The New York Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1869, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD THE CUBAN QUESTION IN SPAIN. British Advice to the Spaniards and Intense Excitement in Madrid. SPAIN. General Sickles’ Notes—Newspaper Excitee ment—Another Frigate for C MADRID, Sept. 18, 1869, ‘The Spanish press has been tn a complete ferment of excitement and indignation since the presenta- tion of General Sickles’ notes to the government, Some of the journals abuse the American Minister aadly. They say he was sent here solely because he ‘Was known to be a strong partizan of Cuban annex- ation, General Sickles empnatically denies the as} eertion-that his mission refers only to Cuba, He insists that he has never broached the question of the cession of the island to tne United States, but has merely ninted that the American government te willing to taterpose its friendly offices for the set- ement of Spain’s diMculties with Cuba, ‘The proposition to call Prince Thomas, the young Duke of Genoa and nephew of King Victor Emanuel, to the throne of Spain under the joint regency of Montpensier, Serrano and Rivero is gaining ground. The Spanish frigate Amanza is under orders for Cuba. ENGLAND. ‘The Cuban Question—Chances of War Be- tween Spain and the United StateseWhat the Press Says. Lonpon, Sept. 18, 1869. The Spectator says war between Spain and the United States on accouut of Cuba appears like a moral impossibility; but it is universally believed in just now In Spain. The war enthusiasm there is gathering fast. Minister Sickies’ proposition ts in- consistent with the precedent furnished by the con- duct of the United States in 1861. What with Spanish pride and American sympathies the situa- tion is very critical. It is difficult to believe that Spain witha divided people, a bankrupt treasury, one colony in revolt, others to lose and nothing to win, can seriously contemplate war with one of the greatest Powers on earth. The Saturday Review holds that if the proposal of General Sickles 1s accurately reported there is no ground for complaint against America for making an offer to spain in the character of a dis- interested mediator. Itis possible that some of those people in Spain who urge the sending of reinforce- ments to Cuba desire the absence of the army. ‘With a military force only can the Regent maintain the power and authority of the Cortes against the Fepublicans and Carlists, The friends of Isabella might be formidabie in the absence of the army. The government must see that to sacrifice the army will Rotsave Cuba, Alluding wo the desire of the Ame- Ticans to possess Cuba the writer thinks the argu- ments of Mr. Buchanan tn favor of annexation must be more agreeable to their ears now slavery has Deen suppressed; but whether it is their true interest to include an alien and uncongental population tn the Union 1s @ question for future history. Opinion of the Daily Press. LONDON, Sept. 18, 1869, The London Times calls to mind that the first an- Biversary of thefrevolution in Spain has passed, and none of the evils laid to the charge of the Bourbons have diminished; they have rather increased. There 48 greater distress and confusion and less concora, eMoiency and public security. The policy of the government in the provinces is reviewed, and ita action there contrasted with its action in the city of Madrid. The Times acknowledges that all is done for the best; but the conflicting views and diverging tendencies of some of the members of the govern- ment produce helpiessness and improvidence among all, There ts hardly @ ruling man in the whole government. Such as they are Spain must accept them; the country yields no better and must make the best of them. The London News says the question as to an Smproved understanding between Spain and the ‘United States remains unsolved. While the latter is impatient of delay the former is sending armaments that may precipitate a confict. The Spanisn ex- ohequer ts virtually empty, and temporary loans are resorted to at increasingly onerous terms. This fact must be considered in estimating the possibilities of she pending crisia, American Finance and Financiers. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 18, 1969. A letter {s published from Mr. Davia A. Walls, Special Commissioner of the Intervat Revenue De- partment, addressed to Mr. Dudiey, American Con- wul at Liverpool, on the subject of devoting the @urpius revenue of the United States to the reduc- tion of the pubitc debt. The Stowe-Byron Case. Lonpon, Sept. 18, 1869. The London Times, in an article on the Byron atory, says:—Mrs, Stowe admits that she was con- sulted with by Lady Byron only on the expediency of publishing @ true account of the separation, and owns that she dissuaded her from doing so. She omits to produce adequate authority for her state- ments. Whatever there may be behind this reveia- tion Mrs. Stowe was wrong in pubiishing informa- tion which was supplied in order that she might give an oyAnion as to what action should be taken upon It. Mr. Schlessinger, in a letter to the Cologne Gazetie, states that Lord Wentworth repeatedly assured him that Lady Byron desired the unhappy story of her Marriage to die with her, and that the family papers Contained no secrets. Deaths of Remarkable Personages. é Lon pow, Sept. 18, 1869, Thomas John Penn, the last descendant of the ‘Wilitam Penn family, 1s dead. Thomas Graham, D.C, L., Master of the Mint, and One of the most eminent chemists of the day, 18 ead, He was born at Glasgow, in 1305. FRANCE. Napoleon at Work—Aloof from Rome. Panis Sept. 18, 1869. ‘The Emperor presided at a Counct. of Ministers to-day. Le Public asserts tat the French government will @end no representative to the Ecumenica) Councll. Eugenie for the East. PARIS Sept. 18 1869, ‘The Empress wil! depart for tne East on the 2d of Ootober. IRELAND. Labor Riot and a Military Charge, LONDONDERRY, Sept. 18. 