The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1869, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXIV......... — AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Hicoonr Dicoonr Doox. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtteth street and Broadway.—Afernoon sud evening Verformancs. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 234 st., between th and 6ih ave.— ‘Bir Van Winkie. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and (Se street — NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broaawi REA NA POGOe; OR, Tux WiokKLow WEDDING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.Tan Taare Faer Men—Pamicy Jans eran, OPERA HOUSK, corner of Eighth avenue and street.—Bast Lynne, CENTRAL PARK GARDBN, 7th av., between 68th and (hth sta. — POPULAR GARDEN Conornt, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HO 'SE, 301 Boweny.-Conto Tooa.iem, NEGRO MLNBTRELSY, 40. HOOLEY'’S OPERA HOUSE. Brookiva.—Hoo.er's MinsTRELs—Ponco, THE BRazitian Are. NEW YORK SUS6UM OF ANATOMY, G8 Broadway.— SOIBNOE AND ART. LADIES’ NEW ‘@roadwar. —FeMaLes YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 6 ONLY Ls ATTESDaNcE ‘The cable telegrams are dated August 6, Baron von Beust expresses the belief thas if no war takes piace during the next four years the peace of Europe for a long period beyond may be con- sidered certain. The Emperor of Austria has re- fused to pardon Prince Karageorgewich, accused of assassinating the Prince of Servis. Napoleon intends to issue a manifesto announcing as the last act of his personal government the re- Guction of certain taxes and the extension of the ed- ‘acational system of France. ‘rhe Irish bishops have resolved upon holding a General Synod, at which the laity as well aa the Clergy will be represented. Provincial synods will also be convened to consider local changes. While the religious ceremonies were progressing in the cathedral of Trant, Sicily, on the occasion of the celebration of a great festival, the drapery of the altar caught fire, and the congregation be- coming alarmed a rush for the door was made and several people were trampled to death. Cuba. Private letters received in Washington state that the volunteers in Puerto Principe are commiting all Sorts of outrages. Provisions are scarce. Fighting 4s reported in General Jordan's uepartment. A fight occurred near Santiago, in which tue Spaniards were whipped. A decisive action will take piace within twenty days. Mexico. Advices from the capital dated August 1 are re- ceived. Several prominent citizens and foreigners bad been arrested on & charge of atvempting to as- sassinate Juarez and de Tejada. Minister Nelson had refused to intercede for them. The Indian war tm Yucatan is extending. ‘The revolutionists in Tamaniipas have been defeated. ‘The Supreme Court judges are to be impeached. Negtete was plotting revolation in the capital. Jamaica. Our correspondent in Kingston, Jamaica, writing on the 21st of July, says:—The Bank of Engiand has accepted the proposal of Sir John Peter Grant to ex- tend over a period of thirty years longer the guaran- teed loan which it advanced the colony. and to per- mit the investment of a sinking fund of £15,000 per annum in the purchase of Jamaica debentures, Misceliancous, ‘The Tennessee election came off with no unusual disturbance yesterday. The result is not yet platniy indicated, bat Senter is running very strongly in West Tennessee and most probably throughout the State. The radical republicans have carried the election in Wilmington, N.C., for a member of the State Legisiature, over the conservatives. The nominating convention of the Nattonal Union Republican party of Mississippi has been called for September 8. The Laboring Men’s Convention at Virginia City, Nev., denoynces Chinese immigration as likely to produce another bloody and “irrepreasibie confiict.!" The Osage Indians in Kansas, whose lauds were sold in 1865, under the “Sturges treaty,” to the Leavenwortt and Galveston Railroad Company for nineteen cents an acre, have denounced the treaty as a fraud and swindle. Mr. Sidney Clarke, who took part in the late indignation meeting at Leaven- worth, where Senators Ross and Pomeroy were de- nounced for favoring the treaty, has a report of the Proceedings of the Indisn council, and will lay the matter before the anthorities in Washington. The Grand Jury of Westcbester county yesterday concluded their investigation into the abuses and insecurities of Sing Sing Prison and the jail at White Plains. They also found about twenty-four indictments against convicts for escaping or at- tempting to escape. The Coroner's inquest on the body of Mrs. Hobbs, who was killed by Major White in Boston on Tues- day night, was commenced yesterday and will con- tinue to-day. So far no additional particulars of in- terest have come to light. Hatton, the colored Councilman of Washington clty, has poured another broadside into his radical colleagues, who snubbed him on account of hus color ai the Gettysburg monument dedication. He says that his colored frienda among their const#uents will send them and Mayor Bowen to private life at the next election. General Rosecrans has arrived at San Francisco from Mexico, and has been serenaded by the Young Men’s Democratic Club, Numbers of officers who took part in the battle of Gettysburg have arrived on the ground tp attend the meeting to designate the position of the troops on the day of battle, although the occasion was