The New York Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1869, Page 4

—ew & NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Volume XXXIV......ssceeeeeeeee + No. 198 AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Broadway.—Cacant at Lasr--It TAKrs TWO TO QUARRRL. Matinee at 2 NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tu® SPRCTACULAB BAXTBAVAGANZA OF SINDAD THE SAILOR. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Hioo0ar Diovory Dow. Matinee at 135. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23d at. between Sth and 6th ava.— Bock ADEN, Matinee at Ly. WALLAOK’S THEATRE. Broatway ant ith DORA—BLACK-EYED SU8AN. Matinee at 2. street. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—MAn-o'-W at'e-Man— BUSHRANGERS—Inish BROOMMAKER. corner ot Eighth avenue and LER. Matinee at 3 GRAND OPERA HOU! 28d street.—THE CuiLD WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtisth street and Broadway.—Afiernoon and ing Performance. BRYANTS’ OPERA Hi. atreet.—ETULOPIAN MIN Tammany Building, Mtb T, dc. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th 56th ste.—POPULAR GARDEN CONC HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Hooer's MINSTRELS—SINEAD, THR SAILOR, Matinee at 25g. » detween S8h and NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Brondway.— SOIRNOE AND AzT. LADIES' NEW YORK NUSEUM OF ANATOMY, #2) Broadway. —FRMALES ONLY IN ATTENDANCE. New York, Saturday, July 17, 1869, THE NSBWS. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated July 15. Lord Derby has entered a protest against the Irish Clureh bill, on the ground that the measure looks to the severance of Chureh from State, The protest 13 signed by forty of the Peers. The amendment to the Insh Church bill by the Lords im relation to the apportionment of giebe lands bas been rejected by (he Commons, The London Times believes that the bill will go back to the House of Lords in its original shape. The Orangemen of Lurgan. in the north of Ireian4, fave destroyed a number of houses occupled by the Catholics. There is nothing definite as yet cegarding the Cabinet appointments in France, The Bishop of Linz has refused the amnesty offered nim by the Emperor of Austria. Miscellaneous. Owing to the importance of the questions involved im the Yerger case, by consent of counsel the appli- cation for writ of habeas corpus is suspended in order tuat the matter may be brought before the Supreme Court in October next. In the meantime no sentence of the muitary court will be carried into effect, but the prisoner will be retained in close custody, Although the Treasury receipts at present are less than during the month of June, stiil it is believed that the next exhibit of the public debt will show a decrease for the month of July of $5,000,000, A train ol thirty cars, laden with coal oll, was burned at the depot of the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday night. The fire was caused by a lamp in the nands of the train inspector. ‘The President’s instructions concerning the rigid enforcement of the neutrality laws {s sald to cause the Cubans but little concern, Cuban revolutionists need war material rather than men, and the stoppage of Milpusiering expeditions will really injure them bat little, provided they can purchase arms and ammunition, Which they have the rigat to do un- questioned. By an accident on the Kansas Pacific Railroad on Wednesday last thirteen persons were seriousiy wounded, and twelve others received slight injuries. A} but three belonged to a railroad excursion party from Indiana. Governor Walker, of Virginia, arrived at Bing- hamton, bis native place, on Thursday evening, and was cordially reccived by the citizens. In re- sponse to an address of welcome, Governor Walker said that his election was a triumph of the policy of General Grant and of the reconstruction acts of Congress over carpet-baggers who had no interest in the State. Mra. Eli Hawley, of Albany, was yesterday arrest- ed on charge of murdering ber daughter's illegiti- Mate child. Tue citizens of Waterford, N. Y., have formed a vigilance committee, in order to protect their prop- erty against a gang of burglars and incendiaries who infest that town, Between nine and ten o'clock one evening last ‘week two young ladies informed the keeper of one Df the hoteis at Rockaway, named Mott, that they had been chased from the beach by three men, Mott and his barkeeper, named Connor, went out, and, Meeting three Catholic priests, assaulted them most violently, and stabbed one of them, Father Owens @f Newark, so severely that last night he died of his wounds, Owing to the recent heavy rains upon the Plains the Union Pacific Ratiroad is in vad order, Two passenger and one freight train ran off the track 450 miles west of Omaha, three days since, killing three persons and causing considerable delay to travel. The inquest of the jury in the case of the Mast Hope disaster was held yesterday afternoon at Lack- awaxen. The jury brought in a verdict of criminal negligence on the part of Engineer Grifin. The engineer has been arrested, By order of the Legislature the town of Plaister Cove, on the Island of Cape Breton, will be known hereafter as Port Hastings, The City. In the Snperior Court yesterday, vefore Judge Mcvunn, in the case of O'Mahony vs. August Belmont & Co., for @ receiver to take charge of