1869. Ariot occurred yesterday between the quay por- ‘tore on strike and others who refused to join them, Both sides were strengthened vy their friends and ‘the riot threatened to bécome formidabie. when the ‘Military appeared, and, charging into che crowd of Sloters, dispersed them. Severs. persons were tn- Jared, but uo one was xijled. THE INDIANS. Fight Betwe Sioux Soldiers on a Revervation—Murder of Settlers. St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1869, 4B Omaha despatch says that Genera) Augur re- @sived information from Colonei Brisbin, command- ing at the Snake Hill reservation, that a nght had eoourred between a company of his troops and about 100 Bionz, just below his camp, on ‘Thursday Two were killed and a number ‘Two of the fea mea eerie oe becca NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. CUBA. Examination of the Supposed Cuban Fill- | Opening of the Political bustere—No Case Made Out Aguinst Them— They Are All Set at Liberty. Bosron, Sept. 18, 1869. The examination of the alleged filibusters, re- cently captured off New Bedford, was held to-day before Commissioner Hallett, The testimony was given that most of the men were shipped from Bos- ton, ostensibly for New Bedford whaling ships. Captain Alonzo Daggett, of the schooner Penekese, testified to # bargain made for carrying a party of exoursionists to No Man’s Land. They were carried for fifty dollars, and he received the stipulated amount from a person whom he thought he could not now recognize, but was confident 11 was not either of the defendants. Nothing was said about the destination of the party further than No Man’s Land, Lawrence Grinnell, Collector of New Bedford, tes- tifled to the pursuit and capture of the party. The examination resulted in the discharge of all the party, the evidence falling to sustain the com- Plaint of an attempted violation of the neutrality awe. Another Alleged Cuban Expedition from Mas- sachusetts. Boston, Mass., Sept, 18, 1869. The Boston Daily Advertiser learns from a gentle- man just arrived from Martha’s Vineyard that @ party of Gay Head Indians went off yesterday to a steamer lying about two miles from land, and found her to be an iron-viad war vessel, carrying eighteen steel guns, They fraternized with the steward steamer, and on reaching shore reported tnat she was @ Guban privateer, and that they saw be- tween decks a large body of men—the steward saying there were three hundred. The steward also said her armor plating was four inches thick. A large schooner was iying alongside, the steamer meanwhile throwing off large volumes of smoke, as if to conceal the schooner. The steamer is thought to be of at least 1,500 tons. Detention of a Suspected Schooner at Ma- tanzas. HAVANA, Sept. 18, 1869, The schooner 8, C. Dyer, from New Yoru for Texas, put into the harbor of Matanzas in distress, She was detained by the authorities on suspicion of being a filibustering craft, but has since been re- leased at the intercession of tne American Consul. The “Spanish Victory” at Las Tunas. HAVANA, Sept, 18, 1869, Captain General de Rodas has issued an order changing the name of the town Las Tunas to Victo- ria de Las Tunas, in commemoration of the “recent Spanish victory” over the rebels at that place. Havana Financial and Commercial Markets, Havana, Sept. 17, 1869, Sugars have an advancing tendency. Exchange Grmer, raves tending upward. MEXICO. Movements of Escobedo—Juarez’s New Cabi- net—The Railway from tho City of Mexico to Puebla Complete, Havana, Sept. 17, 1869. The steamship Florida, from Vera Cruz, arrived this morning. She brings dates from the city of Mexico of the 12th inst. General Escobedo had arrjved at the capital. A new lighthouse has been erected at the mouth of the Coatzacoalco river. It is annonnced that a new Cabinet will be formed by Juarez, with Sefior Igiesias as Judge of tne Su- preme Court, Most of the old members will be retained. Of the military conspirators recently tried for trea- son three were sentenced to be shot and six ser- geants sentencea to ten years! imprisonment. The railway from the city of Mexico to Puebla was connie on the 4th, and will soon be in running order. The Eanes of the rebels at Tamaulipas is fully contirmed, The Mexican Congress will commence its sessions shortly at the capital, and tore than a quorum of the members have already arrived. The advices received from all parts of the country represent that there is more tranquillity among the people than bas been known for many years past. Approaching Assembling of Congress—Action of the preme Court—Disturbances at Puebla and Guerrero Feared=Negrete Sup- posed to be in the Capital. Cry oF MExtce, Sept. 10, Via HAVANA, Sept, 17, 1369, The preliminary meeting of Congress was held on the 8th instant. Seflor Montes was Speaker. The Supreme Court has probably