The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1869, Page 6

ah ot at NEW YORK HERALD, NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Letters and packages should bo properly sealed. » Allbusiness or news letter and tolesraphic despatches must be addressed New York Herat. Rejected communications will not be re- » 206 Volame XXXIV. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EF remiss COMIQUE, 5M Broadway. —-Hanp¥ ANDY— LOHARD 111. ae MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tuk SPGOTACULAR BWALRAVAGANZA OF SINBAD THE Salon. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.—fiocoae Drcoony Doox. WAVERLEY TIHFATRE, No. 120 Broadway.-MooNn CHARM—TWeNTY MINUTES WiTH A TiGkR. 'H’S THEATRE, 23d at, bets Sth and 6th a eere's Tet ween an ave. WALDACK'S THRATRE. Broadway aut it street. — Tas i@ SxRIKE—BLAOK-EyEp SO6AN. BOWERY THEATRE, Savannau—Laaie Eve. arr. OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Eighth avenue and atreet.—SATAN IN Paris. Bowery.—Titt Cui.p OF THE WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thicttoth street ang Broadway.—Afternoon and evening Performance. IRYANTS’ OPERA HOUSE, Tanmiay Building, Mth diet eriusras MINSTRELSY, 40. QENTRAS. PARK GARDEN, 7th av., between 58h and BO ate,—VoruLaR GaRvEen ORR, HOOLEY'S OPERA HO MINSTRELS Tur RED GNowR, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— SOMRNOK Ax) Ant. Brooklyn.—HOOLRy's F ANATOMY, 620 ENDANCE, eee MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Dai.y HERALD will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month, The postage being only thirty-five cents a quarter, country subscribers by tts “arrangement an receive the HERALD at the same price it 1s furnished in the city. "3 THE HERALD IN BROOKLYN. Notice to Carriers and Newsdealers. Buoogtyn Carriers AND Newsmen will in fature receive their papers at the Branca Orrice ortne New York Hexarp, No. 145 Fulton etrect, Brooklyn. ADVERTISEMENTS and Svpscnivtions and all Fetters for the New York Henatp will be Seceived as above. THE NEWS. . Europe. The cable telegrams are dated July 24. Martial law has been proclaimed tn Spain. . The Austrian Reichsrath Committee on the budget as reported against abolishing emvassics at Rome @nd minor European capitals, , A Dill will shortly be introduced im the Bavarian Diet for the legal recognition of marriages of Bava- rians in the United States. The prospects for tie pas- Bage of the bill are good. Cuba. A prociamation enforcing De Roda’s policy has been issued by General Puella at Puerto Principe. General Letona intends returning to Spain. South America. By the Atlantic cable we learn that Lopez, of Paraguay, 1s ina strong position in the mountains t and has 5,000 men. - The revolution in Uruguay conti President has again marched to atts Sandwich Islands. Our fHonolulu letter ts dated July 3. The isiand ‘was excited over the expected visit of the Duke of Edinburg. Much speculation is afloat as to the ac- tion of Minister Pierce, whose arrival 1s looked tor with considerable interest. Business is exceedingly dull, and (he cause is said to be the reported col- a lapse in the San Francisco sugar market, almost the ‘entire business of the city of Honoluiu being de- pendent upon the Canfornia sugar merchants. Much sickness prevails and the mortality among natives 1s unusually large. Itis believed that the next cen- » gus will show a marked decrease in the aboriginal race. es, and the Jarabello, The French Cable. Messages were sent direct from the Cable House at Duxbury to Brest yesterday, the St. Pierre station being cut out. No public messages, however, will be sent until next week, as the present are only ex- periments by the contractors to tuorougily test the insulation, A celebration of the event will take th . 5 asain Miseelinneons. 3 President Grant 18 still at Long Branch with his ) family and has been again joined by ex-Secretary Borte. Ex-Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, is added to the umber of notabilities now sojourning in Caliiornia orupon the far West coast. The negro lawyer Vashon, who was recently ad- mitted to the bar of the Criminal Court in Washing- ton, Conducted his first case yesterday and ‘ost it, Two young ladies named Turner, of Charlestown, Mase., and two sons of Rev. Mr. Libby, of Auburn, Me,, were drowned yesterday afternoon in Lake Auburn, by the sinking of a boat in which they were ealling. 3 , Secretary Boutwell has written a letter to Colonel Stokes, radical candidate for Governor of Tennessee, expressing his interest in Stokes’ success, and con- Gemning the republican supporters of Senter as Maving become allied with the enemies of their own ‘party. 