some time ago postponed until the 234. _ The iron miners in Essex county, N. Y., are on a strike and have forced others to stop work, The Shertff, with @ strong posse, 1s on hand. Writs of ejectment were recently served on the negro squatters occapytng the cabins on Taylor's farm, near Norfolk, Va.; but the sheriff waa in- formed by the negroes that they aid not recognize the civil lawe and could only be ejected by the mili- tary. The City. ‘The President and family left on the Mary Poweil yesterday for Garrison’s, where they are the guesta of Secretary Fish. ‘The Spanish Minister is in this city, but bis object : has no direct connection with the seizure of the Spanish gunboats, He 19 awaiting instructions from Madrid. The boats still remain under indictment, and more explicit instrnctions as to what is to be 4 aone with them will probably be received from Sec- * retary Fish to-day. John Wardell, @ boy of sixteen, who is in the House of Refuge, was brought before Judge Mc- Cum on 8 writ of habeas corpus yesterday, when he stated that he was compeiled to sandpaper shoes #\x hours aday and sleep in # cell at night. Mr. Deadey, an oMcer of the Houso of Refuge, -said he considered that @ good mode of discipline, The case will be continued to-day. A young man only nineteen years old, known more proininently under the aliases of William Raf- ferty, William Stanley and Harry Howard, was yes- verday arrested on a charge of stealing nearly # year ago $250 from Lewis 0, Thomas, a druggist in Grand street, by Whom he was then employed as clerk, Judge Kelly committed him to the Tombs to answer the cbarge in default of $1,009 vail, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Count Campo, of Havana, i¢ at the Brevoort ftouse. E. & Morgan, of Aurora, and W. L. Marshall, of the United States Army, are at (he Astor House, Alived Ely, of Washuwgtou; H. W Southworth, of Springfield, and Dr. H. F, Campbell, of Pennayiva- ‘aia, are af the Coleman House. Captain L. F. Ferguson, of the United States Navy, and Hiram Bliss, of Maine, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Prominent Departures. Judge Dunlevy and Colonel Lasalle, for Long Branch; Colonel N. Taylor, for Baltimore: Major W. A. Alleson, for Philadelphia; M. C.JAquala, for Cuba, and Dr. C, N. Felten, for Boston. Cuba and the Administration. The interchange of compliments between General Sickles and Marshal Serrano on the official presentation of the credentials of the former as Minister to Spain have been re- sported by telegraph. Save the commonplace assurances of continued good feeling and cor- dial relations nothing transpired during the ceremony to predicate an opinion in regard to the management of the Cuban question. What special instructions our Minister may be en- trusted with and how he preposes to deal with the important subject remain among the secrets of diplomacy to be revealed in the future. In the meantime any consideration of the question leads one, in default of other information, to accept as a basis of settle- ment the reported policy of the administration. This is to induce Spain to sell Cuba to the Cubans, and the United States to become guaranteed for the payment of the sum of money agreed upon. This, as a matter of course, presumes that the Cubans would like to pur- chase. Considered in a humane point of view this arrangement is no doubt very desirable as an effective means for putting an end to the revolting scenes of crime and carnage that have characterized the war. We have pre- viously expressed the opinion that such a policy possessed the advantages of pfactica- bility and might prove the best that could be pursued under existing circumstances. The progress of events, as developed in late ac- counts from Cuba, justifies the belief that the revolution is growing in strength and will be continued just so long as the Spaniards may see fit to attempt the subjugation of the patriots, Indeed, there seems to be abso- lutely little or no chance for Spain to main- tain authority over the island; and the ulti- mate independence of Cuba may be accepted as inevitable by the authorities at Madrid, since it is regarded as no very remote contin- gency by the resident Spaniards on the ‘Ever Faithful Isle.” Stubborn as Spain may be to this sacrifice of national pride, and however loath she may feel to surrender a possession from which she has long derived an enormous revenue, the utter hopelessness of the struggle must become apparent to the government and will doubtless operate powerfully in influencing 8 decision to sell for a handsome promise to pay endorsed by the United States. But supposing Spain concludes to accept a proposition to sell coming from our govern- ment, there are other questions and conditions which it would be well for the adminis- tration of General Grant to consider. The first and most important one is, do the Cubans desire to make purchase of a country to which they hope ere long, and with very flattering prospects, to make good their claim to ownership by the force of arms? After the sacrifices already made, the pro- gress towards » consummation of the end for which they are struggling, and the assurances of triumph at no distant day, the patriots of Cuba may reasonably conclude that the addi- tional cost of blood and treasure necessary for the completion of the work of independence is preferable to a compromise which involves an immense debt to Spain and perhaps other conditions equally embarrassing to the United States, Whatever