The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1868, Page 6

sinter" e W@eck ed Ee in the Tone of Speakerw—Democratic Prom pects Bright Karn, Sept, 4, 1868, As the day for voting in the Stave draws near and Doth parties to the contest bend vobly to the work of proselyting im favor of their respective tickets, I ebserve a marked Laprovement in the mode of con- @ucting the canvass. The great majority of speak ers in the democratic as well a8 the republican in- terest is composed of young and wnknown men, who were prompted by @ desire for notoriety tn tak- img the stump, and as a matter of course they felt that one of the qualifications for successful stump speakers was ability to throw dirt and bandy personalities against ‘their opponents. The advent on the stump of sena- ‘tors Wilson and Fessenden, Pendleton, Cox, Ewing and O'Gorman has bad a marked effect in this par- Veular, and the great mass of orators ignore clap- Wap and personalities entirely. €ox’s two speeches, at Brunswick yesterday after- moon and Bath last night, had a very tine effect. He ignored all outside issues, gave a mass of stutisiical mformation as to the decadence of the commercial and shipping interests of the country, and Maine es- pecially, from oficial sources, and satisfactorily showed that the laboring masses in voting for ihe radical party, whose class legislation had ac- complished ainiost Lie utter annihilation of the sbip- Ping interests, Would be voung against their own pockets and entailing heavy burdens upon those Who caine after them. The meeting at Brunswick in the afternoon was eomposed largely of 1itelligent farmers and mmechan- jes, who were Well belaved, attenuive and deliguied, as shows by frequent applause and their remaining: on tueir fect im a wot san tor four hours to hear the truth. At Batu Cox accompiished what no previous de- Mocralic speaker was able to do—secure a crowded house. Tins city is admitted to be the blackest re- publican place tn the State, Lie stronghold of the party, and i hus ever been with diilculty that a re- epectable crowd couid be got together, Last night the large nail was crowded to il utmost capacity, Proabiy two thousand being present, who cheered the speaker at intervals 80 vociferously that he requested them to omlt applause, The speech was one of convincing argument that just suited the sti! necked radicais of the place, who turned out for mere curiosity, A week ago, Wien ihe democracy were apparently @ead as “Voor Dog Tray,” there was fear and trembling; but now, when they have renewed the canvass with redoubled eclat, hope revives, and the Prospects are very daitering for decreasing the radi- @al majority of € thousaud of last year, if they by a very narrow majority. jopeful, aud the siniling faces of the from the factories, the farms, the forests that gather about their rs cheer them on to nobler etfort. In my perambulatioas along the rivers I have eb-erved that upon the prosperity or adversity of the shipbuilders inuch depends. “In every town Where siipbuilding is still carried on and employ- ment given to mechanics the radical party still hold the balance of power. This town is afair illustra- tion, Here the business of shipbuilding is more Prosperous than at any place in the State, and the Fegult is that the radicals still hold theirown, In ether towns, where most if not all of the yards are elozed, the almost universal feeling is hostility to the Congressional party. Hence you may depend upon it that from the mechanics especially the democrats will secure increased majorities. ‘The republicans made a futile rt yesterday to get up a large meeting at the capital, on the strength ef Fessenden’s, Conness’, Robert J. Ingersoll’s and General Sickles’ names; but the best information 1 ave shows that it was a sad failure, not more than five thousand having been present. At the present ‘time the conservatives have the beat of the canvass, akhough they spend less money in the subsidy of vailways to run special trains at ruinous fares @o the republicans, who have already nearly con- sumed the $20,000 secured two weeks ago in Boston ‘to carry on the canvass. POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, do nol carry the s ‘"Phey are all Btecting of the Negro Democratic Club—The Attendance and Speeches—Dread of the Madicalse—Incendiary Course of the Mu- latte Long. MACON, August 31, 1868. The colored democratic club of this city held a sec- ond meeting at the City Hall this evening. Perhaps two hundred negroes were present, the attendance being, at least, double that of the previous occasion. In the hal) was also a large number of whites. None of these said anything worth repeating, but all spoke very earuestiy in favor of the democratic party. The whites had pledged them their freedom, protection to person and property and equality before the law. Nothing more could be required. A colored speaker mamed Smith begged his hearers to leave the Loyal Beagges and stand by the Southern whites. He de- elared that the people of his race are poorer to-day shan they were in the time of slavery, and that was because they had listened to Yankee carpet-baggers and scalawags, who had robbed them of all they had. He had heard colored men say they would not be Miends with the Southern people who had held them i slavery. Did Southern ships go to Africa and vteal negroes, bring them here and sell them into mavery, or did Yankee ships’ And so they could forgive Beast Butler and his great graudfather for - stealing and selling them into slavery, but they could not forgive the Southern men who bought them. He ‘wished his hearers to open their hearts and receive the truth. Yankee radicals were no friends of theirs; the only real friends they had upon God's earth were the Southern whites, and the negroes would find that out after a while. He beseeched them to turn away from the bad men who are inciting them to insurrec- tion. The midnight drilling that was going on was dangerous. They did not see white men drilling and arming, because they did not wish to kill anybody. The war was over; peace covered the land and there was no necessity for colored men to go about with muskets ov their shoulders, His white friends did not mean to harm them. They had offered the hand of friendship to the colored race; he implored them to accept it, If negro radicals refused to keep com- = with then it was not a matter of difference, for owe gentiemen (pointing to the whiter) were better vompany than they. He intended to vote for Sey- mour and Blair and he hoped they would do like- wise. After the negro speakers had concluded a white gentleman of the city ressed the crowd in a very good speech, At the close of the speech new mem- bers were adm.ited and the clup adjourned, Al- though the nuinber of negroes present Was conmpara- Uvely small, the fact that as many as were there dared Ww attend a conservative gathering gives the whites great encouragement, it is claimed with contdence that r less thao five hundred of them democratic ticket ip this county alone. Two-thirds of then who have this intention keep perfectly quiet at pre ‘ause of the threats and social ostricismn of al blacks. When elec- tion day arrives they will walk up to the polls aud ve with their employers. ‘To many of them this is thelr situations depending upon a atrict € Wiih the wishes of those who live there. \y labor. er vote the the negroes as he can readily here wre many radical negrocs atu presenteg to them on he election, and at least one-half of thera quietly obey the mandate. ‘There appears to be no doubt remaining upon the subject of negroes drilling in the night, and the worst feature i that they are armed with muskets having bayonets attached. Where they got these weapons from Heaven only knows. ‘They certainly were not purchased by the negroes, who are too poor and too extravagant in dress and food to make the expenditure, Kut whether bought by them or not, it Is certain that they must have come from the North, ae kince the close of the war noarmy guns have been exposed for sale in the Southern Stutes, Not long ago @ large body of negroes, ali fully armed and aiticered, Was seen marching ‘along the river in the direction of adjacent counties. When asked where they were going the reply was that they were on the Way “to make peace,” that Long had ordered t ont wnder authority received from the Govern Bullock. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by some of the most reeponsibie and respectable citizens of Macon. Governor Bullock denies that he ever authorized or even encouraged these negroes to arm themselves. The mulatto Long, to whom | re- ferred ip # previous letter. is openty charged with having purchased and with being sill enwaged tn the work of purchasing aud distributing arme to the roes of this Congressional dist That they Dave obtained possession of army gune in some wat or other is a itive fact, and] am strongiy of th inion that the mulatto incendiary kKoows where have this al) ey came from. He is the most dangerous negro in this of Georgia—so dangerous in fact that itis a pity there is no law to have him locked up unt) after he election. Letter from Horn Sey mon Urea, July 24, 186s, My Drak Sik—f have not been able until this moment t answer your kind letter of the toll ins y mis; bat junged me into a sea of troubles, 1 uo ow the canvasa Will go: but, now that t ain in the fight, I shalido the bestican, | see the republicans are trying to dodge the financial issues, and to sink the election into # mere personal contest, Our papers mast not allow this, They raust push the debt and taxation upon public attention. If you et tame fhe will ran up and see we. Mere, MoUur JOM He tanking sou le give Our rERpecin A idias SE he nlad ta mes. Uy. yo HORAT! Van. O. Mo IncrnsonL, New Raver nem you SPY MOUE, Address from Chomas Ewing. ‘vows Ewing, of Ohio, hax published an ad- dress to the unfledged voters of the United States, dated at Lancaster, Ohio, September 2, in which be thus refers to the flnancial questions of the day:— a Until recentty I had imvended to support General Grant for the Preside: and would do so still, in the hope that the democracy will obtain a majority in the House of Representatives, and thus hold a re- straining power; but facts which I lave shown above render it impossible. Bad men with more intellect and more force of character than himself have pos- session of him, and if he be elected President will probably continue to rule him and the country with him; and some of the worst ex: abuses can- not be corrected against Executive opposition. In looking over the whole ground most Cres and weighing consequences well I_have come to the con- clusion that it were better that the aemneracy. pre- vail in the coming election, and thus divide, for the present, the iegisiative, while we restore the execu- tive and judicial powers, No evil can ensue. We shail have @ season of repose and time for reflection before called on again to There is profound philosophy in the old Seoteh proverb:— ‘The showers fall soft when the wind is still. Thave shown it will give us a season for inquiry and reflection, and the same conservative power which can now give success to either party can, at the end of two years, do the same thing, and place the government in the hands of those who may be then found most worthy to control it. So far neither party has ventured to commit ttself on the disposition of the public debt. My mind has Jong been made ap as to the principle which should govern us in its adjustment. It is this:—So far as our contracts are distinct and explicit we must abide by them, no watter how unequal or onerous. As, for example, where we have promised to pay the interest or the debt or both in gold, national faith requires and we must so pay it; but where the contract is not explicit, but requires construction, we must deal with creditors and the people precisely a@s_an enlightened court of equity would deal wit! debtor and creditor under like conditions. For example: the creditor borrows forty cents, or depreciated bank paper worth forty cents, which the public calls a dollar, and promises to pay interest, six per cent on its nominal or fifteen per cent on its actual value, in gold. The promise to the interest. in gold being expiicit, (ie nation who owes the debt should pay it, for there is no usury law operating on con- cts With sovereigns; but where a distinction is taken in the contract between the debt and the in- terest—the interest only made payable in gold— equity would require that the debt should be paid in that which is equalin value to the fund received. Sovereigns have not always meted out this even- handed justice. The coin of nations has been some- tines debased after a loan made, so that one pound of silver and one pound of copper woula be made what was two junds of _ silver the loan was made. was, & gross wrong. It is equally wrong, on the other side, to take the name for the thing and pay an ounce of silver to the lender for four-tenths of an ounce borrowed, because each in its turn was called adollar. Equity, if called into action, would suffer neither one uor the other, but require the payment Irom sovereign or subject-of the just amount bor- Towed, regardless of name. This should be the rule of Ln fas If currency were borrowed which was worth forty cents on the dollar, currency or bonds of equivalent value should be paid. Such are my views of the duties of those who rep- resent bondholders and people, and who are alike the agents of both. The committees of Congress who have charge of the subject should examine each class of cases carefully and do justice to each. matters not by whom the bonds are held, whether large capitalists or widows and orphans; each and all are entitled to equity, no more, no less. If you give them less you wrong them; if you give them more you wrong the people, who are the debtor. to when New York Republican County Nominations. ‘Assembly, Marcus T, Hull; District Attorney, Elbert E. Farman; ‘Treasurer, Har- wood A. Dudley; Superintendent of Poor, Benjamin F. Bristol; Sessions, Harvey Stone. Exiz County.—Congress, David 8. Bennett; Dis- trict Attorney, Lyman K. Bass; County Judge, Ros- well J. Burrows; Sessions, Wm. H. Russell; Coroner, A. H. Crawfor MaDISON CouNTY.—Assembly, Leonard Kilham; District Attorney, Alexander Cramphin; Superin- raed bg Poor, George Carver; Sessions, Edward D. pot. Lewis Counry.—Aasembly, Chester Ray; Treasn- rer, Alpheus D. Reese; Superintendent of Poor, David Alger; Sessions, Phineas Woo! worth. TY.