1 @eorge W. Clark, the newly appointed Collector of Charleston, 8. C., demanded possession of the oftce po Thprsaday from Dr. Mackey, his predecessor, who 4s a strong carpet-bagging republican. Mackey re- ¥ te give it up and forcibly ejected Clark, who i had him arrested, and while he was in took possession of the office, and still retains ‘The friends of the claimants met on Friday night and had a general set-to, in which, however, nobody ‘was bart. The City. The @xcurstonista who left Sacramento, Cal., at wix o'clock Saturday morning, July 17, arrived in ‘Ubis city a few minutes after eight o'clock yesterday morning, making the trip, without change of cars, An seven days and two hours, including a long stop- page at Promontory Point and other detentions. Some of the passengers sailed for Europe yesterday morning on the St. Laurent. Mr. Aaron Lang, a merchant a ). 383 Broadway, himself at Lis residence on Fifty-fifth street y morning. The caase of the suicide ts sup- to have been the 1088 of $1,000 In a real estate t ‘A Bing Sing convict, recently released, gives his of the causes of tho recent revolts in Sing prison in a communication to the HERALD to- He says the keepers are all democrats and me been appointed to their places since Gover. Hodman’s election, to succeed republicans, and ‘Very cruel to the inmates, ‘Tho offal boat in Gowanus Bay baa been ordered to disinfected immediately and removed a8 goon a6 for the leading rallway shares. Gold advanced to} a ite head, but the Popedom in its ancient sense is doomed, and no power in Like the monarchies of Europe, the temporal power and closed at 1364. The aggregate amount of business consummated in commercial circles yesterday was only moderate, though some of the markets exhibited considerable activity. Coffee was dull and nominal. Cotton was only moderately sought changed in value. On in active demand and femer, advanced 1°c, a 20c, per bbl, Wheat was in active request both Lor export and speculation, and prices appreciated 1c. a 3c, per bushel, Corn was active for consumption and speculation, and prices were 2c. a Sc. hither, closing at $110 bid for prime mixed. Oats were quiet at former prices, Pork was more sought after and firmly teld, while beef and lard were quiet, but steady, Naval stores were dull, but unchanged. Petroleam—Crude, in butk, was firm at 17\¢ce. a 17\4c,, while refined was moderately active and firm at S20. Whiskey was a trifle firmer, Prominent Arrivals tn the City. Ex-Governor M. Weeker, of Ohio; B. Bigelow, of Massachusetts; Paymaster Horace Candee, of Lon- don; General £. T. Hutebinson, of Yale; State Sena- tor W. W. Hegeman, of New York, and Captain 5. B, Merrill, of New York, are at the Motropolitan Hotel, General Sherman and daughter; Captain Cole, of Providence; W. W. Wing, of Detroit; General W. Cowies, of the United States Army, and Senator Cole, of California, are at the Astor House, Colone! Stewart and Major F. Taylor, of the United States Army; Professor Williams, of Cambridge, Mass., and Captain Donaldson, of Toronto, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Ex-Goveruor W, Dennison, of Ohio; Colonel J. B. Harris, of Pennsylvania; ©. R. Grigga, of illinois, and H. ©, Lord, of Cincinnatt, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. The Appronching General Council at Rome. It does not appear that the Ecumenical Council of which We have been hearing so much for the last eighteen months is not to be held, as rumor had it two weeks ago. Preparations in Rome and especially in St. Peter's church go on apace, and interest in the Council becomes at once more general and more intense as the day of moaoting draws near, Seats have been prepared for eight hundred and fifty bishops and some seventy cardinals; and while the Protestant world looks on the whole affair with some ndifference and with a certain amount of con- tempt, the Catholic world is split into two hostile divisions, the one of which contem- plates the approaching Council with pride, the other with fear, wrath and something like despair. : When the purpose of the Holy Father to convene an Ecumenical Council was first made public it fired the feelings and commanded the approbation of the entire Catholic Church. If the Greek Church felt indignant, the Protest- ant Churches, who knew they had nothing to lose and probably much to win, welcomed the idea as giving promise of a new and substan- tial sensation. The Protestant section of Chris- tendom has remained in sentiment what it was when the idea was first mooted. The Greek Church has, if possible, become more indig- nant at the pretensions of Rome. The Churches of the Protestant West and the Churches of the orthodox East have both agreed in this, that if the Ecumenical Council could do no harm to them it could do but little good to the Church in whose name and for whose behoof it is to be convened, As both of those sections of Christendom have positively refused to take any part in the proceedings of the Council or in any way to recognize its authority, it now becomes more a