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Qe Adveriisements. 3—Eurup ¢ Ballot Question before the British Pa nt; Disraelt in Foli Dress, and au Extraordinary Scene in the Commons; Ireland in Party Agitation, but National—News trom Mexico—Horribie Bratality—Pollticai Intelli- rth Carolina: Ku Klux Developments in Alamance County—Sad Story of a Young Missouri Matron—Vemale Immigration into _ Canada—Advertisements. 4—Editoriais: Leading Arti on the War m a Financial Point of View—Sunday Excursions— Two Men Found Drowned at Hoboken— 4 Ainusement Announcemeits. 6—The War: Fighting Commenced in Paden; Sharp Repulse of the mech at Saarbruck; The Armaments Still Goiug On; Bismark’s Expla- natiou of the Secret Treaty: England Anxtous Beiginim—Miscellancous — Telegraphic Washington News—Another Night of ew York City News—Personal Intelli- eee ong Island Railroad Enterprise— jusical and ‘Theatrical Notes—Yachting Notes—Business Notices. @—Religious: Midsummer Piety as Displayed in the Churches; War, Peace, the Pope and the Devil a8 Subjects of Pulpit Discussion; The Irrepres- sible Dogma of Intallivility Explained and Denounced; Beecher’s Farewell to the Ply- mouth Flock; Sermons and Services in the Churches of the Metropolis, at Long Branch and Other Places; Ded.canon of New Houses x of Worship. ‘w—Religious (continued from Sixth Page)—Mid- suinmer of ts: The Season at Long Branch—The Newark Sewer Accident—A Fast Young me —Kiiled on the Hudson River Railroa reign Built Steamers Afloat— Court ndars for ‘To-Day—Financial and a Commercial Reports—Marriages and Deaths. S—The Nathan Worror: batement of the Ex: eitement; Th olives Actively at Work, but no Obtained—Affrays Yesterday Homicide in New Jersey—Atiempted P chie—The Gallow ecation Of Jos ers at Shelbyville, IIL—An Alteg Pickvocket—Brooklyn City Ne Intelligence—Advertisements. Shipping Scnpay Rum is responsible for three more Dloody rows, cach one of which has probably waded in morder. No ProressionaL Sprcrators.—It is simply m want of good manners and good taste for the ‘French to refuse the freedom of their camp to distinguished soldiers who wish to see the war. All civilized nations have hitherto extended ‘this courtesy to the soldiers of other nations, and in our own war our camps were full of this ‘class of visitors. “Hisroricus” IN THE Fretp.—England is mow allsafe. There is no danger of her neu- trality being disturbed, or anything of that gort. Gladstone and Granville can sleep the slumber of babes. ‘‘Historicus” has resumed this pen in the 7Zimes. Everything will, there- fore, now become as bright as a rainbow and a8 sweet as rosewater. Goop News For THE Irisn.—It is reported fin England that ‘‘there is some French gold in dreland.” So much the better for the Irish. They need gold there, and they are not par- ticular, we fancy, whose head isstamped on it. Indeed, as a matter of art, we should not be astonished if they preferred the coin of France to that of her Majesty. Rionexicv boasted he could rain any man with three words of his handwriting, and Bis- marck seems to fancy that in the same way he can destroy France with one of Benedeiti’s old notes. Richelieu, however, had all the courts and prisons and other means of ruining men under controi, and indeed it wasa piece of su- perfluity for him to require his three words; but * Bismarck is not supreme in Europe, as the Cardinal was in France. LEAVE 1 IN SusvENsE.—Why send a Minis- ter to London at all now that we withdraw Motley? Our Consuls in England are all-suffi- cient for commercial relations in Great Britain, and what other relations have we with that Power of any moment outside the Alabama negotiation? That negotiation England has declared closed, though she is ready to reopen It in Washington. Let us, then, for a little de- prive ourselves of the luxury of a Minister to London. Tur Kv Kuvx 1x Norru Caroina.— Several of the prisoners from Alamance county captured by Governor Holden, of North Carolina, have confessed to belonging to the Ku Kiux Klan, and, being convinced of the infamy and villany of that organiza- tion, have expressed their determination to withdraw from it. One of them, James Boyd, who was a democratic candidate for Congress in Alamance county, delivers a long address to the people of North Caro- fina, in which he forswears all Ku Klox isms for himself, and claims that Andrew Johnson, while President of the United States, was the head centre of the or- ganization. Hoe charges several whippings and outrages upon the Klan, and two murders, If the charges set forth by these two men are true Governor Holden is right in the course hebas been pursuing. When it comes toa war between the constitutional powers and an @narchical and bloody-minded mob, as this Ku ‘Klux Klan has