The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1868, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS SOUTH CAROLINA. Shooting Affray in Columbia—One White Man Mortally Wounded. CoL.umBta, August 2, 1868, An affray occurred at midnight last night between @ party of ten or twelve negro members of the Leg- isiature-and five whites, which resulted in the mortal wounding of one of the latter by a pistol shot through the head. The whites entered a boarding house iv a disreputable portion of the town by mistake, eupposing it to be a brothel, and were struck by one of Upon the stick being wrenched from his hand the the whole party ran tn front of the house and com- menced firing. Twenty or thirty shots were dis- charged and the whites retreated, except the Wounded man, who was too drunk and remained on the sidewalk and was shot down. The author of the crime is unknown. No arrests have been made, and much excitement prevails among the citizens. The whites are said to have been unarmed. No weapons -were found on the body of the wounded man. The Alleged Dill Murderers Bailed. CHARLESTON, August 2, 1868, ‘The parties charged with the murder of Mr. Dill in Fairfield county, who were recently turned over to ‘the civil authorities by the military, aave had a hearing on writ of habeas corpus and been released on bail, NEW JERSEY. Drowning Casualties at Atlantic City. bs ATLANTIC City, August 2, 1863. Henry Trough, Mr. Vankirk and a son of Rev. ‘Hosea Ballou, all of Philadelphia, were drowned +here yesterday.while bathing. These make s!x cases ‘of drowning that have occurred at this place within mthe past few days. NEW YORK. Demoerntic Ratification Meeting et Syracuse. SYRACUSE, August 2, 1868, The democracy of Syracuse last evening held a ‘large meeting to ratify the nominations of Seymour and Blair. A long procession, with bands, trans- parencies and banners, paraded the streets. Ad- ‘dresses were made at Shakespeare Hall and ata stand outside by Messrs. George F. Comatock, Henry ©. Murphy, Sanford E. Church, Francis Kernan, Andrew J. Rogers, D. A. Ogden, Alva H. Tremaine and Daniel U. Salmon, Railroad Disasters Near Elmira—Explosion of Kerosene. ELMIRA, August 2, 1868, Miss Matuews, of Carpenter’s Crossing, Pa., last night, while standing on the track for the eastern “train on the Erie Railroad, waiting for a freight train to get out of her way which was passing on the western track, was struck by the eastern express train and instantly killed. A short ~distance further on two men, uamed Johnson and Morey, were standing on the track for the same purpose and were struck by the express train. Jobnson clung to the cow catcher until the train was stopped, having one leg broken and other slight injuries. Mr, Morey was thrown to one side, receiving severe injuries, of which he died “this morning. A coal oil lamp exploded to-night in the cellar of ‘the American Hotel, setting fire to a barrel of oil and burning Mrs. Miller about the face and hands se- verely. The fire was subdued before doing any other damage. : VERMONT. Affray and Murder in Shrewsbury—A Vendetta Awong New Englanders. RUTLAND, August 2, 1868, One of the most horrible and atrocious murders ever perpetrated in Vermont occurred at Shrews- bury, ten miles from here, last evening. An old feud has for many years existed in that place between two families named Plumley and Balch, and while appraisers were engaged in settling damages committed by the horses of the latter on the property of the former, a dispute arose between them, which resulted in the deliberate shooting and killing of Johnson Gilman, Jr., a disinterested and innocent young man, by Horace R. Plumiey. Indis- criminate shots were then exchanged between the Parties, resulting in the wounding of Horace R. Plumley and John Gilman, Sr. € Five of the principals in the afray—viz., Serbra Plumiey, Horace R. Plumley, his son, and the mur- derer, George Butterfly, his son-in-law, and two men named Abraham Winn and Napoleon Quartier, employés of Balch—have been arrested and are con- fined tn the jail here awaiting examination. Fred- erick Plumiey, another son of Servra and one of the contestants, is concealed in the woods at present, but will be secured to-morrow. Both the Plumley and Balch factions were evidently Prepared for the affray, as they were ali armed. The deceased was a highly respectable young man, and his death is much deplored, even his murderer as- ferting that he knew nought against him. The affair has created much excitement in this section. The accused will have their examination to-morrow. CUBA. Havana Market Report. Havana, August 1, 1868, Sugar firmer at 7% a 8 reals for No. 10 a 12, and 8% a 10 reals for No. 15420, Dutch standard; mus- ovadoes unchanged. Molasses, 6 a 5% reals per keg for clayed and 6 @ 634 reals for common or mus- covado. Larg, 18c. per Ib. in tierces and 19%c. in tins. Hameg 18c. per lb. for dry salted and @1c. for sugar cured. Lumber $20 per 1,000 feet for white pine, and $21 for pitch pine. Freights to United States for sugar $1 26 per box, and $6 50 per ahd. »Exchange on London, 11} premium; on United States, currency, 3134 discount; in gold, long sight, 4 per cent discount, and short sight 1 per cent pro- mium. FEMALE HEROISM. Bargiars Foiled by a Woman and One Shot. (From the Davenport (Iowa) Gazette, July 28.) A brave German lady in this city gave a burglar, ‘who was prowling about her premises between one and two o'clock yesterday morning, a taste of lead, ot from a revolver, and injured him badly, if, in- she did not mortally wound him. The me alluded to is Mrs. H. Restoriff, who resides on Harri- son street, between Seventh and Eighth. The cir- cumstances were as follows:—Mr. ‘ori? carries oD a oooperage business. On Satu he received $200 from parties who were owing him, and in the evening he started for Chicago, his wife tek. ‘ing him to the depot. During ‘her absence her ch dren, two boys and two girls, went to @ neighbor's. pt ag A ag lenty of evidence eging e ha m in ier house, rummi the drawers and displacing things generally. On Sunday she borrowed a revolver of a friend, deter- mined to give the prowling gentry the benefit of its contents should they disturb her again. There was no sleep for her Sun night. After the clock had struck one her wakefulness was rewarded by h ing the sound of attempts to open a window again. With firm nerves and orave rmination she re- solved upon shooting the burglar, and laid a nice plan to carry her resoiution into effect. She aroused one of her daughters, a miss in her teens, and told her to go down to