The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1869, Page 4

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LADIES’ NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 620 Broadway.—FEMALES ONLY IN ATTENDANCE. —_ 2 New York, Wednesday, —————_——————— Europe. ‘The cable telegrams are dated August 10. ‘The American yacht Sappho reached Queenstown yesterday, after having made the run across the Ausntic in the remarkably short time of twelve days, nine hours and thirty-stx minutes. ‘Mr. Gladstone 18 again ill. His condition causes Much anxiety to his friends. The Harvard crew yeaterday made the best time reached yet. The Eng- lish and American fleets tn the East are to co- operate in the laying and protecting the cable along the Chinese coast. The telegrapn enterprise is an American one. The 25th inst. ts the time Oxed for the inter-Untversity oat race. The London Times yeawrday, in an article on the Feélations between Spain and Cuba, said that the last French campaign in Mexico ought to have made it manifest that there is neither honor nor Protit to gain for Powers of the old Continent by meddling with the affairs of the new. According Yo the Paris Patrie a formidable Carlist demonstra- ton tn Spain will occur about the 15th tnst. * & Dew telegraph company hus been formed ‘to lay & cabie trom Lisvon and Gibraltar to England and America. Baron Beust defends the publication of the Aug. trian Re tf is questionable if Ger- ————~many could help Austria. France, on the contrary, has always shown friendship and entertains kindly feelings for the people of Austria. Miecellaneous. The President, accompanied by General Porter and Secretary Fish, arrived in Washington yester- day morning. A Cabinet meeting was held at twelve o'clock, at which the Cuban question and the seizure of the Spanish gunvoats was under dis- cussion. It is understood that the whole matter is ‘© remain for the present tn statu quo, and the gun- Doate are not to be given up. The President is to leave Washington again to-nignt for this city. On Friday he will make a visit to Kane, Pa. It is understood that the government will take no action in the case of Mr. Haggerty as Consul to Glasgow, the Fenian question naving assumed such ® complexion that the administration has no desire to farther complicate the subject. The Susquehanna Railroad war has assumed most serious proportions, President Ramsey has a force of 1,000 men at the tunnel at Bainbridge, whu® Admiral Fisk has about the same number encamped a few yards distant from the Ramsey force, each party determined to retain possession of the road, even if it bring about a conflict of arms. A small trestie near the tunnel has been removed, thus pre- venting the passage of trains, and orders have been despatched from Binghamton to the Fisk men to seize the road and destroy other trestles if necessary. So imminent is the danger of a conflict tuat Comp- troller Allen has telegraphed Governor Hoffman, representing the necessity of the interfer- ence of the strong arm of the State. Coionel Robie, of Binghamton, called out the Forty- fourth regiment, which will be at once forwarded to the scene of strife. It is rumored that the Pennsylvania and Delaware and Lackawaua Ratiroad Companies have telegraphed Ramsey of thelr sympathy with him in tne contest, and offering ‘the loan of $1,000,000 each to carry on the war. Mr. Fisk was arrested in Albany yesterday, and gave bafl to appear and answer to a charge of con- spiracy. Secretary Robeson has made changes in the names of many vessels of the navy, to conform more fully to the law, disregarding the ridiculous nomenclature introduced by his predecessor. The Spanish Claims Commission organized yester- day. After completing their preliminary arrange- ments vhe Commission will adjourn, probably until December, in order to give parties interested time to prepare their claims for presentation. Hon. Jon Young, of Montreal, has succeeded in organizing in Copenhagen, Denmark, a company to lay ® submarine cable from Northern Europe to America, via the Faroe Islands, Iceiand and Green- land. At the Masillon, Ohio, coal mines yesterday morn- ing am iron cage, containing eight men, fell forty feet to the bottom of the shaft, dangerously injuring ll of the men, breaking their arms, legs and ribs. The lower-house of the Kentucky Legislature con- sista of eighty-one democrats and five republicans. ‘The wire mills of the Cleveland Rolltag Company, at Newburg, Obio, were totally destroyed by fire on Monday night; loss $85,000. . Thurston, the wrenaut, took a “new geparture”’ from Meadville, Pa., at two o'clock yesterday after- noon in his balloon for this city, his ascension on Monday being only a preliminary affair, owing to he late hour. He was again accompanted by Mesars. Olipuant and Baldwin. The City, Pratt, the alleged Texan murderer and bush- ‘whacker, bas been removed from Ludiow street jail fo more secure quarters at Fort Schuyler, so as to be beyond the reach of city omciais. Edward R. Jones, George Phi and David R. Morrteon, brokers, who pleaded guilty to violation of the usury laws, were yesterday fined $250 each ‘by Jadge Oardozo. Emanuel Knight and Reuben ‘W. Howe, for same offence, were fined $500 each, and Charles A. Macy $400 on each of two indict- ments. Georgo Watts, another broker, was fined $260 and sentenced to be imprisoned in the City Prigon ten days. ‘Twenty Cuban prisoners have escaped from Fer- nando Po. Three of them arrived in this city yester- day by the Cunard steamer, and the others are expected to follow in a few days. Officer Brannigan, of tne Brooklyn police, while on uty as the Hamilton avenue ferry yesterday, was Caught between a large truck and the gatepost and #0 terribly crusbed that he died in a few mo- ments, The Cunard steamer Russia, Captain Lott, will gail this morning for Liverpool via Queenstown. The Malis Will close at the Post Omce at half-past seven aM, August 11, 1869. wa. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Governor E. M. McCook, of Denver, Col., is at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island; Governor R. K. Scott, of South Carolina, and J. B. Hulbert, of Que- beo, are at the Metropolitan Hotei. General Cammings and M. 8. Sharpley, of Phila- Gelphia, and Generai Geo. W. Brick, of Chemung, are at the Astor House. Colonel Andrew Knox, of the Toronto Rines; Sefior Rodrigues, of Cuba, and Projcssor George Symes, of Montreal, are at the St. Julien Hotel, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1869. The State of Affairs in Europe. The situation in Europe is very interesting trouble, and it becomes more and more a ques- tion whether the third party or the Emperor is to come out of all the present commotion master of the situation. ernment has published its annual Red Book, and Baron Beust has felt it necessary to make statements which show that there is a great deal more sympathy between Austria and France than there is between Austria and Prussia. Spain has been commanding the. attention of the nations for the last ten months or more, and while our opinions have varied as to the success or failure of the revolution in that country we have been induced to believe that it was reasonable to hope well for the Spanish race. Germany, under its new Prussian lead, has been commanding the atten- tion of the nations since the commencement of the famous Schleswig-Holstein question, and particularly since the battle of Sadowa; but while we have had good reason to believe that Germany was on the fair way to final victory and complete consolidation specks have appeared on the horizon which compel us to admit that the German question is not yet beyond the regions of the doubtful and that the life of Count Bismarck is hecom- ing more valuable to Prussia and the general German cause as age and growing {ofirmities induce him to seek retirement. Russia busies herself more and more with questions of inter- nal reform and manifests a genuine anxiety to develop the races which Providence has entrusted to her care. The emancipation of the serfs was a mighty step in the right direc- tion. The more recent abolition of the privi- leges of the clergy shows that the governing policy of Russia for the time being is clearly in favor of popular liberty and such develop- ment asia compatible with the general interests of the empire. One of the most interesting items of our latest news comes from the north- west of Europe. Scandinavia shows signs of growing strength and purpose. Sweden, Nor- way and Denmark are inhabited by a people that belong to a common stock. - Sweden and Norway have for some generations been one, and to both union has been a benefit. Den- mark has been painfully isolated, and of late Denmark has grievously suffered. This suffer- ing and loss the Scandinavian races, one and all, see must continue unless they can come under some common bond of union. They have recentiy, as our news columns have shown, had a grand meeting at which such union was strenuously advocated, and the approaching marriage of the Crown Prince of Denmark with the daughter and only child of the reigning family in Sweden promises to make this desired union a fact. If we look at the situation in Europe from another point of view—from a point of view of more general interest—the situation is even more interesting. We know well that there are many influences which are sufficient to cause war. We know that war is avoided because of its uncertain consequences rather than be- cause war is believed to be intrinsically and essentially bad. There are outstanding ques- tions between France and Prussia-of a very serious kind. But Napoleon has not been able to persuade himself that war with Prussia would of a certainty redound to his advan- tage, and war with that Power has in conse- quence been very wisely avolded, It is scarcely otherwise with Prussia, although Prussia has the advantage in havigg no special reason to court war. The recent speeches of Von Beust, the Austro-Hungarian Chancellor, one of the ablest men of this age, a man who is not to be named second to either Napoleon or Bismarck, show that in the event of difficulty arising between Prussia and France Austria would be much more likely to take the side of France than the side of Prussia. The latest speech of Von Beust, taken in con- nection with the sentiments of the Austrian Red Book, is rather alarming than otherwise. It has caused, indeed, a profound sensation, particularly in Paris and Vienna. The French interpretation of the language of the Premier, as will be seen by our cable despatches to- day, is in effect that the Austrian statesman has informed Prussia in diplomatic terms that the empire does not need the friendship of consolidated Germany, having France in entente cordiale, We now know with some degree of certainty how Europe would