—Assembly, Lyman Truman; Super- Poor, Chauncey T. Wood{ord; Sessions, Herbert Richardson, POLITICAL NOTES. ‘The Burimgton Pree Press, of the Sth instant, thus sums up the result of the election in Vermont:—*‘Our returns of the vote on the State ticket are complete, lacking only the little towns of Granville, Brunswick, Pern, Belvidere, Jay and North Hero. The table of majorities foots up 26,765. The lacking towns gave last year 183 republican majority, and at the average rate of increase will give 240 majority this, which will carry up the grand total of our majority to 27,005, We are willing to throw oif the odd five and call it a clean 27,000." Hon. John A. Griswold, the republican candidate for Governor, says “‘our intelligent German friends’ (saving parenthesis) ‘are now arranging themselves under the banner of ‘ts’ party.” Which is “its?” ‘This is worse than Martin Van Buren’s ‘Our sufter- ings ‘is? Intolerable,” or old Zach Taylor's “Peace with all the world and the rest of mankind.” Horatio Seymour is @ leading layman in the Fpis- copal Church aud has been a member of its Trieu- nial General Conventions as a delegate from the dio- cese of Western New York ever since the latter was created. He has just been again elected a delegate. The convention meets on the first Monday in October ne&t in the city of New York. Pendieton has sent the following telegram to the Ilinois Democratic State Central Committee:— CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1868. To JOHN A. MCOLERNAND:— Just arrived at home. ‘The condition of our can- vass in Ohio requires me to withdraw all my ap- pomntments in Dlinois, GEORGE H. PENDLETON. “Let os have peace!” is the great radical ct “Let us have peaches,” at a reasonable price, is the more popular cry among the lovers of this delicious fruit—politics or no politics, Grant's motto—Love and peace. Seymour's motto—Lo(a)ves and pisces, —Fr, ‘The Syracuse Journ says the dewocratic editors of New York city are # hard set. Their names are Wood, Marble, Stone and “Brick.” ‘The republicans of the Second Assembly district of Wayne county have nominated Mr. F. M. K. Glenn for ro-election to the Assembly, whereupon the Syracose Journal, radical, remarks:—‘In this they have done well and wisely. Mr. Glenn was driven out of the last Assembly by its majority of demo- cratic cormorants; and he will now go back to an Assembly which will better appreciate his honesty and straightforwarduess, for we believe the next House will contain a majority of men of integrity and uprightness.”’ The election of Savannah, Ga,, will be held on the first Monday in November. , The time for voting is limited to one day, and ballot boxes will be provided, The bil! was passed over the veto of the Governor, Who objected to jt on the ground that It did not give time enough. The Augusia (Ga.) Constitutionalist states that radica! etuissary named Whittemore is attracting the atiention of the freedimen in Laurens district, 5. 0., by likening hveself to Jesne Christ. A Southern editor wished to refer to “@ trooly * and the printer put it a “tooral-looral yrgia radion| ediior makes the following pro- We will responsible democrats in Georgia have the daily Pra until November #—the scription to ® paid if Grant and Colfax are mut nothing at all to be charged if they are defeated, We make the banter and dare every dem- verat iu Georgia to take it up. The Hebrew Leader comes ont for Seymour and Binir wud elec punees radiealis whiie the Jewish Messenger ooserves “with regret that a Hebrew Grant club has been formed in New York.’ ‘The reapecta- bie Jewish organs wisely desire to keep their religion uncontaminated by Ue fith of polities, Democratic State Convention In New Haven, Sep- tember 9. . ‘The Doslestown Denocrat relates that a negro was | iately swallowed by an alligator in some Southern And aide the pious aspiration, “Let us have tom | sore aliigate “Let a have peace,” said Grant. et us have more alligators.” save the Jer we Saumuel W. Leugweil has severed his connection with the Lebanon Oho) Patriot, ademovratic organ, in vonrequence of the nomination of Mr. Vallwdig- ham, Who, he clans, waa forced wu the deme | savy by the tickers OF bin peculiay tr YACHTING. Iateruations! Race te Englond—Tae Chalicnxe of tho Sapphe aud Raies. LONDON, August 24, 1866, rhe challenge se chivairously thrown out by Mr. Baldwin, of the New York Yacht Club, on behalf of the American schooner Sappio. has been promptly taken up by the owners of the Oimara, Condor, Aline and Canibria, and the maton ts % take place on Tuesday next, August 25, starting from Cowes Castle atnine A.M. The following are the conditions of the race:— A sweepstakes of twenty sovereigns each; time for tonnage, Royal Yacht Squadron scale; course, once round the Isle of Wight. The course to be completed by the first vessel in nine hours or less, or the race to be declared void for the day. The race to be sailed ‘under the directions and by rules to be supplied by the sailing committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The Sappho to be entered as of 310 tons; the English yachts according to Thames measurement; cutters to have two-thirds of their toni No uare sail to be carried, but no jim) fore and aft sails or the number of hands. No greater time than twenty minutes to be allowed. The race to take place on Tuesday, the 25th, Veasels to be at their stations at elght A. M, and to start punc- tually at nine A. M. The Sappho and Oimara are to sail on even terms, but the latter is to be classed, a5 against the English yachts, at.275 tons, the Condor and Aline at 215 tons and the Cambria at 193; consequently the scale of time allowance: will be as follows:— The Min, Sec. ps 0 Sappho allows Oima 0 Sappho allows Aline, 9 wW Sappho atiows Condor, 9 RB Sappho allows Carabria. wr). 56 Oimara allows Condor. 6 18 Oimara allows Aline. 6 6 Oimara allows Cambi oh 3 5D The Sappho is now lying in Cowes Roada, off the Royal Squadron Castle, and has been visited by a large number, of the leading English yacht owners, who were naturally anxious to take stock of the ad- ¥ rday (Friday, August 21) atch of the Roya! Albert Yacht Club round the Isle of Wight, and as this was the first time she had Jeft her moorings since she had arrived at Cowes he»performance was nat re- garded in the light of a trial trip, and created a vast amount of interest. Though the weather was not very favorable for a vessel of her tonnage, ahe never- theiess held her own extremely well against the competing yachts, which were the Condor, Niobe and Menai; and in the opinion of the best judges will be an extremely formidable opponent in the match of Tuesday. rhe reault of the international encounter is antici- pated with the liveliest interest; Indeed, since the visit of the celebrated America, in 1851, no event has produced more profound excitement in the Eng.ish yachting worid. Royal Albert Yacht Club Regatta=The Sap- pho as an Amateur~Firest Accident, ‘ Lonpon, August 22, 1868. This club, which was established some few years ago under the patronage of the late Prince Consort, held its annual regatta during the present week; but in consequence of the unfavorable weather the sport was not very successful. The principal attraction of the gathering was the race for a handsome silver cup, value sixty guineas, presented py Mr. E. Boul- cher, the owner of the unfortunate Fiona, added to a sweepstakes of five guineas, which took place yes- terday (Friday, Angust 21) around_the Isle of Wight. ‘The following were the competitors: — Yachts. Rig. Tons, Owners. Niobe. Cutter...... 40....Mr. W. Gordon. Menai... Mr. F. W. Stutfield. Cutter. 