The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1869, Page 6

ss EW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND AX STRELT. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, FROPRIETOR. No, 254 —————— Volume XXXIV....0c.ee000 . Sy AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth avonue and Twenty- fourth street.—Dazams. Matinco at 2. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Yormosa; on, Tus RAtLRoap TO RUIN. | Matinee at 2, BOWERY THEATRE, Bower Tus PiRare oF Tas Ist GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corasr ot Righth avenue and 2d street.—Tuc Ska OF Ick, Matinee at 2. —Tur Scortisa Curers— FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth streot and Sixth ave- Bue.—ENGLISN OPERA—PURITAN'S DAUONTER. Broatway.—-A GRAND eo at 2 WAVERLEY THEATR! VaRieTY ENTERTALNMENT. OLYMPIC THEAT! Unoue Tom's Cauty. Broaaway,—Tut® DRawa oF atinee at Lig. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23dt., between Sib and Sth avs.— Rip Vay WINKLE. Matinee at 2. WALLACK'S THEATR#. Broadway ant lth stroct.— SOLON SuingLe—Live INDIAN. Matinee. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtisth strest and Broadway.—Afiernoon aud evening Por/ormaass. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth streot.—Tar Queen oF” Heagts—Tut OLD WOMAN TuarT LivED IN 4 SuOK, THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—BLOW FoR Biow. Matines at 2. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7h av., botweon 58th and ‘80th sts.—Porviaa Gaxpen Convknr. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HO 'SE, 201 Sowory. Vooaliem, NEGRO MINSTRELBY, Xtc. Matine SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 535 Broadway. PLAN MINSTRELSY, N&GEO ACTS, 40. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, _Brooklyn.—HooLey's MineTReLs—THs Ladr KiLiERs, &0. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOIRNOR AND Azr. DIES’ NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 62 jway.—F#MALEs ONLY IN ATTENDANC: -ETHIO- TRI New Yor! Saturday, September 11, 1569. THE NEWS. Europe. Cable telegrams are dated September 10. The Prince of Wales expressed by letter his regret at having been prevented from paying his personal respects to the Harvard boat's crew, a3 also his ad- miration of thelr “gallant” exertion during the in- ternational race, Napoleon is restored to health and ts in Paris, Prince Napoleon's organ urges the perfection of the French constitution. The London journals discuss the questions of the purchase of Cuba by the United States or the recognition of its mdependen: The writers appear to incline towards the latter—France gud Engiand aiding. Cuvan prisoners, escaped (rom Fernando Po, bad arrived in Ireland. John Bright, ‘M. P., with the London Times, are engaged in an Suxlous consideration of the corn and cotton sup- instant, to chow cause why a receiver ad tntertm. of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad should nos be appointed, fn te meantime, by order of the Court, the road remaing iu the custody of Colonel Banks. ‘Two serious breaks occurred in the Genesee Valley Caual at Portage and Caneadla yesterday by giving way of aque . The schooner Echo, of Hamilton, Canada, cap- sized tn Lake Ontarlo during the gale of Wednesday night, aud it ts feared that the entire crew per ished, ‘The highwaymen who robbed the Helena (Montana) express a few days ago were foilowed by a party of cilizens, who succeeded in killing one of the rob- bers, badly wounding another and recovering a por- tion of the stolen treasure, The Albany Typographical Union last night appro priated $100 for’the relief of the Avondale sufferers, The City. The trial of Dennis Kagan, tn the Court of Sea- sions, for killing James Haggerty, in April last, was concluded yesterday, the jury returning a verdict of and battery, six workmen were engaged in constructing @ foundation in Forty-seventh street yesterday morn- ing a large pile of bricks toppled over, burying the men in the ruins. They were rescued from their perilous position as soon as possible, but ail received severe injuries and one it ta feared ia fatally wounded, The President, accompanied by General Porter, Attorney General Hoar, Senator Coie, of California, and Senator Spencer, of Alabama, arrived in this city yesterday morning from Washington. The Pre- aident is the guest of Dis brother-in-law, Mr. Corbin, A prominent firm has concluded a contract to fur- nish the agent of the Spanish War Department in this city 2,000 Remington rides, for use in Cuba Several carloads of black Hamburg grapes arrived im this city yesterday morning overland from the vineyards or California. Over one hundred indictments were returned to the court by the Grand Jury yesterday. The work on the new Post Oftice ts being pushed forward with all the moans at the command of the contractors. Next week gangs of men will be kept at work uninterruptediy, day and night, until the excavations for the foundations are completed. Plies. The Stowe-Byron story was stili debated in