The New York Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1869, Page 4

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HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Hoounr's MINSTRELS—CONTEST FOR THR CHAMPIONSUIP, \Wew YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— (QOIENOE AND ABT. LADIES’ NEW YORK MUS! Broadway.—FEMALEs ONLY IN — — = New York, Saturday, August 14, 1869. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. » 21 Bowery.—Comro UM OF ANATOMY, 620 ATTENDANOE. The DaILy HERALD will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month. The postage being only thirty-five cents a quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement can receive the HERALD at the same price it is furnished in the city. Europe. The vable telegrams are dated August 13, ‘The American yacht Sappho left Queenstown for Cowes yesterday. The Harvard and Oxford crews were out for practice again yesterday. The Emperor Napoleon signed several decrees of amnesty for press and political offences yesterday. The committee engaged on the Senatus Consultum g pushing forward its work rapidly. The election of Senators by several councils 1s disapproved by ihe Senatus Consultum. A rumor prevailed in Paris sast night that Queen Isabella had decided to abdi- tate, ‘The Deak party in Hungary approve of the policy pf reconciliation with Prussia and the non-interven- Von in the internal ahestions of Germany. The assertions recently made in the European papers that the Porte had intormation of a letter com-” promising the Viceroy of Egypt in his relations with the Czar of Russia prove vo be untrue. A Carlist conspiracy has been discovered in Vatla- Golid. Five hundred Carlists have entered Spain from France, under the leadership of Estartus. Twelve priests have been arrested in Burgos. ‘The new Portuguese Cabinet has been formed. ; Egypt. The River Nile is lower than it has been for the Jast 150 years. The prospects of a good cotton crop gre fovorable. Cuba. Sejior José Manuel Macias has been commissioned g3 an agent of the Cuban government to treat with the Spanish authorities in reference to the parent pountry’s acknowledging \he independence of Cuba. Befor Macias leit this city for Europe last Saturday, and expects to meet General Prim at some point in France and to at once enter into negotiations con- cerning the objects of his mission, in accoraance with promises made by General Prim to Cubans pome fourteen months since, The Cubans furnished the Spanish revolutionary Junta $1,500,C00 in gola to aid in overthrowing Isabella, in return for which Cuba was to be made independent, It is reported that a privateer leit a Northern port of the United States a few nights since destined for the service of $ne Cabans, General Vaimaseda is said to have defeated Gen- eral Jordan and captured a convoy which he was moving near Holguin. The Cubans showed iitile piuck and fled after a short fight. A number of persons have been arrested at Santi Espiritu charged with engaging in a plot to poison the bread used by the inhabitants on a given day. Miscellaneous. An unusual stringency prevatis in the California money market. The rates are from one ana a quar- ter to two percent for call loans. Mining stocks fare completely demoralized, and shares in favorite companies which formeriy commanded 100 per cent premium are quoted at tyenty-five to forty per cent below par. Vice President Colfax and party arrived in Sacra- mento, Cal, on Thursday evening, and met with an enthusiastic reception. The wardens of the New York Siate Prisons met at Saratoga yesterday to consult on the manner of improving the discipline and security of the prisons. A communication wil be sent to Governor Hoffman asking him to recommend to the Legisiature certain ebanges in the laws and to make wardens fee oMcers. The Governor of New Mexico has issued a pro- elamation declaring ali Navajoe and Gila Apche In- dians whenever found outside the bounds of their reservations Outlaws, and authorizing the citizens of the Territory to kill such Indians when found de- predating upon the property of the whites, The Special Indian Commission Committee from Shis city met at Camp Supply, Colorado, on the 6th Anstant, 1,800 Cheyenne and 1,600 Arapahoe Indians, who were anxious to go upon the reservations a3- signed to them. A riot occurred at Heathsville, Va., on Wednesday Inst, beiween some whites and negroes, from which the negroes, as usual, came out second best. One negro was killed and a number wounded. One of the white rioters was arrested, but was rescued by the citizens, A boat containing five persons was capsized in the lake at Sarnia, Canada, on Thursday, and the entire party drowned. The recent political course of the President ap- pears to have had a most disastrous effect in Vir- ginia. Lawlessness is on the increase, and several conflicts have taken place between the whites and Diacks. Itis expected that General Canby will re- quire ihe iron-clad vatn to be taken by members of the Legislature. A postal convention has been concluded with Great Britain for the conveyance of mails between the United States and British Honduras, The rates of postage are twelve.cents per each letter weighing half