The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New- York Herap. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in ihe year. Four cents per copy. Annual subscription Price $12. -No. 185 Volume XXXIV. =—— RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY. CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rrv. W. Pore Yxa- MAN. Morning and evening, CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION.—Rev. Brown. Morning and evening, Avnorr CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS, Large Chapel, Univer- alty.—Rey. Dr. DezMs. Morning and evening. ELEVENTH STREET CHURCH, between 2d and 3d ave- fnues.—CHARLES B. SMY1M. Morning, EVERETT ROOMS.—SPIRITUALISTS—Mzs. NELLIE BrigHAM. Morning and evening. FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.—Rey. East- BUEN BENJAMIN. Morning and evening. JOHN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.— Bev. W. P.Corsir. Morning and evening. SPIRITUALISM.—West Sixteenth street.—J. B. CONKLIN, 4est medium. Evening. square.—BisHor SNOW. UNIVERSITY, Washington jeAfternoon. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Sunday, July 4, 1869. — F THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN. Notice to Carri ad Newedoalers, Brooxtyn Carpigrs and Newsmey will in fature receive their papers atthe Branca OFFIce or Tae New York HeRaxp, No. 145 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 4 ADVERTISEMENTS and Svsscriptions and all Aetters for the New York Heatp will be Beceived as above. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The DatLy HERALD will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month, The postage being only thirty-five cents a “Quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement can receive the HERALD at the same price it is furnished tn the city. THE NEWS. Europe. The cable teiegrams are dated July 3. The London Times yesterday criticised the action Of the Lords on the Irish Church bill. A letier has been addressed by Cardinal Cullen to the officers of the Catholic College, in which he says the nation must have its full measure of justice if the House of Lords mutilate the Irish Church bill. Sixty-one more of the late French elections have been declared valid. The Great Eastern when last heard from was one thousand and twenty miles out from France, and eleven hundred’ and forty-three Miles of cable were successfully submerged, Admiral Topete, in the Spanish Cortes, yesterday deciared that a republic was impossible in Spain. Troops have béen sent to suppress the Carlists in Andalusia and Arragon. Serious troubles have arisen in the Azores, in Consequence of the increased taxation. Cuba. Rear Admiral Hort has furnished a report to the Navy Department of affairs in Cuba. As it is dated Key West, June 19 and 24, it furnishes no news that las not already been published in the HERALD, Miscellaneous, Good authority is claimed for stating that there ‘Will be no further changes 1 the Cabinet, General Warren and Judge Wilson, Commissioners of the Pacific Railroad, have furnished a report on the construction of the road, in which they repre- sent it to be generally well constructed and in good order. Some sections, however, are incomplete, but are being rapidly finished, and they recommend their acceptance by the government. Ball’s equestrian statue of Washington was un- Veiled in the Public Garden at Bostun yesterday, ‘The statue of Washington presented to Philadeiphia by the school children of that city was placed on a pedestal in front of Independence Hall yesterday, and will be unveiled on Monday. The majority of Columbia Typographical Union No. 101, have issued an appeal to President George. of the National Typographical Ufion, demanding ‘that the charter of their union be not revoked at the demand of the minority, who are opposed to the admission of Douglass, the colored printer, There appears to have been great loss of life by ‘the floods m Kansas and Northern Missouri. A Steamboat captain reports having seen twenty-seven dead bodies, of both sexes and all ages, taken from the lowlands after the water receded. The colony of Swedes on the Kaw river were swept away, only ‘thirteen of them escaping without injury. The Indians along the upper Missouri are firing on steamboats and committing other outrages. They complain that they have not received promised sup. plies. A fearful storm passed over Ciinton county, Iowa, recently, doing damage to the amount of several thousand dollars and killing one woman. It is reported that the Third Auditor of the Trea- sury consented to give Dr. Mary Walker a clerkship, ‘but Secretary Boutwell refused to approve the ap- pointment. An Associated Press despatch says that the st. ‘Louis county bonds were protested in New York on Friday for non-payment in gold, the currency to take them up having been tendered, A trial of the “Aviator,” the steam balloon that is Intended to sail from San Francisco to New York in twenty-four