The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business’or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yorg HegraLp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $14. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 15:h street. Tun Lorreny oF Lire. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—TzoppeNn Down. W YORK THEATRE, opposite New York Hotel.— FOuL*PLar. NIBLO'S GARDEN.—Bagnr Biever. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—WHiRL104G—COUSIN Jon's Vistr—OLD Dax GRIMRs. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.—Bompry Dumpty. BRYANTS' OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Building, 1th street.—E1Hi0viaN MINSTBELSY, £0. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA Hi Vooatism, NE@RO MINSTREL USE 201 Bowery.—Comio ae. DODWORTH HALL, 86 Broadway.—AL¥ BURNETT, rus Humonier. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, Seventh avenus.—PoruL aR GaxpEn Concer. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSR, Brooklyn.—Hoo.ey's MINSTBELS—UNDER THE LanPLiour. NEW YORE MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOLRNOR AND Agr. August 7, 1868. THA NSWS. EUROPE. The news report by the Atiantic cable is dated yes- terday evening, August 6. Jeff Davis was in Liverpool. Spain is universally agitated by revolutionary dis- quiet, She declines a protectorate of St. Domingo, tendered by refugees in Madrid. Queen Victoria visited Eugénie at the Tuileries, on route to Switzerland. » Austria announces a strict non-intervention in German affairs. The Hungarian Army bill passed the House of Deputies, ~~ Consols, 94, money. Five-twenties, 71 1n London snd 7534 in Frankfort, Paris Bourse quiet. Cotton downward, with middling uplands at 95d. Broadstuffs and provisions quiet. By special correspondence frot ndon we have 4 very interesting mail report, in detail of our cabie velegrams, of the political situation in England— American and home—to the 26th of July. MISCELLANEOUS, In the Board of Health yesterday the order requir- (ng the Manhattan Gas Company to discontinue the manufacture of gas unless it can be done without the escape of noxious odors was read and referred. The President stated in answer to an inquiry that he and the engineer of the Board were examining plans of public drinking fountains, with @ view to their early erection. Forty thousand dollars in five-trenty bonds were stolen from the office of the Star Insurance Company, No. 96 Broadway, early in the afternoon yesterday. The thief, who was a young man of respectable ap- pearance, took the bonds while the secretary was taking down their numbers, but was immediately chased into the street by the secretary, whose crics Collected a crowd into which the thief disappeared. The inquest on the body of General Halpine was concluded yesterday, the jury rendering a verdict of death from congestion of the brain and spinal cord, produced by the accidental use of chloroform. At # meeting of the Republican General Committee last evening a motion to recommend the appoint- tient of Horace Greeley by the Governor to be City Register that the fees might be paid to‘General Hal- Pine's widow was greeted with such a storm of hiases that the mover was compelled to withdraw it. By the Cuba cable we have telegraphic news from Mexico city to the 3ist of July. Honorato Domin- guez had pronounced against the government in the State of Vera Craz and had seized some villages along the railroad. He was levying a heavy tari on his own account on the freight that came into his hands. Hostilities were going on in the State of Puebla, but in Queretaro the insurgents had been compelied to submit. Ortega and Patoni had been released by Juarez. The blockake at Mazatlan had been raised. The vomito was severe at Vera Cruz. Telegraphic advices from St. Domingo and Hayti state that Baez had been defeated at Saybo by the Cabral revolutionists, Salnave still held nis own in Port au Prince, and ts said to be gaining ground in the interior. Our Panama letter is dated July 28. The revolu- tion had come to an end by the victory of General Ponce, the Provisional President, over the insurrec- tionary populace of Veraguas and Chiriqui. The rains had seriously damaged the Panama Railroad and caused the detention of passengers for two or three days. The government of Ecuador had sent an extraordinary mission to Colombia in the case of the Mutiny of Ambato. Another legation had been sent ‘by the same government to Chile, Bolivia and Peru in Telation, it is generally believed, to the re-establish- ment of commercial relations with Spain. ‘The President is reported to have had @ very con- Ciliatory conversation with Colonel Deane, of the stafl of Governor Warmouth, of Louisiana, who had come to Washington to obtain the use of troops to sappress disorders in the State. It ts understood that he was informed by the President that federal troops on proper application would be used under foderai contro! for the purposes needed. In the Alabama Senate a bill was introduced yes- terday providing for the casting of the electoral vote by the Legisiature, and was postponed until to-day, ‘The bill for the removal of political disabilities was 8130 postponed. General Sheridan and three other officers of lower rank and a corporal were tried in Leavenworth, Kansas, yesterday for having forcibly ejected Post- master Dunn from his office on an Indian reserve ‘snd taking possession of his office property. All of the