London. England wi have a peace jubilee. Ameri- ¢ans tn London thank Prince Napoleon for his com- plimentery allusion to our form of government uring his recent speech. Specie flows to the Bank of France abundantiy. Madrid remains disturbed, ‘Two hundred American negroes are in Rome study- ing for the priesthood and intended as missionaries to their brethren in this country. Statistical savaus are im congress at the Hague. Russia will have a short harvest. The London Times of the 30th ult. has authority to contradict statement which appeared to the effect that Mr. Variey, the electrician, had proceeded to Brest to attempt to repair a fault in the French cable. The report of the existence of a fault ts said to have arisen {rom the fact that within a very re- cent period the progress of electrical science has led to the invention of new instruments capabie of test- log the condition of submarine cables with much _ (greater minuteness than was practicable when the omginal Atiantic lines were laid. At the same time it ts affirmed that the pecultarity in question ts more or less common to all submarine cables hitherto submerged. Mr. Varley, it appears, went to Brest solely for the purpose of connecting the Brest with the Minou station, Turkey and Persia. The Sultan of Turkey has arranged the frontier question diMiculty with Persia. Egypt. The Khedive of Egypt has, it 13 said, submittea to the Sultan’s note, with the exception of the points made with regard to his money loans. France and England aid the Khedive’s cause in Constantinople. New Zealand. The native rebellion against England was extena- ing on the 12tn of August, es Cuba. Letters recetvea in Washington yesterday from Cuba via Key West give a detatied account of the rat important battle which has taken place in Cuba since the commencement of the revoluuion. On the ‘Ath ult. a reconnoitering party of Cuvans was sur- Priced near Las Tufas and defeated with a loss of Mfty-five men. The main body, numbering 6,000, of ‘whom 4,000 were well armed, prepared to meet ‘Vaimaseda, who attacked them on the isth with his ‘whole force of 4,000 men, haif of whom were regu- lars. After a severe bombardment several attempts ‘Were made to carry the Cuban works, but each Une the Spaniards were driven back, and finaliy Valma- Seda was obliged to take refuge within his fortifica- tions at Las Tufas. The Cuban loss was 376 in Killed, wounded and missing. Valmaseda’s loss ‘Was 600 killed and wounded, 400 deserters and 270 Prisoners. A most rigid censorship is exercised Over the telegraph and maiis at Havana, so that no news concerning military operations can be scent ex- Cept that furnished by the government. Miscellaneous. Speculation ts rife in Washington in regard to Genera! Rawlins’ successor in the War Office. The President does not favor Dodge, of Iowa, and itis Predicted by many that the appoiniment wiil be be- stowed upon some Pennsylvanian—possibly George M. Stuart or Don Cameron. The warrant books of the Treasury Department show that the government expenses for (he fiscal year just ended were nearly as low as during 1862, the second year of the war, being $555,000,000, against $1,070,000,000 for the year 1863, The decrease of expenses of the War Department was $43,500,000 and of the Navy Department $6,500,000. The ex. Penses of the Troasury Department were increased $9,000,000, find of the Interior Department $8,000,000, Awards have been made by the Commissioners under the treaty between the United states and Great Britain of July, 1863, for the settlement of the claims of the Hudson’s Bay and Puget Sound com- panies, which companies surrendered to the United Siates their possessory rights in Oregon and Wash. Mngton Territory. The claim of the Hudson's Bay Company was for $4,308,702; amount awarded, $450,000, gold. The Puget Soand Company ciatmed $1,108,000, and were awarded $200,000 by the Com- Milssioncrs, Yesterday Clark Mills, the sculptor, proceeded to the Con sional Cemetery at Washington and took © plaster cast of the face of General Rawlins. The Operation was eminently successful, It is undecided What wili be the finai disposition of General Raw- Uns’ remains, His old comrades of the Army of the ‘Tennessee propose that they be removed to fllinols @nd interred in Oak Ridge Cemotery, Springfeld, Bear the tomb of President Lincoin. A locomotive attached to a train of empty cars on the Erte Railway exploded Yesteraay morning three miles beyond Port Jervis, The engineer, fireman, brakeman and flagman were instantly killed, A State convention of the Virginia repunii been called to meet in Richmond on the 24il OF Kr Vember, Upon the application of Deputy Attorney General Adinmond, Judge Johnson, of Rochester, yesterday an order. returnable at Corning on the 201m The valuation of taxable property in Brooklyn for the present year ahows an increase of $46,000,000 over the valuation of 1868. Of this amount $10,000,000 is the estimated cost of new buildings erected during the year; the remainder is due to the action of the Board of Assessors, in adding