The New York Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1869, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, VROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic @espatehes be addressed New York Her must Lp. ers and packages should be properly wea) Rejected communications will not be re- turned HOUSE, ¢ ns C Eighty avenue and GRAND OFRRS EST aer ot Md ateeet. Cua y WAVERLEY THEATR! Vaurrty ENTERTAINME BOOTIVS THEATE: ary Watnrn. Broadwar.—A GRAND . between Sth and 6th ava.— OLYMPIC THEATRE, Bronaway.-Tux Streers ov Naw York. rifvh avenue and Twenty- RE, uk WOULD AND Sur WouLD Nor, FRENCH THEATRE, Mth st, and 6th av.—Geaman Ovrza—Marins. RIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosaway.—Tue DaaAMa oF Base Lyyve. WOOD'S MUSEUM CURIOSITIES, Broadway, corner Thirtiowh at.—Matines daily. Performance every evening. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—CLaupk Duvat—Ro- Brrr V. JAQurs. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and tb street, — ATE, THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth strect.—Rowinson Cac- Qor—HANKY-PANKY, ke MRS. F. B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Rrooklya,— FF, on, Beanven. STEINWAY HALL, Fo COND LECTURR, TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUS: Vouatem, NEGLO MINSTRELSY, %1 Bowery.—Comto THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Comto Vooai- sw, NRauo Acts, &e. BRYANTS’ OPERA HOUSE, Tammany Butlding, Mth @t.—BuYAN1s' MINSTRELS—N#UKO ECCENTRICITIES, &O. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS, 585 Broaiway.—Erm1o- PIAN MINSTRELSY, NEGRO Acts, &c. NEW YORK CIRCUS, Fourteenth street.—EQursTaian AND GYMNABTIC PRRFOR: ko. AMERICAN INSTITUTE GRAND EXHIBITION, Empire Skating Rimk, 3d av. and 63d st. Open day and eveuing. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Hoourr’s MINSTRELS—UNDER THE LAMP 17. FRENCH’S ORIENTAL CIRCUS, Brooklyn.—Equrs- ERIANISM, GYMNASTICS, &C NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— BOIRNOE AND ART. LADIES’ NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 61814 Broadway.—FEMALES ONLY (N ATTENDANCE. ; = New York, Thursday, October 28, 1869. i. ‘TO ADVERTISER Ss. Incrensing Circulation of the Herald, We are agai hand in their advertise as possible. constrained to ask advertisers to ents- at as early an hour Oxr immense and constantly increasing editions fompel sapable of printing seventy thousand copies an us, notwithstanding our presses are hour, to put our forms to press much earlier than asnal, and to facilitate the work we are forced to stop the classifications of advertisements at nine o'clock P.M. THA NEWS. Curepe. e dared Qcto! Paris remarued theatre ‘Tues piegne ts anticipated, the Sultan in Cor Auras tot on Tnestay. Our special co ujoy a ve astantino te Court of Grea rrespondeace Europe embraces Varied and most useiul details of our cable tele- grams trocn various points of tue Old World to the 16th of October. Turkey. Paris telegrams re that a widespread con- Spiracy agaist the Larkish raiment has been aise and that aciais in Albania and Herze were Fevoiutionists in Dalua Joseph with tor the the aat-sustrian . miperor Vrancls 1 in unison wih the Suttan movements, tis sata hat Cuba. eb ttor Chalienged the editor of the /rensa to a duel, but the ‘The Ceba ‘n Havana bas Matter haa refused ¢ Miacellaneo The Presitent has orlere. mun cations forwarded t attention wi issued a notic Blate Lepartment President Gr Senator 1 sonaily vublican © Aad intim departnents, or no retary Fish has st abroad in the recentiy with was per Alcorn, the re- jovernor in Mississippi, and Dentt admin jon necr party, of which the success Jutge It 1s est gina, that the rev this yoar from the sa The Const Pp nt vat State » than the income in Peru was reec which the the Gr have ma¢ charging th mea within tavee moa win horses. The presen Cox, Bla the British possessions y have Died with ammunition and arms. The ask protection of te general governine Chief Jusitee Chase decided yesterday that the Supreme Court would bear a motion for a writ of habeas corpus ta the Yerger wheneve chose to make 1 Colonel Frey was not 7 mati¢ ave: aa hour. 4 Territory, M ata ndians, n with 1 aw aa number retary say that these orthward into Grand ito report families sup oury , the Péruvian Minister at Washing- pt the lact state dinner given by Socrotary Fish, and it to the L has been rumored that troable was pending In con- sequecace Such is not the ense, however, Tae diplomats are dined by the Secretary in squads, and Colonel Freyre probably did not belong to the last viy arriving in Washington, sis fair to be one of unusual gayoty. The statement that Minis: rw burne had asked sin Faris is denied by Secreta A genera! breaking up of part is threat. ened in North Carolina, it ts said that the Holden party te wecretiy conniving at a repudiation of the Siate debt. The § ary of the T ary has a project in hand for collecting from ministers, con and commer- cial agents, who rebeliea at war (or their bondsinea), certaia which he has