The New York Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HER. Volume XX XIII. et AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN. BOWERY THEATRE, Jon's VistrT—OLp Dame Guim OLYMPIC THEATRE. dway.—Houprr Domprr. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 13:b street.— Tar Lorreny or Lire. ROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Troppren Down. NEW YORK THEAT! FouL PLAY. ae BRYANTS' OPERA HO Tammany Building, Mth atreet.—ETiorian MINST! 40 ) Opposite New York Hotel.— B 1 Bowory.Comro &e. TONY PASTOR'S OPE Yooa.iom, NEGRO MINSTREL DODWORTH HALL, £05 Broadway.—ALr BURNETT, THE Humogisr. OBNTRAL PARK GARDEN, Gaupen Concent. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn,—Hoousy'’s MUNSTREL8—UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT. wenth avonué.—POPULAR NEW YORK MUSBUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOIKNOR AND ART. New York, Tuesday, August 4, 1868. THEE NoWws. EUROPE. ‘The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yesterday evening, August 3. ‘The Pope will Soon name a number of cardinals, including Monsignor Talbot, an Englishman. Twenty-three persons were killed during a stam- pede from a music hall in Manchester, Eugland, during an unfounded alarm of fire. Turkish troops have engaged and defeated the in- surgents in the Danubian principalities, The new French loan is authorized by imperial de- cree. Consols, 94'4 a 942{, money. Five-twenties, 713, a 71% in London and 75% in Fraukfort, Paris Bourse dull, Cotton easier, with middling uplands at 9% pence. Breadstutis heavy. Provisions firm and slightly up- ward. Produce quiet and steady. The cable of 1866 ceased to work, supposed from damage by an iceberg near Newfoundiana, early yes- terday afternoon. By steamship at this port we have mail details of our cable telegrams to the 24th of July, including a report of Mr. Gladstone’s speech at Romsey, Eng- lond, on ¢ political situation in England and his plan of cure for the ills of Ireland. THE CITY. General Charles G. Halpine, who was widely known as Miles O’lelily, under which name he wrote, died suddenly at the Astor House on Sunday night. Mountain Boy and Lady Thorn trotted for $2,000 at New Dorp, Staten Island, yeaterday, best three heats in five, over a track not quite three-quarters of mile long. The race was won by Mountain Boy in four heats, the mare winning the first and Mountain Boy the three succeeding ones, ‘The best three-quar- tor mile made was in 1:48. A man named William Douglas was found dead in his room at his house, No. 67 Sands street, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had been missing since Thursday night, and the body was so decomposed that on moving it the head fell of. His mother and sister had gone to the country some time ago, and becom- ing alarmed at his continued silence the sister re- turned yesterday, and searching through the house, amid an almost overpowering stench, discovered the body. How he met his death is a mystery. A butcher named Ahearn in Twenty-ffth street nad occasion to order a party of boys away from in front of his store, where they were acting disorderly, on Saturday, and, being resisted by one of them, William Hughes, a lad of seventeen, he kicked him in the abdomen, from the effects of which he died yesterday. Ahearn was arrested and an examination will be held to-morrow. On the application of six excluded members of the new Board of Councilmen yesterday, Judge Barnard fasued a mandamus to compel the Board to admit them as members, on the ground that the twelfth section of the act of 1866 ls unconstitutional and void. The Hamburg American Packet Company's steam- ship Aliemannia, Captain Bardua, will leave Hoboken at two P. M. to-day for Hamburg, via Southampton, The European mails will close at the Post Ofice at twelve M. to-day. The steamship Colorado, Captain Cutting, of the Liverpool and Great Western line, will sail from pier 46 North river at tweive M. to-morrow (Wednesday), for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land passen- gers, &c. The North American Steamship Company's new Steamer Dacota will leave pier 46 North river at twelve M. to-morrow (Wednesday), for California via Panama railroad. The stock market was unsettled yesterday by a Trad upon Erie. Government securities were dull. Gold closed at 145% a 145%. MISCELLANEOUS. Turk's Island papers of July 18 report:—Notwith- Standing the rain, the salt pans are tn very forward condition, An abundant supply of salt is on hand. Price 10c., but it can be purchased a little below for cash. Advises from Porto Rico, dated at Mayaguez, July 18, report at Arecibo, the only district where sugar grinding t# still busily continued, the produce is quoted at from $450 to $6 50 for extremes of qual- ity, and molasses 20c. a 23¢. per gallon. Superior flour there is worth $10, with an upward tendency. Pitch pine lumber in suitable assortments would bring $35, and is much wanted, According to our letter from St. Domingo the - Dominican Cabinet are surprised but not alarmed over the tone of the American press relative to the Alta Vela affair. The Minister of Foreign Relations claims that the Spanish government ejected the American settlers at a time when St. Domingo was being converted from a republic into a Spanish colony, because it could not permit a permanent lodging of American citizens so near the new acquisition, Our Long Branch correspondent intimates that that delightful summer resort has this season been given over almost entirely to politics and politicians. At the Stetson House are