mone;s deposited by plaintiff with defendants in 1865, known as the “Fenian money,” an order was issued appointing Thomas J. Barr receiver. Jn the Court of General Sessions yesterday William Nicholson, tndteced for the murder of Patrick McCormick, in April last, pleaded gullty to man- Slaughter in the third degree, and was sentenced to the State Prison for two years, Six Wall street brokers were arrested yesterday, Under indictments found by the Grand Jury, for violating the Usury laws. They were admitted to ball by Juage Cardozo in the sum of $3,000 each, Under a recent decision of the Court of Appeals the Brooklyn gas companies claim $20,000 for overs paid taxes, Marshal Barlow on Tuesday despatched several deputies on board the revenue cutter Mahoning to Gardiner’s Island with orders to disperse the flil- busters encamped there. The filibusters, 200 in Dumber, refused to disperse, and on Thursday night a detachment of thirty-eight marines were de. spatched to assist the deputy: ar iials in carrying out their orders, In the case of the United States vs, Dudiey Chittenden it was, as tt appears, wrongly staved ‘that the defendant was a nephew of Mr. S. B. Chit- tenden, whereas he was only Arst cousin of the Chittenden family. The stock market yesterday was heavy and dull, Gold declined to 13534, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Judge S. A. B, Abbott, of Boston; Senator C. Cole, Of California, and 1H. Nuscheler, of Lyons, are at the Brevoort House, General Adams, of Canada; J. H. Marshall, of Mobile; A. Lockwood, of Switzerland; A. Hull, of Utah; J. C, Buckley and A. Graham, of Louisville, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Judge Hager and Colonel ©. J. Brenham, of San Francisco, are at the Hoffman House Ex-Governor Bradford, of Massacnusetts; Major G, F, Brothwell, of Danbury, and Captain Wheeler, of the United States Army, are at the St. Charies Hotel. General T, W. Vougiien, of New York; Dr, Sash, of Florida; J. M. Hutton, of Petersburg, and A, W. Woods, of Couuecticut, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. H, A, Risley, of Washineton: 4. A. Riley, of Kan- sas; FE. F, Terry, of Pennsylvania, and H. P, Good- year, of Germany, are at the Astor House, Prominent Departures, Colonel J. W. Owens, for Washington; B. ¥. Bas- sett, for West Point; W. Dwight, for Boston; General Ledle, for Long Branch, and Thomas A, Scott, for Philadelphia. The Far Eastern Question. From time immemorial the possession and trade of India have served to enrich some conquering nation, Persians, Greeks and Komans have held it by turn, and England, having disputed successfully with France for its possession, saw for more than a century her East India merchants and adventurers return rich as nabobs to the mother country. But even the East comes to share the progress of the age, The Chinese Embassy, under the guidance of our countryman, has secured for China all the rights of civilized nations, and India will participate in the new impulse given to trade. Her commerce will expand and her resources be developed; but England may not be the gainer by this. Russia is fighting her way, step by step, towards the rich provinces of Central Asia. The fate of an empire depends, in a great measure, on the friendli- ness of the tribes that people the wilds of Afghanistan, and the recent visit of Shere Ali to Lord Mayo, the British Viceroy in India, is therefore causing no little excitement in that country, and even in England, The government of Great Britain seeks to allay this excitement by representing the meet- ing alluded to, which took place at Um- balla, as one of little political importance. But some how or other the British public is not satisfied. A general feeling of uneasiness as to the ultimate designs of Russia in Asia has long since taken possession of British capitalists and politicians of all shades. David Urquhart used to be the ablest exponent of the views of that party that see in Russian diplo- macy and arms the most formidable enemy to European liberty. His predictions and those of his party were discredited; but they left behind a vague, perhaps not groundless, alarm. Even the first Napoleon seems to have shared this feeling regarding the growing power of Russia when he looked forward to the time when Europe would either be republican or under the power of the Cossack. However, Russia must be looked upon not only as a European, but as an Asiatic Power. Here it is that England dreads her, and this is little to be wondered at, England has vast possessions in India, Disraeli once observed in the House of Commons that the British empire was Asiatic rather than European. This was one of those lucky hits of his that sometimes make an impression on the public mind. Like most of his paradoxes—for it is in reality such—it has enough of truth in it to give it point. As far as population goss she is an Asiatic Power; but something more than population, such as it is in India, makes up her greatness, Still the loss of India would be an incalculable evil to British wealth and com- merce, and whatever endangers the possession of that rich country she will always look upon with apprehension. And here it is that the progress of Russia is watched with interest. Russian arms have lately been triumphant among the barbarous tribes of Turkestan. Slowly, but steadily, Russia has kept advancing