The New York Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1869, Page 4

4 NEW YORK ID ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. HERALD BROADWAY Allbusiness or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Herawp. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Foumosa; RAtLBoaD TO RUIN. BOWERY THEATRE, Bo Wavr—Tae Map wita TH on, Tae Tar WizaRnp OF THB LKING Patt, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Eighth avenue and 28d ptreet.—PATRIE. FRENCH THEATRE, Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- nue.—ENGLISH OPERA—PURITAN’S DAUGHTER. WAVERLEY THEATRE, No. 720 Broadway.—A GQuanD Vamiert ENTERTAINMENT. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—-Tus Drama oF Unoues Tom's Canin. BOOTH'S THEATRE, 23dst., between bth and 6th avs,— Rir Vaw WINKLE. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtioth street and roadway.—Afternoon and evening Performance. THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth street.—THe QorEN oF Haarte—TuE OLp Woman Tuat LivED In 4 SuoR. 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Notice to Carriers and Newsdealers, BuooxknyN CaRgizns anpD Newsmen will in future receive their papers at the Branca OFFICE orrar New York Heratp, No. 145 Fulton street, Brooklyn. ADVERTISEMENTS and SusscereTions and all Ietters for the New York Heraup will be Teceived as above. MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS. The DaiLy HERALD will be sent to subscribers for one dollar a month, The postage being only thirty-five cents a quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement can receive the HERALD at the same price it is furnished in the city. THE NEWS. Europe. Cable telegrams are dated September 12. General Sickles is said to have officially tntimated to the Spanish government the probable recognition of the Cubans as belligerents by the United States. ‘The first detachment of a heavy reinforcement for the Spanish army in Cuba will sail during the present week. Madrid reports state that the merchants of Havana will give 900,000,000 reals towaras the pay of the army. The King of Italy states that his son, the Duke of Aosta, should not reign in Spain uniess by virtue of a Constitutional legislative call. Democracy 1s ex- tending in Portugal. Belgium inclines to keep aloof from the Council in Rome. The text of the Senatus Consultum, officially endorsed, was promulgated in Paris. A hurricane swept over the north of France. Napoleon remained within doors owing to the severity of the weather. Lady Palmerston, widow of the distinguished English statesman, is dead. Cuba. Letters received from a Southern gentleman in Cuba state that the Cuban troops are highly enthu- siastic over the recent victories at Puerto Principe, Sagua la Grande and Las Tunas, and the Spanish Tegulars are correspondingly depressed. The latter do not hesitate to characterize the revolution openly Aas successful, and all confidence between the omicers and soldiers has been lost. The island ia almost s barren waste, and many families on the eastern coast are starving. Miscellaneous. Serious tronble menaces the democracy in Phila- | deiphia, Mr. Fry, the candidate for City Treasurer, resigned on Saturday, whereupon a meeting of all the democratic candidates on the city ticket was held, and it was determined that all should resign and have a new ticket nomimated. The new ticket, hawever, proved objectionable, and the meeting broke up with the understanding that the old candi- dates should hold on. But yesterday Mr. Fry per- @sted in withdrawing, and advised all his fellow candidates to follow guit. The carilion of forty-three bells on St. Joseph's eathedral in Buffalo was performed upon for the first time yesterday, and in honor of the occasion Bishop Ryan celebrated Pontificial high masa in the morn- ing, OfMciatea at vespera in the afternoon and preached in the evening. In the inquest over the Avondale miners po testi- mony has yet been elicited as to who caused the fire, which it is alleged in the evidence was the work of an incendiary, The counsel for the com- pany are holding some convincing evidence on the subject in reserve until full proof of the imcendiar- 18m is established. Captain James Burnes, of Company K, Fifteenth ‘United States cavalry, now in Washington, has been ordered to Virginia with a detachment of twenty men to enforce the revenue laws. A breach occurred in the Erie Canai at Rochester yesterday and navigation will probavly be sus- pended for a day. The City. The Avondale disaster was the subject of many of ‘the Sabbath discourses in the churches of the city | youterday, and at most of them collections were taken up for the families of the sufferers. Dr. Chapin reopened services in the Church of the Divine Paternity yesterday, after his return from bis summer vacation. ‘The Cuban Junta, in appreciation of Secretary Rawlins strong sympathy for the Cuban cause, nave presented Mre. Rawlins with $20,000 