the front door and fumble with the knob and Key. as if she were t: to open It, ‘the noise being designed to attract 1@ burglar’s attention. The child did so, with what feeling of dread no one can describe, The mother then went toa window, noiselessly roiled up the curtain and with revolver in hand looked out, ‘There, right under the window, she saw the crouch child was. Mrs. R. took a deliberate aim at him and fired. The man rolled over like motioniess for @ minute. The woman, overcome with the reaction that ensued, almost She went to the stat the negroes. | MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Tho Now Plays To-Night at the Broadway end New York Theatres, “Trodaen Down,” the new patriotic Irish drama of 198," written by Mr. Harry Watkins, will be pro- duced for the first time in this city at the Broadway theatre this evening, with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wat- kins sustaining the principal réles. The piece has been carefully rehearsed and Lberally provided with new scenery, and will be placed upon the stage in & very effective manner. The plot of the picce pos seszes Many strong points and abounds in striking situations and sensational: tableaus, which rather enhances tustead of deteriorates from the effective- ness of the play, the story of which is simply this:— Fergus McOarthy, one of the leaders in the Irish rebel- lon of 98," escapes from the Dublin jail and with much dificulty succeeds in reaching his home, only to find tt a scene of desolation. Here he learns that kis Parents are both dead, and MMs wife he finds reduced to extreme poverty. During an interview with his wife he is warned of the approach of soldiers and is hidden by her, but 1s discovered by the “red coats" as he is escaping across a bridge, but not in tme to prevent his escape, He leaves ireland, comes to the United States, becomes an American citizen, fights through the war of 1512, during which campaign he tireshes many a “blarst’d Rritisher,” and after the terinination of the war returas to ireland in search of his wife, While diligently employed in endeavor- ing to ascertain her whereabouts he is recognized by an oid comrade, one Herrick Wolfe, who compels him, by threats of betrayal, to assist him in his schemes to secure the hand of Blanche, an heiress, and the supposed daughter of Lord Desmond. By personating her real father, Fergus suceveds in getting Blanche into his power; but learning who she really !s turus upon her persecu- tor, overcomes him in the struggie which ensues, and is tn turn overpowered by the soldiers who come to rescue the villain Woife. Ferzus ia sent to pri- son, which Blanche also makes her home, and there he recognizea an old comrade of ‘98 serving as sentinel, from whom he exacts a promise that he will save him from the scaffold by shooting him when he shows a light at the window. O'Hara, the sentinel, urges him to escape, and Blanche is filing of his fetters while singing a simple little song, when Wolfe rushes in and naosremenionaly ves the death signal arranged by Fergus. This thriinng climax terminates the performance in a very sensa- Mona! manner, which latter appears now to be the only aim and ambition of all modern playwrights. “Foul Play,” the joint dramatization of Messrs, Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, wili be given for the first time in this country at the New York theatre this evening. A sirong company has been engaged to do the plece justice and neither labor nor expense has been spared in providing it with all the requisite essentials to make it one of the great sensations of the season. The drama will bo pre- sonted to New Yorkers in Ove acts and a prologwe, all of which are highly spiced with villany, moral- ity, iove aud adventure, besides which the entire piece abounds In sensational situations, not the least of which 18 the sinking of the ship Proser- pine in the far away Pacitic Ocean, ‘Tue plot 1s intricate enough to sult the most fastidious in such matters, but reduced to comprehensible dimensions is about as follows:—Artaur Wardlaw, the “double- dyed villain” of tne piece, who is the gon of an Eng- lish shipping merchant, has forged @ check for the purpose of ralsing the ‘needful,’ but contrives to throw the gullt on the shoulders of his tutor, Robert Peniokd. who is sentenced, convicted and sent to penal servitude in Ausiralia. Arthur Wardlaw, having been so successful in hia first attempt, tries his hand at another and bigger vallany, in which he ded by one Joe Wylie, who plays the part of an inferior devil, and scuttics the good ship Proserpine @: the instigation of Wardlaw, for the parnass of obtaining the insurance ‘on a lot of gold, which he secretly shipped to 7 from Auatralia on board of another vessel. ‘ardlaw afterwards discovers that Helen Kalleston, the daughter of Sir Edward Ralleston, the Governor of Hobart Town, to whom he is devoutly attached, was @ passenger by the very vessel that by his own treachery has gone to the bottom. ‘This brings o8 to the third act, the scene of which is on an island somewhere in the Pacitic Ocean, and which Helen and guffering Penfold have succeeded in reaching. Here the pair devote them selves with ardor to various useful pursuits, and- being the only human inhabitants of the island, mant to lve something after the fashion of Adam and Eve. They contrive, however, to fall tn love, but defer tying the knot until they meot with @ person who will riorm tie operation in the orthodox fashion. Both are eventoally rescued from the island and taken to England, where the heroine succeeds in “showing up” her villanous lover and establishing the inno- cence of Peufold, whom she afterwards marries, and it is presumable that the pair “live happy ever atter- — ” while the scoundrels come to deserved grief. “Humpty Dumpty,” at the Olympic theatre, will this evening celebrate bis 166th performance. Mr. E. T. Goodrich, who broke his arm four weeks ago while doing the “Novice on Ice,” will make his re- mi earance in the skating scene at this establishment this evening. ‘This i the last week of Jobn Brougham’s “Lottery of L ” at Wallack’s, and those who contemplate doing s0 should take their chances at once in this interest and sensational little game. An excellent bill is offered at the Bowery theatre this week. Pantomime, “Flying Men,” gymnastics, songs and dances are ouly a few of the attractions that are presented to its patrons. Tony Pastor reopens his neat and popular temple this evening for the regular fall season, and will doubtless be welcomed back to the city by thousands