The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1869, Page 8

: ae q eee TRUMPS SCHENCE Opening of the Suez Canal to Commerce and Travel. Vnion of Asia and Africa With | inigpendent or Su Europe. Ineeption, Origin, Progress and Lo- cation of the Work. Royalty Uncovered Before Skill and Labor. Steam and Electricity as Aids to the Great Newspapers. The Suez Canal will be formally opened for pur- poses of trade and travel on the 17th day of Novem- Der next, as officially announcea by M. de Lesseps, pn which occasion one other of the great works of the present age will be consummated and the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Europe brought into more airect intercommunion in the interests of com- merce, civilization and religion. The grand effects and humanizing influences of the perfection of the undertaking wili be reflected from the aged and hoary lands first ned, through the Mediterranean to Eng- Janda, and disseminated in the New World by means of the now controlled agency of electricity speaking through the columns of the great organs of the Rewspaper press. We live in an age of progress, and the earth, with the peoples thereof, move rapidly enward in obeuience to that powerful impulse which 48 momentarily asserting the perfect control of mind Over matier, and thus subject: nature more and More completely to the uses of man. Since the first issue of the HERALD, only thirty-four years ago, We bave employed successfully in the prosecution @f our journalistic enterprise horse expresses, run- ging from city to city or the Union, and by this Means, aided by steamboats, proclaimed to our Feaders exclusively the great victory of the Ameri- can arms at the capture of Vera Crnz in Mexico, With other news of vast importance at the moment. Fast American packet ships subseryed us on the oeean to and from Europe, chippers and steamships following as our material aids in exact ratio with the progress of naval architecture and the general application of the results of science. We subordi- pated steam signally to our uses immediately on the arrival of the Sirius in this port from Cork im the year 1858, publishing the Jatest European reports, political, commerciai and financial, in the shape of Bn extra’ almost before the vessel was docked. Blectricity was used overland and overhead next; the HeERaLD sustaining the telegraph and the telegraph subserving the newspaper, Next came the idea of submerging the subtle spark in Old @cean and forcing it to speak through cables from the depths ofthe sea, We fostered the project and wrote hopefully of its final fruittoneven after the fatlures of the first attempts to lay the Atlantic wabie. That work triumphed, and its daily march to @uccess was specially recorded in our pages. It was ‘uselul to us and we patronized it, rendcring it useful © mankind; for by such patronage we were enabled @uring the progress of the late war in Abyssinia, to convey to the English Ministers on remarkable occa- sions the frst intelligence which the War Oftice or smembers of the Cabinet had of the incipient dimicul- ties and final signal successes of the Queen's arm; 4n full appreciation, therefore, of the benefits, pres- ent and future, of those vast undertakings, we print for the use of our readers to-day a history of ‘the Suez Canal from the earltest date down to the present rime; the moment, we may say, when royalty, ‘with its crowns and sceptres, will journey to the almost desert flelds of the first Jewish wanderings, and place its representatives as humble devotees befdre a new strine of science, reared and exempli- ded by the minds and hands of ordinary mortals. In that brilliant assemblage will be clustered the Empress Eugénie of France, his Royal Highness tne Prince of Wales, the Grand Dukes Constantine and ‘Viadimer of Russia, the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King William of Prussia, King Victor Emanuel of Italy. Spain will be represented by Beme eminent men and two new frgates. The Emperor of Austria will be accompanied by Baron Buest, the King of Prussia oy Count Bismarck, and King Victor Emanuel by one of lis sons, Bbould the Italian monarch be actained at home from any cause, Pripce Humbert will represent his throne and house, Greece will send a delegate, The Sultan of Turkey will be the host of Bugénie ou her Way to Suez. The scene will be ennobiing, and the 24th of November rendered emphatically a “great @ay’”’ inthe history of the world, mankind, and waaterial progress by the opening of the work. THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ, through which the Suez Canal fe cnt, 18, a8 already described, that narrow RMeck of land which connects Asia with Africa, It measures about seventy-two English Miles in breadth and is pounded on the Bouth by the Gulf of Suez and on tne north by the Mediterranean, Its surface is saudy and for the Most part barren, The sand shifts, rendering travel Uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous, The laud is interspersed with some rocky emimences rising from salt marshes—geographically classed as the Bucient crocodile lakes—and fertilized merely by the Waters flowing from the inundations of the Nile. In the year 1840 Messrs, Stephenson, Talatot and Negret! Were commissioned by England, France and Austria © make a survey of the fathwus for pur- poses of canalization. They pronounced the scheme Jessible. In the year 1854 the work of traversing ‘We Isthmus crosswise by a railroad was actively commenced anda considerable portion of the work This isthmus, @ompleted, but the frequently varying esti- Reade which capitalists in Paris and mdon formed of the feasibiltly of such fanai delayed the finish of this work very eonsiderably, the actual result being mainly due to she energy and perseverance of M, Ferdinand de Leseeps, On the tethmus are found traces of an ‘@ncient canal—some say of canals—built in ages Jong past, with the view of connecting the Red Sea with the Meditesranecan, the tdea being, it 19 al- Jeged, a favorite one even tn the days of Ptolemy, | and the canal of Sesostris remainiog. Sues ta the first seaport town o. note in Egypt. It stands on the frontier, near tie head of the gul’ of the same Mame, ana is seventy-six miles east of Oairo, in latitude 29 degrees 68 minutes and 6 sec- onds north and longitude 22 degrees 24 minutes and 2 seconds east, The traveliers of many Eastern caravans find a resting place here, but as a general thing its accommodations are miseradle~even wretched, Its actual and resident population num- bere from 2,600 to 8,000 persons. The town contains @ dozen of more mosques and o custom house, the later building being likely t loom into much importance in connection with the great work which we propose to filus The town {8 enclosed by a wail, dp which a few pieces of cannoa are mounted, the | Whole oeing surrounded by entrenchmenta, The wountry lying immediately around Sucz ts @ Mesert, and food and water have had tn former ears to be brought to the people from long dis. and a muct inconvenience und cout. Pre- Pious to the attention of modera engineers being turned pointedly totue place ity ports could not re- ecive vessels of more tian sixty tons burden, and gteamers were forced to anchor at a distance of over two tiles from the town. Ite transit trade has been always extensive pnd vaiuublo, lying as it does ex- act in the highway between egypt and Wo Seirome East, and this uatural