arrange itselfin the event of war. In spite of all the trouble which is now supposed to exist in the East we must still regard France and Prussia as the two Powers most likely to come into contact. A war between them would necessarily divide Europe into two hostilecamps. Austria would go with France if it came to pressure, Insuch a case Russia might deem it necessary to go with Prussia, The Scandinavian kingdoms might remain neutral; but if necessity were laid upon them they would be much more likely to take the side of the Germans than that ofthe French. Italy would have no choice, but remain neutral, and Spain and Portugal are so helpless that they cannot be taken into account. How the conflict would end we will not take it upon us now to say. Certainly wo do not think that the South could beat the North. After all, however, the war clouds are not very alarming. All the nations are too busy with questions of domestic reform to allow themselves easily to be dragged into war. The indications for the present are in favor of nationalities. The nations threaten to become less numerous and more powerful. We are likely soon to have fewer goveraments and not so many crowned heads. Europe sees and admires the career and prosperity of her Greatest offshoot, and the example of the United States is revolutionizing the nations, The revolution is general and goes on apace, but war does not vecessarily enter into the programme. Tar Irox-Ciap OaTH.—General Stoneman’s Hiberal construction of the law exempted a cer- tain class of officials, not executive or judicial, from the operation of the test oath. The order issued by him rendered it possible to carry on public business in Virginia. But that order has now been revoked by General Canby, who seems determined to enforce the law in every instance, and, if higher authority does not interpose, to impose {t upon the Legislature, Shall martinet lieutenants, strutting thelr brief hour of authority, be suffered to reign like military satraps aod to postpone indefinitely the happy doy of Southern regonstraction ? The Austrian gov-~ ty 2 oe The Cabinet Meeting Yesterday. It appears from our special Washington tele- at the present moment, France is full of | gram that the Cabinet at its meeting yesterday was occupied chiefly with disposing of a mass of departmental and other routine business, and that little was said about Cuban affairs or our relations with Spain regarding them. Enough is known, however, to assure the country that the President and Cabinet will adhere to the position taken with regard to the Spanish gunboats, In other words, there will be no backing down. The adminis- tration will wait probably to hear from Spain before taking any further steps relative to Cuba, The country is not left in the dark, however, concerning the views of the govern- ment, for the full-and free conversation of Sec- retary Fish with our correspondent, as pub- lished in the Hgracp on Monday, may be taken as the expression of the administration. The Spanish gunboats will not be permitted to leave the United States. The government ex- presses its sympathy with the Cubans in their heroic struggle for independence, and does not hesitate to say the inevitable destiny of Cuba is to be free and to become a part of the fepublican system of America. The Secretary plainly intimated, too, that the administration expects the success of the Cubans, and that the time will come when our government can recognize them as having an independent or national existence. So much is gained at least, and although the govern- ment does not move as fast as the people, may wish such expressions will have their effect both upon Spain and in Cuba, The cause of Cuban independence, as Mr. Fish said, bas been steadily gaining strength, and if the Cubans continue their progress towards liberty the day cannot be far off when the United States must follow other American republics in recognizing them. Conventual Life and the Monastic Orders. The city of Cracow, as indeed the entire ter- ritory of Austrian Poland, has been deeply agitated and its inhabitants horrified by a series of revelations which set forth the treat- ment—if human treatment it can be termed— which is sometimes accorded to members of the Roman Catholic communion who surrender their citizen rights and dignity, voluntarily sadopt the discipline of a recluse, avow fidelity to a partioular order or ecclesiastical incorpo- ration and become ‘‘disobedient” afterwards, The Vienna correspondent of the London Times atates that a nun named Barbara Abryk has just been released from a dark and almost walled-up cell in the Carmelite Convent build- ing in Cracow after an imprisonment of twenty- one years in an overground tomb, where she languished unnoticed, forgotten by the world, unpitied by her sisters in religion and apparent- ly unknown. She was released by the action of the civil law. She had been confined by the flat of the episcopal. For what particular crime? The statement goes to show that Barbara was frail as a woman, and conse- quently a “bad nun,” and hence her ‘‘correc- tion.” She has been rescued from a cell grave shorn almost of the distinctive features of her humanity, but to the evident confusion of the bishop of the place and probable disgrace of her confessor. The first words uttered by the resuscitated Barbara indicate, indeed, that the origin of her misfortunes and more immediate cause of