may be the relation of free Cuba to our country—whether the Cubans are striving for early annexation or not—we must appreciate a sentiment which would prefer thatthe election of such relation be voluntary and spontaneous, unembarrassed by outside preasure or the obligations arising from a surety contract to this government, We are not prepared to state whether or not the administration, if the reported policy above mentioned be really true, took occasion to consult the agents of Cespedes in regard to the proposed purchase; but it is quite proba- ble, from the manner in which General Grant and Cabinet have been treating the Cuban difficulty, and inasmuch as neither the bel- ligerent rights nor the official authority of the representatives of the patriots have been openly recognized, that they would not take the trouble to ascertain their wishes in regard to any projected scheme, and are acting simply upon their own responsibility. If such be the case the question arises would it not be as well to negotiate for the direct acquisition of the island by the United States? Proud Spain would surely feel less humiliated in selling to us than to the Cubans; and as “the United States now more than ever appreciate the traditional amity of Spain, as animated by new sympathies and a common participation in constitutional liberty," what would tend more to ‘“‘increase the amity so happily existing between the two peoples” than a transaction implying a national obligation to the extent of a respectable number of millions, relieving the Spanish government of the hope- less task of subjugating the insurgents and replenishing a suffering exchequer ? Another subject for the consideration of the administration, in the event of the Cubans de- siring to purchase and Spain consenting to sell, may be found in the possible future annexation of the island to the United States, and the probable condition of that annexation being the assumption of the debt to Spain. Or, in case of inability or failure to pay on the part of Cuba, would not our government require a cession of the island as indemnification for purchase money to be paid to Spain? Such are a few of the questions suggested by the ‘‘reported policy” of the administration, Lastly, we submit, may it not be as well to await the result of the revolution before elther attempting to purchase ourselves or becoming surety for others? Our national debt is quite large enough without increasing it by assuming a promise to pay for that which in due time will come to us without money and without price. Whatever be the result of the instructions given to General Sickles in regard to the action of our government, it ia our duty to see that the contest in Cuba, if continued, shall be con- ducted on more humane principles, and, above all, steps should be taken to protect the rights of our citizens and prevent those outrageous executions occurring too often without trial and without crime on the part of the sufferers, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1869, The country demands the early recognition of the belligerent rights of the Cubans, and it depends upon the administration whether the revolution be long or short. Recognition will at once expedite the end; failure to do so will only prolong the struggle and impoverish tho country without preventing the consummation of the independence of Cuba. Insocarity ef “Fireproof” Buildings. The disastrous fire which occurred in Phila- delphia on Wednesday night, destroying some millions of dollars’ worth of property and causing s loss of life the full extent of which is not yet officially ascertained, sug- gests two or three thoughts which may prove of importance, if people who construct build- ings, either for domestic or business purposes, will reflect upon them and put them to advan- tage. In the first place we would venture the opinion that these bonded warehouses, which were said to be ‘‘freproof,” were not really fireproof at all. If they were they would cer- tainly not have burned up like tinder, as it ap- pears they did—the fireproof compartments and eighteen-inch walls all crumbling away, “as if made of wood.” The iron doors and shutters it seems offered no resistance at all to the devouring element, The terrible result proves that the building in which the fire originated and gained mastery over the com- bined efforts of all the fire companies had not the saving properties which we usually attach to a fireproof building. It may be said that the combustible material stored in the bonded warehouse was so immense in quantity that no building could resist its explosive power; but that only proves the truth of what we desire emphatically to state here, that it is an egre- gious and a wicked crime to store large quan- tities of explosive materials in any one building in the centre of a populous city. Here, it seems, there were twenty-five thousand barrels of whiskey—enough to demoralize all Phila- delphia—and a quantity of petroleum, alco- hol “and other highly combustible material.” What wonder, then, that a fire occurring under such circumstances in a locality surrounded by ship chandleries, junk shops, sailors’ boarding houses and other shanties, should have spread from block to block, devouring all in its course! But what shall be said of the dis- cretion or humanity of those who piled up all this inflammable material in such a place? We hope that there is a lesson and a warn- ing in this sad calamity that may prevent in future