twenty-five per cent to the valuation of property. The stock market yesterday waa weak during the boards, but improved late in the afternoon. Gold was quiet and strong at 135 a 13534, The Anchor line steamship Columbta, Captain Car- raghan, will leave pier 20 North river at twelve M. to-day for Glasgow, calling at Londonderry to land passengers, &c, ‘The steamship Vella, Captain Gleadell, will sall at eight o'clock this morning from pier No. 3 North river for London direct, Prominent Arrivals in the City. Senator C. Cole, of California, and Dr. B. F. Pope, of New Orieans, are at the Brevoort House. D. Ruiz, of Cuba; Captain George L. Browning, of San Francisco, and Dr. Wilmer, of Maryland, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Colonel T. Floyd King, of Georgia; W. H. Richara- son, of Cincinnati; H. T. De Stiver, of Philadelphia, and Colone} A. G. Rico of South Carolina, are at the Hofman House. George McKee, of the United States Navy; Thomas Green, of Washington, and Hy. A. Brown, of Phila- delphia, are at the Albermarie Hotel. Colonel R. J. Page, of New York; &. Floyd Jones, of Middletown, and W. Martin, of Washington, are at the St. Julien Hotel. Major General Weldon, of the United States Army; Judge W. H. B, Kitson, of Washington, and Major H. K. Bruce, of Cleveland, are at the St. Charles Hotel. E. P. Ross, of Auburn; H. E. Goodell, of Toledo; Ff. R. Myers, of Chicago, and.0. W. Chapman, of Binghamton, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-Postmaster General A. W. Randall, of Wash- ington, Js at the Astor House. Prominent Departares. Ex-Governor Dennison and H. 0. Lord, for Ohio; Colonei Charles H. Vail, for New Hampshire; H. G. Loomis, for Chicago, and Professor Williams, for Boston. The World’s Commerce—The Saez and Darien Ship Canals, The opening to commerce of the much talked of Suez Canal, which is to take place in No- vember next, promises to revolutionize the course of commerce and to bring about vast changes in the relative wealth and importance of cities and nations, The magnitude and cost of the undertaking, great as they were, sink into insignificance when compared with the results to be accomplished. The whole trade of Europe with Asia that 1s now done by the route of the Cape of Good Hope, by land trans- fer across the Isthmus of Suez and overland from Russia, will henceforth seek the short and expeditious line of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, connected by the Suez Ship Canal. This channel, which is in some re- spects a reopening and enlargement of a like work that existed in the time of the Ptolemies, is about ninety miles in length and of a depth and breadth sufficient to permit the passage of vessels drawing twenty-five feet of water, Its cost is about a million dollars a mile, which includes the construction of seaports at either end ofthe line, The building of new vessels in England and France is being carried on with direct reference to the capacity of the Suez Canal, Asa business speculation on the part of the company its success is beyond doubt or question, for even a moderate ton- nage and passenger toll on the ships and steamers passing through will produce a reye- nue that, while paying a handsome dividend to the stockholders, will be sufficient before many years to reimburse the original outlay. The present volume of trade between Europe and Asia will be vastly increased, so that the tonnage now engaged in it supplies no criterion on which to base estimates for the future, {t appears remarkable, indeed, not that this great undertaking has been entered on and completed in our day, but rather that pre- ceding generations did not accomplish it. It has long been discussed and talked about, just as the connection of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by way of the Isthmus of Darien has, ever since the discovery of America, been thought of and recognized asa kindred work of equal importance to the trade of the New World. Now that M. de Lesseps has demon- strated the practicability of carrying the one to a successful issue, we trust that it will act as an incitement to the capitalists who haye un- dertaken to prosecute the other. The first Napoleon used to say that the open- ing of the Suez Canal would do more than any- thing else to establish the empire of the Sultan on a secure basis, Whether it will have that effect now is rather questionable, Even if the tendency were not to make the Pacha of Egypt independent of the Porte, it would seem {nevi- table that Russia will now more than ever be- fore covet possession of Constantinople and of the Straits of the Dardanelles, So that, with this double menace to the Turkish empire, the Suez Canal ia just as likely to be fatal as it is to be propitious to its existence. The maritime supremacy of England, too, is rather apt to suffer diminution from this same NEW YORK HERALD. <element a tet Soy. pes PRIS SES SRS ELS ee cause, The countries washed by the Mediter- ranean are those that have the best chance of controlling the trade of Asia, Marseilles