The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1869, Page 6

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LADIUS' NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 620 Broadway. FEMALES ONLY IN ATTENDANCE, TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Sunday, July 18, i869. Europe. rhe cable iclegrams are dated July 17. The debate in the House of Commons over the trish Churcti bil, as amended by the Lords, was resamed yesterday. Mr. Disraeli spoke at length and was ed to by Mr. Gladstone, after which Mr. Gathorne Hardy took up the subject, and subse- quently way to John Bright. A report giving the reasons why the Commons have not agreed to the Lords’ amendments will shortly be published. ‘The Paris Public of yesterday published the names NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. there pot ashore, Neither Ryan nor Currier 18 among those captured. The vote upon the question of selling the Hemp- stead Plains was taken by the citizens of Hemp- stead yesterday, and resulted in tue acceptance of Mr. A, 'T. Stewart's bid over Mr, Harvey’s, Aa tn- junction to restrain Mr, Stewart from taking pos- session of the lands will probably be applied for by Mr. Harvey on Monday, a8 he intends to contest the legality of the election, Father Owea, the Cathole priest who was as sauited and stabbed on Far Rockaway beach, i not dead, but is now quite likely to recover. Additional particulars ol the aifray are given this morning, but the accounts are very conflicting. Considerable damage was effected in Long Island and New Jersey by the storm of Iriday, Several houses tn Brooklyn had the roots “torn off cr were otherwise injured, and a laborer in Greenwood Cemetery was strack by lightning and killed, Wiuam Lawrence, a mght watchman at the Ho- boken ferry, disappeared on Thursday night. Yes- terday morning his body was found horribly muti- lated in the water near the Hoboken ferry. Five persons who were seen with him on Taursday night have been arrested and commitved to jatl to awatt the action of the coroner's jury, in the avenue A arson case yesterday Philip Knopr was discharged, and his brother, Julius Knopf, was required to give bail in $1,500 to answer. In the Chiteuden-Higgins mail robbing case Judge Shields yesterday held Liggins to answer and said that young Chiltenden should have been tried as the principal defauiter mstead of being accepted as 4 witness against Higgins, Willam J. Korn, indicted by the United States Grand Jury for tictitious claims for allowance of drawback upon articles upon which tmernal duty had been paid, gave bail in the sum of $10,000 be- tore Commissioner Shields yesterday morning. The stock market yesterday was dull, heavy and lower, except for the Vanderbilt stocks, New York Central and Hndson River, the former touching 214, the highest in its history. Busiaess in aimose ail departments of trade in commercial circles yesterday was extremely light, but values were generally without alteration, Coffee was m fair request and heid with firmness. Cotion was duil and nominal at 344¢¢, for middling upiand. On 'Change flour was slow of sale and prices were nominally unchanged, Wheat was but littie songnt after, and declined Le. a 2c. per bushel, Corn was in fair demand and firm, while oats were firmer, with an improved demand, Pork was quiet but held ligher, while beef and lard were steady. Naval stores were dull but unchanged. Petrojeum was dull and heavy at 17e. for crude and Sic. a Sic. forrefined. Whiskey, though quiet, was firmly held. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Chief Justice 5. P. Chase, of Washington, is at the Professor L. H. Atwater, of Princeton, and L. A. 2 Francisco, are at the Hoffman House. McCurtee, of Washington; Ben Field, of H. Howard, of San Francisco, and H. 5. of Dewware, are at the Fifth Avenue McComb, Hotel, Colonel Livermore, of San Francisco; Major A. 'T. Manning, of the United States Army; Captain 8, D. Lawerance, of New London; C. M, Beach, of Hart- fora, Conn, and M. M. Martn of Cincinnati, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. 5. Harris, of Si. Louis; W. H. Hunt, of New Or- of those who will form tae new Minis M. Magne, Minister of Finance, declines position in the Cabi- net. The yacht Cambria has won the imiernational race from Cherbourg, two hundred miles to sea and pack. France and Prussia have recognized the Spanish Regency. ‘Che sesstons of the Cortes are suspended until October. It was ramored yesterday in Madrid that Don Carlos was on the frontier. The Emperor of Russia forbids the atvendance of Russian bishops at the Ecamentcal Council. he new American Minister tw Portugal has been received by the King. The Emperor of Austria yesterday received the jelegations of the imperial and Hungarian Reichs- aths, Eaypt. M, Lesseps officially announces