gravitston of tratie | Mt Was Which induced the first inception of the canal works, which have been advocaicd and encouraged at different periods by the aiany resident merchants and agents who were induced in the interests of i¢ opening of the overland route from Lurope w ia. BARLY EXPLORERS AND TRADERS. Historians, Givines and geographers assert that Whe leraciiies, og the “CURA” People, dusing tei fie cpenin to settie in the place, particuiarly since NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1869—TRIPLE | ¥ from Egypt, crossed the bed of the Red Sea aa aie Subecane ay. tue’ Jews and Pheenie u ni i conducted an teeensi trade on the Red Sea shores of Suez; and clans ine persian the sea resamed tts importance e empire 4s the princtpal route of traMe from Europe to the East, and vice versa. The sabsequent discovery of the passage around the Cape of Good Hope de- teacted from its lnpornnes considerably, and diverted the mind of the trading world in another direction fixedly for very Many years, under Et h sant aud the govespment patronage of Great rita. — OTHER PORTS AND SHELTER POINTS. the Red Sea has the ports of Massowanh, situated qq the Egyptian, Nubian and Danakie coasts, with thosé or Mocha, Hodelda, Loheia, Jeddo and Yembo on the Arabian aide, NATURAL IMPEDIMENTS AND THE SITUATION, impediments to any speculation in the latitude were found in former years mainly in the climate and the tidal action of the Red Sea, as the southeast monsoon biows constantly during nearly eight months of each year, the northwest monsoon pre- vatling to @ great extent the remaining four. rom the month of October to the month of May, during the prevalence of southerly winds, the water rises in the northern portion of the Red Sea, which thus attains an elevation much higher than that of the Mediterranean—a natural phenomenon, the effects of which will, it ig thought, be avated to a great ex- tent by the working of the Suez Canal, southern extremity the Red Sea communicates with the Indian Ocean by the Straits of Babelmandela; bifurcating in its norchern portion into the Gulfa ot Suez and Akabah, which thus enclose the Peninsula Of Sinai, ts depth ranges at an average of 100 fathoms, and the navigation has been already classed as dangerous in consequence of sudden changes In the wand and the uneapected advent of heavy gales, THE VENINSULA OF SINAT is located in Scripture history as the immediate scene of the wanderings of the Jews when in the desert, tts aiout 140 miles Jong, taking it from north to south, and of about equal extent in breadth, taken atils northern extremity. whence it tapers gradually southward towards Ras Movammed, 10 the Ked Sea, tm latitude 2743 north, and lougituae 8418 Cast, POINTS OF COMMERCE. Of the Suez Canal the chief points of embarkation and discharge for travellers aud merchaudise are Port Said, on the Mediterranean, and tne Red Sea Al @ point near Gebel Ataka on one side aud ‘aloses? Wells” on the other, Its trafic will help to revivily the shores of Lake Menuzaleh and the Bay of Peiu- sium, Lake Timsah, the Bitters Lakes and the Nile, besides waking up, agit were, the Land of Goshen and the D The raliread trom Alexan- aria to Cairo’ will give off a branch, eighty-four miles long, ranning from Cairo to Suez and connecung these ciues, while two her vranches—to be kuown as the Tanatic and au roads—will, tt 18 hoped, find the termini on the shores of Lake Menzailen, near Port Said. Port Said, un ruiern entrance of the cana’, is situated on the easiern shore of the Mediterranean, 124 imiles noria 01 eta. ‘The ca uzaieu), of of Suez, aud ol bt at its northera end. ULATION. 3 such as these already de through the union of 108 of @ canal, 38 weil as y consequences im we sustainment of 1 India, Induced many Bog- lishmen to weriis ald feasivilaty of such & Work Years previous Lo The neéyoulauolie Aud Cun Yerences between Napoleon iil. and M, de Lesseps on the subject. It was debated in the Loudon press and spoken of in Parhament, some of the plans assuming definitive form at a very early date. A sues Canal Company was s0vn organized in London. The pruject Was discouraged to tie fiancial column of the Lon. don Zines, Wuereupou One of the parties interested addressed a letter to the editor Of Uiat journal, in which be set forth many polats embracing tue views And proposed means 1 tie Uadertakers, ‘this gen. Ueman enumerated what had been accowplisoed with what was then propssed in the following words:—The capital expe 4 the Suez Vaual uae dertakings las beea cerived irow the fodowing sources:—" Capital, £3,0.0,0u,; iademnity puid by Viceroy, £3,360,000; sale of estate at Quady, £40,000. Total, £11,160,000, Of the 28,000,000 capil the Vice- roy holds two fifths, the mudemnity parchased tor the Egyptian government, tue territories ceded to the company aad tie {rest Water canal, It compen- sated the Company ior the loss of forced labor, and iusecured to tue Viceroy the favor oi the French Emperor wwards ajteriug the Egyplan suc. cession, It ig found reyisite to increase thig capliai by £4,000,000, which, it is though, wul see the company into a condioo when returns may be expecied. ‘Inus their capital 18 raised to £15,760,000, but it will be seen mterest Whi only have to be paid on £12,000,000." Relerring to the eifects of the hew transit route and the pro- posed means of the construction of the canal, we same writer said:—“I cannot agree tat the great carrying trade round the Cape of Good Lope will pe diverted througa the Istumus of Suez ‘ike busi- ness the canal may eventually expect will take years to develop. But the compuny may hope to monopolize the present trailo Wilich passes by Alexandria and Cairo to the East, and something more on sts Opening. | understand the French line of steam navigation—the Messageries linperiaies— were asked to estimate appromhnately what tt would save them if the canal was open to their sips, ‘Their answer was £120,000 per anuug. I believe alinost immediateiy ou the cunal being completed good working lines of railway Will be laid down be tween Port Said and Suez. Port sad 1s amore couventent harbor than Aicxandria. Bngland sends annually 10,000 troops anu Franve 2,00, tarough Egypt, and {suppose only those Who have made tie journey to India can at all appreciate wuat a benele Tor both passeugers and Luggage it would ve to escape the long railway jouruey Via Caro. Suvsidies irom governiments to companies suow ai unhealwiy existence, but at preseut we pay £490,000 a@ year for the wainteaance of steam commanicatious with Indie, If the canal proves itseif wortay, 1 think it oue of those cages where the dircct assisiance of the Western nations might be expecied.”’ Captain Inglefeld and Capivia Spratt, of England, as Wellas M. Lange, of Frauce, a already can- vaesed the merits of the underiaking aud published their opinions ou the subject. Ceryyuien wok part in the discussion, aud, a3 13 geuciaily usual With gentlemen of that ciass with rewrence to we great works of any age, for the most part in opposition to the work, ‘The clerical “stan ] sul” loea prevaient in Europe was at its beigat in the year 16u6, and may be embolied very appropriavey tn the language of @ hertfurdshire tucumbent, Who ad- dressed bimself to tae London anes thos:—"in your paper yesterday are two letters on the pecunt- ry prospects of the Suez Canai, ia answer 10 gn ar- ticie of the day before. Bota the writers, M. Lange, the director of the company, and Capiain jnygie- lield, have neglected to touch Upon that wilca is by lar (he most important poini—nawely, how the mouth of tue Cana! wich opeus into tue Mediterra- bean can be kept jrom slluay up by any expendi- ture whatever, Te real dilliculty, a3 Was poinied out ven years ago by Captain spratt 19 a series of aimi- rable papers, arises trom the predominance of west- hortowest Winds, The Nile streaia, met vy those at its embonchure, is tarned and deposits vast quant ties of sand along the ine of the coast easiward as fay a3 the sfoves of Syria. At right augies to the direction of Uhis mass of silt-bearlog Water (he piers Of Port Said Will ran out in @ comparatively shallow sea. The eflect of them will be precisely daalogous to that of the groynes which any excursionist may see on the Engdsh coast. After a moderate gate the windward side of tuem is piled with shingle. But heve the deposits are merely (he product of tue abraded coast. At Port Said, in addition to these, there Wil be the saud brougit down by the Mle at the Beason Of inandation—a season exactly Corres ponding with the Gime at Walch the wild im ques lion Is strongest and steadiest. itany Frencumaa is desirous of seeing in mumature a sainple of what takes place, wituout going so far from uume, let bua lake @ voyuge to Bons, in Algeria, ‘this was In the fiua century of the Cutisdan era a port accessible to seagoing ships, aud it would be Vaiuabie now 1f tt were possible to render gach agaln as aa outiet for the produce of the best portion of the Preach Airican dommious—the province of Consiaatine, But the silt brought down by the two littie rivers which enter tne sea there—the Seybouse and the Boujermas— have effectually closed their entrance to everything bur quite email coasting veesels; and even these to yet out to #ea, are Obliged Lo stand considerably to tie eastward in order Uo clear the extremity of the bar, Muitiply the effects produced here by very mauy thousands, and he Will have some notion of the ope- railon of the Nile stream ou Port Said, aad the con- quent prospects of @ profitable returh to the hold. ers of Suea Canal shares.” A FRENCH OPPONENT, Following in the same strain M. Amédée Marhean | pablished aa article in the Reeue Conteraporaine ot Paris, in witch he professed to examine tae advau- Wwges and drawbacks eitered by the caval. His pots | Of allegation Were to the effect that if distance only were W be taken into account taere coula be no question about it; but, “unlforvamacely,” he says, “there are meteorological considerations which, at certam points, will render the new route dificult for soiling Vessels, The winds of the Mediterranean and Ked sea, though favorable from March to October, will be the Contpary during Uke Winter season for tho out passage to India. ‘Tne opposiie will be the case for the Home voyage, It has been calculated thut te present average time required by te Cape of Good slope, starting from Caps Lizard, ig, in sume mer, 100 days for Ceylon, 107 for Singapore and 102 for the Straits of Sunda, By the suez Canal the figures wii be respectively 65,77 and 70 days, But in doubling Ute Cape the Vessel raved the ten franca | per ton it would nave to payin goiug by the canal, } witch, for @ ship of 660 tons, makes @ saving of 6,901, Now, the daily expenses of @ sailing vessel of that burden being 3401., the above sum representa ulnetecu days’ Navigation, a difference to be taken into account in calculating the relative distances of the two routes, [will then be found that during the wmiler season tho navantages oifered by the caual for tue Out passage are, owing to the moa- soon, tauch smailer thau in summer, For Java no | time at all will be gained either way, and for Ceylon | there wil be an actual loss of eleven days by Suc: Nevertheless, deducting these from the above nine- ia, of tue Bitter La Guise, The jevties commen MODERN Asia anticipa their pow! teen, the vessel going by the shorter route will sulil have arrived a week eurier than tue one that hing { doubied the Cape, and will thas be enavied to fore- Stall her competitor on the market, If, as usually the case, that be an object. But il, instead of @ satilag vessel, the craft bea mixed one of say 1,600 tons, niatter® will assume @ different aspect. The voyago by the Cape of Good Hope will last respectively seventy-seven, seventy-fve and seventy-one days; | by the canal, forty-three, fifty-four and flity-two; wne 10,0001. for tonnage dues will only represent sixteen daya’ navigation, at the rate of 1,0001, expenses per “ay, ag thut, whether in Winter OF pOIBM@eT. AUC ® a Lessepa consequently found easy access to the im- perial attention at bis very first move, as well as a ‘powerful advocacy sin In October, 1867, the first steamer passed ganal to Iemai in the year 1863 ¥, rr to the shareholders, which was printed in Paris abd arca- lated extensively, in the French, English and Ger- man languages, both on the Continent and in Great Britain, h Me Lewsey Spe ares of the four- in this paper M. Lesseps 8 fe ishing on ition of the Muances, and points out how the wishes of the Emperor have been al- ways with the company and the undertaking, which be comers of nih Caw care’ ter,” and accordingly itanc which government can ofan. ats) fe atindas to the state of the work, and repeats his statement that on the 1st of October, 1860, “the Egyptian Bog- phorus will be open for ali navigation,” ‘The ganl- tary condition of the isthmus is, hd excellent, the mortality being only 141, wh Ge It 1s 2.40 per cent. Contrary to all expectation, the pop- ulation of the isthmus on ins rapidly, in spite of the return to France of @ large nuwber of workmen whose part of the operation is com- leted, In 1865 there Were but 10,60) souls; in 1866, 605; in 1867, 25,770; and in 1868 there are 84,251, . de Lesseps next gives this welcome paragraph to his shareholders:—"This is the first time that a statewent of ‘protits’ appears in our annual report. These profits come from the "t of goods, tele- rapb, postal service, &c. The receipts ior 1867 were , 202, 722f, For the first three monthg of 1868 they were 644,961f. During 1867, 31,251 tous were transported. ‘The returns for the first four month of 1363 are 29,420!.; and 15,436 passengers have been carried during the latter period. The Abyssinian expedl- tion has benefited the company, as the canal has benelited the expedition, ‘The telegraphic system pays well and works well, M. de Lecueps gota despatch in Paris sent trom Ismailia, ana delivered in Clary square, rue Neuve des Mathurins, in two hours, ‘he property bought and renied by the com- puny 13 of great and daily increasing value, TRADE, TRAVEL AND PROFITS. Mr. Lange, English representative and director of the Suez Company, published @ Jetler lately on the subject of the expected traiiic of the canal, with its proits, in which he supplied the following figures Telative to tue forwarding ol merchandise and gene- raicargo, He says:—in condrmation of what 1 have already state reference to the Gespatch and care observed im the transit of merchandise entrusted to the sues Canal Oompany for conveyance from Port Said to sues, the following letter alluding to the transit of about 19,000 packages, deatined for tic Victoria Hospital, at Suez, im connection with the Avyssinian expedition, may be of some interest to your readers, “f further staced that a considerable Raving of expense, a8 Well as