The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1869, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE FRENCH CABLE. Arrangements for the Landing at Duxbury, Mase.—The Officers of the Company Have TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM no Fears of Government Interfereuce=The Legislation of Massachusetts Concerning ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD | tse tntervriee. Douxpury, Mass., July 19, 1869, The ofMoers and workmen preparing for the recep- ir ENGLAND. tion of the French cable are going forward in thei arrangements in spite of all rumors of probable gov- ernment interference. They have not, and have not at any time had any fears of an objection to their iand- ing, notwithstanding those in the interest of the old cable and the Western Union Company have been industrious in securing substantial oppo- sition to their enterprise, The cable is expected on Thursday or Friday, aud it is now the intention to commence business immediately. ‘The land line to connect with New York from Boston via the Frank- lin lines will be finished to-morrow. The citizens of this town are arranging for an ex- tensive celebration as soon as the cable arrives, and there will probably be a large crowd here from all Sections of the State, The revenue cutter in Boston, together with two or three other steamers at that port, will arrive to-morrow or next day for the pur- pose of escorting the cabie vessels tnto Dexbury. It 1s plain that the legislation of Massachusetts covers ail the ground over which there nas been so much discussion, and concerning which numerous legal opinions have been given, The French cable proper will only come as far as the point where the government has no authority, and there tt will be spliced to a cable laid by the “Ocean Telegraph Com- pany,” a corporation incorporated for the purpose at the last session of the Massachusetts Legislature. by this arrangement the means of communication will be free and uninterrupted, and it does not seem that any special legislation is required from Con- gress to protect it; and further it does not appear that any act of Congress can justly interfere with it. ‘The bill, as passed by the State Legislature, is as follows:— AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE OCEAN COMPANY. SECTION 1, George M. Dexter, Joshua Lovett, William R. Robeson, Jr., their associates and suc- cessors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Ocean Telegraph Company, and are hereby authorized to lay aud maintain a telegraph cable in and over the waters, shores and lands of this Gom- monwealth, from some point or points on theshore of the county of Plymouth to the open sea, and to connect the same with any foreign telegraph cable, and are also authorized to construct, maitain and use a line of telegraph from such point on said shore to any point wathin the limits of the said commonwealth, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set iorth in all general laws that now are or may hereatter be in force relating to tele- graph companies; provided, that said company shall establish and matntaim within one mile of the shore landing of its cabie an oitice at which tt shall recetve and promptly transmit, at a uniform price, over ils cable, in the order in which they are re- ceived, all messages delivered at sald office-by any telogespl company now or hereafter to be estab- ished. SEC. 2, Satd corporation may hold such real and Personal estate a8 may be necessary for the purpose Sova but the capital stock shall not exceed SEC. 3. If within two years from the passage of this act $25,000 shall not have been sukscribed and paid in in cash on said capital stock and flve miles of telegraph constructed, or if the iranchise, charter or any portion of the telegraph line of the said cor- poration shail be sold or offered for sale to apy ex- isting telegraph company or to any person or asso- ciation of Penge before the conditions of this sec- tion shall have been complied with then this~act shall be void, Sxc. 4. The Legislature may from time to time alter or reduce the rates of toll charged by said cor- poration; provided said tolls shall not, Without tho Consent of said corporation, be so reduced as to pro- duce a clear net profit of less than ten per cent a year on the capital actually paid in, Sc. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage, Approved March 30, 1869, NORTH CAROLINA. Bitter Fead in the Republican Ranks—White Radicals Nominate a Negro for the Legis- laturemA White Man the Candidate of the Radical Negroes. WILMINGTON, July 19, 1869. Julian E. Leach, son of James M. Leach, was drowned at Topsak Sound while bathing in the surf on Saturday. The republican party of New Hanover county hag divided into two formidable factions, Each wing has a candidate tn the fleld to filt the vacancy in the Legislature occasioned by the resignation of General L. G, Estes.. One of the most prominent leaders of one section, in a speech to-day, predicted bloodshed before the campaign was over. The conservatives and democrats take no part i the contest and will run no candidates, The most extreme faction, led by George Z. French and other Northern whites, nominated a negro candidate, and the other faction, com) almost enti of negroes, has nominated a white candidate. It is found necessary to station a strong force of police at all the meetings held in this city. Most bitter personalities are in- dfiged in by many o/ the speakers and several slight collisions have already occurred, VIRGINIA. Political News Dull—Meeting of the Women’s Franchise Society. Lonpon, July 19, 1869, ‘The political news to-day 1s meagre. The first general meeting of the Women’s Fran- chise Society was held here yesterday. Among the hotabies present were the following:—John Stuart Min, the author and statesman; Lord Houghton; Right Hon.