that on the 17th uext November the Suez Canal will be formally evened, China. A proclamation denouncing foreigners has been sted in the towns along the Yangise river by a ret society. A conspiracy of huge proportions ++ been discovered at Foochow. Japan. The naval and military forces of (he Mikado have » mmenced operations against th rebels at Hako- vat, ‘ Cuba. Yhe mortatity from disease, im both the spanish | nd Cuban armies, 18 fnghtful, The deaths are esti- | sted at fifteen percent of the men tn the field. \ » Spaniards are aflicted mostly with vorao, and | * insurgents with cholera, } Paraguny. Advices to the 20th ult. fully confirm the reporied | ited victory over Lopez, A treaty bad been con- udedg establishing a provisional government for Paraguay. | Miscellaneous. | ‘The story that Cuba is to be purchased by the Cu- vans througu the United States Minister in Madrid )s without any foundation, The Spaniards do not wish to sell and the Cubans do not want to buy. A prominent Western Senator is preparing a strong argument in favor of the recoguition of Cuba. In regard to the trouble about janding the French cable the British Minister at Washington thinks the privileges demanded by the United States wilt be granted at once. An agent of the company had an interview with Secretary Fish yesterday, and left | afterwards for Massachusetts, evidently well satis- | fled. Genera! Grant, with his family and stad, arrived at Cape Island, N. J., in the Tallapoosa, yesterday, | and will remain until Tuesday, when they go to Long Braffch, The Gray Reserves, a New Jersey | militia battation, was reviewed by the President tm- mediately aiter he landed. Everything 18 quiet at Pleasant Sheruf, by the aid of the military, succeeded yester- | day in arresting Lwo of the ringlead of the mob. | No resistance was made, but trouble 18 apprehended again on Tuesday, when the laborers are to be paid off. ‘The lager beer question appears to be a complt- cated muddle in Boston. A large quantity of jager beer was returned yesterday to the Ptatt Brothers, | from whom it had been seized, on the ground that it | might spoll before the case could be decided; but a | small deaier had his entire stock, consisting of one | Vaiiey. The | keg of it, seized, and he himseif was sentenced to three months’ tmprisoniment and to pay a tine of | fifty dollars. Professor George B. Vasho colored lawyer of eminence, was admitted ye to practice in Judge Fisher’s Criminal Court in Washington, with- out his application being submitted at the General Ferm, the Judge holding that his court was a sepa- rate one according to the decision of the Supreme Court in the Bradley case, and therefore he could admit the applicant without consulranon with the other indges. The Powell expedition was at Henry's Fork on the éth of July, safe and well, having passed through the rapids with the loss of only one boat. General Carr has returned to Fort Seagwick from tus Indian expedition, in which, it is now stated, he killed only one Indian. A few days ago i) was said to have been fifty-two. ‘The Congresstonal Pacific Katirond Comunttee are tn Colorado, jooking at the mining operauions, Ove of them (Mr. Roots, of Arkansas) visited Grey's Peak recently and enjoyed the juxury of a severe now storm. ‘The Internationa! Tonug Men's ration Associa. fion ts in session in Portiand, Me., and yesterday | entered into @ heared discussion on qualifications for membership, in which it wae contended that Unitarians were not Christians. The question of ad- mitting women as members was lef! to individual CIO we Chy and Vieinity. ‘he capture of the Cuban flibusters on Gardiner's Island on Friday was effected without bivodsbed, the marines bearing down almost unexpectedly upon the filibusters while they were in camp and at breakfast. Sixty-seven of the Cobame, however, fied to the woods and were hotly parsuetl by the Marshal's command, but they managed to escape. Tee reed were brought to Fort Lafayette and were | associated—has not been so successful as the | mons, elected under the new electoral princi- | deal stronger than the Lords, | their amendments. leans, and J. Wayle Jones, of Kentucky, are at the New York Hotel. George S. Clowes, of the United States Navy, and J, ©, Colton, of Albany, are at the Coleman House, Prominent Departures, Paymaster Cunuingham, ©, W. Wooley and Judge Hager, for Long Branch; J. K. Whittaker, for San Francisco; Senator C. Cole and J. P. O'Sullivan, for St. Domingo; Judge Abbott and 8S. A. B. Abbott, for Boston; 5. B, Caldwell and family, for Buffalo. Irish ‘The urch Bill—The Lords and Commons. The frish Church bill, which has been a fertile topic of discussion for the last nine or ten months, becomes more interesting as the days roll on and furnishes more convincing proof that the struggle between the pro- gressive