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8 OHIO POLITICS. General Risecrans’ Letter Declining the Nomination for the Governorship, San PRANcregyy Pah Any Ng gh NTLEMEN—On my arrival in is city, wom Mexico, Mayor MeCoppin, Mr. Samuel Butier- worth and Judge McCorkle presented me your let- Yer and very friendly notes from Seoators Thuraian ‘and Casserly announcing my unaniinous noinina- tion by the deimocracy of Ouio as their candidate for Governor in the pending electoral canvass for State officers, and I have carefully read and considered ‘them. conversed with Governor Haignt, eee eee nrereat in the consolidation of the democratic organization tn Ohio, on that basis of eonsiltutioual freedom and progress which, in the Past, gave unity to a party that has governed the country for more than two-thirds of the pertod of our national existence aud originated or carried futo successful execution nearly ail the great measures which form epochs in our history. Grateful for the honor of this nomination by the @emocracy of my pative State, (much regret that Imperious duties compel me to decline the canvass, @s | teiegrapiiea you yesterday. Yielding (@ none in sincere devotion to the dem- @aratic representative governinent, of whieh I con- sider our own the best tnvdel (he word has yet seen, at nearly Oity, with eome Knowledge of mea and gore experience In governing them, I am still a democra: from study, conviction, aud @ sentiment Of brother!ood with my fellow men. ¥ therefore deem it a duty, under the circum- stances of this Aominetion, to make a few sugges. tions as to the tundamental princiyies whic, I think, ought to underiie every loca democratic platform. What of olf gave the democratic party in the United Siates lis presitye aud spirit was its pro- found fait: inthe capacity of man for self Ment and progress, under Institutions based on tue reat priucipies of lib uity and equal} My betore the law, 8 courage in ¢: Thence a that discipline, order gud progressive org Whieb nave mark 8 history, and made 11s victori- ous baoner the symbol of hove to lovers of Ireedom At Lone aud abroad, While m the na i beva the ralying polmt of otice poiltical adventurers, Whose timid and tim nse somelines impatred the ene ci pre veuted the vigorous development of 3. aud yy ing the logic of tis i@ith into action. & ts princi But alier a great civil w Jace of politica, the istinc American people remais, and the ev. have increased iis conudence tn iree instituth tn the capacity of the people to adapt themselves to the exigencies of anatioual iife. In spite of dreamers after nperialism or consol dation, in spite of these ‘Whose only political principles are the apparent ex. pedieucies of the hour, Who, knowing that civilized Inan must have government, are always contriving “tricks schemes to make themselves the favored few, ordain to govern and be paid for tt; 1m spite of those who consider it a weak and feeling expert- Ment, the heart of the great body of our people beais warin!y, and its jadgment moves tastinct with fis old denrocratic feelings and convictions. Appeals should therefore be made to these Instincts and convictions by asserting fundamental principles Which ought to govern tne future developement of this great and {ree country, and at the proper times and places, announcing such measures of policy based on them as the exigencies of the nation’s Life and action may require. The country requires and the democratic party ought to ve, @ party of principle, a party of ite, of ‘Bclion and of progress, ‘Fossils’? and fault finders do not properly belong to the party, and, ii found in Mt, ought to go on tho retired list. Leaving to its opponents, of all shades and grades, al) narrow and sectional grounds, all monopolies and favoritism based on class, creed, race, color or Rational origin, the democratic party of the United States ought to bold high the banner of universal freedom, iiapartial justice, “and equality before the Jaw” of all who live beneath the fag of our country. A fact of our history, expressed on our coat of arms by the words, “Z Plurivus Unum,” many in ie, 18 that we bave grown “many” distinct, sub- stantially, seif-governing communities, under ‘ one” eountry or general sovereignty. To cease to be “many,” or to be “one,” wouid interrupt this law of our historic hfe. The seli-goverument of the People by States, and the unity of the nation are essential laws of our past growth and life of which our written constitution is but the formal expres- sion, and must pe fundamental with the national @emocracy, whose policy must be broad enough and ‘wise enough to maintain the one without weakeu- ing the other, it is the combined action of these two principles which gives our democratic representauve system ite power of expansion aud makes it work, to the Wonder and uduilration of European statesmen and uilosophers. Leaving the rient of self-zovernment the people and removing fromm the States aii tue Durdeus, of arinies, navies, lines of fortifications, diplomatic representatives, coinage, postal systems gnd that bost of officials which subtract from pro- ductive industry and devour its products in the Biates of Europe; it frees commerce and travel from Varying standards of weights, measures and va- lues, irom State tarifs, passports and spying om- Clalism aud provides that the citizens of one state may obtain redreas or payment of claims from those of another, without the interminable operations and Gelays of diplomacy, by the intervention of couris of Ww. Based on these laws of oar ilfe and growth, and repudiating the doctrine that “might makes right,” Amertean democracy holds that liberty consists in the obedience of all to just law; that these laws should be the fewest and simplest possible, leaving the utmost individual freedom of thougut and action consistent with equal rights and impartial justice, apd where individual action must be regulated by law, seeking always “the greatest good to the greavest number.” ‘This 1s the democracy I believe in, and to which Tam proud to belong. Permit me, therefore, to indicate, among the measures called for by the present exigeucies, the following, in reference to:— Gur Public Debt; Currency; Revenue and Protection; Class Legislation; Ofices and Tenures; Executive Pairouuge; Buttrage, And the Caucus System. ‘The enormous micrest on Our public debt ts pro- @uciog tue wort fearinl mMequalities tn the distribu. tion of capital, bringing the government into tne Money market a8 4 borrower at an average of 1124 per cent per annum, currency—interest, 1.00 per ‘cent; prewium, say 1.80 on the coin; exemption, 2.40 trom taxation—il.50 per cent—to compete with the pri- vate borrowers; and, moreover, giving to bankers holding its bonds not only the interest, but the right to issue notes on their own credit, and use thea as mouey under the national ban king law. Tula w forcing tac very life blood of capital from the West and South, in fact, from all the extremities where its circulation is especially needed, to the great Eastern centres of capital and specu: lation, and by putiing au enormous price on capt- tai, i @ country whose industrial aud business development requires a great deal of cheap capi tal, is gaawing xt the very vitals of the mdusiry and business of the great mass of the people. To arrest these devouring evils demands the most prompt redemption of our bonds according to ihe jaw and equity of their fasue, and that na- tional bank uotes suould be payable in coin on demand, To eilect we must diminish our expenses at home, establish confideace in our political and ad- Miaistrative stability, and increase our credit @broad, until our bonds in Torpign markets are worth ‘what our ability and vertainty to pay war- Ind then frow. 8 proceeds of the eales of a e, bearins Teasonable interest and subject me (axation, promptly redeem every ex- to reaso istlye asad the inoment lt becomes due, «0 local declarations inviting a popular prejudg- Ment of any