The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New YorE Hrravp. Letters and packages should be properly bi When the French account reaches us it may Rejected communications will not be re | be something very different. It is a most im- turned. portant despatch, showing, as it does, that THE DAILY HERALD, pubdlished every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Apoual subscription price $12. Volume KXXV......ccseereereenersreee NO, B06 See AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, GRAND OPERA HOUSE. ‘98d ot.—Hinka—Tae Nations, W. THEA' Faitz, Ous Cousin Gueuan. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Vazizrr Enrzatain- MENT, WOOD'S MUSBOM AND MENAGERIS, ner Thirtieth «t.—Performances every afte oor- ening THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Broadway.—Comuto Vooat im, NE@Ro Acts, £0. SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 685 Broa‘way.— BUOKLUEY's SERENADERS. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th ay., betweon 58h and 0th ats.—TunovoRE Tuomas’ PoruLas ConoReTs, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— BOIRNOE AND ART, DR. KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 145 Broadway.— BOLeNOE AND ART. corner ot Eighth avenue and ‘TRE, Broadway and 19th sirect.— NEW. YORK HERALD, MONDAY, But aince it must be so, let us hope that good The War fa Burepe—Eiret Blood Drawn at Last. A special cable despatch from Coblentz via London informs us that on Saturday a number of Prussian troops crossed the French frontier and moved by St. Avold and towards Metz, Encountering the French outposts a skirmish ensued, in which Prussia lost two men and France ten or twelve. The Prussians, having made their reconnoissance and probably ac- complished their purpose, returned within their own lines, This is a Prussian account. tirst blood has been drawn at last, and that now there is not the alightest reason to hope that war may be averted. The same despatch has it that Prusala is fortifying Coblentz as a base of operations, and that it is intended to move in force along the line of the Saar and carry offensive war into Frauce. This must be regarded as a mere rumor, for it is but littlé likely that Prussia will make public the plan according to which she means to carry on the war. It fs fair, however, we think, to conclude that the first great battle will bo | fought close upon the frontier. France re- turned the attention and invaded the soil of Germany with a small party of troops. There was skirmishing again, after which the French retired, France was wild with excitement from one end of the land to the other. The Emperor's address to the people, which we published in the Hzrap of yesterday, was the great topic of conversation. Our readers are already familiar with the address. They have no doubt come to their own conclusions regarding it. There are those who praise and TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. 201 Bowery.—Va- RIELY ENTRETAINMENT—CoMIO VOCALISMB, 4&0, TRIPLE SHEET. there are those who blame it; but whatever may be thought of its merits generally, it isnot to be denied that, considering its purpose and New York, Monday, July 25, 1870. Tues x CONTENTS OF TO-DAY)3 “HERALD. Pacer. 1—Advertisements. 2Q—Adveriisementa, S3—Religious: Doctrinal Diversions and Dogmsti Disputes on Denatatie Points; Practical Piet: 4s Preached by Presbyterian Preachers and Poitticlans Prayed tor: The Immorality of th Age, the Horrors of War and the Destruction of the World as Christian Pulpit Themes; Pro- ressive Spiritualists Spoiling for a Fight with Bible; Sermons and Ser- Vices in the Metropolis, at the Capital, at the xXpounders of the Watering Places and in the Suburbs. erifipll boken Mowing Machine Accident, lous (continued from Third Page)—Th Ferry. 16 in Yacht Race: The Excitement in this City and Down the Bay--A Very Bad Mad Dog—Music in the Parks~A Cure for Hydro- phobla—Grant at Long branch—River Sharks: Glimpses of Life Under the City Piers—New York City News—Obituary—Musical and Theat- rical—The St. Sylvester Murder—The Massa- chusetts Encampmeat, 6—Edltoriais: Leading Article on the War in Eu- rope, First Blood Drawn at Last—Personal Notes—Amusement Aanouncements. Y—The War: A French Advance on Prussian Soil; A Few Men Killed on_ Both Sides; The Queen of Prussia Bids Farewell to the Rhinelanders; claim a Universal Republic, 8—Our Cruisers Afloat: Strength of Our Woolen Ni ; What Can be Done to Increase It—The Steel Tariff- opean Mail News—The Elm Park Riot—! 