this too prevalent custom of crowding dangerous combustibles into a single ‘building. They should either be stored ontside the limits of the city altogether, or divided up into such small quantities at various points as would afford a reasonable guarantee for public: safety. Tho Spanish Gunboats. The course taken by the government in re- gard to the Spanish guaboats indicates plainly a spirit of fairness toward Spain that ought to soften the asperity with which her agents here might naturally receive the announcement of the purpose of the administration. Spain and Peru are quite equal before us and have the same claims in regard to our neutrality. Spain was herself the first to appeal to our laws to prevent the sailing of ships. Her war with Peru, though in a practical state of abeyance, made her especially careful in regard to the armed forces of that nation, and when certain vessels were bought here for the Peruvian gov- ernment the protest of the Spanish authorities prevented their sailing, and they finally did not sail, except on's sort of parol, our govern- ment exacting a guarantee that they should not be used against the power of Spain. Ex- actly what our government then did, on the application of Spain herself, it now does for Peru, Although nominally the Spanish vessels are seized, they are, in fact, only under the surveillance of the law. Thus those charged with their construction are left unembarrassed and the building and equipment of the ships go on. So that when the Spanish govern- ment has given sufficient evidence that these vessels are not intended for use against any Power with which we are at peace, it will be ‘found that the action of our government has not caused a day’s loss of time. Our hope for the interest of Cuba, however, is that in the meantime the administration, putting itself in full sympathy with the national sentiment on the subject, will see the propriety of recog- nizing the rights of the Cubans, and then if Spain gives guarantees that compel the with- drawal of the protest entered by Peru, the Cuban government may take the place of Peru and enter another protest. Spain would then only have to lament the inconvenience to a nation of having on its hands more than one war at a time. Tug TENNessEE Evkotion.—The election returns from Tennessee received at a late hour last night indicate a democratic triumph in the vote for Governor and members of the Legislature. Returns from Memphis, Nash- ville and Germantown give Senter a majority generally, and state that Messrs, Slaughter, Etheridge, Cooper and Bailie Peyton were elected to the State Senate. A most gratifying point of the news is that the contest passed off quietly and that all the refreshment saloons were closed during the day. Tak Intsa Coron tw DisestaBLisHMeNT.— The prelates of the Irish Church meet the serious crisis inaugurated by the disestablish- ment legislation of the English Parliament with devotional courage and as brave men, Instead of sitting down in lamentation over their altered fortunes they are likely to bestir themselves in missionary effort, The bishops have called a General Synod, to assemble in Dublin, in which the Episcopacy, the clergy and the laity, will be fully represented, Pro- vincial synods will also be held, The local changes absolutely necessary in consequence ot the action of Parliament and the Crown will be debated and adopted if approved. This is in the right spirit. Thrown off by the State, the Church will Gnd support in the ranks of an ardent and still wealthy laity, and will, no donbt, in a very short time commence her first real, free and unembarrassed missionary effort in Ireland. The movement is quite important and the Irish Church Synod may contain the germ of an ecclesiastical offset to the great Ecumenical Council in Rome, Is JuLy there were one hundred and one fires in the city. Wxcludiag from this number those caused by fireworks and the explosion of burning fluids it would be reduced nearly one~ halt Egypt and Tarkey—Coming Complications. We have on several occastons when discuss- ing the question of the Sues Canal and. the results to flow from it pointed out the difi- culties that must arise between the Sublime Porte and the Pacha of Egypt. The news pub- lished yesterday from Constantinople shows that these difficulties aro arising and thats conflict 18 not improbable unless prevented by the great European Powers, The Sultan sees, evidently, that the opening of the Sues Canal will develop a modern empire on the old his- torio ground of Egypt, and from the grand ovations to Ismail Pacha at the courts of Europe, together with the course of the Vice- roy generally, he apprehends that Egypt may become independent of Turkish rule. Hence we learn that an aide-de-camp of the Grand Vizier is about to proceed to Egypt, bearing a letter to the Viceroy, recounting the grievances of the Sublime Porte and intimating that the Porte will withdraw the privileges accorded by the firman of 1841. That is to say, unless Ismail takea in his ambitious sails and steers more humbly in obedience to the will and policy of the Sultan, the grant of quasi inde- pendence accorded to the viceroyalty under the family of Mehemet Ali will be revoked. That is the meaning, evidently. But the ques- tion arises, will Ismail do as he is required? And shonld he not, will the Suitan venture to make war on him? The Powers of Europe will have, undoubtedly, something to say in the matter, and this question may soon become a complicated and an interesting one. This time, we think, the ‘‘Sick Man of the East” may not have the support of France and England, but will have to yield to the exigencies and progress of events. The Suez Canal will lead, probably, to a great deal of diplomatic ma- neeuvring and action, if not to war, with re- gard to the future of Egypt and its sovereigtty. Bankers AND INTERNAL Revenve Rez- TURNS.