The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTON Military Aid in the Southern States. ~~ Instructions of General Grant and Opinion of Attorney General . Evarts in the Premises. Southern Loyalists Demanding the Reas- sembling of Congress. Gounterfeit Seven-Thirties Again Accepted at the Treasury. WASHINGTON, August 26, 1968, Another Fraudulent Seven-Thirty Bond Re- deemed. ‘The question in relation to the alleged counterfeit and duplicate seven-thirty bonds, some of which found their way to the Treasury for redemption last fall, thereby creating no little sensation among the Treasury authorities, it appears is not effectually dis- posed of, as tbe whole subject is again presented to create further complications. On Monday last, it is said, one of these alleged counterfeit $1,000 seven- thirty bonds reappeared at the Treasury Department, and this time was converted into other se- curities, This same bond was rejected by the Treasury. last fall, was afterwards pro- nounced a counterfeit and a duplicate in number in New York, and was a second time rejected by the Treasury. It was presented again for the third time on Monday for coaversion. This time, as before stated, the unlucky counterfeit met with better suc- cess, It was readily accepted and a one thousand dollar five-twenty bond was issued in its stead. The conyersion of this counterfeit is an evidence of the dangerous character of some of the spurious bonds now in circulation, Seven one thousand dollar cotmzerfeit bonds, it is said, are now in this city, ana their existence is known to the Treasury oMicials. In 1862 Taylor Brothers, bankers, in Wall street, New York, in the course of business received 4 five hun- dred dollar twelve per cent gold note. Soon after- wards they sent it to the Treasury for redemption, and it was rejected as a counterfeit and a duplicate of a note which had already been redeemed. The bank- ers, not being satisfled with this decision, placed the matter inthe hands of an attorney. About a year after the rejection the note was. brought to Washing- ton and exhibited to General Spinner, the Cashier, ana the Comptroller, who were not informed of its previous rejection, and their opinion as to its genu- ineness asked. Each of them pronounced it a genuine note. The attorney who had the case in charge thereupon asked them, “If it is a genuine note, why did you refuse to pay it when presented by Taylor Brothers a year ago?’ This question came unex- pectedly, and it proved a dificult one to answer. “Why did you not inform us at first that this was the same note that we then rejected?” The officers were held to their judgment that the note was genuine, and its payment was demanded.. This was not directly refused, but the payment was de- ferred from time to time until another year passed, Finaily, Taylor Brothers received from the Secretary of the Treasury a check for $660 in payment of the suspected twelve per cent gold note. The gold hote, therefore, after having been rejected as a fraud, and its redemption delayed for years, must at last have been found to be a genuine note. Indian Outragee—Letter from an Indian Agent. Special Indian Agent W. J. Cullen writes to the Indian Dureau from Fort Benton, Montana, under date of July 27, enclosing letters which were found on the bodies of seven men who were murdered by Indians at a place called Lauble’s Woodyard, on the Missouri river, about eighty miles below Fort Haw- ley. They were buried by Captain Hooey, of the steamer Leni Leoti, on the 13th of July, The names of six of the parties were as follows:—Henry Laubie, of Pittsburg, Pa.; William Whittaker, of Philadelphia; L. Koyser, of St. Louis; Frank L. Bur. ton, of Lagrange, Tenn.; Mr. Dowdle, of St. Louls, and a man named Jones, place of real- dence not stated. These men had beea in the country only a few weeks and, it is believed, had never mo- Jested or interfered with any of the Indians strolling through that country. Special Agent Culleh had in- vestigated the matter as fully as possible and was convinced that the murder was committed by the Assinaborries, About two weeks before the date of his levter twenty of that tribe were killed by white men, which incensed the tribe, and they retaliated apon innocent men. The Agent say! “War having been commenced by the Indians it is impossible to say where it may end unless steps for their pacifica- tion are soon taken,” and he therefore recommends that a treaty be made with them as soon as practica- ble, or they may give serious trouble to the mail coach service which is soon to be put in operation between Minnesota and Montana, and to settlers along the Missouri river. ‘There are also a number of bands of Sioux roaming through Montana, who have commit- ted some depredations and have boasted to the Crows that they would commit others before winter. The Agent also thinks a treaty should be made with these, They are a roving, boasting class of Indians, and their talk and actions may have @ tendency to disaf- fect the mountain trres, Appeals from Southern Loyalists for the As- sembling of Congress in September. The appeals from Southern loyalists and itinerant ofMice holders continue to pour into this city, urging, fm the strongest terms, that a meeting of Congress shall be called in September, The state of affairs in the South is represented as being truly alarming. Several letters have been received from Natchez, Jackson and other points tn Mississippi, giving ter- rible accounts of the doings of the Ku Kiux Klan. Assassinations occur daily, they say, and none of the perpetrators are ever punished. One of the co’ Tespondents states that General Howard passed through Jackson, Miss., on the 22d inst., and added to the general alarm prevailing by assuring the people there that the same condition of th'ngs ex- isted in Georgia. Louisiana and Alabama, Minister Romero ou Mexican Affairs, A private letter from M. Romeroto a friend; Washington, dated Mexico, August 8, says:— 1 have the pleasure to Inform you that | arrivedA this city onthe 6th inst.; and to-day I have agm taken charge of the Department of the Treasurpf Mexico. iam happy to inform you that the potl- cai situation here has improved very much dung my absence. itis now more certain than it ver ‘was before that public peace is permanentiy rewred to this country and that there is but little dangt of any serious disturbance in the fature. There sonly ‘One insignificant rebeilion in the mountains f the State of Puebla, which will soon be subdut and Which gives no cause for alarm. The finano/ situ- ation is also satisfactory. President Juare7l8 well and bas great confidence in the future. A New York Delegation Call Upon th Presi« dent. A delegation of the New York Schuefn corps, headed by Captain John F. Gerdes, pol their re- spects to President Johnson this morning Passports Required Upon Visitid Cuba. ‘The following telegram has been réived from Havana, Cub: Hon, Wiii1aM Hunter, Acting Secretg of State: — All persons coming to the island # required to have passports and vised by the Spanft Consuls, or they will be obliged to return to tyUnited States ‘without landing. oo ae or two regestate owners responsible for their conduct bei JOHN. UTLEY, Acting @sul General, Appointment of Internal Rewwe Ofticers, The following is a list of