0 Condo: Mr. W. Ewing. ‘The start took place to the eastward at 11:15 A. M., the wind being at the time north by west, but very light and changeable. All were very smart in setting their canvas, the Condor and Menai sending up bal- Joon topsails and jibs, and the Niobe a balloon top- sail and a big jib on her bowsprit. The last named wok the lead at starting, followed by the Menat, about a cable length astern, the Condor bringing up the rear same distance to leeward. The American yacht Sappho, accompanied by several English schooners, who were following the match, came out under Rembridge, Foreland, about half s mile astern of the three competitors, The Sappho carried mainsail and foresail, fore and main topsails, mam topmast staysails, fore staysail, jib and jib topsail, and her eloudlike mass of cotton canvas shone with dazzling whiteness in the morn- ing sun, Standing out close hauled from the buoy she took in her two topsaiis and main topmast stay- gail, and though under such easy sail held her own very fairly withthe English squadron, among which Were the Glortana and Evadne schooners and the big Scotch cutter Oimara. The magnificent set of her canvas and the bold sheer of her bow lines elicited general admiration, and though unquestiona- bly very fast in running it seemed to be considered by the cognoscenti that she did not show to particu- jar advantage in reaching and beating. Ott Shanklin the Condor crossed the Niobe's bows and took ® commanding lead, the wind steadying into a nice fresh breeze from west southwest as they made Dunnose Point, Passing St. Catherines the yachts encountered a good deal of sea, which was all m favor of the big Condor, who completely distanced her two smaller fe arco in this Tun between Atherfleld and the Needles. As, how- ever, she was tacking from under the Highdown Cliffs, between the Needles and Freshwater Gate, she suddenly carried away her main halilards and her wif came down with arun. The Niobe was at this juncture upwards of a mile astern, and taking the hint from the Condor'’s mishap at once sent down her topsail and housed her topmast, After the Needles were passed commenced the run for home with main sheets eased off and bowers over their starboard quarters, balloon jibs and top- sails beyng the order of the day. Through Cowes K ‘is the Condor seemed to be drawing away from the Niobe hand over hand, and it became very evi- dent that the latter, notwithstanding that she was entitled to a time allowance of upwards of twenty- one minutes, would have all her work to do to save her time from her gigantic opponent. The race at the fnish was extremely exciting, aa when within halfa mule of the flag boat it was found that the Niobe had Menace of a minute to spare; but luckily for the Condor the wind held well and Mr. Ewing's cutter was eptibiy increasing her lead every moment, race was finally concluded as under:— Condor. Niobe Menai...... es 27 1a 46 The Condor was consequently declared the winner by one minute and twenty-three seconds, after de- ducting her time allowance to the others, The Anglo-French Yacht Contest at Havre. (hyde (Angust 28) correspondence of London Post.) Last night intelligence was received here of the conclusion of the great international race between the yachts of England and France, which com- menced at Dieppe at one o'clock on Thuraday after- noon for the prize (value 2,000f.) given by his Majes- ty the Emperor of the French, with a second prize ee ting of ugold medal and 500f., given by Mr. Thomas Broadwood, the course being from Dieppe to Ryde and back. A French war steamer was sent over to Ryde as @ mark vessel, and round which the yachts had to go, The vessele that started were the Mystere, Croissy, Alber- tine and Lynx. The conrse towards Ryde Was a very lon one, on account of contrary winds tide; and they did not arrive until Friday after midday. ‘The following was the time taken of the two trat vessels, nothing having been seen of the HOM. S. ne L 18 6 Crojsay 19 0 vessels having rounded the French steamer, then proceeded back again to the eastward, which they did with a rattiing breeze. In the course of Friday night they must bave felt the full force of the southwest gale, which in and drove them before it ike lightning, as was evident from the time of their arrival. On coming to Ryde the leading schooner occupied upwards of twenty-four hours, but on the return the same vessels covered the dis- tance in less than half that time, (By submarine telegraph.) ‘The following was the time of arrivai of the firat $Wo veasels:— A M.S. Croisay, . o . AMS. Albertine.,..... 1 11 0 seven & 58 ‘The Mystere and Lynx had not arrived. It will thus be seen that the Albertine—formerly be- longing to Lord Londesborouga, but now owned by Captain Phibbs—wins the first prize and entirely running away from the best French vessel sent to sail against her. The Croisny takes the second prize, and as Chat is Tne by an Englishman of course in the eves of @ French owner it will possess an ad- ditiahal value, “WOATING NOTES. The race between Bigitn and Hayes will take place of the Biysian Fields to-day atfour P.M. It promises to be exciiing. The distance ie three mutles, t! amount $500, aid the condition ix bayer pe” i Advice comes from Pittsburg that the great sculling match between Brown and Gonlter for the championship will take place on Wednesday after noon next. Brown arrived there at noon yesterday and at once went tuto training, Hamill, the “Little Pogine,” bas challenged the winning man of this Neer to row hia within two weeks from that time. TRIBUTE OF ADorrRD CroizeNs To Henry A. Wisk.—The movement to raike a subscription by the foreign born popniation of this country for the pur- pore of purchasing a tionestead for Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, seems to taking definive shape, and from the indications the sum requived ean be raised ut effort, 80 Ceneral seems to be the desire bo show jn this waya ‘Ognition of Mr. Wise’s great services in vindication of the rights of the adopted chizens in the memorable Know Nothing campaign In Roston the amount of $1,000 was sent in urs to the Boston /iotin a’ tow hours afer the appearance of ar Moral in that yer mivocat+ the undertaking: and im Wichnond a very con yable aii Wax promptly raised for the same ore, In Washington we bear that s number of ninent citizens, many of them of aative birth, e expressed a disnostion ty inake vp a handsome ribution for thie fond a sua Wests | CITY INVELLGE CE, The Wratnen YRSTERD«Y.—Below we give a record of the temperature .or the past twenty- four hours, a8 imdicated by the thermometer at Mudput’s pharmacy, 218 Broadway, HBRaLD Build- ibs :— 3A. M. .% 3PM. eA, M. 1 OM 9 A. M. oo 69 PM wM 7 12 P.M Average temperature. Average for Saturday. EVIDENTLY 4 Mistake. on the head with a club early yesterday morning in Chatham street by gome person unknown, and re- ceived some severe bruixes, KILLED.—Jobn Jones, of Spuyten Duyvil, twenty- seyen years of age, was ran over and killed by a trainon the Hudson River Railroad at Riverdale at a quarter before twelve P. M. on Saturday. APPOINTMENT OF FIRE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.— F. E. Graham, an old fireman, and of late one of the dell ringers, has been detaiied aa a fire telegraph operator at headquarters in place of Patrick Daily, discharged for cause. A DESPERATE Leap.—James Breas, twenty-eight years of age, while under the influence of liquor, jumped fiom the second story window of No, 25 Leonard street, and was picked up apparently un- injured. SAVED,—Nelson Loden, eighteen years of age, residing at No, 28 Rose street, walked overboard from ® canal boat at pier 28 East river and was fished out by officer Nealis, of the Fourth precinct, when he went home. SEVERELY INJURED.