discovered a A riot occurred at ning of the ttle balan on Tuesday | now “unterrified” | the prospect? YORK HERA ' NEW ight, between the aoidiers and negroes, which 1aated for Uhree hours and resuited in the wounding of ove man on each side, The civil authorities made no arrests, A high wind prevaiied on Lake Ontario on Tues- day aight, and three vessels are reported ashore near Oswego. acai The City. No successor to General Butterfield has yet been Appointed, and the General is still carrying on the business at the Sub-Treasury as usual, In the Board of Health yesterday a long report rejutive to the ventilation of theatres was filed, Mr. Buss reported that one Mr. A. Sanders had attempted to bribe hun with ten dovars to take certain action relative to repairs on certain houses, A carman and two junk dealers were arrested yesterday charged with stealing twelve bales of cotton which the carman was commissioned to de- jiver from No, 102 North Moore street to the Bremen steainamip, but which, it 13 claimed, he delivered tn- stead Lo the junk dealer, carrying to the steamship twelve bales of waste paper and rags asa sudsti- tate. A party of four men drove up toa rectifying e3- tablishment (wader seizure)ton Nevins street, Brook- lyp, yesterday morning about eleven o'clock, throt- wed the watchman and drove off with a load of Whiskey unnoticed, although a policeman was stand- ing a fow yards from the door and the people were passing continually. A fire occurred ai the corner of Fulton and Dutch streets early yesterday morning Involving & loss of about $200,000. Tae spire of tho old Dutch church wus destroyed. Three alleged panel thieves, Mort Allen, of St. Ber- nard’s Hotel, being one of them, were arrested yea- terday charged with robbing a atranger of $530 ata panel house on Howard street. The North German Lioyd’s steamship Hansa, Cap- Brickenstein, will saul from Hoboken at two P. M. to-day for Southampton and Bremen. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Oitce at twelve M. The steamer Fah-Kee, Captain Steele, will leave pier 21 North river at three P. M, to-day for Ber- muda, . The steamship Eagle, Captain Greene, will sail from pier No, 4 North river, at three P. M, to-day for Havana. ‘The stock market yesterday was extremely dull and becama heavy after the boards. Goid decitned 10 1297. Prominent Arrivals in the City. Captain Henry ©. Davis, of Philadelphia; Dr. Joun Hall and Judge G. Johnson, of Boston; Colonel W.E. Parker, of Bangor, Me.; Colonel J. S. Hamell ana F. A. Walker, of Washington; Major W. W. Taylor, of Baltimore, and Colonel W. 3, Clemens, of Ohio, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Professor Benjamin Pierce, of the Coast Survey, and Judge Clinch, of Georgia, are at the Brevoort House, fe Ex-Governor Gibbs, of New Jersey; J, Caldwell and C, W. Huntington, of Boston, are at the New York Hotel. Colonel J, Shaw, General L. B. Frease and Captain W. W. Douglas, of Providence; T, Swinyard, of Canada; Colonel C. P. Wilcox, of Kentucky; R.S. Hale, of Vermont, and General F. J. Hartranft, of Philadelphia, are at the Hofman House. Jose Rosa Perez, of Nicaragua; Major Calhoun and W. J. Hortsman, of Philadelphia, are at the Everett. House, General A. J. Meyers, of the United States Army, and J. W. Bentley, of New London, are at the Glen- ham Hotel. Colouct Cox, of Mobile; Major General Robinson, of the United Siates Army; M. Cortright, of Penn. sytvania, and Benjamin O'Fallon, of St. Louis, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Co.onel W. 1. Hayward and C. FP, Hatch, of Oleve- land; W. W, Suitth, of Washington, Pa.; Thomas Ickson, Of Scranton, and Thomas A, Scott, of Philadelphia, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Prominent Departures. General Garfield, for Washington; Dr. Hunter, for Boston; Colonel Halsey, for Cleveland; Chancellor Farnsworth, for Mtchi , and G. Wiggins, for Den- ver City; Bishop Conroy, of Albany, and Bishop Sweeny, of St. Join, N. B., in the steamship Java, on their way to Rome, Our Approaching Sinte Election—The Main Issno and the Prospect on Sigel and Lagor. As a citizen proud of the dignity of his State remarked to a witness on Andy John- son's impeachment trial, *‘Remember, now, the eyes of Delaware are upon you," 80 Greeley, in sounding ‘the long roll," calls aloud, “Re- publicans of the Empire State, the eyes of the Union are upon you. You can rescue this grand Commonweslth from the fraudulent clutch of her spoilers, if you resolutely will,” h, being interpreted, means that the State last year, on the largest vote ever polled by either party, was carried for Seymour by ten thousand and for Hoifman by nearly twenty- eightthousind majority. Allowing for trading in last yeir’s vote, the real majority of the democrats in the State poll may be set down at about fifteen thousand. This, then, is the majority which the repub- licans this year will have to overcome, afd they are laboring with the hope of overcoming it. They are encouraged by the late results In Pennsylvania and Ohio, although on a short