}James Stansfeld, Junior Lord of the Trea- sury; Henry Fawcett, member of Parliament for Brighton; Rev. Charles. Kingley, the author, and Louis Blanc, the author, There were also many ladies present. Addresses were delivered by many well known speakers, and a resolution was unani- mously adopted favoring female suffrage. The University Tests Bill—The Ecumenical Council—The Finances of the Irish Church. Lonpow, July 19, 1869, In the House of Lords to-night the University Tests bill came.up. Tue Hatl of Carnarvon moved the previous question on the ground of the lateness of the season and the insumiciency of time for the consideration of the bill, On division of the House ‘the bill was thrown out. in the House of Commons Mr. Otway, Under Sec- retary of Foreign Affairs, said the government was aware that negotiations had passed between Bava- ria and Austria with respect to the Ecumenical Council, but having received no official information it could submit no papers on the subject. In reply to an inquiry of Mr. Heygate as to how the Irish Church surplus fund was to be locally ap- plied Mr, Gladstone said the question was rather prematur He eould not presume that the bill ‘would pass; moreover the financial parts of the measure were very complex, and he could not say how far portions of the surplus would bear a local character; but he assured the House that the gov- ernment was desirous of distributing the fund equally over Ireland. IRELAND. Attempted Assassination of a Sheriff Deswiny, July 19, 1869. Mr. Washburton, the High Sheriff of Queens county, while on nis way to attend the assizes, was fired at from the roadside and severely wounded, The assassin has not yet been discovered, FRANCE. TELEGRAPH Reappointment of Murshal Vaillant—The Press and the New Cabinet. Paris, July 19, 1869. Marshal Vaillant has been reappointed Minister of the Imperial Houshold, The press of the city regard the new Cabinet as One of transition only. CUBA. Reerganization of a Volunteer Regiment—Its Decimation by Disense and Battle, Havana, July 19, 1869, Colonel Alvear and the officers of his battalion have received orders to return to Mavana and form a new regiment, their old command having been re- uced to a sinall fragment by disease and battle. Arrived—bark Stover, from New York. THE NEW DOMINION. Release of Father McMahon Ordered. Orrawa, July 19, 1860, The government has decided to release Father McMahon from confinement in the Provincial Peni- tentiary. No reference was made to the imperial auohoritics, THE PLAINS, General Carr’s Victory—The Indians Se- verely Punished=Tnaxable Property in Nebraska—Fall of a Railrond a Bridge. Sr. Louis, July 19, 1869. Omaha despatches say that General Augur re- turned from Fort Sedgwick this morning. General Carr's victory is more complete than at Girst reported. Over 400 horses and mules were cap- tured, with a large quantity of powder and nearly five tons of dried buffalo meat. Among the kilied is the noted chief Standing Bull. About $900 were found in the camp, which were given to Mrs, Weizel, @ white woman, who was recaptured. This was the same body of Indians who last year fought General Forsyth and recently committed the depredations in Kansas. Lieutenant Beecher, of the Pawnee scouts, reports Meeting a small number of Sioux [ndians on the Republican river. Three of them were killed and three wounded. . The State Assessor reports that the total valua- tion of taxable property in Nebraska 1s $42,000,000, Of this $6,000,000 are the property of the Union Pa- ¢ific Raliroad. This shows that the valuation is six times greater than in 1862. A Kansas City despatch says that a portion of the Dridge being built over the Marais des Cygnes river, onthe Guif Railroad, fellin yesterday, killing four ‘Men and seriously injuring another. A Helena, Montana, despatch says that Major General Eastman and another man were attacked d Wounded on the 16th mst. a few miles from ‘ort Benton. When the wounded men arrived at ort Benton the citizens became,excited and killed three Indtaus who were in the Cow Thirteen hundred and fiiy m changing the gauge of tte So complete were the preoarations and facilities that the feat was accomplished im tie imeredibty short Ume of twelve hours, aud witout the loss or delay of a single train. The busiuess of the road 1s pro- @ressing vo-day as usual. LOUISIANA. efault in Payment of Interest on the State Debt—Immigrants from Austria. WasuIneTon, D. C., July 19, 1869. The July interest on the Virginia State debt will not be paid before January next, and It has not been arranged to pay it even at that time. The Richmond Whig says:— We nave information that eighty Austrian families, from the neighborhood of Vienna, are coming to settlo near Richmond. They have already disposed of their effects in Austria, and are awaiting tne re- turn of their agent, who has been here fecently to make arrangements for them. He 1s now en route for that country, Those already here are delighted With their prospects. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. A young dry goods clerk in Sandusky, Ohio, named H. L, Frisbie committed suicide by drowning yester- day morning. The sloop Index, Captain Hyatt, from Rondout, N. Y., laden witit stone, sunk near Tarrytown on Sun- day night. No lives were lost, George H. Fahnestock, of Harrisburg, Pa., acci- dentally shot himself on Sunday night, the ball pass- ing through the body near the heart, causing his death 1m a few hours. Chief Justice Chase arrived last night in Boston. He goes to Hanover, Mass., and to-morrow will make @ bnef address at the dinner of the Dartmouth College Alumni, of which he ts president. During a severe thunder storm which prevailed at Cincinnati on Sunday last the house of Mr. Doty was struck by lightning, his daughter’ instantiy hid and his wite and son severely injured by the shoc! A house, barn and shop in Wenham, Mass., were destroyed by fire on Saturday, white’ endeavorin; to save property from the flames aman named 4 were engaged in uri Pactile Kalroad. Arrests for Smuggling—Another Seizure of Cigars in New Orleans, NEW ORLEANS, July 19, 1869, Messrs. Faures and Sourdes, partner and chief clerk in the house of Coutourie & Co., against whom ‘warrants were issued on the 15th inst., delivered themselves to Marshal Packard this mornng, and ‘Were released on