The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1869, Page 6

phine and arsenic iu the beer they were both drink: 6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STRERT. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Herat. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly sealed, Volume XXXIV....0ssereerersreneeerer NOs BIB ~ —— = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, WALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway and 1th street Vietite-Tas Peoris’s Lawyer, ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtisth stroet and Broadway.—Afternoon and evening Performance, THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Davip Gar- RICK—PAs DE FASCINATION. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth avenue and Twenty- fourth street.—PLay. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth atreet.—Tam QUEEN OF Hxants—Tug Orp Woman Tuat Livgp In A SHOR, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—ABRAE 4 POGUE; 01 Tat WiokLOW WEDDING, ~ . BOWERY THEAT = Peo abi IATRE, Bowery.—MAssaNIELLO—Tou GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avent ‘%€e street.—THE SRa OF Tox, ae tener say WAVERLEY THEATRE, No. 720 Broadway.—A GBAND Vauiety ENTERTAINMENT. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Htoooar Diocosr OOK. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23dat., between 6th and 6th avs.— Rip VAN WINKLE, CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th av., betwoen 58th and ‘ESth sts.—POPULAB GARDEN CONOEBT. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOSE, 201 Bowery.—Couto Vooatism, NEGRO MINSTRELSY, ac. Matines at 334, HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUS! Brooklyn.—Hoousr's Mins1kELG—Tuw Lawyen's Oudaxe &0. is = NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SCIENCE AND ART. LADIES' NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 630 Broadway.—FEMALES ONLY IN ATTRNDANOR. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tuesday, August 24, 1869, et THB NOWs. Europe. The cable telegrams are dated August 23. As the day approaches for the race between the American and English University crews the interest in the result increases, The betting yesterday was two to one on the Oxonians. The Bishop of Win- chester has resigned. The France, of Paris, an imperial paper, yesterday had an article on Spain, Cuba and the United States. ‘The selling of Cuba to America is the only way, It contends, to settle the Cuban difficulty, The Em- press has started on her Eastern tour. Marshal Serrano, Regent of Spain, has returned to the capital. The Carlista continue to suffer defeats, according to the reports from Spain, The Logrono barracks were burned down on Sunday night. Gen- eral Savarlegos, the Carlist chieftain, has reappeared in Spain. A Rome official newspaper announces that there ‘Will be no postponement of the Ecumenical Council. A violént storm raged in the harbor of Cronstadt yesterday. A monitor broke loose, ran down a acrew frigate and sunk her. Sixteen of the crew ‘were drowned, South America. Our Buenos Ayres letter, dated July 14, says that Minister McMahon had arrived there on his way home. On witharawing from Paraguay he pre- sented Lopez ® most cordial letter from President Grant, and recejved a speech in reply full of flatter- ing protestations. A council of war among the allied generals had decided upon an advance upon Lopez. Our Valparaiso (Chile) letter states that the prizes ‘warded at the Santiago Agricultural Exposition had been distributed to their owners. Intelligence from the Indian frontier is of a contradictory nature. Colonei Prado, the Peruvian President, who was overthrown by Balta, has sailed for Southampton, Bolivia. is free from political disturbances. Tne Indians, however, have been creating some appre- hension. The government has obtained a loan of £500,000 from a London house. Cuba. Four hundred insurgents, near Jicotea, are re- Ported to have been routed by Colonel Nicolan. Jor- dan’s fight with Valmaseda, near Puerto Padré, was @ very spirited affair, the Cubans losing 160 killed, ‘Wounded and prisoners, and the Spaniards probably ouble the numer. Hayti. Onr Port au Prince letter ts dated August 10. Sal- nave fs stili investing Aux Uayes. The rebel war Steamers Quaker City and Florida, now called re- spectively the Republic and Mont Organize, were bombarding Gonaives. It was thought the town Would be captured. There were no provisions at Cape Haytien, and persons were reported to be dying of starvation. Miscellancous, The President is still at Newport. Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, is also there, The Cabinet meeting next Friday 1s said to be only to dispose of rontine business, Fifty-thousand dollars a month has been saved to the government by the reduction of the working force in the Treasury Departmeiit. ‘The drought in Philade’ a still continues, nota drop of rain haying fallen since the night of the great whiskey fire, August 4, when 30,00 barrels of whiskey were destroyed, The supply of water in Fairmount water works has become alarmingly searce. The City Councils yesterday donated $25,000 to the destitute fainilies, The Witbecks, who are charged with killing|Deputy during the anti-rent troubles in uty, have been admitted to bail by Judge Romeyn, of Troy, in $10,000 each. Aman named Jacob Mach, employed on a farm near Freehold, N. J., became very abusive towards Mr, J. W. Conover, a neighbor, on Friday afternoon, and attacked him savagely with clubs and stakes, Conover being closely pressed fired his gun at Mach, killing him almost instantiy. Hoe surrendered him- self, and a coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of yua- tiflable homicide, The superviving architect of che Treasury ia under no appretiension about the locks on the vaults, and will make no change beyond adding one more lock to each money vault. It is stated timt General Laroche, the Haytion Minister at Washington, who bas been trying to pur- ehaso some Iron-clads of the government, is nego- tiating to cede, as part payment, the harbor of Uape Nicholas la Mole. ‘The reunion of ofilcers at Gettysburg to lay out the prominent points of the battie, in order that they may be commemorated by monuments, assembled in smail force at 0 field yesterday. One ex- Confede ont, and letters were read from General Lee aud his son Fitzhugh disapprov- ing of the idea. A programme was adopted for carrying out the proposition and the meeting ad- journed patil th Mountain Boy uady Thorn trotted at Saratoga . The betting up to the end of the second ly Thorn, but Mountain Boy vis, his best time being A day, doing co and wees were & prostrated and oxen Killed, idgeport, Conn., on Satur 4 % al houses peopie were A German in Louisville, being newly married and hearing that his wife's former husband was stil itv. ing, poisoned himself and his bride by putring mor- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, mission now tn the Indian Territory, telegraphs to lar. George A. Stuart, of Philadelphia, that a highly satisfactory council had been held with the Chey- ennes and Arrapahoes, The City. We publish elsewhere this morning under the title of “Our Street Cleaning,”’ an account of the profits of the contract system, the present condition of the streets and the effect of clean streets upon the health of the city. The profit of one year's scavenger ing in our public streets under the contract as at present arranged amounts to $335,200, The undertakers’ quarrel over the dead body of Mrs, Sutton at the Morgue was concluded yesterday by the interposition of the police, who gave the body over to the undertaker selected by the Coroner. It Was then removed and buried. Cornelius Railoher, a young man, living in Sixty- second street, died yesterday from taking a dose consisting of a paper of chewing tobacco aud three tumblers of ale, which was given him by Mrs. Mona- ghan, a doctress, asacure for fever and ague. A Coroner’s investigation disclosed in Ratloher’s sto- mach an irritant poison, which smelled strongly of tobacco, Mra. Monaghan was held in $1,000 bail to await the investigation. The Inman une steamship Etna, Captain Lock. head, will leave pier No. 45 North river, at one P, M. to-day, for Queenstown and Liverpool, calling at Halifax, N.S., to land and receive mails and pas- sengers. The mails will close at the Post Ofice at twelve M. The steamship Hammonia, Captain Meler, will sail from her pier at Hoboken at two P. M, to-day for Piymonth, England, Cherbourg and Hamburg. The mails for Europé will close at the Post Office at twelve M. The stock market yesterday was ftfil, but closed dull and heavy. Gold was strong, rising to 13234. The demand for beef cattle yesterday was passa- bly active and prices were quite steady. Prime and extra steers were sold at 150. @ 16¢,, fairto good at lic. @15c. and inferior to ordinary at 100. a 12c., the bulk of the saleg bemg at 1330. & 15c. Milch cows were dull and prices were nominal at former quotations. Veal calves were in fair demand at about previous Prices, Prime and extra were selling at 11c. a 12c., common to gooa at 9c. a 10}4c. and inferlor at 80. a 8330. Sheep were dull and heavy at 6%c. a 7¢, for extra, 63¢c. 8.6%. for prime and 4c. a 6c. for com- mon to good. Lambs were slow of sale and prices were heavy at 6c. a 8c. Swine were dull at 93<c. 0 1034¢. for common to prime, with arrivals of 11,410 head, almost entirely for slaughterers, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Judge Underwood, of Kansas; H. Cameron, of Canada; General West, of Mississippi; H. M. Drane, of North Carolina, and Mayor R. M. Bishop, of Cin- cinnati, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge Nelson, of Poughkeepsie; Commodore Mc- Cann, of the United States Navy; J. ©. Plant, of Georgia, and Ward Cheney, of Connecticut, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, 3.0, M. Menellat, of Maryland, and W. P. Esk- ridge, of Virginia, are at the Clarendon Hotel. Colonel S. M. Johnson, of Washington; James Surget, of Natchez, and J. 0. Nixon, of New Orleans, are at the New York Hotel. Major S. M. Martin, of Waterbury; Dr. E. Northrop, of Buffalo; Professor Williams, of Massachusetts, and Captain R. Wilson, of the United States Navy, are at the St, Julien Hotel. Major Frank Taylor, of the United States Army; Professor W. F. Frothingham, of Boston, and Dr. G, L, Mclliarny, of Memphis, are at the St, Charles Hotel. Dr. H. McLean, of St. Loti’) E. L. Dawson, of Syracuse; G. G. Griswold, of St. Paul; C. O. Bowen, of Charleston, 8. 