and conservative classes in Great Britain, as exemplified in this bill, is radical and seri ous. The fast and loose play of Mr. Disraeli during the progress of the last Reform bill—a bill with which his name will be lastingly conservative party and its leaders believed it would be. The conservative party did carry the Reform bill. It was their belief that their connection with the bill would secure for them the favor of the people. They made a bold effort to beat the liberals on their own ground. In so far as the carrying of the bill was concerned they were completely suc- cessful. In so far as they counted on the winning over of the people to their side they have completely failed. The House of Com- ples, has proved itself to be really and truly a people’s House. The frish Church bill has proved that the late Reform bill has called into existence a power which is ruining and which will ultimately ruin the tories. It isa confirmation of the old and familiar adage | that fair play in the long ran wins, ‘The news which we published yésterday and that which we give to-day affords convincing | proof that the Commons are now stronger than } | enforce them, if for no other reason. have been rare, We have, in fact, no par- allel but that of 1831-2, In the case of the first Reform bill the Lords really were stub- born. The crisis which is now probable did then actually occur. Parliament was dis- solved, A fresh appeal was made to the country, The country, as was to be expected, went with the Commons. The Lords still proved refractory. A threat to create new peers ultimately made the Lords give way. It is barely possible that the tory party, backed by the majority in the Lords, may push matters to this extremity, In such a case the Lords will send the bill back tothe Commons in its amended form, The Ministry may resign and appeal to the country on this particular question. In the new House of Commons Mr, Gladstone will find himself stronger than he is in the present. A new bill, similar to its predecessor, will be manu- factured and sent to the Lords. If the Lords refuse to pass it Mr. Gladstone will advise her Majesty to create as many new peers as shall be necessary to carry the bill through the Upper House, The Lords may fight the fight to the last and die game; or, as in the case of the first Reform bill, they may admit that discretion is the better part of valor, and absent themselves ia sufficient oumbers to allow the bill to pass. View the case as we may, therefore, it is manifest that the Lords must in the long run yield ‘or submit to defeat. Considering the temper of the Lords, as manifested on the oc- casion of the third reading of the bill, it is not our opinion that they will push matters so far as to make a dissolution of Parliament neces- sary. If they do the times will be stirring all over Great Britain during the autumnal recess. Lords and honorable gentlemen will be com- pelled to attend to their constituents and make speeches, rather than go to their shooting quarters, and merchants and well-fed alder- men will grumble because of the stupidity of the Lords and the stagnation of business. The presumption is that the Lords will yield with- out further struggle. They know that it is better to stoop to conquer than’ to resist and be defeated. Graceful concession is always wise when defeat is inevitable. In Great Bri- tain, as in the United States, the var populi commands aud must be obeyed. The French Cable and the United States Government. Mr. Secretary Fish is making a great and needless fuss about the landing of the French cable. In fact, he assumes too much, and an- ticipates the action of Congress in the matter. The form of the bill which he sent to the British and French ministers and which he says passed the Senate, is not law, for it did not pass the House, and may never become law. But whether Congress, on reassembling, should pass this bill or any other, the country and government in the meantime are not likely to suffer, and, indeed, would not suffer any in- convenience if no law at all were passed. The laying of the French cable is a private enter- prise, though enconraged for the sake of com- merce by the French government, and it is of no consequence to the public or government whether the stock be held in France or Eng- land, The only thing we care about is to have rivalry in cable telegraphing, and as much of it as possible, in order that the rate of charges may-be reduced, and that this important ageut of intelligence may not be used for the benefit of monopolists. Therefore, we say, the more cables the better, and we hope our American capitalists will have ere long the enterprise and public spirit to lay a cable to Europe, and thus add to the number. As to the govern- ment of the United States having the same privileges with cables landed on