reversed the de- cision of the Guerrero State courts taxing tne Pacific steamships, a proceeding which favorably affects the New York and Mexico ling, heretofore taxed at Sisal. A revolution at Puebla ts feared. Asearch has been made in the city for Negrete, who is supposed to have entered the city in dis- guise. Velez, wno arranged the betrayal of Maximillian rey Lopez, bas been appointed Governor of this district. The opposition have become furious of late, owing to the shooting of Lieutenant Van Quez and the two sergeants who conspired to capture the conducta which contained the treasure. Disturbances are anticipated at Guerrero. + Protestantism is making rapid strides. Ii is expected t ex-Governor Baez will be voted out of Congress by the administration majority. fhe villany of the court judges has become so notorious that several of them had been removed, THE NEW DOMINION. Proposed Removal of the Iroquois Indinns— Big Council of the Tribe—The Pecuniary Concessions to Nova Scotia. OTTAWA, Sept. 18, 1869, It 1s stated tnat the Dominion government have made overtures to the Iroquois Indians witha view towards obtatning the consent of the tripe to eml- grfite to the hunting grounds on the banks of the Ottawa river. A meeting of the whole tribe of the Lake o! the Two Mountains Indians will be held Fri- day next to confer with a government agent on the subject. The government offers to compensate the Indians in cash for thelr present lands and to pay ail expenses of transportation, &c, Luw officers of the British government, to whom were referred the question reiative to pecuniary concessions made to Nova Scotia, so warmly dis- cussed in Parilament in Ottawa last session, have decided that the action of the Canadian government im that respect was constitutional and within the meaning of the Confederation act, Reported Defalcation from a Quebec Bank. QuEBEC, Canada, Sept. 18, 1869. P, P. Harris, manager of the Quebec branch of the Montrea! Bank, and @ broker named Sanderson, have absconded, taking with them a largejamount of funds of the bank; reports say $150,000. Suicide at Ningara Falls. CuiFTON Hovss, Ontario, Sept. 18, 1869, About nalf-past ten o'clock this morning a respect- ably dressed young man, name unknown, while standing close to the Falla tn front of Saul Davis’ house, deliberately threw off his coat and jumped over the bank, and was instantly Killed. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONRY MARKRT.—LONDON, Sept, 18—1 P. Consols closed at 02% for money and 92% for American securities closed qui steady, United States five-twenties, 1802, 1865 (01d), 8274; 1867, Sli; ten-fortica 76. Stocl easter. Lrie, 27%; Ulimols, 9434; Atlantic and Great ‘Western, 284. Panis BOURSE.—PaRts, Sept. 18—3:30 P, M.—The Bou better. Rentes, 70f. 02c, FRANKFORT BOURSE.—FRANKFORT, Sept, 18—3:30 P. M.—United Staves five-twenty bonds open at 67 for the issue of 1862. LrvgeRPoor. CoTTON MARKET.—LIVeRPOOL, Sept. 18-1 —The cotton marxet closed irregular. Midditng uplands, 1274, a 13d.; middling Orleans, 135d. 013d. The sales of the day have been 5,000 bales. of which 2,000 Were taken for export and speculation. Havre CoTToN MARKET.—HAVRB, pens 18~6 P, M.—Cotton closed declining both on the spot and afloat. ‘Tres ordinaire, on the spot, 155)4f. per owt; low middlings, afloat, 1641. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, a. 18—1 P. M.—The market for breadstuffs closed TTAVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Sept, 18—1 P. M.—Lard, 75s. per cwh, AVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, Sept, | on af. ae enat peeee 6a. aba, 8d. per owt, ni 5 (DON RERTS.—LONDON, Sept. 18.—Refined petroleum, 1s. 8d. per owt, Fine rosin, 176. per PRTROLEUM MARKAT.—ANTWERP, loum Closed quiet at 66%f for stand account. hw 4) 18.—Petro- white, MISSISSIPPI. Campaign—Judge Dent on the Stump at Corinth—The State Fair. JACKSON, Sept. 18, 1869. A large and enthusiastic meeting of national republicans to ratify the State ucket was held here to-day. Judge Amos R. Johnson was selected chair. man. Speeches were made by Judge Jeffords Colonel McCloy, John F. Harris (colored) and many others. Judge Dent, General Lowry and Thomas Sinclair opened the canvass to-day at Corinth, Their list of appointments extend to election day. ‘The Mississippi State fair will be held at Jackson from the 26th to the 80th of October. The grounds are rapidly being repaired, and there will pe exten- sive Dreparations for visitors and their wares. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. Ex-President Fillmore to Preside at the Open- ing—Suggestions to Delegates. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 18, 1869, Ex-President Millard Fillmore has been appointea ® aelegate to the Commerctal Convention and will attend. He will organize the Convention, having been selected to doso, The delegates will greatly facilitate the labors of the Committee of Arrange- ments by writing to the chairman at once and stating their intention of attending, and giving their address and notice of the interesta which they will represent, Suitable prepares can thus be made for the number coming. Proper credentials should be brought in order that ro diMiculty may arise in determining what delegates have right to seats, OBITUARY. Thomas Graham, M. A., D. C. Ly F. R. 8. Acable despatch from London reports the death in that city of Thomas Graham, the celebrated chemist and Master of the Mint. He was born tn Glasgow, Scotland, on the 2lst of December, 1805— his father being a merchant and manufacturer in that city. Mr. Graham was educated at Glasgow School, and subsequently at the University of Glas- gow, where he graduated, taking the degree of M. A, in 1826. He then moved to Edinburg, but at the end of two years returned to his native place and established ‘a laboratory for the practical study of chemistry, He also lectured at the Mechanics’ Insti- tute, and was elected Andersonian Professor at Glasgow. This office he heid until 1837, when he resigned for the purpose of accepting the Professor- snip of Chemistry in the London University, to which he had been appointed. In 1855 Sir John Herschel retired from the Mastership of the Mint, and Mr. Graham was appointed to fill the vacaucy, holding the position with credit until his death. There has probably been no chemist to ‘ireat Britain of equal ability to Mr. Graham during the past quarter ofa century. His study of the sciences Was completo, and his discoveries and works have been of great scieutific importance to the world. Aig moat remarkable discoveries were the law of tne atfusion of gases, the diffusion of liquids and the new method of separation known as dialysis. For the first named discovery he received the Kieth prize of the Royal Society of Edinburg in 1834, and for the last the Copley medal of tne Koyal Socl- ety in 1862 Of his literary productions the most important and best known 1s ‘Elements of Chem- istry,” which bas been extensively circulated and read in Great Britain and Germany, and 18 also a familiar work to scientific students in the United States and other parts of the world. Mr. Graham was electea a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1836, a corresponding member of the Academy of scieuces of the Institute of France in 1848, ana was created an honorary D. 0. L. by Oxford University in 1355. John Adams. This gentleman, a descendant of President Adams, was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 14th inst at Boston. Disease of the heart 1s said to have been the cause of his death. He was widely Known to the citizens of Massachusetts as business Inanager of an insurance company, and was much esteemed for his integrity of character and for his social and charitable disposition. The remains were interred by the side of his late father and mother in the fam- uy ourial ground on the old Adams homestead. Rev. Benjamin Darr. Rev. Benjamin Darr, D. D., rector of Christ church in Philadelphia, died yesteraay morning in German- town, after a lingering illness, terminating in conges- tion of the brain. He was aged seventy-three, and Was greatly esteemed by all who knew him, THE BOOK TRADE SALE. ‘rnere was no diminution yesterday in the attend- ance at the third day’s trade sale of books, at Ciln- ton Hall, by Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co. With the closing day of the week, if anything, the bidding was more spirited than on the previous days, and tne prices equally satisfactory. Yesterday's sale included the invoices of Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger; G. & C. Merriam, W. Radde, W. 1. Pooley, Clark & Maynard, Collins Brothers, Claremont Manufacturing Company, Newcomb & Co, W. Gowans and D. Ashmead. Among the items in tne day's sale were 200 Byrons; 20 Compre- hensive Commentary, 6 vols,; 300 vols. Gibbon's Rome, 6 Vols.; 300 vols. Hume’s England, 6 vols.; 250 Shakespeare; 100 quarto Biples; 600 small Bibles, assorted styies; 1,800 Prayer Books, 48mo, 82mo, 1smo, 16mo. assorted styles; 50 Webster's Un- abridged; 800 vols. Homaopathic books; 400 octavo Poet cloth, sheep and antique; 100 Willis’ Poems; 100 sets Jonas and Lucy Books and 1,000 Testaments, The following were the principal prices:—Eight Browneli Family Prayer Book, 8vo., cloth, $1 60; Burns’ Poetical Works, 16mo., green and gold, $1 25; Moore’s Lite of Byron, 8vo., Sheep, $1 60; Byron's Works, 8vo., library style, $1 50; do., cloth, $140; do., extra cloth, $150; do., royal 8vo., full Turkey antique, gilt edges, illus- trated, $4 25; 100 Byron, globe edition, paper, 224¢¢.; do., cloth, 60c,; do., super Turkey antique, $1 50; 26 Dryden's Virgil, new edition, 1 vol, 16mo., green and goid, 42%c.; 10 Dicks’ Works, cloth, 9vc.; do. half calf, extra gilt, mar- ble edge, $1 75; Dickens’ Works, uniform English edition, crown Svo., 17 vols, half Turkey, 95c.; 20 Ecce Deus Homo, 12mo., extra cloth, 60c.; sop’s Fabies, 17mo., cloth, git, 30e.; 20 Tilton’s True Church, cioth, $1 10; Jonas and Lucy books, by Jacob Abbott, 600 vols., 42}¢c. per Vol.; Pepys Diary, 4 vols. $340 a set; Shakespeare, 1 vot., $4 624, per Vol.; Globe edition same, 6oc. per vol.; Stow’s City Architectuze, $3 75 per vol. Webster's octavo Dictionary, $5 12) per wol.; Wood's Practice of Medicine, 2 vols, $550 per set; quarto Bibles, ranging from $2 75 to $13 50 per vol.; G@ & C. Merriam’s unabridged edition of Webster's Dictionary, $9 to $165 per vol.; Sargent’s Readers, from 13c. to 80c. per vol.; Boston edition of the Poets, including Shakspeare, Byron, Moore, Milton, Cooper, Burns, &c., cloth, $1 55; sheep, $2, and Turkey, $6 per vol.; Gibbon’s Rome, cioth, 6 vols., $5 40 per voi.; half calf, $2 12 per vol.; Hume's England, 6 vols, 90c. pergvol.; Willis’ Poems, cloth, $3 