—Notices have been served on most of the Wall street bankers who reside in Brook- lyn, of suits to be commenced against them in the United States Courts, in order to recover fines for failing to make the required monthly returns of capital and business, All right. The claims that the bankers oppose to making these returns prove too much if they prove anything. Everybody else, as well as the bankers, has to affix stamps to receipts, and if their transactions are merely fictitious they are not entitled to exemption, but, on the con- trary, they are liable to arrest, Cmoumtiooution.—The Sanitary Superin- tendent is authorized to spend one hundred dollars a month in procuring evidence with a view to the prosecution of parties who sell an explosive article for kerosene, but the Board does not prosecute those against whom it has already evidence; and in the meantime @ woman or child is burned to death every day and seventeen per cent of our city fires origi- nate in the explosions of these fluids, Russia ON THE Qut Vive.—The Czar is determined that Russia shall no longer be reckoned among the backward nations, and lately he has given many proofs of his desire that his country shall keep up with the pro- gress of the present era, Being well aware of the immense advantages that may accrue to his dominions in the event of the successful termination of the Suez Canal, he has de- spatched a special agent to Suez for the sole purpose of studying the development of com- merce for the first six months sfter the open- ing. Should the enterprise realize the hopes of its promoters the benefits arising to South- ern Europe are self-evident. A direct trade to the far East, combined with facilities of railroad communication throughout the empire, will soon give an importance to the ports of the Black Sea that has never before been ex- perienced. Danagrous CounrERFzITs.—The new ten dollar counterfeit greenbacks are, it is said, executed in such good imitation of the genuine ones that professional experts can hardly de- tect the difference. We wonder how the pub- Ne can be expected to do ao, or how it is alto- gether just to make a bona fide acceptor in such a case the loser. Now that the engraving and signatures have been so well imitated, it remains with the govermment to manufacture a special paper for this purpose, the possession of which by outside parties should be made a felony. These counterfeits are not only a loss to the Treasury, but a constant source of annoy- ance and distrust to men in business. Let the Treasury Department look to it and devise some remedy. Waar a Loss !—‘‘The burning whiskey ran into the sewers,” says the report of the Phila- delphia fire. Hereupon the Bohemians of our city may mourn with the sorrow of the melan- choly Frenchman who complained that when it rained soup his plate was always upside down, If these fellows had any luck they would all have been in Philadelphia on the night when the gutters ran with whiskey. Five Tovsanp Lumicrants landed at this port in the month of July, making one hun- dred and sixty-eight thousand for the year thus far. This is thirty-five thousand more than were landed up to the same time last year. Tus Viorggoy or Eayer cannot do better for the future of his kingdom and the assurance of his own absolute sovereignty than to fight the Sultan on a quarrel which puts England and France behind him as the potentate of the East most disposed to concede what the West calls for. Waat tar Srantarp Sars.—The defender and organ of the Spanish government in this city cries out against the seizure of the Spanish Armada, because by this act all the men at work building these vessels are thrown out of employment, As this is the worst it says, and as this is not true, the Spanish sido of the question ts not sustained with much effect. Conozrts with cool surroundings of the open alr are the only sort of entertainment endurable in the August evenings, and these can make the city pleasant in the dog days, all of which is shown and seen at the Central Park Gardens, where they have the hundredth concert to-night. “fre Most Dirriourr TmiNe Posstpre."”— It is reported that the President of the Police Board has said that “the most difficult thing possible” is to find a patrolman at his place on duty. Lf this is teue who ig to blame? bh Opera Bouffe Journalism. We have referred several times to the suc- cess with which some of our contemporaries disguised, falsified and burleaqued every fact of the daily news in their efforts to make it funny, and we have especially pointed out that their triumph in thus assimilating journalism to opéra bougfe was so distinct that nobody could believe a word they said, and that they were thus worthless as newspapers. One of these papers made the Board of Health re- ports the vehicle of this excessive humor, and here is what the President of that Board con- sequently has to say of its report—a report supposed by the public to be a statement of facts: — Dr. Crane wished to be heard on a question of privilege. It was in reference, he gaid, to a atate- observed ment which he im