all along shown itself to be, ‘there can be no question as to whici is in the Fight, EES TR OS i The Wer @ Financial Point of View. It is common expression that money con- stitutes the sinews of war; and this is true, no doubt, to a great extent, But in these times, when wars are shortened and more quickly decided, money plays a less important part than formerly. The railroads, telegraph and the other resources and appliances of modern sclence make war in thickly populated countries, like those of Europe, short, sharp and decisive. There »ro few great nations that cannot now rais: ie means to try the strength of their military power: only worn out or effete nations—those completely exhausted—that have neither the money nor credit to wage war. As regards financial resources, then, there is little difference in the situation of France and Prussia. Both coun- tries have made great progress of late years in material development, and have large resources within themselves, Then both the Germans and French are so thoroughly aroused and enthusiastic that they will contri- bute, doubtless, to the extent of their means to carry on the war. Neithey of the belligerent Powers have yet attempted to negotiate nor have spoken of a foreign loan, except we may call the large loan which the Prussian govern- ment is said to have negotiated with the Rothschilds, based on American securities, as a foreign one. Still, should the war continue longer than is expected, or should it spread over Europe, the nation having the most money at its command or the highest credit will have the advantage. Money, then, will become really the sinews of war. We should then see which is the richest nation and which has the best credit in the world; and, of course, the credit would depend very much upon the events of the war. In the long and exhaus- tive wars waged against the first Napo- leon the wealth and credit of Eng- land proved most effective. Commerce and mannfactures had made England the richest country of the world, and she was able not only to pay her own expenses in that prolonged and gigantic stru dize her allies as well. Those vast resources, in fact, more than anything else, destroyed the power of the great Napoleon. But the times are different now. Such long and exhaust- ing wars are hardly possible in this age. Rail- roads, the telegraph and improved means of destruction, must end war much sooner, how- ever widespread it may be. The sirain, however, upon the resources of France and Prussiain preparing for war on such a stupendous scale will soon be felt. Neither of them has the means that Eng- land had in the great European war re- ferred to, nor has now, nor have they such enormous resources as the United States developed in our civil war. As far as the existing debt of each of the belligerents goes, Prussia has a great advantage. Her debt, in round numbers, is about three hun- dred millions, reckoned in American dollars, while that of France is about two thousand four hundred millions. The debt of the former is small comparativ that of the latter is eight times greater. Yet France richer in | manufactures and commerce than Germany, though Germany has made vast progress in j this respect within the last few years; and it | must be acknowledged that a nation having this source of wealth in the highest degree is in the best position to make or maintain war. the history of England shows this fact. Con- sidering the small debt of Prussia compared with the large debt and vast expenditures of France on one hand, and the superior resources of France on the other, it would seem that the two Powers have little or no advantage over each other ina financial point of view. As to | provisions both for carrying on the war and | for supplying the wants of the population of each country, Prussia is undoubtedly in the | best condition. There is about two years’ stock of grain husbanded and on hand in Prus- sia, and she ean draw largely, when needed, from Russia and Poland, while France. has a limited supply aud can only obtain more by sea. As to how far the securities of the bellige- rent nations, as well as of neutral nations, through sympathy, may decline, the results of the war can alone determine. The sudden and unexpected declaration of war naturally created consternation and a rapid full in securities and stocks of all kinds, both in the money markets | of France and Germany and in those of other The effect has been felt sensibly in London and other financial centres of Europe, and even in America. All have declined throug) mpathy and from that uneasy feel- ing which arises from uncertainty as to the consequences and end of such a struggle. We hear of failures daily in financial and com- mercial circles, and these, probably, are but the