her persecution stood before her in the person of a Catholic clergyman. It is a melancholy story, a rather revolting narrative, but circumstantial in detail as {t reaches us by mail from Europe. It is human to err, Chris- tian to forgive and reform. Has the Catholic Church become so tenacious of its claim to infallibility that it will not acknowledge a worldly tapsus in its ordained, and attempt in the present century to ignore the code of re- form instituted by the Saviour when He invited the accuser who was ‘‘without sin” to throw the “‘first stone” at an adulteress? It appears so, The monastic orders—Nuns, Carmelites and Jesuits—are likely to suffer in Poland, where the people were vastly excited. Addi- tional details of the case will soon reach us, and, if exact in statement, will command universal attention. Extraorpinary Passage or tHe YACHT Saprno.—Mr. Douglass’ yacht Sappho has made the passage across the Atlantic from New York to Ireland in twelve days, nine hours and thirty-six minutes, as will be seen by telegrams published in another part of this paper. This is an extraordinary fine run, and shows what the Sappho can do when properly handled. The English yachtmen will not be so eager for a race with the Sappho, wo presume, as they appeared to be before, The rapid voyages of our American yachts one after the other across the Atlantic show that with fine models, skill in navigation and good seamanship sailing vessels can run nearly within steamship time, and that the time of s Passage can be almost calculated when one of these vessels starts, Snipwreoks ano Disaster at Sea.—The dangers incurred by those who “go down to the sea in ships” are exémplified by the chront- cle of wreck and marine disaster published in our columns to-day. We have reports of the total loss of the Hamburg-American steamship Germania and the Anglo-American steamship Cleopatra—the one bound from New York for Bremen and the other from Montreal for Lon- don. The steamer San Jacinto, running from New York for Savannah, Ga., went asbore at Body's Island, on the coast of North Carolina, Monday morning. No lives have been lost, The ocean steamships were wrecked off New- foundland, near to Cape Race and in the neighborhood of Trepassy Bay, one running on Seal's Rock during the prevalence of a denge fog. The casualties took place on the 8d and 4th inst. respectively, “Off Cape Race” is a rather dangerous bearing for navi- gators in almost any state of the weather, and may have been unusually go by reason of atmospheric disturbance as the day of eclipse spproaohed, Graxp AcuigvemeNt ov Our DerEotivEes.— They have caught that outrageous varlet, “Reddy, the Blacksmith.” ‘This is the first criminal they have had their hands on this great while, Fortunately the case was very simple, They were told bystelegraph that he was in San Francisco, and they went over (nice trip on the Pacific Railroad) and took pos- seesion of him, No doubt if we have patience we shall see that they can catch the murderer of Mr. Rogere—when some one tells them where he ia, Tae Herald Report <. tho Proceedings of the Board of Health, We have alluded repeatedly to the opéra bouffe style of journalism that is favored by several of the city papers, and to the fact that feeble fiction is habitually palmed upon the people by these sheets for news. One of them recently in its reports of the Board of Health adopted this style to such an extent that the worthy old medicine men of that tremendously reapectable organization were presented in the most farcical light. As the report in question was in fact false a doctor stated this in his own defence at a meeting of the Board, and added that this was only in keeping with the “date lying and sensational character of the paper.” These words appeared in the Hzratp report as the Doctor spoke them. Thereupon our opéra bouffe contemporary hada Bohemian reporter cook up an affidavit, and swear to it before a Bohemian notary, all to the effect that Dr. Crane told the said Bohemian reporter that he did not use the words reported in the HERALD, and that he “would be ashamed to.” As Dr. Crane has not made any affidavit we do not really know that he is ashamed of hav- ing denounced misrepresentation and false- hood in not very choice terms; nevertheless we herowith add to this little history another affidavit from our reporter. He is a short- hand writer, and the opéra bouffe reporter is not. He made his notes of Dr. Crane’s words as they dropped from that gentleman’s lips; and if the learned Doctor in the heat of his de- nuociation said more than his cooler moments would approve he is not the first to learn that he cannot escape his responsibility by accusing a reporter of error :— City and County of New York, ss.—Charles J. Fer- dinand, of said city, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he attended the meeting of the Boara of Health on Wednesday, August the 4th, and made the report which appeared in the H#RALD of the 5th instant; that said report is, to the best of his memory and beltef, correct; that the phrase alluded to in the aMdavit published in Saturday morning's ‘Sun was taken by this deponent in and transcribed from this deponent’s shorthand notes, and was but thay oa mak erases rs te balatteestiog veeetae tenes ‘of Or ri nes foueipgs a 4 er says that, 80 far as he knows and verily be- lleves, & gentleman employed for the Tribune and thip geponens were the oaly professional shorthand writers present. C, J. FERDINAND, Sworn to before me this 9th day of August, 1869— TORIC RRR DOUIMIRR ANAC On DRONE: SquaBBLes IN THE Board of HEALTH.