store®Pers appointed to-day under the new internal aw:—J. Bronson Hurst, Robert Foster, John F Lewis, Apdrow Reed, Bates McCaully, Joun fElveen, Paul J. McKeever, Henry C. Hubbs, Benjaln Kemp, George Sherrick and John A. Black Of Westmoreland county, Pa.; George W. Reed, oButler county, and ‘Thomas Loneriam, of Latrohe/ounty, Pa.; Charles L. Mather, of New York city J. Frank Smith, of Maryland; James 8, Wilson, f Hamiiton, Ohio; J. B. Woods, of California; Jacotfaliey, of Terre Haute; Benry Olmscedt, of Missour Wm. PY. Callester, of NEW, YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, The followimg persons have been appointed gaigers:—Frank Reynolds, Levi J. Kelly, James J. Graham, Elias B. McLellan, of Twenty-first district of Pennsylvania; George D. Curiip, district of Virginia; John M, Lowerle, Fifth of Vir- ginia; David Taylor, Third district of New York. Mr. Taylor is at present a clerk in the Internal Revenue office. Order from General Grant—Instructions to Generals Meade, Thomas and Buchanan. Instructions a8 follows have been sent to Major General George G. Meade, commanding the Depart- ment of the South, at Atlanta, Ga; Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the Department of the Cumberland, at Louisville, Ky., and to Brevet Major General R. ©. Buchanan, commanding the Derartment of Louisiana, at New Orleans, La. The letter to General Buchanan was published some days HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, August 25, 1868. Major General G. G. MBapR, United States Army, Commanding the Department of the South, At- Janta, Ga.:— GENERAL—In reply to your request for instructions relative to the use of the trocps under your command in aid of the civil authorities, the Secretary of War directs to be furnished, ‘or your information and government, the enclosed copies of a letter of in- struction to brevet Major General Buchanan, com- manding the Department of Lousiana, dated Au- gust 10, 1868, and of a letter fro the Attorney Gen- eral of the United States to Alexander Magruder, beg United States Marshal of the Northern District of Florida, dated August 20, 1868. The letter to General Buchanan indicates the con- ditions under whien the military force of the United States may be employed to suppress an insurrection against the government of any State, and prescribes the duties of the department commander in refer- ence thereto, ‘The letter of the Attorney General sets forth tho conditions under which the marsha!s and sheriffs may command the assistance of the troops in their respective districts or counties to execute lawiul precepts issued to them by competent authority. ‘The obligation of the military, individual ofcers and soldiers, in common with all cilizens, to obey the summons of a marshal or sheritf must be held sub- ordinate to thelr paramount duty aa members of a permanent military body, sinee the troops can act only in their proper organized capacity under their own officers and in obedience to the Immediate or- ders of those officers. The officer commanding troops summoned to the atd of a marshal or shertif must also judge for himself and upon his own official responsibility whether the service required of him is lawful and necessary and compatible with the proper discharge of his ordinary military duties, and mast limit his action absolutely to proper aid in execution of the lawful precept exhibited to him by the mar- shal or sheriff, if time will permit every demand from a civil om- cer for military aid, whether it be for the execution of a civil process or to yi insurrection, should be forwarded to the President, with all the material facts of the case, for his orders; and in all cases the high- est commander, whose orders can be given in time to meet tie emergency, will alone assume the re- sponsibility of action, By a timely disposition of troops where there is reason to apprehend a neces- sity for their use, and by their passive interposition between hostile parties danger of collision may be averted. Department commanders, and in cases of necessity their subordinates, are expected in this re- gard to exercise upon their own responsibility a wise discretion, to the end that in any event the peace may be ald By command of General GRANT. J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant General. Opinion of Attorney General Evarts—When the Military Should be Called to Aid the Civil Authorities. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, August 20, 1868. ALEXANDER MAGRUDER, ., United States Mar- oe, Northern district of Fiorida, St. Augustine, Fla.:— Srr—Your letter of the 12th inst. reached me yves- terday, and has received an attentive consideration. Colonel Sprague’s information to you must have been be upon his own construction of General Meade’s order, rg Sea and not upon any spe- clal instructions im the President to Colonel Sprague through General Meade or oiherwise, as no such special instructions have been issued by the President. ¥ You add:—“Under some circumstances I shoula be glad to have the aid of the military, and, if practi- cable, would be pleased to have instructions given to the military to aid me when necessary, 1 ask this as Colonel Sprague informs me, under his instruc- tions, he cannot do so.” This desire and request for time ald of the mili ‘y, under certain circumstances, 1 understand to to the occasional necessity which may arise that a marshal should have the means of obtaining the ald and attendance of a more considerable than his deputies supply ES the execution of legal process in his dis- } itice of & marshal, and. Mit encod aa Bae pt Ne wi “and to execute throughout the district all lawful recepts directed to him, and issued under the author- Ry of the United States, and he shall have power to command all necessary assistance in the execution of his duty, and to appoint, as there may be occa- sion, one or more deputies.”’ (First, p. 87.) You will observe from this that the only measure of thea ssist- ance which you have power to command is neces- sary for the execution of your duty, and upon your discreet judgment, under your official responsibility, the law re the determination of what force each particular necessity Lay rr This power of the marshal is equivalent to that of a sheriff, and with either embraces as a resort in necessity the whole power of the precinct, county or district over which the officer's authority extends, In defining this power Attorney General Cushi. and, as I understand the subject, correctly—say: “It comprises every person in the district or county above the age of fifteen years, whether civilians or not, and including the muiitary of ail denomina- tions—militia, soldiers, marines—all of whom are alike bound to obey the commands of a@ sheriff or marshal.” While, however, the law gives you the power to command all necessary atd, the military within your district are not exempt from obligation to obey in common with all the citizens you summon in case of necessity. You will be particular to ob- serve that this high and responsible authority is given to the marshal only, and in aid of his duty, to execute throughout the district all lawful precepts directed to him and issued under the authority of the United States, and pa case of necessity for this extraordinary aid. The military persons