this latter court in less than a year or fifteen months from the date of the original convic- tion, Within that time many things may and do frequently occur which eventually defeat the ends of justice—such as the death of im- portant witnesses or their removal beyond the jurisdiction of our courts, the exertion of political influence in behalf of the condemned and the creation of a mawkish public sym- pathy for him while his victim rots unavenged in the grave, tears and sympathy in the latter behalf being forgotten or exhausted. Such a case as is here depicted is to be found in the case of Maurice Lanergan, convicted a year ago of wife murder and sentenced to be hanged on the 9th of August, 1867. Ona technical plea of error a new trial was obtained, to the surprise even of his counsel ; an important wit- ness has since died, and the once condemned man, out on bail, mingles every day with the community. Let the law be so modified that the granting of a writ of error and stay of pro- ceedings shall be discretionary with the judges ofthe Supreme Court upon ‘‘reasonable cause” shown, and on notice to the prdsecuting officer of the county that application is to be made, and the gallows and the swift retribution which it wil! insure will become a substantial terror to lawless ruffians, instead of a threat- ening shadcw from which there are many probabilities of escape. Our Mextcan and South American News. Our latest news from Mexico and certain parts of South America where the mixed races predominate, is as bad as it well can be, and just as like the news we have been used to any time during the last thirty or forty years as any jpiece of news can be like any other. Mexico grows worse and worse; Venezuela is in revolution, which promises to be chronic, and Colombia is quite as bad as Venezuela or Mexico. To these we might add Chile and Peru,, the Argentine Confederation, and, to take in a larger range, Hayti and Dominica. It is @ ctirious and noteworthy fact that all the Spa aish settlements in the New World are in the same condition, and that in every case the roc t of the misery, the cause of the hopeless- nees is the same. Spain made the grand mistake of encouraging miscegenation. In Tdace of clinging to the idea that the races ‘were different, of various orders of excellence, and that they ought to be kept apart, the races were allowed to mix, and the inevitable result has followed. There are creoles some and Indians some; but in every case the mestizos, mulattoes, zambos and other cross breeds are in the majority. It is to this hybrid character of the population that all the wreck and ruin of the Spanish settlements in the New World is to be traced. The incompetency of these mixed races is no longer a doubtful question. In all the Spanish settlements the same mistake was made, and in every one of them the same re- sult has followed. It is a lesson which we in our present circumstances should earnestly ponder, will be equally well disposed towards our fair countrywomen and their mustached co-patri- ots on all occasions. It would have been a pity, indeed, if this curtain of threatening clouds had not been removed; for then there would have been sad havoc made with some of the “all lace” toilets. We are very glad to hear that independence in dress was one of the fea- tures of this festival,*and that tears of patriot- ism were substituted for pluvial tears, which are never welcome at an open air fcte. The latest fashions were disregarded only so far as they were in accordance with good taste, and none looked the less pretty for their sensible ideas on fashion. Itis indeed gratifying to find that American ladies both at home and abroad make taste and adaptability the criterion in their selection of toilets. In this city we have remarked the tendency among them to tone down in every particular the extravagance of fashion, so that none but the most becoming and attractive features are retained. The last sensation in Paris is the arrival of a genuine African belle, the little Queen of Mohélie, who, so far from displaying any savage attributes, is an adept in all the arts of fascination. High-heeled boots are the only extravagance of European toilet she has so far indulged in; but her Ori- ental costume is very striking and becoming. As our correspondent naively remarks, she purposes commencing civilization from the lowest extremity upwards, A strange sort of animal which she metin the street scared her considerably, She would not have objected to meeting a lion or an anaconda, but a dandy mounted ona velocipede was too much for her. Her lips are beautifully formed, her nose en régle and her complexion olive, so that our reconstruction friends need not go into ecsta- sies about her asa specimen of ‘‘intelligent contraband.” The Empress did not display much skill at a social shooting party which took place lately near Paris, Her eyes are more effective behind afan than behind the sights of a rifle. The same may be said of the Princess Metternich. Light attire seems to be entirely composed of lace, and diademed fan- chons are still reigning favorites. A royal marriage is on the tapis, a niece of the Empe- ror and a duke being the principal parties interested. The approaching season at Kis- singen is looked forward to with interest, and excruciating toilets are being prepared for it. The Case of Judge Busteecd. