The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1869, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND sae STRERT, JAMES GORDON “BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, — > f KXXIV.. MENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Suruero, tH THEATRE, Bro QO0K. Matinee Broadway.—Hiovorr Diocor booTH'S ss Deiween Sth and Sti ays.— Ger Van WINKLE. Matinee at 2. ysaces THRATRE, Broadway avd ish street. — treet and i. THEATRE, Thirtiot eiciap-wattaraoon and evening Perorsns MBATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway. DATED Gar- gion herr Qonskpaxauen. Matinee at TREATRE, Fifth avenue and Twonty- ont gyen oe te eaiace'at Ls THE TAM: Fourteenth street.—THE QUEEN OF graete ta nbn we Womas Tuat Liven IN 4 SHOR. MIBLO'S GARDEN, Brondway.—Aaeait x4 Pode; on, ‘Tan Wioxtow Wapping. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. Ware oF THR Wrow- ‘wON-Wida—DUMB GIRL OF HOUS Reine. ate Be or ¥, 8, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Brootiya.« agraie’e hiaseraeLe. ‘ores PARK GARDEN, Tih av., veiweou sab and PULAR GARDEN CONCERT. ASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 90) Bowery.—Comro vouneene ota MinetRELSY. ke. Matinee at Jy. corner of Kighth aveaue and iT, Mano, &c. Matinee at 2 HOOLEY’S OPERA HOWsk. Minsrunts—ABBad YOU RoGvr. BNEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, GA Broadway. ~ QOIKOR AND Arr. \DIES' NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 6 pphiver.—Packus Ont ix ATeENDASCE. Brooklya,—Hoouny's Now York, Satarday, Aaguet Europe. cable telegrams are dated August 20, the university crews were out yesterday on the es. The Queen has gone to Balmoral. The Archbishops ef Armagh and Dublin have ‘Yasued an address to the clergy and laity announe- ‘ing the speedy meeting of the Provincial Synods and requesting the laity to make preparations for the event. The Prince Imperial and the Empress of France ‘wili depart for the East on Monday next. Twelve it leaders have been arrested on the frontier. A band of Carlists have been defeated near Ciudad Real. It is said that a conspiracy in favor of the Prinoe of Asturias has been discovered. ‘The ate syllabus of the Pope wili form one of the chef subjects of discussion at tue coming general oBgnoil at Rome. The Sultan of Turkey and the Viceroy have be- ome reconciled. A dreadful fire has destroyed the ‘Dusiness part of Jamna. Phe project of a ship canal through tne Isthmus of Corinth has been introduced in the Grecian ir. Sa Mexico. The Mate of Tamaniipas has Anally become paci- fed, the rebel leaders naving agreed to recognize Gerge ‘as Governor. Michoican, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa and Quaretaro, a4 great discontent exists in all those States. Gen- eral Placidio Vegas, with 1,000 men, ja moving on Guadalajara. A freight train, belonging to Walsh & Oo,, 0 the Vera Cruz Railroad, wax attacked and plundered. ‘The loss is estimated at $50,000, Japan. The steamer China, at San Vrancisco, trom Yoko- ame, brings the gratifying intelligence that the civil war in Japan isatanend. An order has been wesued requiring all Daimos to disarm immediately, ‘Tng leading actors in the late disturpances were expected at Yeddo, where they will be tried ‘ahd punished, Business ts tmproving, and the gov- beet revenue has largely imcreased. Gacnton ner, Knglish Consul for Yeddo, dled ia July. Sandwich Islands. ‘The Muylivh frigate Galatea, Prince Alfred cora- Manaing, arrived at Honolulu on July 21. The Prince was the guest of the King during his stay at Honolulu, The Galatea satied for Japan August 2, Abundant rains have fallen throughout the her — ‘Was saving che crops which han o-m-t Severeix ee, Miscellaneous. Presideut Grant and party arrivea at Newport, R. L, at four o'clock yesterday morning. Tho Presi- Gent is the guest of ex-Senator Morgan. Albert Gallatin Brown, formerly United States fenator and afterwards a member of the Con- federate Senate, has written a letter to Judge Dent upon political matters in Missis#ippi. He assumes that Judge Dent 1s in full sympathy with the Presi dent because they are brothers-in-law, Mississippi, he ays, has adopted the President's policy, and ‘guage Dent will be nominated by the President's original supporters, The Judge's election is certain, if @ fair election can be nad, unless the President takes open grounds against him. A fair election, it fs gaia, cannot be bad unless @ check be put upon Generai Ames, who te using his official influence in favor of the radical party, hoping to be repaid for his services by being chosen to the United States Senate. Ia March last the conservatives proposed that all parties unite in asking the President to Fecommend & course to be pursued by Congress to- ward Mississippi, pledging themselves 1o abide by such recommendation, no matter what it might be; ‘Dut the radicals were afraid to trust the President and refused to accede to the proposition. Commissioner Delano decides that the practice of oorporations which are by law required to withhold ond pay over to the United States a tax of five per eent on all dividends, interest coupons, &c., of treating such amounts as expenses of business and deductable, is wrong and should not be allowed. ‘The Treasury Department has acceded to the re- quests of business firms in San Francisco to permit the use of the surplus gold in the Sub-Treasury io what city. All parties applying were accommodated, and go favors were granted any particular firms, as ‘Was reported, An order has been issued from the War Depart. mont forbidding the residence of settlers on military geservations, Ail Intruders will be notified by milt- tary commanders to leave the reservation, and if they refuse to do so they will be removed by force. 