defendants were fined $1 and costs exceft Gene- Tal Sheridan, who was fined $100, ‘The resignation of Mr. Rollins as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which was offered some time ago, to take effect on the confirmation of his successor, ‘was accepted by the President yesterday, to take effect immediately. John 5. Phelps was nominated for Governor by the Missouri Democratic Convention yesterday. & There were three races at the Saratoga course yen. terday. The first, a hurdie race, was won by Harry Booth, the second by Lancaster, and the third by Liazie Rogers. Three steamers, the Potomac, Delaware and Pine Grove, lying at Cincinnati, were destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is estimated at $100,000, General Grant was serenaded in St. Louis yester- day and in response made one of his usual short speeches. The Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived at San Francisco on Wednesday on his way to Europe with plenipotentiary powers for the revision of treaties. ‘The Canal Convention called by order of the State Canai Executive Committee to assemble at Albany on the 12th inst. has been postponed until after both political parties shal) have complgted their nomina- tigns for State officers. In the Georgia Logisiature yestorday an election of State oMfcers took place, resulting in the choice of he entire republican ticket, vention inthe Astor House yesterday and adopted resolutions relative to dae requirements of the oew Tobacco Tax law. ‘The celebrated Appleton divorce case came before the Supreme Gouri yesterday on # motion for @ stay of proceedings pending the appeal to the court of last resort trom the General Term decision setting aside the order granting alimony to the defendant. ‘The court reserved ita decision. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday the Grand Jury presented an indictment charging Joho Real with murder in the first degree for having, on the night of July 28, killed police officer John Sme- dick. The accused pleaded ‘“‘not guilty,” and was remanded for triai to the October session of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. George H. Gonzales and Wm. A. Burd, on pleas of guilty of attempt at burglary, were sent to the State Prison for two years and six months each. Alex. Hart and Gerald Nugent pleaded guilty of burglary, and sentence waa deferred until an investigation into their offence could be had. The Inman line steamship City of London, Captain Brooks, will sail from pier 45 North river at nine o'clock to-morrow (Saturday) morning for Queens- town and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close atthe Post Office at twelve M. on Saturday and will be put on board by a ateamer. The steamship Louisiana, Captain Forbes, of the National line, will leave pier 47 North river at eight A. M. to-morrow @aturday) for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land passengers. The General Transatlantic line steamship St. Lau- Tent, Captain Bocande, will leave pier 60 North river at nine o’clook to-morrow (Saturday) morning for Brest and Havre. The mails for France will close at the Post Office at half-past seven o'clock A. M. The Anchor line steamship Caledonia, Captain Mc: Donald, will sail at twelve M. to-morrow from pier 20 North river for Glasgow, calling at Londonderry to land passengers, &c, The stock market was unsettled yesterday. Gov- ernment securities were firm. Gold closed at 149 a 149},, with a downward tendency. Revolutionary Future with the Democrats Seymour’s Denial. Mr. Seymour has accepted the democratic nomination again by a formal letter. His let- ter was scarcely necessary, as he accepted the nomination personally before; but it may be that as he declined it a great many times he intends to accept an equal number. An unnecessary letter would be a foolish thing from almost any other candidate; but Gover- nor Seymour is one of the few who may be safely trnsted with pens and paper, for his thoughts are so attenuated, so vague, dim and impalpable by the time they are written down that acres of them would not furnish a sen- tence that could be used with effect either for or against him. If Seymour's letter faithfully presents the operations of his brain, that must be the least positive and effective organ that was ever encased in the cranium of a man of respectable position. There is but one point in his letter that touches an important fact of the present can- vass. Mr. Seymour has evidently seen the harm that the Southern fire-eaters have done to the democracy. He has felt that their revolutionary declarations were alarming the people, and, in view of this, frightened for the cause, he ventures some sen- tences intended to reasgure us. And what isthe reassurance he gives? He only tells us that revolution cannot follow a democratic victory, merely because the democracy cannot get all the power of the nation into their hands at one election. ‘The election of a democratic Executive and a majority of demo- cratic members to the House of Representa- tives would not give to that party organization the power to make sudden or violent changes,” There is to be no revolution, there- fore, because the Senate stands in the way. Not that Wade Hampton, Toombs and the rest are wrong in reviving the old ante-war style of Southern harangue; not that the demo- cratic leaders North and South do not pant to tear up and destroy the whole present organization and retrace the steps we have