necessity to look at it in its relations to the Catholic Church itself. We now know that nothing will be done by any section of the Catholic Church to prevent the assembling of the Council, We now know with some degree of definiteness what -is the vbject of the Council. We now know what section of the Catholic Church is most likely to have its interests advanced by the proceed- ings and decisions of the Council. And we write with a full knowledge of the facts when we state that the hopeful feelings with which the idea was at first received no longer exist— that the Catholic Church is no longer a unit in this matter. It is now no longer doubtful that the party by whom and in whose interest the affair has been got up is that which is notoriously opposed to everything which is identified with modern progress. The Council, if any value is to be attached to reports well authenticated and received at headquarters, is to be con- trolled by Rome reactionary, not by Rome pro- gressive, The programme, so far as we know it, reveals the spirit of the middle ages, It has no sympathy with the freedom of thought, the dash and the daring which characterize the present times. It bears upon its face the assumption of an authority which the present age will not tolerate. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that even Catholic rulers of Catholic countries look forward to the Council with fear and indignation. Prince Hobenlohe, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, who has called upon the Catholic Powers to band themselves together for mu- tual protection, has probably in his circular exaggerated the power, but he cannot be said to have misrepresented the designs of the Council. {t is said that Italy and Prussia have agreed to go in with Count Hohenlohe'’s plan, and it is expected by some that France may take the same course, Austris, we know, has refused to take any such action, Von Beust very sensibly saying that it will be time enough to rebel when the decisions of the Council are known, It is a pity that the Catholic Church, which really has done so much for the world, and which has before it even now 80 splendid a career of usefulness, should be injured, as it is certain to be, in the house of its friends. The idea of proclaiming in this late age of the world such dogmas as the infallibility of the Pope, the immacu- late conception and the bodily assumption of the Virgin is so extraordinary that it can only be explained on the principle that super- stition kills itself. It seems that there is nothing too absurd for the leaders of the Catholic Church to believe and inculcate, This approaching Council promises to be so absurd that we can only think of it as the dying effort of a dying cause, The thousand years, which seems to be the period within which superstition must live and die, are drawing to a close; and the power which began in the days of Charlemagne, and which reached its height in the time of Hildebrand, when an emperor, ‘‘barefooted and fasting during three days and three nights of a grim winter, waited for ledve to throw himself at the feet of the Vicar of Christ,” is becoming more a name than a reality, The Catholic Church will survive and tho Bishop of Rome PP Wack market resterdey Wes strong and active | o1Ay fy continue to be looked to after, but un ‘Change flour was and prices still in a great measure undeveloped, interior of the {sland consists of a mountain range covered with magnificent forests, and the plains that stretch from thence heaven or earth can preserve It alive. of the Pope will soon be a thing of the past. The sooner the better. is to be so much of a farce. The idea is good, dead and buried past. St. Domingo. e oY While our attention is turned to Cuba wo should not altogether lose sight of the island of St. Domingo, which is, after Cuba, the largest and most beautiful of the West India Islands. A glance at its geographical position makes it evident that as soon as ever Cuba has suc- ceeded in outting adrift from Spain and casting in her lot with us St, Domingo must follow. Our news reports from this unfortunate island describe things there as little better than an- archy. As in Mexico and every other Spanish speaking republic on our Continent, a state of domestic or foreign war is, strictly speaking, tho rule and not the exception; and, as if to prevent the possibility of the people of St. Domingo losing any portion of their martial spirit from not having a field on which to exhibit itself, the Island, although smaller than Cuba, is divided into two separate independent States. The ‘republic of Hayti” occupies tho western portion of the island, and the ‘‘Do:ni- nican republic” the eastern side, and between. these two republics there is as much love lost as between the two famous Kilkenny cats. The divisions in territory correspond pretty much to the ancient French