of his enthusiastic admirers. A matamoth bill re- plete with novelties is the attraction here. Bryants’ Minstrels still continue to hammer away in burlesque at “ll Trovatore,” and nearly every member of the troupe now joins in the side-splitting ballet of “Love Among the a." Mr. Alf Burnett, the humorist, facial artist and inimitable ‘orator from Hepsidam," continues his edifying entertainments but one week longer at Dod- worth Hall, This evening Dr. Elisier, the popular balladist, will assist at alleviating the laughable dis- tress occasioned by the great showman. The Central Park Garden, with its delictous music, ta now an established institution. Tuesday and Sat- urday nights are set down in the programme as gaia nights, upon which occasions the “forty-two per- formers” do their best to ingratlate themselves into the good graces of the public. At Hooley’s Opera House, Brooklyn, the burlesque of “Under the Lamplight” is announced for this evening, together with the muitin ‘Base Ball Match” and the laughable burlesque pantomime of “Dumpty Humpty.” ae The “Barbe Bleue” at Niblo’s, The extraordinary success of the “Barbe Bleue’ at Niblo’s not only continues unabated, but is nightly increasing. The public eye never before saw op¢ra bouffe so brilliantly presented on the stage, and the public ear always listens with delight to Offenbach’s mirthful music. Everything had been thonghtfully provided beforehand to assure the immediate and the prolonged success of the “Barbe Bleuo” as a spectacle. The scenery throughout is fine, par- ticularly in the opening act, with the dis- tant view of Blue Beard’s castle, and in the third act with the interior of the alchemist’s cave. The richness and variety of the costumes correspond admirably with the admirable scenery. The grand ballet in the palace is, thanks to Mile. De Rosa and the other picked members of Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer's excellent troupe, as brilliant as it is agreeably brief. The orchestra is now muon improved. The chorus, with its sixty voices, is of unusual superiority. Among the prominent members of Mr. Bateman’s company are several who became established favor- {tes at the Théftre Frangais in the days of the “Grande Duchesse” and the ‘Belle Héléne,”’ particu- = Messrs. Leduc, riffoul and Duchesne. T ie two Dg o additions to the company, Mile, Irma and M. Aujac, must be highly eau at the applause which they have won at Niblo’s, Mile, Irma by no means answers to the picture which Offenbach and his clever librettists, Messrs. Meilhac and Halévy, originally drew of Boulotte, It cannot be said of her little self at all, “C'est un Rubens/’’ indsigtarde ens eaters wit Sita Sem ao ca’ ,’ ahe ent such gest into the spirit of her role she compreneods It so thoroughly er 80 and —— ge ne, rote in = retty and so expressive, her rom; Rhone ‘#0 lively and, notwithstanding its ‘abandon, 80 happily free from rudeness, her pantomime ts so eloquent, her movements are so quick and electric ‘even to spectators who have been “electrified” by ie, Tostée), her knowledge of stage business is 60 perfect, and her ble mezz0-soprano voice 1s 80 ‘well trained and so flexible that she makes @ most acceptable and fascinating Boulotte. Mile. will doubtless be as permanently identified with t character in the American mind as Mile. Tostée with that of the “Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein.’’ M. Aujac, with his strong tenor vol his skil- ful acting and the intense vitality which he throws into the character of Barbe Bleue, is rapidly and deservedly becoming a great favorite. Notwithstanding the disadvant under which the music of the “3arbe Bleue” labors of being heard by our New York audiences after they had first become familiar with such later Productions of Offenbach as the “Grande Duchesse’’ and the “Belle ste gro’ . Even the occa- sional Seminiscences awakened by several everybody is beginning to hi ad Horatian maxim, ‘Dulce est desipere tn licable to the ‘Barbe Bleue,” as well as bouffe Offenbach. It is full lomon, who declared Es ee 6 time to wee not at which such nonsense healthily and liber- NEW. YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1868. buttery or a soap bubble with mer, There are some thick- headed numskulls who savagely denounce Offen- bach because, forsooth, he did not convert the Blue Beard into a saint, Boulotte, too, was gloomily frowned upon by these eis moralists, who were no less mercliess towards her than her rude peasant companions were, and could not con- ceive what right, even by lot, a merry, wilful, mis- chievous little romp could have to be crowned a3 a rosiere, until Mile. Irma, with all her sprightiiness and fun and abandon, convinced even them that chic need not be indecency. It is not Offenbach's “mis- sion” to be a professor of didactic theology or of moral philosophy. ‘The amusing anachronisnis and other ncongruities which he purposely introduces—as, for instance, the howitzers and cannoneers and rifemen of Blue Beard’s army, and a Mexican ballet in Brittany, in the old days of the Crusades— are a8 little amenable to serious criticism as the povesmow but traditional propensities of Blue ard, Underneath, however, the utmost levity on the surface of “Barbe Bleue” and every other opera of Offenbach lies one steady, invariable motive which, singularly enough, has elicited scarcely any comment—the keenest and most unsparing satire of all that 18 ridiculous and wrong tn royalty and court life. it 13 with this Damascus blade, so well tempered and so sharp, that Offenbach, the Heinrich Heine of music, could dexterously behead any King Bobéche and Kite oeche would not know what was the matter with him until he sneezed, It is not the least claim of the operas of Offenbach to a certain historical value that they should have been applauded by the congress of European emperors, kings, princes and nobles who met in Paris during tne year of the last great Exhi- bition, Like the French nobles who just before the Revolution fraternized with the wits and philoso- phers of the day, these royal and courtly speciators of the “Grande Duchesse" and the ‘Barbe Bleue’? and the rest did not know what they wore laughing ‘at and applauding. THE NEW DOMINION. tk: Sedge” nam Aatl-Unioniste—Mobbing Suggested—Spirit of the Press—A Sensation. Hawirax, August 1, 1868. The Hon. Sir John A. MacDonald, Sir G. E. Cartier and William McDougall are to arrive here to- day. Their mission ts to Placate the anti-Unionists of Nova Scotia. It ts understood they will meet them half way. The antis hold out firmly for re- peal, and