despateb, is secured by the canal route, With your peraission, I siall as brietiy as possible enumerate these advantages ‘Yhe rate for ail kinds of merchandise (cvals ex- cepted) irom Port Suid 10 Sues 18 25). per French ton; tor coals, 21f, per Freach ton of 1,0:0 kilogramimes, aud 20f, per ton for cargoes of 300 French tons, ‘Lo tars must be added the charges for joading or un- loading at Port said from siup ite the company’s barges, and vice versa, 2f. 76. per ton, and furtier 1, Toc. per ton Oa or from the quay at Suez—in ail 4f. Suc. per Preach ton, to the rates above named for “oruinary” merciandige and coals, I may mention that 1,000 tops of coals were being couveyed tarough the canal, from Fort Said to Suez, for accouat of the Peninsular aud Oriental Company, and arrangements entered mto ior the co veyance of 3,000 tons more, Tue omcial receipts unsing from wolls ending the isi Of Novewber last amounted to 1,050,221f. dic. Tuere are Uurtcen steamers monthly plyiug be- tween wort daid and Alexandria aud sixtevu be- tween Alexandria and Port Said; also Bix sieamers monthly vetween Suez, Hong Kong, Singapore, Pe- hang, Lombay, Calcutta, Madras, Australia, &c., thus fo.nlng a cuam of correspogding links between paras and the East through the Suez Canal, of Wich shippers can avail themselves for out and home shipmeuts. 16 is fully anticipated, according toine present rate at wuich the excavations ave being carried on, that the Suez Canal will be open for the unbroken je of large vessels on or be- fore the ist of October next year.’ Mr. J. Constable, Manager of works for the con- tractor, writes as follows concerning tie delivery Of hospital stures for the Abyssinian expedition:— ViotoRta Hosryrat, Suez, Dec. 24, 1868, ‘The goods and materials ex the Bionde, discharged ‘at Port Said aud deilvered to the Suez Canal Company, have been received here correct in number, in good condition and eu- tire,y to my satisfaction. ‘The barges were carefully loade und packed and the goods discharged quickly and well, the Dumber of packages belng as per recelpt—rig. 1.02, . CONSTABLE, Manager of works for J. Kirk, contracior, Woolwich, To the SUK CANAL UOMPANY, During the year 1568, 2,088 vessels, aggregatin: 674,048 tons Durden, arrived at Pore Sata" aud Hro,ous tickets were issued'bg the Transit Service. Accord- ing to the estimates Of M. de Lesseps, thig amount Wil be iacreased to 3,0U0,000 tons per aanum the first year aicer the completion of the canal, aud that, auring succeeding yeara, will be doubled. INTEREST AND ATTITUDE OF EGYPT—JUSTOMS DUES. In continuation of the subject of the rights and expecied proilts of the travel and trade of tbe canal we reproduce the folowing despatch, dated at Alexandria on the 7tu of November, 1363, and for- warded to Paris with the explanation appended. ‘The Grst despatch says:—“The suez Canal Compan huve veen iately mixed up tn some difticulties wiicl have arisen between the Egyptian authorivies and the merchants at Port Said. The facts of tie case ave as Lollows:—In the beginning of 1566 the Egyp- tan government, tinding tat goods to a large ex- teat were Imported inv Egypt via Port said free of duty, established a Custom House there. From that Lime UL lately tae dues were reguiarly levied Ou ail goods excepton those certified vy the agent of the company to belong to the Suez Canal Com- pony and required for the carrying on of the works. (a April last M. de Lesseps addressed a LETTER TO M, VOISIN BEY, chief agent of the company, Of which the following i3 an exact translation;— Pants, April 18, 1648, All that passes in transit or 18 consuuied on the Istumus is exempied from all duty, by means oc the charge in favor of the syyptian government of iicteen per cent on the proceeds Or tie Compauy duriug tue term of the graut.. itis au abuse to make private persons pay, as Ja dont at prevent, duty on any artlowe whatsoever consumed on the isthmus, but it Js for their Coasuls to complain, This letter was published by M, Voisin Bey at the Gifferent stations of the company in the form of a circular, M, de Lesseps, Wid in the meantime had Tevuracd to Egypt, addreased, on the fth August, 1908, a circular to the Consuls, enclosing & copy of his letter to M. Voisin Bey. ‘The following 18 @ trans- ladon of au extract of the documenti— omouLaR, The traMle between the two seas and the different work- shops of the isthmus increasing more and more, aud migane Gerstandings possibly arising tuat would require your inter» ference, {forward you, sir, tho diferent docuinents that determine the rights of the company—rights which it cannot give up without acting contrary to the terms of the grant that makes It law. Copies of these documents being communicated to his Highness, the Viceroy, by the ent, Cherif Pacha, his Highness tamediately invites le Les- Seps CO meet lim at Constantinople, to come to sound seitlement of the ‘quesiion, On the departure of M, d2 Leaseps rem Egypt the merciuants of Port Sat refused to pay duly on their goods, so the Custom House authorities sequesirated and put some in their stores, wuere they detained them til the 24th of August, when about fifiy Buropeans, merchants for the most part, of difereat nationalities, went to the Director of the Castom Honse and gave him to ucderstand thatif he did not give them up their goods they would take them by force. ‘The Director replied taat he had no adequate force at hand to re- pei Violence, but that he would not give up the goods willingly. On tis the Europeans forced tae doors of tie Custom House stores and took out tueir goods, The Governor of the town had arrived ‘On the spot tn the meanwhile, with a few cawasees (policemen), but the force at his disposal being very winall he contented huuseif with reporung the facts tw Cherif Pacha. , thia compitcated the question, but it was finally arranged between his Highness the Viceroy and M. de Lesseps that a commission nominated ‘in equal numbers by his Highness and the Suez Canal Company should meet in Egypt under the presidency of Server Kifendi (an oficial of the Subiime Porte) to determine on the exact meaning of ARTICLE XUL OF VHE ORIGINAL GRANT, dated Sth January, 1455, which is a8 follows:— The kg overnment exempts cunom Houre daty, eutry and cibe oN ackinery and articles whateoover that the company inay Jairoduce into xypt irom foreign parts for the wants of iis several sere Vices in course of constriction or working order, Server Effendi 1s known from nia having presided over the commission tiat met here to determine tho Suez Canal laud quéstion, Pending the decision of the commission the merchants witndraw their merchandise free of duty, SALUDRIOUS EFFECTS OF THE UNDERTAKING. One of the mo#t extraordinary efiects that could have occurred to the mind of the most studious has been experienced since the active operations of tie Suez Canal lave been commenced.