8 from Japan and China— e Chinésd? ryoes National Game—Fighting the kat WeiceZh Brutality in mincing oN 9—Midsummer Resorts: Lake Mahopac—Brookly: City News—An Affair That Ended in Smoke— Old World Items—Financial and Commercial Reports—Real Estate and Marine Transtare Court Calendar for 10-i1a, pach 10--Telegraphic News—Washi ‘Stopping the German M: The Out-of-Town to Yesterday—TI Opening Bon Rofers—Danzerous vertisements. &1—American Trade Unions: Their History, Growth and Present Condition; Power and Growing Influence of Trade. Organizations—Anothor Boston Defaulter—A Sad ‘Turkey: Reported Murder of a Prince; Bogu: Telegraphs—The Fifth Maryland Regiment in Philadelphia—The Fire in Gloucester, Canada. 12—Brazil: Railroad Subsidies and Construction in tn Empire; Powers of the Emperor in th G Louisiana Extles—Advertisements, May tHe Best Man Wi. years younger, are both going to the front. William is hale and hearty and Louis is gouty. Betting is lively. Tue Ocgan Yacut Racz.—The- Dauntless was spoken on the 13th inst. one thousand feven hundred miles from Sandy Hook, mak- ing an average speed of one hundred and thirty- six miles per day. If this rate of speed should continue she will reach the lightship this afternoon. Wao Dip any Wuo Dipn’t,—While the hostile armies of France and Prussia are facing each other, waiting for the order to attack, the Cabinets of the respective countries are quar- relling over the question of who commenced the war. What nonsense! If they are going to fight, why don’t they pitch in? A Hot Wsrx.—Last week was the hottest consecutive seven days ever experienced in New York. The following figures show the highest range of the thermometer each day:— 03 Friday 95 Saturday 90 Rep Hor Rowpyism.—Has the weather as well as bad whiskey something to do with the growing disposition of rowdies.to interfere with the gourse of justice? The longer the heated term continues the more numerous and the more flagrant become the instances of such high-handed interference. The latest and worst instance of red-hot rowdyism is the case of a drunken workman in a Newark smithy. ‘This worshipper of Bacchus and son of Vulcan ‘was rescued by the laborers on a sewer near the smithy from two officers who had arrested him on Saturday afternoon. The officers were then reloforced by two others; but, waxing bold, the intoxicated man seized from the @rge a red-hot bar of iron, and, brandishing it, defied the policemen to lay hold of him. Sergeant Benedict, who had volunteered to go ‘and bring in the belligerent, was struck with the bar on the left ear and fearfully burned sbout the head and neck; but after a despe- rate atruggle he mastered the ruffian and helped carry him to the station house. Complaints have very properly been made out against gome of the sewer men for their most ihjusti- fiable attack upon policemen who were en- in the discharge of duty. All similar ed, fs interference should 68 devefely pun- ed. lon Excarsion—Pocket-Picking at the Ho- —The Apple Crop in Maine—A Border Skirmishes and First Blood; Prussian Invasion of French Territory and Italy Demonstrates for Prus- sia, Ireland for France; Napoleon May Pro- Aud? aN witdPonG? wornia: The hs, The Effect of amers; Honors to Burlingame in China—The Day of Rest: bs and Where They Went T + Another Stabbing Affray—Large Fire in Broadway—Shipping Intelligence—Ad- Drowning Casualty— ernment; General News from All Parts of the Empire—Christian Reunion—An Extraor- dinary Voyage—Railroad. Accident—Return of King William of Prussia, who is seventy-three years old, and Louis Napoleon of France, who is fifteen as addressed to the French people, it is a mas- terpiece. It is skilfully conceived and ably expressed. It goes home to every French- man’s heart. It makes Frenchmen of all ranks and classes and parties think and feel as one mah. Tt {dentifies the empire with the revolu- tion of 1789. It recalls the glories of the first empire. The allusion to the “‘glorious flag which has borne over Europe the civilizing ideas of our great revolution” and the touch- ing allusion which the Emperor gnakes to his son cannot but tell, and tell powerfully, upon the susceptible minds of the French people. We shall no doubt have a similar speech from King William, and it remains to be seen whether the German people will listen to the Emperor and change their purpose or listen to King William and fight with their brethren in the common interest of Fatherland. His Majesty will require to exhibit immense ac- tivity and great caution.’ A second special telegram informs us that it is said Napoleon will proclaim a universal European republic should he find a monarchical combination against his dynasty. If his Majesty of France entertains such an idea, it may be that the King of Prus- sia will have to champion the thrones by ‘‘di- vine right,” and that the Bonaparte may lead the peoples in working ‘“‘the revolution to its ic y e ie wet nde anngannanaas It has been rumored that Hesse has been intriguing with France. It will be remembered that in 1866 that portion of Hesse which lay north of the Main was attached to the North German Confederation. The dismemberment at the time produced among the Hessians of all classes a large amount of bad feeling to- wards Prussia, Hesse, south of the Main, is still an independent State, and with Bavaria and Wiirtemberg. and Baden is in military alliance with Prussia and the Confederation of the North. It is not at all impossible that if Napoleon could make himself master of any large portion of South Germany this ‘anti- Prussian sentiment among the Hessians might be of some service to him, It is not to be imagined, however, that Bismarck has not well considered this danger and provided against it. According to one of our latest despatches, the South German troops are to be removed to the North, and the trusted soldiers of the North are to do duty in the South. If this plan is fully carried out Napoleon will haye to confront in every part of the South the veteran soldiers of Prussia. But, as we have again and again had occasion to remark, there is no good reason to doubt that in this war Germany will be found a unit as against France. Very considerable interest is given to the situation by the report that Denmark has de- cided to join France. It is still reasonable to doubt the truth of the report. Anything that Denmark can hope to gain by the success of France she might gain by remaining neutral. But should France be defeated the hand of Prussia will fall heavily upon her. Merciful treatment it will be vain for her then to expect, It is known that the British government has been doing its utmost to keep Denmark out of the strife. The family alliances of Great Brit- ain with both Denmark and Eyussia are such that it was almost natural to expect that Brit- teh fnfiueids wottd be powerful enough to secure the neutrality of the little kingdom. Russia sustains to Denmark and Prussia rela- tionships not dissimilar to those sustained by Great Britain. But the Danes have not for- gotten their ancient renown. The memory of the old sea kings fires their spirits, They know that Prussia bas done them wrong. They know that the conditions of the treaty of Prague would have been fulfilled if they had been a stronger people. France offers them an opportunity for revenge and promises them justice. It will not, therefore, at all surprise us if, in spite of all advice, and in spite per- haps of the feelings of the royal family, the opportunity which France offers be eagerly seized, With Denmark on her side France may wage a more deadly warfare against Prussia on her northern [than on her southern border. We know that Napoleon has refused to allow the Baltic to be proclaimed neutral on the ground that it is to play a most important part in the war, It isnot our part to say which of the two contestants has the better chance. It is evi- dent that the struggle will be bloody and destructive beyond any war on record, It may be short, shatp and decisive, but it may last longer than the present gohefation, It iy almost certain that it will greatly change the map of Europe. Pity it is that so paltry a cause should have made necessary the sacri- foe of so many thousands of precious lives, n 3 ie will come out of it, and that the gaia will be to the peoples, not to the dynasties. Theo Hent Phenomena of tho Present Year. When we wrote, some days ago, in reference to the fearful. drought and heat which have almost destroyed the crops on a wide belt of the European Continent, we laid tho flattering unction to our souls that the hot spell of our atmosphere was at an end. But the solar fer- vors have returned upon us during the past week with redoubled flerceness, While the temperature in New York city bas ranged, be- tween six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, from ninety degrees to ninety- eight degrees Fabrenbeit, in the shade, and therein has exceeded the rate at Galveston, New Orleans, Key West and Havana, the heat has been even more extreme at several points in the West. At St. Louis it sent the mercury up to one hundred and four in the shade on the 28d, while at Peoria, Ill., it drove the fickle fuid to one hundred and six on the 21st inst. These are rates almost beyond human endurance, for it must be remembered, that in the greater number of the homes occupied by the poorer classes the heat ascends from ten to fifteen degrees above the outside tempera- ture, and that there the aged and the juvenile members of the household have chiefly to re- main, It is impossible not to fear that a long continuance of such more than African tor- ridity must result in widespread epidemic. An increase of but avery few degrees would materially impair the chances of existence for thousands whose daily ayocations call them out of doors. As it is, while we write this Sunday afternoon, the colossal marble image of St. Paul, in the niche on the fagade of the grave old church directly opposite the HzraLp office, on Broadway, seems, with half open mouth