The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1870, Page 4

| } 4 me PRESIDENT GRANT AT LONG BRANCH. A Quiet Season at the Soashore—Tho President Determined Not to Talk Politios—Politi- cians Politely Snubbed—Rides and Drives—Affairs at the Breneh— The People Thore—Pro- minent Visitors, Lona Branow, July 25, 1870. President Grant-pursuing his proposed programme of seeking during his sojourn here recuperative rest, pas kept bimseif nearly ali dxy at home enjoying the Peaceful quiet of his cottage. A continuation ef tho heated term, which does not limtt ttse:f to the nar- row confines of the city, bu! extends ita Merce do- matn to the cooler air of the seashore and in iis Nery anger usurpa the sceptres of Ajolus and Nep- tune, of course has a compulsory influence in ‘this regard, and exercises a resiraint upon the fre- (quency of his driving and horseback riding, and the Calls he would like and intends to make. ‘This after- Roon be took about an hour's drive, holding the reins himself, as he always cves, Sirs, Grant, Miss Nellie Grant, Ulysses, Jr., anti Geueral Porter accom- panying him. Meantime he receives a fow calls, but only those calls which are striot!y of @ sociai char- acter, If any one essays business, he and tne business are very speedily bottled, after the style initiated in the case of General Butler, but not rudely, of course, though with a distinct demonstrativeness that acts as an effectual estoppel against the attempt betng repeated. A numberof the Waelington lobby hav- ing shown themselves here it was supposed they might be undertaking to catch his ear upon the matter of thelr lfttle schemes, but thus far none have had the bolduess to atiempt to intrude upon his privacy. In fact it is al- ready weil understood here that be will not talk politics or publio business with any one, and very wiscly thus far, as it will dountless ‘be to the end of his stay, his wishes in this respect are being properly regarded, if one should under- take to write up ali the rumors cf what he is stated ‘to have said and golng to do there would be no end tothem. Last evening, for instance, a ramor pre- vailed that he was going to start to Wash- ington this morning and call an imme- diate session of Congress to make provision against supposed complications seriously affecting our government growing out of the European war. All such rumors have no basis. No emergency suf- ciently urgent to render 1t necessary to call an extra session of Congress now exists, and it is be- Meved, at least as regards the pending hosttlities be- tween France and Prussia, that none will arise. Monday morning always brings with it a great thinning out of the hotels. This morning was no ex- ception, The exodus to-day, however, was mainly made up of the ingress of visitors arriving on Satur: day evening—that class of hebdomadal or Sunday Visitors as they are called wio come here to breaihc the ocean’s balmy breath on Sunday, and revel ia a Dath in tts foam crested breakers, and, invigorated 4m body and spirit, return tothe city agun to renew ‘heir week-day battles of lile amid the bulls ana bears of Wall strect, or their bales of merchandise, or iron or soap chandlery, or more exalted and am- bitious though less remuneratiye strivings to achieve glowing splendor or professional distinction, They come and go like the swallows, but there ts alvays plenty left—those long lists of stated summer guests ‘who come to spend the season and those who come to ee month orasborter period, and then, suddenly ig the wings of the morning, fy to other sul ‘mer resorts and other scenes and other revels and other dissipations. However, there is live yet re- wut kind of life so pre-eminently con- splouous here—the epitomized fife, in fact, of the Wealth and fashion and frivolities and foibles of New York, the great fountain head from which is poured here the tidal stream of humauity, aggregating in feverish restlessness, its burning passions, its glitter of display and its maguificence of luxurious enjoyment, @ minature meiropolls. Of this life, worn threadbare as it is by repeated description, how much there 1s can be written and how much be told that has not been told of the miscellaneous 'e of society to be found here—this mixture of mnaires and nendicants, of gold ey xuthiessly ruiing the gold ring and bankrupt brokers rueing thelr ri of sleek shodyites splendidly adorned und nobby gentiiliy pertinacous im pseudo etense, of politicians plotiiug for spoils and pick- ets prolific in plans and skeleton keys, of greedy Gamblers and grasping garroters—this curious com- ound ef purse proud aud ponipous paterfumillases and dumpy dowagers of young America, conspicu- ously cravated in intensely colored crimson, and Young ladies, and those not so young, inarvellousiy chignoned and souged and ribboned and long trailed. With the breeze inland and the thermometer at ninety-four degrees In the shade we Wilk aot under- take the description to-day, but wait till the air is cooler and the probability of treating the subject in @ More dispassionately cool manner than is possible at present. ere 13 one class of people that, though adaman- tine ana gveg 3 the greatest: powers of endu- Tance, still have proclivities for seaside watering laces, and this piace in pariicular, and these are ew York politicians, At present they abound here “gs thick as leaves tn Valiambrosa.”"| Commencing at the Metropolitan Hotel we fud Judge Bosworth, where Father Nicholson, as he 1s politically dubbed, +. 4s soon expected; while in John McKeon’s cottage, near by, is John Hennessy. Passing up to the Oontinéntal and Mansion, prominently conspic- uous among the throng of guesta are Terence Farley, James M. Sweeny, Chamberlain Bradley, Judge Barnard, Alderman Cowan, James A. Coleman, Judge Dowling, and, last and not least, that par nobile fratrum as regards bachelor- hood and personal beauty, Judge Koch and County Clerk Loew. At the Pavilion is Judge Leawith, a a Star among lesser sateilites, At the West End Hotel 1s Sneriff O’Briew, who daily drives out ‘that magnificent pair of gift norses. Senator Crea- mer, Judge Joi Imsen, Wno looks as youthful and Vigorous asa decade and more of years ago when lant United states District Avioruey; Wililam IXby, Judge Sloson and Alderman Long. And then conspicuous here, besides , there are Sheridan Shook, Guy R. Pelton, John V. Gridiey, M. Oleve- land, Assessor of the Thirty-second district, aud Spencer Kirby. Collector Murphy, who goes back and forth daily to his duties as the presiding