will be the great European seaport to which that trade will come, and from which it will be disseminated through Europe. Venice and Genoa will probably regain some of their former splendor and prosperity; and, in fact, all the ports of the Mediterranean will once again, after ages of dulness and decay, become active marts of commerce. No wonder that England turned a cold shoulder on M. de Lesseps and his project, and sought by quiet diplomatic means to prevent its being realized, for it must be confessed that there is in the Suez Canal an element of danger to the com- mercial greatness of Liverpool and London. Even to the United States this great work is not without considerable interest. A few months ago the great Pacific Railroad was opened amid popular rejoicings, and the Amer- ican people felicitated themselves that they had by this magnificent enterprise secured the trade of Asia. Thatis not now so very certain. Important as railroads are, they do not by any means leasen the value of water communica- tions, There are certain distances to which the transportation by rail of bulky commodi- ties, of wheat, flour, corn and other products, are limited by cost. Beyond those distances such products cannot be sent to market by rail, because the cost of transportation would exceed tho price at which they could be sold. And go the importance of facilitating water transportation, whether by removing obstruc- tions to navigation or by connecting navigable waters by means of canals, is just as great now as it would be if railroad transportation had never been thought of. We see that although New York has railroad connection with New Orleans there are three weekly lines of steamers trading between those ports. And go it is with Charleston, Mobile, Savan- nah, Wilmington, Boston, Albany, &c. We presume that with New York and San Fran- cisco connected by rail the experience will be similar, and that land transportation will not diminish the trade by sea. In view of all these facts it becomes incum- bent on the United States, if they would strive to secure by sea those advantages which they now have by land, in grasping the bulk of the Asiatic trade to respond to the challenge contained in the opening of the Suez Canal, by commencing imniediately and pushing forward to speedy completion the work of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a ship canal, We have no doubt that with the right sort of men engaged in the movement the subscription books would be promptly filled, and if any trouble should arise about right of way the government should step in, and, in the interest of all nations and peoples, take and keep and guard the extent of territory necessary for the great work. Even the London Court Journal, ina recent article on tho subject, declared that our government would be fully justified in doing so. We cannot afford to sleep on this Project. Speedy action has become a national necessity. The Late Heavy Storm. The terrific southeaster which came down with almost the fury of a tropical tornado along the whole line of the New England coast on Wednesday night last was the natural breaking up of the close, sultry, sweltering weather which had prevailed for several days before. The storm, in fact, had been brewing for a week or more, and with all its premoni- tory symptoms these heavy southeasters or northeasters are frequent visitors at this sea- son of the year. They belong to the equinoc- tial gales, which, in some mysterious way not yet settled by scientific inquirers, seem to result from the approach of the sun to and over the equator from the south in March, and from the north in September. It was in one of these September southeasters, in the Gulf Stream, that the steamship Central America was lost some ten or twelve years ago. The central pressure of this late storm, it appears, came directly upon Boston, while the blow in New York was near the southern edge of the tempest. So far as Boston and Massachusetts are concerned we doubt whether in that quar- ter they have had a more violent or destructive autumnal southeaster since the landing of the Pilgrims, A southeasterly storm, always more violent, is of shorter duration and does not cover so large an area of land and water asa regular northeaster. The former may strike in upon the coast at any point, but the laiter generally comes in upon the Carolinas from the Gulf Stream, and, expanding beyond the Allegha- nies, sweeps along the coast up to the British Possessions, and at a speed not much above thirty miles an hour. A southeaster such as that of Wednesday last moves at the rate of sixty or seventy miles an hour, This grand culmination of the fermenting elements on Wednesday pretty effectively cleared the at- mosphere, but an old-fashioned northeaster may still be required for the regular opening of the fall season, Erm anv tHe Stock Excnaxar,—The “bulla” and the ‘“‘bears” in the Stock Exchange are at loggerheads over Erie, On Thursday the long-exiled stock was readmitted to the call on the announcement that it had been