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6 NEW YORK HER ALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, VROPRIETOR. Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic espatehes must be addressed New York HeErarp. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Volume XXXIV.. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING JE THEATRE, Fifth avenue and Tweaty~ NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—ARRAH NA POGUE; OR, Tar Wiokiow Wen a, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowers Tue BANDUT OF THE BLIND MINF. Tak Frexcu Srr— GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and 22d street.—Turk SPY OF ST, Marc. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broagway.—Micvory Drocory Doox. BOOTH'S Rir VAN a WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broaiway ant isu street.— SELF. WOOD's MUSEUM AND Broadway.—A{cernoon and Tairtiota street and formanss. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—Tun QURRN OF Hrawre—Tus OLp WoMAN Tuat Liven tN A SHOE. MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Bryant's MINSTRELS. THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Broadway.—Davip Gar- RIOK—PRETTY HORSEDERAKER. . Brooklyn. 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Newsmen will in Europe. ‘The cabie telegrams are dated August 14. Prince Arthur sailed for Halifax from Liverpool yesterday. The Inter-University boat race is fixed for the 27th inst. The London 7imes of yesterday Contained along article on the cotton supply. It contends that Manchester is responsible for the scarcity from which it suffers. With all the wealcn Possessed by its merchants not a cent is invested in the growth of cotton. Marshal Neil died in Paris yesterday. A new cable will be laid from Brest to England. Napoleon bas remitved the sentences on eighty soldiers and reduced the sentences of a number of others. The London Post of yesterday contained an article on Spain and Cuba, in which it expresses the belief that the best thing Spain could do would be to sell the island. Carlist bands are appearing in several parta of the country. Beron Beust has been called on to publish proofs of his assertion that the treaty of Prussia with the South German States disturbs the treaty of Prague and the relations between Austria and Prussia. Business relations between the Turkwh nd Lombardy Railway Companies are reported to ave come to an end. The Grand Vizier has addressed a letter to the Viceroy of Egypt, which concludes with the asser- tion that the Sultan will insist strictly on the terms of the firman of 1841. Paraguay. The news by Atlantic cable is to the effect that ‘Lopez bad captured the town of Procuro and a Bra- gilian ship. Bis army was securely intrenched. The Provisional Government had been definitely organ- ized at Ascuacion. Cuba. In Matanzas a plot to poison the garrison of the city is said to have been discovered. The imsur- gents are reported to have been attacked at Sitro and sudered a loss of ninety killed. Miscellaneous. President Grant has arrived at Kane, Pa., whero he ig quietly enjoying the mountain landscapes. He will try trout fishing on Monday. A letter from Judge Lewis Dent to General Grant 1s pubushed, in which he protests against the coun- ‘enance and support that the President has given to the radicals or “bitter enders” in the coming elec- tons in Mississippi. He claims that the President folled the radicais of that State in their attempt to force the defeated constitution upon the people, but that now he gives them his support. He is confi- dent, however, that his party will wis. The Buffalo express train on the Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad, near Dauphin Narrows, Pa., yesterday morning, ran into a rock three feet,in di ameter which hed rolled down the mountain on the track. The engine left the track and jumped over @ stone wall fifteen feet high into a country road, and then over another stone wall into the Pennsylvania Canal. The engineer and fireman were killed and several passengers were injured. The Susquehanns Railroad dimouity remains in statu quo at albany. Letters are accumulating there for Mr. Fisk and his arrival is expected. In the Supreme Court in shis city yesterday Judge Bar- mard granted a writ of attachment against the Sheri@ of Albany county for his alleged failure to make returns to the non-bailable attachments issned against Messrs. Pruyo, Ramsey aud Van Vaiken- burgh. Tne United States District Attorney of Northern @linots hes filed.a bill in the Chicago courts con- testing the right of the State Legislature to grant fhe lake frontage of that city to certain raliroad companies, om the ground tnat the United States are owners in fee in trust for the public uses and that tbe grant interferes with