legal questions about the terms oi p meut of the national bonds, should impair tue pric Jess value of the public credit, at a tune when it is ail important to create the speediest means of Fidaing the country of these enormous oppres:ions; ut every democratic platform should tend to raise higher aud higher the pubite credit, and to gatiaiy the people of Kurope that tue democratic is the list party in the United states that proposes a whine, @r acts reluctantly, avout paying tne public devi, even aie Present holders should have bought iv — air value, 2, Au irredeemabie paper currency, or one perpe- tually ductuating in value, ise gigaute raud on the pone concentration of the evils of fulse weights, false Ineasures, aud Worse, injurious to all classes, Dut especialiy to tiose who live by labor. ‘The democracy should assert with renewed vigor and determination itv vid declaration in favor of a specie basis and a paper currency, convertible at par into coin at the WUl of the holder, and should take prompt aud efficacious measures to raise our bonds to Whore the security tuey offer and futerest they bear ought to piace them, so as (o draw green- backs after tuem lo par with the least possible delay, ‘This will relieve all classes, especially the laboring, and, augmentiug the value Of our circulation twentre dive per cent, give a healthy and vigorous impulse to every department of business and industry, 2. ‘The fundamental principles of tree trade, and that ail taxation should fali as directly as possible On ail members of gociety in proportion to their ability to pay, have always been held by the democ- racy. The ali of its legisiation must, therefore, be @smuch as possible to reduce the amount and diminish the hamber of indirect taxes and to levy Buch ag are Necessary for revenue, having due re- gard to the principie, thatthe wealth of a nation consisting in tts productive inaustry, whatever favors the greatest amount of thisin ihe masses 1s to be favored aud whatever foeters special kinds and clasees to its detriment is to be opposed by the be yd }. Democracy opposes all kinds of class | la- Uon, refusing to rob the rich for the benefit tne Poor or the poor for the benefit of the rich, and Views with equai abhorrence the partisan of unjust claims and the advocate of the repudiation of just Ones. But Knowing that legal provision for the se- curiyt of private property generally suffices for the rovection of the rich, democracy, Without violating tiles ber} dan the nature and: hpotacc ey aah Mon of ollices 18 ‘agti-demogratic, unjust aed Gna. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. nse LEEyEa EEE EEE ERE EENENDSENURSEENETENENEN TOUT fi freedom; which changes men tn of- | untit! consult others vo freedom; 8 PONT mmatead of puvlo good ina + he bot! perversion of the princtpies of bi anti-demo- cratic, corrupting and periious to tho ti ties of tho zoe 7% peepee power 1s @ trust for the common good | saying that he was tn favor of repudiating all of ch no public oMcer has aright to use for his Pavate Dedede, and whoever doos so ts @ greater Feounarel thaH be Who misappiies funds tn his trust, because the oficial trust ts more sacred ana tho wrong done more difficult to detect and measure. Wioever obtains votes under false pretenses 13 @ baser kuave than he who obtains goods under faise pretences, and, on account of the greater dimtculty of deiecting and measuring the evil done, deserves severer punishment and reprobatton. Regarding all olticers as servents of the people and trustees of power for the common weal, democ- racy favors such modes of appointments and tenures of office as reason and experience show best calcu. leted to secure good conduct and eficiency in the public service, without regard to private interests, public customs or individual prevensions. Reagon and experienco alike condemn frequent and neediess changes of public oMcers, and the gen- erally prevailing practice of meaty pee for private bencdt tnstead of the public good acting in great matters of the State and natien on a principle which would ruin any private business, aud, unless cor- rected, will bring the adminisiration of free govel ment into deserved contempt. It is essentiaily op- posed to the principles of democratic government, and it behooves the democracy of the United States to make war on the practice without truce or delay, returning to the Jemersonian standard of oficial qualiiication—'Is he honest, capable and taithral 1’? 6. ‘The immense increase 0! eee Ry tronage, placing upwards of 100,000 oi S Maes numerous minut positions of emolument, at his disposai, and the habit of changing the incum- bents to secure or reward executtvo partisanship, have become dangerous to the liberties of the couL- try, and demand prompt and efficacious remedy. That remedy, at leuat in part and numerous tm- portant national adyamages, may be found, by pro- viding that no Progident shall be eligrble for more than ove terin, without & joint resolution of Con- gress, passed by a two-thirds vote In exch house, previous to the election, declaring the same; and & further provision, that the Presidential term shull be extended to six years. 7. Toe democratic doctrine of suifrage requires distinct reafirimation. Democracy has always held that suffrage ts not a natural rigut of every human being, vor of a par- ticular sex or race, but a political privilege, and who shoaid exorcise itis a question to bo decided by What wiil produce ‘greatest good to the greaiest number,” aud therefore, as far as possibie, to be de- termined locally where lays the great body of we rights of the people. But In these local discussions the democratic idea favors #& broad caiher than a narrow basis of sul- frage. It 18 not unmindiul or regardless of the 1 of women, of minors, of property and inferior races; but seeing other effective and advantageous ways 1D which these can have their miuence on ail legisla- tion affecting their interests, at present it piefers giving the right of voting © manhood and quaiifica- tions which will tend to create bonds of poiitical brotherhovd between the rich and poor, based on niutual interests, and to avert conilicty between capl- tal and labor, The caucaa system, invented by the democracy as @ practical way of duding out who is the proper per- gon to be voted for where & constituency la too large to Know each other personally, and, 1 spite of its glaring imperfections and cerruptioas, {now adopted by a!l parties, should be improved by the democracy aad carefully reguiated by Wise provi- sions of law. These views I believe to be explicitly or tnexpll- eitly beid by three-fourins of yur voting populauion, and only require distinct democratic enunciation to elicit a substantial response froim the people, who Wel! know that neither a public policy based an pas- sions nor radicalism per se can long rule without Tuintng the country, and would be giad to combine, for the public good, on grounds that would restore our State and national administrations to the spirit and practices of democratic republican simplicity. Should there be democrats whose mental organt- gation or temper does not permit them to recognize existing facts or conform their action to great popu- lar changes, let them, for the public good, abdicate leaderanip, and leave the energies of the people free to act in tie line of life aud progress, The exceptiona: political condition of parties, aad my desire to recall well known fundamental prin- ciples, and thdicate some of the logical consequences and apjAications, in my judgment vitally important to the future of our couutry and the cause of free government, must be my apology for the length of this letter, Thanking you for your cordiality and kindness in communicating my uomimation, and begging, trough you, fo thank your coystitueney for It 1 remain, gentiemen, very truly, your friend W. 8. ROSECRANS, G. W. Morgan, General Durbin Ward, Genera) Hon. J. H. Heaton, lion. J. i. Putnam, Hon. Lew- ellen