taken towards peace; but merely that the |* democrats can at most elect only a President and House of Representatives, and with these can do so little harm that the people need not be pushed by fear of the result to act against them. This is the best reason the distin- guished gentleman has to give in favor of his party. This looks very much as if the demo- cratic trainers, frightened at the way Northern sentiment takes recent democratic speeches, had put Seymour to correct all that by some smooth sentences in his letter, expecting con- fidently that he could erase from the public mind all the impression made by the Southern fire-eaters, But this is the most blundering correction we ever saw. From the candidate's own utterance, there- fore, we are assured that the limit to the democratic disposition to make ‘sudden and violent changes” will be the power that party possesses. We know what that limit is; for we have lamentable experience that a party possessing two branches of the government will not be stayed in its extravagance by the Opposition of the third branch. The demo- crats, if the case arise, will find a way to do without the Senate, as the republicans found a way to practically thrust the President aside. The people, therefore, must not rely upon the Senate in venturing to trust the democrats for achange. They mean nothing less than an absolute ohange of everything that a party can lay hands on, and @ change conceived in the most violent and anti-national spirit; and the lame denial of their candidate strengthens the evidence of this. Bad enough these past years with the radical faction, we should fare infinitely worse in the hands of the democratic faction, and our only chance is the election of Grant, and the hope that he will put down all the factions and give s grand assertion of the law, Sanatooa Races.—Horse racing is rapidly becoming a national sport. We follow the example of England, but we follow her to beat hor if possible. It is @ curious fact that horse racing has within the last few years become a passion all over the world. We find it in France, in Turkey, in Egypt, in India, in Australia, It is not strange that wo should find it popular sport in the United States, It is gratifying to know that the speed which is being attained at our different racing centres ia coming up to « very high point. We are not able as yet to compare with the English racers in short dashes (such as that of the Derby); but the Saratoga races, so far as they have gone, seem to indicate that at no distant day we shall revive our ancient renown and be a fair match for Efigland in euch testing contests as four-milo heats, This is what we ought to sim at. Horse racing is good for nothing if it does not improve the breed of horses, Speed, strongth and endurance are the best proofs of ‘The manufacturers of fae cut tobacco held a con- | improvement, “ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1863. : The Rise im Gold, The present rise in gold, which carried it to | one hundred and fifty yesterday, is one of the | most absurd and mischievous movements ever inaugurated in Wall street. The success of the clique manipulating the market has so far been owing to the fact that Mr. McCulloch, who could not sell gold enough when it waa down to one hundred and thirty-three, has abstained for some time past from selling any portion of his surplus, which now amounts to about sixty-five millioits, more than fifty millions of which are held at the Sub-Treasury in this city, exclusive of the amount against which gold certificates have been issued. The clique professing to con- trol gold openly boast that he will not dare to sell any now, because, forsooth, the amount he has on hand is not large enough to justify him in so doing; but this is a fallacy, as Mr. McCulloch has sufficient gold to spare to break this bull speculation if he chooses to wrest the gold market from the hands of the dozen or so of speculators who are manipulating it, and we call upon him to convert ten or fifteen millions of his gold at once into currency. We are semi-officially informed that this is his inten- tion, and we hope to see it carried out without further delay ; for as it is the importers and others who have to buy gold are being preyed upon by the gold gamblers to an in- tolerable extent. We predict the speedy break down of this speculation for a rise, however, whether Mr. McCulloch sells gold or not. The market must fall of its own weight, and the bulls will assuredly come to grief. The shipments of breadstuffs and cotton will inevitably bring down the rates of foreign ex- change to such a point that gold will be sent here from Europe, provided it is kept up on this side by the artificial influences now at work and not by a legitimate demand. Gold is loaning at four per cent for carrying, and this shows that it is neither scarce nor being hoarded by the public; for were the case otherwise interest would be paid for borrow- ing it. The foreign bankers are not shipping any at present, as they can buy bills of ex- change cheaper than they can ship gold. At the same time the current high premium is stimulating shipments of produce that would not be made under other circumstances. Our securities are going forward to Europe in small quantities for the reason that the five-twenties of 1862 are scarce here, and they are equally scarca in London, and not being pressed for sale ; for indeed our national credit, anomalous as it may seem, apparently