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4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1868. NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND. ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. ture evince more senee and moderation than do some of their white colleagues. They say they are de- sirous of legislating for the whole State and not for @party. They are for peace and unity in forward- ing the interests of South Carolina, and only ask fair Play and no favors, At a republican meeting held last night in Atlanta, Ga., Hon. Joshua Hill, recently elected nian apes a nh vor ‘All business or news letter and telegraphic ppp Gercateeae flee Anponea'h addressed New YorK | Two noted horse thieves were taken from officers sear eh having them in custody on Thursday night, two Henatp. miles from Memphis, Tenn., by a crowd of forty dis- Letters and packages should be properly | guised citizens and hung to @ tree near the road- ! side. sealed. Rejected communications will not be ro- turned. . On Wednesday evening last United States bonds nd other property to the value of $37,000 were stolen from the office of W. H. Kent & Co., No. 144 State street, Boston. On Thursday morning two = | boys, named Benjamin 0. Cushing and Thomas Volume XXXIII...... aakiaseeuaskoat +.No. 214 | Brown, were arrested upon suspicion of having com- == = | mitted the robbery. They confessed their guilt and all the stolen property was recovered, The alarming increase of mortality in the city is BROADWAY Rit | Broadway.—A FLass OF | arawing special attention to the sanitary condition of 7 this metropolis and is necessitating inquiries into the causes which produce such fatal effects. Much of the increase in the death rates is directly traceable to two causes—defective drainage and sewerage and defl- clency of supply of water for family purposes. Mr. Viele, in to-day’s HERALD, shows the pressing neces- sity for remedying these evils and points out the Proper course to be pursued in accomplishing this object. ; The Montgomery Guard took their departure yester- day evening for home, not at all satisfied with the way they were treated at Tompkins square on Thurs- day. Before leaving this oity they renewed their challenge to Company E to another triai drill, upon the condition that it take place elsewhere than in New York. A large number of democrats of the Nineteenth ward assembled at the Cremorne Garden last night and formed a campaign club, with Samuel C. Mad- den as President; G. P. Levy, Vice President; Joseph Dryfoos, Secretary, and Jacob Blumenthal, Trea- surer. For the present the meetings of the club will ~ | be held at the Cremorne Garden, ‘The German republicans met in large numbers last night at the Steuben House, Bowery, for the purpose of forming a Grant and Colfax club. General Sigel was unanimously elected President of the club and acommittee was appointed to inform him of his election. In the case of Hadenbamp vs. The Second Avenue Railroad Company, for injuries received by plaintift from falling from the company’s car, the jury re- turned a verdict for plaintiff for $4,000 damages. A new trial has been asked for. The master masons held another meeting at 51 Liberty street yesterday afternoon and appeared more determined than ever not to yield to the de- mand of the strikers. It was stated that over forty Master masons are employing ten hour men, while not more than eight or ten are working cight hour men, The Ward brothers have addressed a note to the editor of Bell's Life in London proposing to row any four English boatmen a race of five or six miles for $5,000 aside; the race to take place in Hngland or America, as shall be agreed upon. The steamer Ariel, of the Bremen line, arrived yesterday at quarantine with 864 passengers. A tew days before her arrival the smallpox broke out in the steerage. Proper measures were at once taken at the quarantine to prevent the spread of the disease. Police duty in Brooklyn cannot be conducive to health ; yesterday thirteen policemen of that city were reported sick or disabled. The Cromwell line steamship Mariposa, Captain Kemble, will leave pier No-9 North river at three P. M, to-day for New Orleans direct. Thesteamship Flag, Captain Baxter, will sail from pier 29 North river to-day for Fernandina. The steamship Cleopatra, Captain Philips, will leave pier 16 East river at three P. M. for Sa- AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN.—Banse Biever. BOWERY THEATRE, Bo' Cousin Jon's Visir—Macio .—A JOLLY NEIGHBOB— ARL. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Huupry Dumery. Matinee at 134. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 18th street. Tux Lorrery or Lirz. BRYANTS' OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, Mth street.—ETHIOPIAN MINSTRELSY, £0. DODWORTH HALL, 806 Broadway.-ALF BURNETT, THE Humonisr. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, Seventh avenue.—PoroLaB GARDEN ConcERT. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Hoourr'’s Minsraxis—Tak WILD FAWN. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOLENOR AND ART. New Yerk, Saturday, August 1, THE NSwWwa. EUROPE. The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yes- terday evening, July 31. The English Parliament was prorogued. Spain is in a ministerial crisis, but the widespread discon- tent is extending to the navy. France facilitates the importation of breadstuffs by imperial decree. The habeas corpus is restored in Ireland and the prisoners arrested under its suspension set free. A Paris journal calls for intervention by France, Eng- land and the United States in South America. Consols, 9434, money. Five-twenties, 7234 in Lon- don and 76 in Frankfort. Paris Bourse firm. Cotton active, closing with middling uplands at 9%d. Breadstutfs quiet. Provisions advanced. By special correspondence from Vienna we have acomprehensive and very valuable report of the harvest prospect and its probable yield in Austria and Hungary. MISCELLANEOUS. The steamship Missouri, Captain Palmer, from Havana the 25th and Nassau the 27th ult., arrived at this port yesterday with despatches from Mexico, St. Domingo, Hayti, Venezuela, Cuba and the British West India islands, From Vera Cruz we have the particulars of a num- ber of unimportant successes gained by the govern- ment troops over the rebels in several parts of Mex- ico, but these successes are counterbalanced by new pronunciamientos, which have become almost a daily occurrence in that unfortunate repubite. Great excitement prevailed at Vera Cruz and along the coast on account of a filibustering expedition which Santa Anna’s emissaries were reported to be fitting out at New Orleans, and the government was taking measures to give them a warm reception vannah. Wherever they tight Ind. The sidewheel steamship Manhattan, Captain Our correspondence from St. Domingo shows new | Woodhull, will sail from pler No. North river at complications in public affairs datly occurring. 3 P. M, to-day for Charleston, President Baez rules with an iron rod. Not a cell in ‘The stock market was, on the whole, strong yes- the public prisons is unoccupied. The Prest- | terday. Government securities were dul, but closed dent is reported to have asked assistance | rm. Gold ciosed at 144% @ 145. of Spain. The government is organizing troops in order to resist the late President Cabral, who is reported to have with him a formidable force. Com- merce is dead—no business of any character was being transacted. The feeling against President Baez. is very strong, and it is belleved that he can- not much longer sustain himself. Leading London bankers have loaned Baez $2,000,000, From Hayti we learn that the United States steamer Contoocook was to leave Port au Prince for Hampton Roads, with a special courier to this government from the American Minister, President Salnave still holds his position, having repelled several at- Sacks by the insurgents, and has compelled the 4merican Minister to back down from the position ‘Qasumed two months ago. The British Vice Consul at Miragoane, while carrying despatches from the insurgents, was taken prisoner by Salnave'’s om- cers. Several important citizens in Leogoane be- longing to the insurrectionary party were captured and shot, notwithstanding the appeal of the Amercan Minister for clemency for the unfortu- nate men. On Sunday, July 5, Salnave proclaimed himself Emperor of Hayti, which was received with “vivas" by the populace, pire success of the revolution in Venezuela is com- plete, And Monagas, after considerable hard fighting, is the doXnowledged provisional Executive of the republic, On the 224 of June the revolutionists under Monagas aifacked the government forces at Chacas and obtained an important victory. On the same evening Monagas pushed in and attacked Caracas, the capital, but was repulsed with severe loss. On the 24th of June the attack was renewed the city was finally taken. This is the severest se Ais tonto in Venezuela, the total loss being | ®ttempt to reorganize society—always in ac- 311 killed and 704 wounded. The acting United | cordance with the political views of this or States Minister called upon Monagas on the 4th of | that faction. In the history of the great rebel- July, recognizing tom as President and congratu | tion in England we see the same fact. The na- him upon his victory. or prorhcleg hare pores ile ef the Captain Gonerat tion put down a tyrant with comparative ease ; for the privilege of recetving and transmitting tele- | but the trouble came when the question arose graph messages to and from the United States witb- | which of the factions should control in the out being obliged to reveal their import to certain | new system. In all these revolutionary crises officials, as is now the law. Santa Anna is varying | onte his amusements; cock fighting and raising rebellions | the real aed bie La vl ‘ ar & govecament have become stale jokes with him, and he sought a | begins after the le and the government new amusement by having the editor of £t Pays, of | hayg secured their real triumph; for then Havana, arrested for slander of the hero of a dozen } pomes the hour of faction and the struggle in tevolations. which the popular perception of right and Our dates from the British West India islands are | i to the 14th of July. In Barbados the weather was | Wrong is confused and lost ina vile scramble highly favorable tothe new growing crops. A large | for power and office between selfish pre- amount of sugar had been sold for the American and | tenders. Canadian markets at fair