The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1868, Page 7

BORAPING NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. wrrival of Reverdy Johnson in London. THE REVOLUTION IN VERA CRUZ. Precarious Position of the Juarez Authorities. Preparations for the Flight of Saluave from Hayti. A British Man-of-War Threatening to Bombard Port au Prince. ENGLAND. Meeting in Support of the Church, Lonpon, August 17—Midnight. A great meeting of the tory party was he!Wat the (rystal Palace this evening. Resolutions were opted expressing in general terms the determina- ion of the party to firmiy support the Church, the ‘throne and the constitution. Minister Reverdy Johnson. LONDON, August 17, 1863, | Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the American Minister, who rived at Southampton a few days since in the ae Baltimore, still remains in that city. He (will probably leave for London to-morrow and enter Awpon the discharge of his duties. Mr. Johnson is the ‘Bbject of much attention, Lonpon, August 17—P. M. Mr. Reverdy Johnson, tie American Minister, arrived in this city to-day from Soutuampton. IRELAND. Mr. Scully Murdered—Tenant Right Over a ¥ Dead Body. Dunit, August 17, 1863, + Lateon Saturday afternoon a coroner's inquest was eld on the body of Mr. Sculiy, who was murdered yy his tenants in Tipperary on that day. After aring a mass of evidence the jury brought ina ‘verdict of “murder,” but took the occasion to depre- ate the conduct of Mr, Scully, and suggested that jew and more liberal Jaws were needed to prevent @ repetition of such scenes TURKEY. Imperial Compliments to Admiral Farragut. . CONSTANTINOPLE, August 17, 1868, # Admiral Farragut, accompanied by Mr. Morris, the (@Minister of the United States, had an interview with he Sultan last week, at which, after the interchange yf compliments and good wishes, his Majesty in- formed the Admiral that the fagship Franklin would ‘be permitted to pass through the Dardanelles to Con- Btantinopie should the Adiniral so desire. * General ignatief, the Russian Ambassador at Con- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET, MEXICO. Precarious Position of the Federal Authori- ties at Vera Cruz—Fuailure of Their Plans Raids of the Insurgente—Kidnappiag— Heavy Rains. HAVANA, August 17, 1868, From Mexico we have the following additional in- telligence:— Governor Hernandez y Hernandez, of Vera Cruz, had veturned from his expedition to Madellin, where he made an ineffectual attempt to capture the insur- gent leader, Prieto. The land and sea operations undertaken against the rebels of Alvarado and vicinity had all failed, and the city of Vera Cruz was full of malcontents. The French, German, Spanish and American business men ¢® poused the cause of the Governor, and were aiding him to raise men and to feed as well as pay his troops punctually. The Governor had ordered cat- te, &c., in the suburbs to be seized for their use, ‘The rebels also make raids within musket range of the city and the local authorities do not interfere with them. The civil authorities of the city had been suspended, Colonel Jimenez, with a reinforcement of five hundred cavalry, was expected at Vera Cruz to scour the country around. The press of the capits! forbear to mention the de- feat of General Alatorre by Negrete. The only ex- ception 1s the Orquesta. General Alatorre was expected at Vera Cruz. The Totonac Chief, Colonel Juan Francisco Lucas, had proved to be a powerful auxiliary to General Negrete. ‘The defeat of Colone! Dominguez by the Yucatan Indians was officially reported. Also the death of Mr. Markoe. The British mail steamer of September 2 will take away a million and a half of specie to Eusope. * Kidnapping was still of frequent occurrence The rains were deluging the roads, which ran with torrents, rendering travel most dificult and dan- gerous. The weather at Vera Cruz was very stormy. Pas- sengers by the steamers from Cuba, who cannot pro- duce papers to satisfy the authorities of their neu- trality in the politics of the repablic are put ia prisov. Stantinople, last week entertained Admiral Farragut Bnd the officers of his Meet at a grand banquet given ‘@t the Russian Legation. GERMANY. @he Exploring Expedition to the Pole=Reports ‘ from the Germania. BERLIN, August 17, 1868. + The North German exploring yacht Germania, Arhich left Bergen, Norway, on an expedition to the ‘orth Pole, was seen on the 23d of June, in Jati- Gude 743. ‘She was steering due north. ‘The sea was clear of tce. Advices from the expedition of a date immediately {preceding the above—June 16—were not so favorable ‘ms the latest report. The first cficer of the Germania, Hildebrandt, addressed at that time the following lmote, despatched from Lerwick on July 20, to Dr. jBreusing:— : 16, 73 - 20 min. north, 16 deg. 13 min.. ae Teh SS aiceeay sticking fast in the ice. riven down here from 76 deg. north. Seen the @oast (Pendulum Isiand), Encountered = many Btorms and hard pressed by them. Terrible, extraor- Ginarily large masses of ice. Hope to get out of {our captivity to-day. Must proceed northwards ‘pgain. Can only reach coast with the most fearful ra, Potted six ice-bears already. fon board. Hope for good results. hurry. AUSTRIA. The New Minister Sails for Washington. Lonpox, August 17, 1868, 4 Baron von Lederer, the recentiy appointed Minis- r of Austria to Washington, and the Meibers of fr Legation sailed for the United States on Satur- @ay last on board the steamship Cuba. NASSAU. it Bill Again Introduced—Its Prospecte—lLucendiarism—Negro Ewancipae Von—Salt Abundant. Hy/VANA, August 17, 1868, Our advices from Nassau are to the th tnst. fhe bill to disendow the E tablished Caurch had Neen agatu intraduced into the Legislature and lpassed to a