poll these results show a heavier falling off in the republican than in the democratic vote. But the main reliance of the republicans here is in the expected reduction of the tremendous democratic majorities of this city and Brookiyn cast last November. These two cities, as com- pared with the State, on the vote for Governor came out a3 follows :— Majority. New York city 2 New York city , If 69,150 New York and Brooklyn majority ...... “ 93,699 ote on both sides of these vote of the State was as fol- (342,028 c ican majority peer peracy, therefore, » strength of the dem With them this party wo cities the State; without them are in a minority of sixty-five thousand, With reduction last year's democratic majority in this city to the extent live thousand, and,a reduction of sand in Brooklyn, and no foss to the 8 outside, they will recover the te, which they hope to do, But what is On the aggregate vote the it, from present appearances, may be con- *rod doubtful, because the real fight is for he Legislature, and tho streagth of the Legis: lature is in the rural districts, where lies the strength of the The unparalleled efforts of the democrats last November to poll in this metropolitan ¢ to carry the il repeated this year, because they are not wanted. It is possible, then, that in this city and Brooklyn together the democratic majority may fall twenty or even thirty thousand short of Hoff- man’s, considering the transfer of the fight to holds the of of twenty- five the ropubli publicans, t majorities anfiicient State not be the rural districts, the fusion of the republican | factions in these two cities and the disturbing local forces operating against the democracy. The workingmen's unions alone of these two cities can turn the scale on the State tieket just as they may choose to go, and they have an opportunity in this election for @ coup d'état hedging. Leaving, then, the workingmen’s unions out of the estimate, what are the issues upon which this election will be determined ? They are, first, negro suffrage, as embodied in the new State constitution and in the fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution ; secondly, the national administration and its policy on the money question; thirdly, the liquor question, which is the main issue; and lastly, the State Legislature, which involves the contingency of a reconstruction of the whole government machinery of this island, inchiding all the commissions acting inde- pendently of the Mayor and the Common Council. On negro suffrage, General Grant and the national debt the results in Pennsylvania and Ohio show that, substantially, the republicans will hold their ground of last November. In this city and throughout the State the federal patronage turned over to the republican party will be something gained in the machinery of electioneering. Last year, under Johnson, it was all for Seymour. But the weak point with the republicans is the liquor question, and in the ticket embracing Sigel and Greeley we find this weak point in the compromise adopted between prohibition and lager beer. Greeley goes for Sigel and prohibilion; Sigel goes for Greeley and lager beer. The ultra temperance people turn up their dainty noses at Sigel and say we can’t vote this ticket of free lager and this platform of German Sunday carousals in their beer gardens, while the free-liquor republicans say we can’t swallow Greeley and his temperance crotchels. Great tribulation ia betrayed by Greeley over the fuss made against this innocent experiment of mixing a little lager with his Croton; and well may he be excited, for the temperance fanatics give signs of a general bolt, We are, therefore, inclined to the conclusion that, in view of this republican difficulty touch-- ing Sigel and Greeley on the lager beer ques- tion, the prospect for next Tuesday’s election is still decidedly in favor of the democracy. They have the liquor dealers, en masse, on their side, and they are not troubled with these temperance Puritans, New York City Newspapers. The table of gross receipts from the sale of newspapers in this city during the past twelve months which we published yesterday speaks wonders for the influence of metropolitan jour- nalism, That table shows that an aggregate of six million dollars’ worth of cily news- papers were sold in that time. It must be observed that in this sum the receipts from advertising are not included, with one excep- tion, perhaps—the second on the lisi—but simply the money received for the sale of. papers alone, This fact will give some idea of how much the whole country is indebted to the New York press for news, for thoughts, for ideas, and for opinions upon all public ques- tions, Indeed, the eplerprise of the metro- politan newspapers is the source from which the press of the entire country draws its vitality. Thus, apart from the news directly furnished to its outside readers by the metro- politan press, the public are indebted to it for a vast amount of indirect intelligence. It could not be very readily calculated with accu- racy