Baber, Committee, Columbus POLITIC: Tke Senatorial Campaign—Emerson Ethore idge on the Stamp. The people of Lancyville, Haywood county, Tenn., gave a barbacue on the 19th inst, in jollifcation of Senter’s election, Emerson Etheridge was present, ‘aud im the course of @ speech uttered the following about TAXATION. “] assert,” sald Mr, Etheridge, leaping, as ts his custom, with the rapidity of lightning from one sub- Ject to another, ‘that materially as well as moraliy and socially the condition of a people 1s indicated by the rate of taxation which tney pay. In England high taxes and high rates of import duties have ever been the fruitful cause of perjury and smuggling. Show me the people that bave light taxes to pay, and I will show you a people happy and contented, proud of their nationality, and relying on them- seives. Show me, on the contrary, @ heavily taxed people, and I will show you an inert and slavisa race, whose dissenslons will make them sooner or later a prey to tyrants atid despots. Agreal traveller has said that Palestine was the saddest and most miserabie (lets that he had ever secn. He had not travelied through Teunessee since she has been under radical rale. ‘There never was a people more deeply in debt or leas able to pay their way out of it. Countiug the debt of the United States in round numbers at $2,500,000, 000, tha amount owed by every man,wo- Tuan and chiid, beck and white, In the sixty-seven doiiars. The deve of tha State of T nessee In round numbers 18 $40,090,000; Tils makes another instalment of twenty-six dollars per capita, or a total of ninety-four dollars owed by every hu- man goul im Tennessee, and all this the excrescence of a few short years, lor ap to the time of the war we owed nothibg and had but @ few outstanding bonds.” A REVIEW OF OUR REVOLUTIONARY DEBT, Mr. Etheridge, pursuing this course of st: tistical reasoning, coutinued:—'History has shown us tat ho great revolutionary war debt was ever paid, ‘There may be,” said’ he, “some new things uuder thesan. Brownlow’s Legisiature, composed of men who had not been in the State long enrugh to earn even the right to vote, was @ new thing. (Laugnter.) ‘The payment of a great revolutionary war debt would be oue of these, hot that 1 believe that the American peopie cannot pay the debt, but i they do It wil have to be under anew order of things. But look again,” said lw “the interest on this twenty-five or thirty hundred miilions is one hundred apd fifty millions per an hum. On your State debt there is two miliivgs p annum. Aji this you have got to carry beside. You relieve yourselves of J in One of three ways oniy—pay the debt, carry and pay the interest, or repudtate the whole thing. For myseif | preier tue payment of an houest debt. Kepudiation is like war—the witima raid regis, the last resort aud argument. But no great revolutionary debt ever was paid.’? In proof of his portion of his speech the speaker cited the revolutionary debt of France, who repa- diated her assignats; of Texas, which was only in part paid by the United States; of England, which was in reality haif repudiated: for she commenced borrowing at ten per cent, but BOW pays only three. Pubitc debts, bo declared, are an invention of modern times. Up to 1692 land never owed a dollar of public debt, and froma commencement of £900,000 now owes £000,000,000— @ sum that bo one dreams will ever ‘be ‘paid, although Engiand is ten tines more able to pay than the Unived States, Mr. Ktheridge stated that he mentioned these things not to preyndice hus hearers Agaly it pore debt. He believed that hé United States, by proper management, with its immense resources, the teewing Norilwest, could pay it, but it never Wil. it is trae, said he, that Mr. Boutweil’s reports show reductions montils; but just walt untli Congress passes its dedciency and see how muca reduction there has béeu, STATH TAXES MORK ONEROUS THAN FEDERAL, Tho speaker, continuing his course of reasoning, Said that the federal taxes, though onerous, did nov cause the people 80 much Uneastness or annoy them so much a8 the State jones, for the general govern ment does not tax lands, It does not, The people are already restive. But here in the state the nian that don’t own an acre of land 1s taxed with alana tax, Tue freedman who works a farm on shares pays one-half the Grop for rent. fe pays five cents ainile for riding on the railroad lustead of two or three, as it ought to be, ETHERIDGE'S “READY RELIEF”? “You ask how this isto be remedied?” said Mr. Etheridge, ‘f will tell you, if you want my advice, You must reduce the expenses of government; Make more than you spend; incur no new Mabilitics; put honest men in office, as you elect the men who collect the revenne; apply the surplus in the reduc- ion of your liablities; abolish unnecessary offices; enlarge the judicial districts; adopt a more effectivs means of collecting the revenue. If you do not do this, in less than two years you will hear the cry of repudiation. Jt is useless to gay the debt will not crash you,” HE BACKS DOWN ON REPUDIATION, ‘When you hear this cry of repudiation, said the speaker, do not say that I raised it, Iam morely telling you what ts bound to be. As for myself, lam going into this thing slowly. Heyond the necessary appropriations to carry on the executive, legislative aud judicial powers, which must ve supported ahd suatained, I will not go far. These I will supports and vote appropriations for; but when they uk me to vote money for these Superintendents of Public Instruction, superintendents and ali those nameless things which have no yi OF constitutional exist- ence, 1 wiil not do it. pepltme When | get to Nashville I intend to enter the Augean stable siowly and carry with me @ disinfectant. I intend to get me @ wheelbarrow, shovel aud hoe and commence with clgausiug. J wog't promise what 1 will do been mis- poten ey pit waregraph phic be had scen ented Db; ph whit feng te A Asé to repudiation, bo repeated, e considered that the very last resort, only to be atopted wuen every other pian had fatled. But itwoald sou be enounced from this very rostrum, as he had sald, m begs than two years by aspirants for office..t1e noticed a growing disinclination among the ie to undergo the hardatips necessary to carrying or paying the State debt. In itustratin; his wane. an this pout Mr. Etheridge gave @ grap! description of tie arguments, &¢., that woul be usea by these applicants for oMce on the ground of repudiatton, and depicted the stump orator reasoning and argu- ing it to the very life, The non-payment of the Joly interest, he declared, was virtually repudiating the debt; and since the farture on tlie part of the State to mect this obliga Hon he aiready jooked repudiation in the face, Stil he thought it was adernter resort. Recurring to the paragraph in tne Milan paper, DUEDORRN to give his words and views, he said that what be did say was, “having learned learned from Mr, Oates that there were a number of bonds issued without. authority of law—indeed, in direct contravention of the internal muprovement law of 1862—ne was in favor of repu- diating them uoder the well-known legal maxin of caveat emptor. Uf this,” said Mr, Etheridge, “be repudiation, make the most of it.’ CITY POLITICS. Twenticth District Union Republican Asso- elation, A well attended meeting of this organization was held last night at No. 1,000 Thtrd avenue, Mr. Charles Waters presiding, and after the usual routine bus!