0.3L, Copperell, of Texas; and C. Ladd, of Illinois, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. W. R. Robertson, of Katonah; H. E. Morton, of Maryland, and G. G. Pratt, of Boston, are at the Coleman House. Spain, Cuba and the United States, The brief telegram from Madrid, published yesterday, to the effect that preliminaries of a treaty for the cession of Cuba to the United States had been signed, is said to be based on reliable authority. The statement comes pretty direct, and is expressed in unequivocal language, but, to use an old proverb, we fear it is too good to be true. Yet to make a treaty with the United States for the ceasion of Cuba would be the most sensible thing the Spanish government could do, as well as the easiest and most profitable way of settling the Cuban difficulty, As a wise policy, and for the sake of humanity and those liberal principles which the Spanish people themselves appealed to when they deposed Queen Isabella, it ought to be true. Still, we have more fear of the pride and obstinacy of the Spanish government in this matter than confidence in its wisdom, To give up a colony which has been so valuable to Spain, which has been a mine of wealth to Spanish office-holders and to that particular governing class which alone has the power to cede or give independence to the island, is not so easy. The Spaniards have squeezed and tasted the luscious fruit too long not to have a keen appetite for it, and, even with the prospect that it may turn to ashes in their mouths, they will be as loath to part with it asthe Egyptians of old were to part with the Israelites or the Southerners their slaves. That being the case it may be difficult to make them see the true condition of things in Cuba or their own interests, They may hope against hope and cling to their colony till it is utterly ruined and nothing left but thousands of men uselessly slain and the legacy of a costly war. If we may judge from the repre- sentations, or, rather, gross misrepresenta- tions, of the Spanish press and Spanish au- thorities in Cuba the government at Madrid can have but little knowledge of the strength and prospects of the Cuban insurrection, and, as a consequence, may continue to rush blindly on to useless slaughter till stopped by defeat and humiliation. Yet if the present government of Spain— itself the offspring of revolution—would listen to the voice of reason and the opinion of the world it would give up Cuba before any more blood is shed, The leading press of England and France and of Europe generally see the diMoulty, if not impossibility, of Cuba being held as a Spanish colony, and advise the Madrid government to make a virtue of neces- sity and give freedom to the island, or, what would be the same thing, to cede it to the United States. Spain may be well assured that this advice of the European press is not given out of love for the United States or desire to see the power and aggrandizement of this republic increased, but from a conviction that Cuba at no distant day is destined to become free and a part of our American repub- lican system. Then it is not possible for Spain to hold Cuba when the voive of the American people has declared it shall be free and when the American government has plainly pointed out its destiny, The unanimous expression of the House of Representatives at Washington in favor of Cuban independence was in ac- cordance wilh the sentiment of the American people, Even our slow, timid and shortsighted tary of State has declared that Spain cannot hold Cuba. President Grant, it 1s known, cordlaily sympathizes with the Cubans Wallaw B, Dodge, ono of the Indian Peace Com- and is decided in making the acquisition of Cubs.a part of hia poly, notwithstanding the timid conservatism of Secretary Fish. And no doubt that Congress, as soon agit reassembles, will take positive ground in accordance with the views of the President and wishes of the people. Can Spain resist the opinion of the world, the desire and fixed purpose of the American people and government, as well as the determination of the brave Cubans to conquer their independence? That is the question. We are convinced she cannot. She must yield to public opinion and the force of circumstances, as she was compelled to yield in the case of her other American colonies, and as England had to yieldin the case of this country, If the Spanish government would save the proud name of Spain from everlasting infamy it will listen to the American government and stop at once the frightful slaughter in Cuba. The manner in which the war is conducted is shocking to ny civilized country and a dis- grace to this enlightened