first mutterings of the terrible storm that is destined to sweep over Europe. John Bull is buitoning up his breeches pockets aguinst the evilday. The Bank of England has pnt on | the screws, as it is called, by raising the rate of discount, The Bank of France has sus- pended gold payments and uses only silver specie. Everywhere precautionary measures are taken, for no one knows what the ead may be. United States bonds and stocks abroad fell rapidly with the rest, but have since re- covered a little. They probably will decline ; but little more, if at all, unless there should be some terrible war catastrophe, or a general | war, changing the face of Earope. Even then they must rise again and stand high relatively after the first shock is over; for by no possi- bility will this country be dragged into the strife, and our resources will continue to aug- | ment however Europe may suffer, For the | time, and only for a short time, shall we feel | the disastrous effect. | The people ot the Old World willin the end | eagerly seek investments in American securi- ties, which are safe and pay a high interest. | At last the very disturbance of Europe will | give greater value to United States stocks. Our Secretary of the Treasury may meet with | a temporary difficulty in funding the debt in | accordance with the bill lately passed by Cou- gress ; but this will not last long, and may lead | to placing more of the new long bonds among | our own people, If this should be the result | it would prove advantageous to the country. It would check the enormous drain of specie from our shores to pay interest to foreigners, We advise Mr. Boutwell to look at the matter in this light, and to prepare for such a con- nations. tingency. Dreadful as this European war is, and much as we may deplore it, we may by gle, but to subsi- |. proper foresight and prudent management turn it to the advantage of our own country. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 1], 1870, The War—Fighting in Southera Germany. The announcement that the French and Prus- sians are fighting in Baden indicates some decided progress in the development of the campaign. Baden is across the Rhine, on the other side of that angle of French territory to one side of which hitherto the reports of active operations have been confined. That part of France is bounded on the north by Rhenish Bavaria and Prussia, and on the east by Baden,. and thus penetrates the hostile terri- tory. Along the northern line of this angle in Rhenish Prussia are Saarlouis, Saarbruck and the other points of which we have lately heard, and itis here that a large Prussian force of four hundred thousand men _ is reported as in position, Some collisions have occurred here also, on the left of the Prus- sian force, seeming to indicate a disposition of the French to accept a battle there.: But suddenly we hear of French operations at another point, and this renders it probable that the French having, by threatening on that line of invasion, induced the Prussians to concentrate there their immediately available forces, have slipped away from them, and, reinforcing Marshal McMahon at Strasburg, have crossed the Rhine near that city, or lower down, at Selz. By this means the French frontier would be safe apparently—for a corps would be left at Thionville and Metz, and these points the Prussians could not pass—while the French would still have, probably, three hundred thousand men with which to operate in South- ern Germany. Already the army of Baden was at Rastadt, and the Crown Prince of Prussia had assumed command of this force and was endeavoring to concentrate there the whole South German contingent. An advan- tage of the French advance into Baden would be that it might strike this force, It would thus first hit Prassia in her weakest point. The Prussian Crown Prince seems to inherit the blunderheaded and arrogant temper of his father, and though, no doubt, he is fortified with a staff of competent soldiers, yet, in 1866, he managed to so far misconceive the strategy of the Sadowa campaign that if the Austrians had been well commanded on the eventful day of the main battle the Prassians would have been beaten in detail. He, therefore, is aweak point, and he commands the South German force, Moreover, the South German force is itself a weak point. It is not yet full of the Prussian spirit; and while it adds numbers to the Prussian roll and would, if supporting the good troops, add a real weight to the scale, it will be found quite otherwise when ii fights alone and the first brunt of battle falls upon it. McMahon crossing the Rhine at Strasburg with two hun- dred thousand good troops, and striking the Prince at Rastadt or at Bruchsal or on any battlefield between that and Manheim, would