prices. Native provisions And this is our danger now. We stand were scarce and American breadstuffs high. In ‘ between the factions. On one hand we have jt twithstanding the dry season, the youn, pace domes ocronaras | “i ihe the radicals, guilty of every crime that can canes were retaining @ healthy appearance. The | markets were heavily supplied with breadstutfs and | stain the history of a party; guilty of the provisions. At Demerara there was a considerable | meanest chicanery in calling the national vic- dnorease of commerce with the United States. Sugar | it to their part: and rum were high. Four sugar estates in St. Croix | tory ep aa rp eats ea? were sold on July 4and brought good prices. The | Purposes; guilty of outraging 'y import duties of Jamaica fer the second quarter of | in the disorganization of Southern society and the year, as compared with that of 1867, show an in- | of the most diabolical hypocrisy in pretending bam vr rane pondence shows that the | that their use of the negro is for the sake of asl on corres! . presence of Attorney General Evarts in the Cabinet equal rights; guilty of indescribable dis- is a great restraint upon the combative tendencies | honesty in violating that great pledge of the of the President and is likely to prevent him trom ; nation that the war was not waged against the committing any act that would render him liable to integrity of the States and was only to secure impeachment, It is believed that the President wiil Boe follow Mr. Evarts’ advice and recognize the govern- the Union. Such is one faction—a party ments of the Southern States. Commissioner Rollins | Whose morality, moderation and purpose are thas decided in favor of adopting the Tice meter for | fitly typified by such exemplars as Butler, the prevention of frauds in Nao cone The tape Stevens and Sumner. It would be a stolid, dent has officially prociaimed the ratification of the servile and broken down peopl h : Pruselé ple among whom 7 son orgy neato Inplind a party in such hands would not awaken reaction. Reaction, therefore, is earnest, and the people repudiate the pretence of these matter of citizenship in each country. The em- ployés of the Patent Office are in # muddle in regard to their pay, the appropriation made by Congress being wholly inadequate to the purpose. leaders to settle the future peace of the nation A. ETON te a i utue ot $190.00, | 1m accordance with the extreme views thelr pe trnnr=h hg A ae euarende of $50,000, Two | diseased intellects take of our position. But hundred stores and dwellings were burned, render- whither will the reaction carry us? Into the hands of faction equally to be feared; into the hands of the democrats, who promise by authority to reopen the questions that began the war—to unsettlo what was settled by the The Revolutionary Stage—The Factions and the People. Hard as it isto make war, itis harder to make peace; and the difficulties that confront a nation when it is called upon to assert its honor or defend its life, to raise money, organ- ize armies and find generals, are insignificant by comparison with those it finds in its way when it tries to settle conditions for restoring the proper balance of society. This is the ex- perience of all ages. . See how grandly Greece made war and pushed her successes in it till the most gigantic contemporary realm was be- neath her feet; and before she could make peace she was beneath the feet of others. Rome had the same history, for the leaders of faction always endeavored to make peace in accordance with their own extreme views, and this made every peace the cause of a new war, till Rome fell exhausted. But little of the honor that is in every chapter of the French revolution is due to the accomplishment of the legitimate objects of that great struggle; for the monarchy was cast down, the foundation of the republic laid and its united enemies beaten without appalling excesses; but these resulted from the effort to make peace, the nearly as many families homeless, Nearly the oe ie town on the west aide of the creek is in arhes, All the principal hotels ere in ruins. It is said that the oll interests have not materially suffered. ‘The negro members of the South Carolina Legisia- carnage of four years—to revive the spirit that put the sections of the country face to face in battle. If the democrats come into power ani- -mated by such a purpose we have nothing before us but a perspective of destructive con- testa, in which one or the other political party, as it succeeds to power, will only use the name of the government to gloss a reorganiza- tion whose real object will be political revenge. In view of this attitude and character of the respective factions what can the people do? They must look personally at the candidates presented for their suffrages; and here the case has more promise. Seymour is nothing ex- cept as he stands by his party. Grant is great figure only as he stands alone. With Seymour in the Presidential chair we must ex- pect to see the country governed simply on such bogus democratic principles as prevailed before the war, when democracy merely meant servility to the Southern element. And if Seymour were pushed aside to,make room for the more aggressive Blair we should see the government taken to pieces and put together