age, It appears from the news published yesterday that eight prominent and highly respectable Cuban gen- tlemen who were prisoners and under escort and a number of their friends were cruelly murdered and their remains ferociously man- gled by the Spanish soldiers having them in charge, Similar atrocities have been occur- ring ever since the war commenced. It makes one shudder to read of such barbarities. It is 4 crime against humanity generally, and is enough to make Spain execrated by the whole elvilized world. Public sentiment in Burope, which has now found expression through the press in favor of Ouba being ceded to the United States, must soon denounce such barbarous warfare, and Spain will sink under universal obloquy, while in this country it will become so intensified as to demand the expulsion of the Spaniards at any cost, In every point of view, then, it is for the honor, good name and interest of Spain to stop the war and to give up a possession that can no longer be valuable as a dependency and that may be of some value to her com- merce if independent or annexed to the United States. We know not what the terins may be upon which our government propose to negotiate with Spain for Cuba; but the best thing Spain can do is to let the island go on any conditions, The Spanish Regency is ina position to do this, and the government that will succeed it may not be. Now is the time for action. We hope General Grant and his advisers will see that, and will let the Spanish government know that under any circum- stances Cuba must be free, A Very Curious Document. We published in Monday’s HERAxp a very singular document. It was a copy of the in- ventories of the estate of the late Colonel A, J. Butler, formerly of California, who was re- ported to have died seized of a very consider- able property, supposed to have amounted to a millionand a half orso. It seems, however, from the inventories and schedules, the list of bills paid and claims disallowed, that the estate is insolvent. This is almost incredible; but, as figures do not lie, we must take for granted the exhibit presented by General Ben- jamin F. Butler, the brother and executor of the deceased, and set down the reported con- dition of this estate as another evidence of the truth of the maxim that ‘‘All is not gold that glitters.” But this, we believe, is only a single instance of the actual solvency of many estates whose possessors, with their families, are leading a life of gayety and extravagance at this season at our fashionable watering places, They make great pretensions to wealth and claim to be the leaders of the aris- tocracy, whereas in reality their cash assets are bubbles and their landed proporty, if they have any, lies snffocating under loads of bonds and mortgages. In the case of the fortune of the deceased Colonel Butler our readers will remember the manner in which his name was associated in the South during the war with transactions from which, it is reported, he had realized immense amounts of money, and they will also recollect what a fuss was made about the matter in the newspapers. It will bea source of gratification to the heirs of the de- ceased to know that, although they have es- caped the infliction of a large fortune, the memory of the testator stands pure and with- out reproach, Toe Lee Drama AMona THE EUROPEAN Savants.—The German journalists from all parts, who recently met in solemn council in the city of Viouna, have given another proof that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The director of the Imperial Opera, desirous to tender his offering on the occasion of the meeting of so much genius, proposed a festive performance ia their honor. Duly con- sidering the pursuits of those learned men, he naturally supposed that something having a classical tendency would be the most suitabie to their tastes. He accordingly submitted the three following for their selection :—‘Nathan the Wise,” by Lessing; ‘Uriel Acosta,” by Gutzken, and ‘‘Deborah,” by Mosenthal, The wise men met in order to coolly deliberate upon the choice, when lo! and behold! the three pieces were unanimously rejected, and the selection fell upon Maestro Offenbach’s “La Belle Hélene.” This selection is fully illustrative of the times we live in, and further- more suggests that, however grave and serious a demeanor our calling may require us to as- sume, a certain amount of relaxation is called for by nature. Those old bookworms and philosophers knew too much of deep study, and they wanted to laugh and be merry, in which they doubtless succeeded, Bap News For tHe Croakers,—The latest reports from Minnesota are to the effect that the surplus crop, notwithstanding the statements of the croakers to the contrary, will reach the former estimates of twenty mil- lions of bushels—mostly No.1, Thisis doing pretty well for one State, and a young one at that. The frogs in the grain market may as well prepare to give their last croak, Tumy are talking about a third party in Tennessee, To judge from the recent vote in that State for Govervor we would think