American ter- ritory as that of France or England may have when cables start from French or British soil, that is all right and should be cluimed, But who supposes that France or England, or any company, would object to this? Of course the same privileges would be conceded, for the reason that this government has the power to We ought not to require more than that. The lay- ing of these cables, as was said, are private enterprises, and the greatest facilities should be given to them, as is given to the transmis- sion of intelligence by other means and to commerce. To impose unnecessary restric- tions or conditions is contrary to the spirit of the age and the public good. We should be sorry to think the government is acting in the interest of or influenced by any existing mo- nopoly, and we hope it will act ina large and liberal spirit in this matter all through, Tue War ts Paracuay.—By way of Lon- they ever were before, and, of course, a great In revising the Irish Church bill the Lords were foolishly | jealous of privilege and stupidly interfering. | From their point of view the Smnendivents: | which they carried were, no doubt, wise and | sensible enough. But their point of view is such that they cannot understand the situation, They cannot see it, imagined that the Commons would tolerate The result has amply The amendments On one point, and justified our judgment. have gone by the board. | on one point only, has the government yielded. It was part of the original plan that private v grants made to the Church since 1660 should | remain the property of the Church. ‘It was moved in the House of Lords that all such grants made prior to 1660 be held sacred. To this the government has #0 far yielded that it proposes to cover all claims of that character | by a special grant of half a million pounds ster- \ ling. Onno other point bas the government | given way. ‘The debate throughout, and | especially the closing remarks of Messrs. Glad- | stone and Bright, conclusively prove that the ' Lords are not to expect from the Commons any further concessions. It will be seen from our telegraphic columns this morning that 4 committee has been appointed to draw npa | report embodying the reasons for disagree- ment to the amendments of the Lords. With- out delay we shall have the bill back in the Upper House. What will the Lords do? legitimate courses open to them. They may again carry the amendments and return the | bill to the Lower House, or they may content themselves with Lord Derby's protest and gracefully yield. If they adopt the latter course the conflict will be ended, If they adopt the former course it is really difficult to | say what form the conflict may assume. Such contests between the Lords snd Commons We never for a moment | There are two | don, and through the Atlantic cable, we have advices from Rio Janiero, dated on the 20th of June, in complete confirmation of the defeat of President Lopez by the Brazilians and their allies, In the decisive battle the Paraguay- ans had five hondred men killed and wounded and lost three hundred pris- | oners and twelve guns. A provisional govern- ment had been established in Paraguay under treaty. The important question of how Brazil will use her victory, with the old one of the navigation of the Amazon and riparian rights generally in South America, will be now in order, and both are worthy the serious atten- | tion of the United States government. A Grim Powrn iN Cuna.—Cholera and vomito have appeared In Cuba in the dread form of allied independent forces, ravaging the ranks of both contestants in the field, the Spaniards, being unacclimatized, suffering more severely. The mortality is represented | as “frightful,” sixteen per cent of the men in } arms on both sides being swept away at a monthly ratio. The volunteers do not, how- | ever, despair of the cause, and Spain threatens reinforcements when the weather becomes more favorable. It is war and pestilence. Will famine follow # A question for our bn- manitarians. Waist. Steerer AND tHE Dog Davs.—The speculators are beginning to ‘‘cash in,” prepa- ratory to their usual ronnd of the watering places—not omitting Saratoga, which will have races for three weeks around the Ist of Au- | gust. The brokers are also taking turns in relieving each other for brief trips to the coun- try, so that Wall street is settling to the usnal summer stagnation—a condition which it would long ago have reached had not Commo- dore Vanderbilt dazzled the ‘‘bulls” and scared the “bears” with his financial pyrotechny in letting off those twin rockets, New York Cen- tral qnd Hudson River. Prospects of Trade in the Fall. The very quiet which prevails in business circles during the summer foretokens a most encouraging reaction early in the fall, Our men of finance and trade who are wise enough now to escape