and Span- ish possessions; for Spain, France and even Great Britain have in turn occupied a whole or a portion of the island. In the ‘republic of Hayti,” which is said to have a population of five hundred and fifty thousand souls, we find the woolly-headed, unadulterated African—the genuine Sambo of our Southern States, whom the carpet-bagger delights to honor—with but few Instances of miscegena- tion to improve the stock, In the ‘Dominican republic” it is estimated that one-tenth of the population is white, while the remainder re- present every shade of color peculiar to a mixed race. As neither of these republics seems satisfied with the occupation which a war with the other affords we frequently find an insurrection besides going on on the part of some rival claimant for civic and military rule, from the town of St. Domingo, in the Domini- can republic, which represent the insurgents This is the purport of our latest advices as at present besieging the town of Azua, while President Baez is hurrying up troops to the relief of the garrison. This President Baez has had’ more ups and downs in life than can be met with in the history of any politician living out of the happy family of our Spanish speaking republics. St. Domingo or Hayti—for the island is known by both names—is celebrated in American history as the Hispaniola of Columbus. It is rich beyond estimation in mines of gold, silver and lead; but these mineral resources, although known to exist, are The tropical to the sea are watered by numberless streams and are of amazing fertility. What this island might become if under a firm government, that would know how to protect life an property, remains to be seen. There is only one solution to the St. Domingo difficulties, at is annexation to thisrepublic. Secret negotiations for this purpose took place President Pierce’s administration, but the whole matter unfortunately fell through. It is but a short time since we were informed that the same subject was again under the consid- eration of our government, The people o St. Domingo will find that annexation to us means peace, and that our constitution under republican treatment has become stone blind astocolor, andif these inducements fail to move them now they are certain to have their due weight hereafter. Tug Mariage or Forgicnnes.—The Legislature of Bavaria is still moving in the path of reform, based on religious freedom. Its members are engaged in debating the im- portant subject of the home citizen status in the future of Bavarians who have been or may be married in the United States, The mea- sure, which is based on negotiations conducted by the Bavarian Consul in Chicago, proposes to recognize all the legal consequences of such Marriages, even if contracted without the con- sent of the government in Munich. Should the wife of the Bavarian be an alien she ts not to obtain the right of citizenship in the king- dom immediately, What loss will that be to the lady ? The Woman’s Rights Association will soon emancipate her here, and certainly, after having cast her ballots in Chicago or New York, she would fot want to run off from the children to vote again in Bavaria, This would be ‘‘early and often” with a vengeance. No, Miss Susau B, Anthony reqnires all our Indy citizens to be in their wards “sharp to time.” The Bavarian Parliament is on the right track, however. GENERAL SfOKLES IN Srain,—We have the news of the arrival of General Sickles in Spain, Next we expect to hear of a flattering reception of our new Minister by the Regent Serrano, and next, that something is on foot in Madrid from which we may expect very s00n & settlement of the Cubau question perfectly satisfactory to Cuba, Spain and the United States, The American people will be sorely disappointed if this shall not be the solution of the appointment of General Sickles to Madrid. Dotri—The spread eagle business in Wall street, business generally in the city, the fashionable season at the watering places, office-seeking in Washington and politics every- where north of Tennoageo. We oxpoct liveller Himes in the fall, SUNDAY, We are sorry that the Eoumenical Council the opportunity is great; but the idea threatens to be an abortion and the opportunity bide fair to be lost. It is well for the leaders of tho Catholio Church to remember, that while they are busying themselves with superstitions as wild as the wildest preserved in the mythologi- cal legends of ancient Greece, the world moves on with daily increasing speed, and that unless they accept the facta of modern civiliza- tion, and bow to the force of steam, electricity and the newspaper, Romanism will soon take its place with the exploded superstitions of the JULY 25, 1869,—TRIPLE SHEET. More Battle Pictures. Charles Sumner first made himself widely known by his Boston Fourth of July oration about twonty-three years ago. With what some