The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1869, Page 4

t NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, Volume XXXIV. ..csseeceeeeceseee esses NOe BBE Sa = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WALLAOK'S THEATRE, Broadway and 1kh street. SELF. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—ARBAH NA PoeU! Tur WickLow WEDDING. on, OHILLEB’S TRAGEDY BOWERY THEATRE, Bo' or Tux ROBuERS—TOODL: GRAND OPERA HOUSK, coraer of Eighth avenue and 28d etreet.—GEEEN BusHEs. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Hi000ar Dicoosy Dook. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 231 at., between Sth and 6th ays.— Rip Van WINKLE WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtlevh street ang Broadway,—Afteraoon and eveaing Performance, CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7 ‘Detween 58th and E911 sts,—POruLAB GARDEN CON TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 901 Bowery.—Coxto ‘Vooa:16N, NEGRO Missy: & HOOLEY'S OPERA Wi » Brookiys,—HooLer's MINSTRELS—-CONTESY FOR THE CHAMPIONGUIP, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOIRNGE AND At, LADIES’ NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, @20 ‘Broadway.—FRMALEs ONLY (N ATTENDANOR, New York, Friday, August 13, 1869. ————— THE NEWS. Europe. The cable despatches are dated Augnst 12. The directors of the French Atlantic cable and the Committee of the Royal Victorla Yacht Club have passed resolutions expressing regret at the untimely death of Mr. C. Grinnell, The London 7Jimes and News both have articles on the prorogation of the British Parliament, The weather throughout Eng- Jand continues fair. ‘The Irish Bishops consider it inexpedient to reas- semble the General Conference of the Irish Churca, The Emperor of the French 1g indisposed, but will leave for Chalons as previously announced. Marshal Niel’s state of health is considered hopeless, M. Devienne will be appSinted reporter to the Senatus Consultum. The Lonudoa Fimes in an article on Spain con- Siders that the country is in a bad state, and that the members of the Cabinet have anytning but an easy time before them. The new Portuguese Ministry has been formed, under tiie presidency of the Duke de Soulé, ‘The wheat crops of Southern Russia are reported fayorabie, India. The Ameer of Cabool has been shot at and wounded. South America. By the French cable we have advices from Rio éaneiro to the 16th ult, Minister McMahon left the headquarters of Lopez on the 24tn of June, and was ‘accompanied to the Brazilian lines by an escort and son of Lopes. Mr, Kirk, the new American Min- Aster to Buenos Ayres, had presented his credentials and been received by President Sarmiento, Gen- eral Carapeliog and other leaders of the insurrection in Uraguay have been captured and the rebellion ‘was ended, Cuba. Advices from the revolutionists to the 22d inst, State that they have possession of the principal Points on the coast and can hold them against any force the Spaniards can bring against them, They claim that if they were accorded belligerent righta by the United Staves they would have possession of the entire island outside of Havana im thirty days, A Spanish force of 400 from Santiago de Cuba was captured by General Jordan. Heavy reinforcements ‘Were despatched to their aid, but the reinforce- ments were in turn attacked and defeated with a loss of half their number. A cargo of slaves re- cently landed were captured by the Cubans, who at once liberated their prisoners. Miscellancous, The Mexican Claims Commission at Washington held a brief session yesterday, and afier adopting rules and regulations governing their proceetings adjourned to the first Monday in September, The Northern Pacific Railroad exploring party have returned to Minneapolis, Minn., aud report the Toute explored feasibie beyond expectation. ‘the first bale of the new cotton crop in Alabama ‘Was received at Montgomery on Wednesday. During a heavy fog on Wednesday night on Lake Erie, near Buffalo, a steamer and a sailing veasel collided, by which accident two of the steamers hands were knocked into the lake and drowned. All the Cheyenne Indians south of the Arkansas, 1,800 in number, concentrated at Camp Supply on the 27th ult., and are now drawing government rations. A meeting of Leigh coal operators waa held at Mauch Chunk, Pa., at which tt was determined to offer their workmen a new acale of prices, which Is known to be so low as will cause a suspension of ‘Work for some time, Judge Jefferds, of the Supreme Conrt, a. Warner, Secretary of State, and a large number of minor oM- cers of Mississippi, were yesterday removed py General Ames. ‘ The City. ‘The ferry boat Columbia, in attempting to enter her slip at the Fulton ferry yesterday afternoon, ran fato the ferry boat Union, lying in an adjoining siip, crushing her upper works and wedging the two boats tightly together. Fortunately nobody was hurt. General Roche, a Spanish negro, and agent of the Haytien government, acting under orders from Presi- dent Baez, yesterday purchased of the United States vhe war steamer Algonquin, now being made ready for sea at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The examination of Percy B. Spear, & Custom House weigher, accused of defrauding the govern ment by means of iraudulent pay roils, was