hours, took place in San Francisco on ‘ Saturday and is reported to have been a success, The City. To-day 1s the Glorious Fourth; but as it is also Sunday the grand celebrations have beon deferred until to-morrow, The Cuban prisoners held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard were discharged yesterday on their own re- cognizances, Sefiors Alfaro and Bassora, the lead- ers, were transferred to Ludlow street jail. Colonel Ryan and bis 300 men are still unheard from, and the report that Marshal Barlow had sent a steamer to capture them is denied. Another Spanish gunboat was launched yesterday from the shipyard of Messrs. Poilion, foot of Bridge | Street, Brooklyn. Thirty in all are to be constructed + various yards, and will be ready to receive their | machinery at the Delamater Iron Works by the 1st ‘of September, ‘| M@he dram fish has recently made a raid on the Oyster beds lying between Staten Island and Key- port, N. J., and has destroyed probably twenty mul- Hons of the young oysters being reared in those Waters by the regular oyster planters. The sacrifice sof capital amounts to considerably over $100,000, } Since January 1 142,227 emigrants have landea at this port from various countries, which shows an increase of more than 30,000 over the corresponding #ix months of last year, Irwin Cornell, a young man of eighteen, acci- Aeatally shot himself with an old pistol in the iron foundry Of Messrs, Cormel, 199 Coutre street, on NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Friday, and died in an hour after. He was ason of One of the proprietors of the toundry. ‘The stock market was generally strong and steady, but dull, Gold fuctuated between 136% and 137, Closing finally at 137. The aggregate amount of business consummated in commercial circles yesterday was unusually light. Groceries were almost inactive and generally heavy. Cotton was quiet, but with moderate offerings the market ruled firm at 344sc. for middling upland. On ’Change four was quiet, but steady. Wheat was heavy and ashade lower, though in fair demand. Corn was freely sought after, and commanded a shade higher prices. Oats were tolerably active and stronger. Pork was dull, though held at full prices. Beef and lard were dull, but unchanged. Naval stores and petroleum were almost inactive, but unchanged in value. Freights were quiet, but firm, especially for gran. Whiskey was dull and heavy. Prominent Arrivals in tho City. Lieutenant General Sheridan, United States Army; ‘vhomas C. Fletcher and D. D. Buck, of Missourt; Judge Hager, D. Carpenter and A. J. Ellis, of San Francisco, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lieutenant A. P. Rockwell and H. P. Perrine, United States Army, and Genera! W. B. Tebbets, of ‘Troy, are at the Hoffman House, Colonel T. Frederick Brown, of Cincinnati, 13 at the Albemarle House. General Totten, United States Army; Colonel J. P. Reynolds, of Mobile, and Major Frank Taylor, are at the St. Charles Hotel. a Colonel Jacob Stanwood and Judge Richard Busteed, of Alabama, are at the Metropolitan Hotel, General Reno and E. J. Strang, of the United States Army; Mr. Gallaudet, of Washington, and 0. J. Dickey, of Pennsylvania, are at the Astor House, General ©, B. Fisk, of St. Louis; W. Paige, of Washington; General James McQuade, of Utica; General H. L. Robinson, of Binghamton; General J. W. Sprague, of Winona, Minn., and General H. T. Reid, Keokuk, Iowa, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Prominent Departures. Bishop Wilmer, of Louisiana, for Philadelphia; Governor Padleford, for Providence; .G, Innis, for Poughkeepsie; A. 8, Gatchell, for Brattleboro, Vt. ; Captain G. R. Raymond, for Princeton. Rumored Postponement of the Ecumenical Council. A cable despatch from London has it that the Ecumenical Council which was arranged to be held at Rome in December of this year is to be postponed for at agi twrelyo mopit?, ‘This ig telegraphed to ys 48a rumor. It may Or it may hot be true. We are unwilling to believe that at this late hour any change so humiliating to the Catholic hierarchy and to the Catholic Church in general can be allowed. It is well known all the world over that the Ecumenical Council has been a pet project of the Holy Father for some years past, and that the project was not made public until the sen- timents of the Church were tolerably well ascertained. It will be strange, therefore, if, after all that has been done in the way of sounding popular Catholic sentiment, and in the way of preparing for the Council itself, the idea should be abandoned even for a year. We say we are slow to believe that the rumor is well founded. We cannot forget, however, that we live in an age of wonders. The year which can boast of the completion of the Pacific railroad, which is ready to rejoice over a third cable connec- tion between England and the United States, and which is even now in hopeful expectation of the Suez canal, is not a year which is likely to be fruitful