obeying this summons of the marshal will act in subordina- tian and Obedience to the civil officer, the marshal in whose aid (te execution of process) they are called, ind only to the effect of securing its exe- cution. The spectal duty and authority in the execution of process issued to you must not be coniounded with the duW and authorky of suppressing didorder and preserving the peace, which, under our government, belong to the civil authorities of the States and not the cvil authorities of the United States. Nor is tiis special duty of the inarshal in executing process issue! to him to be confounded with the authority and duty of the President of the United States in the specfic cases of the constitution and under the re- guiaions of statutes to protect the States against donestic violence or with bis authority and duty unr special statutes to employ military force yp sulining combigations in resistance to the laws of thy United States, for neither of these duties or ties is shared by the subordinate oficers of rument, except when and as the same may ically communicated to them by the Presi eat, I have thus called your atiention to the general jonsiderations bearing upon the subject to which your letter refers for the pean of securing adue observance of the limits of your duty and authority in connection therewith. Nothing can be less in ac- cortiance with the nature of our government or the disposition of our people than a frequent or ready resort to military ald in execution of the duties con- fided to civil officers. Courage, vigor and intrepidit; are appropriate qualities for the civil service, whic the marstia’s of the United States are expected to perform and a reaffirment of their power by extra- ordinaryymeans is permitted by the law only fn extra- ordinary emergencies. If it shall be thought that any occasion at any time exists for instraction to the military authorities of the United States within any of the States, in connection with the execution of process of the courts of the United States, these nstructions Will be 11 accordance with the exigency ee, appearing. I aw, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant. WM, M. EVARTS, Attorney General. Personal. Secretary Browning leit here this morning on a trip to the White Sulphur Springs, Virgigia. Major General Rousseau started this evening for Louisville, Ky., on his way to the Department of Louisiana. General G. G. Meade ts expected to arrive here to- morrow or Friday, to consult with the Secretary of War. ‘ , A despatch feceived to<lay from Postmaster Gene- ral Randall, dated Milwaukee, Wis., August 26, states that he will return to this eity by the 3d of Sep- tember, ‘ Colonel Samuel S. Smoot left Washington to-night for Southern Kansas, on important business con- nected with the Indian Bureau. It is ascertained from an oMcial source that Mr. George B. McCartee is at present only in temporary charge of the printing division of the Treasury De- partment. Cretan Affairs—Refugees Returning to Their Native Island. Information has beon received here that the Rus- sian-Aristo transport Bombers had left the waters of Crete to be repiaced by a small gunboat, and the Austrian war vessel stationed there had left for Syria, The French corvette Forbur and the English gunboat Wizard were the only vessels at the harbor of Candia, Ov the a of Augnst the steam packet Sehild, of the Austrian navy. arrived at Orgte, having on board twenty-seventh section, of the Judiciary AUGUST (27, 1868,~TRIPLE) SHEET. one hundred and ten Cretan families who had taken refuge in Greece, who, having accepted the amnesty, return to their own country. One hundred other families were expected from Syria and were to em- bark on the packet Danube, which arrives on the 6th of every month, The Patrie and the Moniteur Universet, French newspapers, say that a petition signed by three hundred persons has been addressed to the Sultan asking him to return them to their country, The petitioners are too poor to pay their own passage. ‘This fact shows that they are separated from the in- surgents and that they accept the concessions ef- fered by the Sublime Porte. Army Orders, Brevet Major W. J. Twining, Captain in the Corps of Engineers, has been ordered to report in person to Brevet Major General Terry, commanding the De- partment of Dakotah, for duty on his staff. The recent order relieving Brigadier General Mor- ris 9. Milter from duty in the Quartermaster Gene- Tal’s office in Washington, and directing him to re. Port to the Commanding General of the Fifth Mili tary district for assignment to duty as Chief Quarter- master of that district has been revoked, ¥ YACHTING IN ENGLAND. t The Royal Victorin Yacht Club Regatta—The Muster, Start and Contest—Review of the Fleet. Rypg, Isie of Wight, August 12, 1868, Second only in prestige to the grand gala week of the “squadron” and as arule inno way inferior, either as regards the quality of the entries, the value of the prizes or the character of the sport, the annual re- gatta of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has of late years risen into high favor with all classes of English gentlemen andis now beyond question one of the most popular and attractive fixtures of the season, From a spectator’s point of view, indeed, Ryde pos- sesses one very important advantage over the sister station of Cowes, inasmuch as the whole of the Vic- toria Course, round which the majority of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club’s matches are sailed, lies within view of the pier, and the movements of the compet- ing yachts can be distinctly made out from start to finish by the aid of an ordinary race glass, while at Cowes only asmall segment of the Queen's Course is visible from shore, and the yachts, directly they make Old Castle Point, are completely hidden from sight by the projecting headland, whereby the most interesting features of the racing are not unfrequent- ly lost to the great majority of the lookers on, ‘ This year the; assemblage of yachts at Ryde was considerably in excess of any previous anniversary, upwards of eighty sail being reported ‘at or about the station” as early as Saturday, and by Tuesday morning—the day appointed for the commencement of the regatta—tie picturesque little harbor was literally alive with craft of every variety of build, rig and tonnage. ‘ “Business” commenced on Tuesday with the race for the Town cup—a piece of plate, value 100 guineas, presented by the injabitants of the town of de, and open to yachts belonging to any Royal Yacht Club—time race; twice round the Vic- toria Course. The yachts were ordered to sail for the eastward over the Victoria Course—namely, from Ryde pier round the west middle buoy off Norris Castle, back to Ryde, thence round the Nab Light, returning round Noman Fort to the flagboat. at Ryde, twice round—a distance of about forty-six miles. Owing to some delay occasioned by the difficulty in get- ting such a large number of competitors into line the start did not take place until seven minutes to eleven o’clock A. M., by which time the light wind which, during the early morning, had been blowing fitfully from south-southwest almost peed into a calm, and the competitors had to do all they knew to make headway against the tide, which was run- ning