giving bail in the sum of $5,000 each, | B. Morgan had nis pocketbook, containing One hundred and fity thousand cigar taken pos. | $400, stolen, i ireried of 01 r aie, aad libelled by The storm reported to have occurred at Lexing- the United +s courts, were taken possession of | ton, Mo., on Wednesd amounted t a tovday by Marshal Packard. It swept'over portions of Clay and Latayetio coun: aud chim: own. The c NEW YORK. tnyured seriously. ceed The Rochester p par hol tema NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, cident. “ Rocuester, July 19, 1869, ‘The great Sacngerfest in this city, participated in by societies from Buffalo, Erte, Syracuse and Ham- flton, commenced to-day. The principal buildings are finely decorated and the influx or strangers 1s This evening a id concert will 2% ane vane epee ‘Aman named Joba Will committed suicide in his fat he in Sherman street this morning by hang. mself. ‘wo men fell from a scaffold, on which they were at work this forenoon im North Clinton, and both ‘wore severely injured; one fatally, probably. EUROPEAN MARKETS. The United States steamer Guerrtere (flagship), Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, arrived at this port on Sunday night from Rio Janciro. She went into commission May 21, 1867, left the United States June 28, 1867,,and arrived in Rio Janeiro July 27, 1967, ‘The following is a list of the omcers:— ore cant Poy Ramsay ieee Barker (feet) and H. TE Woodward. oceania: Masters. Hubbard aud te # Onemng nae . G@ Talbot, R. M. Lisle and B, Mo- Surgeons—M. Duval (feet); Passed Heugg; Assistant, T. R. one. amisaoninae Sema ct Oe ae meers—Ohiel, ©. H. Baker (feet); First Assist- ant, K. Potts; Second Assist dj and 8.1L, Hannu, ee ee Chaplain—G, D, Henderson. patti hh nanan hi Be eet! (fleet). farines—| ‘ Boatwodin—H. Dickidson. ™ Nell Guxner—E. Mack, Carpenter—N. Mager. sattmaxer—J. iA pindsat. Midshipmen—K. P. Rodgers, (stat); A. BW) L. G. Palmer, T. B. M. Mason, i Tarbe Yaw W. H. Everett, G. F. Norton, ‘T. M. i Lee (stat), T. M. Mtting aad BE. M. Day, ‘Ihree heutenants and s1X engineers on their way home as paseaniers Cheon Chactte'tt Hiewtenants—\tichard P. Leary, es H. ton and George M. McClure," Nt Engineers—Second Assistant, J. P. Kelly; Acting Second Assistants, L. R. Burgoyen and L. i. Finn; Acting Third Assistants, F. L, Andrews, P. Smitii anommandee reese and Past Assistant £ Commander Breese an m: Moilach Lave been ordered to the Cvane. webeeaey Loynon Monky MARKST.—LONDON, July 19—4:30 P. M.—Consols closed at 9814 for money and 93% a 9354 for tho account, United states five-twenty bonds a and steady at 82%. Erie Rallway shares, #4; Illinois Centrals, 934; Atlantic and Great Westora, 24. LIVERPOOL CoTToN MARKET.—LiverPoon, July 19--4:50 P, M.—Cotton.—The market closed quiet; middling uplands, 124d.; middling Orleans, 13d, ‘The sales of the dgy have footed up 8,000 bales. JAVERPOOL BRAADSTUFFS MAWKET.—LIVERPOOL, July 10.—AVheat, 10s. 6d. per cental for California white and 9s, 1d. for No. 2 red Western. Corn 298, iy pig for old mixed’ Western and 28s, for. Liveneoo Propuse MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Jul, 19.—Wine rosin, 164. per oe ~ . Lonron PRODUCE MARKET.—LONDON, July 19,— Tallow, 468. 3a. per cwt, Sugar quiet, both on the Spot and afloat Calcutta linseed, 62%; spirits of apenas, Sea 84, per owt. PRPROLEUM MARKBT.—A NTW. | 5 Jount, 401. for standart wanes ett TU 10—Petro PRESID.NT GRANT AT LONG. BRANCH. Arrival of the President—Passing the Stetson House—Arrival at Port Moumouth—Trip to the Branch—Reaching the Hotcl—The Recep- tion—Grand Ball to be Given on the 26th, SreTson Hous, Lona Brancu, July 19, 1869. The long expected event has taken place, The President and suite have arrived and are now domi- cited in this establishment, where they will remain atleast two weeks. At half-past seven A, M. the United States steamer Tallapoosa was signaled to the southward, close in shore, and immediately everything became bustle and excitement, She ap- proached slowly, and it was eight o’clock before she passed abreast of this house, As she did sv two guns were fired, which were replied to by the Stetson shore battery. With a good glass tae Presl- dent was distinctly to be seen standing near ‘he pilot house, surrounded by his friends and the officers of the steamer. Handkerchief waving became the order of the morning, and many un- combed heads, without the chignon, were seen to protrude from the numerous hotel windows, in order to have a look at the passing steamer and her distinguished passengers. At nine A, M. a special train left the station here for Port Monmouth to meet the party. Mr, Charles A. Stetson, Jr., witn some triends of the President and your correspondent, were the only passengers. A rapid run of twenty-cight minutes was made, and as we reached the end of the pier the Tatapoosa was about making fast, Some delay was experienced by reason of low water, but at last a gang plank was got on the wharf over the steamer’s bows, and after the baggage had been sent ashore the distinguished party landed, the President, with Mrs. Grant, being the first, followed closely by the nest of the family and suite. Beyond the station hands and those who went down in the train there was no one on the pier, At @ quarter-past ten A. M. all were aboard the train, and we started, andin thirty mMnutes were safely at the station here, where seve- Tai private carriages were in waiting to receive the party. But few persons were at the points we passed en route, and there Was apparently no excitement or anxiety to see the Presideat—less, even, than | ex- ected. te Arapid and pleasant drive brought us to the ho- tel, And as We passed the different houses the in- ates gathered upon the porches ahd balconies to witness and welcome the new comers. There was, however, scarcely any display of bunting, no cheer- ing and but a feeble waving of handkerchicis. The ordinary Saturday afternoon crowd from the city causes almost as much excitement. On arrival the President and party reured to their apartments, and ina few minutes everything Was