in bonds of the embryo republic and a hearty letter of condolence, An inquest tn the case of Ann McCaffrey, who was found fatally injured in the yard of 132 Cherry street, ‘was commenced by Goroner Flynn yesterday. It appeared that she lived in Providence and had come to see her daughter, who lives in avenue B, but had not visited her, and was found by the daughter in the hospital, The case seems to have been a brutal murder, in which @ strange mystery is involved, The inquest in the case of John Hess, who was found lying fatally injured in ap entry way on Fitty- third street, near Ninth avene, on the morning of the 2d inst,, Was commenced yesterday; but no wit- messes beyond the officer who discovered him and wie hospital surgeon who attended him were pro- SON eae NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMB sent. The inquest was adjourned until the neces- sary Witnesses could be produced. Lizzie Ryan, a child seven months old, died yes- terday, at No. 58 Mulberry street, under circum- stances which induced the police sergeant to arrest its father, It is alleged that while its father and mother were fighting one of them fell on the infant and killed it. The father claims, however, that the child has been sick for some time aad was attended by two physicians. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Indge 0, A. Lochran, of Georgia; Dr. Howard, of Montreal; F. M. Gazo, of Havana, ana Colonel T. 8. King, of Springfield, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. C. M. Thomas, ofthe United States Navy, and C. T. Poliard, of Alabama, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Major U. C. Cody, of Georgia; Colonel C. F. ‘Stan- bary, of Washington; Colonel H. M. Stowe, of San Francisco; H. L, Davis, of the United States Navy; Judge 4. 8. Baldwin, of Springfleld, and Juage EB. Sprague, of Boston, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel E. P. Bowen, of Tennessee; Captain Bris- ben, of the United States Army, and Dr. J. R. Scher- merhorp. of Port Jervis, are at the St. Charles Hotel, John B. Carpenter, of the United Statea Navy; Colonel Henry Wells, of Washington, and Colonel F. H. Hawks, of Connecticut, are at the St, Julien Hotel, Mr, J. Rose, Financial Minister of Canada; Captain E. M. Shaw, of London; Dr. George 8. Osborne, of Peabocy, Mass., and tienry McKay, of Montreal, are at the Brevoort House. Prominent Departures. Senator Morton, for Indiana; Dr. Thomas Wilkes, for Chicago; Judge Hyman, for Texas; Colonel Sam- uel Vanderlip, for Troy, and Dr. 8. Miner, for St. Louis. ‘ Financial Condition ef the Government and Country—The Prospect Before Us. The reporta which come to us from Wash- ington from time to time of the condition of our national finances are very flattering, though the last press report, published on Saturday, probably contained several mistakes. It can hardly be possible that the expenditures of the government for the last fiscal year amounted to five hundred and eighty-five millions of dollars, or that the amount the year before was over a thousand million dollars, as there represented. There is probably some error in the figures. There is no doubt, however, that the revenue is enormous, and more than sufficient to meet the ordinary and current expenses of the gov- ernment. The monthly statements of the Sec- retary of the Treasury since March, when General Grant's administration came into power, show this. The last statement, made at the beginning of this month, showed a decrease of the national debt during the six months since March of forty-seven millions. Taking the whole year up to September, and reckoning the bonds issued to the Pacific Rail- road as a part of the debt, as Mr. McCulloch used to reckon them, the debt was diminished in that period over thirty-seven and a half millions. Then there is this gratifying fact, that the increase of income over expenditures becomes larger from month to month. If this state of things should continue till the first year of General Grant's administration closes the debt will be reduced probably during that time one hundred millions. Still improvements can be and ought to be made. The expenditures in nearly all the departments are much too large. The revenue is too great in time of peace; for it only leads to extravagance and corruption. The taxes are far too burdensome, and might be reduced considerably, even with the keeping up a large sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt. The income tax especially is oppressive and demoralizing, and bears unequally upon the people. The wealthy, for the most part, escape paying a fair proportion, the planters and farmers hardly pay anything, and the burden falls principally on those with limited and specific salaries or incomes. Congress can very well abolish this tax and ought to do so. Then there are other taxes on articles of general consumption and necessity from which the masses of the working classes ought to be relieved. In