an ounce, and two cents for each newspaper. The mails are to be transported vetween New Or- leans and Belize py British steamers, The City. The cage of Pratt, the Texan, whose discharge has been ordered by Judge McCunn, caused much ex- citement in the city yesterday. Marshal Barlow submitted the matter to the consideration of the President, who authorized him to use every legai means to keep possession of the prisoner, as also to secure himself from arrest. The Marshal aeemea this authority sufficient to warrant him in calling to his aid @ company of United States troops, whom he quartered in the United States Court Building in Chambers street, their services only being required in escorting the Marshal to the ferry, Pratt is still confined in Fort Schuyler, but wtil be produced be- fore Commisstoner Osborne on Monday, Several days ago some suspicious characters offered to sell a Wall street operator $125,000 of the bonds stolen some time ago from Mr. Bennehor, of Pitthole, Pa., for $106,000 in greenbacks. The police were inform ed of the fact, and yesterday de- tectives were sent to Hudson City, N. J., to conclude NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 1869, the negotiations, The parties met at Rosh’s Hotel, and Jobn Laidiow, Gabriel Gorshyne and Arnold Brown passed over to the detectives ® Package said to contain the stolen bonds, receiving in return a package containing $106,000 in counter. feit greenbacks. Soon after the transaction was completed Laidiow and hia partners were arrested on charge of robbing Mr. Bennehoff, but upon ex- amination their package was found to contain one genuine $1,000 bond and about three pounds of old paper, Mrs. Vreeland, whose proceedings against her husoand for abandonment have been before the courts for some time, attempted to commit suicide last night by taking arsenic, but proper remedies being applied in time her life was saved. It is said she was induced to commit thé rash act through poverty'and disappointment at the termination of her trial. The North and Ehst rivers and the bay are patrolled nightly by tugboats from the Navy Yard, in order to prevent the departure of expeditions for Cuba. The vessels of the New York Yacht Club, which have been lying at Newport for some days, departed on acruise yesterday morning. Their next rendez- vous will be New Bedford, where a splendid recep- tion awaits them, In the cases of 223 bankers doing business in this city, but living in Brooklyn, charged with fatling to make their monthly returns to the internal revenue assessor, exceptions to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the Eastern district were taken yesterday. The question will be settled when the cases come for trial. ‘The joint committee of the Common Council on the new Post Office will meet again on Monday, at which time it is expected plans and specifications will be submitted to them and a change of site effected, The Anchor line steamship Caledonia, Captain Ovenstone, will leave pier No. 20 North river at tweive M. to-day for Glasgow, calling at London- derry to land passengers. The steamship Bremen, Captain Letst, will leave Hoboken at two P. M. to-day for Sonthampton and Bremen. The mail for the German States will close at the Post Oftice at twelve M, Promiuent Arrivals in the City. General M. S. Littlefield, of North Carolina; J. 1. Duvereau and H. Garretson, of Cleveland; Judge W. B, Rodman, of North Carolina, and E. B. Phil- lps, of Chicago, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Captain Arthur, of the Mhryland Artillery; Pro- fessor Thorne, of St. Louis; Captain Donaldson, of Toronto, and Professor E. McD. Dawson, of New- buryport, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Ex-Governor Reed, of Fiorida; ex-Governor Mc- Cormick, of Arizona; J. M. Bell, of Albany; M. R. Keefer, of Cleveland, and H. B, Plant, of Augusta, are at the Astor House, Captain Reynolds and Major Duryee, of the United States Army; Professor Simpson, of Toronto, and Dr. R. G, Andrews are at the St. Jullen Hotel. Asia in America—Our Great Future. The visit of Choy-Chew and Sing-Man to this city is am event of some importance. Chinamen in New York cannot be considered novelties. We can see a genuine son of the Flowery Land any day we choose to take a walk down Vesey street. Even a Chinese mandarin, thanks to Mr. Burlingame, {s no longer an object of curiosity in these streets. It is something, however, not quite common to have in the midst of us a Chinese gentleman who is familiar with our habits and our history, who conforms to our customs and who speaks our English language with ease and elegance, Choy-Chew and his friend Sing Man have, we believe, been long settled in California, and have practically become American citizens ; but they are naturally deeply interested in the prosperity of their native land and in the wel- fare of their many fellow countrymen who have sought and who are seeking a home on this Continent. It is something to hear a Chinaman address us in ‘‘our own tongue wherein we were born.” We took occasion a few days ago to compliment Choy-Chew for the very able speech he delivered at Chicago. His views were broad, philosophic, far-reaching; and we were encouraged