—Michaci Costello, seventeen years of age, residing at No. 4) Thomas strect, fell from a vendor's wagon at the corner of Spring and Wooster streets late on Saturday night, and was se- vevely injured about the head, He was taken to Bellvue Hospital. FeLo DE SE.—Adolph Tackinan, fifty years of age, residing at 145 Prince street, attempted to commit suicide yesterday by cutting his wrist with a razor, severing the artery. Being discovered his wound was dressed by Drs, Armstrong and Wright and he was sent to Bellevue Hospital, SUPPOSED SUFFOCATION.—Yesterday morning Ca- therine Ray, an infant only four weeks old, whose parents live at 44 Marion street, was found lying dead tn bed with the head of her little brother lying on her breast, Suffocation is su) ed to have been the cause of death. Coroner Rollins was notified to hold an inquest on the body. FIRE IN HARLEM.—About five o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the lime, cement, lath and brickyard of George W. Noble, on the corner of Second avenue and 129th street, Harlem, The office and sheds were burned down. The loss was about $5,000, and is fully insured in three city companies, ‘The origin of the fire is anknown, but it is een to have been started by the lime coving wet, The police of the Twelfth precinct succeed in saving eight valuable horses. The firemen, under the di- rection of Engineer Bannon, by great exertion suc- ceeded in saving Paine’s flour mill, the sheds of which were on fire several times. SUICIDE OF A MANIAC,—Coroner Rollins yesterday held an inquest at the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island over the remains of Catharine Valley, an Irish woman, fifty years of age, who committed suicide by hanging herself. Nearly two weeks since the de- ceased evinced indications of aberration of mind, avd the attendants found secreted in her cell a rope and a pair of scissors, which they removed. A strict watch was kept upon the unfortunate woman, but notwithstanding tlie vigilance of the attachés of the asylum Mrs. Valley on Friday last secured a rope and hung her- self to the ting of her cell. On being discovered she was ont do and, notwithstanding life was not quite extinct, the efforts made to restore her proved unavailing, and death ensued soon after- wards. <A verdict in accordance with the foregoing facts was rendered by the jury. SINGULAR Story.—A correspondent, who leaves with us his name and residence, writes that while sitting, on last Sunday afternoon, in company with several persons, on the dock at the foot of Seventy- ninth street, Kast river, he, as did the others, heard an uproar on Blackwell’s Island, immediately opposite, and on looking across the river beheld @ man run- ning toward the water, pursued by three or four persons, who seemed exceedingly anxious to over- take him. The pursued, as soon as he had reached the water, jumped in and landed on the rocks, it low water at the time. From them he scrambl toward the river, into which he deliberately entered, and was drowned before those who had cl losely fol- lowed could reach him. They presently went to work 10 drag for the body, but, so far as our correspondent could learn, without success. As no mention has been made of this singular case by the authorities of the island we must regard the conduct of the men who pursued the person who was subsequently drowned as, to say the least, remarkable. MELANCHOLY Case or S8L¥-Desraucrion.—The case of Henry J. Weiss, the young man who com- mitted suicide at No, 548 Ninth avenue, as reported in yesterday’s HERALD, is somewhat melancholy in ite nature, From the evidence elicited it appears that deceased was a member of a very wealthy fam- ily living in Germany, and that he had fled from lvome on account of a serious misunderstanding with his stepmother. He arrived here penniless and almost friendiess, and in vain sought employment. He became entirely dependent on his acquaintances for support, which was so erent to his sensitive nature that he prefer death to anch a life. He therefore pro- cured an ounce of morphine, which he swallowed, and soon all his earthly troubles were ended. The act, evidently, was quite deliberate, as, previous to taking the fatal draught, he wrote a letter expreas- ing his thanks to those persons who had fed and sheltered him, but wishing it to be distinctly under- stood that he was under no obligations to his family. A verdict of suicide »y taking morphine was ren- dered by the jury. METEOROLOGICAL.—The report of the Meteorologi- cal Department at the Park for the week ending Saturday, September 6, contains the following inter- esting information:—The maximum of the ba- rometer, which was reached at nine P. M. of Septem- ber 3, was 30.279. The minimum, 29.914, was reached at seven A. M. of September 1, the difference of range being 0.365. The weekly mean was 30.0701. The maximum range of the thermometer, 89 deg., was reached between half-past two and half-past three P. M. of Al and the minimum, 60 deg. 10 min-, at midnight of September 4. The difference of range was 28.90, the weekly mean be- ing 72.01. The wind has been light and variable. Forty-six showers of rain occu: during the month of Angust, the total duration — twenty-four hours and thirty-two minutes and the depth 7.682 inches. Polar jlights were seen from 9:02 to 11:20 P. M. on August 30, and from 8:03 to 10 P. M. on Sep- tember 5, but were somewhat interfered with by clouds and dulled by the brilliancy of the moon. A halo was visible at midnight on September 3. The ring was perfect; the outer diameter measured 42 degrees, tue breadth being 6 degrees. PKRFONAL.—Among the distinguished personages who have arrived in this city within the past thirty- #ix hours is General Santos Acosta, exPresident of the republic of Colombia, who will shortly be accre- dited to the government at Washington as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary. Sefior Acosta is one of the most prominent citizens of the Colombian governinent. He is wealthy, influential, Bean's and patrioic. He it was, believing the berties of country to be in danger, who, as leader of the peopl drove the aspiring Mosquera from power; and, as the subse- quent execntive of the country, preserved its , and strengthened its power at home and ite influence ahr .» The new envoy is a geutieman of fine talents, and in manner is gentie and courteous, yet upright and chivairous as a hidalgo of the Spain of Ferdinand V. There are also tn the city the Rus sian Minister, Baron Stoeckl, and his ‘secretary, Mr, Bors Donzas; also Captain Moore, of the Bri- tish Navy, who are popping, at the Clarendon, At the Fifth Avenue Hotel are Governor Fenton, ¢ rai Jobn Ely, of Pennsylvania: Mr. 'T. A. Scott, of Philadelphia, and Mr. W. B. Chandler, of Washing: ton; and General R. G, Tyler, of the United States Army, is at the Brevoort. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Crry Ca® Casvavry.—David MeDervit, a driver on the Belt Railroad, was yeaterday brought before Judge Gale, of the Fourth District Civil Court, sitting at the Essex Market Police Court in place of Jndge Shandley, for ruop over a child ia Jackson street, He was committed to answer, VIOLATING THE Excisk Law.