genius of the New York Custom House, occupies hls cottage, but nearly every evening may be seen at the West End Hotel. The republicans ‘hold sway at the West End in fact, while the other end of the hotel street 1s where the men of Tam- many most do congregate. At West kind, near Which 1s the President's bee the republicans have the Prestpent as their chief and patron, while at the other end the question of chiefest concer ‘now is, when will Peter B. Sweeny return ? ~ Each passing day brings with it moreasing watch- fulness for the advent of the expected yachts. Every ‘@pproaching verse! from the sea was to-day carefull: scanned in the hope that oue or the other, thougi there 1s more expeciation of the Dauntiass comin; in sight from her taking the southerly course, woul show itself. General Pitcher, commander at West Point, 1s ex- ted to arrive to-morrow. It is undersiood that © comes to sce the President in reference to im- Som Matlers connected with the Military Aca- BASE BALL NOT! To-day the Atlantic nine will piay against a strong Picked nine of Brooklyn players at the Capitoliue grounds, The procecds from the game wlll be dle- voted entirely to the benefit of the family of the late ‘Wittiam J. Piccott, Messrs. Weed & Decker having kindly tendered the use of their grounds for the pur pose. The Atiantic nine in getting up this game have acted very wisciy. They thus get ahead of the regular picked nine game proposed for the 4th Proximo and are first in the fleld, as it were, to assist the widow and the orphans of a deserving man. By playing against a strong nine they wiil get drat class ractice for their coming game with the Mutuals, ‘he latter club will, no doubt, on their return emu- late the example of the Atlantics, and then on Au- gust 4 the grand game of NEW YORK AGAINST BROOKLYN will be played on the Union ground. Thus there will Bagh be three good games instead of one, evoted to the object the players have in view. The game to-day will be worth seeing aside from any charitable considerations that may prompt the at- tendance of spectators. The nines that will take bart are as follows:— ATLANTIO. PICKED NINB. Pearce, 8. 6. Jervell, c. Smith, 3d b. Cummings, p. Start, Ist b. Beavaus, 2d & Chapman, } Rogers, b f. el mn, © Allison, 1st b, ein, p. Duffy, sd b. Hali, o. James Snyder, 8. 6. Lf. Remsen, ¢. & McDonald, r. ‘. James, r.f. The returns to-day should be coy? handeome, and indeed they should be go from all the games, ag the fraternity have never had such an which they should honor so much, made to them before, oO employ¢s of B. L. Solomon & tlachés of Wheeler and Wi innings, to 27, To-day, Atlantic vs. @ picked nine, at the Capito- line Sromnd, the benefit of the widow and chil- ren of the lat ‘oS Plocot. von on the Union Grounds the Fly Aways © Montauks by score of 86 to 18, pre- Abad game resulted in favor of Ayaye by wh kL LE NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, PROSPECT. PARK FAIR GROUNDS. [eteresting Colt Race—Match §2,000—Wil- aw M1. Parke’ Chostnat Filly Rosome Winner. A vory interesting colt race came Of at the Pros- pect Park Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon, It was & matoh for $2,000, milo heats, best three in five, ta harness, between Mr. George B, Alley’s bay filly Viola and Mr. Wm. M. Parks’ ohestout filly Rosema, four-year olds, The agreement which resulted in this contest was made by these gentlemen In the summer of 1869, and was to have been decided in June lasts but both colts at that time being lame tt was post- poned until now. Mr. Alley had the privuego re- served when tne maten was mare of selecting from three colts in his stable, The race was won tn three straight heats by Mr. Parks’ Rosema; and, under the circumstances, she sttil being quite lame, did capitally, This wily t@ @ dark chest- nut, py Geo Hall's Native American (who was by Sim Hoagland’s old Messenger), dam &@ Morgan mare, She ia about fifteen and a quarter hands aud finely formed. Mr. Alley’s filly isa bay with black points, by Hambletonian, dam by Abdaltah Chief, about fifteen and @ lal! hands, and prosents a ve! graceful appearance, She has a clear, nm gait when trotting, but yesteraay her recent lameness still affected her and caused ber to break in the race. There was but a Mmited attendance, although there was free admission to the junds. Those there were the Immediate friends of the owners of the colts, Before the start Rosema was the favorite atthree to one. The following are the details of the race:— SUMMARY. Prospect Park Fain Gaounps, July 25.—Match $2,000, p, p., milie heats, best three ia five, In har- ness. D Hiram Howe entered Wm, M. Parks’ oh. f, ROSCMB. «+0 eseeeeeererererncceseceeceeeses Lo LL John Murphy eatered Geo. B, Alley’s b. f. Viola... seeeeene 22 22 ‘TIME. Quarter. Hay. Three-qra. . Mule, First heat.... 42 1:23 2:08%4 235214 Secona heat. 41 2:07 2:56 ‘Third heat... 44 1:26 2:10 3:00 Furst Heat.—The flilies had an even start, but soon afterwards Viola broke up, losing ten lengths before she recovered. Rosema went steadily about her business, passing the quarter pole in forty-two sec- onds anct the haif-mtte pole in 1:23. She was eighty yards in front at this time. At the three-quarter pole Murpiy, the driver of Viola, gave her the Nea when she started on a run and he did not succeed in pullug her up until she was inside the distance stand, Murphy’s sulky was doubled up so badly tn the latter part of tue heat tuat he was compelled to exchange it for another, Rosema came in very steadily, winning the heat by fifty yards. Time, 252 545 . Second Heat.—Tho fillies nad another very equat start, but again Viola broke up on the turn and lost @ doz-n lengths before she recovered. Kosema passed the quarter pee in forty-one seconds. On the backstretch both left their feet, and, aftor re- covering, there was eighty-yards between them, Rosema leading that distance at the half-mile pole in 1:23, Viola again broke on the lower turn, and was ninety yards behind at the three-quarter pole in 2:073,. Passing this polat Rosema was taken in hand, When Viola lessened the gap between them porcepoly. but Rosema won the heat by six ie. - “Lime, 2:56, Third Heat.