to hope that as an ad- viser of his brethren he might safely be trusted. It appears, however, that we were a little too generous in our judgment. Choy-Chew does not look with favor on the project of importing Chinese to the South. His argument is a paltry one and betrays gross ignorance of the situation. The South, he says, cannot offer the Chinese sufficient compensation to induce them to emigrate; but California can. We do not think the Chinese are fools, but we do think that Choy-Chew does not reveal much wisdom in so stating his case. It is true that the South is not yet recovered from the disastrous effects of the war, and that some time must elapse before the Southern proprietors can again be regarded asrich men. But signs of returning life are already abundant. In the course of a few months the late rebel States, one and all, will be restored to their places in the Union. Order will be re-established everywhere and pro- perty will be secure. Northern capital will seek employment in the South. The large landholders will find it to their advantage to break up the enormous plantations and to exchange land for gold. The estates will become smaller, but the wealth of the soil will be more effectually developed. Landholders will become more numerous, but individual proprietors will be not poorer, but richer than ever. Nor is this all. Henceforward the South will not depend merely on the soil. Cotton mills and tobacco factories will spring up in all directions, and the manufacturers of the South will compete successfully with the manufacturers of the Eastern States and even with those of England. A magnificent future is in fact already dawning upon the South, The harvest promises to be rich, but the laborers yet are few. It is labor rather than gold which is wanted, and for such labor as the South requires the Chinaman is admira- bly adapted. We do not disparage the advan- tages offered by the great Pacific slope, There is room there for millions of the Celestials. But there is room also in the great valley of the Mississippi; and it remains to be seen whether the Chinese laborer will not find him- self as much at home in the plantations of the South agin the rich fields of California, Let the experiment of employing Chinese labor in the South be fairly tried, and we have no hesi- tation in saying that even Cioy-Chew will find it necessary to change his opinion. It is impossible in considering this subject not to be struck with the many present signs indicative of the great future of this country. The enterprise of our people is such that we cannot wait until our native population covers and utilizes our vast territory, Our fields must be ploughed, our mines worked, our fac- tories run if we should bring laborers from all lands, Europe pours her surplus population in upon us by increasing thousands every year. There is room and work and plenty for them all, and to spare. The emigration fover which has so long raged in tho nations of Northweat- ern Kurove has spread its contagion to Asia, China and Japan have both caught it, and it is not unreasonable to conclude that within the next decade we shall count among our population many millions of Asiatics. Under the hand of industry the South will again become a fruitful garden, and free labor will do what slavery never could accomplish. The Pacific slope will present in reality, and on a gigantic scale, the plentiful- ness and the luxurious beauty of the fabled gardens of the East. Our great Western wildernesses will be reclaimed, and where are now the mighty forest and the far-spreading prairie, the home of the Indian and the buffalo, there will be seen not only the fruit- ful field and the happy home, but the peaceful village, and it may be also the great and wicked city. Our multiplied and multiplying railroad and telegraphic lines will bind up the mighty whole and give it cohesion and force. Among the nations of the earth we shall have no rival. The great empires of the past, the mightiest the world has known, will sink into insignificance in comparison with the Great Republic of the West. Our influence on the outside world will be tremendous, Our word will be law. ‘Iam an American citizen” will be a boast which has had nothing to compare with it since Rome was in the zenith of her glory. Our chances, indeed, are so great that it is scarcely possible for us to abuse them. It is well for us, however, to bear in mind that nations, like individuals, may sin, and that if we do sin’ retribution sooner or later will follow. Threatoned Conflict of Federal and State Authority. There was some excitement in the city yesterday arising out of the case of Pratt, the Texas murderer, confined in Fort Schuyler. It was understood that General Grant had sent an autograph letter to United States Marshal Barlow to use such troops as he might deem necessary, in case that any attempt was made to enforce the writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge McCunn, and take the body of Pratt from the jurisdic- tion of the federal authorities, With this in- tent, as well as to protect Barlow's own per- son, it appears that a squad or two of the United States artillery stationed at Fort Hamilton were quartered