4, Roas Browne, Minister to China, arrived at San Francisco by the steamer Chinaon Thursday, Mr, Browne has expressed his willingness to retern to his post if the Department of State approves of his oficial courde. ‘The reported An(iny, in Wayne county, N. Y., of @ portion of the money stolen at the great expreas fobbery near Albany, proves to be incorrect. A package of letters lost from a mail bag was found. The first conviction under the new prohtbitory Nquor law was made in Boston yesterday in she Superior Court. The steamstip Medway, at Quebec, brought out Prince Arthar’s groom, footmen, auverat carriages, Philadelphia ts suffering trom want of @ full sup- ply of water. The authorities have notified the pro- Prietors of factories and refineries to close their Works, all the water is needed for family purposes. The water in. the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers is lower tian tb has been In meny years and navigation above Philadelphia ts pretty much suspended. IJndge Romeyn, of Troy, yesterday admitted to- bail in the sum of $10,000 Whellock, Jr., and bis two sons, charged with tue marder of Deputy Sherif Griggs in the late anti-rent amair, The City, Fudge Boverict yesterday yronied a stay of pro. which Marshal Dailon was about to seil to eatisty Judgments recovered by the owners of the mghoats Ohase, Coole avd Mabey, Insurrections are feared in | | nine horses and | tne YE NY op a NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1869. a to Brooklyn, who fatled to make proper monthly re- turns (o the revenue officers, and whom sutts have been commenced, exceeds 640,000. James Burns, a Cuban filibuster, captured on Gardiner’s Isiand, who refused to accept the terms offered by the government for his release, and who has since beon confined in Mort Lafayette, yesterday reconsidered his determination, and, apon taking au oath not to agaia violate the neutrality laws, was released. Tho oMices of the Erte Railway Company have been removed to the Grand Opera House, corner of Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street. Willam Varley, alias Reddy the Biackamith, ar- rived in this city yesterday afternoon from San Fran- cisco, in custody of officer Woolside, of the sixth precinct. Samuel Ramsay, & member of tho Jersey City po- lice force, and who served with distinction im the late war, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself through the breast. ‘The banking house of Thomas F. Morris & (o., at Yonkers, suspended operations on Thursday. Tt is supposed that Mr. Stokes, the cashier, is a defaulter to the amount of $40,000. In the Superior Court yesterday Judge McCunn discharged from custody George 8. Rutter, Presi dent of the First National Bank of Tennoagee, who had been brought before him on a writ of habeas corpus. Rutter was arrested tor empezziing $620,000 of the school fund depostied in hig bank. Just atter the prisoner had eft the court Assistant District Attorney Blunt handed the Judge a tele- gram, stating that 9 mandate for the arrest and reu- dition of Rutter had deen tasued by Governor Hou- man and sent by mail. ‘The stock market yesterday was foverisn and irre- gular, with a general decline tn tate transactions, induced by sharp fall in the Vanderbiit shares, Gold touched 13254, closing finally at 132\4. The steamship Lafayette, Captain Roussan, will leave pier 50 North river at noov to-day for Brest and Havre. The mails for France will close at tne Post Office at eleven A, M. The steamship Tybee, Captain Delanoy, will sail at three P, M. to-day, from pier No. 4 North river, for Puerto Plata, Samaida and St. Domingo city. Prominent. Arrivals in tho City. Colonel Charles Moss, of Louisiana; Colonel J. D. Feno, of the United States Army; Judge T. B, Camp- bell, of St, Paul, and Senator J. 3. Fowler, of Ten- negsee, ure at the Bahai Hotel, General M. D. Hardin, 48 at the St. Denia Hotel. Colonel H. W. Wainright and Rev. John Feasen- den, of Philadelphia, and Cotonel 0. D. Phelps, of Keokuk, are at the St, Charles Hotel, Lieutenant G. A. Conover, of the United States Army; Hiram Barney, of Spuyten Duyvil; W. E. Leach, of Boston, and W. Gyidenda\, of Copenhagen, are at the Westminster Hotel. General H, I. Robinson, of Binghamton, and J. L. Williams, of Fort Wayne, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General F. P. slair, of St. Louis; Colonel W. M. Strong, of Albany; C. D. King, of Cuba, and G. W. Gill, of Memphis, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. H. W, Halleweil, of Philadelphia, secretary of the Board of Education; James T. Tucker, of New Orleans, and C, E. Bleecker, of Albany, are at the Hoffman House. General J. Zillen, of Washington, and J. Fargo, of