re- gistered, as required by the resolution of the board. On the discovery that the certificates now afloat cannot be registered until the 13th of October the board yesterday again struck it from the list. The ‘‘bulls” claim that the regis- tration is regular and the “bears” that it is only nominal and not real, Such is the quar- rel as it now stands, teenies Geena, Grant a Reavrar,—General Grant does not like such outside republican party movements ag that of Jack Hamilton in Texas, and that of Judge Dent in. Mississippi. The General, a regular eoldier himself, prefers the regular ticket, He is backed by both par- ties South; but he gives notice that he can’t ride two horses at the same time, and that if two parties ride the same horse one must ride behind, eect A Horvet’s Nest.—The authorities at Hali- fax, at the instance of a Spanish Consul, delayed the voyage of the American steamer Hornet and pulled out much of her cargo to be sure that she was not a filibuster. They are now sure that she was not. The next question of interest will be, who is to pay for the detention and the expense of handling the cargo? SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1969.—TRIPLE SHEET. Tke Wealth of New York City and State. We published in yesterday's edition of the Heravp, in tabular form, an official return made by the State Assessor of the assessed valuation of real estate in the various counties of the State. In the same table returns of the equalized valuation of real estate, the valua- tion of personal property, and the aggregate equalized valuation of property in the several counties, This very useful and instructive exposition of the tax-bearing abilities of our people opens a wide field for retrospective and prospective contemplation, Not the least gratifying conclusion to be deduced from the facts submitted is that the equalized valu- ation of property in the State is $94,031,630 greater than last year, and that the valua- tion of property in New York city has increased $73,704,814 during the past twelve months. So far as our city and county are concerned there are also just grounds of gratulation from a comparison of the figures representing the real and personal property for New York county and that of all the other counties of the State. The term county, which is generally applicable to an extended boundary, is almost @ misnomer when applied to New York, for the city proper is, in fact, the county, and the county is the Empire City. Again, in drawing proper and juat deduc- tions from the property return referred to, and with a view of fairly estimating the value of the personal and real estate of New York, as contrasted with the returns made of the same for the other counties, consideration should be had to the figures credited to Kings county. The City of Churches, almost to an equal ex- tent with New York, includes the county of Kings, and as Brooklyn is realy but an appa- nage, or extension of New York, the great bulk of her wealth and taxable property being drawn from, and the products of, the business and commerce of the port of New York, the returns for these two counties might be fairly classified under the head, ‘‘New York city.” This would give the two cities, or counties combined, an aggregate valuation of real and personal pro- perty of $1,026,402,586, against a total for all the counties of the State of $1,860, 120,770, being more than three-fifths of the assessed property of the entire State. This official certificate of the great pre- ponderance of the wealth and influence of our city must naturally be a matter of pride and gratulation, New York has no gold fields, as California has, no silver mines like Nevada, nor coal and iron mines like Penn- sylvania, but she has an unequalled harbor, which makes her the centre of the trade and commerce of the world. In her port arrives the tens of thousands of emigrants that monthly flock here to found new homes on the broad and fertile lands of this Continent, and who are steadily increasing the population of our city, enlarging its limits and adding to its wealth and prosperity in every material way. Room for these fresh accessions of bone and sinew is what is wanted, and this can only be attained through the aid of railroads ronning in every direction into the country. Homes for the working classes are also needed. Mr. A. T. Stewart is doing a good work in both these ways—in building up a town where large numbers of mechanics and artisans can find homes, and previding a rapid means of con- veyance thereto. This is a large field in this direction of usefulness for our millionnaires— let them follow the example set them, and thus make for themselves names that will endure as long as the city stands, CusaA—Tne Battie or Las Tunas.