stands better abroad than at home. The agitation of the five-twenty question started the gold speculation, and the bull clique are now doing all thay can to keep the vague fears of the people alive. But, that question apart, the shipments of general produce and cotton will, if we are not mis- taken, put gold down to one hundred and forty again before long. In any event, however, we call upon Mr. McCulloch to act boldly and show the speculators that he is master of the situation by selling them more gold than they can carry. The clique would not dare to buy if he publicly announced that he was prepared to sell, and the relief thus afforded to the mercantile community would be very great. Treaty Negotiations with Mexicom(ivil War and Territorial Conquest. The restoration of diplomatic relations be- tween the United States and Mexico by the appointment of General Rosecrans as Ameri- can Minister near the government of Juarez, with the publication of Consular and Claims Conventions between the two countries, in- dicate that Secretary Seward entertains the idea that he can inaugurate, perhaps consum- mate, a policy of treaty making with the repub- lic which will, somehow or other, inure to the territorial and commercial advantages of our citizens and the mutual benefit of the inhabitants of both countries. This is all nonsense. Mr. Seward cannot effect anything by ministerial treaty with Mexico. Mexican society is sick almost to death ; its vitality is only for evil ; the nation is comatose from internal disorder, and if, when in such a state, it is drawn closely towards a people in more robust politi- cal health it is likely to merely enfeeble them by a sickly sympathy. The American republic has no time for letter writing, red tape, protocols, treaty drafts and solemn attestations by sign manual. Events are striding forward too rapidly. The people of the United States have entered a new phase of political trouble, similar to that which pre- vailed in ancient Rome when, during a period of fierce social broil, Sylla, victorious in Africa, was sent with his troops for con- quest in Asia, and, returning in triumph, commenced the first civil war amongst his countrymen, which terminated in the over- throw of the Senate and opened the road for Pompey, Cwsar, Augustus and the remain- der of the great men who agitated, fought, won laurels, trampled on liberty and marched, at the same moment, irresistible armies over the surrounding countries; for it must not be forgotten that when Rome was most dis- tracted by war at home she conquered the world on all sides by her soldiers, We have come to # condition almost similar. The polf- ticians are about to lash the country into another civil war, but the people, the grand foundation on which the nation rests, will re- main powerful as ever for permanent reform, and during the home convulsion they will go forth under such generals as Sheridan and Sherman and conquer Mexico—resuscitating her with the clarion sound of the bugles of real war—Cuba, South and Central Ameriea, the West India Islands and British North America, from Newfoundland to Canada, and thence to our great Northwestern frontier in Vancouver land, Such will be the oxternal result of the next American home war; and in face of its spproaching realization Secretary Seward, al- though pretty correct in his appreciation of the situation towards China, must be pronounced completely at fault with respect to his diplo- macy towards Mexico. He is wrong now, and has been so, for it was Mr. Seward who, at the termination of the war of the rebellion, pre- vented General Grant from ordering, as he was about to do, Sheridan to take his troops into Mexico and thus anticipate the Rosecrans and other missions and find « wholesome vent for tho vast strength of the people. The practice will hold good with respect to Canada. The Alabama claims question amounts to nothing in comparison with our ter- ritorial rights, and Minister Reverdy Johnaon | is likely to have a very easy time in London Our people do not want the Alabama claims money, Mexican treaties, West India trade, Parani commercial experiments or Pan- ama lathmids transit. They require and will have that the whole Continent of America shall be ours. Civil war, territorial conquest, one American flag and a grand popular triumph over the politicta 8 destiny. j The Revolution iv Japan. portant intelligence from Japan. that the revolution has taken a turn which many believed impossible, which some be- Iu the Heratp of yesterday we gave im | It appears | | YACHTING, Anaual Kegatta of the Shrewsbury Yacht Club, 3 Pai Haven, August 6, 186%. To-day the Shrewsbury Yacht Club held their third lieved possible, but which the Heravp has all | 92944! regatta under the most auspicious circuin- , long declared to be inevitable. The Tycoon : party is agaia fa the ascendant. The Mikado | | party has proved a complete failure. The Mi- { kado himself is now a prisoner at Kioto and Our Heavy Taxee—Will the People Boar | iD charge of the Mia or High Priest of the Them? The people of the United States are more heavily taxed than any other people in the world. Even in England, where there is a stupendous national debt and one larger than ours, and where there is a costly system of royal government to support, the taxes are not "so great or burdensome. We speak only of national taxation. Butif we take into account our local taxes, in addition to those imposed by the federal government, to