as quiet as if no- thing unusual had occurred, and no siranger at the Stetson House would have imagined that the Presi- dent of the United States was within tts walls, The ry consists of the following persons:— President U, 5. Grant and wife, Miss Graat, U, Grant, Jr.; Jessie Grant, G. D. Grant, General well and wife, General Comstock and wie, aud A. Borie. An incident worth recording occurred as the train left Monmouth pier, A newsboy entered the train crying out, HERALD, Times, Tribune and World, The Preskient, who was seated next to Mr. Borie, immediately reaghed out his hand, saying, “Les have one of each,” while Mr. Borie took a Bo- hemian paper, saying, “1 want vo see that first.” noticed that the President went through the radical organ immediately, first having lit a cigar, and the editorial columns of the Bokemiaa paper were care- py, read by the ex-Secretary of the Navy before he had time for anything or anybody. Everything was well arranged by Mr. Stetson and the entire management of tle arrival went off well, and must have pleased the President, who, I under- stand, desires quiet and rest, A very large number Oi persons leit the Branch this morning,’aud { can say With safety that we are far from being crowded, espectally at bhis house; but 1 suppose a few days will fill up all the gaps, and those who come without notice will find it hard to be accommodated. There 18 no programme laid out for the President during his stay that i know of. A bail is to be given him at this house some time this week, and 1 suppose that other arrangements for IMs pleasure will be made; but as he comes, I may say, unoicially, he will, I expect, not Only do as he pleases, but will avoid as much as possible the display that 1s anything but pleasant to a person who for a time requires retirément trofit je cates and worrtment of official life. He looks woll Ai f) web), sonsiaag ing whatehe has gone througn sincé his’ ithiguta- tion; but two weeks of salt air and sea bathiag will do him and his no harm. The weather was not what I showid have desired to welcome the party, A dull, heavy atmosphere, with light rain, does not serve to make @ person cheerful, especiaily when one comes to the seashore for brignt skies and balmy atmospuere, but they wil be all the more appreciated when they do arrive. { suppose we shall have serenades, Xc., in abundance, and should anything of importance turn up before the arty returns I will be on hand to send tue st. Afver taking some refreshments the President and family went in bathing on the beach. In the atter- noon the party rode out and was noticed and saluted gE by the guests at the Branch. The President mtends stopping some time here, A meeting was held this evening by the guests of the Stetson House and residents of Long Brauch, and it was resolved that a grand ball should be given in honor of the President at the Stetson House on Monday evening next, July 26. QUARANTINE. Healthy Record of the Harbor—Only Three . Fever Cases in Hospital, There are but three cases in hospital at present in the lower quarantine bay. The symptoms in each were those of fever, but what particular kind has not yet been developed; nothing, however, of a malignant character is apprehended. Two may be put down as yellow fever of a milder type than usual; the other is not supposed to be in anywise serious, This is a comparatively healthy record for the port of New York at this particular season, eape- cially when one considers how very mucl: exposed this harbor always is to the visitation of plague by reason of the innumerable crowd of strange vessels, hailing from ail the tropical and fever-breeding ports in the world, that annually drop in here {or oue purpose or another. The United States steamship Guerriere, Admiral Davis, which arrived in the lower bay last Sunday evening from the South Ametican station, reported all well on board. The surgeon of tho vessel states that while Yw Rio Janeiro yellow fever prevailed in the city to an alarming extent. There were many deaths, ag well in the city as on board vessels in the harbor. The only arrival in the lower bay from Rio since this condition of things was discovered was the fon hed Powrke, With one case of fever on board. Rio Janeiro is now down among the list of condemned ports, and due precautions will be taken with all vessels hailing from that quarter in future, Steamers, however, are objects of suspicion even more than sailing vessels. ‘The latter are so long on the voyage that whatever sickness they may nave on board wili either have fuliy developed itself or expended its virulence entirely. ‘There ts yellow fever still in Havana, The bark Warrior, which recently arrived here, left nine men in hospital at that port. There have been no arrivals lately from such Mexican ports as have been de- clared infected. The precautions taken in the lower quarantine bay are numerous and believed to be effective. The hospital described m yesterday's HERALD Will be amply adequate to meet ali the exi- neies that may be demanded of it, Dr. Kenneth eid, looking a8 bronzed as a military campaigner, acts as the faithful guardian of the public health in the quarantine waters, THE LARGE FIRE IN WINDSOR, CONN. Hotel, Post Office other Buildings De- stroyed—Loss $25,000. {From the Hartford Courant, July 19.) Between one and two o'clock Saturday afternoon a fire was discovered in a barn just back of the horel in Windsor, and the flames spread with such rapid- ity that before they could be checked the hotel and barn, three sheds, a barn on the opposite side of the street, owned by Capen Brothers, and a store con- taining the post ofice, were burned to the ground, In one of the sheds a hand fire engine, owned by the town of Windsor, was kept, but in the haste to re- move portable Fae og in the buildings destroyed and those threatened the engine was left to its own destruction—a singular proceeding under the circumstances, When it was apparent that the fre could not be controlled a despatch was sent to this city, asking for assistance. and Ciuef Engineer Eaton despatched steamer No. 4 by special