again in a sense favorable to the men who led Southern armies against it for four succes- sive years. On that hand, therefore, we can hope for nothing from the candidates but what we fear from their party. On the other hand, Grant and the party that was compelled to nominate him stand wide apart. Grant is un- mistakably committed by his acts and his words against every distinguishing principle of that party. His first instinct was to treat the conquered foe generously, and the whole his- tory of the radicals is a revolt against that manly impulse. In this one fact we see the intel- lectual difference between the man and his party, and they are equally different in all other ways. Under Grant we may hope to see the country governed uprightly and vigor- ously and the factions crushed out; and we believe it is therefore for the people to sustain Grant, trusting that the faction that uses his name may not be able to cripple his administration. Count Bismarck’s Policy—New Germany. In the last number of the Hdinburg Re- view (perhaps the purest representative of conservative liberalism in England) there is an able article on “‘New Germany”—an article in which the policy of Count Bismarck is rather severely handled and which has already com- manded considerable attention, both in Eng- land and on the Continent. Since the battle of Sadowa Count Bismarck has been the object of general and almost unqualified praise. A few months before that battle the Count was, per- haps, the best hated man in Germany. He was notoriously opposed to the levelling views of the German liberals, and his imperial tendencies were too unmistakably revealed in the unconstitutional manner in which, without the consent of Parliament, he forced through successive budgets and increased the burdens of the people. Sadowa was his success. It was also his justification. The best hated be- came at once the most popular man in Prus- sia; and if the sentiments of the triumphant Prussians were not echoed loudly in the other German States they were echoed with suffi- cient emphasis in Great Britain and through- out the United States. The vigor and ability which he revealed in organizing the North German Confederation crowned the victory of Sadowa and made him for the time the most prominent man in Europe. It cannot be said that Count Bismarck’s popularity has yet waned ; for whatever he may be in Germany, out of Germany men persist, rightly or wrongly, in regarding him as Germany's hope and the right arm of all her strength. The Edinburg reviewer attempts to admire Count Bismarck’s genius. The question which the reviewer raises is whether the policy pursued since Sadowa has been the best for the interests of German liberal- ism or for German unity. The annexa- tion policy of the Count is condemned. The interests of Germany would have been better served if, in place of annexing to Prussia all the States he dared to annex and limiting the League to the States north of the Main, he had followed the example of Cavour, making Prus- sia to Germany what Piedmont was to Italy— the centre and rallying point of the unionists— and contented himself with a looser but larger Confederation, which should have embraced the whole of Germany, the Austrian States alone excepted. In the opinion of the re- viewer the present Confederation is a clumsy sham. The Count has created a reaction against himself. By the smaller States the domination of Prussia is felt to be an oppres- sion. The experience of the annexed and con- federated States of the north has had a most discouraging effect on the minds of the people of the south, and South Germany is now more opposed than ever to union with the north. It is also the opinion of the reviewer that Ger- many is weaker both for offensive and defen- sive purposes than at the time of the Lux- emburg difficulty, while France is immea- surably stronger. It is less our object to approve or disapprove of these views than to state them. It is unde- niable that the reviewer states his case strong- ly, but it is just as undeniable that there is a large amount of truth in w he ays. ye be condemns oar F Rea ee, Phe otherwise than he did after Sadowa we think he speaks with too much authority and does not make sufficient allowance for the difficul- ties and necessities of the situation. When, however, he treats of the present condition of Germany, of the anti-Prnssian feel: : which is more or less strong in the differen: States of the north, and which is notoriously strong in all the States south of the Main, we do not feel ourselves in a position to combat his remarks. This, however, ‘must be admitted by all, that Count Bismarck has made German unity not only a possibility, but in many important particulars a potential fact. It is of all things the most improbable that Germany will go back or in any sense give up what she has won; and it may, we think, be taken for granted that in the event of any pressure being applied from without the love of Fatherland would overcome all sec- tional jealousies and make Germany a unit from the Rhine to the Baltic. Looked at from certain points of view there may be certain visible and even disagreeable drawbacks to German unity, but there is not the slightest reason to believe that any section of the Fatherland will prove