fact, our present revenue eys- tem, which in part grew out of the war, and which is not adapted to times of peace, ought to be overhauled and simplified. A tax on whiskey and such other luxuries should be as high as can be well collected; and here it is but just to say that it is creditable to the administration that the internal revenue from this source has been largely augmented since General Grant took the reins of gov- ernment. In the matter of expenditures we notice that those of the War Depart- ment the last fiscal year were over eighty millions. This is more than the whole expenditure of the government for all purposes nine years ago and before the war. True, it was nearly fifty millions less than the year previous, if the figures can be relied upon, but it is thirty or forty millions too much for a peace establishment. We see no reason why a hundred millions of taxation cannot be taken off, if the expenditures be properly reduced and economy practised, and still a large surplus left for the steady liquida- tion of the debt. We hope the Secretary of the Treasury will make recommendations to Congress in accordance with such views and facts, and that that body will act upon them during its next session. There is another important question in con- nection with taxation and the financial condi- tion of the country which oalls for serious attention. That is the question of reducing the interest on the debt, or, what would be better and amount to the same thing, of taxing the bonds. The present high interest is not only an enormous burden upon the people, but it paralyzes industry and progress by the ab- sorption of active capital and drains the country of specie to pay foreign bondholders. As long as capitalists can get six per cent in gold or eight per cent in currency by investing in United States securities they will not trouble themselves with business enterprises, Besides, our bonds are going abroad at such a rate, under the stimulating Influence of high in- terest and the desire of foreign capitalists to in- | vest in them, that there will be soon a greater annual demand for the precious metals to .pay the interest abroad than our mines yield or the balance of our products can sup- | ply. In other words, we are fast becoming a debtor country to such an extent that, with all our wealth, we shall be kept poor and our noses perpetually to the grindstone. Would it not be better, then, to tax the interest on the bonds two per cent than to reduce the interest that much by # transformation of the debt? In the first case the debt might remain as it is, which would save the expense to the govern- | ment that er ae by changing it, | fr which would prevent the necessary aug- mentation of the principal, as well as the enor- mous jobs to financial agents aud brokers, Io | the second case, the gain or income would be direct and cost the government comparatively little to collect, for the amount would be deducted by the Treasury Department at the time of paying the bondholders their interest. Better than all, it would turn a large amount of capital now locked up in bonds into active business enterprises, and would check the vast and oonstantly increasing drain of specie from the country. Our debt is comparatively a bagatelle, and the hundred millions additional for the purchase of Cuba would amount to nothing if the national finances be properly managed. In the case of Cuba this country would be paid over and over again through the addition to our national wealth and the income to be drawn from that island. At pre- sent we are drifting into a sea of financial difficulties, notwithstanding the vast resources of the country and the enormous income of the government, and it behooves Congress to do something soon to adjust the revenue system and national finances on a firm and equitable basis. ’ The Mine Disaster, Tho testimony taken in regard to the recent calamity in the Avondale mine thus far goes to show that the fire originated By the furnace flue, either by the defects of its construction or by mismanagement of the furnace, or per- haps by both together. The portion of the flue immediately above the furnace is cut through solid coal, and from the upper extremity of this portion the flue crosses to the shaft; and beyond this cross-flue the shaft itself is the flue for the remainder of the dis- tance to the open air, for all that space from where the flue is cut through coal to where it enters the shaft it is lined with brick. It is worthy of note that formerly this portion of the flue was not lined with brick, but with wood, and then it once caught fire, We know, therefore, that the draught in the furnace is strong enough to carry a fragment of burning material into the upper part of the flue, and thus set it on fire. Con- sidering the shaft above the entrance of the flue a third portion of the flue itself, what do we find? Simply that this third portion of the flue is lined with wood, and, therefore, is in exactly the condition that the second por- tion was in when it caught fire formerly. If the draught would carry fired fragments to the second portion on ordinary occasions it might carry them to the third portion if not well managed—that is, if the furnace were in unskilful hands—and there was a new fireman on the present occasion. It was noted by a former engineer that, judging by the great heat in the shaft on the flue side, there would be a fire there some day. The first fire seen was just where the second portion of the flue emerges into the shaft. Altogether, in view of this testimony, the wonder of the public must be, not that the fire occurred when it did, but that it did not occur before. Tox Tweep-Betmont ImBRoaiio.