nearer to the British frontier, and Afghanistan alone stands as an interposing barrier, Russia has diplo- matically professed her willingness to regard this district as neutral territory, and English politicians are satisfied, or profess to be so. But the question is asked, and not without reason, how long will this compact be re- apected? We should be inclined to answer, as long as Russia finds it to her interest to do so, and no longer. The visit of Shere Ali to Lord Mayo may tend to strengthen British influence in that territory. As to the nature of the compact, If any, then made, we are only left to conjecture. Attempts have frequently been made in the British House of Commons to draw ona parliamentary discas- sion of this question, but ministerial tactics have hitherto prevented this, As on the ques- tion of the Alabama claims, ministerial policy seems to be that the less said on the matter the better. We are not disposed to quarrel with this policy, which, under the circumstances, is probably most judicious ; but we cannot help observing how little the British public knows from British sources of the real progress of Russian arms in Asia. Almost all that is known is derived from the official journals of St. Petersburg and Moscow. From these we learn that Russia is establishing order and good government among the tribes recently annexed to her population. This ig useful if not necessary previous to making any advance forward, and may be only a preparation for the coming conflict. Calcutta we consider ag certain to become Russian as Coastantinople. Time will tell, The London Times, while commenting on the progress of Russian power in the East, speaks of the absorption of the petty Mussul- man States by Russia as a benefit to the world, but adds “‘that her presence in Asia must be consistent with the maintenance of British au- thority in India.” If this is nota threat we are really puzzled to understand why Russian aggrandizement in Asia should be necessarily consistent with the maintenance of British rule in India. Russia seems to us to occupy a similar position to that of Napoleon I. when from the summit of the Alps he pointed out to hia soldiers the fertile plains of Italy, Her soldiers look down upon a country as fertile as that of Italy, and, like her, cursed with the “fatal gift of beauty,” If the Russians are content to forego the rich prize that seems within their grasp they are very unlike the hordes that left their territories to devastate the Roman empice, or the more modern Rus- sians that brought about the tripartite par- tition of Poland. The fact of the matter is, English power in India is doomed; Russian supremacy is only a question of time, Some of the British statesmen, in an- ticipation of inevitable circumstances, are anxious to secure, if possible, the right of transit to British troops, as well as British merchandise, through the Suez Canal, the shortest route to India. Such a concession will no doubt be opposed by Russian influence ; but, if granted, it may delay, but cannot pre- vent, the final triumph of Russian arms in| Central Asia, NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1869. The President’s Summer Cruinc. Ona Thursday evening last President Grant and family, Postmaster General Creswell and wife and ex-Secretary of the Navy Borie left Washington on the United States steamer Tallapoosa on a little summer cruise, their destination being Long Branch, The steamer first, en route, stopped for a few hours at Fortress Monroe, on the west side and at the outlet of Chesapeake bay, known as Old Point Comfort, a favorite Southern summer resort before the war, famous for its fino fish, soft crabs, surf and sea breezes. Next, en route northward by sea, the steamer will put into Delaware bay, in order to give her distinguished party a day or or two among the Philadelphians at Cape May. Thence the ship will head for Sandy Hook, from which point, we understand, the General and his travelling companions will proceed by the Seashore Railway to Long Branch, After the lapse of ten days or so from his departure the General, leaving his family in ‘“‘a cottage by the sea,” will return to Washington. We have noticed some objections in the newspapers to the appropriation of a govern- ment vessel for a Presidential pleasure excur- sion; but all such faultfindings are very absurd, A government vessel, with its officers and crew, ‘in these piping times of peace,” could not be better employed than in giving the President and his Cabinet and their fami- lies a summer cruise for a whiff of the sea air and a little shaking up in the ocean waves. We are only sorry that this excursion is to stop at Sandy Hook or New York; for if it were extended to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and The pitiiess coast of Labrador, andif the Secretaries of State and the Treasury were along much important information for the government might be obtained in reference to the French cable, the northeastern cod, mackerel, halibut, lobster and menhaden fish- eries, and on the reciprocity question and the more important question of the annexation of the New Dominion to the great republic. Ac- cordingly, we would suggest to General Grant the expediency of extending this expedition from New York to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and thence say up to Quebec. In every