- ness had been transacted several new members were admitted and a number proposed for admission. ‘The new by-lawa came up for consideration, the only important point belng the second article, which ig as follows + “This association shall be composed of those legal voters residing in the Twentieth Assembly district of the county of New York who believe in the doctrine of tho Culon repubilcan party, a3 sot forth im the platform of the Chicago Convention which nominated Genera! Graut for President ot the Untied Slates, wd Whose names and residences siail ve ped 1 the reli book of the association.” i adopted, Mr. Bosert offered the following resolutions;— Resolved, That we, the membere of the Vinton Republican Association of the Twentieth istrict of the city of N York, believing in the rights of freemon, and that the major- fiy should rul@ at all tines, do unbesitatingly pronounce the preset Exclaa law nnjust'and od zens of said city fas citizens by hay said county to the ex Be it further , That we, the members of the Unton Republican toa of said 1 ah Assembly district, of the city n favor of and earnesily requent the repeat A of New York, Of the anil Excise inw, ax it now exists in the city and county of New York, believing that the State shouid make excwe Inws atfocting the whole State alike, and not two or three the beueiit of adjoining’ counties; or, in other elieving that excise laws aifecting @ county should irely to the voters of said county and not to two (be St further 1, That we, the members of th's Union Republican natruct Our deiegates to the State Convention to ie nll shel rts to have our views as expressed atiore fuserted in their platform for the fall campaign, believing ‘As wo do it fs for the best Interest of the repubilean party to haye the present odioua, unjust Excise law repealed or modi- fied 60 as to embrace the whole State. On a motion made to carry the above Dr. THomas made a short speech and oifered the following ainendment, which however was rejected, and tne original resoiution referred to a comunittee of five, composed of Dr. thomas and Messrs, Bogert, Kock, Babcock and Leland, Resolvea, That this association {s in favor of the proposed Jaw whereby each municipality in the State will become eua- bled to decile for itself by ballot whut regulations}it may deem expedient for the salo of mait and spirituous liquors. A resolution admitting all the German republican associations of the district Into the organization without the formality of referring the matter to committees was then unanimously carried, after which a member offered a resolution instructing delegates to the Central Committee and conyeations to inguire into the political status of the men em- ployed in the Brookiyn Navy Yardy After constder- able debate, in which it was understood tnat the politics of this favored corner of Uncle Sam’s do- minions are in @ highly unsatisfactory condition, the resolution was adopted, 8. D. Boron then offered the following resolu- tions, advocating thetr adoption in a somewhat rambling specch, of which allusion to the sharp practice of poliucians in getting copperheads and eidalae into office nowadays formed the bur- jen:— é Whereas {t is currently reported and believed that the unity and strength of the national Union revublican party of the city and county of New York has been very materall impaired and weakened by the appointment of many ini- proper persons to places of honor, trust and prod nader the national governmeat, thet Resolved, That the delegates to the Central Committee iricte of the city be and they from the several Assembly are hereby requested to Inquire into and ascertain the names 4 number of persons appointed to auch aforesaid positions from thelr respective districts, thelr atatus ae citizens and Union republicans, the position held, aud, as near a4 may bo, by whom recommended and appointed, with suth other in- formation as may be d ned essential to a development and tho facts in relatfon thereto, and to this committee on or before the tor auch further action as may be be taken thereupon. The resolutions were, alter some further debate, adopted, and, after arranging to meet the Friday after next, the meeting adjourned, POLITICAL NOTES, Bailie Peyton goes for Andy Johnson for Senator. Peytona was once- famous racer, but 13 rather weak in the knees about this time. It is stated that Fow- ter the present Senator! incumbent, also goes for Johnson, Hon, Jamea M. Cavanagh, of Montana Territory, 1g in Washington, urging the sending of addiitonal troops to the Territory to }revent [udian hostilities, Why not go at the red skins with “hatchets,” Jeems? A national convention of prolibitionists is to be held in Chicago this montn. It is said that a Mr. Parker, of Meriden, wiil be the candidate of the temperance party in Connecticut for Governor. Tho divisions among the republicans are likely to be ealled the “splits” and “straights.”? Governor Clayton, or Arkansas, ts in the market for the United States Senate, The Memphis Appeal thinks Andy Johnson need not tremble at imperialism just now, and asserts that “it is a good long way off." This is casting a horoscope into the future which a few sympathizers With the political sentiments of the Appeal in this locality would care to look into. Harvey Jewell 1s beginning to sine forth in Mas- Sachuselts aa the republican candidate for Governor, vice Claflin, shelved. ARNG BANK ROBBERY IN ST. LOUIS, Eight Houdred and Fiity Dollars Snatched from a Counter—Excnpe of the Thicf. {From the St. Louis Republican, August 25.J For some days past there have been & onimber of thieves from other cities in town, evidenuly with the intention of entering into operations pocuilar to ehh] ‘The strict surveliiance which the police ndve exercised over them has prevented them from displaying their skill in safe-plowing, but one of the fraternity yesterday accomplished a@ leas heavy operation, The German Savings Institution, at the corner of Main and Market streets, was the tnatitu- tion which suffered by it, Abuut one o'clock the cerlifcate telier of the institution had turned his back to his desk and gone a few sieps when a scamp adroitly jumped on it, and, reaching out nis hand to some packages ol greenbacks, grasped two of them, It was but the work of an instant, and the act was 8eon by one or two of the clerks. The thief dashed Out of the ofice, roe by some clerks, ran down Market street to the corner of Commercial alley, up the alley and through one of the stores to the Levee, He was lost sight of to the aliey and he escaped. ‘The ackages he got off with contained $560 In green- acks aud Currency, nearly ail in tive, ten aud twenty dollar notes. There was & good number of persons Prosent iu the borhood at the time, aad ¢ although the cry of “stop chief” w. ually ven true avail ‘stop uel” was gliveu luslily it = TAP PosTaL TetnGraPH.—Every day adds to the strength of the movement in tavor of the postal tele- graph; many Senators and represeutatives have Promised to support a good bill, and ft is certain That the exemple of Great Britain in establishin, [ate Velegraph System Will soon be followed by the Hited States, That the business commuuity begins to understand the reform is shown by the fact that the Boards of Trade or Chambers of Commerce of the following cittes have unanimously resoived in ite favor:—Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimot New Orleans, St, Loula, Chicago, Ciaciinatl, Providence, Savannad, Movile, San Francisco will soon be added to the list.