Mayor Hofman, Judge Barnard, George Wilkes, Chauncey Depew, Sneridan Shook and other New York representatives of both parties, The Kentucky election took place yesterday, and resulted in a democratic victory by a majority which Will probably reach 60,000. A bill reducing the bonds of State officers in South Carolina was passed in the Legisiature of that State yesterday. A colored republican opposed the re- duction of the bond of Parker, the State Treasurer, on the ground that he was aman of doubtful hon- esty, and that improper influences had been used to play upon the credulity of members, The City Councils ta Washington are still in a squabble. Both wings assembied yesterday, and the two Presiients of [the Board of Aldermen had a personal set-to, in which neither was hurt. The time was then passed in adopting the tax roll by the radical wing, while the conservative President varied the proceedings by batting on his desk to drown the voice of his rival. As neither party recognizes the presence of the other there can be no quorum present, but that appears to make no difference in the transaction of business. ‘The feeling in Nova Scotia against the confedera- tion still continues with unabated violence. An appeal to the United States ts suggested in some qua-ters. ‘The leading democratie organs of Virginia, it ia toral vote for the Presidency to be counted in Novem- ber ,on the ground that Virginla was a State in the Union during the war, having representatives in Congress and a loyal government. In case the vote is thrown out it is further proposed to contest the legality of the election. General Meade has issued another order announc- ing the restoration of civil law in his district, and directing the concentration of troops to conform to the change of condition. The Florida Legislature yesterday passed @ bill taking the election of delegates to the Electoral College from the people and vesting it in the Legislature, and also a bill requiring telegraph operators to take an oath of secrecy and making it @ penal offence to di- vulge any message. In the Alabama House of Representatives yesterday the bill giving negroes equal rights on railroad traing was discussed, and some confusion ensued owing to the committee having misplaced the original bill, which could not be found. It is probably lost in both senses of the term, A mob in New Orleans attempted on Saturday, and again yesterday, to take the life of Will Robbins, a negro, who is stumping the city in the interests of the democrats. Several attacks were made on him, but Goverpor Warmouth interposed and dispersed the mob, Two physicians in Hartford have been arrested and placed under bonds for producing an abortion on @ married woman, which resulted in her death. At a school exhibition in Gwinnett county, Ga., on Friday, an affray occurred, in which four negroes were seriously wounded and one mortally. Tho Presidential Campaign—Folly of the Old Rebel Leaders, With the opening of the Presidential cam- paign and as the hopes of the democratic politicians of the South begin to revive the old rebel leaders show their hands. Wade Hampton at Charleston, Robert Toambs at Atlanta, and others among the most prominent rebels at other places, have been making most foolish and injurious speeches on the issues of the past and present. They appeal to the rebel sympathies and memories of the South- ern people and flaunt the rebel flag as the emblem of all that is heroic and noble. While pretending to denounce the radicals of the North, they in reality denounce the whole of the Northern people, democrats as well as republicans, who entered into or favored the war for the Union. They make their lost cause a holy one and boast of the part they took in it. They claim admira- tion when they should suo for forgive- ness for the bloodshed, debt and innu- merable evils they have brought upon the country. However: disposed generous- minded people in thé North may be to sym- pathize with them for their sufferings and dis- abilitics, though brought upon themselves, and however ready they may be to accord to these Southerners the merit of bravery, they cannot forget the bloodshed and horrors of a great civil war, with the enormous burden of debt now weighing heavily upon the North, through the madness and crime of these same rebel leaders. There isa noble disposition to bury the hatchet of war, and, for the welfare of both sectigns in the future, to cultivate harmony ; but this cannot be while such foolish men as Hampton and Toombs flaunt the rebel The radical organs and leaders are de- lighted, of course, with these bombastic and foolish speeches of the old rebels. They can find nothing better to use in the political cam- paign, and they are using them with great effect. Nothing will tend so much to defeat the democratic nominees both on the Presi- dential ticket and for Congress. They will neutralize all the effect of the reaction which had set in against radical misrule, usurpa- tion and extravagance; for the war is yet alive in the memory of the people, and the consequences are yet felt too keenly to tolerate such assumption and folly. We have all along pleaded for mercy to the South, have opposed the pro- scriptive policy of our radical Congress, and have argued in favor of restoration and har- mony as best for both sections of the country ; but our efforts become paralyzed by the foolish conduct of the Southern fire-eaters. There was reason fora long time to commend the moderation and reticence of the Southerners. They seemed to realize their subjugated and helpless