of further surprises. We are prepared to see the Church again in ecumoeni- cal session after three hundred years. It will not be a surprise if the Council is held in De- cember. It will be an additional triumph of 1869 if it does take place; but if it does not take place it cannot be a surprise. We have already informed our readers that difficulties of a somewhat serious character stood in the way of the Council. At first the idea was attractive, not to Catholics alone, but to the entire Christian world, This does not fully state the case. It was more than attractive. It was gene- rally—nay, universally—looked upon as a happy revival of a long disused custom, and there were many who thought that an Ecu- menical Council might be fruitful of blessings to the whole Christian world. It required but a brief space of time to dispel this delusion. Whether from the character of the invitations which were issued to the different Churches, we know not, but it soon became manifest that the non-Catholic Churches were bitterly opposed to the idea of a council in which they could not be represented without a grievous sacrifice of principle. The Churches of the Eastern rite and the many Protestant Churches which date their history from the great religious revolu- tion of the sixteenth century were all found to be unfavorable to the idea, Simulta- neously it began to appear that Catholic Christendom was ‘not a unit in the matter, One day we are told that the Jesuits are in favor of the Council, and, in fact, its leading promoters. Another day we are told that the Jesuits are dissatisfied with the programme and in a humor to Oppose the whole affair. It is well known that the Galli- can Church is unfriendly to it. It is now matter of history that the German Catholics are in fierce hostility; that Bavaria is doing her best to get up a council of the Catholic Powers to oppose it, and that Austria has openly condemned the scheme as inimical to liberty and the growing progress of the age. It has even been reported on good authority that the College of Cardinals, in spite of the preparations which were going on before their eyes, were at sixes and sevens on the sub- ject. Remembering the object of the Counej}, and taking into consideration the absolute impossibility of arriving at a united expres- sion of the sentiments of Christendom through the proposed channel, it will not be a surprise if the idea of a general council is for the present abandoned, We say it will not be a surprise, but we cannot say more. Considering what has been done already in the way of preparation, it is safe to say that this postponement of the Conncil to many both inside and outside the Catholic Church—to many both in the Old World and in the New—will be a disappoint- ment. Pilgrims have already begun to flock to the shrine of St. Peter from all the ends of the earth. Some of those pilgrims have already arrived in Rome. Hundreds and thousands have made up their minds to include Rome in their annual tour; and not a few who would not otherwise have been tempted have resolved to pay a visit to Rome and to look with their own eyes on the Holy Father and the glories of St. Peter's. To all such the abandonment or postponement of the Council would be a great disappointment. No one, however, will be so disappointed as the good old Pope himself. The Conneil, as is now well known, has long been with him a favorite idea. Whatever we may think of the Council, of its plan and purpose, we Ganpot refuse to admit that, so far as the Pope him- self was concerned, it was well intentioned. Its failure will—it cannot but painhim, What can he say? What can we say? He has done his best. He bas no cause, therefore, for regret. For our part, we can only bid him be of good cheer. If he has made a mistake the mistake is a pardonable one, and considering his power he can easily get over it, He has attempted to support a dying cause, If the Council is already found to imply defeat it will only be a lesson given in good time to the effect that the Papacy in the old sense is no longer a pos- sibility. The system established by Charle- magne has had its day. It has ‘done the world some good service, but it must now turn round and adapt itself to the new condition of things, The world has grown sick of everything in the shape of abso- lutism. Kings, kaisers and popes were In- ventions not sanctioned by the railroad; the telegraph and the printing press. It is for the Holy Father to accept the situation and make the best of it. No anathemas or maranathas can bring back the times thatare gone. If Pius the Ninth finds the Old World uncomfort- able let him try the New. It is here where the flock are most scattered. It is here, therefore, where the crook and the staff are most needed. We have tendered him an invitation more than once already. We repeat our offer of hospi- tality. We shall do all we can to make him comfortable. Let him abandon old and un- grateful Europe and come