from their usual excitements, and cool oft and recuperate in the mountaias or on the seashore, will return to the city with invigorated health and purposes. The revival of trade will be proportionate to the revival of their mental and bodily power to give ita fresh impulse and a wider scope. American business men have been long in learning that to unbend the bow occasionally will insure a speedier and surer flight to the arrow, but they have at length learned the lesson. Dyspepsia and failure, the frequent consequences of unremitted attention to mer- cantile pursuits, are less common than they used to be before a summer trip to Europe or to some one or other of the numerous pleasure resorts in America became the rule instead of the exception. The redoubled energy with which our merchants, after their vacation, will devote themselves to their accustomed activities would alone suffice to insure a re- vival of trade in the fall, Moreover, early autumn will pour into our markets millions of dollars worth of fruit, and the stimulus which the fruit trade will impart to other activities of trade will be immediate and powerful. The granaries of the great West will also send to New York, as the main distributing point of their treasure, an unpre- cedented wealth of corn and wheat. Despite the drawback of extraordinary rains and floods, even the crops of Central Illinois, which have suffered so much that the use of reaping machines is reported to be out of the question, will not prove to be an utter failure. In Northern Illinois the grain looks very well and promises a good yield. Corn can scarcely be expected to yield more than two-thirds the average crop, but there will be an immense yield of oats. There is no cause for alarm as to the winter wheat in Southern Dlinoia, notwithstanding the delay in stacking on account of the rain. The wheat crop in Towa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota is in excellent condition. Throughout TIilinois there has been planted an enormous extent of small grain, and, although more than half of it should be damaged, a good average crop will be secured, Almost everywhere similar promises of a bountiful harvest exist. And although the cotton and tobacco crops of the Southern States are raised under new con- ditions, so that in consequence of the great number of small farmers engaged in produc- ing them a more ample volume of currency is needed to move them, yet the virtual con- traction in the currency of the Northern States, on account of the thirty million dollars which ithas been necessary to send South during the past nine months, has already been followed by a relaxation in Mr. Boutwell’s policy of contraction, and it has been rightly conjec- tured that “from this relaxation we may antici- pate a measure of timely relief to the money market.” With an easier money market, with a reduction in the high prices which have hitherto prevailed, with the opening of multi- plied channels of industry and commerce, with renewed enterprise on the part of our merchants after their needed repose during the heated term, with the return of the families of our wealtby citizens and with a steadily increasing influx of European emigration, it is safe to predict that the prospects of New York trade in the fall are brighter than ever. The Erie Railway Disaster. We recur to this subject from the hope that public opinion may be excited to de- mand more effectual precautions for the safety of our thousands of railway passengers. It is well known that nine-tenths of the accidents arise, as in the present case, from culpable negligence. If heavy damages against the company, as in England, will help to prevent such accidents, we should be glad to see such damages inflicted. Death is terrible in any shape, but when fire is the agent, as in the case of the Rev. Mr. Halleck and the other victims in this disaster, the imagination turns from the contemplation of it with horror. As journalists we have frequently had to re- cord similar accidents on this Erie line, and yet there are managers drawing large salaries whose duty it is to provide for the safety of the passengers. Were Messrs. Fisk and Gould less busy as Wall street operators, less dis- posed to carry on interminable lawsuits, or to figure as patrons of new lines of steamboats, or of the attractions of the opera, we should hear of fewer accidents, while increased public confidence would add to the profits of the com- pany. Forney’s Latest Cock anp Bunt Story— That General Hancock was overslaughed as a candidate for Governor in the late Pennsyl- vania Democratic Convention by Hoffman and Chase, because Hancock's nomination for said Governorship would have made him too con- spicnous as 4 candidate for the next Presi- dency. But the truth is it was not Hoffman or Chase who overslaughed Hancock, but Mr. Packer, with his twenty millions of ‘‘der monish.” Money makes the mare go every- where, and especially among the Pennsylvania politicians, A Soremn Warnine TO RatLWwAY May- acers—The latest Erie Railway disaster, in connection with other Erie Railway disasters, A Rerorr From A QvakkR GuN.