- On the deser' where @ drop of rain was uever known to fall, ‘and where hundreds of travellers have formerly perished, with their beasts oi burden, for want ef water, now frequent showers are experienced, Salely heavy fogs have prevailed, which ure reported nearly aa dense aa those that visit Paris during the winter months, ‘These changes are attrivued to the nam- ber of trees that lave been planted along the line of the fresia water canal, which undoubtedly attract the molsture, The various stations Lave become BO many villeges and towns, and the houses in many cases are surrounded by Weicome airube, Flowers of ail descriptions now bloom and flourish In reyiong where formeriy the beast aud birle ol prey dared hot to enter. THE SULTAN AND THE SUL% CANAL, His Majesty ta be Presont at the Opening Preparations for Wis VisiimSutiafactory Relations With Viceroy, A letter from Constantinople, Correspondence, saysi— The Sultan hag decided that he wili preside at the opening of the Suez Canal; and we may be certain that his Majesty will neglect notitug to reveal hime welt to the be i fterirs in all the splendor of Lis o1 Ipotence, Minister of Finance lias alread: ecelved an oraer to place 12,000,001, at the disposal of the Treasurer of ‘whe Privy Parse, 1 can bardly venture to say that this sum will be devoted to the expenses of the journey, for it will very possibiy OUly HUice to RQet bie COW’A Of preparmlion for AB I the Northeast > Syl Plcions generated by hit tout among the European C101 eourus ire step has caused mores satisfaction 1D high reign clearly wenryigr cor erp for, ta re- ailty, ‘the government of Constantinople was not very anxious to be forced into the adcptica of ex- trems resolutions, A despatch of the Grand Vizier, agents auroad, with the view of eeaniy establahing wi view @ the rights of ‘the Porte over Egypt, snd 80 of ointing Out the serious inconsistencies the rince charged with the administration of that pro- vince, Was doubtless the motive of the communica. tion in which the Eorptian ruler protested his loy- aity and devotedness towards the Commander of the Faitntul. ‘The Ottoman Commissioners charged with the task of marking out the limits of the trontiers of Montenegro have written to Constantinople .y mori their government of their inability, by season of their instructions, to accede to the pretensions of the dick ezates of Prince Nichoiga. The PSrie snows itself very accommodating in reg) vo land boundaries, but will not cedé an incn of coast; while Montenegro 43 abOYS all anxious to “ave a footing in the Adriatic. Undér such clroums.ances, the question is not likely to be settled in 2 aurry, M. LE ViCOMTE FERDINAYD D= LESSEPS, M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the celebrated diploma- Ust and engineer, who is conducting the works of the Suez Canal, was born at Versaules, on Novem- ber 19, 1805, Iu the year 1628he was appointed at- taché to the French Consulate at Lisbon, and after holding various consular offices in Earope and the East was made Consul at Barcelona in 1842, During the bombardment of that city he distinguished him- self by his zealous devotion to those who sought pro- tection under the French flag. In the year 1864, when on @ visit to Mehemet Said, he opened his gigantic plan of cutting a canal across the isthmus to Said Pacha, and was by himinvited to draw up @ Memorial on thesubject, ‘Tis ne did under the uutle of “Percement de Iisthme de Suez exposé, et agcuments oficiels.” In 1864 ne received a reply pauctiomiug the enterprise, and in tie year 18060 Jetter of concession was yrauted by tue Viceroy of Exypt. The work was commenced soon aiver the culupahy Was consticuted, im tood. Ov tue death of tue lace Pacha of Hgypt in 1503 tue question of the sunctiod Of the Ottuuian Porte Was more actively discussed, and the right of the Sultau to grant it for- inaily insisted upon. ‘The result was tue withdrawal of the permission to the company to hold any portion -of dgyplian territory, isventualiy the claiua Of (he company tO Compensation Was left to the arbitration of tue Emperor Napvloon, who in posed certain conditious Of boLO parties, and the work Was allowed to proceed, A canal, With snifl- cleat water to ailuw the passage oi sveamboats, was opened on August 15, 1805, Jt 1s reported tuat on tue Oilicial Opening of the Sues Canal, in November next, the Huaperor ofthe Preach wii Confer the tine of Duke of Suez on M. de Lesseps, i coummenora- lion of the great uadertal ing tut be has so succeas- fully compieied, ANGIENT AND MODIRG CANALS, ‘The facilities obtainable by water communication were weil understood by the ancients, aud the origi- nal idea of constructing @ canal across tae Isthmus of Suez, connecting We Red Sea with the Mediter- ranean, was carried into effect during tho reign of Rameses If, King of Egypt. Subsequent changes of government, foreign mvasion and internal dim. culties, however, caused tiis stupendous work to failinto decay, Several successive attempts to re- estabiish 1b were made at various periods, but eventually even the traces were wit diiicuity to be found, Even the Chinese, so oft classified by historians among the barbarians of the universe, had their canal, Which was cous‘ructed upwards of 600 years ago. The Imperial Canal is remarkable for its di- mensions and for the boldness of its execution. In length it is 600 Jeagues and runs north from near the city of Canton, The averaye breadth ts about 262 feet and the depth about sixteen anda half feet, and 1g crossed in the eatire distance by 331 pridges re- markable for the beauty of thetr construction, Dur- ing the present period seve. ai portant canals have epraug into existence, tie principal of wich are:— The Noord Kanaal, running trom Amsterdam to Nieuwe Diep, in Holland, whica has ao average breadth o1 124 fect and a depta of twenty-three fect, ‘The Caledonian Ci that divides Scotiand be- tween tue Fria of Forth and tie mouta of the river Ciyde, 18 one of the gigantic Works ol the modern ages, although the lengtu is comparatively short being under tity miles. ‘Lhe breadth is 132 feet an the depth twenty-two feet, The chief canals in America are the Chesapeake and the Erie, the former of wiich connccts the river Ohio with Cacsapeake bay, aad the latter opens out > ee between iiudsen river and tne Jakes. * Various large projects are in contemplation at pre- seni, the most notabie of which ure:— The Canal da Midi, wuica is intended to cut through between tue ports of Marsetles and Bor- deaux, and avoid the passage Via Uibra.tar, Which will shorien the voyage of salllng vessels by some 2,000 miles in disiauce and by al average of forty days in tine, ‘The canal across the Isthmus of Corinth, connect- ing the lonian Sea wita the Arcuipeiago, was con- templated by the ancient Greeks and s.omaus, Who made several meifectual attespts to realize 1. ‘The governuient of Greece Is nuw studying tie questiun, aoe wiilere long, douotiess, commence active ope- rations. Tae great scheme of the day, and that which Mostly interests tue American uations, ts doudtiess that of constructing a caaai ciarough the isthmus of Darien, in order to connect the two great ovcans— the Atlantic and Pacific, Several projects nave been brougut vefore the public, aad we way soon hope that a decisive and eilectuai one wil ba adopted, Tos engueeting skill and tue dar.ng of the Aineri- cans are proverbial aud when a ieasible pian can be BubIMILCed the necessary Capital will svou be offered by thousands who are always Will.ug to support an enterprise of such Vast im, ortadce LO the progress of our commerce, EGYPT, ANCIENT The hietory of Egypt divides itself into six great periods:—1, the Pharaohs, or native kings; 2, the Persians; 3, the Ptolemies; 4, the Romans; 6, the Araba; 6, the Turks, The main facts of its history under the Pharaous are derived from the Scriptures, the Greek writers Herodotus, Diodorus and Eratosthenes, some fragmeuts of the writings of Menetho, an Egyptian priest, and hireoglyphio