37; Turkey, $€ per Vol.; same, blue gold, 90c, per vol. THE LABOR MOVEMENT. A New StrikeThe Paper Stainers “Out.” The paper stainers met last evening in Peari street, and after receiving $149, the amount of an assessment on those men who had worked last week, debated on striking for an advance of fifteen per cent on current wages, which in the busy season average nineteen doliars per week. On a resolution the following shops were ordered on strike to-mor- row:—R. Graves’, Brooklyn; Jefferson & Co.'s. New York; Beck' i" reet; Decker's, Thirty- third street. Campbell & Co.'s, Forty-second street; Runyon's, Fiftieth street; Christie's, Twenty-third street, and Bartholomew's, Forty-seventh street. Non-soctety men striking will oe supported as so- clety men. The Custom Tailors. A mass meeting on organization by this trade was heid last evening at No, 10 Stanton street, Several new shops were organized and price bills regulated to the Union scale. The better class of journeymen tailors 18 now well paid and will assist the poorer paid shops now organizing tn obtaining the advanced rate of wages in the new bills. A strike 19 inevitable, but the strikers have the advantage of a strong union to back them. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. Governor Haight, of California, arrived at Omaha on Friday, en route to the East. Biaque Sey, the Turkish Minister, passed through Richmond yesterday morning for Washington. Two cars laden with merchandise were burned esterday at Hamilton station, on the Corning and hester division of the Erie Railway. The track was obstructed severai hours. ‘The stables of the Missour! Street Raliroad Com- pany tn St. Louis were burned yesterday morning, and from twelve to fifteen horses and mules perished in the fames. The loss ts about $10,000, Insured. Pat Wildick, confined at Portage City, Wis., for robbery, was taken from the jail on’ Fri @ party of masked persons bun, This makes two murders and two lyn und cast ‘Within the past week in that village and vicinity, The Kentucky State Fair at Louisville closed yes- jay, after @ successful run of five d The receipts at the gate amounted to Pare nd the attendance numbered nearly 46,000, The stock ex- — ‘was the finest ever seen at any previous tr. An accident occurred to the night train from Charleston on the South Carolina Iroad before tree had fallen ‘amp, and the WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 1869. The Shureman Case. In the Criminal Court to-day tne trial of Shure- map, on & charge of abstracting unsigned notes from the Treasury, was continued. Witnesses examined asexperts testified to the similarity between tho writing of the signatures and the handwriting of the accused. At this point the defence moved for a dis- charge on theground that the indictment was defec- tive. After argument the Court announced that he would render his decision’on the motion on Monday. “Time is Money” in the Treasury Department. The time tables, upon which each clerk in the Treagury Department will be required to keep faithful record of the time of his arrival at the office and departure therefrom—the time lost, with or without permission, &c.—have been cireulated throughout the Department. Bounty Claims in the Freedmen’s Bureau. It is satd there is quite a jively time at the War Department concerning claim agents and fraudulent bounties before the Freedmen’s Bureau. Some half dozen of these claim agent have been suspended from prosecuting claims before the Bureau, They made complaint to the Secretary of War about the matter and he has referred them to the Attorney General for an opinion. Fractional Currency Statement for the Week. The receipts of fractional currency for the week ending to-day amount to $691,200. SHIPMENTS FOR THR WEEK. To the Assistant Treasurer at New York .. $50,000 ‘To the Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia, 20,000 ‘Yo the United States Depository at Cincin- MOMS Ss seisss05 seescadecs. vassen necee 10,000 To the United States Depository at Baiti- ‘sana Be age SRR DR Rr soto e Uni tates Depository at Chicago, Tonational banks..:.- seeeeseees ses. 623,764 ‘The Treasurer holds as security for circu- lating national bank notes. 842,500,000 And for public deposits... pes 19,518,000 Mutilated bank notes burnéd during the WOOK... 00s. . sees “ 180,500 Total amount burned. 16,196,244 Bank currency tssued for bills destroyea during the Week.......... 124,300 Total amount issued therefor. 15,970,855 Bank circulation outstanding. 299,710,130 Fractional currency redeemed during the Return of Secretary Boutweil and Departure of His Assistant. Secretary Boutwell arrived and was at the depart- ment this morning transacting business, Assistant Secretary Richardson will leave Wash- ington to-night, to be absent two or three weeks. MOVEMENTS OF TRE PRESID:! President Grant Assisting at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Town Hall at Washington, Pa.