—Pruiadelphia Post, Augusl 2be VESSELS CAAAYING MOLASSES IW ISON TANKS, {From the Boston Traveller, Angust 24. The brig Novelty, it will be remombered, ie baute of Iron, and was desigued to carry molasses im iron tanks, instead of casks, by which a vast expense, it was calculated, would be saved. She arrived here this morning on her second voy, wom Matanzas, with @ cargo of 57,000 gallons molasses, and the ex- pense of casks, cooperage, &c., saved on it will be about §5,000—a large gum for # single cargo. Her tenks been perfectiy tight, ike was in good trim, drawing about eleven feet water and sailed well considering that she had very light winds, She the round voyage in forty days, but in ordinary Weather, if despatch 1a required, she can be made to perform’ s round trip in about thirty days, orless. Her cargo can be discharged by a snug steam pump with the consumption of about half # ton of coal, in less than = i houra, if required; but as there 1s no hurry present it will be pumped out as wired, When not required to carry molasses sue could eamly carry gra ulk, but her owners preler to keep her ate cnet wf for aioe: which she waa i , for which #he has proved herself to be #0 Well ada picd, , S. E THE ENGLISH STAGE. Summer and Wintor Theatrical Seasons Dien Boucicault and “Formosa”’—Mackinists va. Comedy Writere—Triumpbs of the Scene Painters aud the Seusationiste—Gossip of the Theatres, Lonpon, Angust 9, 1869. There was a good old time when there were only two generally acknowledged theatres open at the same time in London, The managers of Drury Lane and Covent Garden, the patent houses, par excellence, had aright to unbar their portals when they pleased, but they invariably preferred to keep them closed during the summer months, In the warm interval & company, usuaily selected from the troupes of both theatres, acted at the “littie Hay- market,” as it was formerly called, the privilege of which, embodied im a patent granted to Sam Foote, was confined to a right of performance during the weeks when the rights of the ‘“Majora” were in abeyance, The Lyceum was also a ‘‘summier theatre’ im the olden time, but it was called the “English Opera House,” and fs entertainments were generally more or Jess operatic in their eharacter. Travelling was unknown to a great multitude of the Londoners, and an occasional visit to the Haymarket and the Lyceum was an item in their summer programmes. The an- cicut managers of Astley’s, once so popular as the only equestrian theatre, never began their season till Easter Monday, aud shut their doors as soon as days grew short, The more modern Adelphi and Olymple, on the other hand, were vondned to winter, and their opening at Easter tide in the year 1837 was 1a conse- quence of @ reiease from old restrictions granted by the Lord Chamberlain, When theatrical free trade, or, as the French phrase It, la Liberté des (hédires, Was established and every- body could do as he pleased, prociivities im general took a winterly direction, Increased facilities for 1o- comotion had rendered the practice of going out of town almost universal, and at several houses which had once chiefly flourished in the summer it was long deemed hazardous to remain open even until Wiit- suntide. Towards the end of July at least the theat- rical criti considered that his annual holiday had begun, and that ho need not think seriously about Lis volis before the end of September, Ratiway excursions and birthday trips of all sorts are now more frequent than ever; but the custom of closing theatres during the summer moaths seons a.together to have vanished from the managerai Mind. Mr. Buckstone, the manager of the Hay- market, Once the Bummer theatre especially, 1s al- most the only manager who has voluniarily Saut up shop atter bilaging his season to a bridliant close by the engagement of Miss Bateman, and he leit Miss Amy Seugwick to supplant hima with a failure, ‘the Lyceum 1s shut, simpiy because no one can be found to open ft, so many having performed that operation to their bitter cost. ‘the St James—a risky house—is bidtug its time, while the theatrical public auxiously conjecture whether Mrs. J, Wood, who is the present lessee, wil prove more fortunaie than her predecessors, But the theatrea generally may be divided into those which have opened in duly and August and those that having previously opened remain open still, Conspicuous among the former is Drury Lane, where, us you already know, Mr. F, B. Chatterton commenced his season on the 6th inst., with Mr. Dion Boucicauiv’s new drama, “Formosa, or the Rail- road to Ruin.” Make no doubt of the success of the piece. It was on the 12th of ie last year thay the same Dion brought out his ‘After Dark’? at the Princess’; and made peopie stare at the grand railway sensation that about a year beiore had made the folks stare in New York. Napoleon I. said that he was by na- ture a repub.ican, but that fate and the opposition of Europe had made him au emperor; and im the same spirit Boucicault may that nature made bim @ writer of comedy, but popular tendencies made him a “sensationalist.” It 1s @ bad sign oi the Umes when we flud that where a man of talent docs his best he least succeeds, One of the prettiest plays that Boucicault ever wrote was a short comedy, with a dramatic Interest attached to it, called ‘Hunted Down.” This was produced at the St. James’ and extremely well acted, yet it made no stir and nobody walks of it now, whereas ‘After Dark’? at once created a faror, and its railroad effect was upheld at the Surrey and at Sadier’s Weils. Some wiseacres were half afraid of his new play, “Formosa,”’ because the lady so named ts a “thing of naught,” and the Traviata, though she was wel- comed when she sang in Itaiian, was insulted when- ever she ventured to taik English. But reaily the fear was unfounded. The moral sensitiveness or the people has quietly diminished since they first saw he showy virtues of Potiphar’s wife depicted by Mile. Schneider in “La Grand Duchesse,” and, even were it otherwise, Formosa is the most mofiensive of loreties, She repents, too, with such velocity that it does one’s heart good to behold her conversion, No one understands the London public better than Mr. Dion Boucicault. Though nominally the prinet- pal theatre in London, Drury Lane is by no means aristocratic, and a “mixed” audience are sure to be strongly impressed with the belief that virtue and a very limited income are closely allicd, if not con- vinced of the law of cause and effect. The notion that a retired prize fighter breaks his heart because his daughter leads a life of briluant profligacy Fuiham is delightful to their hearts, and this fact 1s perfectly known by the skilful dramatist, Talk as you will about the yearning of our people for the diffusion of education, the masses who pay their money to occupy the pit or gallery of Drury Lane are certain at the bottom of their souls that good, honest ignorance, accompanied by rude manners, are worth ali the book nore d ‘and polish in the world, Sam Boxer, the tather of Formosa, and his plajn- be wile, are the true moral ideals for a British ubiic. Ly John Bull, too, loves “sport” with an intensity un- known to the European continent, The French Ian, subject to a malignant Angio maria, consents to patronize the races; but there is no ‘Derby day” in Paris, aud many who frequent the ‘courses’ are all the while regrotting their cigar aud offee on the Boulevard. Still less is there an xford and Cambridge boat race,” which gathers all the democracy of the town to applaud contending aristocrats who represent the most exclusive univer- sities in the world, In his “Formosa” Dion Boucl- cauit contrives that his audience shall follow not only the fortunes of a showy courtesan and her vic- tim, but also the progress of the annual contest on the Thames. Notonly the happiness of Tom Bur? Troughs, the stroke oar, ts at stake, but the interes’ of the “Oxford eight” are imperilied likewise, and the former cannot be insured without the prevention of the latter, It is to be regretted that the scene itself is not better executed. Never Was seen suci a set of odd little boatmen as those that bob backwards and forwards like card puppets in the presence of a very ainted crow Formosa’s villa at Fale ham ts, on the other hand, a gem of decorative art, aud is only fairly honored by the universal cali for Mr. Beverly, the porter, ‘The exterior of the villa covers nearly hail the scage, but the interior, brightly lit up, 1s visible, and the Thames, sparkitng in the moonlight, makes a long background. A Villa on the Thames, it sould be remarked, is oue of the highest of London luxuries, ‘there are mourners for the “legitimate” who can- not bear to see “Old Drury” associated with auy- thmg but the Shakspearian drama. Their iamen- tations are reasonable enough, ing as they do from persons who ve no pecuniary interest in tweatricat enterprises, But poor Mr, Chatterton has foaght bravely to make his house