— Who shall decide when doctors disagree? The answer to this question, so far as the doc- tors and their colleagues in the Board of Health are concerned, must be ‘‘the public,” and the decision of the public is that the Com- missioners belonging to that Board have wasted time enough in squabbling, From week to week for a long while the record of their proceedings has been chiefly a record of unbusiness-like discussions and disgraceful disputes. The set-to last Sat- urday between Dr. Stone and President Lin- coln, who not unseldom ‘‘puts his foot down” as obstinately as his late lamented namesake, is a recent illustration of the wrangling which has become habitual In the Board of Health. Hitherte the Board has depended mainly upon the Heratp for indications of the nuisances which it is their duty to abate, but henceforth we must leave them to do their own work themselves. They will then have less leisure to spend in squabbling. Usury anv Law.—The first decided action taken by Christ himself in his humanity was against usurers, His practical example of patience was for a moment interrupted when He ejected the ‘money changers” from the Temple. In cases of personal affront or bodily persecution He recommended His hearers to turn the other cheek to the assailant, but He did not say that they should invite the usurer to drain both pockets. A war has been waged between money in loan and justice ever since, Judge Cardozo, in sentencing eleven ‘‘capital- ists” in this city yesterday to terms of imprison- ment and fine for usury, stands on the very first recorded precedent of practice against such a crime. Nive Vessets from the United States have landed men, arms and supplies in Cuba, and as the filibusters get used to this operation they will perform it with greater ease and safety. Thus it is likely that by the time Spain sends her twenty thousand soldiers in the fall Cuba will have as many to meet them. There will be plenty of soldiers if there is the prospect of a fight. Stoneman, being Governor of Virginia and a tational creature found, that he had to relieve some persons of the necessity of taking the test oath, because there were not men to fill responsible places who could take it, Insist- ing on the oath, he could get only rogues or niggers to fill positions affecting the whole property of the State. But along comes Canby and requires the very letter of the law. Tae Cupan War in Canapa.—Some of the Cuban patriots appear to have transferred a Portion of their war to Canada. See the phorsewhiping affair of an alleged is agent of the Cuban Junta by General Ryan, at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, The General is one of the Cuban officers who escaped from the clutches of the Marshal's posse at Gardi- ner’s Island. Falling the opportunity to fight in Cuba, he has been exercising his muscle to some purpose in Canada. Quire Riant.—The revenue authorities have decided that people who go into base ball as a means of making money must fork over to Uncle Sam the usual percentage on their receipts. ‘In this it should be clearly under- stood that the government does not tax sport— does not impose any burden on recreation— but only on the show business, Ball olubs get up matches as exhibitions and charge a fee for the sight, and thus a ball company stands on the same level as any other com- pany that entertains the public, so far as‘the tax gatherer can see, Prosrera.—Our Uncle Samuel’s income from the one source of internal revenue is now very nearly a million a day; but the old fellow has a large and extravagant family, and his expenses are very heavy. No Orner Sinatg Fact demonstrates so palpably the very rapid growth of our city as the one stated in connection with the ceremony of breaking ground for the new Post Office: |: The first shovelful of earth was cast by the man who formerly carried our whole Southern mail in a wheelbarrow and took it over the river in @ rowboat, During one man’s life that wheelbarrow load has growa so that half ® dozen locomotives are necessary to move it, The Guequehanna Railroad War. The latest intelligence wo have of the con- test which is now waging with the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad will be found elsewhere in our columns. All the paraphernalia of war, excepting artillery and regulation muskets, have been introduced. Fisk's forces were en- camped on one side of a tunnel to the number of eight hundred men, while twelve hundred of the enemy confronted them, part of this formidable force being armed with revolvers. A party of the Erie men en route to reinforce their comrades was captured, together with a county sheriff. At the last account the army of Fisk had driven its opponents through the tunnel, one man of the assailants having a hand shattered by abullet. Altogether the situation on the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad was decidedly exciting last night. What with the concentration of armed men by both bel- ligerents, the capture of Binghamton by the Erie men, the throwing of a locomotive off the track by the Ramsey faction, tearing down of trestles and arrest and bailing of Mr. Fisk to answer a charge of conspiracy against the road, there is sufficient material for the com- position of a first class sensation drama, which could appropriately be brought out next season at the’Grand Opera House. Tue New Commanver tn Cusan Watges.