our State, county and municipal taxes, the burden is enormous beyond anything known or borne heretofore. The patient submission of the American people is surprising. No other people having the same liberty and suffrage and free election of those who make the laws and govern the country would submit to such overwhelming and unnecessary taxation, But will the American people continue to bear it ? We think not,‘for to do so would be contrary to all experience and to human nature. One of two things must happen; either the taxes must be greatly reduced or repudiation in some form or other will be resorted to for relief. According to the letter of Mr. Wells, Special Commissioner of Revenue, published in the Heratp July 29, the total receipts of the government for the year ending June 30, 1868, were, in currency and specie, over four hun- dred and six millions. Of this sum, however, one hundred and sixty-three million five hundred thousand was in gold from customs. Reckoning the whole in currency, with gold at forty per cent premium, though it is now fifty, that would make the total income of the government over four hundred and seventy millions. Thus the people are taxed by the federal government alone, with- out reckoning the heavy State, county and municipal burdens, about fourteen dollars a head, man, woman and child. A workingman with a family of five or six chil- dren is taxed in one way or another about a hundred dollars a year. Making a general average of the incomes of this class, it would amount probably to a seventh or an eighth of each man’s earnings. Then, in addition to this, there are all the burdens of local taxa- tion. Over four hundred and seventy millions ayear taxation in time of peace, and three years after the war closed, is a burden as un- necessary as it is appalling. And who is to blame? First, our extrava- gant and reckless Congress, which has done little else than legislate to swell the expendi- tures ; and next, the wretched mismanagement of the finances by the Secretary of the Trea- sury. With the enormous means in the hands of Mr. McCulloch during three yearg of peace he might have reduced the debt several hun- dred millions below its present figure. Instead of that the debt has actually been made heavier by the manipulation of it in the interest of speculators and the bondholders. The non-interest bearing debt, which was not a burden, has been paid as far as the Secre- tary was permitted to go in such a stupid policy, and the debt bearing gold and the highest interest has been enormously increased. The consequence is that the total interest to be raised annually is greater than it was when the debt was larger. Mr, McCulloch seems to have had but one idea, and that is to draw as much from the people as possible, and to increase the incomes of the bondholders as ‘much as possible. He is not the servant of the people or government; he is merely the agent of the bondholders and speculators. Will the people long endure this state of things ? [tis unreasonable to think they will. Their eyes are being opened, and they will soon demand both a reduction of the burden of the debt and an economical administration of the government. If this should not be done we warn the government and the bondholders to prepare for repudiation and a general disturb- ance such as this country has never known before. E: The Late Strychnine Poisoning Case. The inquest of the coroner's jury in the nse of Mr. John Spicer, who died in great agony on the 18th ult. a few minutes after taking a sedlitz powder, was concluded on Wednesday. The verdict, in accordance with + the testimony, and particularly with the results of the post mortem examination by Dr. Beach and the chemical analysis by Professor Dore- mus of the stomach of the deceased and the paper containing the powder, finds ‘‘that de- ceased came to his death by taking strychnine contained in a Seidlitz powder on July 18, 1968," and, expressing the opinion that ‘‘said poison was not taken for the purpose of self- destruction,” and the belief that the powder was free from poisonous ingredients when it was taken from the store of Mr. Frees, fully exonerates that druggist and his assistants from any act of carelessness in compounding or prescribing the sedlitz powder sold to James Adkins, the colored servant who was sent to get it. The statement of James that he delivered it unopened to his mistress was confirmed by her reply to the family physician, Dr. Bartlett, who asked her if she did not think it possible for the poison to have been in- troduced after the sedlitz powder left the drug store. She replied, ‘‘No, doctor, it would have been impossible; the envelop was unbroken and perfectly sealed.” In her examination she stated:—‘‘When the powder was given me by James I noticed the careful manner in which it was put up.” This would seem to clear the servant from any suspicien of having tampered with the powder. Mrs. Spicer also declared that she left the powder with her husband, to be taken when he pleased. By whom, then, the strychnine was mingled with the powder remains as profound a mystery as ever. It ie strange that the coroner's jury should have agreed upon a final verdict, which, although it appears, as far as it goes, consistent with the evidence, is nevertheless so incomplete. If their verdict is correct a hidden crime must be involved in this extraordinary case. Can they have resorted to all the means within the reach of science and