that nearly all parties there are ready to revolve around a common cenire, Tie Richmond Whigregards the statement that Governor Walker would resign in case the iron-clad oath was insisted upon by General Canby as “improbable.” Very likely, The Governor elect will probably ‘‘stiok.” Modification of the Income Tax. The proposed modification of the income tax, which is now being agitated, isan excel- lent thing, but its entire abolition would be still better. No form of taxation has proved so obnoxious or so full of demoralization as this. We do not exclude the nefarious whis- key frauds when we say that the attempts to collect the income tax have been more fruit- fulin producing fraud and perjury than any other method of collecting the revenues of the government. Moreover, it is an unprofitable tax, because the cost of collecting it is dispro- portionately large. It is particularly offensive and unpopular because of its inquisitorial char- acter, Our people are too independent to permit their private affairs to be spied into by vulgar and partially irresponsible officials, and through them exhibited to the public, Hence the collection of the income tax has been a source of general dissatisfaction, which is in- creased by the belief that only a small portion of the revenue thus obtained goes to the Trea- sury and a very large portion to the various officials. Besides, it is well understood that the heavy tax imposed on the incomes of hard-working people is not necessity. As the new views, which it appears are just now finding favor in Washington, go to show that the ex- penses of the government cpp be obtained from the revenue on whiskey, tobacco and other luxuries as well as on stamps, there is no reason why there should not be a very extensive modification of the income tax. When Senator Sherman, of Ohio, declared in favor of the continuance of the income tax the other day he was mistaken, It is a most un- popular way of raising the public revenue. The experiment to collect a tax of two dollars a gallon on whiskey proved a failure and demor- alized the whole whiskey trade. But the col- lection of one dollar, as now proposed, may probably be accomplished without any difi- culty, It seems, according to the figures, that eighty millions per annum can be raised on whiskey by doubling the present duty; that thirty millions can be obtained from tobacco, ten millions from stamps, ten from fermented liquors, as much more from licenses, leaving only fifteen millions to be raised by tax on in- comes in order to provide for the entire ex- penses of the nation. If a modification is to be made in any one of these taxes, by all means let it be in the odious, inquisitorial and annoy- ing income tax. Tae Hopson River Raroapd Acct- DENT.—We are accustomed to blame the railroad companies and their officers for acci- dents which occur upon their roads, and in many cases the blame is undoubtedly justly placed. The accident on the Hudson River road on Saturday night is an exception. In this case two men most incautiously undertook to walk on the track, when the locomotive of an express train struck them and killed them instantly, There appears to have been no possibility of saving them, and the jury there- fore pronounced the affair purely accidental. This habit of foot passengers following the track is very reprehensible, and it is particu- larly so on this road, where there are so few chances of escape on either side of the way. In this connection we would suggest the propriety of having a sidewalk for foot pas- sengers for some distance at each side of a station. Many people are com- pelled to walk from the station to their residences a half a mile or more at several points on the Hudson River Railroad. This renders danger imminent at any time, but in the night time extremely so. GetryspuRe.—Officers of both sides are gathering at Gettysburg for the purpose of marking in enduring monuments of granite the positions held by the several corps and divisions of the two great opposing armies in this most important battle of the war. General Meade will, of course, be present, but we are sorry that other engagements will prevent the attendance of General Lee. Doubtless, how- ever, there will be a sufficient number of Lee's officers on hand to fix correctly the distribu- tion of his forces in the crisis of the terrible contest. This pictorial description of the battle will be ‘‘something new under the sun,” and while affording to posterity a vivid con- ception of the magnitude of the rebellion and of the momentous issues depending upon this bloody field, it will be an enduring first class advertisement to the Getiysburg Springs as a summer resort. Asripaina Corrvption,—Attorney General Champlin, of this State, thinks it must be held that the terms of office of senators and members of the Legislature elected this fall, in case of the adoption of the new constitution, will expire on the last day of December. This will have the effect of curtailing the period in which our Albany savans will have for corruption and lobbying, which is a good point gained, Cop Comrort ror Sroxes—Tho deserted city of Washington after his awful thrashing in Tennessee, and his reflections on the con- sequences of Audy Johnson’s expected elec- tion to the Senate. Mom's toe Worp.