during the day at the Court House building in Chambers street, and remained there on the qué vive, we pre- sume, through the evening and last night. This fact gave some color to the reports that a conflict between the federal and State authori- ties was imminent, with the probability of sundry sanguinary consequences. The teapot, however, turned out to be entirely too large for the tempest, so that there was ample accommodation for the tempest, and hence there was no explosion. It seems that Judge McCunn and the United States District Attorney, Judge Pierrepont, had a conference about noon, at which it was arranged that the malefactor Pratt should be quietly brought be- fore the United States Commissioner on Monday, and his case be there and then adjudicated. Probably he will be retained until the acting Governor of Texas issues a requisition upon Governor Hoffman for his return to that State, and, if such should be the case, of course it will end the matter as far as this State and its judges are concerned. Submarine Cables Our Futuro Foreign Ministers. In descanting upon the Queen's speech the London Zimes hits upon an idea which is not quite new to us, for we have felt its force, and more than once gave utteranco to it, namely, that the telegraphic communi- cations established between foreign nations must partially supersede or render unneces- sary the formal establishments of our foreign missions, with all their ceremony, diplomacy, gold lace, dress swords, cocked hats and other expensive and ridiculous paraphernalia, When governments are brought within a few min- utes’ speaking distance of each other ambassa- dors and ministers plenipotentiary become very like puppets. What the Z'imes says is this :— “That the Queen's opening and closing speeches are apparently inconsistent, but the explanation is found in the fact that the inter- national relations depend on the reciprocity of the feelings ot the people and not on the nego- tiations of their ministers. Messrs, Johnson, Stanley and Seward have been succeeded by others, but the sureties of peace and friend- ship abide on stronger bases than diplomacy can furnish.” What the London paper means is that these strong bases are our submarine cables, which are multiplying so fast that every government in the world will soon be in direct communication and embassies will be- come a mere matter of form, Onty Tumry Days.—The gallant Cubans say that in thirty days after they are recog- nized by the United States government they will have possession of the whole island of Cuba outside the walls of Havana. Only thirty days to accomplish this result, which is equivalent to the independence of the colony and its speedy annexation to this country. But the President and Cabinet have postponed even the consideration of this question of recognition for half thirty days in order that they may “‘finish up” their summer recrea- tions and receive further intelligence from Spain, What a pity! City Rattroap TickeTs,—In the usual rush and whirl of business at other seasons of the year the proverbially patient New York pub- lic has no time to do more than make an occa- sional ineffectual protest against the impo- sitions to which they are subjected by the various railroad monopolies, But at this season they have time to ask how long those monopolies are to be allowed to impose an additional unautliorized tax of a cent on each passenger every time that a scat in their cars is occupied or a leather strap is clung to? Why must @ passenger make a day’s journey up town in order to obtain a package of tickets at the legal rate? It is high time that dollar packages and twenty-five cent packages of tickets should be offered for sale by the city railway companies at convenient points on all the different routes. Iv TH# DomInion.—The great trouble in the new Dominion just now is how to keep the people there. French Canadians are coming to the United States en masse, and the only real difference among the people of Nova Scotia is as to the means of getting out of that Union and into this. King Luis of Portugal and the Spanish Crown. Should the Spanish Cortes offer the crown of Spain to the King of Portugal, as is foreshadowed in our cable despatches, his acceptance would constitute a some- what singular evidence of the revolution wrought by time in the affairs of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1861 the question of uniting Portugal to Spain was agitated by the Spanish statesmen, encouraged by Queen Isabella, quite regardless of the legitimate right of Dom Luis to the government of the former country, to say nothing of the distaste of the Portuguese to the proposed absorption. For the purpose of obtaining an ally against Spain a marriage was contracted with Maria Pia, fifth child of Victor Emanuel, on the day she attained her fifteenth year. The marriage of Prince Na- poleon to the Princess Clotilde, eldest daughter of the King of Italy, so connected the three reigning families of France, Italy and Portu- gal that Spain never even attempted the uni- fication of the Peninsula, and the house of Braganza was left in undisturbed possession of the throne its members have filled since they won it at the time the Christians