—The following named persons were yesterday morning brought be- fore Justice Dowling at the Tombs for violating the Excise law and required to give $100 bail each to anawer before the Court of General Sessiona:— Christian Bolte, 74 Roosevelt street; Henry Croger, 163 West Broadway; Andrew Hay, 434 Greenwich street; James O'Connor, 56 Baxter street; Christian Hamije, 188% Hester street, CARRYING A SLUNG Stot.—A negro, Jacob Wright, was heki to answer in $3,000 by Justice Dodge for having concealed on his person a siung shot, which OMlcer Moore, Eighth precinct, who made the arrest, had reason to believe wae inten to be used against him. ‘The prisoner, waseheld under the statute enacted by the te Legisiature of 1866 to prevent the f other dangerow Annes? OF A Moxey Baren,—Bridget Costello, of No.6 Mulberry strect, by honest tol! had accumn- lated $40, whieh she had lad away im the shape of two $20 bill4, On Saturday evening Catharine Carroll, same Hone, as alleged, finding out the ssion of slung shot and of the wioney, appropriated the fans ithont ihe) knowledge orwonsent of ihe Money beige missed, Catharine, we, was suspected of the theft, wae arrested uy odiery Hisehe ef the Sheth pre: Het, whe cain tie fhe aelof enlenvormy to owner. | who ie filty years of NEW YORK HitkaLD, MONDAY. -SEPTEMBER 7, 1868. } . aa oo ae mies notes, ‘The devour one of the $20 nchen 3 prisoner admitted to the wok the 5 Justice committed her for wae iu her inal examination the accused denied her galt. LicaTaoves KEEPER ROBBRD.—On Saturday night Henry. Weber, keeper of the lighthouse at Tomp- Kinaville, 8. 1., was walking throngn Moore street, when a boy giving his name as John Styles stepped to him and snatehing a wateh and chain valued at sho from his vest pocket ran oi with his plunder, Mr. Weber cried “Watch” and followed tn pursuit of Styles, when oMcer Thompson, of the First pre- einct, joined in the chase and sueceeded in arresting Styles. Search was made for the missing property, but it could not be found, Styles, who is only eiguteen years of age, was yesterday arraigned be- fore Justice fae and committed to the Tombs for trial in defauit of $1,000 bail. The accused says he was born at No. 15 Moore street, lives at No. 8 Pearl street and does nothing for a living. A Noroniovs PickrockeT.—Mary Leonard, alias Mullen and Kehoe, a decidedly unprepossessing sample of her sex, yet one whose photograph is considered an attraction to the Rogues’ Gallery, was brought face to face with Justice Dodge for stealin: a pocketbook from an old lady named Eliza Hoft- man. Mary miscalculated her victim in this in- stance, as according to the evidence the oid lady, though seventy-four years of age, yet when she felt the oie her purse turned actively around, seized the thief by the K of the head and notwithstand- ing. her desperate eiforts to get away held on to her like grim death until ufticer McConnell came to the rescue, Mary was committed in defanit of $2,600. Catharme Pollok was held to answer in $1,000 by Justice oge for stealing a pocketbook from Chas. ‘Tully while he lay asleep corner ‘twentieth street and Broadway Saturday evening. A Ovuntous CasE.—William J. Vail, No. 340 East Nineteenth street, preferred a charge before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Court, against a little girl, Annie Donnelly, and boy, named John Michael Kelly, for having picked his pocket of a purse con- taining $8 and some trinkets worth as much more. Vail, in making the charge, acted in a confused and suspicious manner, which was soon exp!ained when the little girl got an opportunity to speak and stated: that the complainant had been following her around Gramercy Park Saturday afternoon, offering her a dollar if she went with him oe an alleyway in the neighborhood, Justice Dodge held Vall in $1,000 to prefer his charge at the Special Sessions. In de- fault he was committed to the House of Detention. ‘The boy and girl were committed to anawer. THE SHOOTING OF HARRY LYOY. The Coroner’s Inquest—Verdict of the Jury— Hopson Held for the Present and Bail Re- fused. ‘The readers of the HERALD will recollect the shoot- ing of Henry C. Lyon, generally known as Harry Lyon, of the firm of Farrar & Lyon, of 91 South street, at his store, on Friday evening last, as fully reported in the HERALD of Saturday last. Mr. Lyon died the same evening at the New York Hospital. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Keenan proceeded to the late residence of the deceased, on Fiftieth street, near Eighth avenue, with the following gentlemen a8 ajury:—Henry McCluskey, 59 Mott street; William Churchill, 28 Monroe street; Robert A. Jones, 117 Mott street; James Ryan, 169 Henry street; Andrew Lannan, 39 East Broadway, and George Phillips, 14 Forty-eighth street. After viewing the body, which was laid out in state in the parlor of the house, the Coroner, assisted by Dr. W. Beach, deputy, and with him the jury, retired to the Twenty-second precinct station house, on Forty-seventh street, near Ninth avenue, where the inquest was proceeded with. ‘The first witness examined was John Galvin, of 91 South street—Arr clerk for Far- rer & Lyon; barkeeper; the first I saw of Mr. Hop- son on Friday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, he was talking to two gentlemen, and there was quite a number of gentlemen in the back of the store; they left the store and I with them about eight o'clock; Mr. Lyon went with me; no conversation passed at the time between the prisoner and the deceased; we were gone until about twenty-three minutes past nine; we went up South street to see a match game of euchre played; one of the gentlemen asked us to have a drink; I think was Mr. Willets; he asked us by our individual names; I then left the party and went behind the bar; Mr. Elliott then said, “These parties have all the talking, let us two have a private drink;” Mr. Elliott and me went about the centre of the bar; I drank; don’t know whether Mr. Elliott did; as I was about putting my giasa down Robert Pawson said, “John, Lyon and Hopson are growling 3 can’t you stop it?” I said yes; I laid my glass down; I heard Mr. Hopson make use of the expression, “You are # damned, stinking, ly’ e— of a b—;" Mr. Hopson, as he made the remark, made 4 move back- ward and put his hand in his pocket; the two were standing about ten or twelve feet from me; Mr. Lyon stood with his elbow on the bar and an umbrella tn his hand; I did not see Lyon strike Hopson with an umbrella, but I heard the sound; I was holding Hopson, trying to get the pistol ont of his hand; f knew Hopson carried a pisto!; that was the reason 1 ‘was so anxious to get hold of him; I caught his left wrist with my right hand, the hand with which he reached back for the pistol; I said to him, “Bob Hopson, don’t pull anything out here; go home; and | tried to push him out of the door; 1 saw the pistol in his hand, and the first thing I knew I heard the sound of a blow with an umbrella and saw the flash of a pistol shot immediately afterwards; 1 at first thought that I was shot myself; Mr. Hopson fired it over iny shoulder; 1 saw the fash from the risoner’s hand; he el gw to get out of the store, but kept hold of him; bh ruggled to get away; be got out by the doot kept hold of him, but did not reach the walk when oMfcer Goodwin came u) arrested him; I remarked to the oficer that he had a ee and had shot Mr. Lyon; the officer hen took the pistol from him; I don’t know what occurred between them until Robert Pawson tokl me to stop the row between them: did not hear any re- mark of Mr. Lyon which called out the offensive re- mark from Mr. Hi 3; mever