train, which arrives in Windsor in time to save a large building north of the‘hotel, where the fire was just taking hold. Much credit was gven our Fire De- artment for the prompt response to the call for help, and many thanks were tendered to the fremen deputed. In the hotel barn a horse and three bogs were burned to death. This property—hotel, barn and sheds—was owned by Griswold & Gillette, who estimate their loss at $18,000, with an insurance of only $9,000, which is divided between New York and Hartford companies. The store building belonged to the estate of James Loomis, and was occupted by E. P. Elisworth, who saved nearly all his stock. ‘The building was not insured. All the contents of the Post Otice were removed in safety. The origin of the fire is not definitely ascertained, though there seems to be no question that it was the work of ao incendiary. Mr, Gillette had observed two strange men hanging around the premises, Suspi- clon points to them as the guilty parties. A correspondent in Windsor writes aa follow: “By the well directed efforts of our citizens the Loo- mis manst next north and occupied by Frederick Williams, also the now frame dwelling of Mrs, I. 5. Haydon, south, were saved. The promptness of the Hartford and New Haven Ratiroad Company and of your city authorides in extending afd will ever be remembered, and suitable acknowledgment will be maae by the town authorities 1m a public meeting oniled for that purpose, and also to take measures for our better protection against fire. There is bat little doubt that tus fire was accidental. selecemen wll! inane Unto LL sioner Delano to examine the locks for the Internal Revenue Department has, out of 150 or more, de- cided in favor of that submitted by James 8. Thom- son, of Buffalo, to-night, recommends that white and colored chil- dren be educated under the same public achool sys- tem and under the same root, jection to this, as in other respects all distinction to race or color has been abolished. nated Professor Vashon (colored) to be one of the trustees of the white that has never fourished here to any considerable extent—soci@ oiubs. Several attempts have been made at differeno times to establish them, bat our | o (wo instances they were partially anccesaful, WASHINGTON. Radical Plans for Overthrow- ing the Virginia Election. Proofs of Frand to be Submitted to the Reconstruction Committee. BEN WADE AT THE CAPITAL. His Opinion of the Virginia Election, Cuba, Ohio, &c. Mayor Bowen's Doctrine of Social Equality, Wasainaron, July 19, 1869, Attempt of Radicals to Overthrow tho Virginia Election. Colonel Whittlesey, editor of the radical organ at Richmond, with a number of the defeated Wells party, are here getting up documents to te laid before the Reconstruction Committee when Congress meets, for the purpose of showing that the Virginia election was carried by fraud for the conservative ticket. They have agents in the several Congressional districts of Virginia at work getting affidavits and facts together to sustain their position, If they do not succeed in getting the election set aside thev nope at least to get Congress to order an tavestiga- tion and thus delay the admission of the State. ‘They claim that in the country districts the negroes were compelled to vote the conservative ticket through intimidation, and that the white radicals were not allowed to instruct them. They do not get any encouragement, it is understood, from the Pres- ident in théir eforts to have the Virginia election set aside, Attempt to Bring Negro Rioters to Justice Quarrel in the African Camp. The conservative negroes here are making an effort to have those of thelr sable brethren who attempted to mob them for voting the conservative ticket at the last municipal election’ indicted before the Grand Jury for inciting to riot, incendiarism and unlawful interference with voters at the polls. The Grand Jury is now in session. It is composed of seven white men and five negroes, The latter are all radicals, and it 18 believed that a majority of the jury are of the same politics, The object of the con- servative negroes is to have the moters brought Into court and, if possible, convicted and punished, Being without means themselves they have started @ subscription, which has met with a liberal re- sponse from the white men of the District, the money to be used in carrying on the sult. The conservative negroes are furious in their opposition to the republican party, and are greatly encouraged by the example of their black friends in Virginia in voting the conservative ticket. They also threaten to bring an action for libel against the radical organ here for saying that they were bougat up by the Gonservatives to vote that ticket. ..gx*~ Ben Wade’s Opinion of yates ‘Affairs Boutwells Fitianilal Policy Eadorsed. Old Ben Wade is here, looking fresh and strong after his trig {cross the continent. He 13 not at ail pleased With the result of the Virginia election. He Winks it looks bad for the radicals, and will have a dispiriting effect upow the party in the Northern States, Wade is loud in praise of Boutwell’s man- agement of the Treasury. He says Boutweil ts making @ reputation for the administration which will go far towards overshadowing any mistakes it may make, In his sec- tion of the country, the West, the people are greatly pleased with Boutwell’s scheme for the purchase of bonds, because it liberates greenbacks and helps to keep the money market easy. Wade is in favor of helping Cuba, “We have got to have that island,” he says, ‘at some time, and this looks like a good opportunity to put in a wedge.” He says he supposes Grant is hampered with the neutrality laws, but he believes the President sympathises stroagly with the patriots and will ao all he can for them. ‘Those Spanish fellows,” says Wade, “have got no claims upon us, and we ought not to go out of our way to serve them. The policy of our govern: ment is to sympathise with, and, as far as possible, aid eve#y people struggling tor liberty.” Mr, Wade is of Opiniofi that “a Cleat majority of the people of the United