com- menced before Commissioner Osborn yesterday. President Grant and family leave this ctty this morning at eight o'clock, by the Erie Katlroad, for Kane, Pa. Unless something unexpected occurs There will be no Cabinet mecting for at least two Weeks. The yacht Meteor, owned and commanded by George L. Lorillard, sailed yesterday fora voyage B@round the world. Mr. Lorillard expects to be absont several years on his excursion, as he in- tends to spend some time at each place of interest @n route. In the Superior Court yesterday Judge McCunn @ppointed Thomas J. Barr receiver of all moneys placed in the hands of August Keimont and Peter B, Sweeny by John O'Mahony, derived from the sale of Fenian bonds. In‘the Supreme Court yesterday Jadge Barnard granted an order setting asive all orders of Judge Peckham for staying proceedings under orders Yasued by this court, A peremptory wrist, not batl- able and returnable on Saturday, was also tssaed for the arrest of Robert H. Pruyn, Joseph H. Ramsey @nd John N. Van Valkenburg. ‘The Inman line steamsbip Clty of Antworp, Cap- tain Mirehouse, will leave plier 45 North river at eleven A, M. to-morrow (Saturday), for Queenstown and Liverpool. The European mails will close at the Post OMice at nine o'clock in the morning, The steamship Erin, Captain Webster, of the Na- Uonal line, will leave pier 47 North river at ten A. M, to-morrow, for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to land passengers, ‘The Merchants’ jine steamship Sherman, Captain Hensy, will eat at three P.M. on Saturday, from pier 12 North river, for New Orieaus direct, Prominent Arrivais in the City. Jadge 8. Van Choutt, of Boston; Colonel 0, Mosa, of Louisiana; M. Archer, of the United States Army; Colonel A. M. Woodward, of Indiana; Senator J. w, Patterson, of New Hampsbire; Judge 8. F. Lanin, of New York, and Colonel W. Means, of Clncinnau, ere at the Metropolitan Hotel, Burgeon J, Kellogg, of the United States Navy; Professor J, T. Williams, of Cambridge; Captain R. Queen, and Major Frank Evans, of the Uuited States Army, are at the St. Charlee Hotel. General F. G, Martindale, of Baltimore, ts at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Prominent Departures. Judge A. Innes, for Philadelphia; Colonel George A. Mille and Colonel W. Booth, for Baltimore, and Colone: A. Hickman, for St. Louts, The President as a Party Man. It has generally been considered a virtue in a public man to stick to his friends, At least this has been so here since party politics has proved superior to principle or anything else. General Jackson was admired by the democrats for sticking to his friends, and his example has been strongly commended ever since he was President, It must be admitted, too, that there is virtue in the grateful remembrance of services rendered, particularly in individual cases. But in the case of the President of the United States there is a higher principle to be recognized and followed, and that is the good of the country. When he takes the oath of office parties and men and everything else should be made subordinate to the interests of the republic and welfare of the people. All Presidents, we believe, in their inaugural addresses admit this, though some may not have followed it. General Grant, if we re- member right, emphatically enunciated this sound doctrine, Every 6f¢ acknowledges it in theory, for it is founded in common sense and patriotism, Though political parties may be necessary or useful, and though it may be of importance to the success of an adminis- tration for a President to use one or the other of them to carry out his measures, there is a limit to subordination to party. Yielding too far to party considerations or clamor. may prove more disastrous than absolutely ignoring party ties, We have been led to make these remarks from the views expressed by General Grant to General Tarbell, Secretary of the Repub- lican Executive Committee of Mississippi, as published in the Hgratp yesterday, on the subject of parties in the South. This General Tarbell was the accredited agent of the radi- cals of Mississippi to ascertain the views of the President on the political affairs of the South- ern States, and particularly on those of Missis- sippi. The object is apparent. The radicals wanted the endorsement of the President to help them to defeat the conservatives in the ap- proaching election in Mississippi. General Grant understood this, and without reserve and in the most marked manner declared that he favored the radicals and wished them success, To give his remarks more effect and to place his ex- pressed views beyond all question the coaver- sation was written down, carefully read to him and is now published by his authority. So far, then, there can be no mistake as to his expressions or the motive for making them. We cannot help expressing regret that the President should have stepped beyond the strict line of duty to interfere in the local elec- tions of a State, It makes no difference in his conduct because this is a Southern State. Mis- sissippi is in the Union, and official interfer- ence of the administration in her case is just as reprehensible as interference would be in the local atfairs of New York or of any other State. Besides that, it is a blunder. It will have the effect, probably, of disgusting the conservative