the spirit of the public press has been tn- tensely bitter, even suggesting the mobbing of the Canadian ministers, The Hon. Joseph Howe publishes in this morning’s papers a very unex- pected letter, Herevukes the sentiments of the antl press, and alludes to the ner in which the Nova were treated in Canada, although hostile to the Canadian government and policy. If Nova Scotiana have lost their constitution they should at least preserve their manners. England has thrown upon the Canadian government the re- sponsibility of a great pocogpay and the Nova Scotians are bound to give a falr hearing to the remedial measures which the government may have to propose. Its delegates must be accorded courte- ous treatment, for the antis are not sq strony that they can afford to outrage the public sentiments of the whole world by a reckless disregard of the usages of civilized diplomacy. This letter has created a great sensation among the anti-confederates, and Howe ia bitterly upbraided as a traitor. This letter, they say, is the first step of his political reoreancy. The more reasonable commend its tone and spirit. handsome man- Scotian members Dr. Tapper to Retire from the Cabinet—The Turf Club—The Mohawk Lacrosse Club. MONTREAL, August 1, 1868, Private advices from a very high official at Halifax recetved to-day are to the effect that Dr. Tupper will retire from the Cabinet to practice his profession, and that Howe will be offered and will accept a seat in the Dominion Cabinet. This ts trustworthy. The Montreal Turf Club races will take place at Longueuil on the 19th and 20th. The Mohawk Lacrosse Club ot Troy leave for home to-day, having been badly beaten in every match. ‘The Wreck of the Preciosa. Quebec, August 1, 1868. Pilots have petitioned Trinity House to blow up the wreck of the bark Preciosa, on Hare Island shoal, with torpedoes, as it cannot be removed by tugs or divers. She lies in shoal water, dangerous to vessels bound inward or outward. Guarantees from Insurance Companies. Otrawa, August 1, 1868, Under act of dominion government respecting in- surance companies doing business in Canada and requiring a deposit as guarantee to insurers, the fol- lowing American companies have deposited the necessary guarantees with the Minister of Finance:— Home, of New Haven, Conn., United States five- twenties to the amount of $705,000. Atna, of Hartford, Conn., $50,000 in stock of Canadian banks. An insurance company of Hartford, Conn., not named, $130,500 in five-twenties. Phoenix Mutual Life, of Hartford, Conn., $70,000in five-twenties, Connecticut Mutual Life, of Hartford, Cona., $140,- 000 in five-twenties. Travellers’ Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., $140,000 in five-twenties. Etna Life, of Hartford, Conn., $140,000 in five- twenties. The Ratlway Passengers’ [Insurance Company have closed their agencies in Canada, as their Canadian business was not such as to be worth depositing nec- essary guarantee of $100,000 in gold. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The New Gunboat Kenosha—Description of Her Hull, Machinery, Engines, Snils, &c.-: Postponement of the Launc! The launch of the new gunboat Kenosha, wiitch was to have taken place on Tuesday at noon, has been postponed by orders from the vy Department at Washington until Saturday next, 8th in: The reason for this delay is unknown, the Kenosha being now ready in every respect for launching. It is supposed, however, that the explanation is to be found in the fact that one or more officials of the department at Washington, being absent on account of business, are unable to attend the launch before the time mentioned. The Kenosha 1s a screw gunboat of 1,380 tons bur- den (old measurement), and when fully equipped for service heF armament will be as follows:—One eleven-inch pivot gun, six eight-inch guns on iron carriages, one sixty-pounder on forecastle, two twenty-four-pounders on poop and two twelve- pounder boat guns. The Kenosha has been con- structed under the superintendence of B. F. Delano, Naval Constructor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and is in every respect equal to the other splendid ves- sels which the skill of that gentleman has provided for our naval service. Among the vessels con- structed under Mr. Delano’s supervision a be mentioned the Miantonomoh, Wampanoag, Quinne- bang, Lackawanna, Ticonderoga Madawaska, be sides many others. The Kenosha has been built specially with a view to attaining the highest rate of speed eed end as far as can be judged her sharp, beautiful Model and faultiess outiine give e Promise that Sei Mak antes eat fy eat ry e Kenosha was y B. F. al Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, ‘and her first frame was raised on the 27th of June, 1867. The internal ai ments of the Kenosha will be Much the same as those of other vessels of her class, the state rooms, &c., being bullt in the regulation manner, ing to rank of officers. Other veaseis of the same class are now be.ng built at the different naval stations, — which we may mention the At Philadelphia tnd the “Algoure, building. at Pores ai ‘an na at mouth, N. R ne dimensions of thejKenoana are as followa:—Length between perpendiculars, 250 feet 6 inches; extreme length from billethead to taffrail, 283 feet 0 inches; breadth as 4 treme breadth of beam, 88 feet; depth of hold from throats of floors to lower side of gun deck, 19 feet 7 inches, The engines and machinery for the Kenosha are being constructed at the Navy Yard under the super- vision of Chief Engineer W. W. Wood, United States Navy. The entire machinery was designed by erwood, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineer- and is of the most powerful and improved des- ion, The Kenoska will be supplied with double mn rod back acti condenser, and will have four main boilers, five fur- naces in each. ‘The grate surface will be 390 square feet and the total heating surface 7,260 square feet. The propeller will be of the kind denominated ‘‘two- bladed hoisting screw.” The smoke stacks will be ‘wo in number, each 73 inches in diameter and 64 fect above the level of th The Kenosha will be 88 & bark, and will carry @ much larger ty of canvas than is Siete Srp is Sl 6 Sta at area of her princi juare feet. As Will be seeh Ms) the above description, the Ke- Nosha will be supplied with all the latest and most | rere appliances, and will doubtless pre most = i W the service for which she has a The United States Steamer Canandaigua at Queenstown. ‘The latest dates by mail inform us that the screw Canandaigua (seven guns), of the European