condition. More than once we had occasion to speak of their prudence and modesty, and of Wade Hampton's discreet conduct in particular, Even at the Democratic Convention in this city they wisely remained in the background. But the sudden burst of rebel and sectional feeling to which we have referred must tend to destroy the good effect of all this. Not that there is any fear of an- other rebellion. The war was too terrible and the subjugation of the rebels too complete to admit of such a thought. Nor can the conse- quences of the war in the destruction of slavery, in the non-recognition of the rebel debt and in the recognition and payment of the federal debt ever be reversed. All this has been fixed by the constitutional amend- ment. But we want political peace and har- mony between the North and the South. We want the bitterness and evils of the war to be buried in oblivion. Foreign wars may pe remembered and commemorated with satisfac- tion and even to a good purpose, like that of our war with Great Britain, or the war of Independence, but not civil wars, and least of all by the vanquished and those who cause them. Should the Southern leaders continue tn their imprudent and suicidal course the first effect will be not only the election of the radi- cal Presidential ticket, but another radical Con- gress also. Then the South will lose the sym- pathy and aid of a large portion of the con- servative people of the North. Capitalists will be more afraid of investing their money in the South than they were before the war and while slavery existed, and as @ consequence that productive and beautiful section will re- main a comparative waste. Sectional ill-feel- ing will be kept alive and increase. In all probability local troubles may arise that will call for or be made the pretext of mili- tary rule, and though the Southern States may be nominally reconstructed and restored, they will be virtually under military au- thority. Such are a few of the evils which must spring from attempts on the part of the rebel leaders to keep up the old spirit of sec- tional hostility. The Southerners are not out of the woods yet, and we advise them to keep quiet. They have nothing to gain and much to lose by imprudently keeping alive the memory and feeling of the war. If Wade Hampton, Toombs and other rebel chiefs have not more sense, we hope the people may show that they have and will repudiate such blind gated, urge tho expediency of sonding the State elec , and dangorous leaders flag in the face of the Northern people. State by liens; but since the war the NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1868. : Teunessee Finances. The rapid decline in Tennessee bonds from about seventy-seven a few weeks ago to nearly sixty last week has caused more than usual attention to be directed to the financial and general condition of the State. Its failuro to pay the semi-annual interest due on the Ist of July was the immediate cause of the break, and since then the developments in the Legis- lature and elsewhere have still further im- paired its credit. In the Senate a bill was offered and referred providing for the funding of the matured principal and interest of the debt and all that may mature during the next three years into six per cent bonds, to run thirty years, the principal and interest payable in Nashville. This, of course, if acted upon, would be declaratory that the State will sus- pend all payments on account of its debt for three years to come, Subsequently a bill was introduced in the House providing for the funding of the interest and maturing prin- cipal of the debt for five years, thus suspend- ing interest payments for two years longer than the Senate bill proposed; and this was referred to a committee. Governor Brownlow in his message gives an alarming descrip- tion of.the social and political condition of the State, and recommends the calling out of the militia and the summary infliction of the death penalty upon all members of the Ku Klux Klan. “True,” he says, “4t will take money to furnish a military force, but loyal men are entitled to protection without any regard to what it may cost in dollars and cents.” From all this it will be seen that the bondholders have # discouraging prospect be- fore them, and it is not at all surprising that Tennessee bonds have declined ; neither would it be if they were to sink still lower, for Ten- nessee financial affairs present just now an aspect calculated to arouse grave distrust. The situation of matters at Nashville reflects discredit upon the financial officers of the State, and also to some extent upon the Legislature. At the close of the war the total State debt, including arrears of interest, was about nine- teen millions of dollars, about fifteen millions of which were secured by liens on main lines of railway penetrating all the important points of the State; but under the legislation since this time the amount has been increased to about thirty-five millions,. We look in vain for any fair equivalent for this large increase of in- debtedness. There have been no main lines of railway built and not more than a hundred miles of new road have been con- structed since the close of the war all-over tho State. The common school fund has been misapplied and squandered, and the remnant of the banking capital of the State Bank has been also entirely absorded to pay the ordinary expenses of the local government. Antecedent to the rebellion, under the various acts of the Legislature, known as the Internal Improve- ment law, appropriations were made im aid of all the railways