people of Mississippi and swelling their majority at the election. There is no doubt that the unwise interference of members of the Cabinet in the Tennessee election had such an effect, and this ought to have beena lesson to the President and his advisers. General Grant probably means well, and thought he was doing right; but he is mis- taken, There can be no question of his patri- otism, Nor is there any reason to believe that in his emphatic endorsement of the South- ern radicals, in opposition to the sentiment of the people of the South, he was influenced by personal ambition. He is simply the tool of the radical politicians in his Cabinet and around him. He is inexperienced in the cun- ning and tortuous schemes of such politicians, and takes their selfish and party representa- tions for honest convictions, The people of this country, North as well as South, are not radical. They are tired of radical rule, and the elections show that wherever there is a chance for the conservative elements to com- bine without going back to the old dogmas of defunct democracy the radicals are defeated. The true course for the government is to recog- nize this conservative public sentiment and to actin accordance with it. If General Grant would make his administration successful and popular, and if be would give that peace to the country which he desires and talks of so much, he must think for himself, and not be led by scheming politicians in and out of his Cabinet. In brief, his policy must be in accord- ance with pudlic opinion, To do that he may have to change his Cabinet, It never has beenaunit. Itisa patchwork sort of body, comprising men of different views and party affiliations, from the ultra radical to the rigid conservative, and is only held together by the love of office and personal am- bition. Nor does it fairly represent the different sections and interests of therepublic, From the beginning it was a makeshift arrangement dic- tated by the politicians, and does not reflect the sentiments and policy upon which the President first commenced his administration, Looking at these facts and at the current of popular sentiment setting in against the unwise and improper interferenge of the government with the local affairs of the States, bas not the time come for General Grant to reorganize his Cabinet and make it a unit, in accordance with the conservative tendency of the country? That is the question, and upon that, probably, will depend the success or fuilure of bis ad- ministratiov. Tue Union or rae [penian Peninscia,— Tt is said that General Prim intends to offer the crown of Spain to King Luis of Portugal. We say good. Prim and Serrano, if they have the power, cannot do 4 wiser thing. If Spain and Portugal would ever again take their place in the world they must be # unit. Divided they are doomed, United they have a chance of salvation, King Luls on the throne of Spain would be very much what the first Jémes was on the throne of England. King James made Scotland and England one, and the union was a benefit to both kingdoms, If by any means the Peninsula can be made one we ehball rejoice, for It will be a gain to humanity, Tt is doubtful, however, whether such union ts yet practicable, Wo shall sec. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1869. The Queen’s Speech. In some respects the Queen's speech, which we printed yesterday, was unimportant. It did not surprise and tickle the world, In other respects it was wonderful, It was a record of reforms such as England has not known in many a long year. It was something for the Queen to be able to congratulate the houses for having passed a bill so sweeping as that of the Irish Church Disestablishment bill. It isa sign of the times that the Sovereign of England should feel it necessary to express the hope that “this important measure may hereafter be remembered as conclusive proof of the para- mount anxiety of Parliament to pay reasonable regard, in legislating for each of the three kingdoms, to the special circumstances by which it may be distinguished, and to deal on principles of impartial justice with all {interests and all portions of the nation.” The other bills to which the Queen's speech referred were all important, but they are not to be compared for a moment with the Irish Church Disestab- lishment measure, This is the measure which sets the trap for the destruction of all the privileged orders, the Crown not excepted. It is somewhat amusing to notice that the sovereign for the time being acquiesces in the preliminary stages of a revolution which threatens the throne, The good Queen, how- ever, does aot see this, and her Ministers are wise enough not to give it unnecessary promi- nence, Our Chinese Visitors, The visit of Choy-Chew and Sing Man, the Chinese merchants from San Francisco, who arrived here on Wednesday evening, will further the influences of the recent visit of Mr. Burlingame and his diplomatic party, It will even more directly promote the friendly com- mercial relations which it was a main object of the Burlingame mission to inaugurate. Choy- Chew, in his speech at Chicago on the 6th inst., admirably expressed the sentiments of the more enlightened among the great mer- chants in the Chinese empire when he said, “China must brush away the dust of her an- tiquity, and, looking across the Pacifio, beholg and profit by the lessons of the New World.’ That she has already begun to do this {s mani- fest from the facts stated by him that ‘‘steam- boat lines have been established on our rivers and the telegraph will soon connect us with this wonderful sovereignty, where the people rule and where everything proclaims peace and good will to all.” About thirty-eight years ago the Hdinburgh Review exposed the falsity of the statements made by those interested in the monopoly of the East India Company as to the anti-commercial character of the Chinese. It proved that they were, on the contrary, 9 highly commercial people ; that they were, as they still are, the great traders of the Eastern archipelago; that vast numbers of them were settled at Batavia, Singapore and other com- mercial emporia, all actively engaged in trade or in some species of useful industry, The Edinburgh Review predicted even then the growth of that American trade with China which now promises to assume such prodigious proportions and the interests of which will be materially helped by the visit of Choy-Chew and Sing Man to our metropolis as representa- tives of Chinese industry and commerce. Pendleton in Ohio. Pendleton’s nomination for Governor of Ohio is a point supposed to be gained by that small great man of the West in the democratic game for the next Presidential nomination, So, in- deed, it is said, was the nomination even of Rosecrans, but not so palpably, Eastern and Western democrats, in cooking up the Presi- dential omelet for 1872, had used New York Hoffman as egg and a certain Ohio politician as fines herbes, and their game was to put the Ohio man up for Governor to give him the necessary preliminary of a position before the people, Now, their man was not Rosecrans, but Ranney; and the Pendleton men, deter- mined to squelch the movement—having an eye themselves to the Presidency—put up Rosecrans as one likely to rally a good vote from the other side of the political Jordan. Rosecrans, however, being less obliging than the celebrated Mr. Barkis, is not ‘“willin’,” and so the Pendleton men fall to the centre of their political universe and take Pendleton himself, This beats the Hoffman affair in Ohio; but, after all, Obio has its limits, ReozrPts AND Expenpiturgs or THE Goy- ERNMENT.—The Treasury statement of the re- ceipts and expenditures of the government for the quarter ending June 30, as published yes- terday, shows that the income is enormous and far exceeding the current demands upon the Treasury. Although this quarter of the year is not considered the most prolific to the Trea- sury, the receipts were over a hundred and nine millions from the regular sources of rev- enue, This is at the rate of over four hundred and thirty-six million a year, It is a remark- able state of things, and shows the wealth of the country, the patient manner in which the people bear taxation and how freely they pour their money into the Treasury when demanded by the government, With such an exhibit of the finances who can doubt our ability to pay the national debt within a reasonable time ? ee reteemtants Tae Express Hicnway Rospery.—We trust that the actors in this atrocious rebbery, and every petsoa besldes connected with ft, should there be any such, may be soon brought to justice. This is a case in which the detectives, if they are of any service at all, should exert themselves, for impunity here means other simi- lar crimes, and possibly murder, thereafter, If they fail to bestir themselves as they ought to do the public may be tempted to take the matter out of their hands, as in the case of the Indiana express robberies of last year, when they called in the assistance of Judge Lynch, We, for our part, have no confidence whatever in Judge Lyach’s decision, and therefore we hope the detectives will exert themselwes to some purpose in this matter. It is one of those cases in which not only the whole commercial community, but every person interested in social order, whoever he way be, wishes them success, Jupag Carvozo, while be only fined certain ot the usurers, Goed and imprisoned others, Me added the imprisonment because the par-" ties were rich and because it was thought he might favor the rich, He showed that Justice was blind by showing Low well she could see, For fear he might be suspected of discrimina- tion he discrimiaatea, The Herald and Certain Public Nobodler, Recently we gave the views on public ques- tiona of thé newly elected Governor of Vir- ginia, Mr. Walker. Mr, Walker did what is not uncommon with politicians of a certain stripe—he spoke so freely that he said more than he was willing to stand by. So when his sentiments were duly put in print and he was assailed by the politicians he did not stand by his sayings, but incontinently ran and hid himself behind the old shield of ‘‘a faise report, sir.” It did not save him, however, for we were able to fully sustain our reporter's cor- rectness, Nearly the same thing happened in a recent report we gave of proceedings in the Board of Health, wherein a worthy disciple of Esculapius, smarting under an_ irrita- tion of personal vanity that a philoso- pher ought not to feel, denounced a newspaper, We gave this report with pain, of course—pain for the philosopher and deep con- cern for the character of the