navigation and commerce. Mr. Peabody's health is improving at White Sul- Va., but be 18 sul feeble, He will probably return to Massachusetts in about two or sthree weeks. Vice President Colfax and party have reached San ‘Francisco. At ts rumored in Richmond that General Canby wil ‘goon tasue his prociamation convening the Legisia- ture and applying the test oath strictly, members elect, who cannot take tne oath, to be succeeded by the next highest candidate who can. Several good citizens of San Francisco are candi- Gates for the mayorsity and none of them sre pre § ‘fessional politicians. ‘The steamboat Cumberiand part of the town. Stewart's, the .ark Bank and the Hexaco builaing yesterday. the opinion that several millions of Chinamen would locate in California in the next ten years, and that they would not go very readily to work on Southern plantations until the demand for their labor ou the Pactfic coast 13 exhausted. dry goods dealers, it 1s now ascertained, amount to $2,000,000, while the asseta amount to $1,000,000. House weigher, for alleged frauds on the govern- ment, by means of the presentation of fraudulent pay rolls, was resumed yesterday afternoon before Commissioner Osborn. where smail boys usually bathe on Hamilton avenue, in Brooklyn, yesterday. the river through a drainage pipe. all of the markets being characterized by extreme quieiude. especially for the lower grades, which were most sought atter. trade, and a shade higher. On ’Change flour was active active, but firm, oats were quiet and regular. dull, but unchanged in vatue, while lard was slow of sale and scarcely so firm. quiet, but steady, while petroleum was dull and heavy at former quotations. Whiskey and freights were quiet, but firm. Nicholas Hotel. Meyer, of Memphis; Colonel P. @. Pepper, of Missis- @ippi; Colonel E. Kimball and Colonel 0, Livermore, exploded her botier ] But Catholicism grows in England, gathers NEW: YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1869.—-TRIPLE SHEET. near Shawneetown, Ill, on the Ohio river, yesterday | strength in Ireland, becomes mighty in Cotton—Its Price and Supply. ernie and eighteen or twenty lives are revorted | America, Political freedom, in spite of the The mill owners of Lancashire, England, are No names have been ascertained, a8 the books were blown Overboard. Alexander Fulton nas been recommissioned Su- pervisor of Internal Revenue without regard to terri. tory. Andrew Johnson and Emerson Btheridge are an- bounced as (he prominent candidates for the Senatorship from Tennessee, Heavy rain storms are again visiting Missouri, and on Thursday a dwelting house near Waterville was struck by lightning and shattered so completely that Mota board of it can be found. Four ladies were severely shocked. A fire occurred in Canton, N, Y., yesterday morn- ing, which destroyed a large portion of the business Loss about $75,000. ‘The frends of Variey, alias Reddy the Blacksmith, endeavored to procure nis discharge on a writ of habeas corpus before a San Francisco Judge on Fri- day, but the writ was dismissed by the Court, and the officers started with him for this city. ‘The money market in San Francisco has become 80 stringent that several firms have ordered ship- ments of coin from New York, and the Secretary of the Treasury has been requested by telegraph to allow merchants to draw on the Snb-Treasury there for money deposited in New York. ‘The steamers Silver Spray ana Comet collided on Lake-Huron, near the mouth of St. Clair river, on Friday might. The Silver Spray sunk in fifteen min- utes after being struck. Her passengers and crew were saved. The City. Choy-Chew and Sing-Man visited ihe Park, In conversation Choy-Chew expressed The liabilities of Messrs, Bowers, Beeckman & Co., ‘The examination of Percy B. Spear, the Custom A shark over six feet long was captured in a pond It came into the pond from The aggregate amount of business consummated in commercial circles yesterday was light, almost Cotton was slow of sale, but firm, Coffee was in active demand from the and firm, while wheat was lei Corn was dull and nominal, while Pork and beef were Naval stores were Prominent Arrivals in the City. General J. R. Chalmers, of Memphis, is at the St. Captain N. D. Parker, of Baltimore; Cotonel E. of San Francisco; Judge C. Weed, of Bloomington; Colonel E. J. Underwood, of Richmond, Va.; Judge Francis, of New York; Colonel J. ©. Ten Eyck, of Albany, and Colonel W. L. Coe, of San Francisco, are stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. Professor Henry Whiltely, of Delaware, is at the St. Charles Hotel. P. H. Merriman, of Galveston, and Thomas J. Poole, of Indianola, Texas, are at the New York Hotel. Charles A. Lord, of China, is at the Brevoort House. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania; General J. 3. Casement, of Ohio, and W. H. Shaffer, of Wasbing- ton, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Anthony Barclay, of Connecticut; R. A. McMillan, of Alabama; George M. Lamson, of Reading; J. 5. Woodhouse, of Canada, and John Ogden, of Tennes- gee, are at the Astor House. Prominent Departures. General McCook and Judge Jewett for Washing- ton, General Burnside for Rhode Island, General Mosea for Charleston, Professor Anderson for Rochester, O. W. Peabody for Boston, Major J. M. Dye and Colonel S. Caldweil for Philadeiphia, Colonel 3. K. Poik for Memphis, Judge H. Stone for Long Branch, Colonel S. Baily for Ithaca and Major 4, Grenan for Canada. The Approaching Catholic Council. Interest in the approaching Catholic Council at Rome, as will be seen from our correspond- ence to-day, grows as the hour of meeting ap- proaches. In Europe and in so-called Catho- lic countries it already acts as a kind of bug- bear. Dr. Dollinger, the most gifted and most learned Catholic scholar in Europe, has openly expressed himself against it, and Catholic Bavaria, influenced by the judgment of its greatest divine, has assumed an attitude which may lead to a second Reformation. Europe, however, is not alone in this view. The Cath- ollc Church of the United States is considerably perplexed. In another place in this day’s Heratp will be found, from a source of unquestioned sathority, 4 communication which shows that the dignitaries of the Catholic Church in the United States, influenced by the very best of motives, have been for some time past in communication with the authorities in Rome, and that as the result they have come to the conclusion to act as a unit and throw the whole weight of their influence in the scale in favor of the entire separation of Church and State. We are glad to be able to record this fact. It is to us convincing proof that the American bishops in the forthcoming Council will be not only true to themselves, but true to the fundamental principles on which our free institutions are based. | =e We hail this last item of news as a happy and hopeful sign. The future welfare of Catholicism is largely bound up with the future of this Continent. We have a large Catholic population. They are devoted to the general cause with an enthusiasm which is made patent to every stranger who visits these shores; which our numerous Catholic churches and schools abundantly teatify; which every American citizen admits, and of which every Catholic is proud. It was long the opinion’ that Catholicism could not live, far less flourish, away from State patronage and control, Long experience in Ireland, 8 grow- ing experience in England and Scotland, and the history of the Catholic Church in this) country have proved that this opinion {s en- tirely wrong. Contrary to all Protestant teaching, Catholicism has been found to be perfectly compatible with free institutions. It is a fact that notwithstanding the general dis- organization of the age, the wild rebellion everywhere visible against Church tyranny, the Catholic Church is strong—stronger, per- haps, than it has been since the Reformation— 80 strong that it dares to meet in general coun- cil. Church and State have long since ceased to be « unit in the principal British colonies, Church and State are being wolently wrenched Seunder in the British Isles, Church and State ave never been a unit in the United States, one point of view. come. quer the world and give Rome a pre-eminence which it never enjoyed. If it accepts the facts of modern discovery, if it reconciles science with Scripture, if it harmonizes faith with reason, it will do the world a service for which the world will not be ungrateful. ever, the Council gives evidence that the Catholic Church has learned nothing since the days of Galileo, if it gives its sanction to such absurdities as the personal infallibility of the Pope, the dogma of the Immaculate Conception—that of the bodily assumption of the Virgin—and others of the same, timid lovers of peace may bow, but, like Galileo, not the Church must suffer. press on the minds of all pur American ecclesiastics who mean to take part in the Council that in this late age of the world reason is stronger than faith, Men will reason where they cannot see. theorists, does not in any land cool the ardor or check the growth of genuine Catholicism. It isa painful fact, however, that the central government of the Catholic Church cannot be induced to accept the teachings of history. That Church and State should be one is still a dogma dear to Rome. Abso- lutism, legitimacy, the right of the Church to dominate the State are dogmas which, if we are to judge from the latest syllabus and from Papal encyclicals generally, are dogmas as much believed in as they were in the Middle Ages. It is notorious that all we know of