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives has received authority to inves- tigate the charges against Judge Busteed during the recess, and to appoint a sub-committee, with power to send for persons and papers. This will give the illustrious jurist in question some lively occupation during the heated term, and by keeping him busy prevent the necessity of his taking part in the Presidential canvass till it is evident which side is to win. Judge Busteed is a man who has hada career. He has no prejudices in regard to party, but only likes to be on the side that proves itself right by gaining the confidence of the people and thereby having offices to give. He was therefore a democrat when Tam- many Hall was the vestibule to the national temple, and when Tammany declined he was a good republican, in for the war, but not to be shot at. He was appointed a district judge in Alabama by Lincoln. As his war record had been pacific, his peace record was destined to be bloody. He was shot in Alabama and was expected to die, but a superintending Provi- dence saw that the time was not come when the country could spare the services of such a citizen, and he recovered, to the chagrin of the enemy. If this had happened in the army he would have been a hero, but somehow it adds nothing to a judge’s laurels that he is hard to kill. Another attempt is now made to get the Judge out of the way. This comes in the form of charges of misconduct, malfeasance, &c. One of the charges against this learned Judge of the United States Courts is ‘a criminal ignorance of the law.” This astonishes us very much, for in the simplicity of our faith we thought Busteed knew everything. However, this is an age of doubt and inquiry. A great many ancient notions have been smashed in our time. It has been shown that Bacon was not bribed nor Cesar a tyrant, that Alexander did not untie the Gordian knot, nor Marius sit on the ruins of Carthage; and we shall watch this investigation narrowly,, ready to hear without astonishment even tha ¢ Busteed is not a great jurist. Tar GERMAN EXpEpIrion To THe Nor ra Po.k.—Dr. Petermann, the eminent geog ra- pher at Gotha, in Central Germany, ‘who planned, and for the most part fur- nished, the latest expedition to the N/orth Pole in the interests of science, has rec eived the gratifying intelligence that the Germania, commanded by Captain Charles Koltieway, had been communicated with on the 20th of June. The Germania was then in fatitude 75 20, having Greenland in sight, and off Shannon Island, with the probable inten- tion of either landing on Scoresby’s Land or making for the land of Edam, lying in latitude It is ta be hoped that this expedition, as rvell as Servia AND THR Scrtan.—Servia has eo far got over the difficulty created by the murder of the late Prince Michel. It is agreeable to learn, while general suspicion rests on Kara- georgewich, the head of the house which con- tests with the Obrenovitch family the right to the throne of Servia, that the Sultan has wisely endorsed the popular choice and confirmed the young Prince Milan in his position. Though Note their intolerance | | purposes, will result in the solution of the other expeditions which will leave Fra‘ace and Sweden at an early date for similar scientific Servia is nominally, and in fact more than nominally independent, the Sultan is still recognized as sovereign lord of Servia, The recognition of Prince Milan in present circum- stances is ail the more important, and is likely many important problems contected with | northern and northwestern navigation, The reports of the explorations of Sir Join Frank- to exert all the more influence on the peace lin, and of our own countrymen, Dr. Kane aad prosperity of the principality, that the and Dr. Hayes, impart a w orld vide interest | superior claims of the Obrenovitch family have to the expeditionary mevements of the Gery | never been formally, up to the present, ac- mania, ' xpowledged by the Porte, ‘MVSICAL AND TuEATBICAL NOTES. | |‘ “Barbe