in the State of from ten to thirteen thousand dollars per mile, secured to legislation in aid of railways has been of a very loose character, money having been granted to a reckless extent to a number of short and unprofitable lines, As a case in point we may mention that $5,816,299 have been given in aid of the construction and recon- struction of five roads whose aggregate length is only one hundred and thirty-five miles— namely, from fourteen to thirty-six miles each. Then, again, bonds have been given to roads already under mortgage for about their real value, and by the sale of the former these small companies, earning little more than their running expenses, were enabled to pay their interest. Bonds have also been sold by the State to pay interest and militia expenditures, which last have been heavy. This mismanage- ment of the finances has materially impaired the credit of the State and created widespread dissatisfaction among the bondholders, and the rebel element, chafing under disfranchisement, boldly threaten repudiation of a debt which they allege has been forced upon them without representation, So stand the financial affairs of Tennessee, while its social condition is nearly as bad as its finances. The Governor does not feel secure in the fall election without the protection of the militia, and, therefore, calls upon the Legislature to supply the sinews of war, while the conservative element is at fever heat, declaring that if there is any attempt to coerce by force it will be met by force in return. Feejce in the Fatare=Where Are the Fill- busters? Our real estate speculations are just now quite likely to establish the Stars and Stripes on some of the islands of the Feejee group. Some time ago the natives of those islands, giving way to an ancient appetite, ate several of our fellow citizens. Being called to account the King discovered that we had some ideas almost as odd as the tastes of his people; that it was not an unpardonable offence to eat an American, but that anybody who chose to indulge the luxury must pay for it; that an American sailor, in fact, was like any other dish, except that he was exceptionally dear. Well, the sailors had been eaten and the King promised that they should be paid for. He gave his bond. Now the bond of a King of the Cannibal Islands requires collateral security, and this was given also, in the form of a mort- gage on certain of the King’s property—to wit, three islands. His Majesty is likely to fail in the obligation of his bond, and thus to forfeit to us as holders of the mortgage a por- tion of his realm. Doubtless the government will satisfy—if it has not already done so—the claims of the sailors’ families and hold the islands as a sufficient equivalent for the money; for it can hanily be supposed, wo fancy, that the sailors’ families would care to own the land thus acquired. Could a widow whose husband had been eaten by canni- bals venture the possibility of a similar fate by settling in the country of the savages? Let indemnity take any shape but that. It is possible and desirable that the subject of this mortgage may turn the attention of our people more particularly to the island world of the Pacific. Worse things might occur than turning toward these islands that stream of restlessness, enterprise, courage and love of romantic adventure that, under the name of filibusterism, has often complicated our rela-, tions with the neighboring Spanish-American Powers. Here lies, in the flush splendor of primitive nature, an unconquered world, In- numerablo islands, like #0 many lustrous geme in the blue enamel of the Pacific, w°° eo ad- venturer. Beautifal, fertile, affording’ ®% tenance by spontaneous vegetation, generating no diseases, it seems a reproach to civilization that this world, with all its rich products, is still the possession of semi-brutal savages. It would be to the general advantage of the world if they should collectively pass under the domination of a great Power, and to us they would be a peculiar source of wealth, from their proximity to the Pacific States and from their standing like so many stepping stones on our way to the trade of Eastern Asia. There is no reason why the irrepressible filibuster should not turn up in the South Sea, conquer a group of islands, and, when tired of gove- reignty, sell out to Uncle Sam. Certainly if the Italian Moreno gets his half million on such terms the market may be considered fairly open. General Banks a Candidate for the Muse sian Mission. We are informed by our Washington corre- spondent that General Banks is being earnestly urged for the mission to Russia. A serious question, indeed, is raised as to the power of the President to appoint during the recess of Congress. According to the Civil Tenure of Office bill the President cannot appoint an officer to a vacancy occurring previous to the adjournment of Congress. In this case, how- ever, no vacancy exists, inasmuch as the re- signation of Cassius M. Clay was tendered to take effect on the nomination and confirmation of his successor. At all events, the appoint- ment of General Banks would be by no means unsuitable. His services as Custom House officer under President Polk, as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as President of the Convention for the revision of the constitution of the State of Massachusetts, as a Congressman, as a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (after a hot contest of two months), as Governor of Massa- chusetts, as a major general during the late civil war and as a Representative to