crush him before the troopsin Rhenish Prussia could reach the Rhine and come to his assist- ance, or probably even before succor could reach him from any force that may be at May- ence or Coblentz, which, perhaps, is mostly a force of raw troops. Supposing such a suc- cess, France would have done already some- thing to cripple her foe, would have the pres- tige of victory and could feed her army on Southern Germany. We therefore incline to credit the despatch that tells of this fighting, From England, by special telegram, we are told of a sharp affray between some men belonging to Marshal Bizaine’s army and the Prussians, The French, it is said, were repulsed, having lost some few soldiers and one cannon. The detachment appears to have been engaged in “‘feeling” the Prussian line, and found the enemy nearer and more active than its commander expected. Paris telegrams state that there are five Prussian army corps on the line of the Rhine, and that the Prussians have mined the banks of the river. This news may be on the whole merely a repetition of the first despatches relative to the affray at Saar- bruck, The popular agitation continues in England, Italy, Austria and Rome. Premier Gladstone defined England’s neutrality at a civic banquet in Guildhall, London. Queen Victoria and her Cabinet are, he says, anxious for peace, anxious for Belgium, deplore the war, but must stand prepared to meet any of ifs eventualities, The British Premier's statement is not reassuring either as to an early termination of the great strug- gle or its exact range and limit before the close. Frauds of Congressmen on the Pension Bureau. A very serious allegation against a Ten- nessee Congressman comes from Washington. It is said that one of the honorable members who were implicated in the charge of selling cadetships is now suspected of the more grave charge of defrauding the Pension Bureau, by means of forged receipts.and power of attorney and the illegal use of a county seal. The frauds, it seems, extended also to a poor widow, who was the worst victim, living in a secluded part of Ash county, North Carolina, whose name he forged and whose pension he pocketed. If these facts can be proved it will go hard with the Congressman. So far has the Commissioner been convinced of the truth of the charges that he has had an order issued for the arrest of the accused, and he will be brought to Washington immediately. Similar charges are reported to lie against a Georgia member; but they have not been fully develped yet. These, although but single cases of such a crime as forgery, are but feeble evidences of the vast mass of putrid demoralization in which Congress is immerged. The sale of cadetships was shabby, ungentle- manly, unparliamentary and altogether scandalous. This matter of cheating a poor soldier's widow out of her pension, and committing forgery in order to accomplish the purpose, is, probably, still more in keeping with the gene- ral atmosphere of corruption which pervaded the Fortieth Conzress, There was a time when Southern members, whatever may have been their faults, however bombastic, quarrelsome and sometimes ridicu- lous they may have been on the floor—would shrink from anything petty or contemptible. They were men of honor at least. But unhap- pily, the element which represents that region of the country now is of entirely different character. It would seem as if the small | vices imported there from the North of late have been exported to Washington in the form of gigantic crimes. Takipg jpto consideration the entire corrupt course of the last Congress and its utter worthlessness for all purposes of good to the country, we are not much surprised to hear of isolated cases of grave offence like this discovered by the Pension Bureau brought home to members. Indeed, we expect to hear a good deal more of them; but we hope that a few examples will be made and condign pun- ishment will be inflicted upon the guilty, in order to serve as a warning to those who may stand upon the brink of infamy and have not yet fallen into the gulf, if any such Congress- men there be who have this day of grace re- served to them. Church Ser so «=Yeuterday, Otherwise. “But in sober trath,” said Dr. Collyer yesterday, at the Church of the Messiah, “‘if Catholics could prove, by documentary evi- dence, that Protestants are doomed to perdi- tion, I would rather go ‘to hell with John Knox and the other great lights of Congrega- tionalism than go to the seventh heaven with Pio Nono aml those who believe in him.” Singularly enough the text of Scripture on which this sermon was preached was from that part of Matthew which admonishes us to know men by their fruits, Of course, if one must, perforce, go to hell it might be best to go there in such