—Let it be understood by the politicians all round that Mr. Chief Justice Chase has nothing to say for the present on party politics, He is waiting for ‘‘some- thing (o turn up.” Srraxaz!—That while water is scarce in Philadelphia there is plenty of it in Boston, and one is @ liberal city so far as the sale of liquors is concerned, and the other proscrip- tive and prohibitive. This indicates that the people of Boston imbibe something beside Cochituate, even if they have to do it on the sly. Query—Who gets the wood from the trees cut down inthe City Hall Park to make way for the new Post Office? We believe it was not included in the bids for debris advertised for by the architect. The fireside of many a poor family might bo made warm and com- fortable by it next winter, Now Hat Gunurat Lesnar has been ap- pointed Minister of War in France the busi- ness of the oflice, it is expected, will be con- ducted a la mode. ‘Tem valuation of real estate has increased in Boston during tho past year. So has drunken- ness under the prohibition system, The Savans at Salem, Mass. The members of the American Science As- sociation have not yet presented any solution of the Salem witchcraft, although a satisfac- tory solution of that ancient mystery might be desirable, if, as may be inferred from the ex- traordinary spread of modern spiritualism in New England, many of its hardest lignum- vite heads, as well as some of ita weakest, still adhere to superstitions which wrought mischief and death in the days of Cotton Mather and his contemporaries. A brief enumeration of the subjects which engaged the attention of the savans at Salem on the third day of their meeting will suffice to indicate, however, that the range of their inquiries is sufficiently wide and interesting. These subjects comprised the arctic winds, the longevity of American ships, the values of the standard monetary units in which United States securities are quoted in certain European commercial centres, Euclid’s assumption relative to parallels, the Boston Dry Dock, tide observations, the laws of the deflection of beams, tested by experiment; the chemistry of copper, the velocity of the electric current over telegraph wires, an improved method of observing meteoric showers, planetary influ- ence on rainfall and temperature, a new method of producing, by the electric spark, figures similar to those of Lichtenberg, a for- mula for computing the axial rotation of any primary planet, the theory of the composition of forces, etherial mediums, the trichina spiralis—which, or something like it, 1s to be found, according to Agassiz, not only in pork, but in fish, flesh and fowl, so that to escape from such little creatures we must abstain from all food, or insist upon its being properly cooked—the glands in acacia and cassia, the importance of visual education, the valley of the Amazon, the mineral resources of China, which, notwithstanding ages of dense popu- lation, yet remain to be developed; embry- onic characters in American salamanders, the metamorphosis of Siredon into Amblystoma, American phyllopod crustacea, the migrations of Indian iribes, the discovery of the remains of the horse among the ancient ruins of Cen- tral America, physical geography among the aborigines of North America, the distribution of the aborigines of Alaska and adjacent Ter- ritories, and, finally, the position of scientific investigation in the community. This last subject was eloquently treated by Professor Gould, of Cambridge, who enlarged upon the opposition from theological sources to acience and upon the serious dangers that threaten it at present in our community, Pro- fessor Gould asserted that ‘that man is no loyal follower of science who bases her claim to support upon immediate practical utility, which is the distinguishing trait of the Ameri- can mind.” But, while we would not in the least detract from the claims of pure science to recognition and encouragement, we must remind the learned professor that the demand for immediate utility, to which he alludes as a trait of the American mind, is inevitable in the actual condition of a new people absorbed in building up an empire on this vast Conti- nent. _What we urgently need and what we are daily obtaining is the increase of the manifold applications of science. Meanwhile, let the savans at Salem devote themselves as zealously as they please to the discovery and elucidation of the abstruse principles on which those practical applications depend. Prince Arthur in Amorica. After a voyage of unprecedented rapidity Prince Arthur has found himself in Halifax, and, as our news columns this morning testify, he has received a right royal welcome from the good people of Nova Scotia. Not since the Prince of Wales visited this Continent, some years ago, has any scion of royalty received so much attention at the hands of any