the New York Su. ‘The statement was one of error and falsehood, to this beyond a ait statement that | here fore this open Boara pronounce such @ of our proceedings as unqualifiedly faise, and I call on pects or of &) wo pei ay i assertion. ve never brought snyt fore the Board e: in the line of om duty, and I jer falsehoods of the vel much tn Keeping wh the late lying and Sensational character of the paper. What the President says of the opéra bouffe report of his Board may be said of all the re- ports of the opéra bouffe journals. Portugal in Favor of Submarine Cables. The success of the French cable has no doubt stimulated the Portuguese Chambers to unwonted activity, as they have adopted a resolution authorizing the government to grant concessions to companies desiring to lay sub- marine cables to or from Portugal. We hope this is an indication that we are soon to havo another of those ocean telegraphs con- necting us with Europe. The little kingdom of Portugal, now so fallen, but which in the fifteenth century gavesuoh an impulse to every species of maritime enterprise as hastened the discovery of thia continent, is placed in the the same latitude with ourselves, and is the nearest point to us of European territory. Were a cable stretched under the ocean between Long Island and Oporto the distance to be crossed would not be much greater than that between Brest and Buxbury; although perhaps a better route would be from some point further south in Portugal, passing by Fayal or St. Michael, in the Azores, and thence to Baltimore. The more competition we have the better will it be for commerce and civiliza- tion, and shareholders need not fear, were there a dozen such cables lying at the bottom of the Atlantic; there is commercial spirit enough in a great country like this not to suffer any one of them to prove unprofitable, ANOTHER CoNFIDENCE Game.—It is hardly surprising that a respectably dressed young man has been able to get a great deal of money by calling at houses and collecting the rent in the name of the landlord. It is indeed rather surprising th at the game is not followed with more system. By the present plan of letting houses through agents it often happens that tenant and landlord never meet at all to make one another's acquaintance till rent is due, and then the tenant is as likely to pay it toa swindler as to the right man. Perhaps the success of the young gan now in custody will put people on their guard. SPARKLING AND Brieut in Liquin Liaat, Ero.—Drinkers of champagne who would like to know all about the sparkle and the liquid light, and so on, should note that in a recent seizure of a champagne making establishment the articles found on hand were four barrels of common white wine, one barrel of molasses and one barrel of vitriol. Tae RevENve AvrHoritigs should push to the utmost extreme their right in the tax on bankers and brokers, for it is just possible that in the imposition of that tax lies the. solution of a question that has been a great trouble to our lawmakers—how to prevent the fictitious or gambling operations of Wall street. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, ‘This will be a gaia night st the Ventral Park Gar- den, being the hundredth concert of the season, which is also made the occasion of a grand testimo- Dial beneft to Theodore Thomas. A programme of unexceptionabie excellence has been prepared. Mr. Thomas deserves the hearty encouragement and support of every lover of music for his exertions in the cause of divine art. To him principally are we indebted for the progress of music in this city, Let him have a bumper this evening. Mr. Chang-Woo-Gaw, the Chinese giant, who re- foices in @ corporeal elevation of about eight feet six inches, is at t carelessly perambulating through the highways and byways of this metropo- lis “seeing the sights” and exolting feelings of aston- ishment, if not of awe, within the breasta of such pigmy Gothamites as he coolly straddies over or un- ceremoniously kicks out of his path just as though they were but the merest atoms and were of n0 earthly consequence whatever. Mr. Chang is not ferocious by any means, but he is a man of eee proportions, and would unquestionably e an ugly customer to handle if his “dander” was once fully aroused. In view of this fact it would be well for our citizens neither to molest nor annoy our great Celestial visitor while he is engaged in seeing the sights of lovely Gotham. It will be their turn next, for Mr, Chang-Woo-Gaw at an early day goes to Wood's Museum, where he can be seen by the cu- rious at all hours, There he will be under the charge of his English agent, Mr. Edward Parlett, and as Manager Wood will see to it that Chang is supplied with suMicient food no fears need be appre- hended that he will lunch upon any of his Liliputian visitors, The great and po subject of his High Mightiness, tne Emperor of the Flowery Kingdom, gy over eight feet high, is nothing but a mere boy, being scarcely twenty-two years old. He is still fgte and hopes to add an extra ten inches to 18 tremendous altitude before he stops. He is ac- companied by his wife, @ little almond-eyed beauty not quite six feet high, King-Foo, by name, but neither she nor her husband can be termed “Foo- 100s." feast Foo-Chow, China, about four years ago on their wedding tour, and since then have visited all the principal cities in Europe, and have Just popped over co this side of the Atlantic to take a peep at us before revurning to their