and upturned face, to pant, not merely through exhaustion, but with an expression of awe, as though beholding apocalyptic por- tents in the glowing firmament. The stone walls of the adjacent buildings radiate the heat like huge burning glasses, and while it dazzles the gaze to look at them the reflected beams of heat thrown back from them strike on the skin like fiery darts, Were the entire City Hall Park not shorn as now of half its fair proportions, but fully restored and converted into one vast cluster of sparkling water jets and fountains, the thirsty, palpitating multi- tude would well nigh drink 1t dry, Poor humanity actually suffers at every motion and with every step, and the real death roll is steadily increased far beyond the ordinary returns. Upon examination of our exchanges we find that this intense heat extends over a zone in America of about eight hundred miles in width, north and south, and reaching from here to the Pacific in longitude. ‘At nearly all points within that zone the temperature is admitted to be higher than was ever knowa there before for the same length of time, and up to the latest moment of advice there seems to have been no diminution. If we now turn our attention tothe Eastern Continent a similar state of things confronts US Uwe, LUO Aut de of Dania emaltans nndor a heat of ninety-five degrees in the shade, the parks Of Louavu ate sv parod of bewbas- exhausted of water that their deer are half fed upon foliage and twigs clipped from the trees, and the summits of the Alps, where they are seen, gleam with a wavering and baleful efful- gence, as thongh they, too, were tongues of fire darting up from the earth in its agony. The European belt of fervent heat corresponds almost exactly with our own, and, no doubt, the ocean link between is glowi ng with nearly equal severity, the relief there, if any, result- ing from the fogs and clouds, accompanied by gusts of wind and dashes of rain which such intense evaporation must occasion. Astronomers and physiologists are busy en- deavoring to study out the causes of this excep- tional condition, the aggregate effect of which upon our planet is equal to forces so slupen- dousas to strike the unaccustomed mind with terror. The general conclusion is that the en- tire solar system is passing through a region of the starry heavens, in its sublime circuit around the remoter centre, that exerts peculiar electrical effects upon not only all the attend- ant orbs, but on the vast luminary which furnishes our chief supply of light and heat. The main question now to thoughtful minds is how much longer these heat phenomena are to last, and what will be the summing up of their re- sults to the nations directly affected? That they are to be followed by further disturbance of the elements, great storms of wind, thunder and lightning, and possibly by visible electrical manifestations in the heavens, of remarkable splendor and power, it is quite natural, on scientific principles, to anticipate. But we may have confidence that the Power in whose presence ‘‘the channels of the sea appear” and “the foundations of the world are discovered” hag ordained and governed all these dispensa- tions for the best, Dott i THE Crry.—Business in the city was never more dull than it is at present. With the exception of the little bustle that is going on among the wholesalers, who are putting things in order and getting ready tor a brisk fall trade, there ifs literally nothing doing. The fashionables are all at the watering places; .the shopkeepers are fanning them- selves on the shady side of their front doors ; politicians are lying along ihe river banks and the ocean beach; the city officials, with the exception of Mayor Hall, who has become an active member of the Can’t-get-away Club, are mostly on the Sound or stowed away in country boarding houses; hotel proprietors are rusticating on their farms, while their waiters are lying around the ice tanks or snoozing in the attics, Thus it will be for six weeks to come, No Taanks To CaNADA.—The House of Lords refuses to thank Canada for repelling the Fenians. Poor Canada! she cannot make the “imperial government” believe that her volunteers performed prodigies of valor in repelling the Feniana, and #6 o6 will listen to the story of how the great Generdl Lindsay stood for hours under “‘the galling fire” of the invadera, Is thig it, or what? Do they not believe ia the Fenfan invasion, those stupid Lords, 6f are they not glad that Canada was saved? May be they regret that the Fenians did not take her off their haids, Think of this, oh, loyal provinces ! JULY 25, 1870.