view we think that such an excursion with the Sec- retary of State and the Secretary of the Trea- sury on board, with an eye to business, would be a good thing. The Erie Railroad Disaster. The lamentable consequences which resulted from the late disaster on the Erie Railroad were investigated before a coroner's jury yes- terday, the inquisition necessarily taking tes- timony as to the causes which produced the collision. It was found that the engineer of the freight train is wholly and entirely to blame in the matter. Either from fatigue, or some other reason not perhaps explained, this man went to sleep at the point of switch off. Suddenly roused, but not tho- roughly awake, he thought that the express train had passed and ran his engine on the main track, when death was immediately on his pas- sengers. Anticipating the consequences of the sad catastrophe he fled from the scene; but has been arrested in Buffalo. On his being made amenable the old question reverts— What is tobe done? The man had no intent to murder and the dead cannot be restored to life, The company is legally answerable for the acts or omissions of its servant; and legal penalties, in the shape of money damages, make the only form in which present punish- ment can be effected. Our whole system of legislation relative to railroads, locomotives and by horse car in cities requires an impar- tial overhauling and revision. Let the com- panies bear the cost. The Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, The great expectations of the French in view of the opening of the Suez Canal asa new and convenient channel for their com- merce with the remote East will not be disap- pointed. Nor is it likely that French ports in the Mediterranean will monopolize the pros- perity which the “‘untold wealth of Ind,” pouring through the channel, must ultimately revive in all the ports of what the old Romans called the mare internum. The shores of this sea were for thousands of years the seats of civilization. Egyptians, Phoaiclans, He- brews, Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians and Saracens have successively flourished there. The maritime power and splendor of Venice in the beginning of the fitteenth century may yet be rivalled in the nineteenth by some of these Mediterranean ports. It is well that the Em- peror Napoleon III. should elevate M. de Lesseps, the projector of the Suez Canal, to ducal rank, creating him Duke of Suez, and it is not surprising that the Empress Eugénie reluctantly abandons, for political reasons, her intention of being present at the inauguration of the canal in November. The successful completion of so grand a work should be duly honored. It may prove, indeed, if celebrated 80 soon as November, to be still incomplete, as the Pacific Railroad was at its recent opening. But constructively, at least, both these mag- nificent undertakings may be regarded as already consummated. Not contented with the prospective advantages of the Suez Canal, the French have been busily pushing through another great canal enterprise, which, if less ambitions, may be of equal practical utility. We allude to the canal which will probably be terminated before the end of the present year, uniting the Rhone and the Mediterranean, With the multiplication of canals and railways, steamship lines and telegraphic cables, the pro- phecies of a millennium—when distance shall be annihilated, and the uttermost parts of the earth shall be brought into immediate commu- nication, and all the forces of civilization ghall be fully developed—bid fair to be speedily realized, A New Srysation tx Want Srreer—Tho panic among the usurers in reference to the probable action of the Grand Jury on their usurious operations, We hope that their alarm will prove well founded, . A REMARKABLE SuMMEE—This ono, with ite disastrous storms, tornadoes and inundations, north, sonth, east and west, and with its alter nations from cold rains to the heat of the Afrl- can deserts, but most remarkable and glorious in its astounding crops and liberal promises of all the fruits of the earth in every section of the Union. Tho French Cuble—Newspaper Enterprise. The Income Tax—Why Net Abelish It? The Herarp had kept its millions of readers advised of everything relating to the French cable across the Atlantic from the very in- ception of the project until the arrival of the Great Eastern off St, Pierre, on the 13th inst. One of its correspondents, specially detailed for the purpose, was on band to report the laying of the shore end of the Brest cable at St. Pierre, Miquelon, afew days previous to that date, the arrival of the Great Eastern on the 13th, the cutting and buoying of the cable, the delay, on account of a dense fog, in finding and splicing it, and all the subsequent move- ments of the cable fleot, consisting of the mam- moth steamer and the Skandarie, the William Corry, the Chiltern and the Gulnare. The full account by our St. Pierre correspondent of the completion of this great work was published on the 15th inst., together with the confirma- tory account, dated at Brest on the 14th and despatched by the Atlantic cable. The public would have been obliged to rely solely on the latter brief account had it not also received the former full and minute report by our St. Pierre correspondent—a report which other journals had enongh enterprise to copy, although