detective skill in order to penetrate the mystery which bas been left unsolved? couatry. This is much more serious than at first sight appears. It means that the party of reaction have done their best and failed. Ht means more—it means that the party of pro- gress now havo it all their own way. We are prepared to hear on an early day that the Ty- coon, Statsbashi, has resumed supreme power in Japan—supreme power meaning much more than it has ever meant before in that country. It will not surprise us if Japan follows the ex- ample of China and seeks, as China has done, introduction to the great nations through the medium of the United States. We have plenty of men quite as clever as Burlingame—men who are perfectly prepared for some auch mis- sion, Meanwhile we await startling and hope- ful news from Japan. Gengrkat GRANT ON PARDONING THE Regsets.—We are not surprised that General Grant has recommended the remission of the remainder of the sentences and the release from imprisonment of all persons gow in con- finement under sentence of military commis- sions organized under the Reconstruction acts of Congress in the States where the said acts have ceased to be operative. This important recommendation is in perfect harmony with the spirit of magnanimity which General Grant has always exhibited since his generous and soldierly behavior to General Lee at the Ap- pomattox surrender. NOTES ABOUT TOWN. This Montgomery Guard of Boston ‘and that un- fortunate selection from the Twelfth regiment of New York called the Webster Company are making more noise in the papers than either of them is entitled to. If the police had restrained themselves all would have been well; the Montgomeries and the Websters woulda have drilled at an equal advantage, and those self-conceited gentlemen, the judges, would have been of no more use in deciding questions than the audience which lined the ropes, in connection with the affair, The tenement house people are rejoicing over the departure of the mosquitoes. Wonder if the same folks wouldu’t rejoice over the departure of the land- lords? Why don’t those men who have charge of the re- paving of Broadway get a relay of men to work at night and save the people the intolerable nuisance of going half a dozen blocks out of their way to reach the Fulton or South ferry? ‘The mosquitoes are bad enough, but the swarm of bootblacks around the City Hall is a fearful sight worse. Every pedestrian who ventures across the arid track in front of that virtuous institution is assailed with awfal energy by the s:nall boys who linger around, and whether bis boots bear evidence of dust or of recent blacking it is all the same to the crowd of gamins that hang at his heels, ‘The weather has been cool enough within Se past few days to induce a more populous promenade of Broadway. Sunstroke seems to be forgotten when Old Sol ts not seen, Yet among the ever busy crowd that rushes the live long day along the pavements wilted shirt collars were not an unirequeat ap- Pearance, The hebddomadai devoted to revolutionizing wo- men’s rights has had a uew sign put over its office, the colors of which are evidently well chosen. The red of the ground is emblematic of the red revolu- tionary doctrines it advocates; the green of the let- tering denotes the hope it feels for accomplishing all it desires, and the gold of the ornamentation is ex- preasive, undoubtedly, of the golden age of the future when all its plans shall have been fully re- alized. Meeting of the General Re; lican Come mittee—Resolutions Regarding the Tax BHI and the Office of the City Register. The regular monthly meeting of the General Re- publican Committee was held last evening at the headquarters, corner of Broadway and Twenty- second street. There waa quite a full attenaance, Freeman J. Fithian in the chair, After the usual preliminary business Mr. Tousey asked that the local organizations of the city on or before August 15 ad- vise the special committee appointed to select regis- tera, inspectors and poll clerks for the ensuing clec- tion whom they had chosen, as it was desirable bar work should be immediately consum- ated. At this time it was moved to adjourn, but as Ju Kelly desired to offer a resolution the mover with- drew his motion, The resolution was as follows:— Resolved, That it is the well considered opinion of thie General Committee, in view of the tmportant national and Binte intereate which are pending in the Presidential canvass, that any change or disturbance of the official relations now ‘otieting tn the ‘of Taree and iment would be politically unwise and conduce to no public benefit, and {t ‘e fore respect! ‘ernor Fenton to withhol: ‘an additional Commissioner ai Assossment. Cully recommemied to his Excellency Gov- 4 hie Mure from the bili to create @ new Board of Taxes and This resolution creatod @ breeze at once. Mr. Pol- hamus thought it not politic to endeavor to instruct Governor Fenton, as he was fully advised upon this matter. Mr, Cushman followed in the same spirit, when Mr. Basterbrook advocated its passage for the good of the republicans now in the tax office. Measrs. Kingsley, Thompson, Oliver and A. J. Duganne advocated aiso the a of the resolu- on, They hoped that the republican rty would be more [ape ood than Belo that they oe hold eve vantage ey HOW possessed in the Ss and obtain all the more they could. They did not believe that Mr. Richard B. Connolly could or would act in faith relative to the bill, and the