—TRIPLE Religious Discourses Yesterday. The war in Europe has proven a perfect boon to the preachers, Yesterday slim con- gregations listened to anti-war sermons, in which Napoleon got decidedly the worst of the criticism. Rev. Charles P. Lee was the. only preacher who, by inference, seemed to think well of the French. Much was said about the pride and ambition of princes, and Rev. J, P. Swift did not hesitate to spread the eagles of our glorious institutions and bid them take flight to European lands, there to teacha les- son of republicanism to benighted and mon- archy-ridden peoples. Rev. Jokn Love, Jr., spoke eloquently about ‘‘quivering muskets” and bloodthirsty Germans and Frenchmen, but he thought that the contest in Europe was not equal to, if even more noisy than, the great struggle ever waging between the cohorts of Satan and the followers of Christ, Even in Wasbington the same subject was discussed from the pulpit, Dr. Boynton thought he could discern the signs of the times in the conflict. The object was to arrest, by means of the military power of France, the progress of civil and religious liberty, by bringing (first) Europe and then the rest of the world under the sway of the Catholic Church. Should this be really so, we trust that President Grant will at once call an extra session of Congress and recommend the adop- tion of measures for defence against Johuny Crapeau, But the proverbial disagreements of doctors seem applicable to preachers. While Dr. Boynton was metaphorically emiting Roman Catholicism in advance by sounding the alarm of another religious war againat Protestantism, Rey. Mr. Rankin, also in Washington, was raking the infallible Pope and endeavoring, figuratively speaking, to crush the Eternal City into powder. Ho believed that the pro- clamation of the new dogma was the death- blow of the Papacy. And incidentally refer- ring to the European war, he thoi it not unlikely that thg Pope would ‘be driven to America, Where, let us here repeat, he will be heartily welcomed at Washington Heights. Meanwhile, it is certain that at all the Catholic churches the priests pursued the even tenor of their ways without any apparent dread of their impend- ing doom. In one respect at least they did admirably well. They shortened both ser- vices and sermons, thereby conferring a favor upon perspiring humanity. Not so Bishop Snow, who prophesied the immediate destruc- tion of the world in a long sermon, delivered after the prophet and bis elders had taken a little healthy exercise in the work of ejecting soveral newspaper reporters from his church. Here was an exhibition of ‘faith and fighting” which Dr. Deems never thought of when de- livering his sermon yesterday—a sermon, by the way, in every respect instructive and interesting. ‘The Immorality of the Age” wes severely rebuked by Rev. U. T. Tracey, who officiated at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the absence of Rey. Stephen Tyng, Jr. It1s a pity the congregation was 9 small, for the discourse was a blunt, plain spoken one, with, unfortunately for humanity, a vast deal more of truth than fancy in it. Some proachars oom tn forgot thet thy wun cifixion of Christ was pre-ordained; that asc vam on earth to die for man, and that it was only after He was crucified that His mis- sion was fulfilled. In a sermon on “The Betrayal of Christ,” Rev. Mr. McArthur waxed eloquent in denunciation of Pontius Pilate. ‘‘Never had a man a grander oppor- tunity of doing grandly,” said he; ‘‘never did a man fall asfatally. Never bofore might jus- tice have appeared as just; never villainy so vile. His wasa great parttoact. It might have been sublime; it was base.” Aside from the impossibility of his conduct having been anything else than it was, all this is very old. Its telling now reminds us of the story of the Irishman who, meeting with an Israelite, began to beat him for having crucified the Saviour, The Israelite suggested that he was not sesponsible, as the crucifixion had taken place more than eighteen hundred years previous. ‘It doesn’t make a bit of difference,” replied Pat; “I only heard of it a few daysago.” Now it seems to us about as logical to assgail that which had to be as to beat an Israelite for what happened eighteen hundred years back, unless—but we would be guilty of injustice if we finished the sentence, All things considered, the attendance at the churches yesterday was not bad. Had all the places of worship been empty it is likely that pardon would have been accorded the sinners for their non-attendance. That many did attend divine service in this city, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Washington and elsewhere visited by our reporters is a proof of the power of faith, * Oar Public Squares, It may not be generally known that aside from Central Park and from Gramercy Park, whichis private property, there are in this city less than ninety acres of public parks and squares—about one-tenth of the central area ofthe Park, This fact was mentioned in Sun- day's Heratp ina four column article, giving an interesting account of the