—The latest accounts we have from the seat of war in Cuba, and which we publish in another column, speak assuringly for the ultimate suc- cess of the struggling patriots, The Las Tunas battle proves to be far more severe than was at first reported, and the result different, Valmaseda commanded the Span- jards, and after a stubborn contest of five hours was forced to give way before the cour- age, determination and skill of the Cubans under General Quesada, This battle has been one of the most important since the inaugn- ration of the rebellion, and the victory won, it is hoped, augurs well for the cause of freedom in the island, Poxice UntForm.—The Commissioners have put their recent decree In a better shape. Be- fore they declared that policemen should always wear the uniform, and then specified certain exceptions to the application of the rule, Now they specify all the cases in which uniform shall be worn, which is merely stating the same case from the opposite standpoint. They decree moreover that a man shall not be exempt from duty when called upon though he be not in uniform. This looks as if the game of doffing the regulation clothes had been “played” somewhat as an escape from duty, and explains the necessity of such an order, GERMAN IN THE ScHoors,—The movement of the Germans to secure the teaching of the German language in our public schools is wide- spread, being felt to some extent in all the great cities, especially in those where the Ger- man element is in considerable force ; and it is a movement hostile to the spirit of American unity, proposing to itself the ridiculous future of contesting the supremacy of the English language on this continent, or at least the founding of an independent power of German- speaking people. He Wants to Br Unperstoop.—Right or wrong, Grant evidently means to have no am- biguity in relation to his position with regard to parties in the Southern States, Hamilton cannot well make Texas people believe that Grant is with him in view of Grant's straight- out declaration that he would prefer ‘‘an honest democrat” to Hamilton, Apropos to this, the ramor is timely that there is a move for a full democratic ticket in Texas, Covustina Witnour THE Host.—Apparently the whiskey makera and dealers have not taken due notice of the fact that there have been great changes in the Revenue Depart- ment since Grant came in, Nearly three thou- sand barrels of whiskey just seized in San Francisco will be an eye-opener for some one, Take Noticr.—‘‘An incrensed supply of skilled and intelligent labor fs positively neces- sary for the development of the resources of the Missiesippi Valley:” So says the recent Commercial Convention, European vavers will please conv. Frontier Rectification. The Hudson Bay and Puget Sound terri- torial limits and trading rights questions, which have spasmodically endangered tho peaceful relations existing between this conn- try and Great Britain since the days of Wil- liam Cobbett to the time of the ratification of the Oregon treaty, are on the point of oblitera- tion, They have been reduced to a matter of cash valuation and specie payment—a point of view in which no doubt they will be adopted by the United States and the freedom of the Northwestern frontier from the intermeddlings of foreign traders secured. The Ameri- can Commissioners, acting under the treaty of 1863 with England, have reported an an- nouncement of the claims which were submit- ted to them by the representatives of both the incorporations named above, as well as of the awards which they made in both cases. The Hudson Bay Company asked $4,308,702, and the Puget Sound Company $1,168,000, both to be paid in gold. The Commissioners have awarded $450,000 to the Hudson Bay Company and $200,000 to the Puget Sound Company. Many well known lawyers took partin the proceedings, and the final action was, it appears, harmonious, All the posses- sory rights claimed by either company in Oregon or Washington Territory are to be released to the United States, so that we start with a really independent territory in that direction, and California more secure, the Avondale Widows and Or. phans. If any evidence were wanted of the gen- erous liberality of New York, or of the Ameri- can people generally, when suffering humanity calls for it, the prompt contributions for the widows and orphans of the Avondale miners would be sufficient; but our people never fail to respond to the wants of the suffering, wherever they may be. This was seen in the Trish famine, in the distress of Madeira in con- sequence of the failure of the grape vines, and in many other cases abroad, as well as in numerous cases at home, The vast number of our charitable institutions also show this fact. Just now wo have the case of the liberal contributions to the family of General Rawlins, and, as was said, that of the dona- tions for the families of the Avondale miners, Nor can it be said in the latter case that there is any ostentation of philanthropy, for the contributions that are coming in to the HeEratp office of five, ten and twenty dollars, or more, are from those who do not wish their names to appear—from those, for the most part, who cannot well afford such sums—from the humble business men and working people. We have received in this way several hun- dred dollars, and donations are still