Bleue,” under the judicious manageracnt Mr. Batema a, enters successfully on the second week of its career at Niblo's Garden, aeeetepstanding its great inferkority, in a musical sense, as conparcd with either the “Graud Duchess” or “La Belle i | Nene,’ it is stead'ly improying in public favor, and will doubtless enja.y a comparatively loug and bril- liantrun, One and all of the artists, in their several roles, do wonders with their dimsy parts, and the new ones especially are fast establishing themselves aa favorites with our citwa2ns. Mile, Irma and M. Aujac are improving with each successive representa- tion, and both give evidence of more power and vocal ability than are called for in this firsi—but to us last—bit of Offéubach’s sparkling nonsense, In avy other hai1ds than Mr. Bateman’s, “Barbe Bleue” would probally have been a miser- able frilure; but under his foitering care # has un- questianable gained a place in the estimation of the public, which in all probability it will hold for weeks, ‘The plece has been placed upon the stage in | & manne* superior to all previous attempts in opéra douge in this city, and in many respects in a more — Aberal anc! elaborate manner thain even in Paris, It ~ 1g owing to: this care and liberality’ on the part of the managemei\t, more than to any other cause, that, “Barbe Blewe” is indebted for whatever share of | success it ha.$ thus far met with In this city. ‘The last chivnces are now being afered to theatre- goers for purchasing a ticket for the “Lottery of Life.” This comglomerated game of curious vicissl- tudes in city life has been played to \large audiences at Wallack’s theatre for seven full wieks, and could probably continue to draw good hou ses for weeks yet to come but that previous arrange ments render its withdrawal neeessary to make roora for other at- tractions, The mercurial Lotty, as tha “Fire Fly,’” will be the next sensation at this estabi.a hinent. “A Flash of Lightning” will continue far one week longer to dazzle with its fun, its. tribuistia ns and its rosined brilliancy all who visit the bfjow & roadway. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins are announced as the succeeding ‘stars’? at this theatre, aud wilt appear on Monday even ing nextin a grand romamic Irish drama entitied “Trodden Down, or the Lost 'ause." “Humpty Dumpty,” at the Olympic, still peassesses: the power to make people laugh; and so long as he ga ‘do that, just so long will the house be crowded. ew and attractive features have becu aaded tomime, not the least of which Js the toy pitntng a rill and bayonet exercise” by Mr. Charies Carrie Austin, and a new pig, the old porker having been converted into “Humpty Dumpty” sau- ‘The New York theatre will remain closed until Wednesday evening, when it ay chao for the urpose of affording manager Finch’s friends an op- H ortunity for amerabling: masse at his benefit. Tne rest of the week will jevoted to the rehearsals of “Foul Play,’ which picce will be brought out on moniter evening next for the first time in this countr; The Bowery theatre is monopolizing at present all the east side patronage, all the other “shows” and theatres in thiat classic locality having closed their doors, An alitractive bill of burlesque, pantomime and drama is offered for the present week, and “La Bowery Helene” will be ‘continued until further notice.” ‘The Bryants are the only exponents of negro: min- strelsy now im the city, and are floating along smoothly on tle tide of popularity, “Il ‘Trovatore,”* with the ballet of “Love Among the Roses,” remains upon the bills. ‘Mr. Alf Burnett continues his great humoristic He has added a ‘male ‘and will be assisted, Green and lectures at Dod worth Hall. soprano” to his .other attractions, as heretofore, b,y the petticoat favorites, Nash. ‘The Central Park Garden, with its ‘forty-two per- formers,” offers, as usual, a delightiul roun fi) evening’ concerts’ for the present week. At Hooley's Opera House, Brooklyn, ‘The Wild | Fawn” has been reinforced by ‘‘Huimpty Dumpty,” either of which, i: dependent of the other attraction, would alone be su tiicient to crowd the house. Mr. KE. L. Dave ports is meeting with a ‘splendid success in San Fra act It ts stated that } ¢r. Forrest, Mr. Joe Jefferson and | Miss Mi Mitch il are among the “stars” already | secured for Willar:\’s (formerly Continental) theatre, | bey Japanese Troitpe (Mr. Risley’s lot) have gone) to Maden to pero before the Queen of Spain. After a Tmonen a Ga hep they return to England: for a tour through the provinces. Offenbach is at pres ent employed upon a couple of. new songs that are in.