history, actual wretched condition and proposed improve- ments of our public squares. Some of these being, like Cooper Institute Park, for instance, too small and without lofty trees, are mere obstructions and should be. demolished. The rest should be thoroughly renovated and lavishly adorned with all the attractions which can be conferred by modern landscape garden- ing, with its accessories of grass plats, groves, sheltered walks, rustic seats, kiosks, foun- tains, statues and historical monuments. Especial pains should be taken with the pro- posed park af the Five Points, where one of the most hideous resorts of crime will soon be buried beneath verdure and foliage, and where it willbe satisfactorily proved that ‘‘an open square elevates the surrounding population, draws it out of criminal seclusion and gives tone to an entire neighborhood,” Tompkins square, which has so long been a sandy, sun- scorched desert in summer and with its heaps of mud and snow a slough of despond in winter, should be transformed into a paradise of de- light for the hundred and twenty thousand working people in the Seventeenth ward, for whom and their children Central Park, with all its glories, is practically almost as remote asthe Yosemite Valley. It is gratifying to be ‘assured that the now Park Commission, or Department of Public Works, has already SHEET. undertaken with vigor the desirable and greatly needed improvements that will gradu- ally make our public squares a main feature in the future splendor of New Yoxk as one of the finest cities in the world, American Opinion on the War in Europe. Among all the host of articles that bave been written concerning the conflict that threatens to spread slaughter and devastation throughout Europe, few, if any, have treated of American opinion on the gubject, that is to say, of the views held by our fellow citizens, “4o the manner born,” as contradistinguished from those of foreign extraction, It is almost needless to repeat that the entire mass of the German race among us are enthusiastically for. Fatherland, The exceptions that exist are so few and feeble as merely to prove the rule, They feel that German unity ig menaced, and that with it the strength, consideration and renown of the old land beyond the seas are at stake. Hence they respond to the appeal with an alacrity and ardor that reminds us” of that “uprising of a great nation” which we beheld here in 1861 and 1862, Were these flery Tectons beyond the seas, at this moment as they are here, they. would contribute a powerful army and millions of thalera at once to the cause of King William. On the other hand, the French population, in all our leading cities and wherever'we can hear of them, are extremely quiet, although the French journals published in this city daily extol the prowess of the armies and fleets at home, and recall the warlike memories of the old republic and of the Napoleonic dynasty. The greater number of our French residents naturally cling to their own tricolor and be- lieve in the complete invincibility of the Gallic legions; but there are not a few to whom the bread of exile has beon so bitter that they can- not identify the ruling powers of France with thg ganse of the nation, Others, again, like M, Tatars, af, Jules Pszye and hele parses in the Corps Législatif fear disaster, owing to the condition of the labor question at home, the drought, the ruined crops and the contra- dictory attitude of France in Italy. However, an important meeting to be held to-night at Delmonico’s by the French denizens of New York, will more thoroughly enlighten us on these points than the fugitive uiterances of the press have yat done. The Irish people in America are mainly in- clined to sympathize with the French position in the opening war for several reasons. “Pat's just the boy for fighting,” and the warlike, effervescent spirit of the Gaul suits him better than the quieter and more peaceful disposition of the Teuton. Again, France has, for time immemorial, been seemingly the most natural and nearest ally of any struggle that Ireland might make for independence. How delusive this idea bas heretofore proven itis not for us now to discuss; but there are thousands alive in our city who can distinctly remember the cheers that went up in, favor of Russian success in the Crimea. Yet France and England were sworn allies there, and the entente cordiale has never .yet been broken. The wiles of a gray old-time diplomacy are often too deep for the comprehension of on impulsive, warm-hearted peovle. Trish rerub licans and Wrenoh imperialists would make ‘a happy family, and we greatly fearthat it would be only ‘‘the hereditary foe” that would do the laughing. “‘Ireland’s opportunity” is in America and with America, in the hour when free and just government here shall have so strengthened our institutions and