this approaching Council encour- ages the belief that the thoughts of the past, not the thoughts of the present or the require- ments of the future, are to give shape to all its proceedings. Rome reactionary, not Rome progressive, if report speaks truth, will be heard in the Council of the Vatican in Decem- ber, 1869, It will be all very well to discuss naturalism, pantheism and absolutism, ration- alism absolute and rationalism modified, socialism, communism, marriage and the rest; but the judgment of the Council on those mat- ters will have but little effect in checking the progress of that freedom of thought which all men everywhere are beginning to claim as their natural birthright. On all these sub- jects the world will be glad to learn what the Council has to say; but the Council might, we think, be better employed. The Council, in our judgment, has value only from It gives the Catholic Church an opportunity to make fair and full use of its immense experience, and to set it- self in perfect harmony with the requirements of the times, it does this it is impossible to say how grand It may do this if it chooses. If the future of the Catholic Church may be- Free and unfettered, it may yet con- If, how- they will say, ‘‘and after all it moves.” We should like to see the Catholic Church prove itself equal to the great occasion. If it does We would im- Tox Fiereenta ov Avavust.—This is a day of some note in many parts of the world. Not only will the Roman Catholics every- where celebrate it as the Feast of the Assump- tion, but in France it is this year somewhat of an extraordinary holiday as the centenary of the birth of the First, Napoleon, who, according to received history, came into life at Ajaccio, Corsica, on the 15th of August, 1769. It is also a great festive day throughout Hungary, asthe anniversary of the Christianization of the Hungarian people and the coronation of the first king of Hungary, St. Stephen, on the 15th day of Angust, in the year 1000. ‘ ReMaRKAaBLE—That General Grant should have been in this city at the crisis in the Bar- low rumpus, and in Binghamton at a similar moment during the war between the Picks and Shovelry on the Susqaehanna Railroad. By one majestic wave of his military plume the passions of the contending factions were appeased, and again order reigns and peace is restored, as if he had galloped among them on his famous sawhorse, Pemog Artuor’s Vistt.—;Prince Arthur of England, the third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria, sailed from Liverpool yes- terday for Halifax, N.S. He will no doubt enjoy an exceedingly agreeable reception, particularly from ber Majesty's subjects of Irish birth ia the Dominion, as he is named after two most distinguished Irishmen, the late Duke of Wellington and St. Patrick. The Prince made his début in public life at the Royal Irish Military Academy, Dublin, and will command a “big vote” should he wish to rule ia the Canadas. We ane Sorry to hear that there Is a ques- tion in certain circles in England whether the Harvard crew will be permitted to win; and still more sorry to hear that the English papers 80 far discountenance the fear of foul play that they prevent any measures to guard against lt. Our London letter presents the state of opinion in England on the race, and recalls the times of former Anglo-American sporting contests. PAVEMENTS.—On another page will be found a well digested article, filled with very valuable information in regard to the various Pavements now in use, the principles involved, the relative merits, the cost of construction; in short, touching all points necessary to give our readers the knowledge that will enable them to judge for themselves on a topic of growing foterest in our midst. —____ Ir the Cubans have already bought their freedom, by giving o million and a half to the revolution to drive out Isabella on condition that they should be independent, how can they be asked to buy it again? ———___., A Goop Canon Lost.—If United States Marshal Barlow had allowed himself to have been arreated'and imprisoned under a process from Sadge McCann he wonld have stood s good chance for being nominated by the repub- licans and becoming the next Governor of the Btate; for the Western counties would have gone for him in such numbers and with such enthusiasm as to have overwhelmed the immense democratic majority in the city of New York. Thus is a good chance lost, end very foolishly, too. a, NeoticzNos.