section of the American people. The enthusiasm manifested in Halifax will be repeated all along the line of the Prince’s march, It will be one perpetual ovation until he settles down, as we believe he intends to do, to the discharge of his duties as o military officer. Why the Prince is not at present to pay a visit to the United States is to many a puzzle, His brother was not so badly treated by us as to furnish any good reason why we should be specially shunned. If his guardians think fit to allow him to visit our great cities he will see some things which it will be well for him to learn in time, and he will find that, republicans though we are, we know how to honor a young man who gives:promise to be the worthy son of one of the best of fathers as well as most intelligent of princes and of a mother whoso name is mentioned in every household where the English language is spoken with respect and reverence. If he is not permitted to visit us the loss will be his not ours, In the great future princes will be of but little account; but true manly worth will never be at a disconnt. In the discharge of his public duties the Prince may yet find that he has even a greater interest in the great American people than that which the American people now take in him. If the presence of the Prince in the New Dominion gives it peace, contentment and prosperity we shall rejoice ; for such will facilitate the final arrangement which will make the Dominion a prosperous section of the United States. We do not expect to see any son ot Queen Victoria reign on this Con- tinent; but it is not impossible that some of her descendants may temporarily preside with honor to themselves and satisfaction to the people over a republic which shall stretch from the Gu'f to the Northern Sea and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Our Stare Leaistaturr—Prospkcet oF A Suorr Sxssion.—Attorney General Champlin is of the opinion that if the people ratify the new State constitution this fall the Legislature, at the same time elected, goes out with De- cember. Very good, Hvensoletit be. The world (at Albany) is governed too much. At Last,—They are really at work, and at work with a will, in the enclosure set apart for the new Post Office, clearing away the trees and preparing the ground for the new building. The question of the sile is thus apparently settled. A Stax or tos Summer Sitason.—Tho biggest hotel at Cape May is said to be losing five hundred dollars a week, The flush times of shoddy and petroleum have gone by, ne The Humboldt Cecteuary, We observe that our German feicW citizens are making great preparations for celebrating the Humboldt centenary, which occurs on the 14th of September next. A full meeting was held in the Germania Assembly Rooms and a resolution carried unanimously to muster in full force on that day and assist by their pre- sence at the unveiling of the statue of Alex- ander von Humboldt in the Park. Music of course will not be wanting on the occasion, for no German celebration is complete without it. A chorus of eight hundred voices will represent the Northeastern Saengerbund and the General Union will furnish another chorus of five hundred voices. The lovers of musio here may therefore look forward with pleas- ant anticipations to this celebration; but it is in Germany Itself that the day will be honored with the greatest enthusiasm. There are few names so dear to every German as that of Alexander von Humboldt. If posthumous fame is a thing worth caring for—and unfortunately many a poet, like Mil- ton, and many a historian, sculptor and painter has had little else than the hope of this ta stimulate him—then a centennial celebration is just and due to the memory of Humboldt. We have had many other such celebrations recently; the most re- cent of all was that held in honor of the first Napoleon; buat while warlike France worships the soldier hero, Germany, the land of scholars, honors herself most ap- propriately by such a tribute as this to one of the greatest men science has ever produced, In anage that boasts of 4 Cuvier, Laplace, Arago and Guy Lussac, Humboldt was, in universality of genius, grasp of thought and practical knowledge, by far the greatest of them all. In some respects he resembled Franklin, being, like him, anxious to bring science down from the clouds and make it sub- servient tothe happiness of his fellow men. And when Humboldt’s name is in question we should not forget that he spent almost five years in Central and South America, amidst many dangers and hardships, investigating the productions of the country, its geological strata, the course of its mountains and rivers, and the many traces of ancient monuments scattered over Mexico and Peru, and there is no American scholar but turns to this part of his writings with delight. We hope, for the honor of science, that the centennial celebra- tion of the 14th of September will be a suc- cess both here and in Germany. Tweed for Belmont-The Reasons Why. We have given the reasons why the Seventh Ward Tweed Democratic Association desire the retirement