how many sheets issued from the differ- ent presses this six million dollars covers in the year, because it is difficult to strike an average of the price of each paper—some of the dailies selling for one and two cents, some for four ceats, and many of the weeklies for ‘eight and ten cents a copy—but the total number must amount to about two hnndred million copies a year. One can hardly realize the effect of this printed propagandism. But after all it is but in keeping with the advance spirit of the age. Newspapers are now almost a8 much a necessity to the community as rail- roads, telesraphs, Croton water, gas and all the other appliances by which the world main- tains its claim to an advancing civilization. In fact, the newspaper stands in the foremost : “4. ¢ 6.6 = rank of “modern improvements. In the table referred to the Heratp is, of course, first. It is there stated that the Heracp receipts for the sale of its issue alone for the past year were $810,327. The adver- tising income is, of course, not included. The returns for the quarter ending September 30 | show an increase over’ those of the quarter ending June 30 in the sales of this journal, while there has been @ decrease in the sale of all the leading dailies, and nearly all the week~ lies, for the same period. There is nothing remarkable in this; for all the world knows that the ierarp keeps ahead of all its contem- poraries ia circulation as well as in liberal en- terprise. This little array of figures, furnished by the Internal Revenue Assessor's Depart- ment, shadows forth with remarkable distinct- ness and suggestive thought the vast influence which the New York city papers must exercise upon society throughout the entire country. Watt Srrert.—An unusual stillness has fallen npon the trotivirs of the Btock Exchange. The brokers listlessly gaze at each other, but “orders” are few and far between. The Gold Room is barely alive, despite the liquidation of claims by the Gold Bank and the hope that the money thus freed would set the wheels of speculation in motion again, The great panic has verily had its reaction, A Monet Portcemax.—The shooting of a policoman in « lager beer cellar in the Bowery lets out a story that but for the shooting would never have been told, and the public would like very well to know whether this policeman’s idea of his duty is at alla prevalent one in the force, He joined with certain persons drinking in that cellar at an hour when, according to law, no liqnor should have been served, and he made no reference to a violation of the law until the "keeper of the place demanded pay for the beer; then this valiant upholder of the law turned on the publican with regard to his defence, and in the ensuing dispute or scuflle wag shot, Here is a policeman going into a drinking shop appa- rently determined to profit hy the delinquency of the dealer, and immunity for all violation of the law may be purchased at the cheap rate of filling the officer with the beverages he fancies. Js this a common case? Is the law thus par- tial at the opti very thirsly bearer of the } badge of authority ? LD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, which will give them the balance of power for the next Presidency. The democrats, however, understand this and are lacking to the windward with their whole squadron, and the republicans are also The Democratic Ratification Meeting. The democracy of our city turned out last evening in most imposing array, and in mass meeting assembled at the Wigwam in Four- toenth street to ratify the nominations of the party on the State and county tickets. Nothing was left undone to make the occasion impos- ing in every respect, and the most hope- ful anticipations “of the leaders as to the result must have been thoroughly verified. It was calculated that seventy thougand persons formed in* procession. In the Wigwam, the great rallying point, the magnates of the party held a big pow-wow. Of course the high qualifications of the several candidates were the thema of fervid enlogy and praise. It was but natural that such orators as Grand Sachem Tweed, Mayor Hall and S. S. Cox should be present on the platform; but it was not altogether en rapport to see Mr. Fernando Wood affiliating with his late Tammany opponents and victors. The speeches were of a character that the least said about them the better. Of course the Tammany democracy was lauded to the skies, the glory it achieved in the past glorified and the great career before it in the coming Presi- dential campaign of 1872 the subject of high promise and great anticipation. General Grant and the administration came in for a full share of wordy obloquy from Wood and Cox, the latter speaking for over an hour. The speeches were kept up to almost twelve o'clock, when the meeting adjourned and the great democratic ratification of the campaign Wu3 brought to an end, Paraguay—Views of Gonerals McMahon and Worthington. The conflicting news which has been coming to this country all along relative to the war in Paraguay and the position and