—We thought that with the return of Sweeny’ (Peter the Great) there would be some light thrown upon this preposterous Tweed move- ment for the removal of Belmont and the sub- stitution of Tweed as chairman of the National Democratic Committee. Well, Sweeny re- turned, and two or three days thereafter, from his weekly oracle, it appears that Tammany has had nothing to do with the democratic anti-Belmont hue and cry; that on the spur of the uproar Belmont desired to resign, but that Tammany would not let him, and that Tweed has no aspirations for his place, and no wish to supplant him. Hore we have a touch of the diplomacy of Bismarck, simple, posi- tive and decisive. Tammany, in fact, with the return of Sweeny, is getting into line again, so that there is still a prospect that she will walk over the course with her local tickets and State programme in our approaching elections, Taere Dottars a Day.—Cotton picking has fairly commenced in Tennessee, but the planters are so pinched for hands that they are offering for them three dollars a head per day to save the crop. This deficiency of pickerg, we suspect, results from the removal of large bodies of the blacks from the planta- tions to the towns, where, with the new excite- ments of town life, they prefer the chances of ajobfrom day to day to the monotony of regular work in the country. But the radical white friends of these idle town negroes doubt- less could, and ought to, persuade them to go to the relief of the planters; for we are all interested in saving the cotton crop—whites and blacks, Sonth and North. Nor an Isorarep Case.—It appears that when General John C. Breckinridge left Wash- ington in 1861 he left with the intention of re- turning to uphold the Union cause, but that against his own convictions he was drawn into the rebellion. This is the story of thonsands who were drawn off into that wild and insane stampede. Breckinridge, however, is one of those who admits that the Southern con- federacy is ‘‘a lost cause,” and that ‘‘the Union as it was” before the deluge is among the things lost with the Southern confederacy at the Appomattox apple tree. There is still ® hope for such men to rise again in ‘‘the Union 4s it is.” Prince Arrnur.— Governor and Lady Belleau are to give a grand ball at Quebec in honor of the Prince on the 16th. From the deliberation of his movements it begins to look as if his Royal Highness had some idea of permanently locating himself in the New Dominion. A Very Toucan Customer—Lopez, of Para- guay. He has been making a splendid de- fence of his country against its invaders, and, whatever the issue, he deserves success; and from what General McMahon says we are more than half inclined to think that Paraguay, in the cause of justice, humanity and sound policy, deserves the friendly and peaceful inter- vention of the United States. Tae MatNe ELkotion comes off to-day. On a short vote it will probably go by default. The third party temperance movement does not appear to have made much headway, though it may possibly afford a margin for some democratic gains not to be relied on in the next election. No Go—The democratic recount of the vote of San Francisco. The {ndopendents atill have it by 110. Close, but 4 miss is as good aaa milo,” The French Empire—Rumers of Napoleon's Impending Abdication, A cable telegram brought us yesterday rumors of a possible abdication by the Emperor of the French. Liable as Napoleon III. is to a réturn of sickness, incapacitating bim for active ‘‘personal government,” it is thought by many that the majority and the successorsbip of his son will be proclaimed on the next birthday of the Prince Imperial, the 16th of March, 1870. However improbable the abdication of the Emperor may seem, it is not impossible. With his characteristic foresight Napoleon III. may not be unwilling to try the experiment of accustoming his son and France without, his direct intervention, to ‘running the machine” which he has so carefully elaborated, and to which he has recently, in deference to unmistakable indications of the popular will, added so many important liberal improvements. The prospect, however, of the possible abdica- tion of the Emperor in favor of his son is at present