the present Congress, have given him an immense amount of experience as a public man. His prodigious industry has supplied the usual defects of an imperfect early education, and his familiarity with the French language— a very unusual but very desirable accom- plishment for any American candidate for a foreign diplomatic mission—is an additional claim which General Banks possesses for such an appointment. Moreover, as chairman for a long time of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions, he is particularly well posted on Euro- pean politics and affairs. His intense Ameri- canism can be no objection to him at home, or even in Russia, and he is one of a class of our public men whose occasional exaggerations would be happily toned down by a temporary residence abroad. General Banks, if nomi- nated: and confirmed as Minister to Russia, would doubtless worthily represent our gov- ernment at the Court of St. Petersburg. Nova Scotia and the New Dominion. Nova Scotia, as the readers of the Hzratp have again and again been told, is not satisfied with its place in the Canadian Confederation. Deputations of Blue Noses have gone to Lon- don and complained to the Imperial Parlia- ment; but they have returned without hav- ing obtained much satisfaction. If there is any grievance in the case the wrong must be righted by the Parliament of the Do- minion. It appears from our latest news that a deputation from Ottawa, consisting of the Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir G. E. Cartier and William Macdougall, have ar- rived at Halifax, with a view to ascertain and, if possible, to remove differences. The Hon- orablé Joseph Howe, who has for some time been regarded as the patriot of Nova Scotia, has done his best to make the reception of the delegates agreeable. The Nova Sco- tians have turned upon their former idol and called him traitor. Meanwhile it is rumored that Mr. Howe has been bribed by the offer of a place in the Cabinet of the New Dominion, Dr. Tupper, a well known politician, retiring in his favor. This is the way things are managed generally, and it will not surprise us if the Nova Scotians bow to the inevitable and give up the contest. It will be better if they do, for we have no desire to see more civil war on the northern part of this Continent. In good time the Dominion may find peace in the bosom of the Union. Tee Feast ae The bearing about on the person of lethal weapons liad a fresh illustration on Saturday in the neighboring city of Brooklyn. A con- ductor of a street car and a passenger chanced to differ about a fifty cent stamp. Which was the original or rather the real offender we do not profess to know. What we wish to chronicle is simply the fact that the passenger, without provocation further than must be common every day in every city in the Union, drew a revolver and very narrowly escaped blowing out the conductor's brains. The point raised by this and similar cases is simple and easily stated. A certain class move about all the time armed with pistols. Such men, when they feel wronged, ha’ a simple remedy. They pull the trigger and the offender is no more. To be ready to meet this class on equal terms every man must go armed. In that case every car and every saloon and every barroom is almost certain every night to be the scene of murder. If we are not to come to this, then the law must come down and se- verely punish every man who carries on the person lethal weapons. Every man who car- ries on the person a dagger or a pistol, not to speak of other weapons, is prepared to be a murderer, and his deliberate intent ought to be considered a crime, Until the law takes this view of the case matters will become worse and worse. In this great country law ought to be strong enough to render the dagger and the pistol unnecessary. Vexorance 1s Vermont—Hot Crimes 1x Corp Ciimes.—A telegraphic despatch in yesterday's Henan recounted one of the most horrible murders ever perpetrated in Vermont. The history of the Corsican vendetta offers scarcely anything more atrocious. It appears that an old feud, which had for many years existed betwoen two families in Shrewsbury, ten miles distant from Rutland, resulted last Saturday evening in a quarrel, during which “g disinterested and innocent young man” was killed and two other persons were wounded. Five of tho prinoipals ia the affray have been des Saad SEE a arrested and confined in jail. Two others are congealed in the woods adjoining the scone of the'bloo.ty contest, but will no doubt be soon discovered an,’ Secured. We do not know at what degree the morcury stood in Shrewsbury on Saturday, but it str.e8 us that this murder is avery hot crime for so curd @ climo as that of the Green Mountain State. The Death of General Charlies G. Halpines We publish elsewhere in to-day'’s Heap the full particulars of the death of General Charles G. Halpine, together with a sketch of the life of the deceased. This unfortunate event takes from us in the prime of his years an accomplished gentleman, a genial com- panion and a useful member of the editorial profession, whose many and varied accomplish- ments had won for him a good position, socially and politically, in this city, and a reputation ex- tending over the whole country. As a facile and pleasing writer General Halpine had few supe- riors, and his poems and songs on his favorite themes—the war for the Union and the wrongs of his native country—have in them more than ordinary merit, At the commencement of the rebellion General Halpine left his peace- ful pursuits, joined the federal army