heard Mr. Hopson offer a $5 bill to pay for what he may owe or what his wife may have got, though he did not believe it; could Not tell whether he was struck twice; he waa not knocked down; I had hold of him all the time; | was sober; one drink or two won't make me drunk; Mr. Lyon was not under the mfuence of liquor: can’t about the condition of Mr. Hopson. jel T. Willets, of No. 60 Columbia street, Brooklyn, afirmed—I am a commission merchant; at about @ quarter ym nine Friday evening I went into the of Farrar & Lyon and walked to the extreme rear, and tliere met four or five gentlemen named before: I en- in conversation with them; we drank togethar we were conversing when I heard a littie scuf- and a repo pistol mediately went to the front door and saw an officer taking hold of Mr. Hopson; heard no conversation of any kind between the deceased and the prisoner; I was too far distant; heard no lond taik—not the first word; there was no loud talk, and what they spoke was not distinguishable at the distance [ was; if there had been lond talk | would have heard it—I think J should; do not know who struck with the umbrella or fired the shot; I know there was @ scuffle, but could not dis ish the parties at that distance; the parties scuMing were about three or four feet from the door: I should think the statement of the previous witness ts correct as to the ition of the persons scuffing when he took hold of Mr. Hopson; there were about three or four persons in the company of the parties in the for- ward part of the hai seen Mr. Hopson that day until the ofMicer had hold of him; Mr. Lyon drank with me once, but he was not in liquor; | am confident no one fell from the blow of an umbrella; the blows of the umbrella came down straight and ‘were apparently aimed at the head; it did not make f great noise, but I heard the noise; it was acrashing noise, like that of striking with a loose umbrella upon something ' Robert F. Pawson, of 91 Bridge street, Brooklyn, sworn—Am clerk for Farrar & Lyon, 91 South street; the first I saw was abont a quarter past seven o’clock in the evening last Friday in the saloon; Hopson took @ glass of ale, a small glass; repeated it several times; there was a party and they went out, and Mr. Hopson asked whether the party would be back; he then said, ‘Robert, 1 want a private word with you,” and he asked me whether his wife got a bottle of gin there; [ said that I saw @ lady, whom I believed to be his wife, get a bottle of gin, but 1 did not know whether that lady or her sister took it; | put the bottle of gin on the counter myself; he told me that he had been to Jamaica, and that this bottte of gin had raised heli and damuation. (To a juror— Mr. Lyon ordered ime to put up the bottle of gin for the on don't know who ordered it.) Hopson said he would rather believe his wife than & —~; I think Mr. Hopson went to the bar, lad another drink and then he got some oysters; he came back again between nine and ten o'clock, stayed there and drank several glasses of ale; shortly affer the party returned and Mr. Lyon was among them; they waiked down to the lower end of the bar; believe they had one round of drinks there; Mr. Lyon pid them good night and started to go home; as he got to the door he saw Mr. Hopson standing at the upper end of the bar neaf the door; I don't know who commenced the conversation, nor What they said; I was behind the bar, about the centre; [was busy attending to my duty; saw them talking, but don’t know whatit was about; 1 thought there Was going to be some trouble, because they were talking very loud. and | told Joho Galvin to go and try to get Hopson to go home; as John went down towards i 1 heard the words, “you lying, stinkin, of a b-; Join was walking towards them ourside, and 1 did so Inside of the bar: a# Hopson said these words Mr. Lyon struck him with aamall silk umbrella on the top of the head; Mr. Lyon hed the umbrella in his hand; Hopson repeated those words and Lyon struck itn second time apd told him to leave the house; | saw Mr. Hopson pat t right hand in his pooket as if to draw & pistol; by that time Mr. Gatvin got betweep the two; Teaw Hopson draw the pistol fom his pocket, and be Feveber arovnd Galvin and, saying, “Your of —_ »—h,” he fred: } do not know whether he took fiverate alma, but he reached round and fred. this ‘way (the explaining his ; after be fired the pistol I jamped over the counter and took hold of him; he was to get to the door; I asked . him why he did it; said, “The pistol is not loaded; nothing but a blank is im it,’ saw the officer come up, and then | went up to Mr. Lyon, who fried “outs “My God, | am ot, he shot me;” he had not fallen; he was shot im the breast; saw the marks of the shot in his breast; SO cues caves Due ta Se a A ere about eleven heard thas he had just died; his body was removed to No. 103 West th street; the body is there now; Mr. Timney, Butts, Porter and Monahan were near when the blows with the umbrella were struck; I have Hopson’s hat at the store; heard no remark Lyon to Hopson; only saw him strike Hopson om the head with the umbrella; the first blow was he- sg Galvin got between them, and the second, { think, was afterwards; saw no five dollar bi!l offered by Mr. Hopson to pay. William Good -Am patrolman of the Seconda’ precine’s 1 was standing on the corner of Fuiton arid uth streets between nine and ten in the evenmg last weiner I heard some noise and looked around; it sounded like @ pistol shot; could not tell wrere tt came from; 1 went to within ten feet of Mr. Lyon's store; turned to go up again when a gentleman came and beckoned to me to come in; the gentleman has ® stand in Fulton market; his name, I ve, 18 John Pettit; | went to the door of the saloon; saw Mr. Galvin holding Mr. Hopson; I took Mr. Hopson by the collar; Mr. Galvin told me to look out, he a istol in his hand; I took him by the arm and ook the pistol from him; 1t’s a small, four-bar iy pistol; i took Mr. Hopson to the station how said at the station house (to the sergeant, I believe) that he was struck with the umbrella twice and that he did it to defend himself. Wooster Beach, M. D., being sworn, says:—! have made @ post mortem examination of the body of de- ceased; it was well nourished; there were no ex~ ternal marks of disease or violence on it, except a pistol shot wound on the lower part of the chest, just over the breast bone, a little to the right of the median line; opening the body the wound was traced. directly through the liver and the ball was found |y- ing free upon the terior abdominal wal; there was a large amount of clotted and liquid blood in the cavity of the abdomen; the liver was in a fatty, condition; there was apparently degeneration of the kidneys. The other organs examined were nor- mal; death in my opinion was from hemorrhage, the result of laceration of the liver from the pistol shot wound, ‘This closed the testimony. During the examina- tion of the witnesses counsel for Mr. Hopson ocon- sionally suggested to the Cordher a question in the nature of a cross-examination. Coroner Keenan, at the conclusion of the testimony and without any remarks, submitted the evidence to the jury, who, ufter a very brief retirement, returned with tne foi- lowing verdict:— VERDICT OF THE JURY. We find that the deccased came to his death by a pistol shot wound at the hands of Robert W. Hopson, on the evening of September 4, 1868, at the suloon No. 91 South street. Counsel for the prisoner then