less practically interesting than the attitude which his cousin, the Prince Napoleon, has lately taken, In view of the critical condition of the Emperor's health and the progress of reforma- tory reconstruction in the government of France, the position assumed by Prince Napoleon, as the expounder of liberal ideas in the Senate, has occasioned much comment, and has been characterized as both ill-timed and scandalous by the conservative Senators and Imperialist journals. The Prince ts far too liberal, according to their ideas of pru- dence and progress. Notwithstanding the un- qualified dissatisfaction which the speech of the Prince has encountered from such sources, notwithstanding the vote of the Senate reject- ing by an overwhelming majority an amend- ment to the Senatus Consultum proposing reforms in the constitution of that body, we are constrained to think, from the accord which seems to exist between the Emperor and his cousin, that the latter is not acting unad- visedly, but with the full concurrence and approbationof Napoleon. The Prince isa man of unquestionable genius, and, although rather an extremist in his opinions and lacking much of that administrative foresight and prudence which characterize his more astute cousin, his well known liberal tendencies would suggest him as a fitting instrument, well chosen by the Emperor, for the elucidation of those reforms contemplated in the experiment of parlia- mentary government. Accepting the theory that the Prince is but moving under the advice and inspiration of the Emperor, we recognize in his senatorial demonstration a peculiar significance, indi- cating the forthcoming of a more liberal régime than that promised in the late imperial message, and a probable further change of policy in keeping with the progressive spirit of the age. If such, indeed, be not the case, if the Prince is acting solely on his own respon- sibility and to the embarrassment of the policy of the government, why does he remain unrebuked, and why have we not seen some evidence of imperial displeasure, like that which silenced him some years ago, after an imprudent harangue, and subsequently neces- sitated his resignation as President of the Imperial Commission for the Universal Exposi- tion of 1867? Surely, if not in accord with the Emperor, the closetings and interviews reported by telegraph would reveal some assurance of disagreement, whereas we are told instead that public opinion receives the speech as displaying great ability and a liberal spirit, The Emperor, according to the consti- tution, exercises paternal power over all the members of the imperial family, and it can scarcely be supposed that he would quietly submit to a move which, unsanctioned by him, resolves itself into an indiscretion amounting to flagrant and refractory disobedience. Napoleon IIL, by his firm and judicious rule, has been able to govern and direct for their good a people that before his time acknowledged no master except Napoleon I. since the death of Louis XIV. Strong per- sonal government was necessary to restore order and tranquillity in a country prone to convulsion under the guidance of revolutionary factions. Years of rest and prosperity have not only developed the material interests of the nation, but have prepared the people for more liberal institutions. Napoleon, with his characteristic boldness of initiative, accepts the situation, abandons or greatly modifies personal government, and sets about inaugu- rating reforms which shall meet the aspirations of the people. In the pursuit of this policy, judging from present indications, he is dis- posed to go further and effect, if possible, complete union and harmony between his government and the national representation. All these are so many steps towards disarm- ing the opposition, popularizing his dynasty and securing the succession of his son. They are but Prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme which is to reconcile Napoleonic ideas and empire with liberal government, The Emperor realizes that the perpetuation of his dynasty depends in a great measure upon the popularity of his government at the time of his death, and hence his solicitude to see the consolidation of such liberal measures as will permit France to govern herself and the more readily accommodate her to the gov- ernment of his son. His aim now Is, as the London Times expresses it, to prepare before the hour comes for the final transfer of his authority so to diminish the responsibility of that authority as to render its weight more tolerable and less onerous in its effects upon his son’s inexperience. If he lives long enough—and in the interests of the French people we must hope that his enemies will long continue to be disappointed in their predictions of bis demise—the the present move will doubtless be @ system of parliamentary government whose success will be guaranteed under his direction and readily pave the way for the regular dynastic