and Moors were struggling for mastery. The present King of Portugal is as remark- able for the admirable manner in which he governs his country as for his elaborate nomen- clature, which comprises not less than nine- teen names. He was born on the 3ist of Oc- tober, 1838, and ascended the throne on the 15th of November, 1861, four days after his brother, Pedro V., died suddenly, with strong suspicions of having been poisoned. It will be remembered that a few days previous his younger brother, Dom Fernando, died, and another brother, Dom Augusto, continued dan- gerously ill for some time after. This remark- able sickness of the three brothers at-the same period gave rise to rumors of poisoning, but it seems certain they were all attacked during an excursion to the province of Alemtejo by the marsh fevers peculiar to that part of the country after the autumnal rains. Since his accession Dom Luis has faithfully carried out the liberal programme inaugurated by his father, the ex-King Ferdinand, who abdicated the throne in favor of Dom Pedro on the 16th of September, 1837, and who, by the way, declined the Spanish throne soon after the Cortes met in session, a few months ago. Although compelled for some time past to dedl with a capricious and exacting legislature, Dom Luis has paid rigid obedience to the con- stitution, never attempting to subvert it or to exercise autocratic powers. Several minis- terial crises have taken place, and in all he has bowed to the will of the Portuguese legislators by either demanding or accepting the resigna- tions of obnoxious Ministers, although in one or two instances his sympathies have been with his Cabinet. The resoluteness with which he has thus far governed Portugal according to constitutional principles has endeared him to the great mass of his people. His eight years reign have been,marked by a complete absence of political complications with foreign Powers and by a decided progress in the material prosperity of Portugal. Whether he will accept the throne of Spain on the basis of the autonomy of both Kingdoms is a question which can hardly be answered now. So far he has displayed no inclioation or anxiety for the pro- posed exaltation in importance and power. The Men of the Second Empire Passing Away. All men are mortal, and the men of the empire proclaimed in France on the 2d day of December, 1852, cannot escape the universal law. One after ‘another of the leading con- federates of Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte in establishing that empire on the ruins of the republic of 1848 have been successively passing away, until the Emperor, who is himself reported’ as sick by the cable telegram of Thursday, is left almost alone. Marshal de St. Arnaud, Marshal Pelissier (Duke de Malakoff), the Duke de Morny, the Comte de Walewski, Minister Fou!d, Secretary Mocquard and a dozen other conspicuous imperialists have had to leave all their fresh-blown dignities and die. Marshal Neil, who has been as blind a devotee to Napoleonic ideas as any of his contemporaries, and whose superior military talents have shed more lustre on the reign of Napoleon III. than it has derived from any other source, is now lying at the point of death. It remains to be seen whether the successors of the original military and civil advisers and aids of the Emperor will co-operate with him in strength- ening his dynasty by gradually fulfilling his promise and the desire of the French people and ‘‘crowning the edifice with liberty.” The peace of Europe as well as the prosperity of France largely depends not only on the will of Napoleon, but on the character of the men whom he shall select to replace his confidants of 1852, Woere 1s Jupar Lyncu ?—In Pennsylvania some of the coal men are once more putting their heads together. They find a great deal of coal on hand and prices high. There is but small sale, for people are waiting for prices to go down. Prices they know must go down if the quantity on hand gets any larger, and these coal magnates propose to keep prices up. How? By agreeing upon a new scale of remuneration for the miners, such as will com- pel the latter to strike. Thus the stock will be kept down and prices up. We never counsel disorder, but if any one should nail these coal men’s eers to a pump who would grieve? Prato’s Put.osopny—The advice of Nelson Plato, the Mayor of Corpus Christi, to Bon Butler, not to waste his money on the Texas election in favor of the radical Davia, but to employ it in liberalizing the local laws of Massa- chusetts, the prohibitory liquor law included, Plato makes a good show for the political posi- tion of Texas, and it is decidedly against the radical carpet-bagger: His Home 13 1 tae Serine Scx.