Buffalo, are at the Astor House. Prominent Departares. Colonel Maicom for Boston, Chief Justice Chase and daughter and Senator Sprague and family for Narragansett, R. £, and John Carson for Baltimore. British) Views on the Proposition to Tax United States Securities. A British journal which pays particular atten- tion to financial matters makes some curious remarks on the proposition to tax United States securities held abroad. It says that ‘“‘the first telegram by the French Atlantic cable informs | us that the New York Hzrarp strongly ap- proves of the proposition to tax bonds which | are held abroad.” And, again, in a leading editorial it remarke:—‘‘A somewhat remark- able, but by no means astounding, piece of information has been recelved from New York through the Atlantic cable. An agitation pre- vails on the other side of the Atlantic the object of which Is to enable the government to | tax the interest payable to foreigners on the debt beld by them.” Now, for the consolation of as- "<9 on- temnarary, wa rit! ~«y saat at present there is here no very great agitation on the subject; but we repeat what was said before, that the interest on the bonds held abroad ought to be taxed as the interest of those held by American bondholders is taxed. The tax on the interest of our government bonds held by our citizens is five per cent— we refer to the internal revenue tax on all incomes beyond the exempted one thousand dollars. For instance, a citizen holds govern- ment bonds, the coupons of which yield him from the interest a taxable income of ten thousand dollars. At five per cent upon this | income, as upon 4 like income from any other source, five hundred dollars must be paid into the national Treasury; but the subject or citizen of England or France pays no tax to our government upon ita securities in his pos- session, simply because he is outside the pale of our internal revenue assessments, Hence we contend that @ specific tax of five per cent upon the interest of our bonds held by the subject or cltizen of England, or France, or any other foreign country, will be no act of injustice to him, inasmuch as it is the tax paid by the American citizen. Simple justice to the citizen requires, in fact, that the foreigner should be subject to the same assessment on his income from our national bonds. We believe, too, that when this subject ts brought prominently before the people and Con- gress the justice of the proposition will be admitted. The argument against taxing our bonds held abroad is far more remarkable than the proposition; for it is conceded that in the way of precedent the United States would be justified in such an act. ‘‘To a certain extent,” the writer says, ‘the Amerioans would, in taxing European holders of their bonds, be following a precedent which | is every day furnished by this country (Eng- land), all foreign holders of console being taxed in precisely the same manner as British subjects.” Then he goes on to show that the other nations of Europe do the same or worse. But, strange to say, he argues that the same rule does not apply to the United States. He intimates that it is not honest, and that althongh England and all other nations may tax their security holders, this country ought not. Is not this remarkably fine British logic? It is said that we should be more honest than the rest, becanse it is our interest to be so and because our credit would suffer if we should not be. We are told that we should not be | | able to borrow money abroad if our reputation | | were damaged in that way, In reality the government did not borrow aed the Unived States Army, |: from Europe in the extraordinary war to | | preserve the Union and during the erection | Ooedings in regard to the disposition of the ammu- | nition, wagons, Ac., belonging to the Cuba Junta, | of our enormous debt, and it was not until the war was over that European capitalists ven- tured to invest their funds in our bonds that | | paid more than double the interest that could Phe amount of arrears of penalty, independent of | he obtained on the other aide of the Atlantic, struggle for the life of the nation, and the whole debt was placed at home. Wo are under no obligations to England or any other foreign power. Tho British and other foreign capital- ista that have invested in our securities since the war did s0 because they could purchase them at a very low price and with a conviction that in the future adjustment or consolidation of the debt they would be subject to the contingen- cies of legislation in taxing or reducing the in‘orest, In fact, they discounted these very contingencies in advance. As to borrowing money from Europe, the less we do of that the better, and really we have no need to do it. The government is not likely under any cir- cumstar :es to want European loana. It is to our interest and the duty of the government to the American people to follow the example of England and tax the interest on bonds held abroad just as it is taxed at-home. Audy Johnsons Platform. Andy Johnson was serenaded at the Lamar House in Knoxville the other night. Andy Johnson made a speech. He put in a bid for assent inthe United States Senate, and Andy Johnson put his foot in it—not in the Senate Chamber, but