press thus assailed in the person of our good-natured though quite unreliable contemporary. We were not surprised when the Doctor denfed his own words at the requirement of the paper !m- pugned, for it was only a sign that in his cooler five minutes he did not remember the evil thoughts of his angry half hour, Even in the distribution of abuse and ill names it is true that To forget what we bestow Bespeaks a noble mind, But we, being thus assailed, ia our turn had to come put with the evidenge, and have shown that we were right, and the Doctor's denial goes for nothing—cheaper than bread pills, Again we hear from another Gov- ernor of Virginia, Mr. Wella by name. We published some days ago what we called his highwayman’s programme for robbing the people of Virginia of the direct result of their suffrages by delays that would keep the new Governor indefinitely out of his place. Then we published Mr. Wells’ denial that he ever entertained such a thought. Now we have re- ceived from Virginia a full and authenticated account of the conversation in which Mr. Wells put forth that plan, and shall publish that if necessary, Public men who do not appreciate the full force of print, if perchance they get in itin an unpleasant way, had better flounder out by any other means than charging false- hood on us, Bloody Business in Spain. The cause of liberty and progress has our hearty sympathy all over the world, but if we would support the Spanish government in the course of policy it is now adopting, not only in Cuba, but at home, we must not only strain a point to keep pace with it, but cast the commonest feelings of justice and humanity completely aside. Asa pico! cf this we refer our readers to yesterday's telegraphic despatch from Madrid, which says ‘‘the troops shoot all individuals suspected of Carlism without any kind of trial.” Now such a way of putting down @ rebellion is utterly indefensible, or in plain words it is atrocious, It is quite enough to be punished for the crimes we have committed, but to be shot for those we are suspected of is a sort of justice neither Prim, Seirauy uve auy vac olee would lke if applied to himself, Had we, for instance, during the late rebellion put to death all per- sons suspected of sympathizing with the Con- federates, or even all persons made prisoners with armsin their hands, what a blood-stained, butchering government ours would then have been! Yet this is the very policy the Spanish government is now pursuing. Positively, this is worse treatment than we give to criminals guilty of murder who chance to be caught red- handed in the fact, for even they claim the privilege of a trial; and surely their case is infinitely worse than that of parties who are only suspected of a political crime. We believe there are few Spaniards who have not at one time or another been in rebellion against the constituted government, and eleven months ago Prim and Serrano themselves were among that number; but what an outcry there would have been, and justly, throughout Europe had Queen Isabella’s government then put to death all persons suspected of sympathizing with them! What was wrong then, however, is just as wrong now, and wo trust that the govern- ment of to-day will not persist fa having re- course to measures that would have disgraced the imperious rule of Marfori and Isabella. she errr) Ctgrxs AND AcENTs—No DuirfergNor.— The decision of United States Commissioner Shields in the case of the lottery dealers settles the question as to the status of clerks and agents, at least within the interpre- tation of the Internal Revenue law. Certain lottery agents evaded the payment of the special tax as lottery ticket dealers upon the plea that they were merely ‘‘clerks” of the lottery dealers. The Commissioner decided that they were ‘‘agents” in the eye of the law, and therefore sent them before the Grand Jury. It must now be settled whether principals can evade the law by transferring their business to the hands of their employés and calling them clerks, If the latter are responsible to their employers for the profits and losses of the business, why are they not responsible to the government for the tax? Tootzy Srrezt AGaIn,—Fifty fellows of the long-haired sort met in Hartford the other day and resolyed that they, “ag the temper- Ade Voters of Connectiout,” were in favor of the “absolute and entire prohibition of the manufacture, importation ‘or sale of intoxicat- ing liquors,” We bave so many legal devices favoring personal liberty that it is scarcely possible to arrest or detain any man who can pay lawyers. Witness the Susquehanna Railroad case, in which everybody gets arrested three or four times a day on one process or another, and in which the arrested parties are always at large again in half an hour, Man is but the little joker to this lawyer's game of thimblerig, and you can never tell where he is, Tak Drama.—In a theatrical advertisement we eee the change in the character of the drama, There is to be presented a new play by Mr. Boucicault, and the notices assure us that it bas been a long while in preparation “from models furnished by the author.” For- merly an author furnished a manuscript, now he furnishes ‘‘models,” From Roskorans TO PENDLETON 16 A Great Srep.