twenty-two republicans now in that office would be known there no | t if Governor Fenton the bill. After considerable further discussion, and amid much noise and confusion, the yeas and nays were called, and the resolution passed by a vote of . Another motion was made to adjourn but when Mr. J. B. Hunt offered the follow- That bis Fi Governor Fenton be fully re- gommended to appoint Horace Gresiey to the ouice of ‘City by the sudden death of General Chas. salary of the unexpired term may be paid This was received with auch a storm of hisses Mr. Hunt was compelied to withdraw it, There was still another excitement raised by Mr. McCloud, who on yk Mr. Easterbrook desiring the oMcers of the ittee to advise Governor Fenton of the action of the of the resolution in regard to the tax bill, to speak upon the inal question, and many members thinking the ude allowed him was manifestedly Sy, raised overruled Mr. Oliver fo of order, but bo) at aE eae of the Chair, and the committee sustained the appeal, when the resolution Paxiiittle more noise ing rnment, a few personal remarks, and the committee at ten o'clock adjouraed with cheers for Grant and Colfax. Second Assembly District Grant and Colfax Club. A meeting of the Second Assembly District Grant and Colfax Campaign Cinb was held last evening at the International (Shakspeare) Hotel, corner of Duane and Chambers streets. The chair was occupied by Dennis Shea, president, and about thirty members were in attendsnce. Several new members were enrolled, and {t was also announced that at an oy hedge organi: ne! ite anization, intend ‘0 reetartier decided, that a id ptiftcation of nominees of the Chicago onvent! = about the ist of September. The meeting. so without transacting any further important business. Mnoteenth Ward Emptre Club. The Empire Clad of the Nineteenth ward held & public moeting last évening for the purpose of ratifying the nominations of Messrs. Seymour and th of the democratic me for ier rt : re Keegan delivered Capita hen: omen, wore received with unbounded i | Club, were appointed judges. stances. Onno previous occasion has such am ex- cellent little Meet started for honora from this de- lightful spot as salied this afternoon; and altogether the event must be dotted down as one of the moat successful of the season. That yachting is rapidly becoming @ national pastime and that its scienee ts also becoming as quickly devetoped requires but little demonstration. Of that important fact the Shrews- bury Club to-day gave ample proof, and bids fair to rival in a very short time {ts many kindred friends. ‘The locality ts charming and the surrounding scenery such as to lend enchantment to any event of pleasure, while the situation for & minor yeons race is all that could be admured. Moreover, tt ta one that @ true yachtman would most aamire, for the opportunity for the display of sound tactics = really excellent. The Shrewsbury Yacht Club is but three years in existence. There, are but few mem- bers who interest themselves individually tn ite advancement. Yet, notwithstanding this, it is in- creasing, and the exhibition to-day will undoubtedly raise it considerably in the nautical opinion of the ny who anxiously witnessed the contest. To the credit of several gentlemen may any fair name which the club has attained be solely attributed, for they have spared neither pains nor expense to raise the club to @ respectable standard a3 well as to make it a per- manent institution. Under such circumstances it may be readily imagined that the contest waa not exclusive, fora general invitation Was given to all the surrounding clubs to participate, with what re- sult the entries below will disclose. Over twelve yachta were set down to compete, all excellent in their way, and many of them crafts of no smalt merit, Those, however, who have closely watched yachting events for the past few weeks wlll perceive that the great competitors of the day were the Mat- tie, of the Bayonne, and the Abby, of the Shrewsbury Yacht Clubs, In these two the entire interest of the contest lay, nor need it be added that both had numerous friends and admirers as well as substantia! approvers. Long be- fore midday @ large assemblage congregated to view the race. The wind was on the whole quite favora- ble, varying at times no doubt, but certainly fit to try the capacities of the yachts. A most agreeable day favored the event, the heat of the sun being tem- pered by a refreshing breeze, which, with the sur- rounding delightful scenery, contributed largely to the pleasure of the event. ‘The distance to be sailed was tweive miles, starting from Fair Haven dock, op- site the hotel, thence around a stakeboat opposite Port Washington, thence around stakeboat oif Red Bank, thence back around stakeboat oif Port Washington, thence between flaghoat and dock at piace of starting. Mr. John R. Mallery, Bayonne Yacht Club, and Mr. James E. Nol eptune Yacht ‘The prizes were:—For the first winning boat $60; the secon: 0; the third, $20; the fourth, $10; the fifth, $5. Shortly vefore three o’clock the following yachts appeared at the stakeboat. The time allowed was a minute and a half to the boat:— Name. Owner. Feet. Crazy Jane, N. Y. Mr. Jen! 18 Abby, 8. Y. Mr. Maste: ar Flying Cloud, S. Y. C..... Mr. Hoifmer 2 Dreadnought, Mr. Longstreet... Mr. Hendrickson Mr. Fowler. Port Washington Eliza Jane, 3. Y. C. Lillie May, Hoboken. Lavine, A. Y. v. Mattie, Bayonne Unknown, J. Y. Annual Cruise of the New York