‘ended expressly for Mile, Lam~- belé, ‘They will be aided as soon as completed to) the few me: notes \:hat now constitute the part of] the Princess Hermia in: ‘Barbe Bleue.” Boston wouldn't be tiie “Hub” if it did not possess’ something entirely diferent from the rest of the: world. ‘The latest sens ation in that delightful city ts a heavy German wizara', who is styled “The Escamo-/ teur and Enchantemagi an.” What's inanamet | “Lohengrin” is to be the first work given in the) autumnal season of the Russian opera at St. Peters- burg. All the chief singers mentioned have Russian names, Why can’t we hve an American opera, with American singers, in thi city? Miss Minnie A. Hauck, @ young singer from New| York, has been in London for a short time en route: for Italy, where she will make her début in the course! of the winter. She will return to London next year’ and remain during the season. Howe's Transatiantic Circus, with Edward Watson and Mile. Gertrude as petaciee riders, together with its zoological, ornithological and acrobatic attrac- tions, 1s at present meandering through the Canadian provinces, to the great delight of the “Kanucks” and the disgust of the “‘half-breeds.”” Royalty unter & cloud takes readily to art as a. consoler. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha intends for the future to take the direction of bis. theatre into} his own hands, and the ex-Kiug of Hanover is em- ploving his leisure at Hietzing in the publication of: is own compositions. From church to the “bull ring is now the fash- jonabie Sunday afternoon recreation im Havana. Bul fights m that city must be very popular, judging from the fact that at least eight thow an | pe: roa there attend every one of these peculiar exhibitions, at the rate of $1, gold, a head. Seven bulls must be killed upon each of these interesting occasions or) the “show” 1s reckoned a failuce. A new tragic soprano, Mme. oe Balla, and @ new tenor, Signor Chelli, have both been added to Mr. Gye’s company at Royal Italian Opera, London. ‘The former, a lady who enjo: ore. ahigh reputation in Spain and’ some’ parts of France, but whose voice does not seem to be in the very best condition, has appeared as Valentine in the “Huguenots” and as the heroine of “Faust @ Margherita,” producing @ much more favorable impression in the last named opera than in the first. Chicago has been favored and flavored with a greater hoyage f of the “stufied half drama’ than any other city inthe Union, The gauzy “Undine,” the last of these “airy nothings,’ has superseded the “White Fawn’ at the Crosby Opera House in that city, and embraces Bonfanti, Sohike and other leading premiéres and coryphees of Jarrett & Palmer's famous Parisian ballet troupe. The piec has been nicely placed upon the stage and the number of iegs in it warants the assertion that. ‘i will probably run throughout the entire season.” SCIENTIFIC NOTES, | The Total Eclipse of the Sun on August 16, 1868, will be of greater canal than any eclipse for the next two centuries. While the sun is almost at the greatest distance from the earth the moon is nearest the earth, and the moon’s shadow will pass near the earth? “| equator—all cirtumstances which increase the eclipse either in duration or in extent on the earth’s surface. The total eclipse will com- mence a little past sunrise at Aden (Red Sea), pa: during the forenoon through India and ends in thi evening in New Guinea. The longest duration of thi total eclipse will be six minutes and fifty seconds—e Guretion, ereaies than tt has been for more than @ 1g mp ow have resolved ftions to India, &c., for the observation of thi this. rare phenomenon. The ‘Bnglis! 4 nee ition left England some time ago; the Fren ition will be sent to Cochin China and Malac: will be alded by several vessels of the Frenc! navy; the Austrian expedition will goto Aden. Th Parilament of the North German Union voted $16, oe an expedition, and even the almost bankru, al government will send an expedition to Inu wi h the renowned Father Secchi, Whether th United States will be represented is hot known. ‘The Power of the San’s Rays. During the present hot seasoa the question appea: not improper—How great is the power of the sola ray? Ofthe several methods used for obtaining reliable answer to this question we shall take th following:— = yee i obtained 3,000 kilograms of ¢ one season (three cuttings) from one hectare; that is, AD crop under aa ex] 1, 000, 200 tons alee solar tays for an act sideeably greater, nace * at the sane time also pre duces evaporation of water, upward currents ity dec, ot Commissioner Ro: ~~ financial Li) of dollars olv red lector of tn ‘he interior distric oft sreeary seourity on Friday I mised tie then fac m Custody.—Wen Greana Tener was a July &