in most cases without duly acknow- ledging the source of their information, The Irish Church Bill—The Standing Firm. Great Britain bas been passing through a revolution much bigger and much more alarm- ing than Great Britain seems fully to under- stand. The Lords have interfered with the Commons a little too much, and the Commons have said in a very emphatic manner that they are stronger than the Lords and that they will not be held in check. Mr. Gladstone’s lan- guage in the House of Commons on Thursday evening was firm and emphatic even beyond high expectation. It is not the intention of the Commons to yield on any essential point. Thisis what the Heraxp has always said. Mr. Gladstone, we know, is a man of strong convictions—a man who thinks and judges and comes to a conclusion before he speaks, The stand he has taken on the action of the Lords only establishes our conclusions that the present government means to make no compromise. It was a cunning device of the Lords to attempt to put off the immediate effect of the reform for one year, Mr. Glad- stone has seen that to yield is dangerous, and on this initial point he has refused to give way. Concurrent endorsement has been con- demned by the Commons, as we believed it would be condemned. The surplus fund amendment has shared a similar fate. It is now manitest that the bill will be sent back to the Lords very much as the Lords at first re- ceived it. If the Lords refuse to pass it they, and they only, can suffer, The Ministry and the Commons are of one mind, and the Min- istry and the Commons must win. If the Lords do not pass the bill before the autumnal recess all the resulting consequences will be injurious to the privileged classes in England. Commons Sprenpiw Misery at Sprenpip Cost—Life at the watering places. A Prorgsrant Buriat in Spary.—Itis dif- ficult to realize in this free country what a vast change of public sentiment in Spain is indicated by the authorized burial in the gen- eral cemetery at Madrid, without disturbance, on Monday last, of a Spanish lady who died in the Protestant faith. Two hundred Spanish Protestants were present on the occasion. This is the first case of the burial of a Pro- testant in the cemetery which has occurred under the recent order of the Alcalde permit- ting and authorizing such funerals. It is not only a sign of the times, but it is one that is imperatively demanded. Nothing can be more revoltingly inconsistent with the spirit of the age than the brutal old Inquisition tyranny which has hitherto denied to so-called here- tics the right of burial in consecrated ground in Spain, Italy, the West Indies and South America. The Spaniards are beginning to learn that the régime of State religions is incompatible with liberty of conscience and with all liberties, Important IF Trog—That Mr. Mullett, the supervising architect of the government, is making active preparations for commencing work upon the new post office in this city. Avstria—A Lesson To THE Creray.—Some short time since Von Bonst, of Austria, was successful in carrying some important reforms, the legalization of civil marriages being among the number. Bishop Linz became re- bellious at this overthrow of Church authority, His wrath found expression in seditious words. The Bishop was arrested and held for trial. Attempts were made to show that the civil power had no jurisdiction over a bishop in the discharge of what he might think his duty, The government was firm. The Emperor, who was appealed to, refused to interfere. Nowa cable despatch informs us that the good Bishop has been sentenced to three months’ imprison- ment for uttering doctrines subversive of public order. The Emperor, considering that the prelate has been, in legal parlance, ‘‘purged” of his contempt, tendered him a release yes- terday; but the bishop refuses to come out, and is evidently preparing a case of modern martyrdom for the use of the coming Council in Rome. In the first action the Emperor served him right. We are glad to find that in Austria, at least, priests must mind their own business or bear the penalty, Jounxy ALLEN Repivivvs.—Prayer mect- ings have been revived in Water street dance houses on the Johnny Allen plan—that is, “tho more you put down the less you take up.” Johnny himself is lecturing out West, if he be not in Sing Sing; but the high toned moral movement he inaugurated still survives him and his fate, whatever that may be, Swiss Treaties with THE GERMANS.— The cable telegrams inform us that the gov- ernment of Switzerland has ratified new treaties and conventions with the Zollverein, tho North German Confederation, and with the kingdom of Wurtemberg, This feature is another indication of the approaching fusion of the great German family, and the Teutona, once 80 powerful, may yet be called upon to be tho rulers of Central Europe. Count Bismarck's great idea of a German empire, although surrounded by so many difficulties at present, is not improbable, and many of us may yet live to gee it realized The President Several journals have lately published lists of the income returns of certain wealthy citi- zens. These returns are in many cases such as would stagger the faith of Quételet and Buckle in the modern science of statistics. It has been said that figures, like dead men, never lie; but the very reverse would appear to be the truth if the figures