the home of Suakespeare and finds tha: he must give it up as a bad job. Mr, Phelps Is all yery weil when he gives @ series Of tragedies and comedies at the beginning or cnd of @ season, bui the series must not last too long; and the public, When it cannot have its Christ- mas pantomime, instincriveiy rematna outside the walls of a big theatre, unless it be pulled in by some- thing sensational. Mr. Andrew tialliday’s “Great City,” a piece of the “after Dark” school, was a great “hit,” so Was his “King o’ Scots,” which gained extra respectability from the ti tha’ the plot, taken from Sir W, Scott's “Nigel,” w: iaced in the seventeenth century; and Mr. D, Boucloaull’s “Formosa” will prove another, ‘Talking of Mr, Halitday, a paper war has arisen on the subject of Mr. Join Brougham's ‘farcical comed: ‘Among the Breakers," in which Mr, Joun S. Clarke las achieved a great success at the Strand, where he isan immense Jayorite, Before the pro- duction of Mr, Brougham’s piece another ‘farcical comedy,” entitied “Checkmate,” written by Mr. Hal- liday, had veen brought out at the Royalty, where it waa charmingiy played by a compotent little com- ol headed by Miss Pattie Oliver, and the two lec coral u mmon. Moreover, ue faa A npioais Wine ago a copy of Brougham'’s play had been left at the Royalty. Hence the authorities of the Strand felt thomaeives justified in Cig veto | a printed declaration to the effec that Mr, Broughatn’s piece had not previously been played by London theatre, though it had been produced at Liverpogl. A inne SW ried enongh, but the ract of th rts the ait: v ‘waa stated likewise, and Mr. Wiiday, fairly think- ing that his “Checkmate”? was ‘pointed at, wrote a letter to the Times asgerting that he lad never seen Brougham’s piece, On investigation it turns out that the whole dimcuity arises from @ mistake, the two comedies not being sufficiently alike vo justify a charge of plagiarism on either side. liandei’s *Acis and Galatea,” brought out at the Princess’, and exceedingly well periormed, with decorations linitated from those used by Mr. Ma- cready at Covent Garden in 1842, has been highly lauded, but I believe brings little to the treasiry, EX, ation had been raised as the “Polyphemus” err Formes, who, it 1 hoped, could, tn @ lyrical character, compensate for hi mentabie failure as Shylock tn the ‘Merchant of Venice.” Great classi- cal authorities have been adduced in favor of the intelligent German’s strange interpretation of the Cyclops, but in the eyes of the unlearned public he looks neither more nor less than a Guy. ‘The most interesting fact connected with this revival is the début of Miss Blanche Cole, who has lately been a singer et the Crystal Paiace, aud about whose gifts, patural and acquired, there la np question. Proba- bly some day or other you may find ber among your visitors. ‘there are to be great doings, it is said, at the new Charing Cross theatre, though at ent ite feeble programme 14 the same as when I fast wrote. In the grand show-leg extraveganze “Columbus,” which is still the attraction at the Gaiety an Indian Princesa was at first represented , by our Misa Fowler, a handsome young jady, whose dress is 08 comarkable for ite epiendor a8 the BoaDibess of its dimensions. For some reason or other Mise Fowler quits the Gafety, and 18 about to open the Charing Cros bandbox. People predict that a new burlesque by Mr. Burnard with which she pro- 3 tO Wm Will be the “wickedest” thing ever seen on the London ai though ta what the stn is Yo consist we have yet tolearn. If report be true it {3 founded on “Le Petit Faust,” an opera bor and played, with mugic by M. Hervé, at the Fol Dramatiques, Paris. A comical squabble has arisen out of Mr. W. 3. Gilbert's new comedy called “An Oli Scene.” The plot of this ts founded on the-story of the frandu- lent Sadiier, Whose peculations and suicide made 50 much noise @ few years ago; but the casus be./i 18 to be fonnd in the ‘mention of an imaginary journal called tie Zormenter, Harold, the son of the stage Sadiler, having quarrelied with his father, leaves his home and edits tne paper in question, which is revresenied a8 @ marvel of scurrility and personal alander. As the comedy came out while the Gren- yille-Murray adatr was in fall flourish everybody thought if any real journal was hinted at it was the Queen's Messenger, 80 recently shot up from deep obscurity to broad notoriety by the united force of police courts aud rowdies. But the editor of the Tomahawk, @ satirical paper, which chietiy owes its celebrity to its tured caricatures, admirably exe- cuted by Mat. Morgan, the sceue painter, choe think that his own journal was the object of attack, and accordingly inserted in last Saturday’s number & burlesque of Gilbert's comedy, in wincit Harold, as editor of the Tormenter, is made to speak thus:— My old friend, Mr, W. 8. Gilbert, fa haying a row with mo, Tam awfully sorry.” He declares that I sell my friends at a guinea u piece, ‘Too bad. T know i rime ih the siterary world fora young mau to succeed, but then it’s really too bad. Iva just wlint thatdit-rary Hack, Type Bourgeois, ob- fervod when I wouldn't Jet bim write for my paper. It’s what thoy all say when I won't employ tuem, but the is and some of the rest don't contribute to # rival tirtcal paper (price one penny) ae Mr. W. 8, that may m: co. T wisi he for us.” run were vot bad; tmean hi onieuy Twill never be such aa uuulteratle cad as to put nan T nave regarded (10m ehildhood asmy friead, wod with Wiom 1 have never had a quarrel, into it for wll int town to Stare at, NO, no—that would bo two cowardly and black guard. Yes, W. 8 G., you shall see that you Lave wronged The—wrongéd me deeply. mg writing, tue tab. Thave not yet reached ing to the goasip of the bert, readmg We above, sud:— “Well, he need zot reproach me Wilh being his Tiend from ciilahood—that was not my fault, but my sais fortum MUSCAL AND TOEATRICAL NOTES, Boucicault, with his pastepot, pen and ecissors, 18 manufacturing a new piay. San Francisco supports two Chinese theatres, Avith Chinese audiences, actors and plays. Mile, Rosa Hersee, the new soprano for the Parepa-Rosa troupe, left Liverpool on Wednesday for New York, Mr. Roberison’s new piece, “Progress,’? will be produced eurly in September at the Globe theatre, London, J. W. Aibaugh and Miss Mary Mitchell—sister of “Fanchon” Maggie—will be the reigning “stars” et the Bowery theatre next week. Manager Donnelly positively promises to open the Olympic theatre, Brooklyn, on Monday, despite the tardiness of (he.carpenters, Mrs. Charles Backus, nee Kate Newton, returned from Europe on Tuesday last, and 1s now ready for the fall and winter campaign, for which she has a number of startling dramatic novelties. ‘The Oladoche troupe of grotesque dancers will favor the Butfalomans next weck with their “light fantastic” flourishes. While in Montreal, under the management of Starr Morrissey, they cleared $300 io goid during one week. Millie, Mineur, who obtained the first prize for sing- Ing tn the late competition at the Conservatoire de Musique, Paris, has signed an engagement as prima donna at the theatre of New Orleans, John Brougham terminated bis engagement at the California theatre on Saturday evening, the 14th inst., by taking @ benefit and making a speech, a pearing upon the occasion in his latest dramatic production, “The Red Light.” The ‘genial John’? is now in this city. Admiral Fisk, Jr., the Narraganget dwarf, now on exhibition at Wood’s Museum, 1s no relation to Jim Jubilee, Jr., nor does he bear the slightest resem- biance whatever to the mighty “Colossus of Roads’? in anything except the name, The Worrell Sisters, Sophie, Jennie and Irene, ap- peared at the Newark Opera House last evening in thelr new burlesque of “Lalla Rookh.”” They re- main in Newark for four nights, after which they favor the Brookiynites with the same medley of fun, frolic and nonsense, The following matinées are arranged for to-day:. “Rip Van Winkle,” at Booth’s; “Arrah