called great moral courage, but others deemed very bad taste, he chose an occasion when all the military glories of the Tri-Mountain city, from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery and the Boston Light Infantry to the most juvenile companics with their tin or wooden swords, were out in full martial array, to inveigh against the wickedness and the horrors of war, to sneer at the tiger painted on the knapsacks of the Light Infantrymen, and to oxclaim like an apostle of peace, ‘No more battle pieces!” But all this happened long ago, before the first gun at Sumter changed Sumner’s voice for war, and the Alabama claims converted him into an American eagle screaming doflance to the British lion. Four years of terrible civil war supplied our artists with plentiful and thrilling subjects for “more battle pieces.” And although the re- cent exhibitions of the American Academy of Design have shown but little disposition on the part of American artists to reap the har- veat of fame which is offered by this new and tempting eld to commemorate the incidents and events of the war, and to delineate the picturesque scenery amid which some of its grandest actions occurred, there is at length @ prospect that the war will yet be fitly illus- trated. We have already taken occasion to praise the fidelity and power with which the popular groups by Rogers, the sculptor, re- call many of the associations of that eventful period. Lossing and Frankenstein and other pictorial aunalists have diligently gathered on the sites of the principal battles of the war the materials for future historical paintings— such materials as form the wealth of Brady’s Gallery of the Great Rebellion and strongly recommend it to Congress for national pur- chase, And during the Fourth of July week, which brought together in New York so taany active participants in the war, several pictucea illustrating it were opportunely exhibited here. Conspicuous among these are “Sheridan's Ride” and ‘‘Farragut,” by Rhainger, both of which have been admirably photographed by Kurtz and published by Pil- kinton Jackson; the ‘Battle of Gettysburg,” by Walker, exhibited at the Grand Opera House, and the ‘Battle of Fair Oaks,” by Fairman, formerly colonel of the Ninety-sixth regiment of New York Volunteers, Our artists will not lack public encouragement if they persevere in cultivating the fertile field opened by the war to American art, There is a growing demand for ‘‘more battle pictures.” ‘Tho Fashions. the announcement of the fact that bridal cos- tumes are now remarkable chiefly for their simplicity. ‘‘No diamonds, no lace at the altar in tiptop society, The thing is » white poult silk robe, trimmed with rouleaux of white tin on the train, sleeves and bodice, and nothing butaruche of tulle-onlled ‘illusion’ round the throat. Plenty of orange blossoms make up for costly ornaments.” Our corres- pondent also notes approvingly the appropri- ateness of new brown Holland blouse and skirts for seaside mornings and all reactionists at races, and describes the afternoon costumes of a bride, as well as certain dresses made expressly to be alternate costumes and alternate full dressed robes by means of a train that can be put over the much-flounced petticoat, trimmed en ¢adlier in front, and not worn at all if serpentine length is not required. Moreover the contents of the jewel box of the period, with its fancy frogs, toads, enamelled saucers and enamel sugar lumps with diamond- eyed flies for earrings, are duly noted. Mme. de Mouchy’s breakfast and ball costumes are also described, as well as the dresses of Mme. Frederika in the skating scone of the “Prophite,” of the Comtesse Eypeletta and the Queen of Spain ata private concert, and of Mme. Ratazzi, wife of the ex-Minister of Italy and cousin of the Emperor of the French. On this side of the Atlantic our ladies are chiefly interested in the extraordinary variety of watering place toilets. Pure white materials, from Victoria lawn to China crape, predomi- nate, but bright-colored éorus and sombre black diversify the three daily changes of toilet prescribed at Long Branch and Newport. Seaside costumes must be of thicker fabric than ‘‘the vapory gauzes luxuriated in at in- land resorts," according to the authority of Harper's Bazar, which especially eulogizes an imported seaside costume, consisting of a short dress of white mohair, with an upper skirt, sleeveless basque and sash of the same glossy material, striped with coral color, and @ yachting suit of blue serge—a simple skirt with a jaunty sailor jacket out with revers, to display a striped blue and white percale habit - shirt, made with a deep sailor color, a black leather belt, stamped with white, and large buckle, black kid boots, stitched with white, and a glazed tarpaulin hat with a narrow band of blue ribbon, stamped with silver anchors, We agree with