second reading by a majority of five wotes, The Executive Counc) are afraid to rejecti’, as the annual supplies may be stopped by the Legis- ‘aature in retaliation. { Incendiariam was frequent and the niggers were most destitute. The anniversary of negro emanc:- | om was celebrated as of custom. Salt is abundant at ten cents, JAMAICA. Excitement Among the cgtoee—Incendinry Harnangues of a JudgeRobbers—Public Works, FAvaNa, August 17, 1863, Our advices from Kingston, Jamaica, are to the » Path inst. The planters were very much alarmed owing to 4he violent speeches made by Judge Mashedor an the parish of St. Thomas, the inhabitants of which proved them-eives the most dan- gerous during previous rebellions. The Judge eclared that he did not come to administer any pianters’ law, but English justice. He aiso exposed the system of jurisprudence in euch a way that the egroes misinterpreted his remarks and commenced ‘Yo insult the Whites and demand satisfaction of their employers for past allegod yr evances, Highwaymen abound on the isiend. ' Mr. Rushworth, the Anancter, had gone to Engiand for the purpose of negotiating a loan to carry out certain public works. MARYLAND. Bank Robbery tn Paltimore, BALT MONE, Angust 17, 1908, Last night it was discovered that the People's Bank, of this city, had been entered by burgiars, the vault blown open aud robbed of its conteniss to the bank and valuables of @ similar character Which had been deposited by individuals for safe Keeping. The bank itseii loses avout * ‘as ascertained, but the entire loss is nol Owing to the absence ithe city of the dep Who are the principal losers. ‘The detectives have some clue to the tifeves and are now In pursuit of tiem. ‘The evening Commer Deon ascertained the | | z 8 Honk amounts to £16, ~ hoses $6,700, 1! states that so far as has jie robbery of the Veo. so, of Which the bank Consisting of money, bons ant securities belonging | HAYTI. The Caces Capture a War Vessel and Some of Sainave’s Houschald—The President Pre« paring to Leave=[is Threats—A Britisher Preparing to Lombard Port au Prince. HAVANA, August 17, 1868, Our advices from Port au Prince are to the 8th inst. ‘The Cacos, after capturing the war schooner Syl- vain, found aboard a curate, the Minister of War and President Salnave’s mother, The President was pre- paring to marry a wealthy lady and embark on a United States man-of-war for the United States. He is constantly insulting foreigners and has imprisoned the Prussian Consul and some Englishmen, On the same day the British Minister protested, demanding protection for British subjects in the country, but Salnave threatened his life. The inhabitants of the capital are in constant fear. The British man-of-war Favorite was preparing to bom- bard the city, and it was expected that General Petion Faubert would thereafter enter the place. CUBA. Sugar Market—Exchange Quotations. Havana, August 17, 1863, KANSAS. Fatal Accident on the Pacific Railroad—Seven Men Killed, Sr. Louis, August 17, 1868, An Omat# despatch says that a construction train of the Uniow Pacific Raifroad, in backing towards Fremont station on Saturaay, ran over a cow, throw- ing the caboose off the track, kil'ing five men and wounding twelve’ others. Two of the latter died yesterday. TENNESSEE. ‘Teachers’ National Convetttion. NASHVILLE, Augiist 17, 1868. The Teachers’ National Convention met at the Capitol this morning, a large number of delegates and spectators being present. The session was de Yoted to the consideration of the question of National Superintendents’ Associations, and various other Subjects of interest were discuased, Mr. Barnard, who was expected to address the Meeting, did not appear. NEW YORK. The Cattle Disease—Board of Commissioners Appointed by the Governor. ALBANY, August 17, 1868, In view of the continued apprehension of the cattle disease Governor Fenton has summoned to the Ex- ecutive Chamber Lewis Wallen, of Buffalo; John Stanton Gould, of Columbia, and General Patrick, of Geneva, who under chapter 740, Laws of 1866, are constituted a Board of Commissioners for the pro- tection of cattle, &c., from destruction by infectious diseases, As the law gives ample power to this com- mission it 1s probante that measures will be adopted in addition to the steps heretofore tax: by the Gov. ernor and the Poards of Health in New York’and in several other localitics to pre t the introduction as far as possible of infected cattle and the further spread of the disease, Sugar—Nos. 10 to 12 quiet at 7 ja 8 reals per arrobe; muscovados, fair to good refining, 744 @ 744 reals. Exchange on London, 114% @ 11% per cent pre- minum, Exchange on the United States, 60 days’ sight, in currency, 3234 a 31!; discount; short sight, in cur- rency, 31}¢ @ 303g per cent discount; if gold, 60 days’ sight, para % per cent premium; short siglit, in gold, 14g @ 234 per cent premium. OUR INDIAN TROUBLES. Large Bodies of Indians on the War Path— Government Troops Defeated—Scttlements Broken Up—Eight Men Mardered. St. Lovis, August 17, 1968, Despatches from Solomon City, Kansas, state that the hostile Indians were reported within twenty- eignt miles of that place at daylight this morning. Their strength is estimated from six hundred to fif‘een hundred warriors, They are reported as hav- ing declared that they are going to clean out the white settlements on al! these streams, ‘Che women and children are coming in very fast, and the town is nearly full of refugees. It ts reported that a detachment of soldiers had an engagement with the savages yesterday between the Solomon and Sabine rivers, that the soldiers were whipped, nearly all the settlers north of Asher creek surrounded and eight white persons killed, The settlers for thirty miles along