character of the belligerents has been most bewildering. The news by the way of Brazil, or through the other allied States making war on Paraguay, has represented Lopez as having been utterly annihilated; then, again, whenever we could get information direct from Paraguay Lopez has been found active, determined as ever to defend the independence of his ceuntry, and the people of that litile republic ardently devoted to him and his cause. Even the state- ments of our own diplomatic agents and Ame- rican citizens who have been in that part of the world have been contradictory. Now, how- ever, we are getting at something that can be relied upon. It appears from our Washington despi :1 published yesterday that General McMahon, late United States Minister to Para- guay, and H. ©, Worthington, late United States Minister to the Argentine Republic, have had an interview with Secretary Fisb, and have explained the situation of Lopez and the state of affa'rs at the seat of war. Tiey dis- agree entirely with Mr. Washburn in the views he has put forth, and they are fresh from the scene of the war. General McMahon agrees with the opinion we have expressed over and over again, that Brazil is wrong in the war, and that her object is to absorb the South American republics on her border. We asserts that, Lopez has been groatly slandered by “his ene- mies, or by those who do not know him, and that the Paraguayan chief even now holds a strong position. Indeed, General McMahon asserts that the position of Lopez is impregna- ble, and that if the Brazilians attempt to follow him up they will be completely destroyed. The announcement by the allies that the war was ended was simply a pretext for withdraw- ing the invading troops. It appears also from Mr. Worthington’s statement that Brazil and her allies have acted in a very unfriendly and high-handed manner towards the United States in the matter of obstructing our war vessels, our Ministers and the official despatches to and from our government, and its agents. It is evident that the conduct and policy of the United States government rejative to the Para- guayan war and our nationat interests have been too weak and vacillating. Let us hope the administration, with the facts now before it, will take decisive measures to make our flag respected and to sustain republican insti- tutions in America against the ambition of that exotic monarchy, the Brazilian empire. The Tues = ting Institution, Some of the laiget Companies are putting oft acharacter that will make their suppression necessary to the preservation of good order. This target shooting institution was an out- growth of the Volunteer Fire Department, but has outlived the department in virtue of its political affiliations.. 1t is now to some extent a part of the machinery for ‘‘striking” poli- ticians and candidates for all minor offices. All would-be Aldermen, Assemblymen and even Congressmen must prove themselves “sound on the goose” by liberal contributions to the prize list. But every parade of these companies makes an excitement in the streets, and it seems that organizations of rogues are taking advantage of this fact. They parade as target companies, and thus cover the raid- ing of their confederates on the sidewalk upon the property of shopkeepers through the length of a whole street. This, of course, must be stopped; but it is not fair to involve in the odium of such transactions the honest mechanics who make a target excursion their day of recreation, The whole difiiculty may be gotten over by the police, Let it be required that all organizations to parade in the public streets must have a permit, such permits to be refused only to the organizations of thieves, all of which, of course, are known, New Discovertks AND SKILLED LAnor.— Such accidents as the so-called carbolic acid explosion in Brooklyn, and the various nitro- glycerine explosions that have scattered destruction in the streets of several cities, must eventually enforce upon the directors of new enterprises tha necessity. of having skilled labor in all occupations Felated in any way to new discoveries, It appears that the man who had charge of the apparatus in Brooklyn waa ignorant of the nature of tho forces he was handling. He did not know, in the first place, that he had made a steam boiler of the tank in which he was saturating wood with carbolic acid, and he seems to have been unaware also that what he called carbolic aeid was in fact a fluid ia whioh ¢arbolic acid, a non-explosive body, was present in company with other bodies capable of giving off dangerous explo- sive gases, Such labors should be in the hands of chemists and engineers who know and can guide all the possibilities of the occupation, 1869.