to young and warm-hearted America. Here there is fiock enough to exhaust his pastoral strength. Here there is heresy enough to vex his pious soul. But the field is large i, the laborers are few; the presence of the chief shepherd might, therefore, prove a blessing. A Crusader Afloat—Curious Complications in American Wigters she pooonns YQ Bublishea yesterday, and | ageln further to-day, ot the proceedings of the crusading steamer Telegrafo, on the coast of St. Domingo, will awaken the attention of all the maritime Powers. While Secretary Fish is coquetting with Spain and utterly ignoring the unauthorized step of the Spanish officials in Cuba, in proclaiming the closure of mid- American waters, other audacious and irre- sponsible parties are following in the wake of Dulce and putting their cruisers on the sea for the purpose of effecting their revolutionary purposes, The negro combatants in Hayti have already three, if not four, armed ships afloat, manned with American officers and he- terogeneous crews, and now come the discon- tented of St. Domingo, without a port or a flag, with a ship sailing under American colors from St. Thomas, and hoisting any or none enterprise, These recent orders and operations by various petty governments in American waters are pot alone tending to annoy com- merce generally, but especially to endanger the interests of American shipping. The institution of international law when framed was intended to be adhered to, and therefore to act as a pre- ventive measure against such abuses. With- out presuming to the sovereignty of the Amer- States can surely hold its own ground, and place a barrier to such irregular proceedings on the part of unstable governments, who is- sue decrees upon decrees, thereby causing American interests to be subjected to loss of time, expense and probably wholesale plunder. The absence of any defined policy on the part of the present administration, and the won- drous mancuvres of the Secretary of State, only encourage such acts, and accordingly we find, first, General Dulce in the field decree- ing that all vessels shall be subjected to being stopped and overhauled by the Spanish men- of-war, at'their pleasure. The English com- modore fired up at this despotic order and ; made for headquarters, where he was informed that, as a matter of course, such order did not apply to British vessels. If the vessels of Great Britain are exempt from such extraor- dinary orders, why should American bottoms not enjoy the same privilege? A want of respect towards the government of the United States is generally complained of, and not slone in the acts here recorded, but in others, allusion to which has frequently been made through the medium of the HerAtp. The United States have equal rights to all other nations in the waters referred to, and it is the duty of the government to cause its flag to be respected, especially at a moment so pregnant with po- litical troubles on all sides and in such close proximity. The United States is strong enough to maintain its own rights and can punish any infringements attempted by other Powers, and the toleration of such acts as those mentioned will cause all damages accruing to American interests to reflect directly upon those whose imperative duty it is, and who furthermore have the power, to prevent them. Mr, Fish might find time to consider these very curious complications which so seriously affect our commercial interests. The placing of our government in the high position of having an ac- knowledged and definite American policy, with- out the petty fear of European complications, would go far to prevent these and other com- plications which are fast rising to embarrass the administration and the legitimate opera- tions of our citizens. Our moral influence alone would suffice to repress all these disor- ders on the part of colonial despotisms, negro rulers and independent revolutionists, if pro- perly addressed and sustained. The adminis- tration, either through imbecility or fear, is losing the best occasion ever offered to advance our national interests and policy. IumicRration.—We invite special attention to the statistics of recent immigration to the United States which we publish to-day, There are no signs of a reflux or abatement in the full tide which has lately been pouring in upon our shores, In 1868 the number of immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden, from January to June, inclusive, was 109,097; in 1869 it has been 142,227, Here is an increase of 33,180, or thirty and two-fifths per cent over the arrivals during the same period in 1868, In the month of June alone fifty-six steamers and twenty- one sailing vessels arrived, with 41,339 immi- grants onboard, Political discontent in Ire« land, and famine, occasioned by the partial failure of the crops for the past two seasons, in Sweden and Norway, are theemain causes of this remarkable exodus from the Qld Wosld to the New, during the fight