in his prospects for reaching those easy, velvet-cushioned arm chairs—for the present at least. We publish Andy's noc- turnal serenade speech. He said he was not in Knoxville for the purpose of making a studied addreas. It is a pity he had not devoted a little time tothe study of what he intended to say—if he intended to say anything. Ho de- clared that a popular revolution had occurred in the State. That is true; but he neglected to state that Parson Brownlow was at the head of that revolutio® and himself at the tail, if anywhere. It was Parson Brownlow’s revolu- tion, not Andy Johnson’s, and from the love the twain bear each other it will be like an attempt to reunite ‘Siamese twins after they vei been once carved a¥inder, ang expect. their desh will again join a: and their ‘blood i ae mingle Raturally | in tho veins of “each, ag to im- agine that Brownlow and Johnson will again become sealed in a common bond of fellowship. Be that as it may, however, Andy Johnson has planted himself upon a rotten platform—a platform upon which no honest man should ever expect to be elected to the United States Senate. He has evoked the skeleton of a regal empire based upon our national debt, and he exclaims, ‘‘Preserve the republic ; let the debt go.” This is repudiation in its worst form. It is treason to the credit and the honor of the republic. As the ex-President declared more than once during his Presidency that treason should be made odious and traitora punished, so now respectable citizens will de- mand that repudiation be made odious and re- pudiators punished—by being left severely alone in the distribution of the honors and emoluments of official station. Andy John- son ought to have the gumption to know that the true way to save the republic is for the ru- public to pay its debt. To repudiate it is pav- ing the way to bankruptcy, anarchy and eventualruin. Then may tollowa chaotic em- pire such as a distempered imagination might conjure up, but not until then. And, thank the Lord and the good temper of our tax-paying citizens, such an event is as remote as the sound of Gabriel’s trumpet. Furthermore, Andy Johnson seems to be in a muddle about the fifteenth amendment, allowing negroes to vote. He does not seem to comprehend that that amendment is a foregone conclusion, that itis a fixed fact, and that the sooner it is looked squarely in the face -* - the better owates ag are likely «~ ve most affected by its operations. The consetvatives in Virginia accepted it and elected a Governor and a Legislature upon the issue. The conservatives of Mississippi have accepted it, and are prepared to act upon it. The same may be said with regard to the re- spectable portion of the conservatives in Texas. Hence, so far as the three outstanding States are concerned, there is nuthing in the fifteenth amendment that should create much of an out- ery, and so far as Andy Johnson and Ten- nessee are concerned there is nothing in it that either himself or the people of his State, whom be has for so many years represented in vari- ons capacities, should make a hue and cry about. We shall be sorry to learn that the Southerners are not able to manage the negro vote after it shall become a merchantable article among politicians like that of other class voters in the North and West. Twking all things into con- alderation we rather think Andy Johnson will be found wanting in his claims for the United States Senate when the time comes to test his popularity upon his repndiation and anti- suffrage platform. PE£NDLBTON IN THE Fizip.—Mr. Pendleton, in his letter accepting the democratic nomina- tion for Governor of Ohio, draws a gloomy picture of the condition of the country, He says that money is scarce, business is depressed, employment is hard to be found, labor is badly rewarded, industrial pursuits are hampered, the tariff ts oppressive, our internal taxes ara unequal, interest is exces- sively high, and that everything, in short, is hurrying us down the road to bankruptcy. But what are the remedies proposed by Mr, Pendleton? Upon this question, as upon the negro suffrage queation, be hasa bard fight before him, inasmuch as he is travelling in the old ruts of the Northern democracy, and turns his back upon the new departure of the South- ern democrac. far evnt Tax Uxvor ate Waoxe “MANA res spectable emigrant, who arrived at this port the other day by the steamer Scotia, was mis- taken for a counterfeiter, of whom a descrip- tion had been forwarded from England to the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police, The supposed criminal was at once arrested, torn frow hia wife and child, and after having been mysteriously spirited from station house to station house, lest his auxioua wife should discover his whereabouts and secure his dis- | charge by a writ of habeas corpus, he was | conveyed to the Twenty-second precinct prison, | where he wag confined until Thursday, He | was then removed to the Central Office, and | on being confronted with a member of the | London detective police force was found “not to be the man wanted.” He was at once dis- | charged. Vigilance is a commendable virtue, | but this unfortunate wrong man might well awk if he can hope for no redress for the flagrant