States are in favor of helping Cuba, and he thinks the ad- ministration ought to take some cognizance of this fact. Wade thinks the radicals will carry Ohio this fall. He will probably make some speeches himself in favor of Governor Hayes. Wade walks in and out of the Departments, visiting his old friends, with an atr of independence which is quite refreshing and somewhat astonishing to the numerous place- holders and place-hunters. - Medals for Friendly Indians. ‘Po-day Commissioner Parker discovered in the Indian Bureau a number of silver medals, prepared under the different administrations, as presents to friendly Indian chiefs, in token of friendship. The medals were stamped with the heads of the different Presidents under whose adininistrations the treatles were ratified. The reverse bore a hatchet and calumet crossed m token of the pipe of peace, whjch was supposed to have been smoked by the white and red men. Some were blazoned with one Indian in the act of scalping another on the periphery, while the face of the medal showed an Indian following a@ plough in testimony of nis pas- sage from barbarism to civilization, A few medals are to be struck bearing Grant’s image, for distribu- ton among the friendly Indians, Distribution of Fractional Currency. A small quantity of the fifteen cent currency was issued by the Treasurer. to-day, and an additional supply is expected to-morrow, The new twenty-five and fifty cent notes will make their appearance in a few days. It will probably be several weeks before the money will be out for general distribution, A Pennsylvanian Pays His Income Tax. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day received the following letter:— DEAR Sik—Enclosed please find $470, conscience money; but, domg a@ local business in a Pennsylvania town, and by care and management having made it pay, I have thought that tt would be injurious to my business to have my full income published in our village paper, therefore I have ald a part of my income tax to the collector and the balance I send direct to you. Yours, &c., HONESTY. Stamping Tobacco Purchased of Government. The Acting Commisstoner of Internal Revenue in @ case where @ lot of tobacco was purchased in Richmond, Va., at a United States Marsbal’s sale, This is not would protect in the market after July 1, decides ‘that the Marshal’s brand does not protect the tobacco from the liability to bear the tax paid by stamp, and that no refund equal to the value of the stamps which may be purchased and put upon it can be allowed. Locks for the Revenue Department. The special commission appointed by Commis- Colored Children in the Pablic Schools. Mayor Bowen, in a message to the City Councils He can see no ob- He also noml- WASHINGTON SOCIAL CLUBS, ‘ WASHINGTON, July 28, 1869. There ts one institution peculiar to civilization nd in one Their existence, however, was brief and their his- tory is soon written. In afew years, ac most, they all seem to have met with a similar fate. They died for lack of patronage and support. Consider- ing that Washington is in many respects cosmopoll- tan—that it is the nation’s political centre, the theatre where men of the world, of every profession and station in life, assemble, and where, perhaps, the vatious phases of social Hie, high aud low, are as well represented a8 in any other city of the United States, it seems strange that there should be no clubs and noclub houses, ‘This 18 doubt- less attributable to the fact that that portion of the population which could afford to suppert such @ luxury 1s migratory, They can hardly be sald to live here, Tuey are here for two, four or six years, aud then they are gone. They are only on a visit, boarding, staying. Previous to the war there were two clubs here, There has been only one since, and that expired recently. The Southern men were more given to club house life perhaps than the Northerners, ‘They are more social in their dispositions, and, a3 & general thing, more jibera} with their purses, Men Irom the Northern States prooably relisu thetr glass of Wine as keenly as their brethren of the South; but ube former areso eager in their pursuit of mioney that they Lave time only to gulp it down, wiiule the latter like Uo sit and sip it at their leisure, 1 bave suid there were two clubs here before te war. Only one of these—the Wastington Club—is deserving of notice. It was tne only ciub that ever amounted to anyLhing, or lived more than @ year or two. In many respects it was, perhaps, the most remarkable club tat has existed in tus country, Iv carried on its roil of mempership the names of men distinguished in civil, miutary and naval life, in the Old Worid as well as here. Cabinet oilicers, Judges of the Supreme Court, members of Congress, oulicers of tae army aud pavy, members of the diplo- matic corps, authors aud artists, met around its festive boara and mingled iu its convivial scenes. Many of tose who Were ils shining lights are gone to “that undiscovered country, from whose boura no traveller returns.” Otners are scattered here and there, and only a few remain near tie scene of their jolly days. The club was organized on the 2ist of June, 1352. a Among those who organized the club Beverly Tucker's name is the Only One Which has since tg- ured extensively in public affairs, Colonel George ©, Washington, @ man of some local celeprity here, and a descendant of “the father of his country,” was its Hrst president. Aiter giving Oue or two other piaces a triai the club dnaliy sectied down tn the house recently occupied by William H. Seward, on Lafayette square, near the Executive Mansion. Judging trom the rules and regulations, the Wash- ington Club must have oeen unusually moral—al- most religious, “Tne club rooms to be positively ciosed at Lweive o’glock on Saturday nights. and no rooms to be opened on Sunday, excepting the read- Ing room and restaurant; te reading room to be closed at tweive o’clock A. M.,’' says tle twenty-sev- enth rule, ‘ihere were but two billiard tables, and in order to accommodate ail hands and give each mem- ber his turn It was enacted