good company as John Knox; but. where it is optional, as Dr. Collyer makes it, we think most men would prefer not to go to hel! at all, no matter how tempting the society there. Brother Beecher's figures of speech are not always happy. In his sermon yesterday on “How to Overcome Temptation,” he remarked that “‘it was the carrion, the dead sheep—not the living lamb—that the vulture was hovering above for, and about to wing its way to dart down upon. So men,” he added, ‘hover about these death-breeding, fever-infesting temptations until they lose all perceptions of alife that is set on things above.” Did Mr. Beecher mean to compare these mento the vulture? If he did, their part in life must be a sublime one; for the vultare hovers above carrion with the purpose of destroying it, whereby humanity is spared disease. We doubt very much if the majority of men hover about ‘‘death-breeding, fever-infesting temp- tations,” with any purpose of destroying them. However, the sermoa was, on the whole, sen- sible and interesting, full of fun and jollity, which naturally affected the congregation to laughter. The sermon over, Mr. Beecher re- tired and Plymouth church shall know him no more until the fall season opens. Discourses on the European war continue to form a prominent feature at the churches. Not that the preachers threw much light on the subject, it must be said. Differences of opinion as to the religious results which may be expected from it somewhat obscure the matter. For instance, Rev. Charles B. Smyth thought that it trumpeted the doom of Church and State, and he seemed to imply that France was willing enough for the temporal power of the Pope to vanish; Rev. David Mitchell be- lieved it was the old battle between Protestant and Romish principles, and that France represented the spirit of that Oc il of Good and Pope Pius which declared the infallibility dogma; Dr. Boyntov, at Washington, arrived at the conclusion that it was a great struggle between democracy and monarchy, and he evidently did not believe there was any religious question in it, because he concluded by remarking that th at bat- tle of the day of God will (was to) come. While these preachers were interesting them- selves with the war the Catholic priesis were congratulating their flocks on the proclama- tion of infallibility, proving how the detesta- tion of Protestants is the admiration of Catho- lics. At St. Ann’s, St. Patrick's and else- where this weighty subject was discussed. But at the other churches, some Catholic among them, other topics occupied the minds of the devout. Thus Dr. Deems eloquently argued that it was better to give than to receive, Dr. Brown showed how temptation should be resisted, and Father O'Brien dis- coursed convincingly from the text ‘‘Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of iniquity.” We regret to say that, although the weather was pleasant, most of the churches were but thinly attended. Nearly everybody had gone to the country, and so the preachers ser- monized to empty pews and the collections were small. At Long Branch Adeline and Theophilus ignored for a few hours the sea- shore and the piazza and went to church, it may be to pray, but it was equally possible that they went io see President Grant and to criticise Celeste and Gustavus. Fashion was resplendent; the dresses were magnificent, and the equipages which transported the sinners to church dashing in the extreme, Rev. Mr. Grow, at the Methodist church, gave spiritual food to these sheep—we heg pardon—lions. He assured them that their souls were immortal, and closed by picturing the glories of heaven, which, we trust, his hearers recognized as of far greater value than the fleeting glories of human society. Ovr SpxctaL EvROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE, dated to the 16th of July, published this morn- ing, embraces Parliamentary and party politi- cal reports from England and Ireland. The details are of quite an interesting character. They present marked indications of the con- tinued advance of the democratic cause in Great Britain and that Ireland is national, although distracted by party feud. The special sporting news, of the river and turf, dated in London, which also appears in our columns, will command the attention of a very numer- ous class of our readers. Prossta wages her diplomatic war some- what like an old woman with her stories of what her neighbor did on Saturday before the trouble began, and what frightful things she thought of on Friday. France not only was willing to swallow that plump little national partridge called Belgium, but she was once actually willing to help Prussia destroy Austria. Well, what if she was? Does that dubious old bygone help anybody on the Rhine just now? Austria has