injustice of which he has been mado the victim. Have the innocent in this ‘free country” no rights which the police are bound Axes, incurred by @ large number Of brokers living | Europe gave us oo assistance {a our groat | to respect? . Ona Wook’ Rocetpta from Customs, T The customs returns for the week Included between August tho 7th and August the 14th show that the fecelpta from thla source amounted to four millions seventy-four thou. sand four hundred and forty-seven dollars. Of this amount the port of New York alone contributed more than three millions and a quarter, proving thereby its preponderating value to the country. If we were to assume that the revenue of this one week wasto be taken as an average return, it would give tho Treasury an annual income from imports alone, of more than two hundred and efght millions. But it is evident that this {s an ex- ceptional case. The amount of duty paid into the custom houses of New York, Philadel- phia, Boston and Baltimore is based upon the importation of goods for the fall trade, which by this showing must be very large. Predica- ting facts upon the imports, it would look as though our merchants osloulated upon a large interior trade during the coming fall season. Probably they find a sound basis for thelr ex- pectations in the redundant orops.. We cannot complain, therefore, of the want of a good sup- ply of forelgn manufactures for the approach- in season. Butitisa fact that we generally incline towards plethoric importations at this time of the year, which sometimes turn out disastrously for the importers, However, in view of our excellent crops, and the happy condition of the farmer class all over the coun- try, which is the natural consequence thereof, the large importation of this portion of the year may not be too much to fill the margin of profit very handsomely for the importers and jobbers. We hope that it may turn outso, but we advise the exercise of wisdom and discre- tion in the matter of long credits and expan- sion of business, They are always daugerous. Bank, BM: Bugigne—etaction ot the ‘Tho en Rate of cara i : We learn by cable that the amount of bul- tion jn the Bank of England has increased two hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds within the last week, and that.-the minimum rate of discount has been reduced in conse- quence one-half per cent. The cable despatch also states that the influx of bullion into the Bank of France is still more considerable, the increase being eleven million three hundred thousand franca since last week. These two statements show a great though gradual fall- ing off in European business ; but then they occur in what is ordinarily the dull season of the year and need not cause anyalarm. Wall street received this intelligence with the great- eat composure, though at any other time it would have excited much Interest among our capitalists. But we aleo are passing through our dull season just as they are in London and Paris. There is always among speculators a breathing time for some weeks before the har- vest has been gathered in, especially iffears are entertained that the harvest will fall under the average Of past seasons. Now there is on this very subject a great deal of anxiety throughout Great Britain, and the cable has for some days back reported to us the state of the weather in England almost as regularly as it does the last items of news regarding the international boat race, Besides the uncertainty as to the har- vest, it may well be that the stagnation ot business in the great European capitals is due in part to the ever imminent danger of war. The statement of matters on the Peninsula is sufficient of itself to cause uneasiness ; nt France ig inst entarimne -— = ssvutucon wh thongh as yet bloodless, may have a very dif- ferent ending. Mercbants are alive to all these things, for politica and commerce are so ne- ceasarily intermixed that many men of busi- ness study the political barometer like a Beust or a Bismarck. But provided we have an average European harvest and a good cot- ton crop at home, we hope to tide over these political shoals and quicksands and find busi- ness before long ay enterprising as ever. Tut Review o¢ tae Fire Briaave.—Oue fire brigade had an opportunity on Thursday of exhibiting its discipline hefore the Chief of the London Fire Deportment, who came here to study and to learn something about the paid organization of New York. {t is said that his visit was made at the suggestion of the heir to the throne, who was struck with admiration while in this city with the excel- lent morale of our Fire Department. The London chief expressed himself astonished and delighted by the brigade movements of the picked companies who passed in raview before him in Tompkins square, and has no doubt learned a good deal from what hesaw. When he returns to the British metropolis he may find many suggestions for the improvement of the body over which he presides, imbibed from his brief experience of the splendid discipline which our Fire Department bas attained under the efficient management of General Shaler. If Captain Shaw has given the New York chiet any hints as to the improvement of our force, we think it quite likely that be will take as many hints home with him for the improve- ment of the London Fire Department. This is but in accordance with the principal of intere national comity. Boeus Revenus Orricers.