—The accident reported at the Houston street ferry ought not to be possible. A frightened horse runs away, 1s quite beyond the control of his juvenile driver and “goes it blind” down tho street, into the ferry en- closure and Into the river. But where was the gate that ought to be shut at all mes whet the boat ie aot in the slip? just now venting their recurrent plaint, which has become annual since the close of the American war, relative to the high price of cotton and the irregularity or uncertainty of the supply—the effect and cause. As usual they turn their eyes towards India in the hope of liberating the Liverpool and Manchester mar- kets from their dependence on the cotton fields of the Southern States of the American Union, and, as usual also of late, have chosen the London Times as the advocate of a great industrial and commercial revolution in this direction, Free trade and cotton from India are again made the leading points of an editorial argument in the Times, as tele- graphed to us by the Atlantic cable. The writer—speaking of a communication sent to the paper—says that in a competitive race against American industry, as “‘revived,” India would possess ‘‘great advantages,” which, if “increased by the judicious action of the gov- ernment, it is probable that Indian agriculture and British industry would be re-established.” It is the old story, the ancient song. Cotton from India was the cry with certain parties of power- ful interests in Great Britain for years previous to the breaking out of the war against the Union, and cotton from India remained their animating desire during the progress of the rebellion. Inciting the South to anarchy and bloodshed with one hand, the ruling powers of England desired nothing better than that the cultivation of the valuable staple of that portion of our soil should pass to Asia and under the control of their own capitalists and government during a term of turmoil and carnage here. They were disappointed, as in other matters of expectation, in this respect, and to-day find the cotton supply scant and the cost high. It will remain so. Nature is against them. So long as the cotton fields of America are moistened by the evaporated water of the Gulf Stream, s¢ long will Ameri- can cotton rank first in the foreign markets and maintain its superiority over the short fibre and dusty, sanded and consumption bear- ing product of British India, although there are as many as fifty-one varieties of it out already. A London Stock Broker on Mr. Edward Haslewood, a prominent mem- ber of the London Stock Exchange, has thought proper to ventilate his ideas on American credit abroad and the cause of our securities not being higher in the European markets. (See his letter published in another part of the Heratp to-day.) This gentleman is British to the back bone and reflects pretty accurately the views ef his countrymen. Some of his remarks are sound enough, but his argument generally isa jumble of unsound notions and British prejudices. What, for example, can the repudiation of the Mississippi State debt a long time ago and under peculiar circum- stances have to do with the credit of the United States government? Yet this is the first and strongest point of his argument. Then, again, his statement that Mr. Sumner’s speech on the Alabama claims damaged our credit and caused the demand for our securi- ties to cease is balderdash—is not true. The demand for American securities has continued and the market price has steadily advanced notwithstanding that speech and since it was delivered. Equally incorrect are his views with regard to the nature of our republican government and universal suffrage being the cause of the low quotations of United States bonds. When he says, however, that the price of all things depends upon supply and demand he comes nearer the truth. The large amount of American securities on the market has un- doubtedly the effect of keeping the price down comparatively. What he says, too, about the steady application of the sinking fund to the liquidation of the debt tending to enhance the value of our bonds has reason init. But is not a portion of the surplus of our enormous revenue now applied by Secretary Boutwell to the reduction of the debt? This London stock broker can see little good that is not British, and views everything pertaining to this repub- lic through British prejudices. A Hasty Prats or SewatortaL Sprouts- TI0Ns.—The Nashville Republican Banner thinks its friends up North are rather precipi- tate in selecting candidates for the United States Senate from Tennessee. At present there is no vacancy, nor will there be for a long time, unless Parson Brownlow—whose term does not expire until 1875—should con- clude to visit the “happy hunting grounds” unexpectedly. Mr. Fowler's term does not expire until 1871, two years hence. He has expressed no intimation of resigning, nor has the Parson afforded any unusual indications of immediate dissolution. Hence the period when Andy Johnson will take a seat in the Senate, if he ever does, may be considered as somewhat remote. It is not impossible, how- ever, that the Legislature just elected may take time by the forelock and elect Andy to fill the vacancy that will be occasioned by the expiration of the term of Senator Fowler, so that he will be able to enter the Senate about the time Ben Butler does from Massachusetts, and then won’t there be a happy family in the Senate chamber? AN IyreRestiva Qurstion.