—The flies had another excellent send-ou, but, asin the preceding heats, Viola broke up after leaving the stand and lost several! lengths thereby. Roseina also leit her feet on the turn, aud Viola got to within three Raed of her at the quar- ter pole, in forty-four seconds. Viola then again broke and feli of fiity yards, which she never recov- ered. Rosema alter her break trotted steadily, pass- tng the hal/-mile pole in 1:26, the tiree-qua: pole in 2:10, and canie ta on a jog eight lengths in ad- vance of Viola. ‘im 0. MUSiC | The Department of Public Parks announce that, if the weather be fine, there will be music by the Cen- tral Park Band in Tompkins square this évening, frem six to elght o'clock. The following is tke programme:— March, “Festival” Overture, 3 Air, “D: Galop, ¥ PART Grand aolection, “Wiliiam ‘fell” Wi a, Cavatina, “La Dame Blanch Air, “Der Yaeger Abschied” Parr i Overture, ““Banditenstrushe”. ‘Aroldo” Polotca, “Mign March, “Dueppier Scliigigen Nauonal Airs, BROOKLYN CITY PART L Suy Mannering' yuengling am Baoho? xtord”.. NLW3. John Worthy, of Greenpo!nt, was arreste! yeater- day for cruel treatment of his wife and children. His brutality- was so great that Justice Voorhies gaye him sixty days. Tue Germans of Willlamspurg have selected a committee of sixty of their compatriots to solicit subscrip tions to ald the wounded in the war. Lud- wig Sem ler 1s chairman of the committee. A festival and picnic in atdof the American Methodist Episcopal Zion church of Gravesend will be held on the church grounds, near Unionville, on Peas next; if stormy, the next succeeding fair ay. James King, who was convicted and sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year for stealing sixty dol- lars, has just been pardoned through the interces- sion of Judge Troy, he becoming convinced that the sentence was unjust. The hearing of the case of the United States against Cc. T. Reynolds & Go's color factory, in Flushing enue, which has been complained of as a nuisance, was concluded in the District Court yesterday. Judge Benedict will render a decision to-morrow, granting a lumtted injunction. A number of rowdies assembled around the rest- dence of Mr, stephen Wood, No. 83 Atlantic strest, on Sunday night, aud wnen Mr. Wood expostulated with them James Fiaherty, one of the party, fired ral shots from his rovolver at him. The balls, hoWever, lodged in the casemeat of the door Flaherty was arrested and locked up to answer. James Dunn was taken before Justice Walsh yea- terday, and sent to jail, for committing a violent assault on his daughter Catharine at their residence, corner of Pearl and Concord streets, The prc who was under the influence of liquor, beat the fi in aterrible manner, and would in ail probability fave killed her had not some persons interferea, fhe total number of houses in the twenty-two wards of the city of Brooklyn, as shown on the asses- sor's books, is 41,172. To this ten per cent must be addea for new bulldings and imperfections tn carry- ing out on books, making 61,429 houses. Allowing eight persons to a house—which the assessors do not taink too muci—the population of Brooklyn will now be 411,512, a8 against 392,416 by the census of 1865, The ward having the most houses 1s tie ‘Twenty-first—3,976. The most populous Is the Tenth. WUVENLE CRACKSMEN, A Darivg Burglary ia Bread Daylight by Boys in Their Teens.” On Wednesday last the residence of Mra. McCarty, No. 21 Vandam street, was ontered by four young scamps; the oldest but eighteen years old. Too bur- glary was effected between eleven and twelve A. M., entrance being obtained from tie roof of No. 19, ad- joining, and through a rear attic window, the spoils consisting of two very handsome silk dresses, other dresses and undergarments, the whole vatued at $175. Captain Washburne, of the Twenty-eight pre- Cluct, was notificd, end {immediately set one of his shrewdest deiectives—Abe Riker. work to re- Cover the goods, and, if possible, to secure the thievos. This he succeeded in doing so far as the recovery of the goods and tie capture of one of the boys ts concerned. He bas information as tothe remainder, and when his plans are fully matured, an interesting expose imag be expected, Meanwhile, for furthering the ends of justice, names and further particulars are wilhhela. Some of the gang are but fonrieen and Afteen years of age. The goods were recovered at a Bleecker gireet pawn shop, on Satur- day afiernoon, at five o'clock. SUSPECTED DOM'STIC TRAGDEY. John Little, forty years of age and a carpenter by trade, was yesterday arrested by oMoer O'Nolll, of the Twentieth precinct, on suspicion of having oavsed the death of his wife, Agnes Little, aged forty-flve years. They occupied Spartaienta in the elt | pose No. 463 West 7 rty-ninth street, some of the occupants of which allege that the accused had been in the habit of l-treating bis wife, and that on Sunday be beat her most brutally, At eleven o'clock yes- terday morning Little appeared at the West Thiny- fifth street police siation and reported to Sergeant Lowery that he had just found his wife dead in the reom and asked that @ coroner be called to make an Investigation. After Little had left Sergeant Lowery learned of the suspicious circumstances in the case and caused Little's arrest. QOoroner Keenan has charge of the case and to-day Wooster Beach, M. D., will make t-mortem examination on the body, which wi jetermine the cause of death. COURT CALENDANS—THis DAY. BUPREMB ipeRs.—Held by Judge Brady.—Oalenda@r called at twelve noon.—No, 143. 78%, 17. . . THE THIRTY-FIFTH STREET MURDER. A Terrible Stabbing Case—Official Investige- tiom—A Knife Broken Off in the Bone— Glass, the Murderer, Held for Trial. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Rollins held an ta- quest at the Twentieth precinct police station over the remains of Henry Wachter, the German, lato of No. 412 West Thirty-ffth street, who on Sunday night was fatally stabbed while in his apartments by John Glass, who had engaged loagings in the house of his. victim. The origin of the quarrel, which resutted in murder, did not positively appear from the testimony, but-it was intimated that de- ceased and prisoner had trouble somo time ago. Below willbe found a copy of the testimony, to- gether with the verdict of the jury:— TESTIMQNY OF THE VIOTIM'S WiDOW. Farina Wachter, widow of deceased, was sworn and examined through an interpreter, She says that on Sunday herseif and husband zrent to a funeral, leaving the prisoner, John Glass, in the house; they returned about half-past aine o'clock in the evening and deceased opened the door with his own key; the prisoner also Lad a key; when wit- ness aud her husband came home they went into @ lager beer saloon sin the front of the house, and while there tho prisoner became Intoxicated and conslderably under the influence of liquor; deceased