and served with distinction in the famous Sixty-ninth regiment, as well as on the staffs of Generals Halleck and Hunter. He left the service with the full rank of colonel and the brevet rank of brigadier general. He thus proved on the field of battle the patriotism which shines out so conspicuously in the lyrics of Miles O'Reilly. His’ loss will be very generally deplored, for both personally and through his writings he had won many hearts and made himself a universal favorite. At the time of his death General Halpine filled the office of Register of New York, a position to which he was elected by the Miles O'Reilly democracy only a little over a year ago. His family had therefore only just begun to realize the benefits of this lucrative office, as a fighting soldier's life, it is well known, is not a profitable one. As General Halpine leaves a widow and six young children it is proposed that the duties of the office shall continue to be discharged by Mr. John Y. Savage, the Deputy Register, or that Horace Greeley shall be nominally appointed Register, and that the fees of the office during the bal- ance of the unfilled term shall go to the family of the deceased. This is a very praiseworthy proposition, originating, we believe, with Horace Greeley himself; and we trust that Governor Fenton will see the propriety of yielding to the wishes of the lamented Hal- pine’s friends in the matter of the appointment which now devolves upon him. A Frenon RRVOLUTIONARY MANIFESTO.— The Paris Pays publishes a paper purporting to be the production of the ‘‘Central Committee of Action of the Revolutionary Commune of Paris,” addressed to their ‘‘citizen brothera” in words of strong condemnation of Napoleon's rule, political, financial and military, and end- ing with the cry, ‘‘Down with the Emperor!” The document has been extensively circulated in London. By mail we have Paris journals which deny its authenticity in the most posi- tive terms, and pronounce it a sheer fabrica- tion. The manifesto, real or fabricated, has, however, been made known very widely, and its issue reads to us as if somewhat in the spirit of the rioter who cried to the crowd, ‘Don’t nail the man’s ears to the pump,” being well assured that they would ‘resort to that means of torture as soon as it was made known to them. It is dangerous to play with French revolution, particularly in the ‘‘dog days.” CITY POLITICS, Meeting of Post No. 23, Union Lengue Asso- clation—Organization of a Colored Grant and Colfax Club. A meeting of Post No. 23, Union League Asso- ciation, was held last evening at the Council Cham- ber, corner of Bleecker street and Cottage place, the President, W. H. C. Curtis, in the chair. About twenty-five persons (colored) were present, and the objects announced were the discussion of the ques- tion of “manhood suffrage” and the ‘formation of a Grant and Colfax Presidential Campaign Club, wherby the colored voters of this city might take part in the coming election."” ‘The CHAIRMAN in calling the meeting to order said that very many of the colored voters of this city were dissatisfied with the platform of the Chicago Convention, and prior to the Fourth of July Conven- vention in this city it was @ question by no means decided as to which way the colored vote would go, North and South. They, however, could have no object in support- ing the democratic nominees. The bloody strife of six years ago it was true was Dow over, but there was a strife then originated that had yet to be settled gt the ballot box, and it was only necessary tosee the democratic party in in power to see the bloody strife renewed in the Northern as well the Southern States. The repudiation of the tional debt and the overturning of the reconstrutior laws woald then follow. The Tamm: party did ‘not control the Democratic Convention, but the men who composed that Convention could now be heard at the South, in Wade Hampton's | boast that he secured the introduction of the three principal articles in the democratic platform. The colored voters of New York certainly could have no sympathy for Seymour or Blair and ust sustain only the republican y. and that and the men who supported it would have to work vigilantly to secure the victory next fall. The democratic party was already at work in the South and working with good success anong the negro ulation. The colored man should now come forward atthe North and show his strength in the republican ranks, to which he owed much. That party, it was true, claimed that all the rights the colored man enjoyed that party had given him; but that was @ question which would bear discussion. A series of resolutions was then offered endorsing the nominees and platform of the Republican Na- tional Convention and pledging support to ite nomi- nations. Mr. PowELL then addressed the meeting at some length, in the course of which he expressed his doubts of the wisdom of pledging their TEs. to any party. They had done so before and had been deceived, and there was no reason to believe that they might not again be made the victims of mis- laced confidence. He certainly opposed the forma- ‘ion of a Graut and Colfax club. Mr. FREEMAN then spoke in favor of the republican party, and concluded by ing that if the colored man had not been wholly aided by that party, the aid that had been rendered him came from men who walked under the republican banner. The resolutions were then adopted and @ Grant and Colfax club organized, after which the meeting adjourned, FIPE NA METALLIC PACKING ESTABLISHMENT IN BROOKLYK— Loss. $8,000. At eight o'clock last