relate to returns of this kind, A personal income tax Is odious in all countries, and particularly so {n the United States. In this free country a less offensive method of meeting the expenditures of the government should be devised. It is here regarded as so manifestly inconsistent with the spirit of our institutions that scarcely any man scruples to evade its provisions, The fact is notorious that where this tax is levied on the sworn statement of individuals it fails to come up to the true amount. The dis- crepancy between a return by the taxpayer of millions for one year and zero for another is too glaring not to provoke public attention, Moreover, only government employés and salaried men really have to pay the full amount. In the case of the former the tax is levied on their monthly salaries and deducted from sums due to them, It is, in fact, col- lected in advance. Men not in government employ are tempted to keep no account of their income and to forget conveniently what they receive. In their case no proof of fraud exists, It is not uncommon for men living in fashionable style, keeping equipages and several servants, to return to the assessors an income of but a few hundred dollars. Those who ought to pay most escape scot free, while men whose incomes are known to be mode- rate are heavily overburdened, There is no way of remedying this inequality or of collect- ing the government dues fairly and fully. The income tax is levied on all incomes ex- ceeding one thousand dollars. Take the case of an average family, which is estimated to consist of five persons, and the income payable by the father of the family is only two hundred dollars per head. Now the necessary expenses of an individual in these times of high prices and depreciated currency are much greater than this sum; so that the tax on income, so-called, is really a tax on expenditures, In other words, it is a tax on what has been expended for the necessaries of life—a tax which be- comes, in the strong language of Adam Smith, “a curse equal to the barrenness of the soil and the inclemency of the heavens.” It must thus be classed with those taxes which neces- sarily fall either on wages or on profits, In proportion as they diminish wages they must equally diminish the comforts and enjoymenta of the largest and most important class in society, spreading pauperism, misery and crime throughout the country; and, as an able writer on political economy declares, ‘“‘they cannot diminish profits without occasioning a corresponding diminution of the power to ac- cumulate capital, and without also stimulating its transfer to those countries in which taxa- tion is less oppressive.” In the United States, where we can boast of a boundless extent of fertile and unappropriated land, and where no feudal privileges fetter the employment of in- dustry or retard the accumulation of wealth, such taxes on the necessaries of life are at present less injurious than in the smaller and more densely populated countries of Europe. But even here the rapid increase of our popn- lation and the steady narrowing of our unoc- cupied territory will ultimately make such taxes a grievous burden. The flagrant injustice of an income tax which can be 80 unequally administered that the income returns of half a dozen wealthy citizens in New York exceed the total amount of the income returns of New Orleans is already patent. The income tax will expire by its owa limitation next year, but why should not the coming Congress abolish it at once? and His Cabinet Virginia Election. It appears that while the President is satis- fled with the results of the late Virginia election some of the members of his Cabinet, including Messrs. Boutwell and Creswell, are not satisfied, and are working in behalf of Wells and the ultra radicals of Virginia to have the good work done in that State upset by Congress. Now, as this reconstruction business will admit of no further trifling or factious resistance, it becomes the duty of the President to impress this consideration upon his Cabinet {na way which will not admit of misunderstanding. He ought to inform the members of his Cabinet that he among them who is not with his chief on this important matter, but in active opposition to him, must surrender his objections or his place. Tho President can do nothing with a discordant Cabinet, and it is his first duty, as ho himself has clearly indicated, to secure a Cabinet that will be a unit, whatever the changes required to this great end. Of all things it is of the highest moment to the President that he shall be the head of his ad ministration, Musto—New York Ankap.—The Lieder- kranz of New York has deservedly won the palm and crown at the Saengerfest in Balti- more, like Dodworth's band at the Boston Jubilee. Thus New York is ahead in music— as she certainly ought to be, after all her years of training under the harmonious influ- ences of Italian opera, German opera, Englieh opera and French opéira bougfe—to say nothing of the Philharmonic concerts, which have done so much to create, stimulate and sustain musical taste and to develop musical talent in our great metropolis, Ovrracgovs i Trve.