coming. The corporations, public bodies and theatres of New York are responding to the charitable movement. Considerable sums of money havo been subscribed by the Stock Exchange, the Gold Board, the Erie Board of stock brokers and others, A call, signed by many of the prominent railroad managers and agents in this city, has been issued for a meeting of their associates at the Astor House at noon to-day, for the purpose of devising some means of giving aid to the sufferers. There is to be an extra matinée given at the Grand Opera House on Wednesday for this object. Her- mann, the inimitable prestidigitateur and prince of conjurers, will give his firat performance at the Academy of Music on Wednesday night for the benefit of the bereaved families, And here it is but proper to say that Mr. Hermann, who has just returned to America, made this offer the moment he heard of the terrible dis- aster at Avondale, He isa prince in gene- rosity as well as of conjuring, for in many in- stances, and in different countries, he has con- tributed in this way, and contributed to the extent of millions, probably, though it may not be generally known, to suffering humanity. If we may judge from the crowded houses he used to attract when in New York before, and from the fact that he has an entirely new and a surprising programme of illusions, a large sum will be realized at his performance next Wednesday night for the Avondale widows and orphans. It isto be hoped that at our other places of amusement the example may be followed, and that the distressed fami- lies of the miners may be saved as far as pos- sible from future suffering in consequence of the terrible disaster. We may say here, as applications have been made to us for opening subscription lists at the HEeRALp office, that this can bo better and more conveniently done at banking houses or other places, but that we shall be glad to receive individual donations for the sufferers, which will be forwarded to the proper committee or persons who may have charge of the distribution of such money, Aid for New ZEALAND IN REBELLION.—The Eng- lish government has received advices from Adelaide, South Australia, reporting that on the 12th of August (a very late date) the rebellion against the crown was increasing in New Zealand, and great alarm prevailed among the colonists, This may afford a chance for Macaulay's New Zealander. Who knows but what, with the Irish Church bill and the general march of reform at home, a gentle- man from that country may sketch the ruins of St. Paul’s from London Bridge? Wroxa Acatn.—J. Ross Browne has a greater capability for being wrong than any other man in the country, He is wrong oftener, more completely and more persistently than it is easy to understand. He is, it seems, wrong again in his spiteful declaration regard- ing the telegraph; for there is the best evi- dence that the Chinese government has given authority for its construction in Chinese waters, His statement only proves that he is ignorant of what the Pekin authorities have done in the premises, yet it was especially his duty to know this, Browne had better return, to his little caricatures, Two Lorps have shot four buffaloes between them on the Plains, It is interesting to know that lords can do something besides voting against theage in Parliament, even if it is only shooting buffaloes. Tae Brooxtyn Wittows (cricketera) need not weep over their late defeat by the New Yorkers, Are they not all of the same com- mon etock, like the Hoxtords and the 'Ar- yards? It’s hall in the family, you know, Tne Graxp Onast or tae Boston Junt- Ler—The late arash of the elements on the big shanty, son’s Rip Van Winkle at Booth’s, Theatrical Novelties. New Yorkers aro as eagerly interested ag the Athenians used to be in anything new. The managers of our city theatres have beem rewarded for their recognition of this fuct by the crowded houses which the novelties of the opening season attract and promise to attract. Conspicuous among the very latest of these novelties are “Formosa, or The Railroad to Ruin,” at Niblo’s, a piece which, with all its flattering pictures of successful vice, must be acknowledged to be a not untruthful ‘‘play of the period ;” “Dreams,” with its superbly set scenes and its sprinkling of sprightly dialogue and its ‘flashes of lightning,” at the Fifth Avenue theatre; ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” somo- what modified and improved, as it needed to be, at the Olympic; ‘The Scottish Chiefs,” in grand spectacular style, at the Bowery, and “The Conscript,” at Tony Pastor's, Owens’ Solon Shingle has continued to be the attraction this week at Wallack's, and Joffer- Last evening Mr, Edwin Booth appeared as Iago at the Academy of Music, at the third benefit during the week for the relief of the family of the late Mr. Hanley, of Wallack’s theatre, “The Sea of Ice,” at Fisk’s Opera House, will be replaced on Monday evening by Victorien Sardou’s ‘‘Patrie,” which has lately won for ita author the grade of Commander of the Legion of Honor. Miss