night @ fire broke out on the second floor of No. 8 Water atreet, occupied by Rich- ard Martin as a metallic packing manufactory for canning fruits, Every effort was made toextinguish the lames as soon as they were discovered, but be- fore this could be accomplished a damage of about $8,000 was done. Mr. Martin had quite a large stock of preserved fruits on hand, which were considerably damaged; Mr. John Bewle, who occupied the lower portion of the building as a brags foundry, sustained ‘a lose of $600. The fire issup] to have originated from some sparks from the chimney. The members of Hose No, 8 and those of steam engine No. 19 went down Fuiton street with their apparatus at a rate of speed such as is seldom witnessed. They were pro- bably striving to see which couid get to tie fire first; but when reaching the vicinity of Main street the steamer became uncontrollable and ran into and de- molished an awntng post. The steamer iteeif was overturned and damaged, and one man, it is said, was thrown through a show window. Several per- | ons were said to have been slightly injured by tue acoident, It is a miracle no verson was killed. Great Trot Kotweo Mountain Boy and Ledcy Tuorn at New Dorp, S- 1--The Course Eighteon Feet Less than Turoy-Quarters of a Mile~Mountain Boy the Winner. There has been uttle else referred to for ten dave or more among prominent sporting men, notwith- standing the grand trotting and running races at Buffalo and Saratogs, than the expected trot be tween Mountain Boy and Lady Thorn on the course at New Dorp, 8. I., owned by the Richmond County Agricultural Society. Thé successive defeats which Mountain Boy has experienced when matched against the Lady upon a mile track, and the great confidence his owner ahd trainer still had in him, caused their being again brought together; but upon this occasion it was upon a course eighteen feet less than three-quarters of a mile, and here rested the solution of fhe whole mystery. Hitherto their races have demonstrated that Mountain Boy possessed excessive speed for certain distance, but was deficient in endurance, while Lady Thora could claim both qualities, em- titling her to the appellation of the queen of the trotting turf. In this spirit, that of Mountain Boy's great exhibition of fast time at half-mile and three- quarter mile poles, and Lady Thorn’s known speed after the completion of such distances, wherein she has always proved victorious, the shrewd men of the turf attended the trot with the feoling that unless some accident should occur this time, at least, Lady Thorn would be defeated, and they were not mis- taken, a8 after four heats she was compelled to suo- cumb. The purse was for the Uberal sum of $2,000, track heats, best three in five, in harness. ‘THE COURSE. This course is comparatively new to the turfmen of New York, but its situation could not be more charming. It is upon the ocean, about one and a half miles from the station at New Dorp, and ia almost wholly enclosed with giant trees a century old. One portion of it kisses the waves that roll in from the deep, aud from its pebbled shore a grand view of Fort Hamilton and the West Bank 1s had at all times, But while its situation 13 certainly unsur- ae the character of the track is anything but to e commende, as it is oblong in form, has four very abrupt turns, and, as has been referred to, is eighteen feet less than three-quarters of a mile. Its home stretch ts its only redeeming feature. The track yesterday was in good condition, but quite dusty. THE ATTRNDANCR. This was excellent, the hourly boats from New York sending down hundreds intending to take the cars, while scores of others had their carriages at the diferent landings, that they might drive through a picturesque country to the scene of oon- test. These were augmented by stylish equipaves from every portion of the island, containing weaithy geatiemep and experienced horsemen, with richly dressed ladies, just as enthusiastic relative to the respective meriis of the trotters as their more peca- niarily interested companions. Half an hour before the horses appeared upon tlie track tho tout ensem- ble was elegaut, the private stand, the fleld and every portion of the course being alive with ant- mated groups, probably numbering in the aggregate three thousand, ‘THR BETTING. Under the general conviction that Mountain Boy could trot this distance less than Lady Thorn, or, in other words, that it was “just his race,” and the sharp and frequent turns woud iitate sadly against the mare’s speed, the horse, among those en route to the course in the mo and before the first heat had decidedly the preference. One hun- dred to sixty was the ruling rate with those who wanted to invest their money “single handed,” while the pools sold as follows:— Mouatain Bo; $75 15 vi Lady Thorn 337 30 4 au 2 After the first heat, which was won by the mare ta gailant style, the odds were as heavy upon hy when she was defea'ed in the second and ones all changed as quickly. A grea’ deal of uoney changed hands, of course, much to the grattitcation of some and to tie mortification of others. THK RACK. . First Heat,—Lady ‘Yuorn fortunately won the pote. Before the siart Sam McLaughlin, the driver of Mountain Boy, told the judges to give him the word if he was within a length of the mare and going steadily. Three ineffectual attempts were made to get a send off, Mountain Boy breaking badly, but scoriag the fourth time the word was given, with both going squarely, Lady Thorn half a length the advantage. At the tura, which is very near the judges’ stand, Lady Thorn was one length to the front, the action of both animals evoking loud applause. Approach- ing the quarter pole Mountain Boy broke badly, and that point was passed by the mare in thirty-six and a half seconds, Going down the backstretch the horse closed the gap somewhat, and at the half-mile pole they were neck and neck, trotting magnificently, — it in 1:124, From this, turning into tue omestretch, the horse was carried oif his feet, and the mare doing her work nobly went by him, passing the score one and a haif lengths in advance of the diorse, making the heat In 1:4944, amid cheers, clap- ping of hands and the waving of handkerchiefs. Seound Heat.