necessary to consummate their, ican waters, the government of the United The Health of the City. In another column of the Heraxp we call attention to the disgraceful and unhealthy state of many of the up town and down town districts of the city, The report alluded to is based on actual observation of the localities mentioned, which are in such a condition as to give due cause for alarm. During the spring months we called attention of the Board of Health to the necessity of adopting the necessary precautions to guard against an epidemic, and by an early commencement to adopt measures to meet any contingency that might arise. Our advice was not taken, and now we find ourselves, in the full flush of summer, with our streets and public thorough- fares, in many places, in such a condition that there is very great gause to fear that an un- healthy season may be anticipated unless some energetic measures be adopted by the Health Board. There is no reason why the city, or portions of it, rather, should be in their'present condition. We very much fear that wranglings in the Board are the real cause of this neglect. If the inspectors of the Herarp can find these pest holes in the streets, surely the sanitary inspectors, whose sole duty it is to attend to this business, ought to be equally observant. That they are not vigilant is apparent, and having failed to be so they render themselves guilty orno small offence in the eyes of the public. A visit to any of our so-called public markets will convince even the most unthinking person that they are in a most neglected state. Sickly and offensive odors of decaying vege- table matter offend the sense of smelling, and may in time prove detrimental to public health. This is intolerable, and that it is allowed to continue is a matter of serious concern to our citizens. All these facts, taken in connection with the arrival of vessels from tropical climes, bringing as they do in many instances the Seeds of pestilence and disease, are a contem- plation not pleasant to consider. We trust the Inembers of the Board of Hegith x act with I o Gsat8 oF pFotiptltude in this maiter, set aside their little political differences until the cool weather once again visits us, and place the city in comparative security,-beyond the danger of the malarial agencies now being sown in our midst. Burglary Made Respectable. If the theory of the Spiritualists is correct, what must be the state of mind experienced by the spirits of Jack Sheppard and Jonathan Wild when hovering about us in the present period? The profession so clumsily wrought up by them has now reached its zonith, and moreover high premiums are awarded by the community at large to all who are willing to try their hand. We soon expect to see adver- tisements in business directories such as— “Jimmy Crowbar, professional housebreaker. Burglaries done by the job at ten per cent.” In fact, in the same category as any other honest calling; for it becomes an honest call- ing, in common parlance, when such induce- ments are held out for those who follow it. Recent events tend strongly to prove that there exists a body of cracksmen who, although they do not show up as actual housebreakers de Facto, are only the more guilty by reason of their positions and the connivance they lend to such nefarious proceedings, Really, we repeat, burglary is now becoming a respectable following, and so long as such immunity is granted it cannot be wondered at if that branch of industry prospers. Not long ago officials were rudely spoken of if they realized a fortune in a brief period—say a year—but now every facility is offered for a tew enterprising men to do so in one night. Seriously speaking, how- ever, if this state of things be allowed to con- tinue it will soon become an interesting ques- tion for banks and all deposit holders of money and valuables, and to private citizens who have anything, how much it will cost to insure them against loss, and also how such can be effected. Tne Ketonum Case.—Young Ketchum did exactly right in declining to accept a release from the State Prison on a quibble about his indictment, especially as he has but a short remnant to serve of his term of imprisonment. His microscopical lawyer, Mr. Bartlett, we think, in this case permitted the discovery of the loophole of a legal technicality to carry him too far; but the result—that is, the refusal of the prisoner to avail himself of the flaw suggested, will not be to the prisoner's disad- vantage. Apparently cured of his follies, and disposed to the full reparation of the past by his course in the future, it is to be hoped that the young man in returning to the world will be given a chance to redeem himself. In every case where there is repentance and reform there should be some encouragement to keep it up. CarpinaL CuLLeN, Archbishop of Dublin, says that if the House of Lords rejects the Irish Church bill now before it the nation “must have” a ‘fuller measure of justice.” A pretty plain threat from the Cardinal to the Lords. ‘‘Love one another” is not Cardinal Cullen’s text, Toe Frexcu Caste.