succession. In such event Napoleon IV. would be accepted with good grace, and his con- tinuance in power will depend upon the wisdom and moderation of his advisers, In the present state of transition which France is undergoing, and before contemplated reforms have fairly issued from the embryo of speculation and experiment, the death of Na- poleon III. would be a great misfortune for his country, which, in the uncertainty and confu- sion that would follow, would ba fortunate indeed did it not relapse into anarchy. This fecling is appreciated evorywhore in Europe, KR 13, 1869,. and hence the uneasiness aid alarm occasioned by the reports of the Emperoy.s illness. He has so long occupied such au impoxtant posi- tion in the world’s history, so long held in his hand, as it were, the trembling balance of peace and war, that his death, under the most favorable circumstances, is well calculated to inspire fears of a national convulsion which would endanger the peace gor Europe, Caba—What About Cubat From all the late news arriving from Spain and Cuba, including the hopeful communi- cation of General Sickles, there is evidently a prospect that the island will ere long cease to be an appenage of the “mother country,” and will take shelter under the wing of the Ameri- can eagle. If the Regent Serrano is wise ho will not refuse the munificent offer of a hun- dred millions which General Sickles has been authorized to offer on the responsible endorse- ment of the United States for the free pur- chase of the island, and it is said that he is not unwilling to accept it. In the present condition of Spanish finances it would be foolish to refuse the offer now, because the Spanish government may rely upon it that they will never get such an offer again. It is the last chance, and they had better take it. Indeed, affairs in Cuba are tending in such a direction that her freedom is but a mero ques- tion of time, and she will not be worth buying very soon, We presume that the Regent sees this very clearly, althongh some of the old fogies of his Cabinet may lean more upon the old traditional Castilian pride than upon their knowledge of the logic of events. The threat of sending a reinforcement of Spanish troops to Cuba to put down the revolution is renewed, but the number is reduced from the original twenty thousand to sixteen thousand. Wo hardly believe that, in the present critical state of affairs, pending a negotiation for the purchase of Cuba, any number of troops will be sent there at all; and even if they are, this will not change the result. With regard to the value of Cuba to this country, supposing that we guarantee the price of her independence at the comparatively paltry sum of a hundred millions, there can be no doubt or hesitation. If she is worth forty millions a year to Spain, she can be made worth fifty per cent more to us by the indus- try and enterprise brought to bear upon her resources. We expect, therefore, that, in view of the advanced state of affairs, tending towards a solution of this Cuban difficulty, the administration will no longer hesitate to take prompt steps in the recognition of the revolu- tionary government, as well as intimating to the authorities at Madrid that it is advisable to accept the financial solution already officially offered. We believe that General Grant favors such a course, although he is desirous of avoiding complications as far as possible. But some members of his Cabinet are disposed to put a drag upon the wheel and retard that action which their departed colleague, Raw- lins, urged with his dying breath. Mr. Pendleton Versus the Seuthern De- mocracy. Mr. Pendleton has just been making another campaign speech in Ohio, which, as far as it goes, is a reproduction of the democratic Chicago platform of 1864, which laid out McClellan and Pendleton, and the platform of 1868, which killed off Seymour and Blair. As he looks at our public affairs, everything is wrong, and nothing will be right till every- thing done by Congress since the war is upset. He does not broadly say so, but his argument runs directly to this solution. His financial policy, upon which he had a full hearing last year and a fair trial, he still adheres to; but it is upon the fifteenth amendment that he is particularly clear, earnest and emphatic in his opposition to ‘‘the powers that be.” Tooth and nail he is opposed to negro suffrage, and opposed to flooding the country with Chinese coolies. He ignores the new departure of the Wisconsin democracy and the present ad- vanced position of the Southern democracy entirely; and he seems to forget that while Pendleton’s programme is followed by the democracy of the North the democratic party will be confined to the Northern States, The Ohio contest is really between Grant and his policy, backed by the republican party of the North, and by both parties in the South, on the one side, and Pendleton for 1872 on the democratic platform of 1868 on the other side. Uphill