squadron, was at Queenstown, Ireland, on the 22d ult., ander command of Captain James H. Strong. She arrived in that harbor direct from Southam on the pre- ing e usual salutes was to leave ener WASHINGTON. Ad cacerim Appoiniments Proposed in the Commissionership of Internal Revenue aud the Russian Mission, Regulations for the Collection of the Now Whiskey and Tobacoo Taxes. Wasatnaron, August 2, 1863, Dull Days at the Capital—Green Hands Among the Office Beggars. . Washington to-day has been duller than for nearly @ whole year. Indeed. were it not for the oice beg- gars there would be very little to write about at all. The last Congressman has skedaddled home or to some watering place, and not a Senator ts left here butone. The hoteis are deserted and the streets look bare. Only in the vicinity of the Executive Oftice is there visible much sign of life or business, There the beggars are congregated in scores, as they have been ever since adjournment and the President is pestered as never, perhaps, was President before. His whole time is consumed in listening to the earnest appeals of men from all parts of the country seeking appointments as supervisors and storekeepers under the new dispensation, and also of men of a higher grade anxious to get control of the Internal Revenue Bureau, vice Rollins, who has resigned, but objects to being kicked out sans céremonie, The appearance of the visitors at the White House is quite different from what one has been accustomed to see. Indeed, they look like an- other race of people altogether, being lean, sorrow stricken, seedy and bilious, They hang about the reception room, bother the secretaries of the President with fruitless appeals and attempt the impossible job of bribing Cushaw, the grand usher, to get them a speedy interview with the Executive Tycoon. Yesterday one of them offered a one dollar greenback—think of it!—to that faithful officer and was rewarded by being conducted to the grand en- trance down stairs and advised to invest his spare currency in clean linen and soap and water. The Proposed Purchase of a Malayan Island, Moreno, the italian traveller, who offers a certain Malayan island to our governinent for $500,000, it seems, has been negotiating for that purpose for some time. ‘The first proposal was made to our government through Mr. Marsh, our Minister to Italy, and the next through General Dix, in Paris. Moreno was introduced to Senator Doolittle in Paris by General Dix, and on the return of the Senator to Washington he expiained the omer to the President and Secretary Seward. The proposal was favorably received. Doolittle wrote from here to Moreno, ad- vising him to come on in person, and Moreno took the hint, arriving here avout two months ago. No- thing further will be done inthe matter until Sew- ard’s return from Auburn. The Russian Mission—Geveral Banks Urged for the Position—A Legal Polat. It is understood that General Banks is being earn- estly urged for the mission to Russia, and grave con- sultations are being held in reference to the power of the Presidert to appoint during the recess of Congress. Under the Civil Tenure of Ofice act the President cannot appoint an ofiicer to a vacancy that occurred previous to the adjourn- ment of Congress, but in this case no vacancy exists, as the resignation of Cassius M. Clay was tendered, to take effect on the nomination and con- firmation of his successor. it is claimed by some that, under the circumstances, the President can Appoint, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, without violating the provisions of the Civil Tenure act, and it is argued by others that, should the appointment be made, Mr. Clay could insist on a strictcompliance with the terms of his resignation and refuse to acknowledge the legality of the ap- pointment until 1tshould be confirmed by the Senate. The Revenue Commissionership—Probable Ap- pointment of an Ad Interim. About the Internal revenue Commissionership squabble there seems to be nothing positively de- cided yet; at least nothing official is to be had on the subject from the President; It is asserted never- theless, on good authority that to-morrow or mext day the gordian knot will be cut by the appointment of an ad tnterim, Who this lucky being is remains in doubt, but the names of Cutter, Cox, Wisewell, Cummings and Coopor are still bruited about. On the other hand it is also said that the President will take no step in the business until Evarts returns; that the latter is to give a legal opinion on the powers of the President in the pre- mises, that Roilins has made a compromise by which he will resign outright in a certain contin- gency if Evarts says go. Signs of Peace Among the Indians, The Indian Bureau has received but few reports recently from the Indian country containing allu- sions to signs of serious hostilities among the In- dians, There is less apprehension now than there was some time ago of trouble with several of the tribes whose movements have not been calculated to strengthen hopes of peace. The Comanches par- ticularly have been surrendering captives who were held by them. These, with other signs, are regarded as conclusive evidence that they at least have no present intentiva of engaging in war against the whites. Tho Reported Deficiency in the Post Ofice Finances. A paragraph recently appeared in the newspapers generally respecting the financial affairs of the Post OMce Department. But there ts authority from the proper accounting officer of the department for say- ing that the statements are altogether unreliabie. The official exhibit of receipts and expenditures for the Gscal year just closed will not and cannot be completed until September or October next, and whatever deficiency may then appear will not arise in any considerable degree from the causes men- tioned in the paragraph to which reference has been made. The greater part of the supposed deficiency wili be owing to the establishment by Congress of expensive mail routes in the new and remote Western Territories, which, being expected to produce but little revenue, were specially pro- vided for by appropriations made by Congress. They are, therefore, not really @ proper charge upon the ordinary Post Office revenues. The statement that the deficit of 1866 was the dret for several years is also @ mistake, this being in former years the rule and not the exception. The surplus of 1965, also alluded to, was the first for a long series of years, and will probably necessarily be the last for some yeats to come. In apparent offset to the deficiency there will also be the