—The public must be on their guard against the many bogus deputy marsbals and revenue detectives who are levying blackmail in different parts of the country, and particularly at points remote from large cities. In every case the parties making demand by authority of the revenue laws should be required to show the written authority with which all real govern- ment agents are provided, Frequent com- plaints have heen received at the Revenue Office from the victims of bogus officers, eapeclally from country ladies, who ought never to make any payment to strangers with- out consulting some intelligent neighbor, It would be safer for them to pay their dues at headquarters, treating their swindling visitors in the same way a3 those bogus policemen in New York city are treated who are so often complained of at the Central Office. Brooor Work iw Cuna.—If our latest reports be true in regard to the atrocities of the Spaniards in slaughtering their prisoners ag soon as Captured, the time has surely come | for the intervention of the United States in the name of civilization and humanity, We would ask our benevolent: but apparently befogged Secretary of State, is not something due in this Ouban business to the common cause of humanity, to aay nothing of peace and pro- Chiof Sustice Chase. The political party organs and party politi- clans are very much exercised about a letter which it {s sald Chief Justice Chase wrote to some Southerner on the political situation, and in which he expressed highly conservative and liberal views. This shows, at lenst, that there isa tower of strength in Mr, Chase's name, and that whenever it is mentioned in connec- tion with the Presidency the President-making factions and the organs of the different aspi- rants for that high office become excessively sensitive and nervous. The mere report that he wrote # letter favoring a broad, liberal and conservative policy toward the South, which was construed into a bid for the Presidenoy, has put them in a flutter. Now, for the consolation of these President-making managers, we oan tell them on good authority that the Chief Justice has written a0 letter that will bear such a oonstruotion, and that he oarefully avolds entering into political matters or con- troversies, It is possible he may have written letters to friends, expressing opinions as to the policy that should be pursued toward the South, as any other citizen might. This is a privilege that he may olaim in common with all Americans. Nor does he make any mystery about his views on this subject. He has not hesitated to say that universal amnesty should go with universal suffrage, that the disabilities of the Southerners should be removed, and that the wounds of our civil war should be promptly healed, No man, ~per- haps, has had a better opportunity or is more capable of torming a correct opinion of the present condition of the South and the temper of the people. He has been a great deal in that section of the country since the war, and his judicial oircuit extending * over a considerable portion of if ye has necessarily become well informed of matters there, The { conol sion he haa come to, then, that univer RE oan should be granted did hee of the war healed for the good of the whole country as well for that of the Southerners themselves, ought to have weight both with the administration and Congress. There is no doubt the sentiment of the people is with him. They do not want to see the Southern States remain unrestored, disorganized, and under military rule for the purpose of helping any political party. On this subject Chief Justice Chase shows that he is a statesman of broad and liberal views, and there is no reason to conclude because he entertains them, or has even expressed them, that he has taken such conservative ground for the purpose of reach- ing the Presidency or to interfere in political matters. Bankere—Goverament Law, A struggle-—-commenced at onr ~ doors between the allied powers of congested money capital and the inherent force of the laws of the land, and which promises to evolve consequences of very great importance, both to the industrial interests of the public and the financial resources of the government, during its iseue to a final conclusion—has been again advanced in the courts. It will be seen from the report of & decision delivered by Judge James in the United States Court of the Eastern District of Brooklyn, which is pub- plished in our columns to-day, that certain in shat ishien i Ps2 Dankers, Toalgs ahioe. of monghly returns of their capital and deposits, as required by the act for purposes of taxation by the revenue officers, and tlns evade the carrying of their due share of the public responsihility. The penalty is @ fine of three hundred dollars for each instance of omission, and it looks as if the law had never been complied with by the defendants, as the sum of $3,000 was sued for in every case—an amount equal to fifteen monthly fines. Judge James confirms the claim of the federal officers ot the district, which embraces Wall street, New York, to