and prisoner had some words in the saloon, after which deceased got up to go to his room, when prisoner followed after and stabbed him; prisoner tmmediately ran away; the parties had some words about prisoner leaving the house; Glass said ne should leave the next morning, to which de- ceased repiled that he could go at once; deceased died ten minutes aiter he was stabbed, after first walking int) his own room: the knife shown, with the blade broken off, was found on the table in the room of the witness; witness did not know how it came there. TESTIMONY OF CHARLES WRTTSTEIN. Charles Weitatein, lodging iu the bouse with de- ceased, deposed that he wont into the saioon after they had been Snagetting and found deceased and prisoner there; they left the saloon together and proceeded to the deceased’s room, followed by the witness; in the front of the room prisoner de- ceased had a scutile, and the witneas endeavored to separate them; the witness then learned from de- ceased that he had been stabbed; saw deceased run away; saw no knife in the hands of the prisoner. THE OFFICER'S TESTIMONY. Bernard Dounelly, an oMcer of the Twentieth pre- cinct, testified that on bemg informed that a man had jumped from the pier into the river, foot of Thiriy-fourth street, North river, he ran down and found that some boys had taken the prisoner from the wator; the prisoner told witness that he fell over- board; took prisoner to the station house and there learned that he had stabbed deceased. ME! ‘AL TESTIMONY. John Beach, M. D., testified to making a post- mortein examination on the body of deccased, and 1n his opinion death was caused by exhaustion from hemorrhage by the severing of the right femoral artery and vel. About one inch in length of the Dolut of the knife blade was found so firmly embed- ded in the right thigh bone that it required much force with a pair of nippers to draw It out. ‘The case was then submitted to the jury, who found that deceased came to his death by exhaus- tion from hemorrhage, consequent upon a stab wound received at the hands of Jolin Glass, on the joerg of July, 1870, at No, 412 West Thirty-fifth The accused, who wears a look of despair, is a single man, twenty-eight years of age, born in Switzerland, a silk weaver by occupation and lives at No. 412 West Thirty-fllth street. ile confessed to stabbing deceased, but said it was his own fault. Coroner Rollins then commitica the accused to the Tomba for trial. The following 1s a tabular compilation of the re- ports from the several precincts of the Metropolitan Police, of arrests made on Sunday, July 24, 1870, be- tween the hours of six o'clock A. M. and nine o'clock P. M., on the charges of intoxication, drunk and disorderly conduct (when not under the influence of Uquor), and violation of the Excise law, respectively, distinguishing the sex Violation Entorica- | Drunk and Dis-| Disorderly \of Excise orderly. Comtucte Taw. aate.|remate| wate\Fem'té.| Bates =) = a = = y - - a er 4) a = =| 3 ps a 1 Neer 3 - 2 | 8 = i =| = = i E = 1 1 rei 2 ong es F) - so ya ‘ y 3 = a ig | %, i} = - WT 1 Pl ~ -| = - y ~ = a = aah = = a 3} — 1 es, aS _ 2 a ah = 1 i, 8 pa ES 4] = - i 2 iy = | 4 = a Total.| 49] 11 za] a 9 6 Maies, 93; females, 31—Total, 159. POLIGE TRIALS. Commissioner Manterre yesterday heard evidence in the following cases:— Terrence Kiernan, Tenth, scratching his back against a building, reprimand; Cook, Ninth, not found on post twenty minutes, Board; Cook, Ninth, in o@ Mquor store, Board; Wright, First, conversing on post, three days; Halton, Second, con- versing on post, two days; Healy, Sixth, off post, acquitted; Dorras, Seventh, absent without leave half @ day, Board; Pertell and Minor Tweifth, acquitted; Cook, Ninth, not founa on post, Board; McKeown, Twelfth, failing to report for duty, dismissed from Department; Gienning and Kinney, Twelfth, failing to report a Can eid ulttea) Harney, Twelfth, not properly patrolling, lays; Harney, Twelfth, failing to make an arrest when ordered’ by the captain, dismissed de- tment; O’Brien, Tenth, not broperiy patrollin; rone hour and fifteen minutes, five days; Blun' ‘Twenty-second, coming into the station house at a quarter to three A. Bi Hye was evidently intoxicated, of waiting for his relief, Board ; ye, Twenty-second, Of post, ac- quitted; Monahan, Twenty-second, off ac gales Shea, Sixteenth, standing o1 mn post, 0 jays; Burke, Sixteenth, at on an iron ratling, five days; Jac Big aE on post, fwodapa; second charge aid'nor try teenth, off post, two days; second o ‘no oat h ‘Jackson, Sixteen! also another charge 0 is doors, three days; Moses coming out of a liquor are a similar character, Board; Moyt, Sixteenth, coming out of a saloon, two days; Gardiner, Third, violation of rules, tnree ‘days; Southard, Sixteenth, coveraing ‘with a citizen, five days: Fiynn, Thirtieth, off oer two days; Dynan, Thirtteth, ae of uty two days; Clayton and Morehet Sixteenth, Ip conversation fifty minutes, and when he spoke to Morehead he sald he did not give a devil if he werearoundsman. Shulta swore that both refused to give their names or numbers and refused to give him their posts, Board; Hill, Sixteenth, not found on post for one hour, five days; Burke, Sixteenth, not found on post, Board; Brown, ‘Twenty-iath, absent from reserve duty, two days; Canavan, Figliteenth, charged by Thomas Garlarty, of No. 385 Second avenue, withclubbing him, Board; Conway, Tenth, allowing a prisoner to escape, Board; Dwyer, off post in an oyster saloon, Board; Southerd, Sixteents, improper condact, on complaint of roundsman Miller. Muller charged that Southerd called hima low-lived gon of a —, and threatened that he would club his d——d head off if it waa after midnight, WEW YORK'S POSTAL iMPORTANCE, Tho following 13 the business done at the Post Ofice in the Foreign Department with Europe and the Weat Indies for the past month; RECEIVED, + Letters. Postage, Britioh.....+ sess 245,018 34 Bremen and Hamburg. North German Union. . at ruin, Netherlands Switzerland Italy... oe West Indies, &o. TOLD. .06e esereeesereesene con FORWARDED, British,........