na Pogue,” at Niblo’s; “Play,” at the Fifth avenue; “sea of Ice,” at the Grand Opera Honse; “Hicco: Diccory Dock,” at the Olympic; ‘Don Cyesar de Bazan,” at the Comique; “*The Queen of Hearts,” at Tammany, and a grand varieties entertainment at Tony Pastor's. ‘rhose irresistible incentives to mirth and laughter, known as the San Francisco Minstrels, including the ever ‘popular quartette—! Wambold, Barnard and Backus—will open at ‘old headquarters on Broadway on next Monday evening, with all the old favorites and @ number of pew faves to be vlack- ened freshly for the occasion, The citizens of Kingston, ‘in this State, are about to be indulged in @ dramatic performance, a luxury hitherto unknown in that ancient village. “Mr. U, S Higgins, with @ full dramatic company from city, will commence a series of light dramatic ente tainments in that place on the 1st of September, The Chestnut theatre, Pailadelphia, is to be vigor- ously managed next season, with un ever present novelty. Miss Laura Keene i8 to be one of the drat attractions, and the pieces will be produced in superb style, There wil be a grand struggie be- tween the Arch and the Chestnut for supremacy. ‘the acrobatic and tumbling Lauris are now ad- vertised as ‘the best pantomimists of the day.” The original and inimitable George L. Fox, wlio is ad- vertised as “the greatest clown of the day,” is most unquestionahly “the greatest pautomimist’’ of consecutive day! “Tig strange that there shoul aoe difference be 'twixt tweediedum and tweedie- Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams nave returned to “Kathleen Villa” from ‘the Branch,” where they are studying up for thelr winter campaign. ‘they open at the Boston theatre on the zist of Septem- ber in the ‘““Kmerald Ring,” the ship scene in which ‘will be the same as used in the same play a3 produced in this city at the Broadway theatre, the original ship having been sent overiand to the Hub for that parpose, fadame Rossini has just transmitted to M. Toffoll, & countryman of her late husvand, and formerly Minister of Commerce tn Italy, the famous bust in terra-cotia which she had always refused to give to the Conservatoire de Musique of Paris, The present 18 gald to have been made in consequence of a proiu- ise given by her to allow M. Totfolt to select some work of art belonging to the great composer, and hig choice fell on the bust in question, High stoop and promenade vocal concerts are quite the rage in Last Twenty-cighth sireet, be- tween Lexington and Third avenues. A young lady who resides near that neighborhood is perfecting herself, tt is said, for the Grand Opera by.a series of d.meult and classical rehearsals. Such is tne power and sweetness of her voice that her neighbors every evening congregate upon the front stoops of their houses, and nyriad_ passers-by stop short in their hurried ‘ambulations, enthralled and fascinated with the bewitching music of the charming night ingale. Several well-known operatic managers have been seen lurking around that immediate vicinity of Tate, with a view, we suppose, of entrapping the fair ot aati fromthe sunny South into an engage- ment. Mime. Ristorl has arrived im Brazil and been re- ceived with almost royal bonors. Her first appear- ance wis made in the “Medea of M, Legouvé, Down to July 2 three representa!ions—*‘siedea,"? “Marie Stuart’? and “Pia—bad beeu given with the most brilliant success, the Ensperor and all the court Delng present each time. ‘The artisis of the other theatres came to read verses written in honor of the great actress, “wiiose appearance,” tey de- clared, “lad resuscitated the dramatic art in Bra- ail;”’ and during this manifestation the Emperor and the pubiic remained standing aud uncovered, “The Great Boston Combination Company"—the a anizatton that early ia the suminer came to from the Hub with many strange and cn- 3 and crotchets, and that endeavored, by getting up a short ae Jn the drama of the “Loug Strike,” to coerce Manager Moss into paying certain back salaries, for which he was no more responsibie than “tho man in the moon’?—bas been fully indem- nified for ail its services by Mr. E. J. Biddio, agent and organizer of “The Great Boston Combinanon Company.” The members of sald company are now Satisiied, their wrath has been appeased and their purses are full. But Mr. Biddle’s—— Ah, well! Shouid “The Great Boston Combination Company” ever again visit New York when business is dull at home, we advise them to leave their “wrinkies’ and other Ute weaknesses behind thom. One New Yorker the last time proved himself more thaa a match for the whole “Combination.” THAT REMARKABLE MRTEOR.—A correspondent of the New Haven Journal and Cour writing from Falr Laven Heights, Conn, August 26, says:—Not far from half-past seven o’clock on the evening of ‘Tuesday, the 2ith inst. 1 was sitting on the grasa upon Fair Haven Heights, looking at tho western sky, when my attention waa arrested by the sudden appearance of a brilliant light through the dense lollage of a low hemlock. Icailed the attention of my 80n to it, his ae being such as to give him 40 unobstructed view of tho meteor, though he had until then been looking another way, He then saw a column of bright light, re. sembling that usually made by meteors, some four or five degrees in length, tly dncitned oward and some ten degrees abov rion, south of, and I think below, Venus, As it continued to remain visible I #0 changed my position as to have of it an unobstructed view, I saw at ite lower extremity @ nucleus or head, with « more condensed and brighter jignt than the train which extendod upward, with some inclination to the south. Bo striking was the resembiance that 1 etrongly | sua. 18, pected a new comet bad been lark. ening twilight. In o few minutes, however, it gra- dually assumed the form of a crescent, the two ends of which pointed to the south, ite outline became gradually more irreguiar and lees bright, the nu- cleus or head Gteaupeare’, while its position so changed that the en ‘the crercent pointed down. wards 4g A ng porane. Ai Ard re looking light f away unl appeal Wroip hate a8 I should judge, been visivie about ® quarter of au hour, In reference to the case of Margaret Monaghan, arrested for poisoning a man by giving him tobacce steeped in ale as aspecific against fever, s ‘Reader® ‘wants medical men to look into this matter, to sav@ an innocent woman from the charge of murder, since that fever specific could not bave been tha cause of death, He says it isa very old and Welle known remedy, and even “Robinson Crusoe,” in hii diary of June 28, mentions bis using vobacco alee, in rum as a cure for fever, It will be news to our medical practitioners that Defoo’s popular work ig an author ity on Macerta Medica, The Animals in the Park. “R, 8." makes a suggestion to the Par Commise sioners, prompted by a notice in the HBRALD on the, “Museum of Natural History.” He refers to Regent's Park, In London, and advises @ similar system to be Introduced here. Instead of having the animaig contined in narrow and close cages at tne arsenal, he suggests to have them distributed allover the Park, and he waxes eloquent at the prospect of set. ing the “lion crouching or reposing among the bushes, the leopard clinging to the branch aud the interesting monkeys cling the trees, all healthy and happy.’ A Question for Sir. ‘eGreger, “p, J. H.,” of No, 221 Elizabeth street, agks a very dotermined questton as foliows:—“I, the undersigae ed, want to know whither a wooden house can b@ erected between Prince and Houston strests, acs cording to the law??? Ag Superintendent MeGregor 1a suppose to know the law fis question is referred. to lum for answer, and also auother one, propounded by Mi. °K... as ‘to now loug that pystebourd foae story rear tenement house ou flan h street, be ad and Third avenues, shall be permitted, to endanger the heighborvod. Information for the Health Board. A communieation from Gresupoint, L. I, signed by one on behalf of many safierers, complains of &- nuisance on the Twenty-tird street ferry boats, OCy curring always atthe tune of the greatest travels It one and oval wagon, presumed Ww belongs to . Presion & Soas, which itis permitted ta go on the boat, aad the odors from which are bickculag in the extreme, penetrate every locality: of the boat. A petition numerousiy sigacd wad submitted to the Board of jicaith weeks ago, but and the ald of ther the sauitary odiciale to greater and more ciilvicul activity, The Emmott Excurston. It will be remembered that on the occasion of thee excursion of the Emunett Guard, of Jersey City, to. Spring Hil Grove, August 1s, they were disturbed by a gang of rowates wuile leaving the groand and+ also on landing a3 they reli i, Messrs. Corporal Thompson & Son, pruprictors of Spring Hii Grove, inform us of the cause of tie diss turbance, as follows:—A gentleman and jady had ticle photographs taken on the grounds, when the: picture was rudely abstraciod from the lady by one of tha rowdy gang, Whi ondict was resentc hence tha diticulty. 4 ett Guard proper are accor respectable demeanor, Wasting the Creton. A “Citizen,” moved by the growing sensifiveness, in reierence toa possibly short supply of water, mens tions several instances within bis own knowledge © wiere large quantities of water are daily wasted, owing to defects In the hydrants, in one single biock, In one case, where a full head of water flowed for many months, he notified the Croton Board and the matter was promptly attended other similar case he lost sigit of by removing frouz the neighborhood, and in a tuird case, where & broken ‘trap’? caused a constant overflow, the tenant did not think it his duty to make the repairs and the landlord would not until the Health Boacd finaily interfered, These are valuable hints, and the Croton Board might projit by them and provide fox & wore thorough and careful lmspection, The Horse Broom. “Civis” desires to correct & wrong impression which a statement in the exhaustive HERALD are ticle on “Sireet Cleaning,” published but the other day, might produce. It was there stated that the horse or machine broom was intro» duced into Parts, in 1866, by @ Mr. Tatlferg, “Civis” says that the machine broom isan American Invention, first introduced in New York in 1857, by R. A. Smith, its inventor, who employed it in sweep< ing Broadway from that year until 1861. Jt is also extensively used in Ure winter season on horse-rail- = to clear the tracks from snow. This 1a espe- cially the case in Philadelphia, where over thirty of these machines are thus 1 use. A “Subscriber,” speaking also of the same articla in the HERALD, exposes the way in which the “gatherers” dump the contents of ash barrels og boxes mto their carta, ‘They generally leave @ fourth or £0 of the ashes and refase in the bartet oF box, Which 18 afterwards dampea into the gutter. From iia cause, he saya, Comes most of the dirt of our sireeta, Hell Gate. Mr. Sidney F. Sheibourne, the contractor to re+ move the obstructions at Hell Gate, complains of the statement ina late HERALD report, that “two differ- ent pians are in operation, and one other, which has been going on since O ctuber last, has just ended im failure.” Mr, Shelbourne wou'd inform all interested that his plan, to which the report evidently referred, i not @ failure, but, on the contrary, the last drilling madchine he constructed, s0 far as it was tried, has proved a complete success. But on Thursday, Au- gust 12 @ tugboat, towing a brig aud @ barge, rag into the machine, breaking it consid . The lume of his contract expired on Monday, the 16th of August, and he has not asked, nor will he ask, an extension, That Frying Pan rock pletely removed, Says Mr. Shejbourne, is due to oir cumstances and delays over which he had no cone. trol. But of the nature of these circumstances, and the cause of these delays, he could not inform th pubtic, since he deems it suflicient that the gov Inent be aware of the facts, and the public can sateiy await furtuer information, The City Contingent Fund. The exposure by the HeRaLD of the disposition Made of the $50,000 city contingent fund has stirred up quite a number of inquiries, One of them isia regard to the fancy lamp put up in front of the rooma of tae *riendsidp Club,’ a political organization, on the southeast corner of ilind avaaue and four- teenth street, which, a “Citizen of the Seventeenth Ward” says, bas cost not less thay $100, and he kuows the city pata for it SING SING CAMP MiEVING, Closing Exercises=“Marching Around Jerus : enlem.”? The annual camp meeting held at Sing Sing under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church was brought to a close yesterday by Interesting services, The Methodist cuurches of this city have been welt represented ana it was observable thata greater number of the more intelligeut and wealthy class slut up their brown stone fronts and, with their families, camped in the wilderness for the last ‘two weeks. The weather las been charming, the preach. ing, a3 @ general thing, excellent and the social rel lous serviced moat interesting and profitable, ‘There were no fanatical or boisterous manifestations such a8 are witnessed at some of these gatherings, and this being the fact the outrageous caricatures of the meeting which appeared ia some of the morn- ing journals roused the indignation of the whole cainp, the majority of whom were intelligent aud “civilized”? members of the community, One of the most pleasing features of the meet! ‘was the excellent singing Of a large choir of Tadlee and gentiemen who satin frout of the preachers stand and led the congregauion in their songs of praise, The presiding elder, Dr. Ferris, who con- ducted the services, perfurmed his onerous duty with adinirable tact and Repel publicly a 0 thanked the vocalists for their valuable There were two meetings held exclusively for the urpose of enlightening the ladies of the camp upon fie wretched condition of the Women of India, Aud tho necessity for increased missionary effort for thelr elevation and spiritual improvement, Mra. Dr. But- ler (.he celeprated missionary to India) was presenc anda addressed the ladies, and, we are informed, communicated valuable information respecting tue condition of the sex in heathen countries, The children’s meetings were under the manage- ment of Rey. W. ©. Steele, of the Second avenue church, and were interesting occasions to old and young, At one time a number of the children from the vive Points Mission were present, and san aweet songs. The ‘country folk” were enlightenc: by the Superintendent of the Mission as to what was being done in the Five Points, and material aid ‘was solicited for this deserving institution, Yesterday was “the great day of the feast.” R C. D. Foss preached an eloquent sermon, and wi followed by Rev. Dr. New! chaplain to the Senate, in a masterly discourse upon the proofs of Christianity, The pane elder read @ ree Pree ey by the managers of the ‘Ladies’ Home, hanking their friends for providing for the accom: modation of the old ladies during their stay in the grove, Prayer meetings were held in the tents wih n o'olock, at which hour the denizens of the woods Were summoned to thé circle for a united servi which consisted in the narration of Sag ite expe ences and the administration of the holy sacra- ment by the prehes § ers and ministers in at- tendance, At midnight tho hapoy eompany united Nie they “marched ng pari hymns, wi J rusalomt tor over an hour, aroun A Danxaerovs Gano or Bunat. ‘ARS IN WH8TRI New Yor«.—Information has come to us to-day ti a large gang of fanaprods burglars have just come into the State from the We epared to operate, They Were at Buffalo yesterday, an of eight of them were refused a pi rie train: eastward, We learn to-d t attempia were oftices at War: made last night to re, the raliw: saw and Castile, In Wyoming county, but the operas tore Were driven away.—: UT UNI August ay d much credit for geutiewanly, orderly aud +5