—Our Panama cor- respondent, in speaking of the fact that Cap- tain Creighton, formerly of the bark Three Bells, who rescued so many persons from the wreck of the steamship San Francisco, had at last received the gold medal voted by Con- Gress, goes on to say that of the fund sub- scribed for his benefit by our people, amount- ing to some twenty thousand dollars, he had not received one cent, the same having been appropriated by the owners of the vessel, they claiming that tho money was for their benefit, not his. If this statement {s correct, and we fee No reason to donbt it, it would be well, even at this late hour, to try and recover from those who have wrongfully appropriated this fund, and have it restored to him for whom It was intended, This certainly was sharp prac- tice, and if the little confidence game can be frustrated so much the better for all con- cerned. A Mmtox Reasons why Packer, the demo+ cratic candidate, should be elected Governor of Pennsylvania :—He has planked down that amount fn greenbacks to secure his election; ergo, he has hosts of friends, and Is regarded as not go bada man after all. No wonder President Grant {s “concerned” about Penn aylvania, with these million reasons staring him in the face, YACHTING NOTES. Meeting of the New York Yacht Club—Regue lations for the Aunual Crulse—Brilllant Prospects. The fourth general meeting of the New York Yacht Club was held at the club house, Statem Island, on Thursday evening. The Commodore of the club, Mr. H. G. Stebbins, presided, Mr. H. Morton, the Secretary, being also pree sent and officiating. There was @ numerous ate tendance of members and nearly all the principal yachts in the club were represented. Some fifteen or twenty new members were balloted for and elected, and some routine business having been quickly disposed of the following resolution in relae tion to the annual crutse of the squadron was pro- posed and unanimously adopted. Rosslred, That the yacht aqiadron rendezvous at Glew Cove, Hempstead harbor, on Saturday, the 7th day of Au- gust proximo, at four 1’,’M., to proceed on » cruise castward, subject to such, daily orders as the commander senior oflcer in command may issue. Commodore STEBBINS announced'to the meeting the appointment of Mr, 0, H. Stebbins as his Flag Officer during the cruise, The Secretary was then instructed to commun cate, by circular, to the yacht owners the above resolution, All the preliminary arrangoments having bee completed and the regular business of the meeting having been disposed or, the members adjourned te the festive board with all the invigorating stimulus, that a cooling and refreshing breeze from the oceam could afford, it is needless to observe the pleasant topics discussed referred chiefly to nautical subjects. Among others the recent performance of the Vic¢ Commodore's yacht, “the Dauntless,” was favor- ant referred to, and it was generally observed that it in her “searig’ and adapted to enccunter the Toughest weather she could render so good an ac. count of herself what might not be expected of her when fully trimmed in her racing garb, Moreover, Rear Commodore Donglass’ yacht Sappho, aboul whuch, by the way, tae most hopetul auguries were made, likewise came in fora full share of commene dation. Indeed, an unbounded conidence was exe pressed in her approaching display, and it was gen- erally observed that her recent improvements, ag already satisfactorily tested, were sufictent to pi her among the first yachts of the squadron. Yacht men Of no litt'e experience were not slow to observa that the Sappho was yet destined to add honor to the nace Tame of this country. In regard to the leteor it wag universally conceded that her nautical capabilities had not yet been fairly test but the most sangulae ho} were entertained that the Meveor would realize the brightest expectationg formed of her. The yachting interest of tne country was freely and very ably discussed, and it seemed to be the general feeling of the club that nothing woul be spared—industry, expense or courage—to renae good Uncle Sam first among the yachting circies of the world. ‘the meeting throughout was of the most harmontous description, one grand idea seeming to predominate over all others—the most rapid and efficient architectural construction of the pleasure fleet of the country. With such a grand and praise- worthy combination of yachting savaus the resul& of their deliberations will be @ triumphant success, ivis almost unnecessary to add that the annuat cruise of the yacht squadron, an event invariably anticipated with the greatest pit will afford a fine opportunity for the yachts and their respective owners to dispiay the combined nautical skill of the latter and the weatherly qualities of tne former; for instead ofa sormalay Bane ugar certain cone tive rules, it wil a daily regau! ma ton aie Sound, wile ths length of the race wilt regulated by the existing or prospective wind a¢ the the of atarting. Each vessel, unrestricted by canvas, 13 allowed the largest freedoin of choice a@ to the best course and chances for wind 1n rea the assigned port ahead of her competitors, Moré. over, the Irequent individual contests between the different yachts occuring through the day forma most exciting feature during the annual cruise the squadrou. In tine, the prospects of the annt cruise are brilliant in the extreme, and tn order thas the event may not fail short of effect it 13 sincerely hoped ie the gallant squadron will be largely rep- reaen' Tne summer cruise of the Atlantic Yacht Club will commence next Saturday, and