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. The New fRevolutionnry Tactica—Victor Hugo’s Letter. The age of barricades is gone. Napoleon and Baron Haussmann have made the old Paris revolutionary syatem impossible, The guar- tiers, 80 well knowa in, times gone by and on many occasions so useful to the disaffected, have been disturbed by that horrible or blissfiil thing which we call progress. Paris, in a sen- tence, is at the mercy of grapeshot, and the grapeshot is under the control at present of a vigorous will and an active brain. Victer Hugo, in his letter, which is now going the round of the newspapers, admits and confesses that barricades and demonstrations are not suited to the present times, so far, at least, as France, or rather Paris, is concerned. It was his hope that the people of Paris might imitate the example of the people of Dublin and the people of London—make a peaceful, unarmed demonstration and then quietly go home. But asthe Left held aloof the people must hold aloof too, A popular demonstration would have created a government necessity and the Chassepot would have been used, Victor Hugo, although he does not say it, evidently means that revolution must now be effected by public opinion, not by barricades, In this he is right. When ho recommends revolution he will, he says, be there. But he is not the man to recommend revolution so long as Louis Napoleon occupies the French throne. Marshal Barlow—Tho Moral of Offices holding. We regret that General Barlow has left the Marshal's office, for by the very fact of his resignation he establishes his fitness for the place. He relinquishes the position because it is insufficiently remunerative. Now it is abundantly remunerative to some kinds of men, but they are not the kind we should desire to see in the Marshal's office. Plenty of men can make their fortunes there; and precisely because’ General Barlow can only make six thousand dollars per annum there, because he cannot consent to make more by the irregular and corrupt practices through which alone more is to be made, ye is the man who would honor the position. Can the crowd of men Who scramble for office get a hint by this resignation? It is a fact, to which this resignation merely calls present attention, that ninety per cent of the offices are, if a man will be honest in them, less remunerative than any good business pur- sued with ordinary ability; and the office- seeker, by his eagerness for place, only announces to the world either his unfitness for any useful occupation or his desire for wealth, even though dishonestly gotten, The North Dutch Church. The fire in Fulton street has perhaps settled the fate of one more of our city's monuments by its partial destruction of tho North Duich church, Although the part of the walls not recently torn down is likely little the worse for the fire, yet the destruction of the tower and the damage to the interior will afford the iconoclastic and speculative spirit of the time a pretext not to be lost for the demolition of the ancient edifice. There will remain, therefore, of the old Dutch church edifices only the one known as the Middle Dutch church, now occupied as the Post Office, a building of respectable anti- quity, having been built in 1728. With the destruction of the edifice in William street the one in Nassau street will, we believe, be the only church remaining to the city in which divine service was conducted in the language of the Knickerbockers, although the use of that language in the Dutch churches here was only finally given up in the present century. The ‘'Neder- duytsche Kerke” was organized by the burgh- ers of New Amsterdam in 1620, and of their four ancient edifices three have now gone by fire. The first was burned at the time oPthe ‘negro plot.” The South Dutch church was burned in the great fire of 1835. They went out on startling occasions, therefore, and blaze at memorable points in our history, while the North Dutch yields toa common accident. By the removal of this church one obstruction to the opening of a wide avenue from the new Post Office to the Brooklyn ferry will dis- appear. Buch » street Is fhevitable, of | coursé, and must made sooner or later, and we hope the consistory will keep this fact in mind in the construction of the chapel they are to erect on part of the ground occupied by the old church. Tue Cross or tak Jerome Park Racks.— The closing day of the racing season at Jerome Park was certainly the most brilliant that has been witnessed since its opening, in September, 1566. The ground was in splendid condition, the weather all that could be desired and the racing first class. The fashionable attendance from all parts fully showed that such sport is appreciated, and from the gen- eral interest evinced in the sport itself it may be expected that soon we shall be equal to any country on that score. The position of Jerome Park is doubtless exceptional, and the beauty of its surroundings can with dim- culty be surpassed anywhere. As yet, how- ever, in this country racing may be considered to be still in its infancy, but under the able management displayed throughout in the arrangements at Jerome Park we may soon aspire to a Derby equal to that of Epsom fame, The projected facilities of uptown travel will offer inducements for the still greater popu- larity of Jerome Park, and should they be effectually carried out we may look forward to a still more prosperous career for this spirited enterprise, Toe Wiiskey Srizcre iN BrooKtyx.