the opinion that a rough straw, sailor shape, witha scarf of blue ribbon or of grenadine, would be preferable to these heavy, sun-attracting tarpaulins, The favor- its sammer hat for gentlemen is ‘‘an ample sailor hat of Milan straw.” Bamboo cloth is the style for gentlemen’s summer suits, and the Chinese hat for boating and fishing is the most popular tropical novelty. Fenian Funds and Fenian Bondholders. Judge McCunn has issued another injunc- tion in reference to the Fenian war fund. Our readers may perhaps recollect that very re- cently the sum of $16,738 70 in gold, belong- ing to that fund and deposited in 1865 with August Belmont & Co., was, by order of Judge McCunn, paid over to Thomas H. Barr, the appointed receiver, the plaintiff in the case being John O'Mahoney, lais Fenian Head Cen- tre, by whom the money had been originally deposited. The second injunction we refer to was issued at the suit of William H. Bailey, who claimed payment for certain Fenian bonds held by him and issued by John O'Mahoney in the name of the Irish republic—a republic which had no existence and which he could have had no reasonable hope of establishing. Judge McCunn has decreed in favor of this plaintiff, and until the bonds claimed for have been paid has restrained the receiver from paying over the whole or any part of the sum to John O'Mahoney. Here there is a ray of hope for the Fenian bondholder. The flesh and blood representatives of the mythical Irish republic have not swallowed up everything, There is still something left; perhaps there may be more in other quarters. The Fenian bondholders will no doubt have an eye to their own interests, yet we would suggest in connection with this that the Irish chamber- maids throughout our city be notified of the decision, for Biddy is supposed to have invested largely in this immaculate Fenian stock, This case shows how triends will turn up in unexpected quarters. When the British government seized upon the Exchequer bills, in 1865, it was in reality preserving the money forthe future use of the duped bondholders, who we hope will have learned by this time to make a better use of it. Tag First Patack Car FROM OOEAN TO Ocgay.—The arrival in this city yesterday of the first Pullman palace car which has traversed the Continent from ocean to ocean is a most interesting event in the history of the Pacific Railroad. It was an hour behind time, on account of unexpected delays on the New York Central road, when it passed Poughkeepsie, direct from Sacramento, at half-past five o'clock A. M. Two passengers (one of them a bearer of despatches from the Queen of Tahita to the Emperor of the French) sailed soon afterwards in the French steamer St. Laurent for Havre and Paris, and are now well sped on the ocean towards their destina- tion, They will thus make nearly one-third of the circumference of the globe within a fort- night, including their trip of seven days from San Francisco, Now that such a wonderful approximation to the annihilation of time and space is possible, and while we are tasting fruit which left California a week ago, it is no longer difficult to understand Puck’s famous boast—‘‘I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes.” The tull time of detention of the car on the road was sixteen hours, Prooresstve SprmRitvaL Pronios.—The an- nual picnic of the Spiritualists on Friday at Elm Park was but slightly attended by the spirits, who might have been expected to tip tables, render Sybilline responses to various conundrums, and otherwise delight believers and astonish the incredulous, Weocan account for this disappointment only upon the theory that spirits don’t like lager beer, black bread and Swiss cheese; that they dread the woful effects of indulgence in lobster salad, and that they are no longer fond of tripping tho light fantastic toe, The solid food and copious beverages and mazy dances of the day failed to attract the expected spooks, who, indeed, from time immemorial, are supposed to affect the witching hour of midnight rather than the garish light of noon, It appears, however, that in the provoking absence of the spirits, a large number of healthy bodies, male and female, assembled at Elm Park on this festive occasion, and, we are glad to learn, hugely enjoyed themselves from nine o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock in the evening. So there was ample compensation for the failure of evep the most elaborately formed ‘“‘circles” to evoke spirits from the vasty deep. pated. Duriiemndiake sets dein Generar Grant axp His Acovsres.