—The announcement that the Great Eastern had succeeded in repair- ing the fault in the French ocean cable and was again proceeding with the work of paying out was received with general pleasure yester- day in every circle in the city, She is now probably more than half way across the ocean, and we may expect in a few more days to hear of the landing of the shore end at the island of St. Pierre, off the coast of Newfoundland. Monopoly might as well try to vindicate its character for devotion to the public good as to attempt to prevent the increase of telegraphic communication between the Continents, The Summer Season and Our Summer Re« sorts. The summer season is npon us in all its power and glory, Merchants complain that business is dull, the pretty milliners sit in their stores awaiting customers who do not come, the theatres are languishing in the withering heat; but our hotels, railroads and steamboats tell a different story. It is, like- wise, the harvest time of hackmen, express- men, trunk makers and baggage smashers, The city, all our cities, North and South, are discharging their summer birds and butterflies of fashion, for pleasure and recuperation upon the country, to the great lakes, the springs, to the misty mountains and to the surf line of the sounding sea, Many of our summer ex- OO cursionists are off to Europe, and many are preparing to go; but all these, after all, are but as a drop in the bucket. The signs of the times indicate a good season at our summer resorts, inland and seaboard, all along the Jersey coast, all around Long Island, and from the Connecticut coast up to the lakes of Maine, and at the White Mountains and Lake George and Saratoga, Niagara, yea, ‘from the centre all round to the sea,” on both sides of the Continent, including the new wonders opened to sight seers by the Pacific Railroad. After “the glorious Fourth,” however, the grand rush to the woods, the fields, the lakes, springs and inland rivers, and to the mountains and the sea will set in, and then, till about the first of September, the gay world will be out of town, including our fashionable parsons, and then the tide will turn again. Meantime those who stay in town will have our noble and health-giving Park for purposes of recrea- tion, the most beautiful summer resort of all in this broad land. Moral—Winter or summer, New York city has its attractions which cannot be surpassed. London id New York Fashions. In the unexpected absence of the usual letter from our Paris fashions correspondent the readers of the Herap will be glad to read the letter which we publish to-day from a London correspondent, who endeavors to show that in England, despite “the frumpish- ness of the first lady of the land,” it would be strange if some of the fair daughters of Britain did not display discrimination and taste in the selection of toilets. But our London corre- spondent is, after all, constrained to admit that at the recent gathering of the nobility and gentry of England at the Ro: al Botanis Grounds, in response to inyitatigns issued by the Prince of Teck, ‘b4 dresses were, a8 @ general thing, exteedingly dowdy, although rich in material.” Certain exceptions, in- deed—as, for instance, a rich garnet silk, with @ long train, biased flounce trimming, plaited pit 482 sotaing, and jarnet crape bonnet, trimmed with lace; a infer ‘SINK pur, with panier and point appliqué trimmings, and bon- net and lace to match; a rich green corded silk; two white muslin underskirts, with mauve silk over dresses, “‘paniered and puffed to death,” and the black satin train, pointed at bottom, with black velvet overskirt, basque waist of velvet and satin to match, and black lace bonnet, with scarlet ostrich tip, worn bya royal visitor—are duly mentioned. The simple but handsome walking suit of purple merino, the skirt just reaching to the ground, trimmed with silk flounces of the same color and a purple crape bonnet with black silk flowers, the toilet of ‘the amiable but fading” wife of the heir apparent to the British crown, is also deservedly praised. In this connection it may not be amiss to add, on the authority of a writer in an English magazine, who was lately present at the cele- bration of high mass in the chapel of the Tuileries, that the Empress of the French, responsible as she may be for the prevalent extravagance in dress throughout the fashion- able world, appeared in a toilet which entirely condemned the fantastic costumes which have recently been affected by English and Ameri- can ladies, ‘She wore no huge chignons or petticoats, but a plain black silk falling in long folds to the ground, with a quiet little black lace bonnet over her very simply ar- ranged hair.” Here is an example of sim- plicity and elegance which we can conscien- tiously recommend to all the ladies who have the Empress Eugénie as a leader of fashion. New York summer fashions is the prevailing fancy for écru, or unbleached goods. Harper's Bazar grows eloquent over linen, lawn, pongee and foulard, which are shown in the natural pale buff of the material as it is before being subjected to the bleaching process, It says that Chambery gauze and the crape called Chinese, but manufactured in Paris, are made by art to represent this delicate tint—the mere shadow of a color—and adds that this hue is becoming alike to the dark and the fair, This is, perhaps, the secret of its popularity. Grorce PzaBopy—AyorueR MILLIoy.