— The successful onslaught made by the revenue officers upon illicit distilleries in the Yifth ward of Brooklyn on Tuesday showed a good deal of pluck on the part of the officials of that department, Several timag before thay have been beaten off by the distillers’ mob in this turbulent locality ; but on this occasion they succeeded in running off into the gutters a large quantity of the illicit stuff, and carried away the machinery to the Navy Yard. It is remarkable that notwithstanding the extent to which illicit distillation is carried on and the resistance which revenue officers mect with, even to attempted assassination, as in the case of Brookes, in Philadelphia, the government is still able to show an increase of twenty or thirty millions & month in the revenne receipts. Is is evident that the administration is doing SE SED ol eR: Pac ce spe ciatacameameeees a rp ne se well in protecting honest distillers from the frauds of illicit manufacturers, Corverina Corron.—The carman who was employed to carry cotton from a warehouse to @ ship, and who seems to have substituted bales of junk for cotton on the way, shows what is possible in our system of handling goods. He is the compeer of Fisk & Co. in @ humble way, These startling fluanciera hava shown that in the system of money dealing that has been in honest vogue for generations there is a possibility of combinations that make the system a mere cover for robbery, and the carman shows the same thing in his sphere. Both are useful, as they compel the reformation of the systems whose weak points they expose, THE BUSAIN AND HAMNER. Auction Sale of Dramatic Portraits and Me. moire—“Hoiding the Mirror Up Te Nature” Poorly Prized, The notice that a valuable collectton of books relating to the drama, witn portraits of dramatists and dramatic celebrities, belonging to Mr. T. H. Morreli, was to be disposed of at auction, brought a very fair crowd to the salesrooms of Bangs, Merwin & Co. yesterday afternoon, The attendance of pro- fessionals was very slight, and the general interest rather tame, Although the bidding was apparently brisk the prices obtained were poor, and showed either an upmerited disregard for the histronic art or tor articles which should be valuable because of their scarcity or antiquity. Among the articles sold were the following, and from them and prices which they brought the general tenor of the sale may be understood:— The Ancient British Drama, edited by Sir Waiter Scott. Very scarce. 3 vols., royal 8vo, half calf. London, 1810, sold for $1 124 per volume. The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Liewtenant General J. Burgoyne, with Memoirs of the author. Plates by Corbvould. 2 vols., 12mv, calf. London, Whittingham, 1808, sold for $1 374 per volume. Apology for the Life of Georg: Anne Bellamy, late of Covent Garden theatre, written by herself, wi her Original Letters to John Calcraft, Eeq.; adver- tised tor publication in October, 1767, and violently suppressed, With the rare sixth volume. 6 vols., 12mo, haf morocco. A very scarce edition. Pub- Lee in London in 1785, brought 75 cents per volume, Works of the Duke of Buckingham—plays, poems, &c., with a fine portrait, by Vertue, aud vignectes, 2 vols., 8VO, Calf, published in London, 172%, brought tifty cents per volume. Plays of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcas- tle—The Soctable Companions, Tho Presence, The Bridals, &,—MS. title, folio, half calf, printed in 1638 (a Very scarce edition), With @ fine portratt of the authoress inserted, brought $2 25. ‘An Apology for the Life o: Mr, Colley Cibber, writ- ten by himself, svo, pp. 458, calf, published in Lon- don, 1840, said to be one of the most amusing specl- meus of biography in the language and the yest hia- poy ml the English stage during the time, brought ouly $2 ‘The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland tothe time of Dean Swilt, by Theophilus Cibber, come plied from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the MS. notes of Mr, Coxeter and owers, 5 vols., 12mo., calf, published du London, 17%, sold at 25¢. a vol. , The Plays of William Cosgreve—Love For Love, Doub:e Dealer, &c.,, containing the original casts, including such names as Betterton, Mrs. Brace- girdle, Mr. Barry, &c., 3 vois., 8vo., calf; London, 1710, were knocked down at 60c, per volume, ‘rhe Comedies, Tragedies and Operas of John Dry- den, now first collected together. Splendid por- trait atter Kneller, engraved by Edelinck, Follo, calf; London, 1701, $1 124s. ‘The same in 6 volumes, 12mo, half calf, published in London, 1735, trom the library of John Payne Col- lier, with his autograph, Was disposed of at 60c. per volume, Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, written in lus youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Phinp Stdney, poems, plays, &c,, portrait iserted, folio, call, a perfect copy sad very rare, published in London, 1633, brought $3. An Account of the English Dramatick Poots, by cee Langbaine, small 8vo, calf, Oxford, 149i, sold a 2h - Eudiuon Mustrée des (kuvres Completes de Molle Janet Lange, Augmentee Wune V Notices sur Chaqgue Piece par BK. de with plates, royai Svo, half morocco, As it hath beea sold for 75c. The Merry Devil of Edmonton. sundry times acted by his Majestie’s servants at the Globe on the Bank side, Smait ito, half calf, with » curious wood cut on title page, Rare. Published in London, 1655, brought $3 25. Rejected Addresses, presented for the prize medal on the.opening of the New Park theatre in New York city, With the prize poems. Plate wanting. 