—Some of our copperhead journals still keep up their complaints and denunciations against General Grant touching the appointment of his family connections to office. Do these fault-findera know anything of the Scriptures? or do they forget that ‘he who provideth not for his own household is worse than an infidel?” General Grant, if we are not mistaken, is a hickory Methodist and a firm believer in this Methodist dogma ; and besides, it does not interfere with the principles of the Chicago platform, nor with the constitution of our fathers. What more is needed for his defence in providing for his family? Moreover, is it not a Napo- leonic and Jacksonian democratic idea? ——— Orr ror Evrorge.—Senator Fenton, having provided, as far as possible, for his friends in the matter of the spoils, and having nothing farther of any special importance in the politi- cal line to look after here for the present, he can afford to take a look into Europe, Nor have we any doubt that he will turn bis op- portunity to a good account in reference to public affairs. Tag Seventa's Exoprsion To SaRaTocA.— The Sevénth regimont have bad a delightful trip to Saratoga and back; a fine reception at every point on the route, and a good time at the Springs, the only regret of ‘the boys” and to the belles of Saratoga being their short allowance of time, In this we think the regi- ment made a mistake, and when next they go on a pleasure expedition we advise them to remember that forced marches spoil the sport. Let them next time take the proper measure of leisure and pleasure, and let all other regt- ments on a holiday jaunt do likewise, in giving a fair margin of time for a little reat on the way. A Dirvicurt PropteM.—The republican organs directly concerned are discussing the problem how can New York be redeemed this fall? We can’t tell; but after the November election, we predict, there will be no difficulty in telling why they failed again in this work of redemption. A Cortovs Coincipence—A clambake at Long Branch, in honor of General Grant, on Friday last, and a ball at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, in honor of Qgneral Lee in the evening of the same day. Who knows but that with the completion of Southern reconstruction, including a universal amnesty, we shall have the two leading figures of the Appomattox apple tree celebrating thus 9 new and endaring treaty of peace? A Case For AN Exampte—The case of the deficient Ballard, of the Security Insurance Company, We understand that he is a model Paritanical psalm singer, with that godly nasal twang of a shining light of the Young Men's Christian Association, Ballard, therefore, if guilty, as alleged, is a good subject for the work of regeneration as applied in a court of justice. Paritanical preaching is evidently all bosh and nonsense to him, though himself among the professors of Puritanical piety. Phy rewe, Hy'poocay | A Great Svcorss—Our great and glorious Park this summer, and a great blessing, too, It 1s, indeod, a crown of glory to Manhattag, Island, Our Paris fashlone correspondent repeats | There is & most unwonted flutter in Olty PoliticoA Threatened Schism. the political dovecote at the present time, The heat of the weather, which compels ordinary mortals to seek reat and quiet, seems to have quite contrary effect upon the irrepressible rank and file of political parties. The unusual number of offices to be filled at the coming State and charter eleotions has stirred up the whole brood of political cormorants that have hitherto fattened at the public cribs and called into ephemeral life whole hosts of hungry candidates after office. The chiefs, on the other hand, are taking things very easy. St, Tammany has proclaimed all the summer time one long holiday, and therefore Peter Bls- marek Sweeny, the high priest of the temple; Grand Sachem Tweed, with all the other sachoms, wiskinskis, scribes and saga- mores, have each and every of them aban- doned the City Hall, wigwam, kitohen, clubs and all, and are off and away enjoy- ing themselves to the top of thelr bent, wherever fancy drawa them. In this they have only followed the example of the shining lights of the Church, who have also in considerable numbers abandoned thelr constituencies and left them a prey to any schisms that may be sprung among them. That there are schisms in the political camp, threatening to spread and become dangerous to the Tammany hierarchy, will be seen from the article under the head of ‘City Politica,” which will be found in another place. It is sald that the leaders at present in charge of the political elements are alarmed at the signs of the coming tempest, and have sent a press- ing request to Peter B. to shorten his stay abroad and to return as soon as possible, It is conceded that Peter alone can readjust the disarranged condition of the political machine and restore it to perfect running order. So runs the rumor. The Coolie Importation Business-A Pro- hibitery Law of Congress. There is a law, passed by the Thirty-seventh Congress, still in force, the first section of which is as follows :— That no citizen or citizens of tho United States, or foreigner coming into or residing within