inscriptions on the temples, tombs and the buiid- dugs ofancient date, ‘he Scrip.ures inform us that the Hebrew patriarch, Abrabamw, was driven to take reiuge Ia Egypt on account of a famine that pre- vatled in Canaan, and then found it ruled by a Pha- roah, Joseph, afier having been sold as a slave, became prime minister to oue of the Pharoahs; and later, When the descendants of bimseif and his father Jacob amouuted to some three millions, they re- volted under Moses and leit the country, in order to conguer ihe land of Canaan. This event occurred somewhere about the year divi ub. C, Friendly re- latuons were kept up between tie Hebrews aud the Egyptians uatil the year vy b. U., Wueu Shishak, king of Egypt, conquered aud piuadered tue otly of Jerusalem. Tue turee great pyramids were built by the kiugs Cheops, Cepiiren aud fycerinas, Previous w tie conquest of Egypt by Alexauder the AND MODERY, Great the hiswry is very conwaulewry, and nearly ull ile writers ‘vary in telr ae- counts, The eutry of Alexander Into Egypt Opened out a period of progress aud welfare, and the city of Alexaudria, loupaed by lim, s000 decal the emportum of the commerce of eastern Medilerrancan. After the death of Alexander Egypt was ruied by the Pto lemies, and in the reign of the twelfth of that dynasty waa reduced toa Roman province by Au- ustus Oxesar, in tae year 30 B. U. For upwards of aree centuries it reuiained subjected to the Romans, and was the ep sf from which the indolent ito- mans drew their dally bread. In the year 340 A, D. the Uhri-tiaus of Egypt triumplied over the pagans, and then foliowed @ series Of peilsious contests that lasted upwards of three ceifturies, After Lavi been subjected tw the ravages caused vy the oul. OAKS OF MoiAMMedauisn Ib Was Conquered in 640 by Ainron, one of Caliph Omar's generals, in tie year 0 {t.was conqucred by Moes, oue of the ka- Umite Caliphs, wito built the city of Cairo and there estabitsied the deat of iia government, to 1245 the couulty Was successively invaded by the Crusaders, which ended in the de teat of Louis X., of *France, who was conipelied to capitulate alter lostug 30,000 men, comprising the fower of the Freach nobility, At tne clove of the fourteenth century whe Circassians conquered the country, Who, in taeir turn, were driven off by the Ottoman Sultans in the year 1617, wader Selim L, who reduced it to # furkish province. For two cen+ tucies the Turkisir pachas raled the country, which, to that short period, lost all that it had formerly Gained. in 1763 the Mameiukes, under All Bey, Uirew off the Turkish yoke, and for the term of four years Egypt wae subjected to civil war between the Various factions of the conqnerors. ‘Then followed the French invasion, under Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1798, who heid tie country tl his expulsion, in 1801, by the British army, under Generais Aber- crombie and Hutchinson, 1a 1905 Mehemet All, aa Albanian adventirer, was elevated to the post of ha. He introduced great reforms, covertly. in ae army and navy, aod en; many American aud European ovicers. Commé¥ce again flourished, and the population of Aloxaparta increased tentol under his reign. On account of old he abdicated in favor of his son in 1848, who died within two From 171 months, and in turn wae succeeded by his nephew Abbas, The later died, it is sap) by vivleut means, ip 1854, Whea Said Pacha, tho fourth son of Mehemet Ail, succeeded to the Viceroyalty, who, iyokear pees gmat el ° noted ‘the? commercial interests of fie country, end wae suc. ceeded vy hia brother Ismail Pacha, who pies the thyme wi the preseut moment, be the Of Yicce Het mE es mm fa ine ato Wing amolate bo ; Siseroy Ie a toae of high intellect, eee @ man in power who had the tion aud the power to so effectually assist hii THE FRENCH CABLE. ‘The Western Préés Sptakiug Out. item tne Cinolmnata Oommercial, July 20.) _ Ove golem neighbor, the Cincinnatl Gazetc, has @n Yapression that no doubt, to the depth of ite, delicate and profound convictions, that it will be & feartul thing to let France in upon us through an ocean cable before our mighty Congress has given ita formal permission. A copper wire waghing 400 pounds to the mile, attached to France, must not be mserted in the shore of Massa- chussets without permission of Congress. There is a deal in your copper wire waning 400° pounds to tl mile. The Emperor 0! France, being at one end of it, might inject a large amount ol imperialism into this country unbeknowan to itaelf—as Mr. Lincoln mnight have said, but proba: bly did not say. ‘there are two conditions that are, in the judgment of the Cincinnats Gazette, indispe: sable to granting permission to suck one end of a copper wire high gi 40) pounds to the mile into the sacred soil of Massachusetts while the other end remains in France. The first the Empe- ror, or the French government-—which 18 pretty nearly the same thing—raust mot ex- ercise censorship over the telegrams, The second is, that we must be at liberty to lay a return cable when we please, We pappone the porsieplans and often intangible article of statesmanstip must be largely, eeeacnt in these suggestions. in the firat place the French government exercises its authority in the censorsiiip established over the public press and the telegrams of the French empire. Tis 18 done day and vight, We do not get any telegrams trom Paris now that have not been passed by the censor, and we cannot get them trom France with- out a change in the imperiat Fousy: Ifthe cable were free to Brest nothmg could get there without the permission of the French govern- ment. The demand, thereture, that we shail wait for freedom to ail manner of despatches 1s pract- caily that we shall await the downfall of the rrench empire before Lape ourselves to communicate with the European continent througn lrauce, We would not better our coaaition by refusing to allow the French cable to toucir our shores. ‘The “etete us Of Kurope” have controlof tue Kaglisa and we gel exactly the intelligence that ine oitciais—that Is to say the “minions of despot- ibm—allow us, The U ing certain is unat with a competing line of ocean cable the prices of des- ppecnee. Would come down, and the ciroulauon of ateliigence increase, ‘That Would be hard for the despotisms, Of course, bat we, as free men of the first water, ougut to be able to stand it for alittie while. The polut that we must demand perwission to lay a cable to France wul be apprecinted by our capitalists who Want to go into the cable business: and by no others, When our cable cviupany 18 formed and the cable is made we will begin to look about on that sabdject. If France would nos let us touch der classical shores with our copper wire Spain might not object, and as a last resort we cvula ap- peal to the Hon, Samuel Sheltabarger, wiio 1s regu- luting our relations with Portugal. ‘The plain fact is that the only parties upon earth interested in pre- hog 2 the completion of the French cable are those interested in maintaining the present mo- bopoly. [From the Vincinnati Enquirer, July 29.) We observe that some questions have arisen be- tween our government and France in reference to the permission to land the cable upon our shores. ‘The exception taken is the permission given to the French government to have tie censorsiup over tue wirea. We consider this a small maiter. {n case of war we could seize our end of the cable, and in time of peace the