—His Departure for the National Capital Delayed Until Wednesday Next. WASHINGTON, Pa., Sept. 18, 1869. Chief Burgess yohn D, Boyle having yesterday addressed @ letter to the President of the United States requesting him to participate in the laying of the corner stone of the Town Hall tn tnis borough to-day, this morning received a reply, of which the following is an extract:— It will afford me pleasure to comply with the request, because your county and city were named im express honor of the Father of Our Country, whose name is revered by every American citizen who loves his country. At the appointed hour, half-past two o'clock, the President, accompanied by Genera! Porter and Chief Burgess Boyle, arrived on the ground, and the cere- monies immediately commenced. After a prayer and an oration by Mr. Patterson, the President placed the tin box containing the memorials in the place prepared for it. After these ceremonies the Presi- dent repaired to the court room and received the town people. He was supported on one side by Mr. Ewing, ex-Member of Congress, a republican, and on the other by Mayor Hopkins, a democrat, About 400 persons were presented—a iarge crowd for so small a place. The President has determined to delay bis depar- ture from here until pext Wednesday morning. NEW YORK AND THE WORLD. Salling of Steamships Yesterday—The Cos- mopolitan Character of This Port. The list of steamships which arrive and sali from this port aimost dally prove better than anything else not only the metropolitan, but the cosmopolitan character of New York. There ts hafdly a day in the week that it is not the duty of tne HERALD to an- nounce either the arrival or departure of a number of steamships, freighted witn passengers and mer- chandise, coming from or bound to ali parts of the world. No other city on_ this Continent can claim the same pre-eminence, and no other city in the world, except one or two in Europe, stands as prominent in the world’s trade, Whatever of strenuous efforts other cities on the American Continent may make to establish steamship lines to Europe and other ports, their success 1s temporary only. The artificial means to create trade never succeed, for the natural sup- port is wauting. Not so in New York. Here trade centres from all points of the compass. It is not necessary to call for subscriptions by citizens, nor to petition the government for large subsidies from the public treasury. The enterprising steamship companies know this to be the only legitimate out- let of the foreign trade of the United States, and hence, without any especial nursing, the steam com- munication of New xork with ali the prominent ports of the civilized worid ts steadily extending and Increasing, Take the list for yesterday as a sample, ‘There salied from this port :— For Liverpoo! and Queenstown the steamers Vir- ginta, Captain Forbes, of the National line, and the Vity of Antwerp, of the Inman jine, For Glasgow and Londonderry the steamship Europa, of the Anchor line. For brest and Havre, the steamer St. Laurent, Captain Lemarie, of the Compaguie Géaérale Trans- atiantique. For Gaiveston, Texas, the steamer Ariadne, Cap- tain Eldiidge. For New Orleans, La., the steamships De Soto, Captain Norton, o1 the Old line; the George Wash- ington, Captain Gager, of the Cromwell line, and the ton Meade, Captain Simpson, of the Merchants’ ine. ror Fernandina, Fia., the steamer Mercedita, Uap- ne Starkey, of the Florida Ratlroad Company's ine. For Charleston, S. C., the Manhattan, Captain Woodhall, of the New York and Charleston sieam- ship Company. For Norfolk, City Point and Richmond, Va., the Old Dominton Steamship Company despatched yes- terday one of their vesseis from this port. Considering the other lines of steainships to Ham- burg, Bremen Copenhagen and Stettin; to Kio Janeiro, Havana; to Aspinwall and Panama, and connecting there with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's line to Yokohama, Shanghae and Hong Kong, which leave here on other days in the week, it 1s not exaggerating to say that New York is a city of cosmopolitan importance. ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE G Sudden Death—Suspicious Circumstances of the Affair. Late yesterday afternoon information was received at the Coroners’ Oftice that a woman of intemperate and dissolute habits, known only as “Scotch Kate,’ had been‘lying dead in the basement of premises No, 20 Grand street nearly twenty-tour nours, On making inquiries concerning the matter, it appears that Kate bad entered the piace in question much under the influence of liquor, and soon became quite tasensible. Dr. Brown, of Sullivan sireet, was calied, and believing the woman to be suffering from nothing except oOver-induigence in liquid aad administered to counteract ita effect, She, jowever, grew Worse and died soon afterward. ‘The man, known only a8 “John,” in whose place the death occurred, tor some cause declined givin; information to the police, who eventually h it through another source. In addition to ti @ rumor has circulated that there were marks of vio- lence on the wrists and ankles of aeceased, as thouga they had been tied with cords, which directed sus- picion against John, consequentiy he was escorted to the Prince street police stauion. Dr. Brown, thinking it a ciear case of alcoholism, gave a certificate to that effect, and the remains were removed to the Morgue, where Coroner Schirmer will hold an tnvestigation. Dr, Cushman, deputy coroner, will make a post mortem examina- tion on the body and thus determine the reai cause of death, aged has lc woman and the most depraved of her sex. means of support. THE RAILROAD FREIGHT BUSINESS, The railroad tines south of Louisville, Ky., espe- cially those running to Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans and Mobile, are all blockaded with freight, and the agents of different lines in New York are, in consequence, refusing to give rates or re- cepts to (ae Slt Louisville, This blockade does not int with ot nger business. The meeting of railroad men held in thie city in the early part of last week on the subject of wo: rates of freight resulted im gothing. ong been known to the | police of the Eighth precinct as an abandoned | Deceased | 1 not known to have had any permanent home or | THE AVONDALE CALAMITY. Subscriptions Received at the Herald Office Yesterday. The following subscriptions in aid of the Avondale suferers were received at the HERALD office yester- Gay.