the same, shall, for himself or for any other person whatever, either as master, factor, owner or otherwise, bulld, equip, load or otherwise prepare any ship or veauel, or any steamship oF steam veusel, enrolled or licensed in the United States or any within the same, for the purpose of procuring from Obina or from any port or piace therein, or from any other port or place, the inhabitants or sabjects of China, known as coolies, to be transpot two any foreign country, port or place whatever, to be dis- posed of, or sold, or transferred, for any term of years or for any time whatever, as servants or ap. prentices, or to be held to service or Jabor, And any ship or vessel, steamship or steam vessel, be- longing in whoie or in part to citizeas of the United States, and Be aenep enrolled or otherwise licensed as aforesaid, shall be employed for the said purpose, or in the coolle trade so called, or shall be caused to procure from China or elsewhere, a8 aforesaid, any subjects of the government of China for the purpose of transporting or disposing of them as tee . every such ship or vessel, steamship or steam vessel her tackle, apparel, furniture and other appurte- nances shail be forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted and con- demned in any of the circuit or district courts of the United States for the district where the sald ship or vessel, steamship or steam vessel may be found, seized or carried. Herr Koopmanschap and others concerned in the coolie trade will do well to look into this law. However, as there is no law to pre- vent the voluntary emigration of the Chinese to the United States, they may still come by hundreds and by thousands. : The Usury Laws and the Brokers. The Wall street brokers seem likely to have a check put on their high profits, The publio is so disgusted with the system that finds favor in that locality that the prosecution will be sure to be sustained by every class, however high or low, outside of Wall street. Though we cannot deny that we are in general opposed. to usury laws—being of opinion that money, like everything else, should be left free to look for the highest purchaser—yet we admit that circumstances may arise in which such laws may prove of great service, Here we have combinations made to tighten the money market, giving money an undue value in order that the rate of interest may be raised. Such dealing is unhealthy and most prejudicial to commerce through every part of the country. We have bankruptcies and dull times in conse- quence, and it would be hard to say what class of society is not injured thereby, Let these money brokers make money in a fair, honor- able way, letting it out at its true, not inflated value, and, supposing they should thus chance to exceed the legal rate of interest, the public will be so well satisfled with the bargain that the law will be suffered, as before, to go into disuetude. Butas they do not choose to act 80, for, these modern Shylocks we have no pity. They are gentlemen who stick hard to a bond and look for the law to support them. Give them law, then, we say, and plenty of it, RgTRENOHMENT IN GREEcE.—Retrenchment is the order of the day in Greece, from which petty kingdom the tidings that reach us are not all ‘couleur de rose.” She is now obliged for financial reasons to reduce her army and navy and suppress all her embassies except that to Constantinople. We do not think that the Sultan will feel particularly grateful for this exception, as the Greek embassy in Constantinople has been credited more than once with fomenting discontent among his Christian subjects. However, that ts his business, and he will no doubt look to it, The suppression of the other costly embassies— useless to so small a kingdom—will provea wise economy on the part of Greece. Could not other governments take a hint from her and get rid of all such embassies as are practi- cally useless? The taxpayer has an interest in clearing them out and many another item of needless expenditure, Wat Street Duriwe THe WeeKk,—The combatting elements of Wall street took advan- tage of tho cool woather of the past few days to renew their contest. The ‘‘bulls” generally got the advantage in stocks, gold and govern- ments, They put New York Central yesterday to the remarkable figure of 216}, Hudson River to 191} and Harlem to 156, The latter once saw a higher figure in the famous “corner.” Gold they put to 136} and rather alarmed the “hears,” who have been predicting a large decline, based upon the reduction of the national debt and the general prosperity of the country. FATAL ACCIDENT. Aman named Eugene Dorey foll from tho roof of the house No. 93 Market street, where he had beon visiting, and was inatantly killed, bis head being brokon in a horrible manner, Tho body wae takon to the Seventh precinct atation, whore ib awatte Om inquest by the Corengsy ATE WS. f