loving relations ma ott fat of country. ‘i ight , more, the originator and, we might say, the soul of the arean fom Jubliee, sailed for Europe on Wednesday in the steamer China. Mr, Grl- more will visit the principal musical centres of the Eastern Continent, in order to make arrangements for other tle enter, which he has in pis mind’s eye. Already he ‘been urged by some of the leading men in New York to give a grand musical e festival in this city next summer, on @ scale far sur- passing that of Boston. He wiil probably effect im- portant engagements with the leading artiscs in Karope before his return. To such an earnest devo- (ee of the divine art we heartily wish bon voyag». “THE SPANISH GUNBOATS. No farther action has been taken by Marshal Bar- low in relation to the seiaure of the Spanian gun- boats Instructions are expected to-day trom Secre- tary Fish. Mr. Delamater, the contractor for building, ts anxtous about the vessels, as they will cost him $50,000 in gold. Marshal Barlow says that the hoats wil) not be permitted to leave their present positions untit their character is changed or tn- structions received for their release. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PHILADELPHIA, Auguat 5, 1860, The Caiced states steamer Juniata went to dea last night; the Dictator, Captam Inoun, to-day. The Cured States ship Constellation was taken to soa trom the Navy Yard yesterday morning, and will proceed direct to Norfoik, she wili be rectued a! a receiving ship, the \ momo, duubie tar. ret monitor, and the stcauier Gambridge are alse | atting out for dea @é Wale NOVY YOla. et Visit to Wall Street and Government Oficee— The President yesterday morning received a few visits until eleven o'clock. At that hour, in com- pany with his brotner-in-law, Mr. Corbin, he rode down town, visiting the government offices and Wall street. At one o’clock he returned to Twenty- seventh street and shortly afterwards left for the North river steamer Mary Powell, which was to con- vey the party to Garrison’s Landing, on a visit to Secretary Fish, The arrival of the President was anticipated, and a large number of persons nad as- sembied to catch a glimpse of the Chief Magistrate of the nation, As the ident passed on to the boat many in the crowd removed their hats and showed other evidences of respect, It was a few winte Lined Bayes ben when the jens family react steaine! Powell, lying at her pier. The baggage had eal eet ke 20S "na aang ree each mi “0, 2 ton, D. C.." or with simply the President's initials. f the President the bagrage was an object of considerable curiosity, and the crowd maa- qpuvred around it ata respectful distance. ne} wrignrt the President remainé in conteu) the up by the ammeaice tae rapid course through the waver. At aix o'clock the steamer touched at West Point. The President was received on the ‘pier and coa- ducted aboard the ferryboat. At Garrison’s, di- rectly opposite West Point, the Secretary of and General Porter were waiting with carriages. The President, with Mrs. Grant, was escorted to the Secretary’s carriage; the two children and servants rode in the rear, ‘The party then drove to tho resi- feats of the Secretary, about a mile and @ halr dis- 3 The President to-day will make a visit to West Point and enjoy a drive in the mountains surround. ing this imtereating locality. On Saturday he wil visit Newburg. MOVEMENTS OF THE SPANISH MINISTER. The Object of His Visit to New York—The Gunboat SeizareeNo Action to be Taken Until Instructed by the Spauish Government. It has been generally presumed that the visit made by the Spanish Minister, Seiior Roberts, and his Sec- retary of Legation, Mr. Potestad, to New York at this Particular juncture had reference to the recent setz- ure of thirty Spanish gunboats, information of which has already appeared in this journal. Presidens Grant being here at this time has given color to tne supposition that the Spanish Minister, learning of the fact that certain property of his government was placed under United States indictment, left Washington at once to” seek an expluna- tion from the head of the government. Yesterday, however, in conversation with an attaché of this aper in the parlor of the Albermarie Hotel, where Boho Roberts is stopping, the information was fur- nished that no such motive as an interview with the President for the purpose of demanding an explana- tion in relation to the seizure of the gunboats was meditated oy Seior Roberts in his visit to New York. At this particular season of the year wnen the fatiguing duiness of, Washington life grows insupportable it 13s customary with the loreign legations, especially in the absence of the Executéve and Secretary of the State Department, to repair elther to this great centre of cosmopolitan life or to the watering places. ‘The comcidence of Sedor Roberts’ presence here at the same time with President Grant is purely acci- dental, The Spanish Minister does not consider that this question of asking our administration what rea- son ana under what section of international law tae late selaure was made comes witiin the scope of hs duties. He ~ rok yet reser oe Leng ~— ae ernment at Madrid any instructions 0 nor does he think it is mart any will be addressed him. The matter does not fall within the purview of his dipjomatic duties; but should its abnormal cha- racter be made to receive his attention he will ad- dress himself through the proper channel and in the proper place, which ts in the city of Washington