—What can be impossible to the party het can go over a@ much ground with one le $ SSSR SS slat ae EE Re ES SSE RE NE SS nl Ee yee PS eS EE SS ee Be ee The Frultfuluces of Califorata. California hae long ago established its repu- tation as « fruitful State of the Union by its magnificent yield of gold, drawn from the bowels of its mountains and the beds of ita auriferous streams and gullies. The whole world has been enriched from these sources in the quantity of precious metal which has sup- plied the mints of our own and other countries for purposes of coinage and has been worked up {nto & thousand shapes by the hands of skilful jewellers and mechanics, But California is rich in something besides gold. The fruits and vegetables which grow to prodigious size and ripen under her genial skies have made her as famous as her gold product. There is no soil or climate on this Continent so favor- able for the cultivation of fruits as California. The rarest and most luscious specimens in the whole category of Pomona are to be found there in abundance, and now that the Pacific Railroad brings the eastern shore within a week's journey of San Francisco we may ex- pect that the fruits of the California valleys and hillsides will become articles of exten- sive trade, profitable to the cultivators and acceptable to the people on this side of the Continent. Heretofore we knew these luxurious products of the Golden State only by hearsay. We had heard of its gigantic trees, and even saw some ocompara- tively diminutive specimens of them in the old Crystal Palace. We have tasted the fine wines of California—the honey-dew flavored Angelica, which ladies’ palates do most affect; the delicate, fruity hock, which gentlemen do not disdain, and the champagne, that wants only experience in the manufacture to rival Heidseick or Cliquot. But it is only now that we are brought into possession of the rich fruits for which this State is renowned. For example, we have just received within about fourteen days from California a case of rich, ripe and juicy pears in splendid condition— pears that three weeks ago graced the trees on the Paciflo coast, and no doubt weighed them down with the precious burden, for they average nearly twelve ounces each. They come from, the Sacramento Fruit Company, through its agents, Miller & Luther, of this city. The time is close at hand when all theee delicious producta of the Pacific slope—apples, pears, apricots, peaches and grapes in clusters three feet long, which the Californians now enjoy a month or more ahead of our season— will come to us over the railroad as regular articles of trade, just as the peaches and melons of the Southern States come into our early markets now. Then, indged, we shall be reaping all the fruits of our Pacific acces- sion of territory. The Public Health. Special thanksgiving is due to God for the extraordinarily good health enjoyed this sum- mer by the inhabitants of New York and its adjacent citios and by the floating population of our superb bay. Cases of cholera have been extremely rare. Last year a single yes- sel from Germany imported thirty-five cases of smallpox; but there were only two on a bark which arrived from Bremen on the 7th inst, with two hundred and sixty-four emigrant pas- sengers. Only two cases of yellow fever are reported at the Quarantine station, where, according to the efficient and indefatigable Deputy Health Officer, the arrangements are equal to any emergency, At the last weekly meeting of the Board of Health Dr. Harris reported that during the first week in August there were but five hundred and ninety-one deaths in New York and two hundred and twenty-four in Brooklyn—a lower rate of mor- tality than that of the corresponding week of summer in many years past. The gain is noticeable in all ages, but the most conspicu- ous in the first years of childhood. This improvement is ascribed by Dr, Harris to three principal causes. First, that while some of the waterside nuisances and slums _sti!l con- tinue, there is yet a greater degree of cleanli- ness observed in the streets and tenement houses; secondly, the temperature has been very favorable to the preservation of life and health; and, thirdly, thousands of tenement houses are better ventilated. Dr, Harris pro- poses the adoption of a better system of drain- age for the whole Metropolitan district, recom- mending particularly that of which the salutary effects have been shown in Paris, where the death rate for the week ending July 17, 1869, was twenty-two in one thousand, while twenty years since it was nearly twice as great. Thus science is gradually lending its aid towards carrying out the beneficent purposes of Provi- dence, Wuere tie Harvarp Crew Came From. — Of the five Harvard University students who comprise the American crew in the coming internatiowsl boat race on the Thames three come from our new Western States and two from the old Bay State of Massachusetts, Mr. Rice is from Roseburg, Oregon; Mr, Bass and Mr. Burnham (coxswain) from Chicago, Ml, The bow oar (Loring) is a Boston boy, and the stroke oar (Simmons) is from Concord, twenty miles from the ‘Hub of the Universe,” and the scene of the first battle between the Americans and British in the Revolutionary war, Thus the East and the West are both represented among the men who are to contest for the American championship at the oar ia English waters, Aw Iygunottoy to restrain a performance of the play of ‘After Dark,” asked for by the men of Niblo’s theatre, is denied, This con- stant attempt to protect foreign playsin the absence of a copyright law is a sort of mana- gerial impudence, Law and Faot.