untrue to itself. The time has not yet come when Napoleon may etteok Germany with lapusity. Wall Street and Our National Securities. Considering the large extent of the daily transactions in our national securities in Wall street, there is a remarkable absence there of correct information as to the wording of the acts authorizing the various United States loans, and even in Congress the same unfa- miliarity with the precise nature of past finan- cial legislation was observable in the course of the debates on the Funding bill. Throughout the latter it was assumed that all the five- twenties were issued under the same act as authorized those of 1862, whereas the old and new bonds of 1865 and those of 1867 and 1868 were issued under the act of March 3, 1865, the text of which is entirely distinct from that of any of the other acts. By this it was left to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds bearing six per cent per annum in gold, or seven and three-tenths per annum in currency, as he might prescribe, the words of the act being ‘‘provided that the rate of in- terest on any such bonds or Trea- sury notes when payable .in coin shall not exceed six per cent per annum, and when not payable in coin shall not exceed seven and three-tenths per annum, and the rate and character of interest shall be expressed on all such bonds or Treasury notes.” That the prin- cipal was meant to be paid in the same kind of money as the interest is to be inferred from the passage immediately preceding this, which says, ‘‘And the principal or interest, or both, may be made payable in coin or in other lawful money.” The principal and interest of the securities bearing six per cent interest were apparently intended to be paid in coin, and the principal and interest of those carrying the higher rate of interestin currency. The Secre- tary of the Treasury was thus authorized to make the six per cent bonds payable, principal and interest, in coin, We do not purpose giv- ing our own interpretation of this act, but we call attention to a very important feature in it which has hitherto been lost sight of in the discussion of the question of greenbacks versus gold. The option of converting the last of the seven-thirty notes into five-twenties expired yesterday, and hence the maxi- mum of the gold bearing debt has been reached, and the effect of the stoppage of the supply of bonds in the face of an increas- ing demand may be easily conjectured. Not only has the home demand for them increased largely from year to year since the termination of the war, but large amounts of them have been shipped, so that the aggregat® remaining in the country is hundreds of millions smaller than it was three years since. The inter- est paid upon the national debt is largely re- invested in it, and consequently the amount to be reinvested every half year is larger than in the previous one. Under such circum- stances the market value of our bonds can hardly fail to appreciate rapidly, and in pro- portion as they advance gold will decline. But for the wretched financial policy of Congress and the Treasury gold would be much lower | and our bonds much higher than they are, and the only effectual way to get the gold premium down is to build up the public credit. Prorogation of the British Parliament. The session of the British Parliament was prorogued by royal commission yesterday. Queen Victoria's speech was read by the Lord Chancellor. Her Majesty, as usual, was con- gratulatory on the position of affairs at home and abroad. The relations with the United States were not referred to—a fact which may be accepted as indicative of their very friendly bearing or the reverse, or as complimentary or condemnatory of the diplomacy from Wash- ington, pretty much according to the feelings or political prejudices of the reader. The privilege of habeas corpus is to be restored to Ireland. The Qneen an- nounced that the prorogation was prefatory of a dissolution and that a general election was at hand, during which her people will enjoy the constitutional advantages of the new Reform bill, for the exercise of which they are fitted, as the Crown is aware that their votes will inure to the perpetuation of civil and religious freedom. The era of British politics which was inaugurated at the Restora- tion is thus brought to a close and the consti- tution of the country gracefully adapted to a new and peaceful revolution. It augurs well for the permanency of the institutions of the kingdom that the first official announcement of the coming change should be made from the throne in the shape of a monarchical appeal for an intelligent citizen vote. The Unreconstructed States—Southern Politi- cal Agitation, Our Washington correspondent alluded in a despatch which we published yesterday to the disorganized condition of affairs in the unre- constructed States, particularly in Louisiana and Texas. The Union Republican Congres- sional Committee, it seems, are daily receiving letters which indicate a threatening result from Southern political agitation, whether it be stirred up by the injudicious eloquence of Wade Hampton on the one hand, or by the in- trigues of the notorious Jack Hamilton on the other, In the w: art of Lonisians there is tnch ecie & vaaiet State officials, and fears are