the Solomon river have been driven off. Governor Crawford is in Sabine organizing the mi- litia, and one squad had gone to the relief of the set- Uers up the river. The other troops would follow as soon as they received arms and ammunition from Topeka. A body of hostile Indians are now moving towards the Republican valley, A later despatch says General Sully left Fort Harker to-day with troops and one month’s rations, ‘The Indians are reported to have gone towards the Republi Fork, Governor Crawford is aiter them with miliia and United States troops, THE NEW DOMINION. Another Fenian Scare—General Calling Out of the Militia, OTTAWA, August 17, 1508, Vague rumors prevail here as to the assembling of @ large force of Fenians in the neighborhood of ensburg. The men belonging to the Rifle rgae at rife practice near Chelsea have been cailed in. Urders have been issued to the military to be on the aicrt. The Troops at Kingston Under Orders. KINGSTON, August 17, 1863, The commandant here has received instructions to have troops ready and under arms at short notice, Tne Commissariat Department is now actively en- gaged tn making the necessary arrangements. The ward at the provincial penitentiary has been joubled. The Volunters at Toronto Ordered Out—Ar- reat of a Chicago Detective=Sir Joln McDonald’s Return from Nova Scotia. ToRONTO, August 17, 1868, Two thousand volunteers are to be called out for three weeks and brigaded with the regulars. The Commissarat Department here have received orders to provide suppiles. George H. Bangs, the Chicago detective, was brought before the police. magistrate this morning on a ena preferred by Mrs. Den Thompson, accased by him of being tmplicated ln the express robbery. He was remanded until thurs jay. Sir Jolin A. McDonald and party have arrived at Quebec aud will proceed West In the moratug. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Ngero Equality Act=—Some Republica Bolt the Test—An Empty Treasury, COLUMBIA, August 17, 1808, The House passed the bill putting the negroes of the State on an equal footing with the whites, The | colored members demand the right to hotel tables, beds and ail licensed places, Several white repub- licans voted against declaring on the question of race; they must go with thetr own color. Seventy sections of the Tax law passed without opposition Phe Gove funds. 0. thor has as yet been anable to ratse any MISSOURI. Lihel Suit=Troops Despatched After the Kansas Indians=Aviempted Assnssination of cate yur, Angust 17, 1868, | Norman Fraite has ened the Democrat for Wel in | connection with an article recently published in that j | paper descriving a suit brought against Fruite by Misa Millie Jolnsou, of Leavenworth, Kansas, for Drench of promitse | ages, Randotph Staake att 1 ssinate Judge | Jecko, one of the most popular justices of the peace fa St. Louis, to-day, because Le los) & sud iu Lhe \ Judge's court lagt summer. QUARANTINE OPERATIONS. The Shipping Merchants and the Quarantine Mismanagement—Abuses, Overcharges and Blackmail—The Quarantine Autocracy—A Story with a Moral—Practical Hints to Skippers. The abuses at Quarantine, which have been venti- lated for the first time in the H»ratp, have occa- sioned the deepest sensation among our shipping merchants, and we are in the receipt of numerous communications giving detaiis of particular cases. ‘These communications are for the most part anony- mous. The writers have too much fear of the con- sequences to themselves should they openly avow themselves the authors of the charges which they make. The fact is a sad commentary on the justice of our institutions, Merchants and brokers, men of the first standing in the community, are actually afraid to sign their names to papers making com- piaint of the grievances which they are compelled to endure at the hands of a public oficial. THE QUARANTINE BUGABOO. We sent one of our reporters through the various shipping offices yesterday, but in all instances, as soon as his business was made known, the oficers or clerks declined to relate anything that might offend the authorities at Quarantine. “It's no use, sir,” said one gentleman, “trying to fight the Doctor. We thought to do so at first. We objected to this bill and to that. It wasn’t no use. He could put us in quarantine just as long as he liked, and we couldn’t help ourselves. So we gradually yielded. It costs us a great deal now, it’s true—more than we ought to pay—but it would cost us a great deal more to have the Doctor quarantine us for a few days even.” This fear of the oficial who more immediately pre- sides over the duties of the Quarantine station extends to the whole shipping community, Should the name fifty or a hundred and sixty pounds, valned at about $35, was lowered into the boat, the vessel was given a permit to go up to the city and the Doctor retired with his “ tax.’ Captain Von Appen, conmanding the brig’ Superb, from the same port, fated to ‘see che point” when told he had to go {nto quarantine, and for his obtuse- ness paid the penalty of remaining at anchor in the lower bay until it plezsed the authorities to let kim go up to the city, The schooner Grapeshot left this port for St. Do- mingo, struck on one of the Caicos reefs, discharged her cargo into wreckers, took in sand ballast and returned to New York, Om her arrival at the lower Quarantme in the evening a person representing himself to be the Deputy Reatth OMicer (as ship news collector) boarded her fee the news, aud in- formed the captain if he would’ pay the sum of five dollars he might procecd to thacity. The captain refused. Tlie next day fumigation was threatened at an extra expense and the vessel allowed to go. “And yet,'’ says our informant, “she came with sand ballast frour