work this for Pendleton in Ohio in 1869, Rosevrans saw it at a glance and retired. Revigr ror THR Surrerers,—There is a very generous tender of money on the part of the public for supplying the needs of those whom the recent disaster in Pennsylvania has made widows and orphans. From appearances the subscription is likely to reach one hundred thousand dollars, This would be, perhaps, a thousand dollars for each family, It is pretty certain that if this money is paid down cash in hand to those it is intended to relieve it will be improvidently, not to say wastefully, spent. Those persons are not used to handling con- siderable sums of money, and even despite their greatest care would squander in short time what ought to be their hope as a basis for future efforts. We trust, therefore, that the money will be rather used for their benefit than directly given. Invested in one sum it would furnish a pension that would be a mate- rial and a permanent assistance to all these afflicted ones. Tux Prog or A Heaut ws tak New Do- minton.—A lady in Montreal has just sued a gentleman for breach of promise of marriage, and the broken heart which is figuratively sup- posed to follow that kind of perfidy. She modestly assessed the price of her heart at sixty thousand dollars, but the Canadian jury decided that It was worth just $3,500, and no more, and so they gave her a verdict for that amount, Thisshows the difference between the value which interested parties place upon a thing and the assessment which # disinter- ested body of men assign as its real value. Such things occur every day, in cases where something more material than femate hoarts is concerned—real estate, for instence. re Tat Prer.—The hateaet having beep buried wee the yn and the gtan sachem, Tammagy “Ought to jprite thg two braves to ghike hinds in F4 wi crack a bottle of the Widow Cliquot and si mother the pipe of peace. weed Judge Bedford and Thirty.two” Surymen. His Honor Judge Bedford had a case before him on Saturday nearly closed and another case was all ready to goon. For this second case he had a panel of nearly forty-threo jurors. So when the jury retired to deliberate on the first case his Honor, with a wise view “to economy of time, called up the panel for the second case, and to the astonishment of the court only eleven men were present of the panel of forty-three. The case could not go on, and the whole business of the court, with its crowded calendar, had to be suspended, to the great inconvenience of many persons and the general damage and demoralization of the public service. Here is exactly the case where the court should make an example of resolute enforcement of the law. It is inti- mated that the court intends to lay upon the delinquent thirty-two the fine of twenty-five dollars which the law directs, and we hope the intimation is not erroneous. Only by auch @ step can the court convince men summoned for jury duty that they must respect its decree. If these men are not fined, let it not be said that jurymen are to blame for the delay of justice in our courts; for then it will be the Judge who is to blame. A Goop Worp ror a Goop Work.—We mean the good work undertaken by the good Sisters of Charity in their new home for found- lings. Our citizens and the State ought aot to forget them. In the generous voluntary contributions coming in from allsidea for the relief of the Avondale widows and orphans we see that practical Christianity is a living principle with our people, and 80 we are sure that a good word for this new enterprise of the good Sisters will not be lost. Tae Spanish RecEnoy.—The rumor that the Spanish regency under Marshal Serran will be extended is gaining ground, and all parties in Spain are reported in favor of it, Why not? Why a king or a republic when the regency serves the purposes of both, and is the only practical and practicable compromise between monarchists and republicans ? AQUATIC SPORTS. Annual Fall Rogatta of the Shatemuc Boat Clab, Poughkeepsie—A Brace of Races and a Wash Tub Contest. , POUGHKEEPSIE, Sept. 12, 1800. A finer day than yesterday could not have beer selected by the members of the Shatemuc Boat Club, of this city, for their annual fall regatta. Not a cloud was to be seen, the sun shining brightly and the atmosphere neither hot nor cold, but balmy and enjoyable. The boat house of the club, located near the foot of Mill street, was in s clean and neat condl- tion, the boats in excellent order and everything bid fair for a fine day’s sport. The races were pus down to commence at four P. M. Before that time arrived the guests commenced to assemble and take prominent positions on the boat house or on the surrounding eminences, from which to view the contesta. The broad pennant of the club waved above the boat house, while alongside lay Alles Hamilton’s steam yacht Kitty. Out in the stream numerous small boats were visible, filled with laales and gentlemen, awaiting the time for the boats te