— We are glad to hear that the new commander of our fleet on the Cuban station is an earnest sympathizer with the Cuban movement. While we do not fear that an officer of over forty years’ experience in our navy will be carried into any indiscretion or impropriety by a rash enthusiasm, we hope that he may be as active as our interests require, and that his activity may not take every departure in a sense hostile to the movement for freedom. THE NEW POST OFFICE. Meeting of the Counctlmanio Committee on the Proposed Change of Site—Nothing Done and Nothing Likely to Be Doae—Adjourn- * mont Till Friday Next. An adjourned meeting of the joint committee of the Common Counct! on the new Poat Office aite, with the officera representing the general government, was held yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the Board of Aldermen. There Were present Idermen Ward (chairman), McGrath and Moore, and Assistant Aldermen Robia- son and Welch; Mr. A. B, Mullett, Supervising Archi- teotof the Treasury Department, Frederick A. Conk- ling, 1ate a member of the now dissolved commls- gion on the proposed change of site, Alderman Cushman and a few other gentlemen in non-ofiicial capacities. The meeting was called for one o'clock, but 1t was nearly two o'clock before five out of the six mem- bers of the commitiee came together, and the utmost amount of disinterestedaness was apparent on their part. Assistant Alaerman B. Reily did not “turn up” at all. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, who invited an exchange of views upon the subject under consideration. Mr. MULLETT arose and addressed the committee, stating in substance that there appearing to be no one bnt himself present representing the general goverpment he wished to say that the original sug- gestion for a transfer of site came from Mayor Hall, and, 80 far as the speaker was aware, was made in the presence of himself, the Postmaster of New York and the postmasters of Philadelphia and Bos- ton. He (the speaker) deemed the suggestion highly Dractical as well as advantageous both to the gov- ernment and to the city—to the government because it would enable them to erect a better shaped and comparatively less costly edifice, so far as related to the amount of space to be enclosed. It was evi- dent that a triangular building requires @ much greater comparative amount of wail than a square building, while the latter would be handsomer and more commodious. For these reasons he was ex- tremely anxious to make the exchange. On the other hand tt seemed to him that the city. woud be anxious that a wate f work of this description should not be devoid of neauty. The Mayor assured him that if the necessary autnority could be obtained the transfer could be made, upou which he reported to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary was leased with the idea, laid it before the members of Vongt ess from New York, and stated that according to his views authority was given in the Appropria- tion bill for a change of site, if expedient. The po- sition of the government, therefore, was thts:—Li the city desires @ change of site, they have been and are now willing to make it. If the city feit inditfereat about it, or was satisfled with the existing site and was willing to have the work go on, the govern- ment was" content and prepared’ to go on with it without a day’s deiay. The commis- sion on change of site were never authorized to negotiate, but merely to recelve propositions and report the same to the Secretyry of the Treasury. They accordingly reported that there was no pros- pect of effect ng @ transfer, and further that any further negotiations at present wou'd involve a delay until another season. The present Post Once was not only inconvenient and insufficient in accom- modation, but also very dangerous from tts liability to fre. After consultation by the authorities, orders were issued to proceed with the work, and he was now instructed to receive propositions and lay them before the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury for further action. Aasiatant Alderman RoBINSON said that thus far there had been no effort on the part of the authori- ties at Washington to make the exchange with this city. No official request had been made and the other day their representatives did not appear here at all, although the meeting had been regularly an- nounced. Ip any event it was no more than fair hat, if the government wished to exchange the site r @ better one, the Common Council should be al- lowed to gee plans, 90 that they might know what they were got do, He therefore now offered a resolution “that all persons favor. ing or opposing the position to exchange the site of the new Post Office, as now fixed for an- other sive nearer the City Hall in the City Hall Park, be invited to attend a meeting of the Common Coun- ell ecard tn the chamber or pe Hoard ies Alder. men on Fr. 9’ the aiternoon.” Mr. Moca eat Rant. rrlsnou to correct & mis- spprehension which seemed to prevail about the sub- J The government was now satisfied with the present ci so far that they are perfectly willing to go on with the work and build on it; but this action ‘Was merely taken in accordance with, and out of deference to, the bya age of Mayor Hall. tures