Turk’s Island, wiere nobody dies except from old age.” The Health Offticer’s To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD: In the Times of this date is an article headed “The Quarantine Sloop and the Custom Houxe Authori- ties,” which, from iis tone and temper, pitts me in mind of the old saw that the galled jade winees, as horrible as it is for the Custom House authorities to bring the sloop Four Brothers to the wharves of the city after seizure for as gross infractions of the* reve- nue laws as has ever been committed since New York was made a port of entry. There has never been a word from the 7imes, when by the authority of the Health Onicer the same sloop Four Brothers has repeatedly visited the cities of New York and Brooklyn since the quarantine season of the present summer commenced, This same sloop has beer day, after day and night after night prowl ing around the coast of Staten Island from Seguin’s Point and below to the mouth of the Kills, and the coast of Long Island, from Coney Island cove to Hunter's Point, and has time after time made landing at various points on ‘Staten Island, such as the chemical works, Stapieton, the basin and Quar- antine, aud on Long Island at Coney Istand cove, Ked Hook Point, Erie basin and Hunter's Point; yet in all this time there has never a word about cholera or even low fever appeared in the Times, The Times ys the sloop in question 18 the property of the State, Well, Whatof it? Is thata reason why she should be exempt from. pu ishment for infractions of the revenue laws of the ited States? Has the supply of cigars of the writer of the article in the are by the Vanes given out on account of her sei: Custom Honse authorities, and the sloop’s r necessary in order that he may again enjoy his ot, cu. dig, over a chowe Havana at haif price? LOWER BAY. AMUSEMENTS. THEATRE Comigue.—This establishment opened last evening for the regular fall dramatic season un- der very flattering auspices. A good programme was offered to the lovers of fan, new “stars”? of va- rious magnitude were introduced, and the house was crowded to suffocation, Everything upon the bills was rapturously received and encored, and artists and audience appeared to be in harmonious accord with cach other, and both were in the best possible humor, Concerning the theatre itself we have al- ready spoken, and need only add that hereafter every description of negro minstrelsy will be en- tirely ignored at this establishment, and the per- formances conducted on the principle of vaude- ville and variety theatre. Last evening the curtain was rung up, under this new régime, for the first time, and the management have every rea- ase inal eae a VRC Era THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN TO-DAY. The Sun to be Completely Obscured for seven Minutes and the Moon Without Light—Line of the Eclipse on the Equator from Aden to the Oriental Islands—Rise and Progress of the Phenomenon—The Sciengific Observers. To-day along the Mine of the equ.vtor, commencing at Aden, on the Red Sea, wnd thence through India to New Guinea, wilt be witnessed by the astonished Popuiations and delighted, yet amazed, dekentific ob- Servers one of the most extraordinary solar ev!ipses— for totality and duratios ef the obscuration—w hich have been recorded with? a thousand years, and of the magnitude or which ectipse no phenonicnon of the sort appreaching it will, as at present calculated, be seen for at least two centuries to come. The eclipse will commence’ soon after suntise, near Aden, on the Red Sea, pass-through India wd the Malay peninswla during the forenoon and termi nate in tho-evening in New Guinea aud the Oriensal islands. The black shadow, which will be upwards of one hundred and forty miles in dinmeter and sur rounded by ® penumbra four thousand miles in width, will sweep trom the eastern portion of Africa > across the Aravinn Sea, Indian Penna and East TInclan Archijelago—an extent over eight thousand mnie: When this shadow is traversing the East Indian loggo will be the moment of the mest complete ecipse. The obscuration of the sum will endure ‘ally six minutes and fifty seconds in India aed seven minutes at Saigon, permitting the savens who have set out from Europe to note iis time to recont with accuracy its startling manifestations—an ad- Vantage not heretofore presented in consequence of the space of time of endurance of the eclipses beinge much more brief, the phases previously noticed* not exceeding three or four minutes, Of this exceptional phenomenon, regarded by many as a disturbance of the WS of Know that when the sun ‘is almost at the gr distance from the earth the moon is nearest the earth, and the moon's shadow wil! pass nearest the earth's equator when the eclipse will commence, At the time predicted by the astronomers there is to be seen at a foreknown potnt on the sun's limba flattening, This will increase till it is clear that the ewrved iimb of the moon is overlapping that of the sun, Gradually the eclipse will progress, the dar hess will increase and the color of the light change. It becomes lurid and all nature seems to feel the occasion. The visible portion of the sun will grow smailer and the ght seem to pale; at last the edge of the shadow will pass the piace almost as though it were material and the last trace of the familiar sun disappears. Then the watchers will behold a sight overpoweringly glorious. The sky is dark, ttowards the horizon, and the stars seen as In deep twilight; but where the sun was willbe the black surface of the moon surrounded by a corona of glory, of light, which will appear often to vary in brightness and have frequent bright coruscations darting from the moon's edge. On this and closely surrounding the moon