pretty strong from the eastward. The little Psyche took the lead, and, catching a nice puff of air, at once came out to windward of the whole fect, followed by the Condor and Dione, the Cambria and Oimara lying next, @ little in advance of the main body, with the Aline, Albertine and Goshawk bring- ing up the rear division. It wasadead heat up to the West Middle Buoy; but for upwards of half an hour the want of wind, which came in catspaws scarcely sufficient to enabie the yachts to stem the advancing tide, deprived the proceeding of all in- terest, aud grave Cipro were entertained fred hp match would have to be adjourned to a ure day. As they worked up under the island to Norris Castie several chops and changes occurred, but with. out materially affecting the itions of the leading we. usd Founding, ¢ aioe eens enn bore for 4 spani pace—the jor run- ning the Psyche off Osborne and taking first place. The Fiona was going splendidly, tearing along in magnificent style. a ee westward from the Nab, the Egeria passed both the Niobe and Menai, but there was no other chai A oe ga of her leaders until er. Immediately after they passed the pier the Cam- bria weathered and forereached the Condor, and nearing the quarantine ground came out the leading vessel—the Oimara at the same time closiag rapidly with the Condor. After rounding the two leaders set balloon jibs, and with sheets much eased off bore awny for the eastward ata sparkling-pace, the cutter eading, to all Va eran about a couple of cable lengths. As they prepared to round the Nab, boti seemed to stand off somewhat wide on the port tack; but though the Condor was ahead as they made the light vessel, the schooner was the first to rund. In the run home she gradually drew away from the cutter, and the race was brought to a contusion as under:— A.M. 8. aM. &. Cambria 4 16 52 Fiona, € 31 16 Condor . 4 18 30 Aline +t 43 40 . 4 29 38 Menal 45 45 ‘he Pysche and Diane also ogee the flagvoat, the former having carried away her topsail at he com- mencement of the second round, whereby she was thrown considerably astern. Al! the others gave up. ‘The Cambria thus became entitled to the prite, hav- ing defeated the Condor by one minute thirty- eight seconds, exclusive of her time allowanre, and the Egeria by nearly eight minutes, after detucting the five minutes fifteen seconds, ‘To-day (Wednesday) being @ blank, so far as racing is concerned, a sort of “water review" of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club Squadron was teld in Ryde Roads, the yachts aailing in divisions under the command of dag officers, led by the Commoujore’s magnificent schooner Guinivere, the whole feet car- rying their distinguishing flags and executiig the various manruvres with commendable acciracy, Altogether th spectacte (albeit, perna) what destitute of useantng ormed an extreme! tractive sight and was wttne et by a large number of tpec- tators from the sore and pier. The race for the Commodore's Cup (value £100) takes place to-marrow, starting at nine A. M.. the course being round the fsland, @ distance of atout sixty miles, Race for the Commodore’s Pinte, Rypg, IsLe OF Wiont, August 15, 1868, The race for the Vice Commodore's Pate of om hundred sovereigns, presented by the Marquis of Exeter, was sailed to-day round the Isle of Wight, and created very considerable interest among the yachting fraternity in consequence of the sumewhat unugual conditions by which the contest was fet- tered by the donor of the prize. The noble Vice Commodore, it should be mentioned, has always been strongly opposed to the system so prevalent among modern yacht owners and builders, which aims simply at the construction of “racing ma- chines”—mere shells without bulkheads or other in- ternal fittings, in which accommodation and sea- worthiness are sacrificed to the one desideratum of speed—and in giving his annual prize he stipulated that all the competitors should sail in full sea going trim, carrying their ustial boats, lise buoys, water tanks supplied with water sufficient for a week's cruise, and fitted with all the necessary appliances for yachts when about to leave for a foreign station. The race was open to all vessela belonging to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and Royal Yacht Squad- Ton, without restrictions as to rig, but subject to spectal conditions, All yachts to start underway. The entries which were made overnight at the club house were as under:— Rig. Owners. Tons. Schooner... .......Mt J. Ashbury... .198 -square topsail schr.,Mr. T. Broadwood.252 yawl.. Jarl of Stafford 93, cutter, “Mr. W, Ewt 29 «Mr. J.C, Morles, + 6 -Mr. G, Boutcher.. 78 «Duke of Rutland, .175 -Mr.W.E. Stutield. 06 apt. Anderson.. 43 Mr. A. Co ve.. 45 Of the above fourteen the Fiona, Marina, Payche and Dione failed to put in an appearance, The first named hoisted her racing flag, but hauled it down before the gun fired, to the great disappointment of the spectators, The start was appointed to take place to the east- ward at nine A. M., and shortly after eight the com- peting yachts began to get under canvas, amid a storm of rain and wind that burst with tremendous | is lighted. violence from the east southeast, lashing the silver vent into a mimic sea, a8 though the very elements | population, increasing ta ‘onapired with the commandant to test the ‘The signal gun was fired pun at the ited hour, and ail started on the mazooara 5 With wind and tide im their teeth, the Condor to windward, followed by the Goshawk, Menai, Cam! and Amulet, the others lying in'a cl some Nttle distance astern, Of Ryde pierhead the leaders went about, standing straight for Spithead and giv- ing the island a wide berth, the Condor still ing her own well to windward, Nearing Noman Fort the Amulet went about on the port tack, and conung under the sterns of the Cambria and Condor came out to windward, all the others still keeping on the other tack. The wind now freshened, veering out a trifle further south, and the Egeria and Aline closed rap- idly with the leaders, the latter coming dangerous proximity with the Cambria as they under Horse Shoal, the pilot of the Cambria being compelled to shake her up into the wind in order to avoid a collision. It was now a dead heat through St, Helen’s for Brembriage’s Foreland, the wind erely sanmnent increasing in volume, accompanied by Passing Ventnor the leaders were timed:— HM. 8. HM. & 23 40 9 30 Egeria + 11 26 00 4 00 Pantomime... 