had been made the government, bus the had been led believe that the ot desired the ex: je. The Secretary of the Treasury did not dest change unless the in- terests of the city of New York might require it, and the government, therefore, was wi wo have the views of the citizens an the subject if conducive to their interest. Alderman Ropmsow said that there was an cr- roneous impression existing also about the matter on the other side, ipagmuch as the statement had gone the rounds of the pa that tne Common Council was not in favor of the exchange. This was hot correct. The only thing was that if the city of New York almost gives away a piece of propery it was oan eee that the city should know how they were Some” further informal discussion ensued, in the course of which Alderman Robinson said that 80 far as he was personally concerned he was in favor of sending tue Post OMice up to Union square, if any ag were to be made. REDERIOR A. CONKLING next rose and said that at the instange of Mayor Hall, during the first session of ongress, he took a lively interest in procuring the passage of a joint resolution, which was signed by the President, authorizing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to effect this exchange if desir. ‘ble. ie pi iuion of Mayor Hall met Mr, Conk! 's entire concurrence, and, know! the difficuities in the way of erectini fd building, he th it. it desirable to ave @ butlding nearer the City Hall and New Court House, conforming to their front lines and @ paral- Jel in form. . So‘much time had now been lost, however, that he thought that ail that could be ‘would be to make tne north line of the pro- poseg hew building parallel with the front of the ity Hall, Ho t) it 16 would be @ lasting aud @ burning shame, a reproach to the taste of our city and Ita indifference to uniformity if the present line Were allowed to be carried out. At the close of Mr. Conkling’a remarks the com- mittee adjourned in conformity with Aiderman Rov- {nson’s résolution. Progress of the Work. Yesterday ® large part of the fountain basin in the Park was removed, preparatory to excavation for ‘the foundation, and the enclosing fence was being rapidly pushed forward, Mr, Mullett has the supervisory control of the work, with Mr, Hulburd as superintendent of works and Mr, Jordan Yorke as executive oMfcer. B to the Pel next’ veiay, nothing out ts yerhaving been, upon gor even o fore shadowing of any a reault, While his hele, tions from were to commence snd push forward work with all available despaton, Which, of course, be proposes 1 do, WASHINGTON. eee WASHINGTON, August 10, 1869, Arrival of the President. The Prestdent, accompanied by General Porter, arrived here this morning. Secretary Fish also ar- rived this morning. The Postmaster General arrivea last night, Several viaitors, incinding a tow mem- bers of Congress, had interviews with the Presideat this morning. At the Cabinet mocting the Treasury Department was represented by Assistant Secretary Richardson and the Attorney General by Assistant Feld, The Cabinet Meeting—Postponcment of the Cuban Queation. The Cabinet session convened to-day at. noon and continued until three o'clock in the afternoon. Great interest has been manifested during the entire day with regard to the result of the delibera- tions; but whatever may have been the principle of the discusston tt can be authoritatively stated that no tntimations have been made, either by the Preat- dent or any Cabinet representative, having refer- ence to them, and it is very probable that upon the Points of national interest which have been pare- mount in the public attention for some days past the utmoat secrecy is being observed by the admin- istration. There was an unusual amount of rou. tine matter pertaining to the diferent departmenta, nearly all of which had accumulated during the re- cent recesses of the heads of the departmonta, which recetved adjustment to-day. Several suspensions from and appointments to ofice were determined upon. The Cuban question and the setzure of tne Spanish gunboats were taken up and briefly dia- cussed, No decisive action was taken on the ques tion of policy, though it was determined that the gunboats would not be allowed to depart, and it ia understood that the seizure of these boats ia fully Justified. The further consideratiom of these aub- Jects was postponed until the next meoting of the Cabinet, which will occur, probably, on the 20th imat., that being @ regular Cabinet day, although it may transpire sooner should actaal necessity occur. Roturn of the Spanish Minister. The Spanish Minister, Mr. Roberts, arrived here yesterday from New York, whither he went look after the gunboats seized by Marahal Barlow. Ho dogs not gegm to have any hope of thelr speed ohare mie Les ths tant a6 po iy cool and philosophic spirit. He regards the foara of the Peruvian Minister, that the gunboats were to be used against Peru, as groundiess, and it is evident that he does not believe this to have been the primary cause of their seizure, Mr. Roberts, how- ever, makes no complalnt, and hopes that time at last will set all things even. _ Movements of the Prosident. The heads of all the departments present here have been much engaged during the day tn cleaning their tables of business preparatory to another exodus to the more congenial surroundings of thetr Northern homes, The President, at six o'clock to- morrow evening, will