— “The universal Yankee nation” has reason to be particularly proud of George Peabody. His munificent presente in the cause of philan- thropy in England, where the bulk of his for- tune has been made, and in the United States, the country to which he belongs, reduce the personal contributions of princes and poten- tates to institutions for teaching the ignorant and helping the poor to mere trifles. He has just given another million to his original fund of a million to his trustees for educational purposes in the South, without distinction of race or color. Such a princely giver as this in good works is an honor to his country and his race; and in dispensing his charities while yet in the land of the living he sets an example that ought to be generally followed, especially by men having millions to spare. In this re- spect Mr. Peabody is a wise man as well as a liberal one. May his days yet be long in the land! Toe OPENING oF THE SuRz CANAL—A Sreamsmip From New Yorx.—We understand that a project is well under way, in the hands of an American who has spent some years as a merchant in Constantinople, for the charter- ing of a large ocean steamer (after the fashion of the Quaker City Mediterranean excursion of some two years ago) for the purpose of a pleasure trip direct from this port to Egypt, in order to give the excursionists the Opportunity for assisting, in September, in the grand ceremonies of the opening of the Suez Canal. We learn that the round trip will cost perhaps @ thousand dollars, that in the cruise the ship will touch at the principal Mediterranean ports, and that in Egypt sufficient time will be given the party to examine the Pyramids, and that a diversion on returning will be made to the coast of Palestine, to give the party a chance for @ run over to the Holy City of Jerusalem. The idea ig a good one and it ought to be a great success. Givine Ir Up.—Admiral Topete assured the Spanish Cortes yesterday that the “idea” of a republic is ‘‘impossible,” and that the “monarchy is represented by the Regent.” Is this the result? Where does Serrano take this “divine right” from? From the people, But the people don’t want a monarchy, The muddle prevails, streaming hair, no looped-up tunic or short acquired the habit of following the example of The only particularly noticeable feature of The Muddle at Police Headquarters. Harmony in the working of the Police Board of this city at the present time does not seem to be the prevailing sentiment. Hitches in the Board are quite common. Everything seems to work out of order. From Commis- sioner down to patrolman, with the police surgeons thrown in by the way of variety, all appear to be demoralized to a very serious ex- tent. As a consequence the thieves, burglars, pickpockets, confidence operators, bank rob- bers and all the other individuals who make up the sum total of the dangerous classes, are taking advantage of the occasion and are making hay while the sun shines. Robberies are numerous and arrests are few. To a great extent those who manage our police affairs are responsible for this state of things. The truth of the whole matter is this, that party politics enter too largely into the ar- rangement of business at Police Headquarters. Petty bickerings and narrow-minded jealousics also intrude themselves and interfere with the proper administration of business in the white | house in Mulberry street. We blame no one in particular, as the muddle appears to be so general that all hands seem to be, in some way or other, mixed up in the business. It is sad to reflect that precious time is allowed to slip by and nothing of any practical advantage to this great city and its citizens is accomplished by the Board of Police Commissioners. Vacant captaincies remain «unfilled be- cause one Commissioner thinks one man is qualified for the position, and another Com- missioner thinks differently. A deadlock is the consequence. If competency were the test by which police captains were to be held on the force fully one-third of the present number of incumbents would be dismissed on a fair and impartial trial. The prevalence of crime, the small number of arrests, the boldness of the thieves and the recklessness of the rowdies and loafers will go far to sustain this view. A muddle regarding the police surgeons is now the excitement. It{s asserted that they do not attend to their professional