officially obliterated—‘‘sup- pressed” it is termed in the cable telegram— the Concordat with Rome. This important fact was announced officially in Vienna yester- day. Avery serious action, and one which will exercise a most decided influence in the present European crisis, The Twenty-third Street Horror. The frightful murder of Mr. Nathan still rivets public attention, and, as the days sinco that foul deed increase, public feeling on the subject, instead of diminishing, continually grows more earnest in its determination to discover the assassin. Never before had the general sense of security in the bosom of civi- lized communities received such a shock. In former cases of similar mystery and atrocity the victims were nearly always proven to have led equivocal lives or to have awakened fierce resentments; but here, the murdered man was an individual of unblemished personal and business character, especially noted for his amiable traits and his exhaustless charity. The testimony on this point is universal and enthusiastic. We are forced, then, to the con- clusion that he has been sacrificed, not to the fierce passions that real or imaginary wrougs arouse, but to the meanest and most cruel in- stincts of pillage and bloodthirstiness that de- grade responsible humanity to a depth far be- low the level of the irresponsible brute. In one word, that Mr. Nathan has been agsassina- ted by a robber is all that can be deduced from the facts as they thus far appear. Premising this much, the next question is, of what spe- cific nature was the intended robbery? Was ita mere vulgar stroke for a few hundreds in coin and bank bills, or a handful or two of jewelry ? or was it a bold, far-reaching attempt to get possession of bonds, securities and im- portant papers compromising the names and means of other people ? Here the task of the police is definitely spread before them, and here their first real labors begin. Nothing can throw light upon the inquiries thus made but searching investi- gation into the habits and relations toward him and toward each other of all who stood nearest to the deceased. The eye of justice must commence its survey from the centre, and not from the outside of the circle of which the victim was the pivotal point. It must radiate its scrutinizing gaze, first, from him toward the rest, and then it may be shifted to each of the subordinate points and travel back from them to the centre. This is an unfortunate necessity, but it is inflexible, and no mere sen- timental considerations must be allowed to stand for one moment in the way when a deed so frightful as this murder assails the very foundations of society. If we be not safe in the very citadel of our homes and in our beds, surrounded by our kindred and our servants, with the guardians of the law patrolling { beneath our chamber windows, terrified citi- zens may wisely ask, with white lips, Where is there any refuge? Hence, we must hold the agents of justice to the most rigid accounta- bility. They must not atiempt to put us off with the plea of their own opinions, their con- venience or the subterfuges of their official routine ; they must do their whole duty, with- out halting, dallying or swerving on the way, or they must acknowledge their total unfitness for the vital trust that has been confided to them, We must not be told that such and | such an inspector is tired of the intelligence that hundreds of people may have to impart. The lips of a babbling child may yet supply | the very clue of evidence that is now lacking. Providence often selects the humblest instro- ments for His designs. The history of crime is full of instances where the most trifling agencies have served when pompous self-sufli- ciency utterly failed to detect the felon. We must not hear that officers of the law are placed at the disposal of those on whom the inflexible eye of the law should remain immovably fixed until truth begins to clear away ail doubt. We must not have mere commonplace theories, according to the more or less limited range of the theo- rist’s intellect, obstinately persisted in to the exclusion of other suggestions. There must be no false delicacy, no fabrication of excuses, ‘no shadow of turning,” no symptom, how- ever remote, of influences brought to bear in one or the other direction. Each and every man must simply perform his entire duty. The byena is loose among us, and he must be hunted down, at all hazards, no matter what the cost. These remarks are elicited by symp- toms, faint as yet, but real, of an effort made to mystify the public mind and to shut off information. None who remember the Bur- dell case can fail to recall the persistent devices setup to darken testimony, The result of the Coroner’s inquest then satisfied nearly every attentive