11 27 30 Thit lgoked brighter of the Freshwater Clit, where breeze steaded somewhat, and gave pro- mise of a fair passage round the Needles. At this point the Condor was leading by about three- quarters of a mile, fol'owed by the Aline and Cam- ria, the latter now coming up well and fast fore- reaching Mr. Sution’s schooner, The Egeria, Panto- mime and Menai were a long way astern, appa- rently hull down, their white sails barely distin- guishable through the haze, Passing through Scratchell’s Bay both the Condor and Aline went about on the starboard tack in order to fetch the Needles, but the Cambria held on her reach, seemingly bent on making for the passage—a ma- neeuvre Which would have unquestionably given her @ very considerable advantage had she succeeded in accomplishing it, but the fitful nature of the wind rendered it somewhat hazardous, As it was the breeze died away at this critical moment, and she was compelled to go about, thereby losing @ great deal of the ground she had recently made up. The race was finally concluded by the six com- etitors passing the fag boat of Ryde pier in the following ete a0 time: Hq. 81 39 Menai 38 20) Panton dor accomplistied the voyage round the island—a distat of sixty miles, ‘Koned from point to point of the coast line, but reatly much longer from the course the yachts were compelled to take— in six hours, twenty-five minutes and forty-flve se- conds, defeating the Aline by five minutes and_ fifty- four seconds, and the ra by thirteen minutes and iifteen seconds, 4 y to the conditions of the Aline became entitled to the » With nearly six minutes to spare on her time allowance from the Condor, while the latter, being the first in of her class that saved her time, took the second prize. ‘The meeting of the Aline and Cambria in this race ‘ave rise to a vast amount of excitement and some little speculation between their poneniize partizans, each side being wonderfully sanguine of victory. It is a somewhat curious coincidence that each of these splendid schooners should have achieved two tri- umphs on the Solent durfhg the past fortnight, the Cambria having carried off both the Cowes and Ryde town cups, while the Aline has been victorious in the two races of the R. Y.C.and R. V. Y. C. that, have been sailed round the Isiand. Friday was a dies non so far as yachting was con- cerned, the afternoon being devoted to the annual town regatta, consisting of matches between pieasnre boats, gig and jolly boat races, duck hunts, &c., all of which were of purely local interest. A POLICE CASE WITH A MYSTERY. Larceny of Government Gold Certificates of the Value of $16,000 from an ExeSecretary of the Treasury—Their Recovery in Buffalo and Arrest of the Parties With the Certifi- cates In Their Possession. A police case with a mystery is by no means an uncommon experience, it being the fashion in these days with our smali imitators of Fouché to invest every little matter entrusted to their bureaus. for professional research, development or execution with such an air of profound mysteriousness that in- telligence of the straying away of a horse or the lar- ceny of a pocket handkerchief is considered by them contraband, and their deputies are restrained under severe brent from communicating aught they know of the internal workings of this ae machine, the police establishment, to Outside parties. All this reticence may be excused upon the ever ready plea that undue publicity would defeat the ends of justice; but when, in so far as such ends can be satisfied, the case has been worked up and brought to its conclu- sion,® plain,direct statement of all the facts involved in it as far as can be learned can be of no injury. Of such a nature is a case that has recently tl the attention of the police authorities and which yesterdayg culminated or fizzled in some extra- ordinary way, it is not exactly clear which, but con- cerning which the1e is an evident mystery, the,par- teres gathered from various sources being as fol- jows:— Detective Henry Vaughn, of the Central office, arrived in this city yesterday from Buffalo with three men in custody, named, respectively, Clark, John Ray and James Lee, who were arrested tn the latter piace on Monday last while endeavor- ing to dispose of a $1,000 gold certificate on suspicion of being concerned in a recent larceny here from the rson of Mr. Robert J. Walker, well known asa former — of the Treasury. It @ that on the 18th of the present month Mr. Walker, while in this city, Tost, or had -stolen from him in some mysterious manner yet to be learned, four certificates of deposit of gold in the United States Treas of the aggregate value of $16,000, the thief, said to be a woman, succeedin, escaping before Mr. Walker became aware of his loss. Three of the certificates were for $6,000 each and are non-negotiable. the remaining one being for $1,000 and transferable. Information of the rob- ad shortly after its occurrence, was at the Central office, and the usual pr to work for the detection of the criminal or criminals ‘without success until the close of Inst week when 9 despatch was received from the Chief of Police of jo, stating that three men (those mentioned above) had been arrested there as before related, and Detective Vaughn was immediately sent thither to examine the prisoners and see if the suspicions entertained concerning them were correct. On his arrival in Buffalo and beholding the prisoners the oMicer at once recognized them’as well known New York chevatiers @industre, and they, promptly ac- knoweneee the situation and seeing the game was up, gave him such information as resulted in the recovery of two of the $6,000 certificates, the $1,000 being already in the hands of the police, The third certificate for $5,000 is still untraced; but as payment of all of them has been pped itis of no use to those in whose possession if may happen, and is, in fact, more a source of danger, a8 connecting its pos- sessor with og robber, than of any present or pros ctive profit. Pete three prisoners were brought before Justice Dodge, at his residence, during the day, and hed rarily committed, but were afterw it 18 said, dis- charged from custody, Mr. Waéker declining to prose- cute, A HISTORICAL REMINISCDVCE, Gas o* the Metre of the City’s Progros— §Dissolving Views of Forty Years Ago. itis no @ncommon thing to see workmen laying gas mains in the streets of the city, It ts, in fact, a very common sight—a daily spectacle to be seen in ali parts of the city, from the Battery to the extreme northern terminus of the island. But there is more than ordinary significance, or rather a history, con- nected with the putting down of gas mains now in progress in Grand street, near the East river, Vhe history runs back forty years and more—a time when to live above Canal street was to live in the country, and when the upper end of the Island was mainiy @ wilderness. All the city lay below Grand and Canal streets. The New York Gas Com- peny was then organized and the streets were lit by it. There were no rival gas companies. New York was a respectable seaport town. Richmond Hill wasafarm. The old Stuyvisant pear tree stood ina spacious orchard of fruit trees. The Bowery was a country road. Croton water was not known, ‘There were no railroads, notelegraphs. The leading dally newspapers of to-day did not exist. New York progressed and spread itself up the isiand, made for itself new streets, added to itself new wards, multi- plied and extended its docks and shipping, and has become the great city it is to-day—the city of a mil- lion popntaston, the great commercial emporium of the Western Continent, We started with the present 11 of ae extn in Grand street as suggesting @ ‘ical reminis- cence. As the eity progressed the Manhattan Gas Company came into . This ee obtained by charter the privil of lighting the city above Grand street to Thirty-fourth street. They laid mains to light the north side of Grena street, there the New York Company already ns, forty ears these mains have been ing side by side. Neither company would yiel the other 0 the ht to gut this fae of the ban and when we Grand street the north side of Canal street