expressed that uuless a strong force of troops is sent there an open disturbance will ensue. In Texas great law- lessness and disorder are represented as pre- vailing. It is anticipated that the Convention now in session there may prove a failure, so far as securing the success of reconstruction on the Congressional basis is concerned. This arises, it is said, principally from a division in the ranks of the radicals in the Convention. It is alleged that Hamilton is bent on destroy- ing the action of the Convention lest it may interfere with certain railroad projects in which he is interested. After all, and notwithstanding the alleged disorders in the unreconstructed States, the | latter, perhaps, must be considered even more fortunate than those which have lately been | readmitted to the Union, but which, without the healthy restraints of martial law, are about to be exposed to all the violent excitements of a Presidential campaign. Breapsturrs ror France.—An imperial French decree suspends the tonnage dues on vessels entering the ports of the empire with | D: breadstuffs for three months from the Ist of October next. This portends » short harvest of war, Humanity in War—Au International Com- gress. Some days ago we learned that circulars had been addressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the other leading European Powers, requesting an International Congress to consider the propriety of abandoning the use of explosive bullets in time of war. It now appears, judging from a cable despatch published on Thursday, that this Congress is requested to hold ita first meeting in St. Petersburg on the 10th of August, and that it will be composed of thirteen members, representatives of the different European gov- ernments, No one who takes an interest in modern Progress can be indifferent to such a plan. It is notorious that the science of war has of late years become destructive of human life to an extent almost beyond calcula- tion—so destructive, indeed, that the friends and lovers of peace had no other, cer- tainly no higher, consolation than this: that war in the long run would de- stroy itself—in other words, that the imple- ments of war, by their very destructiveness, would make war, if not impossible, at least of rare occurrence. It was not their hope that an attempt to ameliorate the horrors of war would originate in that order which from time immemorial has reaped all the advantages of war. Who would have believed fifty or even twenty-five years ago that the Czar of all the Russias would have taken the initiative in hu- manizing the art of war? How few! Such, however, is the fact; and to that Power in Europe which, rightly or wrongly, has been regarded as the most barbaric must be ac- corded the honor of having initiated one of the most humane, certainly one of the most characteristic and suggestive, movements of the nineteenth century. We trust that the congress will meet, that all the Powers, great and small, will be represented and that the result will be such as we have a right to expect. There can be no difficulty in settling the explo- sive bullet question, We may take it for granted that the use of the explosive bullet will be abandoned. When, however, that is settled is it possible for a congress of govern- ment humanitarians to separate without taking up other and cognate questions? The Minié rifle, the Chassepot, the Schneider and the other gung are allas much and as intimately con- nected with the horrors of war as are explosive bullets; and for such a congress to make its work complete all these weapons ought to be taken into consideration.and some definite con- clusion come to as to when and how they ought to be used. We cannot go back to the bow and arrow of early ages or to the dart and knife of the savage of the present day ; but to make war fair and just we can pre- scribe the terms on which it shall be con- ducted. It would not be difficult for France to swallow up Belgium on the one hand and Switzerland on the other; but strength is not justice, and France, with a due regard to the public sentiment of the world, refrains from swallowing up either. War, in fact, is no longer fair. The time was when the Horatii and the Curiatii could decide a national question by a hand to hand combat; but that time is no more. Might has become right just as truly as it was in the darkest and most barbarous times. It may be hard for this Congress to fix the terms on which war shall be con- ducted. Few great works are easily per- formed. The difficulty of the task should not, therefore, deter them. One thing, at least, this congress might do. It might make it imperative that no war take place between anyof the great Powers until the difficulties in question had been submitted to an international congress. Such a decision would be worth ten thousand decisions on ex- plosive bullets or on any of the implements of war. It might not make war an impossibility, but it would reduce the chances of war toa minimum. If it did not satisfy the parties at feud it could not fail to create a public senti- ment which would in the long run settle the question at issue and settle it justly. If this } congress does assemble, particularly if it does its work well, it will be tous one of the most hopeful signs of the approaching millennium, when swords are to be beat into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks. We wish the Emperor of all the Russias success in his praiseworthy undertaking. ReoonsTRvoTION IN JAPAN.