observer that Burdell was murdered by those who were under the same roof with him, yet judgment was intercepted and those whom all believed guilty went free. 1n after years death cut off the statement that one of these suspected parties was about to make, as we believe, concerning something darker than mere peculations from the government. The testimony of an humble witness was derided | ston, as projected by Jim Fisk. and choked down, yet nothing positive ever occurred to overturn it. : Now, in this portentous matter, let us have no despotism of official or professional opinion. Let there be light—broad, free and complete. What was the whereabouts and what were the doings and outside associations of the inmates of that house during the day and evening preceding the murder? What was the particular work there of the carpenters employed in the house? Did any one of them ever previously see, handle or own the ship- carpenter's ‘‘dog” found near the front door inside? What was the patrolman’s beat in that immediate neighborhood? and about how far off was he at the time assigned for the actual commission of the murder? Have the stained carpets, clothing, &c., been micro- scopically examined for traces of hair, of skin or ofcloth? All these are deemed invaluable in other countries, where detective science really exists, and the merest shred of ribbon, &c., has more than once been the rope that hung the assassin. ‘‘Heavy boots” are mentioned. Did any inmate wear ‘heavy boots?” If so, where are they, and what, if any, traces of blood or moisture do they bear? What is or was the condition of the clothing of the inmates of the house immediately after the murder? Can a violent concussion on the floor or wall of the apartments where the deed was done be heard at all inside or outside of that house when the room doors or windows are open? Hundreds of minute inquiries in this case are none too many, and must not be shirked. Should one officer become exhausted, substitute another and another if needs be, until every incident bearing on the crime shail have been gathered. Let chemistry, optics, all the resources we possess, he hrough} re to bear. The fate of Mr. Nathan is the pose sible fate of any and every man in the com- munity so long a3 two exist, if we now prove incompetent to protect ourselves, and we know not how soon this fear may be verified to any reader who may be perusing these words, Felony throws down the gauntlot of utter deflance to civilization, and one or the other must succumb. Now, which shall yield? If the community of New York possess any means, energy, ingenuity and skill, these must be brought to bear, immediately and inexor- ably, on this atrocious case, or we must con- fess before the world that our boasted systems are the merest pretence, and that we hold our lives and property only by the auf- ferance of the wild beasts that prowl about our hearths and homes, Tuk Evrorpean Press iv Tae War,.—A dignified compliment was that paid on Friday by Prime Minister Ollivier to the leading newspapers of Paris. He invited the editors to meet him, and there fairly and calmly explained to them the condition of affairs, including, of course, the whole story of the “secret treaty.” Bismarck has been using the press to promulgate his views. He used it to scatter the firebrand treaty abroad, and he has his talk with the world through the papers of many countries, But be has done itin a style different from Ollivier, and not quite as effectual. The minds who educate and the minds who rule the people should not only ba in accord; they should enjoy at least a share of mutual confidence, This is the policy of Napoleon—adopted not too late. The con- trolling press of Paris being in the confidence of the government the little penny wh istles of the small journais and the pamphleteers may pipe away as they please. The sentiment of the French people will receive, as it has done, its tone from a higher source. Motiry Nor tug Oxty Coror,—The Lon- dou Times regrets that Mr. Motley has been recalled just as he has been in England long enough to become ‘endeared to every English- man.” Most potent, grave and reverend senior, ‘‘that’s what's the matter.” In the pre- sent peculiar relations of the tao Powers that man does not represent the American people who ‘becomes endeared” to the people who deny us simple justice; and no man can be- come endeared in England unless he agrees with Englishmen and accepts their views. THE DAY OF REST. Life on the River’s Ripple—Sixth Grand Excur- sion of the Plymouth Rock—Twelve Hours on the Hudson, Ten Minutes at Cozzons’ and One Hour and Fifteen Minutes at Poughkeepsie—About the Su- burbs and Seaside Resorts, Including Coney Istand. The Plymouth Rock left the foot of Murray strect