— ON THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. New York, Sept. 18, 1369. To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— Enciosed please find $1,176, as per enclosed list, from the merchants of White street. JOSENH BERNHARD, « WM. J, PEAKE, We, the undersigned, merchants of White street, respectfully subscribe the amount set opposite our names in behaif of the families and suf- erers by the late calamity at Avondale, Pa.:— 35 bf 2 F} % % 3 é E 8 50 Gricaman Bros. & iit: 5,0. Prebie #6 50 2s Henry Titany & 80 Fs Hirakbind, Adi 5 er % is % 10 Total... oe 81,175 ONE HUNDRBD AND SIXTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY- FIVE CENTS. The following subscriptions are from the officers, and employes of the eastern division of the Central Park, North and East River Ratlroad, Thirty-sixta street and First avenue:— George Terry. 85 00 Joseph Clark C} Chares Holl. 500 James Maui uel Grayson. 500 Mellon Doe. Wiliam Burns. Wiliam Coleman. Frederick Plait. John McSheny: George Thomas Baker. Joho Devine. Lew Banks... .. George Wiison. Daniel Hoey. Charies H. c ¥ Wilsic Golden. Patrick Mu Norman Decker, Kl Charles N. Premiss.. Michael McMahon. George Hillard. Christie Eisus. Dewitt C. Henry Rath... Wililam MeDonoid Jobn Blob John Simp: John Shieid George Hurley. Charles Woods. Michael McCauley. et rnp pe tp tt tt lt tl SPSSSSSLELSLSSS SSS esses SSSeslSSs LESSSESSESESESSESESSSSSESSESESESS George Store; John Mahon: wi I. Patrick Cassalo. James Scofield. James Don William MeCabe Richard Coulter. Charles Mink... William Fleming. Martin Gauley. Bl ees a a pp tt tp tp tt tt ttt pp EME ZESSSESESSSSSSESESS SESS SESESESTESSSSSSSSESSSSESSSSESSSSSESESSESELSS: ee Home 100 100 = Total...... OMB HUNDRED DOLLARS. OFFICE OF P. LORILLARD, | Nos. 16, 18 and 20 CHAMBERS STREET, Naw YORK, Sept. 18, 1869. To THE EpITOR OF THE HERALD>— Please receive my check for $100 enclosed, for the relief of the families Of the sufferers by the disaster at Avondale mine. P. LORILLARD. RIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS. METROPOLITAN POLICE DisTRICT, Precinct No. 14, New Yor, Sept. 18, 1869, } To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— Enclosed please find the sum of,eighty-two dollars, subscribed by the members of the Fourteenth pre- cinct police, in aid of the sufferera made by the late Avondale coal mine disaster. PHILIP M. GRIFFITH, Sergeant. aries V. Mut Edward Walsh. Philip M, Grif Samuel W. Christie., Thomas Maber, No. John Cunningbat Shea. . William H. Campbell. Jobn Ferr: Orlando Wildey.... Thomas Maher, William Sutton. 8. B. Walmaley. Peter M. Henchy. Lawrence Burke Alexander B. Warts. ‘Toual... TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CRNTS. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Please forward the enclosed twenty-two dollars and fifty cents for the relief of the bereaved ones of the Avondale calamity, contributed by employés of the Berlin & Jones Envelope Company, 134 William street:— toto ROH RO et ee Pt tt ps 8 BB eiaieteteisiaintetetsiemetetea eee ee Annie Maroony. $1 00 Ellen Buckley. 81 00 Hannah Sullivat 00 Daniel Sulliva 100 Ida Tuells. .. 100 Wm. Miils.. 100 aggle Lennon, 10) John Burke. : 100 Henriotta Morai 100 Jobn Murphy. ° 80 lm Ford, 100 Wm. McCalfrey. +100 Mary Stege 100 Bridget M 100 Eliza Bake 10 100 Kate Skelly. 100 K 100 Mary Gunioi 100 O'Donnell. 10 Ella Hoge. 100 F,0.P. £100 Maggie Skeli 100 Peicied Total... TW! To THe EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— Enclosed piease find check for twenty-five dollars, for the Avondale sufferers, from the Hudsoa Lodge, No. 71, F. aud A. M., Hoboken. TWELVE DOLLARS, To THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Herewith piease find check for twelve doilars more contributed as follows: Miss C, M. Mitchell U. P. Kremer.. ‘Total... csv Gers —for the widows and orphans of the Avon mine disaster. Every little helps. WM. F. 1 Superintendent of tue Moitat TEN DOLLARS. To THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— Please accept ten dollars—a small contribution— for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the Avondale disaster, GOUD INVESTMENNT. FIVE DOLLARS. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Please remit this to the Avondale sufferers—five dollars, TT, Est FIVE DOLLARS. HOME FOR INCURABLES, West Farms, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1869, To THE EpiToR oF THE HERALD:— Piease find enclosed five dollars for the sufferers of the tate fire at the Avondale mine, collected by a PATIENT. ONE DOLLAR, Newark, N, J., Sept. 16, 1869, To THe Epivor OF THE HERALD:— Piease accept the small sum of one dollar for the widows and orphans of the Avondale oe disaster. ONE DOLLAR. To THE EpITor OF THE HERALD:— Enclosed please receive one dollar for the Avon- dale sufferers. H.W. ONE DOLLAR. To THE EDITOR OF THR’HERALD:— Please accept the enclosed dollar for the widows and orphansof Avondales mine,from a poor CUBAN EXILE. The following subscriptions were also received at the HeRaLp office yesterday:— George R. Jackson, Burnett & Co. Ives, Boocher & Col. cecse cs seaee ° Employes of Benham & Stouienborough John Smith. Subscriptions Received at The following additional subscriptions have been received for the Avondate fund:— Amount previounly a Mrs. Biiaa Ano Hi Fn Lag pote righ Jatnee J, Garey, 0 ie: hrowgh W. & Whitmore, of Mayor's ones. Through W. A. Crolius, of Mayor's ofl Action of the Ratlroad Mon tn This City. Anumber of gentlemen connected with railroad oM.oce apwenmpied &t the Agios Youse yestorday, pur- tv suant toa former adjouroment, and paid in their subseriptions to the Avondale fund to their Tréa- surer, Mr. J. S. Soaseler, who angounced that the sum of $700 had been received. The total amount collected by the railroad employés will reach $2,000, but tt will not be ali paid in before Saturday next, when it will be forwarded for the relief of the suder- ers by the Avondale calamity, Subscriptions in Jersey City and Newark. ‘The amount subscribed by two thirds of the em- Ployés of the New Jersey Railroad Company to the Avondale fund ts $1,139 44. Every man, even the Poorest laborer, generously subscribed one day’s . When the collection is complete the amount m this railroad will reach nearly $2,000. At noon yesterday the subscription istfor the Avondale sufferers in Newark was closed at the Mayor's oMce, The total amount foots up $743 45. YACHTING NOTES. The regatta for the champion pennants of the Atlantic Yacht Olub will, aoubtless, be one of the most interesting events of this season, considering the brilliant exhibitions which have nitherto marked both the annual cruises and the other contests neld under the auspices of the club, The following regu- lations, adopted by a committee appointed at. a special meeting of the club, are to be observed, viz:—Yachts of the feet sailing in the regatta shall be classified as in the annual regatta as follows:—Schooners, first class sloops, se0- ond cabin sloops, third class cabin sloops and open boats, and shall satl subject to the regatta and sailing regulations of the club, with no allowance. The course for schooners and first class sloops shall be from a atakeboat off Hunt's dock around Southwest Spit, to and arownd the lightship, passing same from east to west, and re- turning over same course. For the second and: third class sloops the course will ve from @ stakeboat off Hunt’s dock around Southwest Spit, to and around the outer bar or Gedney Channel ouoy and returning over same course; while the open boats will proceed from Hunt’s dock around Southwest Spit and return. All the yachts of each class must pass the West Bank buoys Nos, 11, 13 and 15 to the eastward both going and returning. As already mentioned, the race will take place on Wednesday, the 29th day of September, unless post- poned by the judges on account of the weather; and the yachts will be anchored in their respective classes, in lines fifty yards apart; echooners in ad- vance and sloops in the rear, in order of clasaitica- tion. All yachts of the fleet intending to sali in the regatta will be. in-line promptly at nine o'clock A. M. The signal to start will be given by the judges on the steamers, and will sbe—first whistle, to pre- pare to get under way; and five minutes thereafter second whistle, start. All yachts shall weigh anchor at starting, except the open boats, and throughout the race (carry the club signal at the mast head and private signal beneath. The winning vessel of each class must make the race within seven hours. The winning vessel of each class shall be entitled to carry the champion pennants, unchallenged, for the remainder of the season. The judges on the occa- sion will be Messrs. William McMonies, William UH. Dougias and H, Herbert ayers A most interesting affair {s expected, and not the least excitimg will the great contest between the Gracie (Commodore Voorhis) and the Madeline (Mr. Jacob Voorhis, Jr.), a8 nota little rivairy exists be- tween those famous sloop yachts. Another closely contested struggle may be looked for between the Lois and the Mystic, and altogether the regatta pro- mises to be one of the moa: entertaining yachuog events of the season. Died. JuRKINGTON.—On Saturday, September 13, Magar JURKINGTON, daughter of the late David Jurkington, of Knocknashane, county Armagh, Ireland, in the 14th year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, from the residence of her broiher-in-law, John Cohnor, 138 Smith street, Brooklyn. Belffast and Lurgan (Ireland) papers piease copy. (For other Deaths see Eighth Page.) America.—Restorer Americi Tho greatest discovery of this great century for Restoring the Original Color of the Hair of alt sexes andconditions, Precipitates no sediment. PURUS ET LIMPIDUS as the Sun distilled dew of heaven, Weare permitted. to refer to bankers, brokers, merchants and others who have used {t the ear and who. pronounce it PREEMINENTLY SUPE- Rok To EVERY OTHER EVER OFFERED to this com- J. J. O'BRIEN. Depot 203 East munity. Preps by Dr. Thirtieth street. 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