that “But one game of ouliards of 10 shall be played by the same parties, should other gentlemen ve waiting to play.” A bridie was put upon the gambling propensities of the members by a rule which ordered that “Upon no game to be played in the club shall more than five Gottars be bet; provided that this rule shail not pre- vent betting On the pots at whist to the amount of one dollar On each point in addition to the five dol- lar bet.” An important adjunctof every well organized ciub isasteward. The members of the Washington Club were what Rip Van Winkie would call *‘oily fei- lows.” ‘Hey were as good judges of an excellent dinner and 4 fine glass of Champagne as they were shrewd political managers and astute diplomats. Beverly Tucker was a member of the “Commit- tee on Wines and Provisions,” and that was the committee charged with the duty ot employing a steward. The minutes of Lhe C\ub state “The gentlemen charged with procur. ing a suitable steward for the club reported the nume of James Wormley; and irom the rep) ita tions maue of his fitness ic was deter ined to give him a trial, and, if he should biove Colipetent and aoceptabie, to continue such.” Wormley roved in “compelgp try acceptable,” linked lis ortanes with thee”o; thé club, and remained with 14) &4*Tin a short ume before it broke up. He 1s st"" ip the catering business, and tells some marvel- lous stories of the number of teal ducks and cany backs, as well a3 oysters, terrapins, lobsters and otuer delicacies which were consumed tn a day oy the members of the Washington Club. ‘They had good appetites, those fellows, and always did justice to what Wormley provided. Whiskey seems to have been the princi- pal drink at the club, though, of course, there were champagne and other wines, Of mixed drinks the favorite seems to have been ‘juleps,” Witch were iuduiged in to a great extent. Probably this may be accounted for on the ground that a majority of the members were trom the South, many of them trom Virginia, where the “julep”’ Las always been held in high favor, Lam not certain as to the number of members in the club, but there were several hundred. Among them were Associate je ice Wayne, of the Supreme Court; Edward Everett, Reverdy Jonson, Haiuilwn Fish, John J. Crittenden, Sir Jonn F, Crampton, the Briash Minister; Stephen A. Douglas, 5. F. Dupont, then a commander in the navy; Lieutenant Gen- eral Scott, George Washington Parke Custis, Philip Barten Key, Robert Ould, Beverly Tucker, Geueral J. N. Aimopte, the Mexican Minister; Judah P. Benjamin, Charles Wilkes (then a commander in the navy), Jefferson Davis, Valdemar Bodisco, of the Kussian Legation; John 8, Floyd, the Chevalier J. G,. Hulsemunn, Charge d’Atfaires of Austria; Jesse D, Bright, W. W. Corcoran, General W. 8. Harney, Le Compt de Sartiges, the French Minister; w. W. Seaton, or the National Inteiligencer; Colonel J. B, Magruder, and a long array of Senators, members of the House, aud army and navy officers. Of course, all’ the lecal celebrities, suc as Mayor Berrett, Riggs, the banker, and several lawyers were meats gh Hs Be a oe Bogdan tee Ht shoul igopssed i the guul t this Was teak obsere |. Tt was a elub of rst clans. Over their wine they discussed public men and public Mesures, planned politica! campaigns and rejoiced at party victories. ‘he best of feeling seems to haye prevatied, and during a period of neariy cight years no disturbance ever occurred. During Whar arn and Buchanan campaign a couple of mem’ i) f the club were discussing the chances of the can hjacon One of them, who was a Virginian, said that if Fre- mont should be elected he Would not hold office under him. The other, who was a Northern man, replied that he wouldn't ask anything better than to stand on the Long bridge, over the Potomac, and take a dollar from every Virgimian who came across scexing office under Fremont, m case he shoud be elected. As the war approached the Washington Club be- gan to show signs of dissolution. Many members resigned; others did not pay their dues. Wormley, the steward, left, and his successor Was not as “com- [yee and acceptable’ as he had been. In the jist of deitnquents Who did not pay their dues I no- tice the names of Beverly Tucker, Judah P. Benja- min, John B. Floyd and Jefferson Davis, and always at the head, with the largest sums set opposite them. Probably these men were so busy’topraris the last in plotting treason that they had no time to awend ty anything else, After the war the Metropolitan Ciub was organ- ized, but it never amounted to anything. Walle tt existed it met at the corner of Fifteenth and H streets, Several prominent men and some wealthy ones belonged to this club, but 1 did not attain any- ‘Uuing like the position of the old Washiugtou Ciuv, THE AMERICUS CLUB. The Politicians Away from PoliticomAn Ad- ventare and Its Results, INDIAN HaRpor, GREENWICH, Conn., July 13, The spacious and weil appointed club house and grounds of the Americus Club, of New York, have already achieved a world-wide reputation through the whole-souled and generally democratic system of hospitality dispensed by the members of the club, It is strange hew erroneous an _ opinion is generally conceived in regard to the doings here atthe Harbor. It 1s supposed that here the ‘slates’? for the fail campaigns in the city, county and State are made out; that here the fate of aspirants for office ts sealed; that hence go the edicts which guide the party ship throughout the year. To one who has been here, who sits as I do now, on this quiet Sabbath day, on the spacious platform in front of the club house, gazing out on the shining waters of the Sonnd, counting the pretty looking satis with the understanding that the Marshal's brand | which dot the surface of the water and surrounded by the members of the club, it seems strange indeed that such an impression as that referred to should exist. It would be singular indeed if the facts cor- roborated the idea, Here are men of all parties and all shades of politics banded solely for social enjoy- ment, and eschewing entirely even an allusion to politics. The