12mo, sheep. New York, 1821, sold for75c. Among tne competitors for the prize will be found the names of Woodworth, McDonald Clarke, Charles Sprague aud many others. A copy of this rare book, having the plate, sold last spring at auction for $12. Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A. M., Vicar of Strat ford-upon-Avon, extending trom 1645 to 1679. From the original manuscripts. Arranged Severn, M. D. 8yo. cloth, uncut. Published in Lon- don, 1839, sold fot ¥ Shakspeare Restored; or, A Specimen of the Many Errors, as well committed as unamendea, by Mr. Pope, in his late edition of this poet, &c, By Mr. ‘Theobald. Portrait of Theobald tuserted. dto, half Russia. Scarce. London, 1726, brougut $2 37. Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, with Original Anecdotes. 2 vols., 8vo. Published in London im 1926, sold for 8c. ‘This was 4 decided insult to the pera of a worthy representative of an extensive family. A humber of tracts, containing, among other things, Publicola, @ Sketch of the Times from 1800 to 1810, Memoir of Life of R. B, Sheridan, wita a Concise Critique upon the new Tragedy entitled ‘Pizarro, published in 1799, &c., 8vo, half roan, ow area of With im Wycherly, 8vo, scarce, Lond ‘orks of Willa 1» BYO, 1713, sold for 87 cents, aad The portraits in the collection were of Garrick, Kemble, Mrs. Siddons, Matthews and people of such ilk, and sold at very low priccs, An original minia- vate of adaune, Maloran, on porctlsun, weqytt wy i a ZODGOD 1 i940 DV} a wee ut up, but was not sold, as it was dd at less than Lone Nobod, a having $50 worth of ryvereuce for the memory of the great cantatrice, the “monument” which herself did not leave was “passed.” A Aaron Burr, painted by James Van Dyké'in six sit- tings, was dis} of for $13. ‘The cataloge com. prised some lots, and by brisk selling was “gong through” in lesa than three hours, ARMY INTELLIGENCE, A general order just fisued from the War Depart. ment directs that the following places be made gen- eral depots of funds for the Paymasters name below, subject only to the orders from headquarters and the Paymaster General:— New York City—Brevet brigadier General N. H. Brown, Assistant Paymaster General, U. 8. A. New Orleans—Coloncl Dantel McClure, Assistant Paymaster General, U. 8, A. : San Francisco—Brevet Brigadier General Hiram Leonard, Deputy Paymaster General, U. 5. A. St. Lout#—Brevet Brigadier Gencral Carey H. Fry, Deputy Paymaster General, U.S. A. All other Paymasters will continue as heretofore under the immediate command of department and division commanders, WAVAL INTELLIGENSE. Commander Thomas 8. Phelps is to relieve 1.teu- tenant Merriman of navigation duty at Mare Island, California, in addition to his preseat duties, Paymaster Theodore S, Casweil is to perform the duties of inspector of provisions and clothing in ad- dition to his present duties at the Norfolk Navy Yard, relieving Paymaster Thomas Masten, de- tached, Lteutenant Commander EB. C. Merrnnan is detached from the Mare laland Navy Yard aud ordered to duty in the Pacific feet. Licutenant Commander Charles J, McDougall ts ordered to duty a8 assistant inspector of ordnance at Mare Istand, Ensign A, V. Wadham 1s ordered to ordnance duty at New York. Lientenant Commander Walter Abbott 1s ordered to duty at the Naval Academy. THE RENSSELAER PARK ASSOCIATION. Troy, Oct. 27, 1809, ‘To-lay was the first day of tho fall meetiag of the Rensselacr Park Association. The first race was for horses that never beat three minutes; $500 to first horse, $200 to second, and $100 to third. Tho race ‘was won by Sonbrette im three straight heats, in au 11, 2238 340 ‘The second fico Ww: for horses that ni beat 2:35. it Was Won by Prince in 2:38, 2:58.44, 2 STAKE OF THE CHICAGO TA.LORS, Ourcaao, Oct, 27, 1360, ‘The tailors’ strike still continues, The journey- men have made a public declaration that they will continue the strike until the employers accede to their new scale of prices, Several employers have neceded to the domands of the atrikers and adopted the new scale, The journeymen in some of tl shops not-having stopped work, tt was voted by U Union this morning that they be competied to do so. A telegram has been recetved from the President of the International Tailors’ Union giving the Chicago Union permission to strike, and stating that funds ‘Will be given them to carry 1b on, by Charles -