— Samuel M. Janney, one of the Quaker Indian Superintendents out West, has wrilten a letter defining the results of hia observations among the Western Indians, in which he de- clares that “I have not yet seen a handsome Indian woman,” «and concludes that in the conrse of time, by proper treatment and judicious appliances, these Western Indians may be elvilized and Christianized. In the meantime the Spencer rifle is found more effective in regulating them than the Quaker gun, Friend Janney, cut thy hair close and keep within the lines. A Marrex For THE GoveKNor's Lyspro- ‘sion—The bad management of the Sing Sing State Prison. Prisoners are almost daily escaping, and the latest reports concerning the prison discipline are that squads of prison- ers refuse to work and that a general rebellion among them is feared. Would it be any serious violation of the rules of red tape and the circumlocution office if thé Governor were to make special visit of inquiry to Sing Sing? We think not, The Lute London Tragedy—Verdict of the Jury—Paouperism in England. A few days ago we published in the columns of the Heraxp the particulars of an appalling tragedy which took place in the city of London on the 27th of last month, The occurrence, briefly summed up, shows that in the midst of the great metropolis, on a Sunday evening, 8 man named Walter James Duggan, finding probably an accomplice in his wife, coolly and systematically put to death his six children by means of poison, and then by the same subtle agent, both father and mother committed the work of self-destruc- tion, Previous to having perpetrated the Jast act ig this dreadful tragedy Duggan wrote a detailed account of this terrible work and forwarded it to bis brother; and to the police authorities he also wrote a note re- questing them to call at 15 Hosier lane next morning. In compliance with that request the officers visited the place, and, finding it closed, forced an entrance into the dwelling, and there found stretched upon the floor and cold in death. the bodies—eight in all—of Duggan, his wife and six children. Prussic acid was the means by which the work of death was accom plished. The letter written by the unfortunate mur- derer and suicide was afterwards produced at the coroner’s inquest, and, indeed, when one reads it over carefully and considerately, it is almost impossible to think that the author of such an epistle, who could, in such cool and deliberate language, tell the story of his wrongs and sufferings and the fears which he entertained lest his family should come to want, could become guilty of so terrible an offence as that for which he has already been compelled to answer at a higher tribunal than that of man. The persecutions and tyrannical treatment of a severe employer and the fear to enter out into the world and buffet the waves of adversity are the alleged causes which led to the perpetration of this dreadful act. Two days after this terrible tragedy had been made familiar to the people of London a coroner's jury brought in a verdict which is in keeping with the established reputation of auch bodies from days of old. Duggan, in his letter, informed the world of the condition of himself and family, the treatment he had been subjected to by his employer, and the resolu- tion that he would rather see his children die than that they should perish by starvation. He even hinted that had his master shown but scant mercy this might not have occurred. Here are given the motives for a deed awfully conceived and terribly carried into execution ; and yet a number of men, assembled together to consider these facts, who no doubt would feel offended if their intelligence was ques- tioned, can offer no better verdict to an anxious and inquiring public than ‘that Wal- ter James Duggan and Emme Duggan mur- dered their children and afterwards destroyed themselves while in an unsound state of mind.” Unfortunately verdicts of like character are too common, and jurymen seem, as a rule, to hitch the committal of any dreadful deed on the plea of some phase of insanity or tempo- rary aberration of mind. In connection with this awful crime it may not be out of place here to allude to the alarm- ing increase of pauperism in the very city in which this act was consummated. Duggan feared to meet starvation; he looked at his home and at his little ones—the one he pictured to himself as desolated and the others he feared might perish of starvation in the streets. No evidence is shown to prove him to be any other than a quiet, sober, industri- ous