+ . Bremen and Hamburg. North German Union. GANA tOtdls.seeesseseesseseyeveees AM O26 $8000 JULY 26, 1870—TRIPLE A FAN-FANTASY. How to “Raise the Wind” During the Dog Daye—A Fit Subject for Agitation—The Trade in Europe and America—Fanci- ful Styles and Materials—Lan- guage of Fans—The Com- ing Man Uses Them. No subject can be more grateful to every perspir- ing atom of humanity in these days when the thermo- meter is among the nineties and respiration and Perspiration are synonymous terms, than fens. That “the flesh ts weak indeed” in tts conflict with the sun, few would be willing to dispute now and we turn with picasure to the discussion, or in this instance we may say, “agitation” of the subject which, in conjunction with bibulous antidotes against heat, the soothing sling or the consoling cocktail, serves to afford momentary relief, Again, the sub- ject is mteresting on other points besides the dis- pelling of heat, as in dainty fingers belonging to the feriinine persuation, It is made toexpress a very eloquent language. There is besides no danger of beated discussions when speaking of fans, although the limits of “spreading tho subject” are rather constrained. FANS ARB OF GREAT ANTIQUITY. In fact the immediate ancestors of the oldest tahabl- tant cannot recall the first time they were unfolded tothe world. Neither can their remote descendants, ‘The idea was probably taken from the auimal worid, for instance—a dog wagging his tail or an elephant Oscillating hia truok, But from the original palm tree leaf with which the acantily dressed anteditu- vians probably drove away mosquitoes and midsum- mer heats, what @ change has taken place ia the material and manufacture of these anti-Sol and anti-fy machines! For instance, a young married tady tn Brooklyn received AS A WEDDING PRESENT last month a@ tortoise shell fan manutactured tn Paris and costing thore $2,500 in gold. ‘T'lny solitaire diamonds flashed rays of ght from tts folds, and its own radianco made it a dazzling object at a recep tion. The trade in fans in this conntry is mainly carried on with Paris and Vienna, where all stylish articles of the kind are manufac- tured. Thy business {n those cities is enormous, although the factories ure principally confined to the upper floors in dwelling houses, where tenants, like some of our cigarmakers, manufacture on their own account, The fans thus made pass into the hands of the large jewellers and fancy goods dealers, who im- port them, in conjunction with the various articles of the jewelry business, in vast quantities to this coun- try. A French house in this city does an annual business of $65,000 in fans. A million of dollars would probably represent the average amount of busineas transacted annually between the principal houses in New York and in Paris and Vienna in fans alone, It would be impossible to make any accurate calculation as to the imported fans from Japan and China. Althoigh they are of comparatively recent introduction into this country, they have OVERSPREAD IT LIKE A CLOUD, and have prot been the initiatory cause of the agitation of th Jhinese question. At all events they have stirred up @ breeze, The fan i3 a neces- sity with Oriental They work, eat, sleep and chat while the ilitie “agitator” is ever in operation. Even tn war one may see a desperate charge maae ‘on the enemy by a Celestial regiment with fans wav- ing, pigtalis fying and tom-ioms sounding. War fans are generally typical of bloodshed and slangh- ter. Hideous faces scowl from their folds at the enemy, and carved handles of bluod red hue gleam ominously in the hands of their gallant owners, It ts stated also on good grounds that a line of ag.tated fans serves to distract the enemy's aim. THB CHINESE AND JAPANESE are very expert in the use of the fan. With a pair of these articles a pigtailed juggler will cause many strange departures from the laws of gravity among surrounding objects. The curious breaking or puz- zling fan trom Jeddo and Yokolama is often the source of Bpinel embarrassment to visitora, who, finding it displayedwarelessly upon the cencre table in the reception parlor, unwittingly open It. Tuts fan, 80 ingeniously made and 60 gaudlly orna- mented, whon taken into the hands of one unac- ee with its pecuilar construction, on opening falls in a hundred pieces, hanging to each other in various places by a slender thread, a wire, or a shrea wi of THE MATERIALS of which fans are composed are as varied and numer- ous as the styles themacives, As for the latter their name is legion. If we regard the fashionable speci- mens trom Paris and Vienna, we find some made of tortoise shell and others of ivory, pearl, sandal and other woods, straw, gold and chip. Many of the ex- pensive ones are decorated with the richest Kind of lace. Jewels of all kinds gleam In the interstices of these fans. But in Spain tho fan is seen to advan- tage. The brunettes of that sunny clime have no superiors in the world tu flirting with those danger- ons little weapons, With them the fan is the chotcest shaft in Cupid’s fhe. and they never fail to hit the mark with it. ‘atch them on the plaza, in the carriage, at the window, or Worse than all, at @ bull fight, and the silent but expressive language they convey with the fan is irresistible and inex- pressibly cloquent. Here are a few of . THEIR TELEGRAPHIC SIGNS, Open fan mvans friendship; shut close, the oppo- site; half open, an invitation to conversation; touch- ing the lips with the top of the fan, an assurance o! secresy aud confidence; waving the fan to the right, “have no fear,’ to the left, ‘some! is watch. ing;"’ covering the face with the fan, ‘1 understand;’’ lowering ithe fan below the face, “I don’t under- stand;” touching the forenead, “yes; waving it briskly, “uo: opening and shutting the ah “I must have time to consider; quickly, In regard to the styles in fans, we can say that the round shapes have given way this year to more convenient ones—the Pompadour, 10 cular, which is smali near the nand and large above, thus allowing free, unobstructed use of the fan. In the other shapes the lower part is liable to strike the wrist. The pearl fans are now dyed to any color cor- responding with the toilet of the wearer, and on some the mostartistic Ngures are carved. TAR HANDSOME FANS of marabout and feathers, which have a little stuffed bird in their centre, are the work of Indian squaws, and mostly come from Canada. The increase in thé Formerly tn were, ‘the ‘Special. prop ry, of ey we of edeminacy them. Since the, advent of our Oriental friends, however, every one ‘uses them, and on the streets, too. Kven the labor- ing claases oes im them. Hence, probably, the focrease tn agitation of all kinds of business. CHINA. Ruestan and French Reports About the Christians Massacre. m Gatienani'’s Messenger, July 14.1 The Duke do Gramont has received from General Fleury, French Ambassador at St, Petersburg, the following telegram:— Stiy.ttome: Bull no news from Chios, Tho siberian line’ of been eed by storms and the ‘overflowing of several streams of water. The ion of Slroussa, be nundated, and the apparatus has been sw a eee cae See ES have Beon ‘already kuown’ ia. thie city, singe i would bo of twenty-one days’ date, and as under 7 clFot only fourteen are required for satelligence from Pekin, We read in the Peuple Frangats:— A person worthy of bellet afirms that he has had in his hand a despatch, dated Pekin, June 22, ad. dressed to a house of business tn Paris, and couched as follows:—‘‘Situation good. Business quiet, No change tn quotations.’’ Asthe pretended massacre ts said to have taken place on the 2ist the probability 1s that the telegram announcing it was but a shameful tnvention of the Pointes-des-Galies merchants, Who sent it with a view to speculation. . “RUBBERY (HOBOKEN, A novel species of thievery has just been unfolded tn Hoboken, Liberty Hose Company, No. 2, of the Fire Department there, got tickets printed for an excursion, which were then locked up at their Tiecting room, A well known personage, named John Beerman, found his way thither, and, as alleged, abstracted 112 of them, He sold twenty-six for @ dollar each, but was stop) tn his career by Captain Aldo Ritto, of the police force. Beerman was arraigned before Recorder rope ‘and, in default of $300 batl, will be commit for trial. Beerman seems to enjoy the friondship of some ot the Hoboken officials. Though he was formerly arrested and ae with other offences, Recorder Pope yesterday refused to let any of the papers con- taining the charges be seen. It is not the first time that the names of pubilc oriminals have been con- ceated in this way from the citizens waose interest {t ts to Know them. Errecr oF Tu MapsTone.—A letter to the Bloom- fangton Pantagraph says:—“Returning home from Bloomington last Saturday evening I met at Normal a@gentieman from Henry couaty, on his way from Eftcoin, where he bad been with his daughter, eleven years, to have the so-called madstone applied to lier foot for the bite of a mad dog, which was in- filcted on her last Sune The stone was ap- lied at one o'clock las) ured: rote v4 and the Tate tld ie that 4 is mn the wound, ‘which, though severe, pre ful, became severely 60, and a sten aimoat anboat. able filled the Soom ‘When taken off the thio Heh Qe ft ad THE CITY RAILROADS... Unfair Distribution of the Linee—Complaints ef Second Avenue Property Ownere—A New General Depot at Tryen Row=Numbecr of Cara Running, &o. ‘The property owners along the rouse west of Seo- ond avenue complain loudly of the want of railroad accommodations they are now laboring under. A petition 1s being gotten up, signed by the most influ ential parties, who complain that should they have business to transact down town in the lower portions of the city—the great centres of which are the Astor House and City Hall—they are obliged to travel blocks out of their way to reach the Second avenue cars, or else subject themselves to the suiferings and trials of a ride on the Third avenue line, Tiis latter never bas on a sufficiency of cars, and these are not of the most perfect kind. The company has such an immense monopoly that its directors deem it not worth while to submit to dictation or lisien to sug- gestions. They have the undivided ‘control of the greater portion of the passenger trafic of the east TRE BAST AND WEST SIDE RAILROADS. Of the many ratiroads ranning through the various avenues we find that the west side has five lines— the Broadway, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth avenues—and these, besides other lines, cover the entire ground. ‘Tie eastside has seven avenues aud @large district below to supply, yet there are but four lines of carg—the Fourth, Third, Second aud Avenue B, Again, the population on the east side is far more numerous than that of tho west, and the east side has two lines running as far as 130th street, while the west has but one running above Filty-niuth street. The people of thé west side are therefore be!- ter off, as regards railroad accommodatiot ry those of the east, and have the further advantay: all their avenue cara Baring from the Astor House, while, of the main jines of the east side, but cae has its startung point from the City Hat, The Fourth avenue cars certainly start from there, but they run as far only as Thirty-fourth street, and 60 do the Avenue B cars, but of those that run to Harlem but one starts [rom the central point. ‘The Third avenue has this advant to 1welf, while the Secon’ starts from an out of the way place for the working und business populution—Peck lip. On examination of the condition and conduction of these lines it must be admitted that the Second Avenue Company have done more to convenience the public aud supply them with clean and decent cars” within the past twelve montas than the Third have done within the last three years or ever will do if allowed a continuauce of the mo- nopoly, ‘the Third Avenue Company never put on anumber of cars proportionate to the number of Passengers. The result 1s that the business or the ‘working man or the tfred-out working giri, return- ing from their work, have either to choose between @ crushing on one set of cars or @ tramp through tho back streets, which on arrival are likely to be crowded also. POF SU ‘A CENTRAL DBI GGESTED. As before remarked the travelling public feel sore over the affair, and 80 do the property owners, the value of whose estates is deprec! by this total want of railroad accom! jon for people living uptown. Indeed, the owners say they are deter- mined to expend any amount of money to further their inierests and those of the public. It ts sug- gested by them and many others that street rail- Toads, like sieam ratlroads, should be obliged to pur- chase lands and build themselves. The merchants and others in tho vicinity of tho H&RALD oftice desire to have them removed asa nuisance; and if they are such now what will they be when the now Post Oftice is erected and the numerous muil rece are constantly passing at ail hours of the day ? There ia no doubt whatever that the cars are fated to give up their ground Oey the AgraLp Building as their starting point; but the question comes then, where will they go? In reply to this we may give aa answer the suggestion of an old, experienced dealer in real estate—let all those companies whose cars now start from tha HERALD Building com- bine for the purchase of ground tn the vicinity, nd thereon erect a suitable building, with rooms, &c, for the ae of passengers from the severity of elther extremely hot or cold weather. ‘This would be an immense advantage to the public; ft would take idle cars “laying of’ (as at Grand strect ferry) otf the and would save the com- panies from the just ridicule brought on them by allowing their starters and others to be sitting out on the sidewalk on small stools, with shrill whistles continually in their mouths. For this purpose, if it could be obtained, the block of butidings known as Tryon row and a in of the ange ir spot of round in front (at present devoted the boot- ks and toss”) would be most avall- able. @ matter worthy of the consideration of the authorities and of the public. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CARS. ‘The following 1 running on each line in the city dur of April. It 1s a8 near an average as can mated: res show the —— of cars g the mouth, approxt- Seventh Avenue. Fourteenth Strect and Avenue B (Dry Dock).. William White... Bleecker Street. John T. Conover... Belt Railroad. . ..Cummings H. Tucker.. 73 (Bast side, 30; west sido, 43.) Sixth Avenue... - 70 Eighth Avenue. _— «. 95 Ninth Avenue.. — 23 Becond Avenue . Montgomery Que. ot BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, Appeintmont of the Standing Committees— Publication of the Corperntion Manuul. The Board of Assistant Aldermen met yesterday afternoon. The following standing committess were announced :— ae and Sciences—Terrence Duffy, Robinson and ‘eltner. Be lagaag of Public Works—Rogers, Relliy and attledeld. Donations—Costello, Malligan and Pecker. Ferrtes—Litiiedeid, Healey and Hampson, I istetinyee idly Rogers ana Ropinson. Lamps and Gas—Odell, O’Brien and Durnin. Law Deparbnent—Robinson, Durnin and McCar- thy. farkets—Feitner, Costello, Tuomas Dut at y Rd , 2 ty, Lysag' Nationat Agatrs—Durnin, Reilly, Hampson, Garry and Healey. ptariete OLB Hem McDonald and Terrence ratty. Printing and Advertising—Hampson, Odell and Lysagnt, Tpublle Healt—Malligan Pecker and Costello. Public Buildings—Barker, Garry and McDonald. Roads—mcDonald, Rogers and Ltttletield. i eergeme— Rens Parker, Feitner, O’Brien and Savaries and Ofices—Healey, McDonald and ir. Sewers—Thomas Duffy, Odell and Mulligan. Streets—Garry, Duffy and rs. wane Pavements—McCarthy, Robinson and ty. Joint Commities of Accounts—Pecker, Littlefeid and Thomas Duffy. The Aldermanio resolution to empower the Clerk of the Common Oouncil to compile and publish, un- der the direction of the Mayor, the rporation Manual for 1870, and distribute 5,000 copies to the Boara of Aldermen, 5,000 to the Board of Assistant Aldermen, 1,000 to the Mayor and 4,000 to the Olerk of the Common Council, was amended b; Biv 2,000 copies to the Clerk of the Common Council an 2,000 to the Olerk of the Board of Assistant Alder- men, and, as amended, was passed. SINGULAR POISONING OCCURRENCE. Coroner Keenan was yesterday called to the Lu- natic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, to hold an inquest ‘on the body of Catharine Jenkins, an inmate of that institution, who died under pecuilar circumstances; The surgeon in charge had ordered for Catharine a mixture, one of the ingredients of which was strychnine, and gave it to the nurse to administer accordt to instruc- tions, The nurse placed the phi containing the medicine in one of her bureau drawers, and dur- ing her absence Catharine, in rummaging . through the drawer, seeing the botue with her name written on the label, drank the contents at one draught, The doctor was instantly called and used every effort in his power to remove the poison from her ‘stomach, but without effect, and death ensued soon afterwarda, ‘The investigation ts not yet concluded. dnaeeasea: was twenty-three years of age and a native “TUFFY.” THE POURTH WARD “PR'G,” Theodore Anthony, alias “Mike,” allas “Tafy,” a well known Fourth ward thief, was arrested ou Sun- day last on a charge of having picked the pocket of Daniel M. Foley, 357 Pearl street, of a gold watch and chain valued at $210, in a liquor store in Cherry street. Foley was drinking in the saloon, and on going out through the hallway was followed by An- thony, who stole the property during a moment's conversation with him. When detective Finn was taking the prisoner to the station house friends of ‘the prisoner offered to make good the loss if the Hedi wage eh dete eer morning, While the was walking alon; rey street, & yor Sored the watch'and thake When arraigned in the Tombs Police Court yesterday accused was aiternoon, before Justice Hogan, the held for trial, A PRISON CurtosiTy.—A colored lad, who ts now fo jail in Hartford for incendiarism, is a curtosity. He is only @ trifle over three feet high, and is as ti asamatch. At the bottom of his cell door tn tne Emini pean nt which rations are . fi th this hole in his ‘This yellow fellow crawls throug! own bait with perfect ease and goes the rounds of his 0 cell oases. He fellow conv’ 6. DI 9 my go through the keyhole ry has not yet attemdted the main door of the prison, but gay eome day EUROPE. Monarchical and Popular Movements. The steamship City of Paris, from Liverpool the 14th and Queensiowa the 15th of July, arrived at cts Port yesterday afternoon, bringing our European mail files in detail of cable news telegrams datca to the day of sailing from Ireland. The Optciat Gazette of Floreuce announces the de- parture from that city of the Duke and Duchess @ Aosta, with the infant Duke de Pugita, and thelr arrival at Leghorn, where they were most warmly received, Mr. Marsh, Minister for the United States at Flor- ence, left that city for Paris on leave, Mr. Wurta, Secretary of Legation, will act as Chargé d’Affatres during his chief's absence, A despatch from Muthausen states that the strike still continued there. but that order has not been ala turbed. ‘The Journal du Havre announces that the coat- heavers of that port struck for an Increase of wages. ‘They insist on being paid five francs a day in place of four francs and twenty centimea, The city of Brussels was mading great prepara- tions to celebrate the thirty-ninth auniversary of the accession of Leopold I. to the throne. ‘The Journet Ofictal of Paris publishes a report to i the Emperor Napoleon, from the Mintaver of the In- terfor, on the local finances of the communes tm France at the ena of the year 1863, This return shows that the total debt of the city of Parts amounts at present to 1,475,799,082f., and that of the other towns to 573,749,392f, e Oficial Messenger, of St. Petersburg, publishes accounts of the