—Did General Grant actually write the concluding line in his order to Barlow about the late chambermaid's work, that he (Barlow) should take all legal means to prevent his own arrest on the order of any State court# The whole order seems digjointed and extra-judicial, if not entirely injudicious, Nonrivssep.—One of the shoddy at a cer- tain watering place was lately puzzled to know the difference between thé throne of the Portu- guese and the scarcity of porgies in New York Bay. He did not discover the difference until he offered to pay his hotel bill. On tus Susquenanna.—“‘All quiet along the fines.” Such is the happy report once more. The hostile forces that stood at either end of the tunnel, looking at one another through spyglasses, have gone into the tunnel and out of sight, the ‘‘Forty-fourth regiment” is disbanded, Ramsey has fallen into his native obscurity, and Fisk, Jr., and Hoffman are indulging in a breakdown on the platform of the Ohio democrats. Vive la Oompagnic / New Srvie or Coamperwork—To call in the marines to put ‘things to rights,” as Bar- low did in the United States court building in Chambers stroet, merican Oredit. American Judaism—Social aad Political Pro- gress. It is clearly manifest that American Judaism shares in the social and political progress char- acteristic of this age and country, The chil- dren of Israel who have songht and found a home in the United States have hitherto mainly devoted themselves to commercial! and mercan- tile pursuits. They bave added largely to the wealth of the community by engaging with success in almost every branch of industry and trade. They mnst also be numbered among our most liberal patrons of music and the drama. The efforts which they have steadily encouraged to provide for the better education ‘of their offspring have resulted in supplying the learned professions with many conspicuous ornaments, In law, in medicine, in journal- ism, in literature and art, as well as in bank- ing and in other departments of business, American Israelites have attained high and honorable positions, and in more than one in- stance they have become members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate. Among their theologians have been found some of the most eloquent orators of the day, and not afew whose familiarity with Biblical, Talmudical and modern Hebrew lore is equal to that of the best European scholars. The pres- ent controversy between what may be called the old and the new schools of American Judaism is waged by the respective organs of each school with an ability which commands admiration. As to the theological differences of these two parties we cannot pre- tend to decide; but we are glad to see that both agree in their respect for American insti- tutions and in sympathy with the progressive spirit of the age. An article in the Jewish Times, which we elsewhere reproduce, ex- patiates on ‘those reforms and modifications which the spirit of the age and the demands of modern civilization imperatively require ;”” while the Hebrew Leader, although deprecat- ing ‘“‘the exaggerations of our radical re- formers,” cites with approval the eulogy of Mr. S. Wolf at the recent Schuetzenfest in Washington on ‘‘the matchless achievements of America.” Mr. Wolf said in his interesting oration that ‘‘the Atlantic cable, the Pacific Railroad, the unity of the country in behalf of tolerance and liberty mark the age as heroic, and we feel a pardonable pride to share these triumphs, not as Germans, but as Americans, for the line of demarcation must be wiped away, and ina republic there must be only citizens whose aim is to work for the general welfare without injury to private or social rights.” This is a correct and praiseworthy expression of the sentiments of our German fellow citizens of all shades of religious belief. We would not have religious ‘‘lines of demarcation” aggravate the animosities of our political contests. But at the same time, when we remember that New York has become ‘‘the third German city in the world,” comprising a larger German population than any, except two towns in the Faderland, and, moreover, that in this population (somewhat loosely called ‘German”) there must be counted at least sixteen thousand Polish voters, nearly all of whom are Israelites, like @ great number of their ‘‘German” friends, we are not surprised that Tammany itself is closely watching a curious and interesting movement on the part of the Israelites of New York city to elevate one of their most