censorship would, so far a3 We are con. cerued, amount to nothing. Until our capitalists build a telegraph of their own 0 Europe, we ought not to be sticklers against those lines which foreigy- oo establish on our shore. In the language of 0pe:— ta Speed the awift intercourse from soul to soul, And wait a algh Irom Indus to the Pole, ‘The French Cable in the East. {From the New Haven wpe July 20.) The pero (Fish) seems be confident that because the bi assed the Senate it expresses the poling, which will be adopted by the government, We are inclined to think that the whol: thing was done tn the interest o1 the Newfounuiand line, to Scare Off the new cable. We recollect tnat the Hoa, Mr. Starkweather, of Norwich, a year or two ago, and just prior to the Connecticut election, in- troduced @ resolution in the House to pay the expenses of certain Fenlans tmprisoued in England, The bill the House and was used as an electioneering dodge by the radical party m this State. but it was never heard of in the Senate. This trick of passiug a bill in one branch of our National Legislature for eifect, and killing it in the other, 1s very old. According to Mr. Fish’s statement, there 18 no law against the landing of the French cable at Duxbury. So long as that is the case, we cannot imagine what concera it is of this officer. He should execute the taws, attend to his own business, and not be writing letters pre- dicting what Congress will or will pot do. If he has nothing more bnportaat on hand, we kiudly suggest that the Alabama claims are not yet setticd. Toere is a Held for him, and when Congréss mects again it will atiend to legisiation, The Brench Cable In Chicago—Proposed Celes bration in Honbr of Its Success, {From the Chicago Post, Juiy 19.) At a mecting of citizens held at the Tremont House, W. E. Doggett was cailed to the chair aud L. H. Frechette appointed secretary. On motion of General Davis, the following reso- lutions were adopted:— Whereas the cable from Brest has been safely landed at the tsland of St rre, and communications by telegraph will soon be perfected betwocn Contiaental Europe wud the United states; Resolved, That it ie the sense of this meeting that an cveut so niynificant in the history of the world, and traagit wi such important cousequencus, suould be ‘appropriately rated in this city, Resolved, That a committee of thirty, of which the chatr- man of this meeting shail be chairman, be appointed te per- Joct arrangements for such celebration as soon aa the calle shail have veeu completely iald nud commuufeatious ye suo- ceancully opened, sald committee to be appointed Oy the The following named gentlemen were then aj betes & commitiee of arrangements, viz:—W. 1. ett, Consul of Tarkey; EB. Cariey, Consul of Fra H. ©, Ciausenius, Consul of Prussia; G. L. Cell sul of italy; Dr. J. F. Henrottu, Consul of lum; Henry Haas, Consul of Mollaud; Henry Enderis, Consul of Switzerland; Louia Boerlta, Vice Consul of Switacrland; Dr. Peterson, Consut of Swe- den; Goneral E. 8. Salomon, A. C. Hesing, Peter Hand, Dr. Ernst Schmidt, Henry Greenebaum, Geo, Senneider, fa. Gueroult, Aymar de belloy, A. Gagne, L, H. Frecheite, Louis Sapieba, F. Charirand, Geo. DeLoynes, A. Zorra, A. Gueralll, Iver Lawson, Hon. J. Y. Scammon, Hon. £, 8, Wiiliama, 0. 1. Farwell, General Anson Stager, C. B. McUagy, Hoa. Tho: Hoyne, W. K. Nixon, Ch. Randolph, Goneral Has- brouck Davis, Lion. Theo, Shintz, Hon. Wm, Bross, Colouel L, H. Whittiesey, ©, L. Wilson, Esq, Johan B. Drake, On motion of Mr. Henrotin, the following persons were appointed @ committee to secure a hail for tie celebration, and to report to the General Commit teo;—E. Cartey, G, L. Velia aud Geo, DeLoynes, On motion of Mr. DeLoynes, the folowing named gentiemen were appointed a committee ou tnance:— #. Carrey, G. L, Cella, 2.8, Salomon, G. Bb. Drake aud W. &. Doggett, The meeting was then adjourned to meet at the Tremont liouse, at half-past seven P. M., next Wed- nesday, When all ine metabersa of the Coinmittee of Arrangements are desired fo be present. TEXAS. Tho Prospect of the Cotton Crop. GALVESTON, July 16, 1869, In my travels I found the cotion and corn crops looking well everywhere—the corn made or beyond danger, ani the cotton promising a large yicld, the planting having been largely increased, partioularly fn Limestone, Navarro and Ellis, Up to this time no actual Monang has been done by cotton worms, they having been reported only in a few locatilie: Poh a8 a Matter, Of course, If is too carly to expec! muc! eg from the worm; but bearing in mind the injury of the past three years, we have much to appreiiend and must not be astonished if the ‘The planting ta same camage yet awaits the crop, the, State is in mny opinion fifteen to twenty per cont more of cotton than Inst year, and probably suMcient to prodice o crop to come to the Texaa Gull ports of 160,000 to 180, bales, provided the worm does no materia! dainage, and it should tura out that the loss by floods in the Culorado and Brazos rivers has not been greater than | expoct, In pn A wad Tam looking forward for 4 fair crop, antl active business the coming season for Calyeston, as Well as a state of gromperity, for Texas not Welore charactertatic of It, Tne ‘health of the city and country both good, THE WEW YORK HERALD IN WASHINGTON TERAITOAY, {From the Olympia (Washington Torrtioryy Pacific ‘Tribane, July 8) We have been for some months in recelpt of the New York Daity HERALD a8 an exchange. Its @ tripie sheet of twelve pages, eight of which are oc- cupied almost exclusively with news matter from all quarters of the globe. Now that tne completion of the raliroad bas brought the metropolis ol the Continent within a fortnight of Puget Sound the HERALD has become juvaluable as a medium of news, much of which possesses the freshness of that which comes to us over the wires. As & newspaper It 18 without A rival in tne world, a position which it has earned by the superior enterprise of its mana ers. In the voluntary tender of au exchange for Paciflo Trivune we have an example of tue Means by which the HERALD has atiained its extra ordinary circulation and popularity; for the secret Of its success Lies in the liberality of its proprietor, Who has spared neituer pains nor expense in the offort to farnish his patroug with the eariiest and most reliable intelligence, A wonderful amount of | labor and industry are exhibited in Ics news cultunng, while tho higheat ability characterizes its editorfaii No man who would be thorou informed of cut. Tent eventa eine. worl can ‘aitord to be midhgue tip New FOuK LiphalD. “Byoth's theatro.....