journcy of the Czar. His Majesty left Warsaw at four im the afternoon of the 6th of July, and arrived at Grodno at eleven the same evening. The following morning the Emperor re- viewed the troops, and started at ten for Witna, which place he reached at two. He there visited the convent of the Holy Ghost, then inspected whe troops, and afterwards continued on to Dunaburg, where he arrived at ten in the evening and passed the night, in Constantinople on the 13th of July the Bourse was closed in consequence of the refusal of tne losers to pay the enormous differences produced by the fall. The Prince and Princess do Joinville passed through Brussels on thetr way from England to Ger- many. During their stay in that city tney visited the King and Queen of the Belgians at Laeken, and dined there. ‘The Pope visited the stadio of the sculptor Filippo Guaccarint, in Rome, to see the model of the colossal statue of St. Peter, presented to bis Holiness, and which {3 to be cast in bronze and erected on the Janiculum in memory of the Ecumenical Counoit. The Statistical OMice of Sweden published a report on the last census of that country, showing that ia two years the population, which is 4,172,080 souls, decreased by 22,601. Hitherto, since 1810, there had always been an augmentation. The Manchester (Eng.) Courter reporta that an ex- ploston of a somewhat singular and very destrac- tive character took place yesterday at @ corn mull at Blackburn, The explosion 1s sald to have arisen from an accumulation of foul air generated by the action of the grinding stones, Extensive flues had been constructed to carry off tue gases, but from some cause they did not act. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. M. Delfosse, Belgian Mivister to Washington, and Franklin B. Gowen, of Philadelphia, are at the Bre- voort House. Baron Hubener, of Austria, is at the Clarendon Hotel. General Burnside, of Rhode Island; General Sher idan, of the United States Army; Major E. Willis, of South Carolina; W. Willems, of Butalo; Ross R, Winnans and W. 8, Winuana, of London, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General T. L. Clingman, of North Carolina; J. J. Hunker, of the United States Navy; J. BE. Smith, of the United States Army; Judge T. R. Smith, of Mem- phis; General A. M. West, of Mississipp!, and Generat J. 8, Whitney, of Massachusetts, are at the 8s. Nichoths Hotel. Governor Reed, of Florida; A. A. Sargent, of Call- fornia; Commodore Goldsborougn and £, M. Gallaa- dct, of Washington; Judge W. Marvin and Captain H. B, Clark, of Georgia; Captatu George Norton, of steamship Crescent City, and Senator R. U, MoCor- mick, of Arizona, are at the Astor Houee. Major W. Atwood, of the United States Army; McLellan W. Thomson, of Alabama and John G. Hoffman, of Memphia,-are at the Irving House. Colonel W. Ludiow, of South Carolina, and M. D, Maine, of Kentucky, are at the New York Hotel. General A. C. Yates, uf Syracuse; W. F. Rice, A. Squire and W. Hunter, of the United States Army Dr. J. O, Ragut and Dr. T, B. Campbell, of St. Paul's; Benj, Rose, T. V. Altchinson, R. Jordan and J. J. Jacques, of England; Colonel A. McDowell, of Chi- cago, and Judge J. Jefferies, of New Orleans, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Major W. Watson, of the United States Army; Dr. J. Ryan, of New Orleans, and A. T. Hill, of Conneoti- cut, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Major A. 3. Nicholson and General R. Warner, of the United States Army; J. R. Partridge, Ministor to Venezuela, and General Stone, of New York, are at the Albemarle Hotel. J. 0. Randall, of Albany; B. OC, atherbury, of Oon- necticut, and F, Turk, of Washington, are at the Coleman House. General &. 8. Parker, of Washington; 8. G. Wheelcr, of Obicago; J. E. M. Coffin, of Oharles- town, and Major J. 8. Tobias, of Polladelphia, are at the Hoffman House. Personal Notes. ‘The prominentrepublican of Louisville couldn’t attend senator Revels’ lecture in that city, There is 4 man in Troy 103 years old. His name is Picard. Hots @ French Canadian. ‘Notwithstand- ing his great age he travels about the streets as a scavenger, drawing a wagon after him, Peter Uartwright, the venerable Methodist Preacher, lectured at Dubuque, Iowa, on the 13th lustant. The Telegraph of that city says:— It was a strange sight, and one we may never ox- ct to see again, to behold # man in the pulpit be- fore us who was eighty-six years old, had been eighty years a citizen of the West and who, sixty lyr ago crossed the AThnere where is now it. Louis. He preached in the State of Illinois when. Chicago was unknown and he has spent sixty years in the saddle riding through the great West. To- night he wiil tell us something of how our State looked tm the days lang syne of forty years ago. The press ts poking fun at the correspondent of the Cincinnatl Commercial for having put the net gain of his winter's work in the shape of a check, signed by Henry D. Cooke, his banker, and made payable to Don Piatt, July 16, 1870. Don Plate: does not see where the laugh comes in, but having stopped the payment of the same awaits, with: Christian resignation, the result of a police investl- gation. He says the most puzzling part is that the theft occurred after the adjournment of Congresa, when few, if any, oMicials were left in Washingwn, LOOK CUT FOR HIM. The Pranks and Peculiarities of a Young Man “Which %is Name is Woedward”—How He Rups a Baok Account. About the oth day of Julya person named or known as Woodward opened an account with the Union Square National Bank. Between that time And the 13th inst, he deposited and withdrew to the amount of $3,828. On the 16th he depostted a check, parporting to be drawn to his order by the well. known firm of W. 0. Pickersgill & Oo. on the Pactla Bank for $9,000. This check was endorsed by him pnd 9 ering f properly certified by the bank, At the time of depositing It desired to draw against it to the amount of $6,600, bus the cashier very wisely 1 it hour in which to make tnoquiries. » “mean- while Mr. Woodward withdrew, and tt ts hardly ue- cessary to add, as the check wasa forgerg, has not since made his appearance. As the forgets pro- nounced o very close imitation, both. as to the maker's name and certificate, this notave is given ta the business community in order to save them from uke assaults. Woodward ls abort five fect cloven. yaches 1n height, of slender bull@,About. forty years , Wears black side whiskers and m ha tn dark clothes and,aigh black hat, the alr of a gentionso < » —