is also Included. Occupants of stores and dwellings took their chotce of companies from which to ootain their supply of ecasionally in cething ey roan at nie tna aces ut not two com: antes wage eome to an understand N rk Com} has given the'nocts. ride ol to the Manlattan Om i and hence * laying down new latger mains, We have only given @ single dissolving view of forty years ago. We might write of the other gas com- panies tow in existence—the Metropolitan com- pany, that lights the city above aes ace street to Seventy-ninth street, and the Harlem company, by which the remaining u rf portion of the isianc We might write of the increasing price of gas and how it has kept pace with our increasing and increasing muni- cipal misrule, but these are foreign to the special had Weatherly cuailtes of the uttie dect to the uttermost, J Yeminiscence of pur present theme | LABOR STRIKES, Criminal Proseeution Against Membere of a Bricklayers? Union—Important Action—Zight Bricklayers Indicted for Conspiracy—The Law on Strikes. b. WHITE PLaIns, August 26, 1868. At the commission of Oyer and Terminer for the county of Westchester, held here to-day, @ most im- Portant suit was determined, It was rendered es- pecially interesting on account of its novelty, and its final disposition will unquestionably affect the action of strikes in time to come. The prosecution was in- stituted as a test suit to settle the right of bricklay- ers to prevent non-strikers from following their avocafion, The court, which was filied by a number of persons apperantly much interested in the Proceedings, including master masons, builders and bricklayers, was presided over by Judge Cochrane. This was the first case taken up and occupied the entire day, The prosecution is at the suit of the people in relation to William M, Dawson, a young man about nineteen years of age, and the defendants are members of Bricklayers’ Union No, 11, of Morrisania, The calendar having been called, Jacob Van Nostrand, John J. Clark, Alexander Campbell, Robert Savan, Benjamin Westertield, Jr., James Moore, Michael Daren and Michael Kirby, journeymen bricklayers and plasterers, were in- dicted for unlawfully forming themselves into a com- bination in the town of Morrisania for the purpose of preventing other bricklayers and plasterers from working unless they belonged to the club, That by the rules and regulations of the club it was declared that its members were not allowed to work with any man who was not a member under a penalty of $15 for the first time, $25 for the second and expulsion for the third. That the rules and regulations further stated that the members of the club were prohibited working for any builder or master mason who employed any per- son not a@ member of the said club, The indictment further averred that William M. Dawson, being de- sirous of working at the trade of bricklayer, made arrangements in the month of August, 1867, with one reter R. Dunham, @ buiider., That he entered into his employment, but that the defendants would not work with him nor for any person who employed him. ‘That the defendants refused to work for Dun- ham because he (Dawson) was not a member of the club. That by reason of such refusal Dunaam was compelled to dismiss the said Dawson, to his preju- dice and loss and the obstruction of trade and yolun- tary labor, Measrs, W. B, Angell and for the prosecution, and Mi . Dyckinan and Her- ring were counsel for the defendants, — ~ Mr. Angeil, in stating the case, said he was glad to remark that It was seldom it was found necessary to bring such causes before a jury. The defendants were indicted under the statute common law, which provided;—“If two or more persons shall conspire either to commit any offence or to commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruc- tion of justice or the due administration of the laws, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.” The defendants belonged to an association that had been formed in the town of Viorrisania, calied “The Brick- layers’ Benevolent and Protective Union.” It was a branch of the national organization, subject to its authority, though having @ local constitution of itsown, Counsel read section two of the constitu- tion, which set forth the chief objects of the Union, showing that its aim was directed to obtaining by legal means a fair remuneration for their labor, and to assist each other in burying all brother members. So far as these objects were concerned there could be no possible objection to the organization; but when they attemped to inierfere with the general business of the community it was time for the law to see to it. The rules and regulations of the Union forbade any employer from engaging any men except those belonging to a certain class. For instance, article eight set set forth that no member of the Union should work with a non-member and the number of appren- tices allowed to an empioyer should be two. Having dilated upon what he contended were the evil re- sults of such organizations, counsel proceeded to narrate the facts, as follows:—The complainant lived in Morrisania, and was the son of Mr. H. 8. Dawson. Anxious to have him taught some honorable employ- ment, he went to work as a bricklayer with Mr. Dunham, builder, with whom he was to remain and learn his trade, But the other workmen, some time atter his en; ent, threw down thetr tools and left. In order procure hands Mr. Dunham was obliged to discharge this rete his employment. The subsequent features of case are detailed in the subjomed evidence:— TESTIMONY OF H. B. DAWSON. Mr. H. B. Dawson, in reply to Mr. Angell, stated that he resided in Morrisania for about seven years; the complainant was his son and was now nineteen Shoda of age; an arrangement was made between Mr. Dunham aud his son to receive instructions in the business of @ bricklayer and mason until he became eee the agreement, which was verbal, was, that Mr. Duntam was to teach his son, give him one dol- lara day and increase his wages according as he pre ; his son remained with Mr. Dunham about three months, commencing in the early part of September and ending in December; from what Mr. Dunham told witness the latter knew the reason wh, his son returned home: knew the defendants, as well a8 the bricklayers’ union with which they were connected; was present at their meetings aud had conversed with them; after his son leit the employ- ment of Mr. Dunkam witness called upon the Presi- dent of the Union and asked if the obstructions would not be removed; he received a letter from the Union acknowledging the receipt of his letter, upon which it was resolved that his son could not learn the trade of @ mason without being regulariy inden- tured to serve until he would be twenty-one years of age; and it was further resolved that he had one week to have the indentures made out: uniess he acquiesced in those rules no Union man would work with him; the letter added that there was another rale which the Union had established, which was that the indentures of his son would have to be submitted to this Union for ore and to be recorded on their books, signed John J. Clark, coi nding secretary; witness had no subsequent communications; had previous verbal communications with the President; witness did not remember making any further