+.ssee see The following tables show the gross | the different railroad and stage lines pepe amusement, together with one ferry company and the amount of gas in cubic feet consumed in thig city in the month of June, 1869;— RAILROADS. Iton rallrond Bleecker street and Ful Fpltecs $29,030 Central Park, North and East rivt avenue - road. ae - us Wastivorty second and Grand street raiiro: 81,7 Hudson river Ratiroad, . te New York, Harlem and ‘th New York and New Haven railroad. Lh Second avenne ratiroad 51, ‘Third avenue railroad. Nintn avenue rail . TOA). ...cesereeersssens saeeee STAGE COMPANIES, Ridiet’s (Bioomins ever " Broadway, Lighth strect and Greenpomt Stage Company. ebb eaweacaviet ‘Twenty-third street ana Ninth avenue Stage —— TOD. cee eeseeceesesseerecsetessssenseeess oo 819/920 AMUSEMENTS, . bare Fitch avenue theatre (16 days) Olympte Waveriey wery .. ee Theatre Comigue.. Nivlo's. sence New York Circus Burreli’s - thoati ‘third avenue. Van Amburya & Co, CONSUMPIION OF GAS. Name of Company, Metropolitan (as Company. Mantattaa Gas Company. Harlem Gas Company.. New York Gas Company. TOUAl. .cesseecsevscenes seveseer FERRY COMPANY. New York, Brooklyn and Grand street Ferry Company .. THE TUNCK STABQING AFFLAY. Axte Mortem Strtemert. On Tuesday night Coroner Flynn proceeded to the house No. 4 Petham street and took the ante mortem statement of Jotun Tunck, the English Jad, seventeen: years of age, who was dangerously stabbed in the side on Monday evening, as heretofore reported in the HERALD. Below wili be found the injured boy’a statement:— Lust evening, about nine o'clock, my father had dispute with some men at No, 247 Cuerry street, . Went to assist my father. I nad a fight with one the men named Sullivan, pane We fight Lk my hat; about an hour after that I met Dick Har) again at No, 247 Cherry strect, and asked him f my bat; he said if it Was mine to come and take It; Fi wentover and put up my hand to take tot head; he mace a stroke at me; 1 struck back ab hu when he drew a kutfe aud stabbed mo side and ran off up the alley. way. $ A verdict was recorded againat Hurley, who ia or atlarge, he having escaped immediately atter occurrence, Tunck’s wound is dangerous, but he may posaibly recover, tn the Lei POLICE TRIALS. Commissioner Manterre held court yesterday morning. ‘the following charges against police. men were tricd:—William A. McKenzie, Fortys elghth preciuct, neglect of duty; fined twa days’ pay. Patrick Flavagan, Twenty-seventh, off post, referred to Board. George A, Ranor, Fiftieth, neglect of duty; two days’ pay. Amelia Stewart com+ plained of oficer Maloney for improper conduct im shutting a door in her face while sie was wage AS stairs of ber apartment and crushing her foger the door, The atiray Ww out of Soule mnisunder> standing tn relation to defendant's children, The case Was adjourned to enable the lady to brit nesses, Cord Wiikivs, Forty-ninth, neglect o! reprimanded. John Kelly, CT pene of duty; fined two days’ pay. Silah Hosiord, Twen- ty-eighth, off post; two days? Henry Os ‘tweniteth, of post; two days’ pay. Walter H Sixtecnth, off post; referred to Board. James Conklin, Fourteenth, not foand on post; three days’ pay. ‘Thomas Gibney, Eighth, was complained y & lager beer saloon keeper in Prince st ag in the habit of bim iree cigars, which he gave him; on@ day he reiused to give the usual cigar, nnd at night colnpiainant Was sitting at his own door, when cjuboed him, and said he would knock tls head o if he suould sit down again; adjourned for teatle mony. Ollicers Murphy, Grier, Monell, MoGintys, Kerns and Lambrecht, of the Fifth, failing to discover a burglary committed on their post, between the 34 and sth of July; referred to Board, Oiicers Grier and Cook, Fifth, same coms jaint; referred to the Koard, Thomas Shalvey, econG, olf post; fined two days’ pay. Benjamin Christopher, Fourth, off post; flued two days’ pay. Tie MUTIIY AT SING SING PAISON, With few exceptions the convicts who huve beey undergoing punishment for participation iu the late révoit at Sing Sing Prison are now subdued, and are profuse in their promises of future good behavior, About dfty of the ringleaders have been singled out, and will remain in lose confinement Ail of the remaining mu*tnous men, except twa quarry companies who first refused to work, were taken out yesterday morning, and before proceeding to thelr allotted task’ were addressed by the agent, ‘who tn a jew sentences informed them that they haq noW ah opportunity of showing the contrition whi many of them professed to ieel, aud all those Who were still revoltous to stand ont from their companions. To this none responded, cack one ‘apparently catisied to be again out of hie cell, with @ prospect of appeasing Lis bunger with full rations, They were also informed that hereafter the prison rules would rigtdi enforced, and _ that the bibach of disclplive in the fature, would be met promps pumsament of the offender. It is the tn jon of the prison officials to release the quai ering about seventy five men, to- thus virtually ending the mutiny, as ail the Fevolterd will then bave resumed Work except ihe titty before ailuded to, who will be kept ta solitary confinement for some tine. Another convict escaped on Tuesday night from the prison and bas not yet been recaptured, Teil OLE STABBING AFFRAY IN CHICAGD, Sad Resniz of a Fend Between Neighbors. (Frow the Chicago Ttines, July 19.) At about eleven o'clock on Saturday evening @ very sévere, and perhaps fatai, stavblag affray oo- curred at we corner of Gurley street aad Biue Island avenue. jlo parties congerned ore Patrick MoGiny ney, the assuliant, and one Michael G. Loy, restdh at No, 170 Hiizaveth stveet. Tue former resides No, 16 Hops sireet. ‘The cause of the bloody affair is said to have b from some old iaunly jeud existing between the tw families, and tie circumstances are denied sub. stantially as io|lows:— 1t appears that the McGinney and Loy families ere nel“hbors ip Ireland, and alter ree to tuis city setilod not far from one anothor on Ho, ted, a famiiy feud has long ex! becween the two familics, traceable from no cause, fd set except mutdal displeasure, The tien hands, nun! jad each threatened the other with some dire ity; but if Was never positively known that ifjury was done by the one to the other, except ‘haps trivial damage from occasional fist encoun, ters, Avout six years since, however, young Made threats agains, life of the elder MoGtuney who shortly siterward disappeared in & Manuer and us never been heard of since. This i Lost Loy had aif the McGinney family Co bel his threats into execution, ThO situation between the two familtes rem Much the same, however, and latteriy threw the two young mon first snentiol Trequeatiy inio contact, both being bt in Workiag on the river dock at the saine locality. On Saturday evening they chauced to mect 14 G08. loon at the corner ef Liope strevt aud blue avenue. Bowl had been drinking, and witle i the Saivou drank several times together, Under the circumatances it is not surprising that # dispute a4 finally @ quarre: saould arise between them. Wii the row was progressiag Loy 1a said to bat to McGinuey, with an oaih, “I will 0x you i our father.” ‘ihe proprietor then ejected both he combatants, and the seat of war Was changed. MeGtaney, it ia sald, then tollowed Loy to the ner of Guricy street and Blue Isand avenue, where he stabbed tho latter very severely three times, once each in the neck, arm and baths A Ia the meantune, the mother of McGinuey, rosidii hear the #aivon above mentioned, hurried to 4) plac? where (ue quarrel was in progress, and be- sought her son to be bie but t0 no purpose, Wi he drew his kuiie aud rr upon his opponent th O10 jady stepped ia between them and received the blow of tie Kuile upon her wrist, severing an artery, Ht Was somo Vuse dotore Medical ABsistaLce Was we. ured for ier, and ab first tt was thought that th other would tiv from loss Of blood, hut i ts no thonght that sie will recover, though lying 1 a very Precarious condition. Loy was taken to his home in a very oritical atate, the Wound in the abdomen betgg of such a natu that hia life In oven HOW devputred of, ‘Tac best, ey by wn topaeie rested by oMcer a a t Epingon aud w LW Cuba bt Las Union stfeot aims