—Our telegrams from China by way of London and the Atlan- tic cable report that news had been received at Shanghae from Japan announcing the pleasing and very important intelligence that the civil war was drawing to a close in the empire, and that the Daimios of the South and North, the Mikado and the ex-Tycoon were likely to arrange their differences. This is as it should be. The territory of Japan is sufficiently ample to afford a good living to the whole of them if they will only content themselves, ‘fling away ambition” and settle down to honestindustry. We trust the work of Japanese reconstruction will proceed smoothly. The only danger is from their having too many generals. The Mikado and Tycoon must “look out” for generals who want employment. Hon. Bay TROUBLES. — Butier’s Wooley is after Butler in a suit for false im- prisonment. Kimberly & Brothers, of Fort- ress Monroe, are after Butler on a charge of extortion of money for rent of government Tar land during the war. The case of the Kimber- lys may not amount to much, but the case of Wooley rests upon the broad foundation of the citizen’s nights and his security against unlaw- fal seizure and imprisonment. Butler likes to be in hot water, but Wooley will probably give him a quantum eufficit if he can secure the assistance of Thurlow Weed. CITY POLITICS. THR GERMAN REPUBLICAN CRNTRAL COMMITTRR.— Last evening this association met at Steuben House, Bowery, for the purpose of forming a campaign club. D. H. Muher resided. There was a large at- tendance, and cot erable debate took place as to the election of a president. After some discussioi in which Dr. Norman, Messrs. Wilman, Jacobs Levi and others took part, General Sigel was unani- | mously elected President of the club. A committee | = appointed to inform General Sigel of his elec- jon. Tas Ninereaxta Warp Democracy.—Last night at the Cremorne Garden, cornet of Seventy-second street and Third avenue, a number of demo- crate of all nationalities Siesembied and formed them- ten as President: Gf Levy, Vice Prenident: Joweph en as jent; G. P. 3 ryfoos, Secretary, and Jacob Blumenthal, Trea- | surer. Some discussion was had as to the name, but it was finally resolved to call it the 10~ cratic Cam Olu ‘of the Nineteenth Ward, and the ht were located Gardon for the present, BE SSS SE SLA SS ec ON THE NATIONAL GAME. Active va, Eckford. The game between these clubs, which came off yesterday at the Union grounds, and which was ex- Pectod to be @ closely contested game, proved to be & muffin match of the first order on the part of the Actives. There were certainly several very fine pare, The Kelleys in the early ly sustained their iy te fputation steal from first to second, somely & peony line ball at suddenly touch Sects act ae likewise; b vt ap mes ; but aside from “hea particulars the, Playing Ca the nin gen was very poor and the! was at all what was expected of them, Walker did itch as Coigies by any means as he did in maples match, and the Eckfords batted in good at} In the fleld the errors of the Eckfords were few and far between. In short, they outplayed the Actives inevery way. Mr. Chapman, as umpire, althor rompt and ine lenient on the pitchers and strikers, Had he been more atric aie exciting, and the score would, Fs 5 ity, have been different to the following:— AOTIVE. Sl Homecm ent yl Comm ercomronecs> 2 ce! ZS cocsrocow cma Lat. 8 0.7 ctive. CR DSA hae A ae aC Outs on fouls—Kokford, 8; Active, 8. Bound catches—Eckford, 4; Active, 1. Home run—Eggler, 1. Out on bases—Ecktord, 9; Activa, 3. Touched betwoen bases—Eckforda, 1. Struck out—Active, 8 Umpire—Mr. Chapinan, of the Atiantle Cub. orers—Measrs. Watson and Hallock. Time of game—Three hours. Jefferson, of New York, vs. Champion, of Jersey City. The following is the score of a game played on Thursday, July 30, between the Jefferson, of New York, and Champion, of Jersey City, at Jersey City:— JEFFERSON, OHAMPION. 0. R. 4 204 3 23 1 a: 1 2 3 4 AS H , i 8 3 38 aa i rv) n . 94. BI, Ath. Bh. Gth. Tth. Bth. 2 % @ 6 1-16 3 2 oo 3 0-19 ‘Umpire: ans, Mutual Club, Base Ball Notes. On Wednesday last the Harford Club, of Church- ville, Md., defeated the Nonpareil Club, of Aberdeen, Md., In a full game, with a score of 33 to 22. The Irving Club defeated the Jerome Club at Cen- tral Park on Thursday last; score, 25 to 23. Macdiarmid, second baseman of the Stars of Brooklyn, is confined to his room by severe illness. He will not appear again in a match game this sea- son, owing to delicate health. Hallock and others of the Actives feel very sick. Holmes, of the Oriental, has issued a call, as a mem- ber of the Judiciary Committee, earnestly requesting the members of the committee to convene at “The Study” on 'uesday evening, 1ith inst. Judge Advocate Belton will have a nice point or two to e. Fun at Hoboken to-day. In the e at Cleveland yesterday the Unions, of Morrisania, defeated the Forest City, of Uleveland, with a score of 25 to 7. Matches to Come Off. To-day—Mutuals vs. Oriental, of New York; Union grounds. Mohawk vs. Athletic, of Brooklyn; Capitoline. Monday—Mutual