duties. It is further stated that 9 pumbeF at them draw, Q ries and engage young, struggling doctors, without patients, to perform their police duties for a small sum. If this be true we think the Board of Metropolitan Police should put a stop to it, and when they find that the gentlemen they have selected do not attend to their professional duties they should appoint those who will do so. Taken altogether the situation at Police Headquarters is, to say the least of it, most unsatisfactory. The Police Commission is one of the most important in the city, and the proper administration of its functions exercises a,great influence on certain classes. What can be expected from the inferior officers and men of a department the heads of which are continually at loggerheads with each other? And this has been the order of things for many a long day in the department of which we speak, Taxpayers pay heavily to support the Police Commission, and have, therefore, a right to expect something better than what we have been witnessing of late. We hope we have seen the worst, and that the present campaign of demoralization is not to last all summer. Ovr St. Domineo CorresponnEnor.--In view of the rising importance of the relations of the Dominican republic, and its position as the first applicant among the Spanish Ameri- can communities for the establishment of nearer political relations with us than those of mere treaty stipulation, we have sent a special correspondent to the island, to give an impartial report of the matters and things he may find of publicinterest. We publish to-day in another column his first letters, containing a report of the condition of St. Domingo city, founded by Columbus, and the oldest European settlement in the New World, with an inter- view with President Baez and his Cabinet, all of which will be found very interesting. {t will be seen that the most friendly disposition is entertained towards the United States, and a desire to participate in the future march of the American Union. Apmirat Porrer.—Much has been said of ‘the red tape management of the Navy Depart- ment by Admiral Porter; but nothing has yet appeared to the prejudice of his well-earned reputation as an able and accomplished naval officer. If blunders have lately been com- mitted in the department, such as the changing of the genuine American names of our ships- of-war for the names of the English navy, the responsibility belongs’ not to Admiral Porter. He is not and has not been the head of the department; but he ought to be, and it is unfair to him and to the administration that he cannot be without sacrificing his place in the navy. We hope to see this injustice repaired by Congress, in order that the depart- ment may be administered by a man who knows from experience all the leaks and all the wants of the service, “WesTWArp THe Course or Empire Takea Irs Way.”—Chicago is now the great dis- tributing post office for all the American mails for China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands and the States of the Pacific slope. THE SPANISH GUNBOATS, The second of the Spanish gunboats in process of construction on the East river wag launched yester- day afternoon from the shipyard of Messrs. 0, & R, Poillon, foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, There re- main twenty-eight vessels of this class in process of constrnction, ail of which will be launched by the ist of September. . The contract for these vessels was made by tho Spanish government with the Delamater Iron Works, , foot of Thirteenth street, North river, which firm contracted with Messrs. Poillon, Brooklyn, for the construction of ten of the hulls; with Tho- mas Stack, of Greenpoint, for five, and with Charles Mallory, of Mystic, Conn., for fifteen. Ten thousand dollars is paid for the shipcarpenter’s work on each vessel; but the contract price with the Spanish gov. ernment is preserved secret by the contracting parties. At the shipyard of Messrs. Pollion thera are four of the gunbosts on the stocks, and work is being driven forward upon them as rapidly as pos- sible. Five are onthe stocks at Mr. Stack’s yard, from which one will be launched in a short time, Work on the other fifteen ‘at Mystic, Conn, is ad- vancing With equal celerity. ‘These vessels are of a uniform character, and will prove, for river and coast service, a valuable auxil- lary to the Spanish marine. They are 105 feet ve- tween perpendicniars, and 110 feet over all, § fect deep, 22 feet beam, 170 tons register, and 6 feet 8 inches draught of water. Each vessel has twin screws, is to be schooner rigged and will carry a 100- pounaer bys gun forward and two howitzers. They are required to make eleven knots an hour, and ag the machinery constructed for them by the Delma- ter Iron Works 18 of great power, a higher rate of speed than that required by the contract 19 expected, to be aftained. The whole number will be completed aad ready to go 1yte coMauulesjon before Wipsl