the extent that every broker who loa out money for any perlod of time is a bauker, and must, consequently, pay the government tax on capi- tal nsed in banking upow each loan which he so gives out. One hundred and thirty persons living in Brooklyn but trading in and on Wall street are involved, and the position of Judge James makes them liable to money penalties which will aggregate about $400,000 for the Treasury. It also sets forth the important points of their liability in future should they continue in the business, In its bearing on matters of equity, law and financce, the snb- ject is well worthy of the consideration of the public, The collection of the tax is a war nece- sity, and no individual or corporation should be permitted to shirk the burden, All should bear a just portion of it. Banks aad aad oneeey A New Waisgey Rina tn Pennsyiva- NtA.—It appears that the other day the Hon. Sohn Covode, chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Pennsylvania, applied to Mr. Delano, Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue, to slacken the reins a little in behalf of tha whiskey makers and dealers of the old Keyatone State, for fear that otherwise they may all go the democratic ticketin the coming October election, The Commissioner replied that, hit or mise, with the party, the law must be enforced, an answer which will be satisfac- tory to all honest men, whatever may be the opinion of Covode, Cuba Why General Grant Still Pesitates. We understand that General Grant has | | looking you recently in a ftee gonversation expressed him- self very decidedly In favor of the concession of belligerent rights to the Cubans; that in his opinion they have established a good case for this recognition, and that he believes such recognition would result ina settlement patis+ tory to the Cubans, to Spain and to the United States. We are furthermore informod that all the members of the Cabinet, except one, are in favor of the recognition suggested, and that the one dissenting member hesitates to jojo his colleagues, not because he doubts the pro- priety of the act proposed, but its expediency ; that, in short, be is # little bit afraid of England or France, or something of that sort, Mr. Fish, the Secretary of State, is this dis. senting Cabinot member, and in deference to the wish of Mr, Fish the President still post- pones the decisive step forward which be renily desires to take, Now, is not this » lamentable condition of things? Once upon » time Gene- ral Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury refused @ remove certain deposits heyause he was Hickory soon settled that matter by substitute ing » man who was not afraid, So now, if the President is convinced that the time has come for action in regard to Cubs, the Seore- tary of State should be made to understand that this thing must be done, The cduntry would rejoice to see it done, as evidence that we have a President again who, on important occasions, is not afraid to assume the respon- sibility. i WALL STRERT DURING THR Wek has been an interesting evidence of the speculative mania of the hour, despite the summer stagnation in more legitimate channels of enterprise. The fuctuations yesterday were painfully attractive in a temperature of ninoty- four degreea'E Fahrenheit in the shale, THE HEATED TERM. ‘the weather has “always been a frutteal if wnoer- tain theme since Mr, Adam and his beloved bus dangerous swaln first descended into the Garden of Eden, What the meteorological characteriatios of this delightful spot in the primeval forest were Sortp- ture and history are alike silent,’ It 1s @ pity thas they are 90; for this paradise, whith modern theotogy teaches is typical of the paradiae to come, should in the grand unity of perfection been visited by weather tho very antipode of yesterday's. So at least thoughé many, who said that it was as hot ag a certain auh- terranean apartment at present occupied by a apare gentleman, of singular proclivities, with other Bo- hemians. The boarding house keeper, between bor carving of tough pork and sick mutton, gor one into the feeling recorded in Scripture, Genesis fii, ' In the sweat of thy face shalt eat br thou return into the ground”. i eee ae ir ek: looked as if the gods had moved to obey P, M., the dinner hour, when the subtle hula fsa rae pm in the shade, But few in the (hd mind the quantity they ate, sar docs ide oat t fae they were over speot anxious as ue quaitity, ‘The stands, atartiag out with a stock ot Srash and inviting fruit in the morn- ing, Bor i that the temperature had re, etl uit nites eel eat ce es and toucn y pete spot; Uttowa and Choctaw Peet, node and the s ing ‘waters were ii great demand throughout the day. by awroliering, wleltinny Pe oe tillsing,. almost, fainting non-{raarane ria who appeared in rent lea, but showin tne effects of the tonibie heat. ‘Some had their On paper collars transformed into a soft ‘worn about their necks like a d without coats and showing @ shi : stickin, tote fuck ho et ec MERE Bett Leg and the month of thers, cambrio of Me 2 and, brushed. the i rip] from their brow; ear, aa youre tina in ‘white ae sony) ont thelr ors eee on haa Ha of i bets Att and portly matrons made wilted. The tesa poeta bathrooms