—Jndge McCuna, in his de- cision on @ habeas corpus bearing, bas dis- charged from custody the bushwhacker I’ratt ; but the bushwhacker Pratt is in Fort Schuyler all the same, Frosting Fire Exougs, as bas just been shown by the doings of the one that went from our harbor to Yonkers, are most valuable additions to the force for extinguishing confla- grations, not anly when the fire is near the river, but also when water becomes scarce even ata distance from the river. We have one, but we ought to have at least half a dozen, THE WRECKED STEAMSHIP SERMANIA, ‘The following despatch has been received from St. Johns, N, F., by the agents of the Hamburg-ameri- oan Packet Company:— ee —— WASHINGTO.V- I a W HINGTON, August 1%, 1) Redemption of Mutilated Notes. ; The following bas been prepared and wil be i» sued to-morrow:— ‘PREASURY DEPARTMENT, TREASUKER'S OFFICE, WaASHINOTON, August 12, 1369. This oMice will receive, at the expense of the De partment, from any oMcer of the verament private party or corporation, any of the ourrei described below, United Staves notes of the denomination of tem dollars and of the denomination of fifty dollars. United States notes known as the “convertible issue,’? authorized under acts of February 25 and Jul 11, 1862, and all notes which are mutilated or in any way unfit for circulation, provided such remittances are made in amounts of $500 or more, or exceeding $1,000 or a muitipie thereof by more (han $500, by Adams Express, or by any expreas with which tha company bas made auch arrangements, The above restriction is made necessary by the terms of the. contract with the Adams Express Company. As. gistant treagurers and United States depositories are requested to select from the currency which Dave on hand such as ts defined above and forwal it to me tn accordauce with the above condition, charging the amount of such remittance to me in ag count as a transfer of funda, unless they desire & re- turn as specified by law for remittance made in com Dliance with this circular. my check on New I will, if so requested, retarn. niladeiphia, New Orleans or San York, Boston, Francisco, or will send other currency, free of charge, by express whenever there ts this office currency of the description desired in te ‘ura, ¥. E, SPINNER, Treasurer, Transfer of Deposts in the Treasury. The gold and notes in the Treasury Departmen’. ere being transferred to the vaultf under the new cash room in the north front of the building, The ‘work is being done under the supervision of @ com mittee of three, one cach from the Register’s, Secre- tary’s and Firat Comptroller's office. The committee commenced operations yesterday morning and are engaged in weighing aud counting the gold and sllver deposits, upon the conclusion of which labor they will goto work upon the fractional currency and notes. The transfer will be completed by the last of next or the beginning of the following week, when the new cash room will be opened for business. Promotion in the Treasury Department. Mr, L. E. Gannon, of the Treasury Department, has been promoted to a fourth class clerkship and assigned to duty in the oMce of the Supervising Ar+ ohitect, where he will have much to do with the preliminary operations connected with the erection of the New York Poat Oitice. Customs Receipts. ‘The Customs receipts from July 31 to-August 7, im clusive, are as follows:— Bostol New Yo 190,443 Philadelphia. "187,529 Baltimore. 160, ch New Orieans (July 24 to July 31). 46,2 MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT, President Grant, accompanied by Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, and General Horace Porter, pri- vate secretary tothe President, arrived in this city at six o'clock yesterday morning from Wasbingtom The party took a carriage at the ferry and rode up town. The President and General Porter proceeded to the residence of Mr. Corbin, the President's bro- ther-in-law, where Mre, Grant and two of her chile dren were awaiting the President’s return, Mr. Fish left the party, having some business to atténd toin the city, and started for his country seat at wer Ral on the eleven o'clock train via tne Hudson River Ratiroad. The President spent several hours of yesterday morning down town and then returned to the house of hig brother-in-law, During the daya number of gentleman called and were received. At eight o'clock this morning the President, ace companied py Mrs. Grant and her two children aud General Porter, leaves by the Erte Ratiroad for Kane, Pa, He will proceed by the Erie road and the Atlan- tic and Great Western branch to the town of Corry and thence by the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad to Kane, The President will re. main here, the guest of General Kane, for several days, He then contemplates a visit to the Western coal flelds of Pennsylvania, viewing some of the leading manufactories in that section of the State, It is probable he will revurn oy way of the anthracite regions of Schuylkill and Lehigh counties, ‘The President has long felt a desire to visit the ‘a terior of New