effort to obtain em- pidyment for his son after he was sent home by Mr. Dunham. On cross examination by Mr, Dyckman the witness stated that he never made a written agreement to have his son indentured to Mr, Den- ham; there was merely @ conversation on the sub- ject; nor was there any time fixed when the inden- tures should be made; witness requested Mr. Dun- ham to make out the articles of apprenticesuip, but they were never completed. ‘To Mr. Herring—When conversing with the Prest- ayers’ Union of Morrisania I re- quested him to use his influence to lave the di es removed, to which he replied in the atin those disabilities, which related to my sou's were removed; had several canversations with Dunham with regard to drawing up the, articles of agreement. Did not recollect Ma Dunham saying he was anxious to have his son indentured, Re-direct—After the civil suit against certain members of the Union, in which judgment was obtained, my son Was sent back to Mr. buauam, but his services were not required. Counsel then proceeded to read a letter which the Witness wrote to Mr. Frank P, Garvin, Presideut of the Association, after his son had left the empioy- ment of Mr. Dunham, and to which commumication the letter alrearly mentioned was the reply. Mr. Dawson, referring to his son, wrote that aiter he had entered the employment of Mr. Dunham he en- tered intoan agreement which was js apeey fais. factory to both. By that agreement hia son was to remain with Mr. bunt and perform ail the dutics of a good apprent Mr. Dunham was to cause him to be thoroughly instruct ed in his trade as ® mason in ali its branches and to ft him to discharge his duties as a first class mechanic. It had been brought to his knowledge very recently that the society had adopted certain rules, which, ifingisted upon, would prevent the proper {ulliment of the agreement on either side, while they would also prevent Uls son from receiving that instruction during his appren- ticeship which was nec “yg | to make Lim a unished workinan. Thus he (Mr. Dawson) was told that unless his son was obliged to serve four years he would not be allowed to work except with “scabs,” yet he was taken by Messrs. Campbell & Wester. Veit as an apprentice when that was impoasibie without objection. It was only after eight months’ service at the trade that that point had been raised, Within jess than three years and a half from the day he went to work With the members of the Union he would, if alive, be twenty-one. How, the could he serve four years’ apprentice- ahipt There was no written bbe. tween Mr. Duvham and himself, nor did they desire any; while the parties to that agreement shali live it would be honored, and @ violated ment, even if written, amounted to He was told he must make a new agree- to boti the Moye of be aha and those of Mr. Dunham, else son must not learn his trade, even if his age permitted. After express- ing doabt that the association would gual pre vent @ young man from learning his trade and be- Heving it impossible that the society could have un- dertaken to do what the Legislature of the State could not do, this letter concludes with a request that the society would remove the obstacles which it seemed to have placed in the way of the writer's son acquiring bis trade to his contract, "To tins letter the Secretary of the Union sent the reply which i given above, the substance of it bet that the Union had resolved that their men wou not work with Mr. Dawson's eon unless he was regularly Ld until he was of age. It then appears that subsequent to this Mr. Dawson brought a civil action against the members of the Morrisanta Bricklayers’ Union, consisting of Messrs. Gavan, Nostrand and Campbell, for damages for the loss sus- tained by his son. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintit. Mr, Dawson afterwards sent his son to Mr. Dunham for the purpose of obtaining a re-engagement. Finding, however, that the brick- layers were strongly opposed to it, gentioman declined to employ him. Subsequently Mr. Dawson sent bis son to Mr, John 1, Conover, Of this city, with whom he has since remained, ‘The preserit sul was therefore brought to test the law with regard to the movement. TRATSNONY OF PRTER R. DUNTIAM. Mr. Dunuam was the next witness calied on be F, Chatfleld appeared very little. ment contra half of the prosecution and stated that when Mr. Dawson's son had been in his employment some Weeks he wished to have him bound as an appren- tice. He was not, however, and considerable dis- Satisfaction was manifested througnout the buildin: by the bricklayers. Finally matiers went on nothing was done, when he was at length compelled to tell the boy repeatedly to get himself bound; but hot having done so, he discharged hii, for the'men had already struck, Van Nostrand, one of them, stating that he could not afford to pay $5 a day fine, At that thine witness did not know of his belonging to any association. On cross-examination the witness Stated that there was no objection oifzred to the com- plainant’s work; he was jearned his trade, and the only solid objection to him was his not being bound as an apprentice; there Was never any Vivience use towards him, and there would not have been # trouble if he had been bound, TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM M. DAWSON. This witness, the complainant, briefly in general terms the statements already gi He Was never used with violence, but Van Nostrand told him that either of them must leave if witness Was not bound as an apprentice; he received in- structions from Van Nostrand, and was anxious to be bound, p JOHN T. CONOVER ON THE STAND—HIS TESTIMONY 18 DECLINED. When Mr. Conover came upon the stand nis exe amination was just being proceeded with when counsel for the defendants interposed and objected to the reception of his testimouy upon the ground that aithough his statements might refer to unions gene- rally they could not possibly bear upon the present ease, Counsel for the prosecution contended that this union being a branch of the national organiza- tion, about which Mr. Conover would testify, their actions were in accordance with one another. Moreover, he would show the disa: eect upon trade which strikes i After considerable’ discussion on the subject the Court declined to proceed with the evidence of Mr. Conover on the ground that {nasm ashe Md not pretend to know anything about Union No, | 1 of Morrisania or its operations, 1b Would ve iirelevant in tie present prosecution, ‘This clooed tie case for the prosecution. TESVIMONY FOR THE DEFEN The frst witness called on the part of the defendant was Mr, Garvin, President of the Union, His evi- dence was very brief, the principal point being that the bricklayers struck because Sir, Dawson, Jr, Was not bound as an apprentice, not because he was & non-member of the club. _ Mr. Dyekman then procéeded to address the jury on belialfof the defendants, contending that there had been no conspiracy under the statute—none against trade or commerce. He attributed the en- tire proceedings to the master masons of New York, who were trying to bu the bricklayers of that city. It was true, he said, that such was the policy of the master Masons r they wanted appre for whose work they could profitably prices. He concluded b; iling on the jy the