start. Prominent among the guests were ex-Mayor rari Rev. Mr. Traver, Gey tain y W. 8. Johnston, Mr. Wi Mr. Jerome, of the Harvard Club, apd STich wan cistribuved Sanong the vialory VEAL ERGATA OF THE SHATEMUO BOAT OLUB, @LB SOULLS. COND RA eorne Van Vilet, gobo pe George 8. Burnap, Guy C. Bayley The following celebrated Al clipper buff tabs are entered 01 ta enters W. Tub, ; Skipper enters Bleed Tub, G. F. R. ; Shatemuc enters W. Tub, Arrow. Soon after four P. M. the first race was ordered, and the following judges were sppolnted:—John Re Lealie and Rio! Bayley, of Poughk aad R. H. Jerome, of the Harvard Club. The distance for the first race (single sculls) was one mile and @ half, north, turn stakeboat and return. The men were soon in bene Burnsp taxing the inside, Leroy sec- ond, Van Vliet third, and Bayley outside. The start was og ies one. It was given with, ‘Are you ready?” “Go!” and then a gun was fired. Van got offway behind, while Bayley and Leroy shot ‘away on the lead together, but the latter passed the former at @ point a quarter of @ mile north, leading all, Burnap withdrew soon after starting, and a Moment afterwards Van Vilet, seeing he, too, had no show, algo pulled one side, leaving the contess to Bayley and Leroy. The latter tu the stakeboat two lengths ahead, gaining four more lengths on the homestretch, coming in an easy winner in 28m. 60s., which was not a Cpa as no rower in the Shatey muc Club can beat him. He could have made four minutes quicker time, but there was nO necessity for tt. ‘ SRCOND RACE, The second race was called up immediately, the Towers responding Braga) the Jennie takiag tu: inside position. cy got a fine start and 4] away rapidly, the Twillght taking a handsome lead and kee] it all the way, winning the race by six lengths th 17m, 348,; distance two miles. Both Van Vitet and Grubb, in the Jennie, pulled well; but taay were over matched. THR TUB RACK. -—~ ‘The most comical event of the arcernoon was the tab race. As will be seen by the programme there were only three entries, but when the time arrived for the contest to begin # fourth party appeared with his tub and resolved to try conclusions with the other three; so that when the men were oraered te bad aco the following were the entries:— uds. . Richard Bayley The le the boat house, when each contestant fe op with his tub, ordi- nary sized washtubs, entirely new, being used, the contestants being allowed to dle with their hands, The distance to be paddied was si and return. First came Burnap, and, as he his tub in the river from a float astern of the boat honse, he was recelved with cheers. Caretally and aio te veo rt oat statins ; but alm himself; at slrnott aot win tae tab Ou bb howe hter. Gi ley came mext, amid screams of laug! ay bens <4 4 but he went over menced to sit down. Kichard Bayley was third, but he was ‘doused’ even more rapidly than the others, and then all three were floundering about, vainly endeavoring to resume positions within their tubs, their frantio efforts causing the wildest delight. In the midst of all this excitement young Grubb ba ae with the tub Arrow. Grubb is slenderly’ alls, ba light, and was in his tubdina “jiffy,” when he commenced paddling over the route, ag sa the amid muom enthusiasm. He passed to the f-way point and turned and was moving slowly but safely back, and had reached a spot within fifteen feet of home, whea his tub suddenly careened and into the river ke went, which was bad, because he nad go successfully. However, he was ‘awarded the nize, Iuch to the satisfaction of the gucsts as#em- led, and that ended the day’s sport. OBITUARY. Lady Palmerston. By a cable despatch from London we are informed of the death of Lady Emily Mary Palmeraton, daughter of Peniston, first Viscount Melbourne and widow of Lord Palmerston. She waa also a rd Melbourne. Her ladyship was welt Savaoosd tn years. At the time she marricd the late Premier of Great Britain, in 1839, she was the widow of the fifth Earl Cowper and was noted for her grace and 6! ce. She was & most hospitabie lady, ever keeping open ‘house, and was a leader in deeds of charity. Her influence over ner husband was unbounded and to her he attributed much of his success in life. pn ACCIDENT ON THE HARLEM RIVER. Heroic Condact of a Citizon. ‘The Thirty-second police precinct last night tele- graphed the particulars of an accident and heroto reacue that should be placed on record. About two P, M. Mr. Reneau and threo Iadtes from tl York), while rowi Hien hese McComb's Damn Uridgee met wan a in the throwing out of the boat of yr WH and one of tho ladl ‘nearly exhausted, when Samuel affinson, @ resident of imped into the theif danger, i accident occur. int ayers the Ted, seized the GRd heid thom tip antit other shore in a small and parties put off from whoge li 8s: 1m the lt Re were thus saved are natives of France, tempt sojourning in thia city. The police speak of Mum» sou’s exololt in terms Of Woll Uuerited pratae,