allowance of $700,000 per year made by the government for the transmission of free mail matter—a sum which the department earns a6 fully a8 any other branch of its revenues, Affairs in Louisiana. Senator Harris, of Louisiana, who i still in Wash- ington, says that no person has been recently hither authorized to speak as @ member of Governor War- mouth’s staf, The public statements contrary to this assertion are thus contradicted. Senator Harris resides opposite Natchez, on the Mississippi river. He has many letters from Louisiana and Mississippi, but none of them contain advices of an organized opposition to excepting aifairs in either State, There were no disturbances existing in two parishes of Louisiana, They were trivial and such as are not unusual in ang community. They were caused by reckless persons, whose conduct is condemned by good men of all parties, General Steedman Resumes His Duties as Collector of Loternal Revenue in New Ore leans. It will be recollected that some months ago General Steedman tendered his resignation as Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans, to take place on the confirmation of @ successor; but as the Senate did not advise and consent to the nomination sent to that body by the President General Steedman left Washington to-day to resume the duties of that office. Ctreular from the Internal Revenue Bareau— Regulations Under the Now Whiskey and Tobacce Tax Bill. The Commissioner of Internal Revenuc has just issued a circular as follows:— Seotion sevent my phd act of July 20, 1963, re- quires every dealer manafactured tobacco having ‘more than twen' and every desler in eau having oa Uand. dooce Wau ton Godads 10 make and a it immediately with the Assistant Assessor of cyt division an inventory taken under oath, setting forth the amount of such tobac- co and snuff respectively, and to make and deposit s p Like inventory with the Assistant Assessor on the of each month thereafter, as provided by law, After the ist day of January, 1869, all smok fine cut chewing tobac- co or snuff, and ir the lat day of July, 1869, ail other manufactured tobacco of every description is to be taken and deemed to have been manufac- tured after the of the act, and is required to be put up in packages and stamped a3 provided by law, Section 94 requires every dealer in cigars or either foreign or domestic manufacture, havi on hand more than five thousand at the passage of this act, immediately to make under oath and file with the assistant assessor of the proper division @ true inventory of all cigars in his ion, and to ake amd fle @ lke inventory on the rst day of each month until the iat of April, 1869, at which date all cigars of every description are to be deemed to have been manufactured after the passage of this act, and are required to be stamped accordingly. Blank forms for inventories No, 75 will be forwarded in a short time and assessors wi ad soon as the blanks are received require their assistants to proceed at once to notify all dealers and call upon them for inventories required by the law; and thereafter the inventories must be returned on the first of each month, These inventories must be immediately for- warded by the assistant assessors to the assesssors who is required to transmit abstracts of the same to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Nomluations Before the Senate Not Acted Upon. The following 1s a complete list of the nominations before the Senate not acted upon at the recess:— Commissioner of Internal Revenue—Alexander Cummings, of Pennsylvania. Mimsiers Resident—George H. Parker, to Ecuador; Thomas N. Stillwell, to Venezueia. Second Auditor of the Treasury—Luther B, Wil- son. Consuls-Oliver B. Bradford, to Brunai, Borneo; Albert G. Smith, to Mexico; Francis R. Webb, to Zanzibar. Surveuors of the Customs—William Bowen, at Han- nibal, Mo.; James Raulsin, at Saybrook, Conn. United States Marshals—Rowan J. Boone, Ken- tne! H. L. Brown, Western district of Pennsylva- nia; J. C. Rowland, Western district of Arkansas. United States Attorneys—John 8, Milson, Virginia; John P. O'Neill, Eastern district of Pennsylvania; Benj. H. Smith, West Virginia. Navat Oficer—Philip B. Fouke, New Orleans, La. Coltectors of Customs—W mn. Aiken, Charleston, S. C.; Bion Bradbury, Portland and Falmouth, Me.; John D, Hopkin nan’s Bay, Me.; Joseph Smith, Wiscasset, Me; W. H. er, New Or- leans, La. Collectors of Internal Revenue—J. Irving Burns, Tdaho; Wm. Fithian, Seventh district, Hlino! fred I Louisia Percy B. Spear, Robert M. Smith, F ‘Third district, Maryland, Assessors of Internat Revenue—David H. Abell, Twenty-fifth district, New York; Jos, H. Chamber- lain, Fifth district, Maine; Jos. KE. Coulter, Ninth dis- trict, New York; L. A. Smith, venth district, In- diana; Lorenzo D, Simons, First district, New York; W. T. Stevens, Idaho; John L. Treanor, Fifth district, Kentucky; L. D, Waddell, First district, Georgia. Postmasters—Thomas ©, Allen, at Indianola, Texas; N. B. Bennett, at Cambridge City, Ind; H. V. Colt, at Geneseo, N. Y.; C. W. Champlain, at Water- loo, Iowa; James Davis, at Memphis, Tenn.; Wil- liam Hoifner, at sk eit La.; Henry ©. Hunt, at Delavan, Wis.; Henry Little, at Auburn, Me.; George W. Summers, Ga.; James C. hea, at Milledgeville, City, Idaho; B. A. War ; John Whelan, at Canto! enosha, Wis. Territorial Offices isaac L. Gibbs, Governor, Wm. H. Parker and Wim. F. Pligeon ‘eturies of idaho; idock, Governor of Wyoming; Wm. M. Staf- Lorenzo Williston, Assistant Justi vurt of Montana. Public Lands—Osear Buckalew, Receiver, Art ona; Stephen F, Chanwick, Keceiver, Oregou; J. W. dwell, Register, Wyoml Hiram Lathan, Sur- OTL mas P, Miller, Re- veyor General, W. celver, Indiana; R. F. Pratt, Indian Afairs—Wm. J.’ Culien, & Idaho and Montana, Pension Agent—George ale, New York city, Justices ofthe Peace—j. W. Barnado, M. P. Catian, N. Callan, James Cull, S. E. Dougiass, Henry Lyies and E. A. Ryther, Washington D. C. Issue of Land Deeds from the Patent Office. ‘The Commissioner of the General Land OMice dur- ing the past three months has transmiited 5,791 patents or deeds from the United States to individu- als for lands in the following districis:—Dacotah City, Brownville, Nebraska City and Omaha, Nebraska; Junction City, Humboldt and Topeka, Kansas; Booneville, Ironton and Springfield, Mis- souri; Des Moines, Fort Dodge and Sioux City, Iowa; Detroit, East Saginaw, ‘ona, Marquette and Traverse City, Michigan; Stevens Point, La Crosse, Bay Field, Menasha and Eau Claire, Wisconsin; St, Cloud, St, Peter, Greenleaf, and Winnebago City, Minnesota; Stockton, Visalia, Marysville and San Francisco, California; Little Rock and Washington, Arkansas; Vermillion, Dacotah Territory; Carson City, Nevada; Oregon City, Oregon; Springfield, Ilinois; Denver City, Colorado; Monroe, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippt; Tallahassee, Flor- ida. These patents were founded on cash sales, bounty land warrant locations and Agricultural College scrip selections. The Town of Pinos Altos, New Mexico. Commissioner Wilson, of the General Land Ofice, has just received a planand accompanying state- ments filed under the acts of July 1, 1864, and March 3, 1865, of the town of Pinos Altos, Grant county, New Mexico, embracing 320 acres, tn townships 16 and 17, south of range 13, west. The town of Pinos Altos is situated on Bear creek—a tributary of the Gila river—in a basin near the summit of the Rocky Mountains, about 6,800 feet above the level of the sea, and in the centre of @ rich mining district, For fifteen miles east and west of the town belts of mineral veins cross the divide between the Atlantic and Pacific slopes. Gold, silver, lead, iron, copper and koline are plentiful, over one hundred lodes having been discovered, and on many of them extensive tunnels and shafts have been sunk. This town was first settled in 1860 and now contains from six hundred to seven hundred inhabitants, one hun- dred and twenty dwelling houses, two hotels, seven mercantile establishments, one saw mill and three furnaces for smelting silver, also three stamp mills for working gold quartz. THE MURDER ON BOARD THE BARK JAVA, OF NEW BEDFORD. We copy the following letter from the Vineyard Gazette relative to the tragedy which occurred on board the whaling bark Java, of New Bedford, from Mr. Charles Bates, of Edgartown, who is first officer of the Java, and who so narrowly escaped the sad fate of the third mate:— SovraBara, May 22, 1808, Captain S. W. Crosby:— BAR SiR—According to promise made before leaving home I will now write you, and give you at home a true account of the murder on board of the Java on the night of the 8th of May, tn which our third mate, John H. Jo of Fairhaven, was the victim. The facts are as follows:— We were lying at anchor in Flores Straits, waiting for the tide to turn. After we came to anchor a boat came from Larantuck with the Governor and two other Europeans, offering to it us in any way they could. Larantuck & small town ten miles from where we lay and about six miles from the en- trange to the a having some talk with them in regard to ts Captain Kempton thought \d go up to the town, get what recruits he could and come back in the morning, and by so doing save time. After Captain Kempton left, at about mine o’ciock in the evening, I set the Arizona, superintendent watches (the boatateerers h: ig the same), gave my orders and went below, Non | ery eer (not hav- ing slept any for the past forty-two hours on ac- count of having arrived In the straits the night revious, which are only half a mile wide). About Pretve o'clock at midnight I was startled out of a sound Meep by a cry on deck. I jumped out on deck and as I reached it was knocked down by some one behind me, who struck me on the back of the head. As I struck the deck I was taken up by two or more persons, who carried me into the walst and lashea me up to the lashrail. While tying me up they hit me twice on eee ham Ke billet of wood, By that time I was nearly tnsensible. After the villains had secured me they lowered the waist boat and left the ship—two boateteerers and four sailors, six in all. Mr. Jones was ying ina hammock on deck. They féll upon him and beat him so that he lived but twenty-six hours, in great evil 1m G. Parker, the head of the gang, steered with the second mate, and was @ very still fellow. He belongs at the Head of Acushnet; has a brother who has been master of the Orray Taft two voyages. He came from a very likely family. The others were Irish and English. After the viliains left | was out of my head about one hour from the wound I re- ceived. After I came tol found that the ship was adrift. We anchored tn forty-five fathoms, sixty fathome chain out, one-quarter of a mile from the shore, $0 teat when the tide turned the ship went with the tide. Captain Remnpeee after consulting with the second mate and myself, thought it best to go to Sourabaya and get some men, as we are only uineteen all told. We have taken sixty barrels sperm oil. CHARLES BATES, ena MILITARY COURTRS183.—The Boston Traveller of the ist instant states that the Montgomery Guard return from New York honored, if not bearing the prize they sought, and adds:—“They went there to compete with su friends for a prize for pro- ficiency {m military drill. They went expectit Fair play; but, like all who have gone there with an ex- ey came aw: ited. There fessed to be friends, unfairness on the part of the Jndges, and positive hindrance from the New York roughs that pe the arena of the trial. But they won the ad- ration Of ali fair-minded spectators, oe 8 SOUTH AMERICA. Minister Wasbburn’s Difficulty With tho Confederate Allies—Prospect of Settlement. Rio Jangigo, June 23, 1868. The Anglo-Brazilian Times of this city in its issue of to-day says:—A diplomatic consict has arisen be tween the Marquis de Caxias and General Washbura, the American Minister to Paraguay, in consequence of the former refusing to allow the United States gunboat Wasp to pass upwards in the river to re- ceive the latter and his family. The Marquis of- fered to send up an ironclad to bring the General Gud his family down to the Wasp, but this waa de- clined, and the dispute has been transferred to Rio for settlement, Owing to the dispnte between General Washbura and the Marquis of Caxias and the expressed deter- mination of the commander of the United States steamer Wasp to proceed upwards, even to Asuncion, atall hazards, the steamer S. José had been sentdown the river to Montevideo to bring up Conselheiro Am- aral to accommodate the dimiculty. By way of England we have additional malt tele- grams from Rio Janeiro dated on the 23d of June which report:— AN expedition of threo thousand cavatry and a few light fleld pieces have been seut to recunnotire the position of Lopez at Tebicuari, but waa obliged to return without gaining the object in view, aa the river Jacaré, which had to be crossed, was found 80 much swollen that it could not be forded, and the expedition had no other means of pasatag. It yay however, ascertained from prisoners that Presid Lopez had with him at Tebicuari the rest of the army, numbering from seven thousand to eight