will be seen, as it were, flames or clouds of various tints of red and very bright. The sun, when eclipsed, will be leas than three degrees from the point immediately overhead, and the moon will be so near the earth that its ap- parent diameter will only fall short of its greatest possible estimate by about a thousandth part At last the moon will have passed the sun, a slight gleam of light will be seen outside its limb, and the strain wiil be over—daylight will have returned. Bird, beast and man will be relieved—the suspense of the eclipse will be over, of son to feel gratified at the manner in which thelr patrons received the judicious change. Mr. William Horace Lingard, who is at once both stage manager and principal attraction, appeared in his “Comic Sketches” and his original “Statue Song,” and was well received in both. Mr. Joseph Emmett, lately of Bryant's, set the house in a roar with his inimitable of a firm get into print in connection with any nar- rative reflecting upon his administration the mame of that firm would be marked and every vessel coming into port thereafter would be rigorously quaran- tined. APPEAL has been taken in a few instances to the Quarantine Commissioners, a set of gentlemen duly authorized to hear grievances and redress them. They are very hard to find, as any one will ascertain who has a complaint to make. One refers to another, and the other to the first, and a third to a fourth, and so on. All refer back to the Doctor, and the Doctor re- fers back again; so that the poor complainant is made a shuttlecock, and is tossed backward and for- ward until he pays the charges demanded and with- draws in disgust, The Doctor “runs the machine” entirely, as any one may also ascertain by a little In- vestigation. The Commissioners seldom meet, or if they do it is for the purpose of transacting business merely of a routine nature, in connection with the support of those belonging to the Quarantine estab- lishment. THE QUARANTINE AUTOCRACY. The truth is the law which contempiated securing the health of the metropolis beyond peradventure was made so stringent, and the powers conferred upon the Health Oficer rendered so arbitrary in pursuance of this wise end, that the edicts originat- ing from the Doctor have no gainsay—a fact of which our shipping merchants are patufully aware, and hence their submission to what they call unjust charges and all sorts of unpleasant restrictions. From the moment a vessel passes Sandy Hook she 1s the prey of the Quarantine sharks until the last pack- age of goods is taken out of her hold, what with towage, and fumigation, and lighterage and all sorts of processes which she is compelled to undergo, whether the wind be fair or foul, the bill of heaith clean or otherwise. Itis against the charges which are imposed for these services that the merchants com- plain, The Doctor has, according to report, an interest in the towboats and lighters which the vessels de- siring speedy quarantine are compelled to employ. There is no redress as the law stands at present. ‘The Doctor is shielded by it. The shipping merchants know this and are anxious for his removal, that some person more conservative to the commercial in- terests of New York may be placed at Quarantine to administer the duties of the boarding oMcer. The law itself may be altered by the next Legislature, In the meantime the merchants look for a change in the official who interprets it and sabinit with as good a grace as they can to the evils which they cannot remedy at present. ALARMED, The Quarantine officials are largely drawn upon by the political committees for contrivutions in support of the cause in this State. Their “pickings” have the reputation of veing very numerous and corre- spondingly rich. Hence, with the Port Wardens and Harbor Masters they are levied upon to support “the macnine.”’ The posttions are political ones, They are worth a good deal to the incumbents, according to popular belief, and #0 they must make a generous return to the sources of power, ‘The excessive charges complained of are the resuit of the high tax imposed to run the machine during the past year. As the landiord puts up the rent for hisown benefit when his own taxes are increased, so the tariff has been raised gradually and the om- clals pocket—that is to say they give no return of—the revenues thus derived. The agitation of the subject has seriously alarmed some of them, it would appear, and yesterday one of our prominent shipping firms received back the overplus which they had paid, in a recent iustance, over Wie regular rates. How many similiar lustances of restitution will be recorded ina short time depends on the success of the movement claims $20,000 dam- | which the merchants are making to protect them- selves, A CASH OF BLACKMAIL, Captain A. Hausen, of the Brig Uller, which ar- rived a few weeks since, reports that he was boarded as usual ia the lower bay, when on examination it was found that the bill of heaith which the Ameri. can Consul at Rio Janeiro had mace out had been misiald. “sorry,” said the Doctor, one of the Health Om- cer'a deputies; “but I'll have to quarantine you a few days.” “Why, Doctor, there’® no aickness on board, and T | do not come from an unhealthy port,” pleaded tae Captain. “see here Captawn, what's your cargo’ “Oottee.¥ “Coffee? Why can’t you lower away a bag now? | and it will be all right. Hard times these; +e must have soinething for ourselves, you Know.” And bag of Rio goifee, containing @ Rriadred and deifneation of the “Happy Dutchman,” and was twice encored, Miss Alice Dunning, of the London theatres, made her first appearance in this country at this establishment last evening as the Widow White in the afterpiece of “Mr. and Mrs, White,” and created quite a sensation. She sings well, dances like a nymph and is withal a very fascinating litle actress, and these are qualities that will soon make her a favorite with the patrons of the Théatre Comique. Altogether the opening may be regarded as a splendid success and augurs well for the future. Tony Pastor's OPERA Hovse.