Lucille Western will be entrusted with the éle of Donna Dolores, The regular fall season at Wallack’s will be inaugurated next Wednesday evening by Sheridan’s comedy ‘The School for Scandal,” with an excellent cast, At this theatre a new comedy by Robertson is in ac- tive preparation and will soon bo produced. Miss Bateman’s speedy return to the American stage will, it is anticipated, be “‘the event” of the present month. Mlle. Carlotta Patti, who arrived at this port on Thursday, will begin her series of concerts at Steinway Hall about the 23d instant. Mme. Parepa-Rosa com- mences this very evening, the fourth anniver- sary of her début in America, a short, and, we expect, a brilliant season of English opera at the French theatre, on Fourteenth street, Finally, Hermann, the prestidigitae teur, who astonished us all so much a few years ago, has returned from Europe, and on Wednos day evening will open at the Academy of Music an entirely new répertoire of “illusions,” Wa must add that his example in devoting the en- tire proceeds of his first performance to the relief of the widows and orphans of the Avon dale miners is worthy both of commendation and imitation, It is manifest from this hasty glance at the theatrical novelties of September that the public can complain of no lack of va- riety and interest in the fresh programmes of- fered by the managers. The Union Ferry Company Again. It is urged by the friends and satraps of the Union Ferry Company that this monopoly is not bound to pay any portion of its surplus profits to the City Hospital of Brooklyn until its charter expires and it winds up its affairs, The question is, when will it wind up ite affairs, and the sick poor receive any benefit from the provision of the charter, which guaran- tees to them all the surplus over ten per cent dividend and the expenses of running the ferries? Certainly the winding up will never come so long as this griping company can stave it off, and that is just so long as it can retain . the franchise under the rule that the pure chasers of said franchise must buy all the boats, docks and other stuff which the company owns. The property of the Union Ferry Com pany is valued now at about two millions of dollara, Does any one suppose that the come pany is going to wind up its affairs and dise gorge its surplus profiis for the benefit of the poor of Brooklyn in November, 1878, or, for the matter of that, at any other date? No one who understands the spirit in which the com- pany is managed will believe anything of the kind. That spirit is controlled by extor- tion on the people of Brooklyn and the business community of New York who make the former city their place of residence. The ferry company charges double the rates for passengers and vehicles which are reasonable and which would pay, It may be very well to argue that because the interests of one director or stockholder suffer by the small traffic at Hamilton ferry, and those of another at Catharine ferry, and still another at Wall street ferry, that the public aro to be submitted to undue taxation, And yet this is the argument used by tho defenders of the company. The interests of New York are really as much involved in this ferry transe portation as those of Brooklyn, because we are compelled in a great measure to seek habita- tions on Long Island, owing to the restricted area of this city. As we stated ina former article, the ferry company governs Brooklyn. It has all the institutions of that city under its control; the ferries to begin with—except George Law’s slice in Williamsburg—then the city railroads, the gas companies, the Corporation rings, the Board of Education, the bridge company, the Park, and the newspapers, twopenny and three- penny, are all under the thumb of this monopoly, and are, to a great extent, run in its interest, The Union Ferry Company, in short, as it is managed at present, with its high tariff, the absence of all protection to life in case of accle dent, and the rudeness of many of its eraployés, is an incubus upon the prosperity of Brooklyn, and no logic or sophistry on the part of its advocates can induce those who know any~ thing about the matter to entertain any other opinion, No Sproat Priviteens.—The driver of a cart bearing the United States mail supposed that he was superior to the authority of the policeman placed to regulate trafic in tha streets, and agted accordingly ; but the court says that a cart owned by the United States is the same as a cart owned by any one else, and properly sustains the policeman with a good fine against the obatreperous driver, who abused the vourtesy extended to his craft from time immemorial, Tae Game or Lacrosex.—In this athletio frontier game, we have heard it said, our visite ing Indians are a great improvement upon Brick Pomeroy and his La Crosse Democrat, A Goop Day's Work—The day of sport (third regatta) of the Hudson Amatour Row- ing Association, If we did not know that these young men were amateurs we should pronounce them regular South Sea whalers, errr renee GREECE Rg