addressed the Coroner, and, without making a forma! applica- tion to that effect, sug ited the propriety of adinit- ting the accused and in a somewhat iengthy argument he sought to convince Coroner Keenan that even under the testimony as adduced the highest offence for which Hopson could be convicted was manslaughter in the third d it being the slaying of a human being with a deadly weapon in, the heat of passion—should the proper justification self-defence, which the accused had to interpose, fail. But the Coroner concluded that he would hold the prisoner without bail for the present and corsuit with the District Attorney. To the usual question propounded by the Coroner the accused gave his name as Robert Hopson and that he acted purely im self-defence. THE NEW COURT HOUSE. the Sheriff and Clerk. The citizeng of the metropolis have become so accustomed to the appearance of the heavily pia- carded fence which stands at the northerly end of the City Hall Park, and have seen the sharp and massive pile of iron and marble growing up above the fence from the inside and have heard and read 40 much of the extensive jobbery and profligute ex- penditures of public money which have accompanled the growth of the aforesaid fron and marbie, that they appear to have been overcome by a species of desperate don’t-care-a-tiveness in regard to what may be going on within the enclosure. Slowly, very slowly, has the work progressed on this pile, which is to hold the courts and county offices of this county; but the portions of the interior of the build- ing which have been completed tend to show that the diferent bureaus of the county government will be at. last located in an edifice worthy of the metropoiie as regards itseif, although the pecuniary value “of the structure ig undoubtedly* far below the amount ex- pended and to be expended tn its erection and com- pletton, Besides those portions of the building aircady in use, and which have been heretofore fully commented on, the department nearest compile ton its New Offices for Connty THE SHERIFY’S OFFICE, which is located in the northeast corner, gn the first. or ground floor, The office consists of two large apartments, with asmalier one between. The chief trance is directly opposite the present temporary entrance, and is a room of some forty by thirty feet. An “L” shaped fence of solid black walnut encloses the portion devoted to the business tn this room, and. at the inner side of this fence is built the desk on which the record books are kept during business hours. Two compartments are fenced ot in this room, one for the use of the under sheritt and the other for the equity clerks The other large room is devoted to the use of the deputy sherifs, and 13 very handsomely and convenientiy laid ont. in one corner of the room 18 @ small apartment fenced iu and entirely private from the large room. This is to be used by the ‘order of arrest” clerk, and is so enclosed that other parties happening to be in the oftice may not annoy those who are unfortunate enough to be held by the “strong arm of the iaw.”’ The remaining portion of the targe room is subdivided into a score or more of compart- ments, separated by black walnat railings. Kach deputy will occupy one of these compartments or stalls, and can transact ihe business allotted to him without the possibility of being annoyed or inter- fered with by any others in the room. In each of the deputies’ “stalls” isa handsomely Mnished secre- tary desk of polished black,walnut and a revoiving chair of ys same fen fant oie between the larger rooms wi vu Sheriff as a private office. It is so situated that the Sheriff may have the attachés of the department at all times under his immediate supervision. This latter is an immense improvement on the ment of the office in the old City Hall, and O’Brien has determined to enforce a proper have the old building, and who have taken advantage of the fact that the official cat could not wet at them ui The furniture in these offices is of the most. costly kind of black walnut, the panei work being entirely of polished Walnut root. The in the offices, although not exactly the finest of Brussels, will perhaps tempt some of the officials to use the as soft beds and astonish them by the contact of the velvety surface of the cai with the short cropped hair on their wt craniums, the present week the work of removal will be commenced by ts department, and as none ef the old furniture is to be in the new building the business of the office will go on without interru; 5 In a week or two, or perhaps three, and it migiit be four, the rooms appropriated tor * THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE may be ready for occupancy. The present office hus beon entirely unfitted for the business of the depart- ment during the past ten or twenty years. lv 1 shabby in the extreme, poorly ventilated, badly lighted, and for a bureau in which business of such great importance and in such we ae as flows into the office of the Clerk of this county, of the Snpreme Court of the lower Jucicial district of the State, it has been been a stand- ing disgrace te@the wealth of the metropolis. Most valuable documents are crowded away in rickely, worm-caten wooden closets or mouldy cellar, arid parties having business to transact with the office are frequently obll to crowd into the portions of it which should be free for the cierks, wiiie books and records have been allowed to vin on chairs and stools in consequence of the absence of auiticient desk room, The removal of ths depart- ment, therefore, t0 more commodions ani property arranged quarters will be hailed with delighs hy ail the lawyers and business people of the county, avd wilt accrue to the comfort and heaith of the atachés. The rooms for this department are on the round floor im the northeast corner of the udding, and are laid out in a similar man- ner as the new Sheriffs oMce., County Clerk Loew, however, has had the arrangement of the furniture under his own supervision, and bas succeeded in economizing space while allowing lenty of room for the transaction of business, He as had a railing erected to divide the portion al- jotted to the clerks, so that parties outside of the office having business to transact may do so without encroaching on the clerks, and cannot tamper with or consult any of the documents or records of the department without authority. In one of the lat rooms will be the docket clerks and in the other the searchers, while the small room will be the County Clerk's private office. The vainable docaments on file will be Kept in immense iron safes manufactured for the purpose und arranged along the walls, While Papers of minor importance will placed in cotn- modious closets made of black walnut. The furni- ture in these offices, as in all the others th out the building, will be of black walnut and highly Gn- ished. am ‘aah of the hg i comes appropriate, while citizens may al the extraordimary cost of the whole building, they will certai have reason to feel satisfied of the substantial character of the work om the edifice and the furniture, ALL Quiet IN. CaTAHOULA—R. W, Taliaferro, late Poatinaster of New Orleans, has just returned trou Catahoula parish, He informs as that affatrs there are in a far better condition as respects crops and ‘neral tranquillity than he et. had reason to Ly jon men live in the most perfect security and there | is'no such thing as Ka Krux In she parish, — Yew v7 leans Picayune, Sept.