—A crowded house at this popular place received with emphatic ap- proval last night a new sensation drama, in one act, entitled “Jonathan Wild; or, Jack Sheppard in Ire- jand.” In the course of the play Jack (Miss Adie Le Brun) desires to reform, Sitting down in an English beer house he falls asleep, and, under the potent command of a fairy, dreains of robbing ladies of their personal ornaments, assisted by Blueskin (T. G, Riggs); then of his arrest by his persecutor, Jonatnan Wild (G, W. Thompson), and incarceration. From prison, with the assistance of his ‘pal,’? he escapes only to confront Wild, whom he shoots down, Jack then, by instigation of the fairy, awakes to find it all adream, and upon which he promises to reform, At this juncture his enemy, Wild, ap- pears, and, with a couple of policemen, attempts his arrest, when Biueskin appears, and, firing a pistol at him (Wild), kills him, Upona striking tableau, of which the fallen body of Wild Is the central figure, the curtain is rang down. This little play, replete with incident, will doubtless have a fair run in con- nection with the hundred other attractions which Manager Pastor knows $0 well how to put upon his stage. Musical and Theatrical Notes. ‘The Worrell Sisters are rasticating in their “Mapie Cottage’ at Great Neck, L. I., where they are ac- tively engaged in rehearsing an English version of “arbe Bleue,” with which piece they intend open- ing the season at their favorite theatre, Mr. Frank E, Evans is recovering siowly from his Jate iliness, and will shortly start for St. Louis, in which city he will play during the coming season at the Olympic theatre. Mr. Rt. D. Ogden, of Richmond celebrity, the gen- tloman who fought a not very fatal duel with “Lost- Cause Pollard,” leaves this city on Saturday next for veston, Texas, to assume the management of the new theatre now building in that city. Carlotta Patti has recently given some very suc- cessful concerts at Baden Baden, in company with M. M. Verga and Mme, Escudier Kastner. Hartz, the illustonist, is announced to enter Wino- na, Minuesota, on Thursday, and the Winonans, never having hala genuine sensation before, are making extensive preparations to receive their de- ceptive guest. They will be nicely humbugged be- fore Hariz gets through with them. ‘The staid burgers of the Quaker City, bave the centipedal draraa in all Its giory, The “White Fawn” opened last night at the Chesnut. Miss. Fannie Stockton, the favorite mezzo soprano, plays the part of the Fairy Aquiliva, ‘The New York Conservatory of Music reopens om September 1. The matinées and musical soirées whit be given every month as usual and @ large number of French and German professors have been engaged for the season. ‘The Californians are finding fauit with Mr. FE. L. Davenport for not being more liberal, and charge him with nearly ruining his manager, from whom he received $2,000 before leaving New York, $8,000 upon his arrival in the “Golden State,” and $1,000, a week during his engagement. Mile, Nilsson asks $35,000 for one year's engage- ment in Paris, with leave of absence for turee months, therefore at the sate of $4,000 per mouth, Counting as uauai cight performances per month, i is $509 per performance. The part of a chanteuse Is supposed to consist of five thowsand notes, there- fore ten cents a note # not ao bad. Muste ia New York is much cleaper, especially street inusic (vide street organs and diminutive Italian deformities @zipding at “ agne Charley,” &e.) Mr. Henry Henrichs, the great German tragedian, ts expected to arrive fn this city to-day from Europe, He will commence an engageinont at the New Stadt theatre in this city on the Ist of September, and will receive for his services $1,000 per night and half the profits of the house, Not so bad that. Previous to the event the astronomers who know what is approaching, who are aware that when the 7 battlements of the town, a8 Well as the little emi- Rences in the neighborhoe’, in order fo obtain a view of the sun as he ascended above the horizon. At the citad@, we had under onr eyes, bear’es nu merous gronfie of citizens established on the slopes, # body of citizen soldiers about to be reviewed. The hour of the cominencement of the eclipse drew nigh. More than twenty thouséod persons, with amoke@ ses in their hands, were examining the faliant globe projected unon an azure Bky. Although armed with our powerful telescopes, we had hawtiy begun to discern the smai! noten'on the western limb of the sun when ga immense exclama- tion, formed by the’ blending together of twenty thonsant different votces, announerd tons that wi had anticipated, by only a few seconds, the ohery: tion marte with the oncfded eye by twenty thousand astrononiers equipved for the occaston. whose frat essay this was. A lively onrfosity, a spirit of emula- tion, a desire of not being outdone, hat the privilege of giving (> the natural vision au utnsual power of penetration, «Durie the Interval that elapsed between this mement and the almost total disappearance of far sim we remarked! nothing worthy of relation In the countedances of BO many spetietors, But when tie sun, reduceil to @ very narrow filament, began to throw vpon the horizon only a vety feedie light, a sort of uneasiness seized upon all; every person feit a desire t¥com- municate his impressions to tiese around Hence arose a decp murmur, resembling thar forth by the distant groan aftera tempest. The im of voices in vas che solar cresee: .grew more slender. jongth the crese peared, dai edlight, and an absolute silence mark of the eclipae with as great pr fae pendula of otr astronomical plenomenoar pased ti intensi At clock, The in its magnificence had ¢efumphed over the petu'ance’ of youth, over the levity which certain ersons as-+ sume as sign of superiority, over the woeisy indif- feretce of which soldiers Usually make professi A profound stillness also retgened in the air; the birds: had ceased to sing. after anvinterval of se'emn ex- pectaifon, which lasjed abst ten minuses, tran- sports of joy, shouts of enthusiastic applause, saluted with the ‘ord, @ie Same Spontancous “eeling, the firat r rance of the rays of the sun.