prisoners, as no overt act had been proved against them. Mr. Herring followed, who was succeeded by Mr. Chatileld, on behalf of the prosecution. te dilatee at some length upon strikes generally and comment. sd severely upon the present movement, contending that voluntary labor was curbed. by such proceed. in: 8. ‘The Court in charging the jury dwelt at length upon the law bearing on the several more linportant features of the prosecutiot uestion naturally arose, what right had the Union to compel Mr. Daw- son to article his son or to interfere, and had Mr, Dawson a right to make his own contract? But to support the prosecution three propositions must be established. That the jury may be satistied it was first necessary to establish a combination of two or fore, and in the present case a combination of the defendants. Secondly, they must establish that that combination was made for the accomplishment of unlawful purposes, and in this case for the pury of injuring the public trade. Having established the combination and that that combination was for the perpetration of unlawful things, some overt act must be estabiished. Unquestionably the confede- racy was admitted, and having dilated upon the law of conspiracy, the Court went on to state that the Union had no right to make any regulation or bind together for any purpose resulting in the public re- sources being impeded. Having reviewed the facts of the case, citing throughout many cases bearing upon the present question, Judge Cochrane con- cluded shortly before five o'clock. The jury then retired, and after consulting for some tiueé brought in a verdict of guilty. Sentence delerred, . THE CHINESE EMBASSY. Visit of the Embassy to Lawrence, Mass.— The Washington and Pacific Milfs Visited. ‘Boston, Mass., August 25, 1868, A portion of the Chinese Embassy, consisting of Mr. Burlingame, Chin Tajen, Mr. De Champs and the students, Teh, Lien and Kivay, accompanied by the municipal committee of this city, General Banks, Mayor Saunders, of Cambridge, and a number of other gentlemen, to-day visited the greatycotton and Woollen mills at Lawrence, a small town twenty-six miles distant. This visit being part of the pro- gramme laid down by the city for the entertainment of its distinguished guests a special train of two cars was employed in which to make the trip. A ride of three-quarters of an hour through a coun- try varied in landscape brought the train to its destl- nation. At the depot at Lawrence a large number of town and country people had assembled to take @ look at the distinguished party, and were quite en- thusiastic in their exhibitions of welcome. Here @ number of carriages were in waiting, into which the Embassy aud all others who could oe accommodated were seated, and drove of to the Wash- ington Woollen Mills, Although the pro- cess of wool manufacture had been seen at Auburn, N. Y., the immense scale upon which the work was accomplished here excited the a: tonishment of the Tajen in a high degree. In charge of the superintendent the whole party, guests and visitors, were taken through this extensive estab- Hshment and witnessed every part of the labor ne- cessary to convert the solled fleece into elegant woollen shawls and cloth, From this point the party visited the Pacific Mills, These milla lave the reputation of being the largest in the world, ‘Three thousand five hundred men, women and children at present receive employ- ment, wille the number hag as h as fonr thousand. Two millious and @ haif dollars comprises the capital. The whole ma- chinery is propelied by eight turbine wheels, equal to fifteen hundred iorse power. The enormous pro- portions of this establishinent was @ subject of com plete astonishment to the Tajen, After examining some of the fabrics, the hour of departure approaching, the party resumed their car- riages and (ook a hasty view of some machinery for preparing the cotton to be worked into the proper shape to be mare available in the manufacture of the fabric, aud then proceeded directly to the train, and by four o'clock the Loot | safely reached Boston, The merbers of the Embassy present were delighted with their instructivg trip. This evening was devoted to resi. Visit to Governor Bullock=Proposed Banquet to Mr. Burlingame, BOSTON, August 26, 1868, At twelve o'clock today Mr. Burlingame, Chih Tajen, Sun Tajen, Secretary de Champs, Mr. Fung, Mr. Lien and Mr. Kway were received by the Gov- ernor at the State House. General Sickles was also present with the Embassy. The following greeting was made by Governor bullock:— Your E ‘Bs—I welcome you to Massa- chusetis. Th yects of the mission which brings you here find # ready response tn this Common. wealth, Where commercial re‘ations with the country you represent have been constant and friendly. Cashinh, Parker aud Burlingame went from oar schools to ther beneficent work in China. I am gia that coming from one of the ancient empires of he East you are tarrying among us long enough to observe something of the spirit and mode of the civilization of the West. The traditions and customs of the Uld World can take no harm from. contact with the active and aggressive Iife of the New. Your nationality and ours ought to become intimate {n fraternal feeling for the part they s . be calied upon to beat in the future of history. Your chief, Mr. Burlingaine, ia no et in this capital. Here his public life and distinction began. I orfer him specially @ personal greeting among his friends of former days, of which the memory is still fresh amd pleasant to us all. Mr, Burlingame repiied:— Your EXcRLL#ncy—Permit mo to thank you for this warm welcome, to thank you for the earnest language in which it is expressed, to thank you for the ligh thoaghis in whi it ta This ped will we take to be the ighest civilization in_ the world in favor of the mission on which wefcome, Massachusetts was the first to send out a of peace and to establish relations with China. May the spirit in which she first established relations continue to exist, and I invoke the ald of all her good men in the effort we ave making to realize the untication of the whole human race. a you, feeling deeply touched, for your personal allusions, I will now bring my remarks to aciose, (Then Mr. Burilngame advanced and took the Governor by the hand.) #aid:—Trusting that you may have all pros. perity, and that the great Commonwealth over you preside may be _ rveroms I now grasp your hand in friends! (selzing the Governor's hand), the friendly ald China, and I trust that to you and all the people of the Commonwealth the of friendship will be per- petuated by those who shall come after one ~My Of the building the ir i Embassy returued to the hovel. PARDON OF A ConviCT#D REVENUR Orricen.— Ba: win Brock, formerly maty Collector of the Tht Collection district of insyivania, who was coms vieted at the November term of the United States District Court of executing fraudalent bonds for the removal of distilled spirits from bonded warehow wth intent to defrand the government, was releas eaterday morning from the astern (Pa.) Peniten- her , ho having been pardoned by the President of the Vnited States. The recommendation for pardon was signed by Congressmen, members of the Legts« Joture and ten of the jory who convicted him and ® nut ber of the Grand Jury.