and at the department presided over by Hawiltoa Fisa, Secretary 0! State. CITY POLITICS. MOZART Many of the old campaigners who have distin- guished themselves in fighting under the bannef of Fernando Wood, and who have never surrendered (except to “sell out” their chief), met last evening at the quartera of the Mozar: organization, No. 702 Broadway, Mr. Edward Berrian in the chair and Mr. Joseph J. McOarchy, of the Eighteenth ward, acting as secretary. A discussion arose at the outset, the tendency of which was to deprecate the sending of any delegates to the coming Democratic, State Convention, The chairman sketched the treatment which the delegates received at the last State Convention of the democ- racy in no very flattering terms, stating that he ‘would prefer to go to the bad place rather than to become one of the butts of another convention. Upon motion of Mr. Miller it was voted unani- mously that no more delegates be sent to State con- ventions, Aresolution was adopted providing for the per fecting of ward organizations, and then the meeung adjourned to the first Thursday tn September. ne following are the diferent committees that were nominated and elected for thé coming year:— Executive Committee.—C. B, Cornell, chairman; Wiliam P. Lee, George Shea, Mortimer Suilivan, John McCoon, Wilitam H. McCartay aud Thomas O'Callahan. Finance Comm#tee.—Peter Bowe, L. N. Van Wart, Eenjamin Shermaa, Peter Culkin, Frederick Zimmer, Harris Bogert. Corresponding Committee.—E. B, Heath, 8. Bull Williama, Thomas Maloney, Felix Murphy, Ryan Reilly, ©. Desmond and D. Milliman. Naturalization Comritiee.—A. H. Bogart, R. D. Livingstone, OC. Shandiey. Printing Commitiee.—T. J, McCartle, Thomas A. Ledwith, M. Brophy, I. Duffy and J. Cheney. UNION REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE. Avimnted Meeting Last Night—The Highs Hour Law Endorsed—The Breaches in the Republican Party to be Henled. The Union Kepubiican General Committee met last evening at its room, corper of Broadway and Twen- ty-second street, the president, Mr. Fithian, in the chair. The attendance of members was unusu- ally large. After the usual routine business a del- egate from the Seventeenth district submitted a pre- ambie and resolution which had for their object the endorsement of the Eight Hour law. The resolution provided that the republican associations in each district should be instructed to place no persons in nomination for any oMfce who were not piedged to support the law. Mr. Van Brunt moved that the matter should be referred to the Committee on Re- solutions. Mr. thompson urged che passage of the resolution, and hoped the committee would have the courage to endorse it at once without any more quibbling about it. Mr. Roberts also thought tne time had come to give up discussing the question, and after a few more remarks the resoiution was Unanimously adopted. THR NEW PARTY. Mr. Calver said that he had heard it authentically stated that a new republican general committee had been recently organized, aud that he thought something should be cause of such action. He had no apprehensions that the new organization would in any way alfect the action or standing of the Central Committee; but he thought it time that the committee should pro- tect itself. He believed that the new organtzation ‘was @ hostile one, and that it was intended to send from it delegates to the next general convention, to take the places of their committes. He had b em informed that some of the metubers of the commit tee he was addressing had joined the malcontents, an act which he considered unworthy of any gentie- man. He Proposed that & committee of five mem- bers should be appointed to investigate the subject, and to report whether any of the members of tho Union General Committee were enrolled on the boons of an organization hostile to 16, Mr. Duganne said he had for some time con- tended thas there was a disruption in the fadical wing of the repuSiican party. She General Committee now stood arraigued be. fore the State as untrue to hd glee prin ciples, To prove that intidolity had been charged againat the committee he was addressing the gentic- man read extracts from several republican newspa- r4. The republican party, he said, was divided in Reset, and it was time the Genera: Committee took some action to raise itself outof tue ignouuuy into whieh tt nad fallen. Mr. Thompson thought that if any gentlewan hi to the new organization he should at of in honesty resign his position in the Genera: ¢ mittee, The gentiemen ieading this new party were well Known to be among the most corrup of republicans, and had, many of them, acted and voted with the democrats, The cause of tie new movement Was disappointinent on the part of the leaders, because they could not run the party, and because tae General Commies bad been rec: Nized by thie general government in ita uppouts menta, “The gentieman who had been prociatmed done to ascertain the as one of the leaders, Mr. Ketchum, was known to every repubiican aa ® sorehead in the party. He hoped the resoiutton Would pass, and all the doubles faced men be weeded out of the General Conmittea Judge White agreed with tae resolution, bub pros posed to amend it by giving the committee power to investigate the Aces AMONg UO TEpUbity cans, aud a report of tt would be neceasary for (he } General Commitioe to do anything to hoal the wrovbies, ‘Lhe aimenament was acoepied, and the | amended resolution pisted, journet The meeting oaen Ads