Yacht Club— The Rendezvous at Glen Cove—The Vessels that will Diake Up the Fleet. As repeatedly announced during the past few days many of the vessels of the New York Yacht Club wilt rendezvous in the harbor of Glen Gove to-morrow, prior to theirannual excursioneastward. There has for weeks been observed on many of these pretty craft a general desire of owners, captains and crews that in every particular their respective aquatic peta should be in capital trim for this event. Upon arrival at Glen Cove the officers of the club will be warmly welcomed by Mr. T. W. Kennard, and ig ee entertained at his princely board. There will also be given by the proprietor of the Pavilion Hotel, on Saturd: occasion, where there will Joyousness, is year, more than ever before, the gallant yacht- men of the club are determined that the festivities of this aquatic occasion shall surpass in character and extent all similar trips; that, from ita very in- ception, the programme, which ts one of great bril- liancy, will be literally carriedgout. . There are bright days in store for those of the club that will accompany the fleet this year, and estima- ting from the number of yachts already entered for ‘the cruise, the guests of the occasion will be of thas. quality and quantity to give it characteristic colat. Last evening the entries were as follows:-- SCHOONERS, Owners. Commodore Stebnins. Thomas C. Durant. R. Stuyvesant. evening, @ hop in honor of the be beauty, hilarity and Palmer. Rambler. . F. Skiddy.. 164.04 Widgeon. Lioyd Phoenix 105.09 Restless. . . William P. Douglas. 95.04 |. G. Bennett, Jr. 262.03 jeorge W. Kidd. 83,00 John 5. Dickersol 92.06, L. Lorillard 112.05 lilard. 81.02 Dodge. + 106.03 W. Aston... 33.75 G. Griswold. = C. Macalester. a sLoors. White Wing. Sheppard Hor 53.00 Addie V Jacob Vorhis 4.08 R. F. Loper. _ Anson Livin, 17.57 . N. B. Palmer 32.05 » Henry Steers. 40.00 Clytie.. . M. Harrishor. % -_ There will be other yachts added to this anpar- ailleled list before they depart from Glen Uove, mak- ing up a feet worthy of the occasion. Commodore Stebbins will not issue any instructions until late Saturday evening, when there will be detailed in a general order, to be then distributed to the fleet, 8 me ofthe movements to be made during the suo- ceeuing days. THE CHINESE EMBASSY. AvbuRN, N, Y., August 6, 1968. The Chinese Embassy and a large number of citi- zens were entertained at the hospitable mansion of Secretary Seward last evening. In the course of the evening Music and dancing were introduced for the entertainment of the Chinese members of the Em- bassy, to whom the mingling of the sexes in society ig a novel and heretofore unheard of thing. Their amusement at the strange sight of ladies and gen- tlemen joining in the dance was a marked feature of the evening. Cards were exchanged between the Chinese and their visitors, the former giving their address in the national hi “ae which we of course, in great demand. evening passed agreeably to all present, with no crushi or trespassing to mar ite and all retired well pleased with the hospitality and kind attention on the part of their hosts. At haif-past eleven o'clock chis morning the Embassy, acoompanied by a large number of citizens in cat wok conveyances for the farm of Mr. H. 3. Dunning, situated about a mile and @ half west of the city, to witness an exhi- four o'clock: thb aftorsoom ‘the “whole” Reebanayt four o’cloct oon ie wi accompanied by Secretary Seward and several friends, went to Willow Brook, and were entertained by ex-Governor Throop and EK. T. T. Martin. The party returned to Secretary Seward's at about ten o'clock this evening. They leave for Niagara Falla to-morrow morning. ARION SUMMER WIGHT FESTIVAL, ‘The benighted wayfarer or ‘solitary traveller” who might have fognd himself in the vicinity of Bighth avenue and the upper part of the Park last night would have thought that he had suddenly been transported from prosaic Gotham to the vale of Cashmere or to one of those scenes which Scherasade so vividly depicts in the Arabian Nighta, for many a jolly, ruddy faced Teuton wended his way to the Arion trysting place to do honor to Comus, Pack, Apollo and Hg age he A strangely mato! ce tomething ike what the incor ible Oneatnch would delight in, but nevertheless they swimmingly together. Lion Park from te ¢} above the Park threw out long lances of light aa beacons to the pilgrims from the east side and blazed forth as the night advanced like the palace of Aladdin or St. Peter's at Easter, From a thou- sand blazing lights, from the binding glare of the calcium to the merry twinkle of the phase within the Chinese lantern, from many a loud tongued in- strument which spoke as Heitzot or directed, from many a peal of merry votces or mur- mur of Ing feet over the broad floor, was Wwatt- ed a welct the hundred wanderers from e ints of the compass, We have never seen {on Park appear in more reaplendent style than on this occasion, and the illusion was by no means dis- oon visitor passed along the extended en- 108 to the park. 'o flerce looking men. Clad in armor scrutinized each passer little lanterns winked from every tree. the form all bight long a hundred Co fitted 8 Of ie ore! re ett and otherwise, into motion. Stenernagel, Stadermann, Stauffer, Mann formed the committee N. B.—These names are cop; vel pis are supped to he gotting over thetr rat sigep. sup} over ‘un, aoctabllity, good iiimor ead “‘aryesohen were {te priucipal charaoverwtica,