York and Northwestern and Western Pennsylvania, and takes this opportunity of bis sum- mer wur to put lis wishes into execution. Unless something unexpected occurs there Wil be no Cabinet meeting for at least two weeks, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sale of a Ganbont to tho Haytiens—The Monitor Dictator OF Wall Street—The Bogart Court Martial—Rules for Guidance of Navy Yard Visitors—The Politics of Navy’ Yard Foremen Being Examined. Negotiations have been pending for some time be- tween the naval authorities and the Haytien govern. ment (Baez branch) for a naval vessel to be delivered to the latter government at thls port in a condition for active service. The affair culminated in the Hay- tiens being able to raise funds, Yesterday General” Roche, aSpantsh negro, watted on Rear Admiral Go- don, commandant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and eilected the purchase of the United States steamer Algonquin, a vessel somewhat noted for her race several years ago with the United States sicamer Winooski, in which the Algonquin was badly beaten, Since her race the Algonquin has deen supplied with new machinery at a heavy expense. The price paid for the vessel could not be ascertained, E. Biondt, formerly a volunteer master in the United States service, Was offered the command and accepted it, Commodore A. M. Pennock, lately in command of the European squadron, has relieved Captain John J, Almy ag President of the Bogart court martial, The board of examiners ordered to- examine into the political status of the empioyés of the Navy Yard are in session every day, and leave, after am investigation of some weeks, the result of thoir labors apparent in the discharge of several of the prominent foremen. Some of tue foremen and other ewployés who were active opponents of General Grant expect to ‘walk the plank" in a few days, as the instructions, It ts said, are not to emptoy any one who ts not in political sympathy with the admin- istration. it will be well for visitors to the Navy Yard to note that persons who eugage workmen in conver- sation will be turned out of the yard and not allowed ingress again, The force of workmen being sinall in comparison with the amount of work ordered, especially since the Navy pegersnent commenced preparing for the expected Cuban émeute, Kear Admiral Godon, comma nt, 19 determined it shall not be his fault Mf the United States don’t get a fair day's work, even if the workmen do labor but eigat hours. No new features were developed yesterday in re- gard to the Spanish mosquito feet, but o strict watch is kept over them, The monttor Dictatorshas moved up the East river and now lies off Wail street ferry, where she at tracts mach attention and considerable specuiavion as to her taking post at that point. she wil! prova- bly go to the Navy Yard to-day, and aster her rudder bas been repaired, will proceed again to the Bavtery, An extra force of men are at Work on the flagship Severn, and she will undoubtedly go into commis- s10n On the Bd inst, aNd proceed to avana before the ist proximo, Commandery John Walters bas been detached from i command of the Cyane and placed on waiting orders THE FEMANS, Picnic and Games of the Brotherhood of the Manhattan District. ‘The Fentana of the Manhattan district had a ptenie at Jones’ Wood yesterday, and the event proveda great success in every respect. There could nos have beon fewer than 4,000 people present, among them being an unusually jarge number of eiegantiy dressed and pretty girls. Dancing was kept up with unflagging spirit from an early hour lu the afternoon until late at night, Bata novel and what proved to be a highly attcaciive feature of the day's festiviues was the Introduction of Irish games, in which & large number of the strong, active sons of the Green Isle competed, with @ Zest peculiarly Celtic, for the palm of superiority and the prizes that were to award the victor, These games began about three, o'clock in the afternoon aud lasted unt dusk, A wheelbarrow race brought @ half dozen competitors fo the scratch and exc.ted much amusement, It was won, alter a ludicrously exciting race, by Join C, Toole, A sack race louud four contestants at the starting post, and John Wilson Orst at the winuing post after a race in which the runners frequeniy came to earth amid tho uproartous tnerriment of he crowé of lookers on. The high jump and rupoing Jump were both won by Dennis Burn, agatust a very large number of competitors, The wrestling con- teat excited most interest, If Mot most merriment, Jt was woo by Joln Reilly, aller an exciting strugylo. Nothing occurred during the day to mar the bae- mony of the proceedings; all was merriment aad eajoyment, with vappily none of the brawis thas sometimes characterize picnica where ardem® Fenians, anited ty a common purpose, injure (hele cause by useemly brawid. ‘The green was yeator- day in the ascendant—the chosen color of thoumandé of fair Women and brave men~ Mesara. Edwagt Ly Carey, Jonn MoMakin, Edward Murphy aud Jamea’ Magitire, (he managers of the piczic, were indefatl. gavie in their exertion to promote tue harmony and enjoyment of all prevent, and were ably asatsted vy @ large and efficient commiMee of orienta, Altogether, the picatc Was one of the pleasantess bg of its Kind Wat pas ever been ueld Ig Now O