made trans- cendantly bright our example that ours shall be a preponderating and controlling Power in the world. Then fleets and armies will be virtually abandoned, and the force of law and justice, of religion and truth, will give oppor- tunity for the righting of every wrong and the elevation of every oppressed people. And here we come to legitimate American opinion, which believes that it discovers in this war the dawn of a better day for Europe, although the morn be canopied with brooding clouds and darkness, Americans, generally, while some turn to their French and others to their German partners in business or com- panions in social life, behold in King William and his counsellor, Bismarck, instruments of Providence to bring. about the political and commercial unity of a grand people hitherto divided and discordant, The common perils and trials of war will cement the confederation which the petty and selfish interests of local trade still jeopardized, while, on the other hand, the tremendous nature of the struggle will compel the German monarch and states- man to come nearer to the people and to aban- don forever their lurking predilection for Cesarism. In very truth, the two most formidable representatives of iron-handed mill- tary power are to be dashed together and mutu- ally broken, so far as their ultra-monarchical tendencies are aida ieee ‘can “heveb so completely prostrate Germany or Germany 0 prostrate France as that either may venture to dream of universal military domination. Both must count with the people, for the people and by the people, and the ruler who most sin- cerely and effectually doos that will win the day. The triumph of the people’s champion is the American idea of this war's result—and what Frenchman, German, Irishman or Scan- dinavian prays for leas or will fight for more? The Winnepeg Troubles. Our Red river correspondence, which appeared in yesterday's Hgratp, under the date of July 1, describes the dulness and apathy which had then succeeded the excite- ment of the previous six months at Fort Garry, Winnipeg had become ‘the dullest place ima- ginable.” All talk of resistance to Canadian authority had ceased, and the anniversary of Dominion confederation was being celebrated hy the most loyal display of the Union Jack and a reckless consumption “of necdle-gun whiskey. Everybody was quietly awaiting the galvanism of the Canadian expedition and Governor Archibold’s new régime. Our cor- respondent gives a graphic picture of Winni- peg, of life at Fort Gatry and of the settle- ments of the Red River region. He expati- ates upon the Canadian expedition, which, according to the latest news, could not be expected to leave Fort William before the middle of July or to arrive at Fort Garry before the 1st of September. He recites a curious legend of the origin of mosquitoes, the pest of the region between Fort Garry and Fort Abercrombie—a legend that might sug- gest to the unat Longfellow a guovlement (o EN ESSN LINE SS LORY NET MTD | a AAT TPT MNS MET RPT AE MMR PE LC ONE WM el GA ECU CONTE ORIEL TE DRO: me bis “Hiawatha.” gloomy predictions of our correspondent as to an impending Indian war may not be realized. It would be deplorable, indeed, if the return of Spotted Tail, Red Cloud and the rest of the chiefs who lately visited Washington should be followed by outrages and massacre alt along the northwestern frontier. latest news from the Indian delegation may be credited, Red Cloud at least bas been hope- tully converted to pacific intentions, But we trdst that the If the very Chriatlan Patience at Plymonth Chorch. Yesterday, just upon the eve of his depart- ure to the relaxation and refreshment of mountain and seashore, Beecher treated of an admirable theme in his Brooklyn temple of worship, Patience” was the topic which he selected, not merely, we may believe, in reference) to the eupply of that bigh virtue necessary to enable the most devout to, brave the killing heat of the Rev. Mr, “Christiam the weather in their attendance at church, but keeping in view the fearful conflicts of life in thie’ most anxious andtroubled time of ours that has brought such intense unrest to creeds and octrines, principalities and powers, lands and nations—nay, even to the solid globe beneath our feet and to the heavens that arch above us. ‘The thirty-sixth verse of the tenth chapter of Hebrews, Mr, Beeclrer’s text, exhorts to patience in order that, having done the will of God, we may receive the promised recompense of all just and Godly living. And this, while itis the essence of Christian courage, is the rule of ull true and lasting progress. As the reverend preacher most eloquently and appositely discoursed, the great, good growths are comparatively slow: growths. The lettuce in the garden springs up almost In a night, and so springs the mushroom in the field; but the’: sturdy