—Some poeple not distinguished for the knowledge of ornithology have criticised the national obser- vation that the American eagle goes to rest in or on the setting sun—perhaps on one of the luminous protuberances seen in the eclipse. We call the attention of these critics to the fact of the celebration of the Fourth of July at Sitka. How much nearer can one get than that to the setting sun unless he dives into the Pacific, which cannot be oxpected of our eagle, as he is not an acuatic bird? General Grant’s Ambition. General Grant, not long before he entered the White House, said he would rather be the Mayor of Galena, the town of his former resi- dence, than be President—meaning, as we suppose, that his highest ambition was to be useful even in a comparatively limited sphere. We give him due credit for that, believing he is patriotic and desirous of doing the best he can for the welfare of the people. This ex- pression shows, too, that he had‘an humble opinion of himself. While we can admire his modesty, we think he under-estimated his ability. Asa military man he showed great capacity—showed, in fact, that his mind de- veloped according to the exigencies of the service, and that it was equal to the most trying circumstances. If he would lift himself out of the mire of party politics and the tram- mels of the party politicians that surround him he might become as distinguished in his present high office as he was in the war. Though he might not have desired the Presi- dency, and may not want to have it another term, his ambition to be useful may be grati- fied far more in his present position than if he were Mayor of Galena. Will the President, as he intended when he first entered upon his duties, emancipate himself from the schemes of party politicians and adapt his policy to the conservative sentiment of the country? The reign of radicalism was an abnormal condition of things. It cannot endure. If General Grant be wise he will see this and pursue a courge in consonance with public opinion and the interests of the country. Flying Machiues. Skall we ever, with all our science, succeed in transporting ourselves at pleasure through the air, making that our pathway just as we do the grosser fluid, water, which we traverse so easily in every direction? This is a ques- tion which we suppose every one of our read- ers has asked himself more than once, for the idea of aerial navigation is so natural that we find every age of the world has more or less discussed it, Just now in San Francisco this subject is attracting great attention, from the fact that the model of ap aerial ship exhibited: there, and some experiments made upon it, gave complete satisfaction to the engineers present. An Aerial Navigation Company has been formed for the laudable purpose of rais- ing funds to enable the projector to construct a full sized air ship. Thia will be completed, it is expected, in about a couple of months, when the aeronauts, if successful, intend pay- ing us a flying visit all the way from the shores of the Pacific. The Avitor, as the new invention is named, is to be propelled by steam, carrying for this purpose a five horse power steam engine, and is to be elevated and supported in the air partly by gas and partly by planes extending on each side to the distance of about twenty feet at the centre. These planes will be so con- structed in sections that they may be depressed or elevated by the rudder at pleasure. The well known and fatal objection to balloons, that they are the mere sport of the winds, hav- ing no propelling power within themselves, is thus got rid of. Balloons have been chiefly found useful for scientific purposes, observing the oscillations of the magnetic needle and its dip, and experimenting on the density, tempera- ture, humidity and electricity of the air at its different elevations; but if this aerial ship, the Avitor, prove as great a success as many in California anticipate, we are on the eve of a complete revolution in our mode of travelling. But before speculating any further as to the results we must wait patiently and see how far our friends in California are going to carry out their programme. TELEGRAMS IN CourT.—Once more private telegrams have been paraded in court as part of’ a legal investigation. This occurred in the Susquehanna Railroad case. The theory is that telegrams are not entitled to a privileged secrecy, and that public morality is against according them such privilege, that the tele- graph may not assist in the commission of crime. Practically how does this operate? If men want to use the telegraph for a criminal purpose they adopt the plan of using words in some arbitrary sense known only to them- selves, and so they keep their secret and the rule of law is no help to justice, but only an annoyance to innocent persons, Bussix.—There was an age in which the “bubble” was the grand means for men to secure fortunes, They made so many bubbles that the real difficulty was what to name them and what idea could be seized upon for organ- izing a company and issuing stock. There was a company organized in London once for “making deal boards from sawdust.” The bubble age is not quite over. Not long since men organized in this city a joint stock com- pany for the liberation of Ireland from Saxon tyranny, and issued their stock under the name of ‘Fenian bonds.” The bonds sold well, and now the managers of the affair are quarrelling in the courts over the custody of the money, Who shall have it? Freepom or TH RivEr.