~ ‘Toa Lh condition of melancholy, produced by sentin ats of suceeeded a lives n and one tf. an indeSnatle mature, the re intelligible’ fevling of san faction, which sought to eseape frou or moderate the imput We are not aware if the i iited States governiaent sent an astronomical commia sion to the East or not, but, after reading this the I RALD's statements of the eclipse of the sun Professot’ Loomis may takeap his almanac and announce, “A bout these days lok oat for a change’ of weather.” TELEGRAPHIS NEWS MEMS. Two boys fell into tie mver al Sv ratford, Conn., on © day, and one of them, name! Jolin Schwieter- ing, aged eleven years, was drowned. The body was recovered on Sunday. ‘The deceased was a New Yorker and a scholar at Sedwict:’s Academy, At the Democratic County Convention held in N. Y., on Saturday, the 1th imst., ©. L. Grant was chosen as delegate to the State Convention. A resolution was adopted favoring the nomination of John 'T. Homan for ¢ nor and A. I’, Laning, of Erie, for Lieutenant Governor, Brown & Patterson’s. foundry, at Wnhitby,.N. ¥., which employed over ff vn, was burned to the ground on Sunday. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Aman named Cunningham was run over on the Lowe! Railroad in East Cambridge, Mass , on Satur- day and killed. ‘redertck Jones, a Boston merchant, has given $15,000 to the Andover Theological Seminary toward the foundation of a professorship of elocation, Mr. J. M. Humphreys, Collector of the port of Rich- mond, and member of the City Council, was re- moved from the latter position by military authority yesterday. Jndge Alexander Rives, of Virginia, fs ont in a briet letter announcing that he will support Grant and Colfax. EUROPEAN MARKETS. MONEY MARKET.—LONDON, August 17—5 P. M.—The following are the closing prices at the Stock Exchange to-da; Y 4 consols for account, 45,3 U! ties, 7114; Atlantic and Great Western, 39; Erie Rail- way shares, 3445; Illinois Centrals, 91} PRANKFORT BOURSE.--FRANKFORT, August: 17.— United States five-twentles (old) opened at 74%. Lonn hands of a watch indicate a certain mowent the sun will be darkened and the moon not show her light, will experience a nervous anxiety accom- panied by unusual sensations, and, as in former in- stances, many even of these learned men may lose their presence of mind to such an extent as to per- mit valuable seconds of the great opportunity to pass away without marking their tablets. Indeed the advent of the present eclipse of the sun—with- out parallel in history—has been waited for by thou- sands with feelings akin to those experienced by the prescience of the approach of an event terrible in itself, few being able to regard it as a development of those laws which are fraught with strange interest to mankind, or as affording some addl- tional insight of natural causes hitherto unraveiled, The event is not the less awe-inspiring because ex- pected, and to-day, Onoding vantage ground in India, congregated astronomers from Europe are busily engaged in attempts to work further revelations of Nature's secrets and assure the Jess educated (more vulgar would be perbaps more appropriate) millions that an eclipse of the sun is not of the exact descrip- tion of that darkness which the Evyptiang are said to have felt, and is explainable according to natural rules, Eighteen hundred years ago and the Wise Men of the East turned to behold a bright star which rose to guide man to salvation by its eternal light; to-day the Wise Men of Europe stand ranged on the equator in an endeavor to penetrate the mysterious work- ings of Him who set the sun, the moon and the stars mm the firmament and carries their light im Tils band. Scientific commissions from Europe have already reached India to watch the eclipse of the sun. An English expedition left England rome time ago; a French expedition. was sent to Cochin China and Malacca to be aided. by several vessels of the French navy; the Austrian expedition went to Aden. The Parliament of the North German Union voted $16,000 for an expedition. The distinguished Roman As- tronomer, Father Seccht, applied tothe Pope to be scout to the Indies to assist at the congress of astronor wers. Father Seechi was sent to Spain on an astro- nomical mission which proved highly successful in 1860, It ts stated, however, that the Pope repited that he had no avaliable funds wherewith to send the learned Jesuit to India, Major Tennant. has been commissioned by the ¢eprrtment of the Anglo- Indian government to observe and report the phe- nomenon, The general instructions given to these learned men set forth that some of the most important points to be ascertained concern the nature of these promi- nences of Name, or bright coruscations, darting from the moon's edge, noticed above, which exceed in dimensions the largest of the planets and form no inconsiderable portion of the sun itself. It is desired to know whether they shine by their own, Hght or reflect that of the sun, or are but