—The betting changed, and now waa one hundred to sixty on Lady Thorn. Hedging was the word, and many were there of that mind, very busy. At the second attempt Mountain Boy came up nicely, and at the word he was one-quarter of a length in advance. The turn was passed by the horse three-quarters of a length to the front, and the = pole one length in advance of the mare, in thirty-six and a half seconds. Leaving this point Mountain Boy evinced a disposition to break, but was finely caught by his driver, gnd both speeded splen- didly to the eres Mountain Boy three-quar- ters of a length the advantage, in 1:13. Homeward each trot finely, the old lasting and enduring qualities of Lady Thorn showing themselves su- perbly; but the distance was too short for her to the score, and Mountain Boy passed in one-half ofa leng to the front in 1:49. The thousands endeav- ored to find words to express their admiration of the contest, but could not. Third Heat.—The excitement was now intense, and Dan Pffer, Lady Thorn’s driver, was heard to say, “A quarter is a great deal off a mile; if he can’t beak me to-day he nevercan.”’ The si was really very fair, but at the turn, which had proved in previous heats serious to Lady Thorn, was so now, and Moun- tain Boy forged in advance here one length to the front. To the quarter pole the horse increased this to one and a half lengths, pi ft in grand style, going very steadily, in 373g seconds. Down the back- stretch Lady Thorn inch by inch decreased this dis- tance, but @ burst of speed from the horse carried him two lengths tn advance, passing the half-mile 4. Shooting into the homestretch, Lady ually closing the gap when she broke fore she could be brought down th y been passed by Mountain Boy, two an: quarter lengths to the front. Time, 1:50%. At close of this heat, as the excited betters throt everal pickpockets dodged gentlemen of nd several valuable gold watches and well filled wallets, Fourth Heat.—The success ofMountain Boy wasnow esteemed a foregone conclusion, and his friends were in great joy. The betting was three to one on him. The horses came up pretty closely at a great fight of speed, but before the turn was reached Mountain yy waa two lengths in advance, and from this to the quarter pole he outtrotted the mare, that point two and a half lengths the advant thirty-six seconds—a faster quarter than had before been made. Going down the backstretch the mare decreased the distance, and sped by the half - mile le prettily, but still to the rear, Mountain Boy passing u he fastest haif yet made. Homeward Mountain Boy trotted very ei ively, and passed the score a win- ner, aithough Lady Thorn exerted herself wonder- fully, two and a half lengths to tW¥e front, im 1:4834, amid wild shouts aud general burrahing. SUMMARY. RicnMOND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SocreTy Course, L.—Monpay, August 3.—Purse $2,000; track heats, best three in five, in harness, lin entered b. g. Mountain ‘ Sees CLERK Exciting Boat Race at Sing Sing—Fatal Fall— Collision on the Hadson—Scheoner Sunk— Detention of the Steamer C. Vibbard—Yacht- ing on the Hudsen, POUGHRBEPSIE, Angust 3, 1363. An exciting boat race came off this afternoon at Sing Sing between Chartes Ward, one of the Ward brothers, and Jared Raymond, of this place, The course was one mile and a half south and retarn, for $100 a side. At the start Raymond took the lead and maintained it until after he turned the stakeboat, when one of his outriggers broke. Ward then fate him and won the race. The judges secidad in Ward's favor. Time not given. The affair cau much ex- citement, and Sam. Collyer offers to match Raymond ain for | amount of money the Wards can raise. About $3,000 changed hands on the result. Raymond ‘was tne favorite at the start at the rate of two tw one. John Martin, an Irish mason, while at work on ® brick building’ at Newburg on Saturday fell a dis- tance of thirty-five feet. vi left arm was broken both shoulder blades broken, lungs head terribly cut, He survived about two hours. He was about thirty years of age and leaves a wife and one child, A adray occurred ine bitlard pn se street, Newburg, Saturday night, $ man's bead wacut open by @ large earthen spittoom which was hurled at jm. During a squall on the Hudson on Saturday the schooner Quaker City, hailing from Brook Haven and loaded with coal, tan into araftand sunk almost immediately. The raft was in tow of the steamer Charies Mather, As soon as the collision occurred the schooner's crew got into the small boat and reached the shore in safety. ‘The steamer C. Vibbard was detained between New Hamburg and Newburg this afternoon by means ofa hot journal, The boat was compelled to stop some time. the schooner yacht Eva lies in the stream off this city, having artived hore on Saturday. The sloop acht Richard Kelly also arrived here on Saturday, Raving on board a party of ladies and gentiomen.