oak and the cedar on Mount Lebanon count their slow ac- cretion by ages and outlive dynasties and em- pires. In like manner the formation of dis- tinguished eharaoier 8 greacal and clon myget perplexing to the parent and the tutor, The throes of nature are great before some mighty birth; the earth opened and trembled and the veilof the Temple was rent when the mystery of the Saviour’s apotheosis on Mount Calvary wasaccomplished; and so any grand result, any high attainment in man, comes from intense labor, honest hope and untiring patience. “Soon ripe, soon rotten” is the old and homely but singularly accurate proverb. Toil for the expanding muscle, trial for the heart that soars toGod. Most excellent, most salutary are such themes and thoughts for. this day and people— a people rash, headlong, hasty, much’ given to “imagining vain things”—a day when fierce passions are rampant and foiled ambition or defeated vanities slake their fires in blood that is often their own, The best of men are in danger of forgetting this healing and saving doctrine in their pain at the crimes and miser- ies they behold, and the community owes earn- est thanks to the pulpit that reminds us of the high lesson of Christian endurance. The great wheels of eternal truth and justice may revolve but slowly in bringing forth the good and crushing down the evil, but they cannot be stayed, Says Fuller, whose mind was not dis- similar, in its graver moods, to that of the pastor of Plymouth Church :—‘‘If the wicked flourish, be thou not discouraged. / They are fatted for destruction; thou art dieted for health,” Speaking Out in’ Meeting. There has not lately been heard any such plain speaking on the subject of college mau- agement as that from Mr, Phelps at the last meeting of the Yale alumni, Mr. Phelps put his finger boldly and accurately on the things that stand in the way of Yale, as a too narrow and local spirit, too many parsons, and too little consideration of “‘what is wanted in the scenes for which Yale educates her children.” He said the ‘great want can be supplied only by the alumni. Put them into your govern- ment; get them from some other State than Connecticut, from some other profession than the ministry.” ‘‘Yale men, who get their train- ing here, are as able to manage its affairs aa the Rev. Mr. Pickering, of Squashville, who is exhausted with keeping a few sheep in the wilderness, or the Hon. Mr. Domuch, of Old- port, who seeks to annul the charter of the only railway that benefits his constituents,” In this style of indictment, in which if there is not much of what the old fellows call dignity there fs a great deal of truth and force, he went over some points in the career of his Alma Mater. His words are not without the tone of personal spirit; but this, however, rather adds to their force, since it gives @ fecling of the reality of the evils of which he complains. But is not the same indictment good against all the colleges? Is it merely Yale that is “conservative,” sleepy, and unaware of the spirit of the @ge—that looks upoa learning as a thing utterly dissociated from practical life—that would separate the academic grove from all natural connection with busier scenes? Rather as a fact this is the spirit of all the colleges, only there are degrees of this stupid view'of their relations in life, Evrorean War News BY Mat.—Our Euro- pean despatches by mail, dated to the 12th of July, supply a most interesting and valuable exhibit of the points of diplomacy, between Spain and Prussia particularly, which have induced the presont European war. It ap- pears as if Prim had had distinct special rego- tiations with German princes on the Spanish throne question before France remonstrated. Prim had been warned in Cabinet council in Madrid of the dangers of his course. Mexico was thrown In the face of France by a portion of the Spanish press, and various irritating international sores reopened, Our special correspondent from Paris asserts that this con- tinental war will be one of the most bloody on record. Tho war news exhibit by mail be- comes thus of the utmost value for historical reference, PERSONAL NOTES, A Now Albany, Ind., girl, fifteen years of age, ade verlses for a situation to teach three languages, aud 1s witling to assist in doing the housework in the family where she teaches, Mias Louisa Stratton, of Cass icounty, Ind, chal- lenges any man in the State toa ploughing mateh with her, She proposes a two horse team, cact compettitor to drive the horses and hold the plough. Bella F. Locke, of Waltham, Mass., whose disap- Pearance some Ume ago has caused much excite- ment, and whose father, a brutal fellow, was threac~ ened With lynching for refusing to tell her where- abouts, hag vecn discovered at ‘acraru, where she 1g bound out to a Shaker tamuly during her minoriy, about six years longer, | , |