popular coreligionists to the important post of Super- visor—a post for which they deem him pecu- liarly well qualified by his integrity, energy and wealth. Now that the Germans in gene- ral, and the Israelites in particular, are more than ever disposed to exercise independently their rights as citizens, those minor wire- pullers who flatter themselves that they carry “the German vote” in their breeches pockets, and even the Grand Sachems of Tammany, must learn that a new anda strong element, which cannot be ignored, has at length been poured into the political caldron. Too Mach Military. Military here, military there, military every- where seems to be the order of things. A local judge cannot make a decision involving a question of State authority over a prisoner but we have the farce of a military demonstra- tion, and that, too, by order of the President of the United States. The military satraps of the South are ever present, and put their hands, or rather their swords, into all the political and social affairs of the people. One decides this way to-day and another that way to-morrow, and the unfortunate Southerners, whether they have gone through the process of reconstruction or not, are kept in a state of fermentation and disorganization. Everybody, a8 @ consequence, appeals to the military. We take the latest news from Virginia as an example of what is occurring in other es of the South under this system of military rule. In the news from Richmond published yester- day it is said :—‘‘Accounts have been received at headquarters of riots and disturbances between the whites and blacks in various por- tions of the State. Several parties have been killed during the week. A negro was shot yesterday in a riot at Heathville by a white mob. A sailor was arrested by the military commissioner, but the citizens the same night released him from jail. A white man named Lett murdered a deputy constable in Bruns- wick, on Tuesday, who was trying to arrest him. General Canby has sent detachments of troops to the several counties where these acts of vio- lence have been committed.” The govern- ment authorities will say, probably, that these disturbances show the necossity of military action. But it is the military government over the South and its incesssnt meddling with the local affairs of the people which cause these disorders. Let the Southerners govern them- selves and let the civil law be supreme, and there will be peace. Under the existing state of things both the government and people will be imbued with the military Ides, It ia high time that the President, Congress and all the subordinate officers should divest their minds of this idea and restore self-government and the civil law te all parte of the republic. Seekers arren Insamy—The would-be re- pudiators of the State debt in Tennessee. A Peasant Pieasors Exoorsion.—If General Grant stops to issue mandates when- ever a United States marshal gets into a muddle while he is on bis pleasure tour, how much fun is he likely to have? Instead of ordering out the marines he should order up the drioks, More Ocean Telegraphy—What Shall be th International Language ¢ Tt will have been seen, by the despatches in last Wednesday's Heratp, that in addition to the two ocean telegraphs now in full operation between the American and European conti- nents, two additional lines are proposed. These will be, we may take for granted, carried out as contemplated, and these will be followed by still other lines to various other points in Europe. In the same issue of our paper refer- ence was made to another enterprise of a similar character destined to embrace China withia the telegraphic coil, Add to this the fact of our existing telegraphic con- nection with Cuba, and we will thus have, with the present and proposed lines, instantaneous communication with Ireland, France, Portugal, Denmark, Cuba and China. In other words, people using six distinct languages will be carrying.on hourly inter- course with one another in matters relating to government, trade, commerce and private affairs. Some years hence, in addition to the six languages referred to—viz., English, French, Portuguese, Danish, Spanish’ and Chinese—-new lines of ocean telegraphs will call for the use of other languages of Europe, such as Russian, German, Italian and Swedish, besides the various tongues of Asia, In which of all those languages will the telegraph give its utterances? Undoubtedly in the English, not only because it is the most diffused over the surface of the globe and because it is now the language of commerce, but because it is the one which, by its concise- ness and expressiveness, is best adapted to telegraphing purposes. Not long ago the French language, being the language of courts and its study being one of the requirements of polite education, was