and carver a auODs Dene | while the horse oars, stages aud Eaeauee shops di @ poor one, Sun strokes were numerous, in some oases fatal, and in many cases serious. Horses dropped down the street, and even Mr. aero “sores noble animal nearly became a candidate for the very cofn which he drew. Intense and weaken! Uhe temperature was of that peculiar kind that jaced @ general laaal- tude among the active classes, and their etme pied was observable at the ferries, where there Js, om other care Gieh @ grand rush for the docks at the atreet ‘theatres gad y meetings pinta tee elsewhere. The following reco: in the mperature “ Rane past prea four Stouts t in com- paren ype correspond ng Or of last yoar, as indicated by the ‘thermometer a Hudnut’s pharmacy, HEBALD Building, verte corner of a gee 16 a 3PM. at Ww % 6PM 5 9 80 OP, 81 86 12P. ey ture yesterday. cry'g pera pie temperature for ‘corres — init mar, Now York, POUGHKREPSI", August 20, 1869. To-day was the hostest day of the season. Ther. mometer 98 degrees in the shade, There are oe signs of rain, Washington City. . WASHINGTON, August 20, 1869. v nantes ae tne wang NOY _ The Mere thdieuted oT degrees, and at seven o'clock this evening 96 degrees. Virginia. RICHMOND, August 20, 1668, The thermometer murks 101 degrees in the shade, ‘This 18 the seventy-eighth day since enough cain (oi to thoroughly wet the ground, North Carolina, WILMINOTON, August 20, 1869. Weather clear, Wind south. Thermometer 64 ae- i arees, MOVEMENTS OF PRESIDENT GRANT, Arrival of the Presidential Party at Nowport, RL Newport, Rt. £., Angust 20, 1869, ‘The President reached here in safety by the Sound steamer Newport at four ofclock this morning. He was accompanied by Mrs, Grant, Misa Nellie and Master Jesse Grant, General Horace Porter, the President’s private secretary, who was not present during the visit to Pennsylvania, being on @ brief visit to his own family on Long Island, ana joined the Presuient and family at New York, The trip to thie point was attended with no incidents’of spectal im} portance. The usual amount of staring was done, but the President read his newspapers as im differentiy as if in his private room. At nine o’clock this morning the President and fam- ily and General Porter went ashore. The President and family are stopping with ex-United States Sena- tor Edward mn, and ne veneeay Porter with Mr, Morton, of New York. Hp lade the President ran \d Mrs. Morgan in one carriage and Looe Mor- and Mra, Grant in another rode it! rh the ny, “vort Adams fired a Presidential alate 1 in honor of the President's arrival, Grant dined at haif. fey ax this ee after which the Mayor — ey Council called pay their re To-morrow there will be a formal bins tion at the City ty Hal ‘The President, Governor M ery ee = have accepted an invitation exten by ex-Governot Dyer, a8 committee of the Grand Army of the Re- public, to be present at a clam bake Soon Uotaas by the Grand Army on Tnesday next at on Narragansett Bay, three miles below Providence, ee THe SLAVE TRADE “Selling” Negroes at Norfolk, Va.—A New York Scamp Supposed to be the Sellor. ‘There might be another chance for the vilifier of @ certain dead lord to get up a good sensation novel again if the above heading could be taken to signity all that it might. It must not be understood as meaning that, as in days gone by, the negroes were aold at public auction; but it does mean that they were “sola” in a way which shows as much heart. legsness as did the old slave trade, As Marahai Tooker and his assistants were vainly en- | deavoring ‘0 keep themselves cool yesterday morning—and the gaid Marshal Tooker was cveg contemplating the “rape of the locks’ from nig chin in order that he might have more chance to breathe—there walked up to lis desk a very fine colored man and penton who Koops on employment agency on the west side of town. The American citizen of African descent was gotten up ‘“‘regardioas,”’—velvet coat, shiny |} hat and boots, and a cere natty “rig” all out. The gentleman said he wished to call the atten- tion the Marshal to a new system of swind- ling which was being Ran on at Norfolk, Va. It appears that young inan induced ! the negroes to pay nim "tho" sui of three dollars each on promise of providing them with lucrative aad a bie situations in New York. ‘When they paid tie money he gave them the card of anemployment agency in thie city, printed like a suse and stan} “S, B, Ginn, Notary Public, Nor- folk, Va." On the back of the card was written “heck No. 106, Norfolk, Va., August 16, 1869, 9, A, em * ‘The number, of course, wos different on onarnished with these coe dressed in their ‘heftiest store ror eta and full of glorious antict pations, tie « “‘reliables’’ came on to New York, sought out the agency to which they were diractod’ gnly to find that they had been duped. The Marshal questioned the handsome “dark” as to the hype) of the aforesaid 9, Ginn, and from the description given the Marshal felt as- by beng the rascal in the cago was no othor tha one A. J. Healy, who formerly kept a pots genre office on on aa Ltt was cet ei out of the wes. ne ay darks" fare to Now York; and during four weeks that ne oe Cc its been beri pn byte forty, brag nave th ter Mr, Ginn. “U® AUnOFHLICS wk