vs. National, at Albany. Atlantic vs. Oriental, of Greenpoint; Union grounds. Eagle vs. Empire. Tuesday—Mutual vs. Haymakers, at sete Eckford vs. Unique and Eckford vs. Oriental, of New York; Union grounds. Wednesday—Mutual vs. Irvington; Union grounds. THE CHINESE EMBASSY. The weather being so oppressively warm yesterday our Chinese visitors wisely refrained from venturing abroad, but, dressed in cool negligé robes of white or delicately colored silks, sat fanning themselves in their pleasant apartments at the aristocratic West- minster the greater part of the day. Had the wea- ther been a little more temperate the ‘children of the sun” intended making a pilgrimage to a certain Pagoda of Progress which is situate somewhere down town, but having heard of the deadly strokes recently inflicted by their putative father they pru- dently declined exposing themselves to his flery rays. Our Mongolian friends are much to be envied for their perfect knowledge of the science of keep- ing cool, their remarkable proficiency in this respect having elicited the admiring wonder of those who had an opportunity of witnessing their placid deport. ment during the recent white-heated term. The sight of the Chinese Embassy “taking things cool” proved more beneficial than the coolest thing ever con- cocted in the way of summer beverages It waa refreshing in the extreme. Perspiring New Yorkers would profit much by taking a few lessons of Min\s- ter Burlingame’s interesting protogés, Not only does your Chinaman take great care to dress in a manner suited to the season, but he has evidently made the chr mistry of the stomach a special study and diets himself accordingly; then again he ts a temperate drinker, using wine in moderation and having a holy horror of the poisonous alcoholic pre- rations which have unfortunately been adopted as ‘he national tipple. No wonder it has been remarked that the young scholars attached to the Chinese Em- basay look exceedingly bright and healthy, that the Ministers, who are men of middle age, are wonder- fully well preserved, and that the venerabie philose- phers are in the full possession of their faculties. ‘There are stillafew hale and hearty old men in America, but they are exceptions, whereas we have excellent authority for stating that the majority of the ane of the Flowery Kingdom flourish to a n old age. Although our illastrious visitors made a point of keeping cool yesterday it must not be supposed that they were altogether idie. Far from it. Atone time of the day those high dignitaries Chih Tajen and Sun Tajen were to be seen busily employed, the one engaged writing a private and confidential epistie to no less exalted a personage than the ruler of the Flowery Land—that mighty monarch who so condescendingly bestows the title of brother upon the moon, and the other Come J @ despatch to the Chinese Minister of Foreign heir official labors ended, the native attaches of the Embassy set to work writing up their diaries and inditing letters to their families and friends at Pekin and elsewhere within the Great Wall. How interesting a verbatim translation of these quaint looking documents would be! Inall probability the epistie to his Majesty the Emperor would turn out to be very formal and dig- nifled in style, and, doubtless, the despatch to his Excellency the Foreign Minister would prove as dry as official documents generally are; but those diaries and private letters would be uncommonly entertain- to the American reader. ‘owards sundown five or six of the illustrious strangers Went out for a short constitutional under the guidance of the Engiisi iaterpreters, who, during their short sojourn among us, have learned to run alone. In the evening several of the Chinese gentiemen were visible on the balcony of the Westminster Hotel, listening with evident piea- sure to the music of the Star Spangled Banner, aa rendered by a party of itimrant musicians. Minis. ter Burlingame the po? at Staten Island on ‘9 visit to a priv friend, it ia to be hoped that the host was considerate enough to give his distin- ed guest a rest on China, Mr. Burlingame re- urned to the Westminster early in the evening and dined in company with his father-in-law, Mr. Isaac Livermore, who arrived from Boston yesterday af- ternoon in charge of Miss Gertrude Buriingame. The members of the embassy intend having an- other quiet day to-morrow, if possible. There has been no alteration in the prograinme of future move- men: YACHTING NOTES, ‘The yachts Magic and Annie arrived yesterday from @ cruise to the eastward. A number of New York yachts are cruising in the neighborhood of Gardiner’s Bay. The Brooklyn Yacht Club will hold a special meet- tng on the evening of the 12th inst., when they will make final arrangements for holding their “annual chowder”—which is always a feature with this club— and also for perfecting the arrangements for the au- tumnal union regatta. ‘To-day the steamer Charles Chamberlain will leave this city for Montauk Point, Block Island, Newport, Martha’s Vineyard and other points to the eastward, with about ay minent yachtmen, belonging to ro ba carted lantic, Jersey City and other yacht a, bit for the that her in Ph ae again been for $1,000, to sail on We SiauParenater near heats ais to windward and b ‘This promises to beam ex-