man; yet the fear of poverty urged him to do an act which in thought is fearful to con- template. What effect may this act have on the minds of the thousands of poor wretches who throng the streets of the great city— thousands whose numbers are daily being added to? At a meeting of the guardians of the Metropolitan unions held in London recently, which was attended by many whose names stand high ia aristocratic circles, the alarming statement was made that in ten years the paupers of the coun- try had doubled in number, and the cost of their support in that time had increased from £5,558,000 to £7,498,000. It was more- over asserted that an enormous proportion of this was concentrated within the metropolitan area, where the increase had been from 68, 826 in 1858-9 to’ 144,469 in 1867-8. Here is a state of affairs for British statesmen to turn their attention to, ere it is too late; for, with the absorption of the land by the rich, the stagnation of trade, the general demoralizing influence in society, the people may at length ery out for relief—for that relief which must afford them more substantial benefits than wordy addresses on the rostrum or nicely pre- pared speeches in Parliament. M. Lesseps “‘officially” announces that the Suez Canal will be opened on the 17th of November. We hope so. It is not anything more certain, however, on account of M. Lessepe’ announcement. NEUTRALITY ON THR CUBAN QuESTION.— The administration is enforcing the neutrality laws in reference to Cuba with an energetic fidelity which is in striking contrast with English and French and Spanish precedents, We can only infer that the special objects in view are a clean record against England on the Alabama claims and a fair opening for a decisive settle- ment of the Cuban question through the agency of General Sickles at Madrid. The country will await the development of the Cuban programme of General Grant with the deepest interest. It is surely: the policy of Spain to well while she bas a chance, and it may be our wisest course to buy without further delay, even if by waiting the island will come to us without t cost. ‘Tur Fasmons,—Even our Paris fashions correspondent seems to have been obliged, in the letter which we publish to-day, to supply with literary gossip and court gossip the dearth of news in the department of fashions. And here, as in France, little can be said except that travelling dresses and ‘‘dusters,” riding habits, capelines, or summer hoods, and bath- ing costumes are the order of the day. Mean- while the modistes of Paris and New York are doubtless busily pondering over designe for atartling novelties, which will not be revealed until the summer birds of passage shall begin to wing their fight back again to their city haunts, cen en RS More Railrond Disastcre—The Unien Pa- ; _ cide Ratilroad. ) On the heel of the frightful Erie Railros slaughter at Mast Hope, of the smash-up on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, where a great number were wounded, and the collision of two freight trains on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, we learn of serious accidents on the Union Pacific Railroad, about four hun- dred and fifty miles west of Omaha, In these latter cases several persons were killed and others badly injured. These railroad disas- ters, as they are called, are so frequent that public feeling becomes blunted and people begin to look upon them as matters of course ; but they are nevertheless horrible and de- mand measures to prevent a repetition of them. The accidents on the Union Pacific Railroad were caused by heavy rains under- mining the track, These have occurred only « few weeks after this road was completed and after it was pronounced a first class road in every respect. What sort of a work must it be, when rains will undermine the track? Did not the engineers and constructors know that heavy rains fall in that section of the country? And why was not the road, con- structed with a view to such a probable and frequent contingency? From these so-called accidents it does not appear that the Union Pacific is a first class work, but that the com- missioners and others who have reported upon it have given whitewashing reports. We fear the goverament and public have been greatly cheated by the Pacific Railroad Company and its contractors. It is evident that a thorough and honest investigation should be made of the work or we shall have to record more and worse accidents than these referred to. Over this railroad, at least, the govern- ment has a supervision, and its duty to the public calls for a complete overhauling of the whole line. Dr. Harris the Streets. When the thermometer rises occasionally to ninety-five degrees, and cases of sunstroke are of daily occurrence, the general health of the city is sure to be in greater