thou- sand men. : Telegrams received in Montevideo from Buenos Ayres just before the mail left mention another at- tempt of the jayans to dislodge the allies¢rom the peninsula of the Chaco, in front of Humaita. They were, however, repulsed with severe loas, the ailica also suffering considerably. The rising of the waters of the Paraguay, if it continue, may possibly compel the allies ‘0 abandon their position, as it will be completely submerged several feet. The capital of Paraguay has been removed from Asuncion to Li ues about two leagues further tn- land, where the foreign consuls have been invited to reside, The Semanario, the gazette of Paraguay, ® number of which appeared at Buenos Ayres, is: ni printed at the new capital. A TRAGIC AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Veiled Horsemen Appear Before the Ji in San Jacinto, Miss. at Midnight, Seize a Murderer and Aiang Him, From the Memphts Avalanche, Juty 20.) ‘The town of Jacinto, the county seat of ‘Tishomingo county, Miss., was the scene of a tragic and mys- terious affair fast. Wednesday night, which bas been the subject of much comment since. Upwards of two weeks ago two white men, known respectively as Williams and Bibb, and noted as outiaws, Were arrested by the joint efforts of the military and civil authorities for something and lodged in the Jacinto jail. ‘Two weeks afterwards both escaped, but on the following day the dead body of Bibb wss found in the woods, It had been stripped of clothing and every circumstance tended to the belief that he had been murdered. About the same time some horses were missed in the neighborhapd and a squad of soldiers and citl- zens commenced scouring the country for the thieves, Suspicion naturally fell on Wiillams, who was traced to near Eastport, on the Tennessee river, and captured by some soldiers. One of the recognized the clothing worn by him as that belong- ing to Bibb when tn jail. He was at once accused, of the murder, and being c! ly questioned confessed both crimes. Williams was taken to Jacinto and re- stored to the communion of the kindred spirits he 80 suddenly deserted, About twelve o'clock last Wednesday night the quiet streets of Jacinto resounded with the clatter of horsemen, and a few moments afterwards a dozen or fifteen men, finely mounted and masked, halted in front of the oniy store iu the place. Loud rap ing brought a young man who slept over the establish- ment to the window. He was asked to admit the party. Hesitating, he was assured no harm was tn- tended him, but the party intended coming in and would break the door if Le persisted in refusing en. trance, a8 it was necessary to procure a plece of rope- The bewildered clerk now hastened to open the door, and suddenly found himself confronted by seve: men, 80 perfectly disguised that it was impossible to recognize a feature of th ir faces. Obtaining the rope one offered payment, but the young man, onl; too glad to be rid of his ghostly looking visitors, sai he wanted nothing, but hoped they would leave at once. ‘They left, rode rapidly to the jail and knocked at the door until the jaflor, Mr. Travis, came to the window and demanded the cause of the singular demonstration, ‘We want to get in,” replied one of the veiled horsemen; and upon the jallor's refusal to grant permission the door was prized open. He came down stairs and entreated them to leave, but the leader terminated the parley by calling ou! Nos, 1, 7and9 will take charge of the jailor,” an Mr. Travis was suddenly seized and prevented from any further demonstration, ‘The only other utterance of the leader was “You've got & man we want,” as he led the way to the in- terior of the building. In the centre is a large tron cage, used to confiue dangerous prisoners. The door was prized open and several of the velled regulators entered. . It contained three negroes and two white men. The leader pointed to one of them, the murderer Williams, who was seized and borne outside, The three men detalied to guard the jailor remained with him a few moments, but the otherg disappeared as suddenly as they had come. Soon the jailor was left alone. At daylight {n the morning the news of the visit of a masxed mob to the jail became known, and the sheriff, Captain Beall, started to ascertain the whereabouts of the prisoner, Commencing at the jail he traced the party by the merks of the horses’ oofs on the ground. One hundred and fifty yards from the building the road makes an abrupt turn at a lonely wooded place. Looking up from the ground @ moment when reaching the spot, he waa startled at seeing the body of the object of his search dangiing lifeleas from the limb of a@ tree. He had evidently been dead several hours, for the form was coki and rigid. No one was present to tell the story. The work of the executioners had been short and decisive, aig! the world contained one less criminal. Wiiliams was once a federal soldier, and came to Corinth last year with a body of troops. He was regarded as @ bad man, and soon rward de- serted. From that time up to his death he wae known as a@ thief and desperado, and on several occasions the military had hanted him through the swamps. He and Bibb were partners for @ long time. The latter could not have had any money when murdered, and Williams would hardly have committed the crime for the few pieces of clothing worn by his victim. It is more probable that Possessed information of some dark transaction which Williams was particularly desirous of Tor from the light, well knowing that ‘dead men no tales.” The names of the men who executed Wil- liams are unknown. There are no Ku Klux in the county, and many believe the ‘‘regulatora”’ to have been soldiers. STEAMBOAT COLLISION OFF STATEN ISLAND. Yesterday afternoon, as the Staten Island ferryboat Middletown, Captain James Braisted, was approack- ing the Quarantine dock, on the two o'clock trip from the city, the Health Officer’s propeller, Governor Fenton, started out from her dock, ran directly in front of the Middletown and eventually came in violent collision with that vessel. The upper works on the port side of the Fenton were completely de- molished, but the Middietown sustained little or no dam: Dr. Retd, the Deputy Heaich OMicer, and one of the Quarantine policemen ae. overboard and were rescued by a small iain C. Cole made his eacape by jumping on the ferryboat. No one waa injured. Died. SemMcCK#N.—After a long illness, Hengy SsMcreN, in the 62d year of his age. Notice of funeral {n to-morrow’s Herald. (For other Deaths see Third Page.) 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