or removal of Mr. Belmont as chairman of the National Democratic Exeou- tive Committee. But the reasons why Mr, Tweed should take his place the association aforesaid say are these :—Mr. Tweed’s experi- ence in politics, his devotion to the party, his liberality with his money, his extraordi- nary judgment, his remarkable skill, his capacity, his success, his fidelity, his power, his popularity, his eminent position in the democratic church, and so on—a baker's dozen of reasons in all for the appointment, Moreover, all the Tweed clubs are called upon to move in the matter and the Governor, too, and the State Executive Committee, “for the removal of a man who has lost two campaigns and who will inevitably lose a third if re- tained in his present position.” ‘Reddy the Blacksmith” would perhaps call this ‘‘a put up job,” but at any rate it puts Mr. Belmont and his friends in a position where they must fight or fall back. Something must be done. Tammany has resolved that Belmont shall go out, but Belmont may resolve that Tweed shall not come in. Let the committee be called to~ gether and let the fight begin.. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. A Drive Through the Suburbs of Newport—A Grand Clambake To-Day. Newrort, August 23, 1869. This morning the President breakfasted with a friend, and took a drive through the surroundings of" the city. This evening he dined with Charles H. Ruasell, of New York, who also invited about twenty friends. At ten o’clock this evening there was @ private reception at the residence of Mr. Russell. To morrow the President wili attend a clambake at Ocean Cottage, given by the Grand Army of the Re- public, In his White Mountain trip the President will stop long enough at Concord, N. H., to receive tue hospte talities of the eitizons of that city. He will bein Saratoga next Saturday night. Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, arrived here this evqping, and will remain a few days, SHE CUSTOM WOUSE. How Frauds are Consnimated—Somoe of the Merchnnts at Fault, Inthe Custom. House there is a great deal of vile lany which time alone can develop, The Collector, Mr. Moses H, Grinnell, has been doing his best to ferret out these frauds upon the government, which have prevailed for years, long before his administra- tion of affairs as Collector. It is a curious and ine structive feature of Custom House management that for a lengthened period of time frauds of the most unblushing character should be perpetrated upon the revenues. Collector Grinnell has done more than any of his predecessors ever did ho fore towards letting the country know what fort of people contro the Cusvom House of this city, and of course it is painful to him to believe thal among those whom he might have been inclined to encourage practices were discovered quite contrary to the rules and the law. For instance, here is a merchant cailed Jones, who imports a cargo of 800,000 pounds of coffee, the duty on which, at five cents per pound, 18 $40,000, Jones tells Smith, who wants to buy the cargo, the weight thereof just as mentioned, Smith purchases. 1 at, we wiil say, thirty cents per pound, and Jones furnishos him with a bill of weigit attached to bis bill of sale, In the meantime Jones, the importer, goes to Brown, the welghmaster, and says, “Make the return of that bill of weight 730,000 pounds, and I will see that you are fully recompensed.” Brown, the weighmaster, send his return for 730,000 pounds to the Collector, aud it is audited and collected, saving the importer $5,000. ‘The importer, as it 18 lo be supposed, gives the welghmnaster a check for $1,000 at least, acd thus: it is thas In ths respect alone we fluid that weighmas~ ters, unless placed under the strictest possible kind of supervision, have an uniimated fleid for defraud the government out of a considerable proportion of its legitimate revenues. The mere charges whicix have been brought against Van Winkle, Doolittle, Carr, Spear and Kyran, in reference to their defraud. ing the government of the amount of men's wagea— men waom they had never employed—sinks tnvo ins signilicance altogether besite the frauds that have been discovered in the weighing of imported matter such ag coffee or tea, Collector Grinnell, WHO has nothing to make by official position, is at least deter. iniiigd to Unearth the traditional irauds of the Cue tom Liouse and skow 4 clean record to the nation. THE HEWBURG AND NEW YORK fAILAOAD, ‘The arrangements for the celebration of tha opens ing of the Nowburg and New York Ratiroad have been completed, and tie affatr comes off in News burg to-day. An excursion train, filled with promt. neat citizens of Nowburg, will leave that city at minutes to ton o'clock this morning, and pros vo te junction of the rout with whe Brte oud, “we Lurner’s, Whore they will moot a special train from Jersey City, with tho officers of the Urie Ratt rowland others, when the 6xcursionists will return burg, Where extensive preparations have ade ior their entertainment. ‘the first pate Seager (raid passed Over thia road Ube morning,