the yachts, num bering thirty or forty, will rendezvous at White. stone. The Gracie will, of course, carry the pen- nant of Commodore Voorhis, wnile the deck will b@ unusually enlivened by a full band of music. The Hicnts will vieat Glen Cove, New London, Stoning> ton and Newport, and altugther the yachumen of the club anticipate some very exciting contests, ‘The schooner yacht Alice, Commodore Kidd, will leave her anchorage and set sail for sea this after. noon for @ cruise of some days. She will have a large pleasure party on board. Commodore Kidd will join the excarsion, ‘rhe Rainbler lett the screw dock on Thursday, having been newly coppered and carrying aloft @ new maintopmast, The Rambler is now thoroughiy fitted out and is one of the most elegant yacht@ afloat. After leaving the screw dock tie Rambler proceeded to her anctorage of Hoboken. The Challenge of Mr. Ashbury—The Amori« cas International Challenge Cup—Probae bilities of the Contest. To rue Epiror ov ta HERALD:— The very unequivocal manifestation of Mr, Ash- bury’s desire and settled determination to sail a match for the America’s cup, a3 contained in hig impressive, spirited and courteous letter to Com- modore Stebvins, dated October 3, 1868, excited among a few of the older members of the New York Yacht Club surprise that no recognition vas made therein of the conditions upon which the cup must be competed for, conditions imposed upon tho club by the donors and former owners of the America on its presentation to the club From @ recent and reitable source a satia- factory solution 1s afforded of the noticeable feature of omission, in the fact that when the above mentioned gallant letter of challenge was written Mr, Ashbury Was not aware of the existence of the conditions in question, and, in truth, ree of our clud meiabers Ware quite oblivious upob the subject, ‘The race of the America was many sears botore Mr, Ashbury’s appearance in the yachting arena, and the presentation ofthe cup to the New York Yacnt Club, with “conditions,”’ was not until some seven years after the race, and these conditions were not published im any nautical periodical untii some seven years more had passed, aud, singular enough, ex. cited little attention and were not generally knowa among the yachting brotherhood. ‘The decided discomfiture inflicted by the America seemed to paralyze English yachtmen, and craft and cup drifted out of sight end «mind. Both must have “loomed” up to the owner of the Cambria with her Sappho ace, from which resulted his challenge letter. When this letter was published in the New York HERALD most of the older members of the New York Yacht Clap appeared to have retained but @ hazy recollection of some Conditions connected with the America's cup, which conditions were not, however, recalled by being published, as was the letter of Mr. Ashbury} nor have they since been made Brito, and are o1 to be found in a back volume of Hunt's Yachting Magazine. Following Mr. Ash "3 challenge were apparent responsive coinmunications from two of our commodores, and not noticing any inaccuracy in the chailenger's proposed match for the America's cup, all of Which, going into the foggy atmosphere that had settled over that almost forgotten yet sig- nificant ‘‘embiem,’’ seemed somehow to join a contest for that nautical trophy with the offered races, and accounts, without any stretch of courtesy or probability, for the continued misapprehension— rather ungently commented upon by the press—and without invoking ald from the “pleasant theory” of either a ‘‘cantnwn or vinum-prandiun.” Whether the Cambria will be the repregentative of fome British yacht ciun as a competitor for the America’s International Challenge Cup yet remains to be determmed, Should the alterations to that splen- did yacht have {impaired her sailing qualities to the extent rumored, her owner, under the existing posi- tion of the chailenge preliminartes, would not, of course, be called upon to put her forward, nor ai yacht club expected to adopt her as the cham competitor for the international prize and trophy. is hoped, however, that all rumors derogatory to the Cam! are without serious foundation, and that she will present hersely in former completeness and readiness for honorable strife. We hope this for the sake of the oo yachtman who has thoroughly awakened he slumbering energtes of the fraternity abroad, and made us at home gravely to contemplate our situation as Pt mtr ad challengers to the Tone world as rightful holders of the emblem of supert- ority; for (he sake of the donors of the cup, whoso Sagacions coaditions struck the right cord to stima- late nautical competition, aud though working siowly have been sure in verifying thelr designed resulta, and also for the sake of the Sappho, whose accom- lished, elegant and liberal owner well merits the oOnor and opportunity of anew contest with the renowned Cambria, under circumstances for tha first time likely to be fully creditaple to that com- petitor and to the club of which he t# an admired and high!y esteemed officer, PALINURUS, ARMY INTELLIGENCE, ‘The order of June 23 designating Brevet Brigadier General James A, Ekin to act as Quartermaster General during the absence of General Meigs bas been revoked and Brevet Brigadier General J. 0. McFerran has been authorized to act as Quarter: 2 master General until furiher orders,