danger than usual, unless cleanliness and other sanitary precautions are: most rigidly enforced. Dr. Harris is, therefore, doing good service to the community in calling attention to the neglect on the part of the police to enforce the ordi- nances that prohibit the throwing of garbage from houses and other buildings upon the street. Such regulations are necessary and should at all times be strictly carried out. In consequence of the neglect to do this some of our’ streets are in a most filthy condition. The air is filled with poisonous gases from the accumulations in the gutters, and an epidemio might any day find its home in such a pol- luted atmosphere. The police, however, are not entirely to blame for not enforcing the sanitary ordinance referred to. They say— and with truth—that when arrests are made of offending parties the Justices are easily in- duced to dismiss the culprits without punisb- ment, The responsibility of the neglected regulations is thus transferred to the Justices themselves, and they should look to this. Their leniency serves to abet a nuisance that is # disgrace and a danger to the community. Are they willing to abide by such a responsi- bility ? Tar Treasury.—Mr. Boutwell has still over $100,000,000 cash on hand, with more coming in. So we are promised another large monthly reduction of the national debt. Very good. Let the public be fully satisfied that the debt is being paid off without any serious effort, and the government credit will soon feel the benefit of public confidence. Prospect or A Novei Conresr in Mis- sissiepi—With Mr. Dent, General Grant's brother-in-law, as the conservative candidate for Governor, against the regular radical can- didate. In fact, beginning with the Virginia election, this whole Southern reconstruction business looks exceedingly bad for the ultra radicals, and promises a lively time in Cun- gress. A Harp Nor to Crack—The ultimatum of the Secretary of State in reference to the landing of the French Cable within the jurisdic~ tion of the United States. We apprehend that the western terminus of this cable will have to be at St. Pierre till the reassembling of Con- gress in December next, NOTES ABOUT TOWN. A worthy act of the city authorities ts the exten- sion of Worth street to Chatham square. The tm- provement is comprehensive and not costly. ‘The rookeries on Pearl and Elm, streets—which, like the tower of Pisa, lean well over into the street, therepy defying the gravity which is # quality re- spected in old age—are presently to be removed, that handsome buildings may cover their sites. ‘Two things essential to the health of citizens are “Messerole retreats” and large and handsome baths, wherein the “great uawashed public” can, with the assistance of scrabbing broshes, muscie and soap, get at the ‘native hue’’ of their cuticles, A philanthropist with the “rocke”’ at his disposal would earn the blessings of generations, pres ent and to come, if be would spread himseif in the erection of Messerole temples and wash- tubs in different quarters of the city. ‘They are “improving Broadway” yet, It is now confidently believed that ‘the little Albany job’? will be “closed up” to the satisfaction of all the parties tothe contract before the end of the present century. some bright-minded genius 18 desrious of impress- ing upon the Park Commissioners the propriety of excluding vehicles and saddle horses from the drives, leaving them open to the exclusive use of the “peds.” It ts evident the Ceow believes only im “shanks? mare. Since the defunct youth in the body of the swan discovered himself to is lady love on the shores of Central Park lake quite s number of damsels hover near those waters daily; they are mostly ancient and plain. ‘Thetr object unquestionably is to make passers-by believe that they once—"An, well.” It ts really astonishing the number of “poor men’* who, “revenue”-less, keep carriages, iveried ser- vants and splendid mansions on this island of New York. ‘The invefitor or contractor of the asphaitum pave- ment that adorns the City Hall Park had # “soft thing of st’? when he laid ft down, It hasn’tim- proved much im hardness since. Within the peat two or Uiree days it haa been im ‘the melting mood.”’ Coal speculators bave veen “putting up”’ the price of Lehigh within the past week, This rise is in con- sequence of the strike that ‘didn’t come off" among the mers early this spring, as was provided for by surreptitiously prepared telegrams publist in ad- vence. What has become of the statue that was to have been erected to the memory of the late President Lincoin? Nothing has been heard of it lately—that 1s, by those Who sabscribed their stamps to purchase ‘the brass that was to have been put into the @gure, + ‘and not into the pockets of mourning patriots, 4 Conmndrum 16 Bot intended in the abeve question,