—One of the North river ferryboats ran into a1 ocean steamer anchored in the stream, and the owners of: the ferryboat were sucd for damages, Their defence was that the steamer was anchored directly in their course in crossing the river. It was decided that they had no exclusive right to any course, and that if such defence wore admitted, then in the multitude of our ferries a large portion of the river would be practically closed to shipping, to the great embarrassment of commerce, So the ferry men find that ships have rights. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT, The Presidential Party En Route to Corry, Pa.—Incidents on the Ronte. Evaira, N, Y., August 13, 1869, The President and party arrived here shortly after seven o'clock this evening. The journey from New York was very agreeable, and the turnout of the people along the route was large and very enthu- siastio, At Turner's station. a fine lunch was sent into the Presidenv'® car. At Susquehanna station the President nd party were entertained at an elegant dinner, at the Storrocea House, at half-past three this afternoon, Theré the Presidential car was detached from the regu- lar. train, allowing am} tme for dinner and @ visit to the extensive locomotive works and repair shops of the Erie Railroad, At haif-past four the Presidential car proceeded west as a special i here it ia expected to arrive at three morrow morning. At the several stations the President a on the rear platiorm of the Sana coral ur eroswent ‘as far an Corey are accompanying the Monarm Jaros McHenry, Charies Day and Rush 0. Hawkina. ASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 18, 1360, Mevements of Gencral Sherman. General Sherman left here to-day for Philadelphia, where he will join the distinguished party on board tae Tallapoosa, and proceed with them on the navy yard inspecting tour. Appointment of Custom House Officers. David F, Mann was to-day appointed storekeeper for Philadelphia. W. T. Perkins was appointed weigher in the New York Custom House in the place of General T. W. Egan. A number of appointments and promotions were to-day confirmed for the New York Custom House and Sub-Treasury. Negro Riot in Virginia. Information has been received here that om ‘Wednesday last a diMculty occurred at Heathaville, Nerthumberland county, Va., between some white and colored people, during the progress of which one of the latter was kilied and several injured. The riot was of serious proportions at first, but was finally suppressed by the authorities of that place. Deposits in the Freedmen’s Savings Bank. At a meeting of the Boara of Trustecs of the Freedmen’s Savings and Trast Company at their banking house in this city on Thursday afternoon appeared that the net deposits for the month of, umounted to $55,128, The whole deposits fc Month were $411,672 and drafts $356,543, of deposits amounted to the sum of $1,235,279 > the assets to $1,364,373, its assets are in cash eae p, United States bonds. This large sum is held ve about $15,000 depositors, being on an average lest than $100 to cach. Treatment of Coolies in Peru. The State Department has received interesting ad- vices from our Minister to China relative to the treatment of coolies in Peru, a4 shown by a petition from the compantes there employed as laborers, £0., together with correspondence intended to effect means towards the amelioration of these people, The documents will shortly be published, Malls to Briti#h Honderas, A postal convention, establishing and regulating @ reciprocal exchange in correspondence betwee the United States aud the colony of British Hondu- ras, has been concluded with Great Britain, and will ve carried into operation on the Ist of Ociober. It provides fora regular exchange of mails between the ofMce of New Orleans on the one part and the office of Belize on the other, com- prising letters, newspapers, books, packages and patterns or samples of merchandise originating in the United States and addressed to British Honduras, or originating in British Hondu- ras and addressed to the United States, to be con- veyed by means of the direct line of British matt packets now running between New Orleans and Belize, The rate of postage to be levied and collected in advance in each country on each package of cor- respondence forwarded to the otber country is as follows:—On letters, twelve cents in the United States or sixpence in British Honduras per simple rate of half ounce or under; newspapers, two centa in the United States or one penny, without regard to weight; book packages, patterns or samples, six cents in the United States or threepence in British Honduras for each four ounces or fraction thereof. The above rates are in full of all charges to destingtion. Each country is to retain all the postage it collects on the correspondence which it sends tothe other, thus dispensing with any accounts between the respective Post Depart ments. Recovery of Sunken Vessols. The War and Navy Departments have transferred to the Treasury Department the power to contract for the recovery of all vessels, both Confederate and federal, which were sunk during the late war in South: ern and other waters. The entire matter has been as signed by the Secretary to the division of captured and abandoned property in his office, The Proposed Purchase of Cuba. (Washington (August on correspondence of Boston Post. 5] The predictions first given to the public in thes¢ despatches some weeks ago, as to the purposes of tne administration relative to (be purchase of Cuba, bave been generally vorifed by occurrences since and have been corroborated by droppt from time to time in journals having the confidence of the President. ‘Your correspondent has repeated that our Minister (sickies) had been instructed to endeavor to settle the difticulty between Spain and, Cuba, and a purchase of tue island from Spain tn some form or other was suggested ag the best solu- tion of the complication that might ensue with England on the Alabama claims matter should our government by avy other mode endeavor to assist Cuba in gaining her independence, &c. the same high source of information | learn to-night that the st tions of the President and Secretary Fish have been promptly put in form by Sickles; that the effort has thus far proved abortive, an seemed at one time to be at an end; but new propo- sitions have been made recentiy by telegram during the lave aosence of the President and Mr. Fish trom this city, and on Tuesday iast Sickles was again re- quested to obtain a final answer from the Spanish administration, as critical matters were transpiring here requiring immediate action, From the same source it ls learned that a privateer, a somewhat Jormidabie vessel, left a Northern port of she United States within a few hours, destined for tae service of we Cuban insur-gents, POWONING AFFAIR IN LOWELL, MASS. A Physician and His Family Narrowly Escape Annibilation by Strychnine, LOWELL, Mass., August 13, 1869. The “City of Spindles” is just now excited over ag attempted wholesale poisoning case, wherein a Mist Miner detiberately essayeg to send to kingdom come awhole family, It appears that for ten or tweiva years past Miss Louisa W. Miner has been an iatk mate friend of the family of Dr. Jenness of this city, visiting his residence every Saturday and remain ing over Sunday. The visits of the woman bad always been kindiy received, and having a large measure of confidence im the honesty and good intentions of the visitor not the least jot of susph clon had ever been entertained of her. Miss Miner had also assisted avout the Doctor's house in cases of sickness in the family, remaining out of the ml for that purpose, During the past month, however, the visits of the woman to the house had been lest frequent, On tho 5th of July last she was at Dr, Jenness’ house, intending to remain there during the day, but learning that another acquaintance of the family whom she did not like was expected there to spend the day she said that if this person were invited she woutd be the ruin of the fami ly. The person was invited and Mies Minor went away. Once since, before last Sunday, she came to the house while the family were at thed@y beach, her visits having been less frequent. The particulars stated about the making of the pica wore substanttally correct, She knew that the Doctor wag coming home on Monday and she wished one pie saved lor mim aod two sent to his family at the beach. She left the house on Sunday night. Miss Miner was arrested on Tuesday night. As an evi- dence of her presumption and boldness it may be said that she called at the Doctor's residence ‘Iues- duy afternoon (while the officers, unknown to her, were on ber track), and the Doctor being absent, sne asked the domestics if thoy ate soy of the ples. They answered “no; we didn't like the car- away seeds in them.’ She then asked ‘‘was there anything else in them you didn’t Ike?’ Tuesday morning the development about the ples being fully made and Miss Miner arrested, the family fd up and arranged to go to court after breakfast. The Doctor said he would have nothing but @ cracker and a cup of tea, ag he was afraid to eat anything in the house, During the whole night previo.s he had felt a severe burning sensation in the stomaoh, and the other re sons in the house were nearly or quito rated by the same feeung. He drank one cup tea and ate haif @ cracker, and others in the house partook of the same breakfast. Soon after E ) burn. ing sensation tpcreased, and some the do- mestics wero selzed With vomiting. Dr. Jenness Poaanis aware that the ugar, or ten Had vsen isoned, and ge 1g, ‘ve oneeto Dr, Gage’s pice nd talied for inimedtate help, He became unconscious while there, but anti. dotes being administered revealed tho fact that strychnine in considerable quantity had been ewal- lowed, and then the Doctor was relieved. Dr. Gage then baer post haste to Dr. Jeanesa’ rosidence, Where thé members of the household were found quite sick, but taey were soon relieved, Commodore Joseph R. Jarvix. A telegrain from St. Louis reports the death at Geneva, Mo., on Thursday last, of this naval oft: in the seventy-fourth year of his age, He was native of Massachusetts, and on the 18th of June‘ 1812, Was appoinied to the naval service from Maine. He served with credit, but was many years ago juced on the retired list, On the 16th of July. ¥ fe was commissioned a commodore, The decensed onicer was over fifty-seven years in the serwico, fifteen years and seven months of which were spent ‘at sea, ine years and seven mon hs on shore duty, and the batance of the time, over thirty-two years, hg Was unemployod.