club is composed mainly of politicians, aad yet is by no means, a political clad, The anes, comes then—What do these men club for? How can it be possible for men who lead such adizzy, dazzling and exciting life as that of the New York politician, to tear therhselves away from the continual excitement which surrounds thew in their every day life and spend in this out of the way place two months of the year? The answer to the second query wight properly come first, and ali that it is necessary to say 1s, they do it and, therefore, it is possible. What they do here requires a little fur- ther explanation. Let us look at the present situation, On tne platform of the house, as mentioned above, are the members of the club, or rather a portion of them. The olub houses themseives, the grounds surroumding them, and the neighboring scenery have been heretofore described i the columns of the HERALD, and tt 18 scarcely necessary to say anything about them now. So to the present condition of atfairs. Walking up and down the platform, with his hands clasped benind hts back, his face a perfect pture of contentment and good nature, and his ligure'a type of good living, ts Coramilssioner Owen W. Hrennan. He is dressed in full wniforn all the members of the club—dark biue blue vest and pants, with trimmings of narrow g braid; @ cap of the navy fatigue style—ou whi Fleming gazes fondly—with tho initiais ' witain a Wreath, embroidered in gold on the front, Mr, Breunan is acting a8 @ sort of moral super. visor of officer of the day. THe looks most nateraaily 1 on the cmeniers,” and when thelr natural hilarity; heightened by the health-giving surroundings of the locality, seems about to break out, a word or a iook from the portiy 0. W. will repress it, The irrepres- sible Bassford, bubbling, like a “small bottle” of Verzenay, is sitting at one side, and “Ever of 1s about to be sent forth on the calm air, when he 1 reminded of the fact that the day is not for “noise.” “Ont isn’t it, governor? All right, sir, all right, sir; just as you say; just exactly as you say. Now, we musn’t sing. A ‘small bottle’ would go pretty well, I think.” It does go pretty well; goes with a vengeance; for there are men of capacity around. Marriner, “the little Kettle,” is not far behind Braisted, the original Peter; Shaffer, Isaa liver, Buteher Davidson, rn Shandley and ot! might be mentioned will “assist” when there fun going on, and there is always plenty of although now in @ quiet way. Ata little distance {rom the main crowd sits one ol the “regulars’’ his arm in a sling and resting on a pillow acro3a the arm of a chair at his side, Frank Vanderbeck 18 “bushed,” as the Indians of the Harbor call tt, which in plain English means that he ts located for @ while, at least, in one spot, from which bi nuot move without help, He has had his arm wrenched in consequence of the squall on ‘Thursday last, Not that the squall twisted his ara, althongh it twisted some rather stout trees in the neighborhood, but, as tne readers of the HERALD alre: know, it overtarned the schooner Larrabbee, and Vanderbeck was oae of acrew who manned the club barge, rowed out to the wreck and saved the lives of the captain and mate of the schooner. The wife and child of the captain were drowned, and in eilorts to get into the vessel and find them Vanderbeck and. hurt him- self severély. He does not complain, but he ts. tended by his mates with such aine, unadulter- ated tenderness as one would scarcely expect. But how is the time passed? ‘Ty rowing and sailing, single scull, with crews of four and six, and in the: members skim around the neighvoring waters over to “the dock” where the steamboat lands, where a quaint jittle man named Reed tias a curious cow on exhibition. A little pull around after break~ fast, a lok at “she camp” when General Grajulia presides, and, with the aid of * Buster.” a juvenite chip of the institution, dispense consolation and so- clability with a princely hand. Dinner is. duly cared for and then another pull around, and toward tae afternoon a bathe on the beach @ short distance trouy but out of sight of the club house. During the day visitors, from time to time, call at the place and are cared for in such a way as to make taem feel immediately at home. They are shown through the club house, dining room, with Bassford laid out on the tables in all shapes; through the dormi- tory, now newly and cosily fitted up; then through “phe camp” anit the handsomely furnished library, then the boat houses and to “the camp’ again, where they rest awlule and while away an hour or two ina very few minutes, There is no danger of’ time hanging heavily on one’s hands here. Nature has been exceedingly lavish in the bestowal or her gifts, and taste und perseverance have improved @ here there was room for improvement until now, to take it “for all in all,’’ it is one of the most roman- tic and heaithy spots m the country—a place than which to spend a day there is no better, and hoste, Whose care and kindness can not be exceeded, NARROW ESCAPE FAOM DROWNING. {From the Troy Daily Whig, July 19.) Recentiy at Saranac, four boys, Henry Spragne, aged twelve years, his brother Willie, aged seven, Joln Darrah, aged ten years, and his brother Rober’ * aged five, ran away from their homes, aod gor ag down to the Saranac river, undertook to maw.e q raft. They had collected a number of logs an/, suc. ceeded in fastening two of them together. When they got into the deep water and could QF manage them, The Darrah boys clung to these two jo; Kenry Sprague and his brotner were 7 ot so 1ortu- nate, and falling into the river, Henry V yrew one arm around a log, While with the other D’s “heid his ttle brother, and prevented him from downing. In this erilous condition, the four bors’ qoated down to Elsinore, not less than three-f0u" chs of a mile, where they clambered og to the bom and succéeded in getting ashore, r, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The Cunard mat’, steamship Scotia will leave thia port on Wednes(ay for Liverpool. 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