phenomena of ourown atmosphere, The whirling motion of the solar spots; their periodicity; the association which exists between this periodicity and the periodicity of terrestrial magnetic variations, with the influence, ag supposed, of the planets upon the solar atmos- phere, are also to be commented on. The polariscope will, they are told, if circumstances be favor- able, affard the means of solving this question, aa reflected light alone being polarizel, if tue flames be self-luminous they will not exhibit that conditian, The obscuration of the nucleus of the sun also offers opportunities for examining by the spectroscope the comatitution of the sua’s atmos- phere which do not exist at other times. Anxiety is felt from the fact that as this great eclipse occurs at & season of tie year when the peo: ple of India are particularly iavie to cloudy weather, andit will beg bitter and irreparable disappoint- ment to the scientific world if the 18th of August | ahould not bring with 6a cleat sky on the ling.of ob- servation. Of total galar eclipses a remarkable one, recorded by Herodotus, occurred in the year 5s4 BO C., when day was tarned into night, on the 28th of May, dur. ing the battle between the Medes and Lydian Xerxests said to tave witnessed a disappearance of the sum when ledving his army from Sardis to Abr« dos. Pericles and his Athenians were seriousiy agitated and Uireatened with defeat by ineans of an eclipse when abort to engage the Laced@monians, ot anehtote t Atgrust 2. 1185, an ecitpse was visible in England when Henry the First approached his deaih, and the sun and moon were again darkened to the eyes of the Bngti#h seven years later, In the year 17064 total eclipse was observable in Western and Centra) Europe, and tn 17160 total eclipse produced Immense tetvor in London. A concert will be given at the Continental Hotel, Lon Branch, on Thursday evening, by Harry San. | derson, assisted by #everat well known artists, ‘The Gertran Opera Company, Water the manage- meat of M* HL. Grau, will give two enteriainments | at Newport, R 1, tats week, M. Arago, in his account of the eclipse of July 3, L842, Which was visibie in the north of italy aud in | parts of France, Germany and Russia, witnessed by the philosopher from Perpignan, says:— At Perpignan persons who were seriously unwell | ' alone remained wiltin door, A® 4voR Aa day Legal tu break the povulatiog covered the terraces am Headquarters ai te, GRAK Liverroon Corron MARKeTt.—LiveRroon, Augnst 17—5 P. M.—The cotton market closed active at fully 4d. per pound advance over the prices at the open- ing and the market stil! tends upward. The sales of day have been fully 20,000 bales of all sorts. The rices of American descriptions closed as follows:— Madting uplands, 107,4.; middling Orleans, 11!sd. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 17—5 P, M.—Wheat is easier, though prices are quotably unaltered, Corn. 258, per quarter for mixed Western. Barley 64. per bushel. Oats, 38. 7d. per bushel. Flour, 284. per bbl. for Western State (American). Peas, 478. per 504 Ibs, LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS — MARKET.—LIVEnroor, August 17—6 P. M.—Lard 1s quiet and steady al 663, 6d. per cwt, Pork dull at previous prices, Bacon has advanced 6d., and is now quoted at 51s. per ewt, for Cumberland eut. Beef, 1028, @d. per tierce of 304 Ibs, for extra prime mess, Cheese, 60s. 6d. per cwt. for the best grades of American ne. LIVERPOOL PROPUCE MARKET.—LIVERTOOL, August M.—Rosin, Sa. Ad, per ewt. for common rolina and 133, 6d. for pale. Spirits tarpen- tine, 278. 6d. per cwt. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDON, Angst 17— Calcutta Unseed haa declined 1s, and ia now quoted at 6: Sugar ts heavy and tends down- ward, though bly unaltered. Sperm oil has advan Tallow ts dull and has declined Y. C., 468, per cwt, Petroleum is firmer and lugher, spirits, La. per gal- lon of 8 Ibs.; standard white, Is. Sad. per gallon. Cloverseed, 534, 6d. per cwt. for American red. Olle quiet at £56 for whale. Linseed oli in common casks has declined to £ Linseed cakes are firmer and higher; thin oblong for feeding, £12 68. per tom. EUROPEAN MARINE NEWS. SorvTnavrron, August 17.—The steamahtp iA’ ®. mannia, which left New York Augnst4, atvivet at this port at half-past five o'clock Saturday even i eg, on her way to Hamburg. ‘The steamship We:vae,, which left New York on the 6th of August, arrived at tnis port at half-past ten last evening. After laad- ing English passengers and mail the Weser yo. ceeded to Bremen. BrewRy, August 17.—Tho steamship Smid’, fom New York, arrived at Bremerhaven early on tho morning of the 15th. A well known hunchback recently died at Weael, Germany. His beard wos eleven ant a hat feet lon which he rolled upand wore on iis chest as a set for the hump on his back, Tn tuts will ne bequeathed luis Leard as a eurtosity to the eity. MAILS FOR, EUROPE. ‘The Cunard mail steamat sp Russia will leave thie port on Wednesday for Li gerpool. ‘The maiis for Europe w Att clove at the Past OMoe at twelve o'clock M. on ‘ Wadnesray. The New York HeRa 1.o—Edition for Enrope—will be ready at half-past tym o'clock in the marning. Single copies, In Wr sppers for matting, six centa, loms @ Are they eyes, smunea, slebiliiy, ee? Tf 80 sour liver A.v—What Are * fear Sym ain in the rieht aide, ¥ silewness of tl rrevularity of the bov velo and is wrot andtesetit’ right and ystems one thin g peedful it APERIENT. Sold b: 7 all druggists. Batchelor’s !Aalr Dy —Tho Best in the Armiess, reliable, insisuta vorld. The on : ovum, Factory 18 fond street Cristadoro’*, Uarivalled ic, Dye Sold al at No. 8 Amor House. “M itecbory” No, ‘68 Malden Circulars. 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