give @ dinner to hia Cabinot oMcers. At nine o'clock the same evening he wilt leave, in company with Secretary Fish, for New York. The Secretary will return to his country seat at Glenclyffe, The Presidegt will join bis family at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Corbin. On Friday the President will proceed with his famuy to Kane, Pa. It ig now thought, owlng to the detay in completing the repairs on the White Rae thas the President will protract bis absence unttl about the Ist of October, returning only as business may demana, Assistant Secretary of State J. C. Bancroft Davia bas purchased the residence formerly occupied by Mr. McCulloch, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Davis will take possession about the beginning of November, Appointments by the President. M. Emerson, Collector of Customs for the district of Genesee, N. Y., vice Thomas Parsons suspended; Nathan Blakeley, receiver of public moneys for the district of the lands subject to sale at Beatrice, Ne- braska; C. M. Felix Petard, Consul for the United States at Strasbourg; Robert Hawley, Postmaster at Williamsport, Pa.; Charles E. Bristol, Postmaster at Ansonia, N. Y.; Michael J. Griffith, Postmaster as Fredericksburg, Va, vice Charies Williams gus- pended. Organization of the Mexican Claims Com. mission, The Mexican Claims Commission met to-day at ten o’clock, and organized by taking and subscribing the declaration required by the convention, and thea proceeded to take into consideration the subject of the regulations to govern the Commission—the choice of an arbiter ahd other matters of detail appertaining to the organization of the Commission, Nothing was agreed upon. [tis understood that after completing these preliminary arrangements the Com mission will adjourn, probably untit December. In the meantime the regulations governing the Com- mission will be promulgated and notice given to all parties having claims to lay before the Commission to present their petitions and be ready to appear om whatever day the Commission meets for the purpose of entering on the examination of petitions and of such claims as shall have been got ready for con- sideration. It is not thought now that the Commis- sion will adopt any rwes with regard to the appear- ance of attorneys toargue claims before the Com- mussion other than those prescribed by the Secretary of State. ‘The Case of Consul Haggerty. It is understood that the government will take ne action tu the case of Haggerty as Consul to Glasgow. The government has been so much engrossed ta securing the release of Fenian prisoners that it has no wish to enter into new arguments on tho same subject. Expected Return of Baron Gerolt. A letter has been received here from saron Gerolt, Minister of the North German Unton, who has beea absent from (nis country for three months past making » tour of the States forming the German Confederation, stating that he will return to bis oMctal duties in this country about the end of che present month. Inquiry Into Virginia Affairs. Information reaches here to-night that General Canby has been summoned to Washington and that he left Richmond to-night. As his departure was sudden and unexpected it has given rise to much speculation here and occasioned & good deal of sur- prise, itis thougnt that he has been summoned to the capital to consult with the administration upon Virginia affairs and toreceive instructions for his guidance fo rns to the teat oath and other mat- ters, This subject, as well as the Ouban question, was considered in Cabinet meeting. Inspection of Navy Yards and Fortifications. Secretary Robeson, Admiral Porter and Generat Sherman left this evening for Annapolis, whence they will sail to-morrow in the Tallapoosa on a tour of inspection of the navy yards upon the Atlantic seaboard, extending from Norfolk on to Portland, Me. They go first to Norfolk, thence to Philadelphia and then to New York. General Shermaa proposes to examine all the fortifications on the seaboard, while Seoretary Robeson and Admiral Porter wilt look tuto the condition and operations of the navy yards, The trip is one of purely oficial pusiness, and Not one of pleasure, as has been stated. Change of Navy Yard Commandére, ** Rear Admiral Danigren, recently appointed to the command of the Washington Navy Yard, enterea Upon his dutios to-day, relieving Admiral Poor, who will take commana of the North Atianttc equadron, Admiral Dabigren was received by Admiral Poor with the bonors due his rank, a salute of thirtcon guns being fired and the marine guard presenting arms. Shortly after taking oharge of the office the omcers of the yard and master workmen paid their Tespects to the new commandant, Indian Affaire in Kanens. Representative Clarke, of Kansas, had a lorg in- terview to-day with the Commissioner of Indian at- fairs tn relation to Indian matters tn the Wear, and particularly in Kansas and the Indian Territory. He submitted to the Commisatoner a full statement of his recent conference with the Osage chiefs, and, in view of the rapid settlement of their reserve by the whites, urged that the department proceed at once to ascertain the Wishcs of the Indians in regard to their removal South and the sale of their present reserve to the ment, to be opened to white Peary oy ta ‘aS urged nat this aolion be taken in time at Next session of « won : that steps, bY ‘be at once case, to ascertain the