supposed to be the best medium for the expression of ideas; but there never was a more ill-founded pretension. It is diffuse and ambiguous to an extent that renders it the very worst medium for telegraphic communi- cation. The German has much of the direct- ness of the English tongue, but it is compli- cated in its grammatical construction, which renders it also objectionable. Better than either, and better than all others, except the English, is the Spanish, which has force, direct- ness and simplicity; but the objection to it is the same as to the Portuguese, Danish, Swed- ish and other tongues of Europe—that it is not sufficiently diffused among other nations to give it a chance of being selected as an inter- national tongue. No one who is not familiar with various modern languages can conceive the immense advantage which the English tongue possesses over all others in its force, directness, expressiveness and simplicity of grammatical oconstruction—qualities which render it the fittest medium for international communication. It is only in its remarkable varieties of pronunciation—the same terminal spelling being pronounced in a dozen different ways sometimes—that it is open to adverse criticism; but that objection does not apply to it as a written language. There it is plain, simple, direct and positive—in fact, a tele- graphic language. For all these reasons the English must con - tinue to be the commercial language of the world; and the great business relations of England and the United States with the other nations, growing greater and closer every day by the aid of the telegraph, will necessitate its acquirement much more generally from year to year. It will not of course. supersede, to any appreciable extent, the language of any other nation at home, but being the telegraphic tongue it will be the medium of international communication, and its knowledge will be a necessity to the political and business classes of allcountries. It is a curious idea that the building of a great tower should, in the dim past, have caused a diversity of tongues, and that the suspension of a slender wire should, in the bright present, bring back a uniyersal language. Miracles have not yet ceased. The Commercial Value of the South. Well might the North buckle on all its armor to keep the South in the Union, for, apart from political considerations and the patriotic sentiment of maintaining the grandeur and glory of the republic intact, that part of our common country is the source of our commercial wealth and more valuable to the North than ever India was to England. According to the latest statistics the value of Southern exports last year was over two hundred and fourteen millions, while that of the North was a little leas than two hundred millions. There is this great differ- ence, too, in the nature of the exports of the two sections, that a large portion of those of the North is {n the precious metals, which in a measure impoverishes the country, while those of the South are the products of the soil and bring us gold or its equivalent. Cotton, of course, is the great staple, though tobacco is a valuable product, and sugar, rice and other things form a part of the exports. The domestic trade of the South is still more valu- able to the North, for it supplies our manufac- turers with the raw material they need and takes back Northern manufactures in return. These great and valuable exports and this vast trade, too, have been developed again so soon after the South had been desolated by war. This not-only shows the surprising wealth of the soil, but the astonishing energy of character and recuperative power of the people, Yet it is this rich and beautiful country and these citizens which are kept under the heel of military despotism and made the football of scheming politicians years after the close of the war. But this state of things must soon come to an end, and the South will rise from its ashes to be the richest country in the world. Ravrain oF THE Brnpies—When one of them tells a piece of doubtful bedchamber gossip—‘‘Tell that to the marines, Mistress Bar-low.” YACATING. In relation to the race between the Fiying Clona and the Vesta in the lower bay, mentioned in the Herarp inst Wednesday, tt may be atated that No allowance of time was given the Fiying Cload on account of difference in size, Had the Flying Cloud been allowed tne usual time sne claims that she would have beaten the Vesta over five minutes, Mr. Mor- after the termination of the race, eae fio Vesta to. sail race gocording to catablished rules, and still offers to sail, but the owners of tho ‘Vesta decline uniess on an even race, which would be virtually allowing the Vesta seven minutes time ase lying Cloud, as in the former race: at least jp An J a eof the latter yacht seems to uadere