yesterday moratng at eight o'clock, having on board over 1,500 passengers, bound upthe Hudson ag far as Poughkeepsie, on the sixth grand excur- It was undoubtedly one of the finest of the half dozen on the list. Thera was more life, more gayety, more to be seen and en- joyed than upon any of the preceding trips. A marked feature was the presence of the ladies. There were some “brats” on board, as they were cruelly called; nurses, brokers, bankers, politicians, the gay, the careless, the reckless, the good (with- out the bad), yet with the indifferent, Papers were read; the restaurant was filled from morning till evening with a large, appreciative throng of guests eating of the choice food; the band played, and we great steamer, moving at twenty miles an hour, seemed like Thomas’ Garden afloat, with Delmontco's restaurant on the water. Captain L. V. Tilton commanded the steamer and handled her with precision and skill, running her on time and beating everything on the river. The other officers were courteous and attentive. Touching at Cozzens hundreds disembarked; fat Newburg many more went ashore, and at Ponghkeepsie one hour and fifteen minutes were spent in that blazing ham- Jet. It was warm enongh there for a good many Methodist churches. At three o'clock she steumed down, returning to Murray street at nightfall. A Sunday passenger on board the Plymouth Rock nay have a very eventful experience. The steamer Rip Van Winkle went down yester- day to the Fishing Banks, charging, as usual, gen- tlemen one dotlar, ladies filty cents. Music and re- freshment filied the ears and stomach, They had a good time. ‘The two Harlem steamers—the Sylvan Glen and Grove—carried out the usual cargo, and the day being fine and agreeable the passengers spread when they arrived at Harlem Bridge, goimg on the water to Westchester county and exploring the interesting regions as far west as the creek, A Sunday excursion for Glencoe and New Ro- chelle and all the intermediate potuts took place on board the Nelly White, a fast and handsome steamer. ‘The people went over to bathe, see the scenery, to fish and participate In the general water enjoyment of the vicinity. Lord Simeon Leland received nis guests at Castleviow yesterday through- out the day, his colors fying from the main tower as the signal of welcome. Castleview is just now at its summer's prime. The Sylvan Grove, Captain William Raulster, steamed out to Rockaway beach, bearing hundreds to visit the old time summer resort. The steamer returned at four P. M. Couey Island had its usual rabble crowd of gam- blers and robbers, and innocents were despoiled of their purses. The tsland in itself ts not bad—in fact, it 1s good—only those who go there render it @ vile place. Surf-bathing, gin-devouring, whisky-swill- ing, clam-eating and disreputable condnct generally took place. 8 For Catskill and Hudson the Neversink was bound, bearing a jolly company, going principally for scenic enjoyments. ‘There was a graud excursion to Sandy Hook, Red Bank and the Highlands on boara the swift Sea Bird, Afine sea breeze was blowing and bathing was abundant. For Fort Lee. Pleasant Valley and the right bank of the Hudson there was the usual crowd. Other fine and pleasant trips were made by spa- cious and fast steamers, such as Pope Catitn, the Sleepy Hollow, for Newburg, Cornwall, Cord Spring, West Point anda Yonkers; the General Sedgwick, Flizavethport, Union Rossville, Perth Amboy; the Antelope, for Peekskill; the Thomas E. Hulse, for Fort Lee and fiery 3 valley oe eer steamers and tugs chartered vate parties. Yesterany was pete favorable for rural and seaside enjoyment, and there can be little doubt but that Sunday excursions are beneficial to the com- munity in this way:—Those who manige them are careful to keep sober Saturday night, bearing in mind the necessity of rising early on Sunday morn- ing. That ts good. At the Park. ‘The coolness which came with the morning yester- day enticed many to the Park, and gaily dressed crowds were all day promenading its walks, its cir- cuitous bypaths and the wide and little shaded mail, Lovers were out as they need to be in early spring, billing and cooing like doves; politicians were driving their fast trotting mags; small boys and their sisters were playing taz, and old ladies sat under the larger trees, complacently watching the disay ance ofginger bread Cee the capacious mouths of thelr favorite grandeiiidren, On the lake parties of careless, happy Sabbath breakers ‘were shooting to and fro in the trim built boats and gondolas, ducks chased ducks, and the swans pat ‘fn extra curve in outlines of their gracefut necks as they sailed majestically over water which was no longer near the boiling point tn temperature, and bids fair soon to become as cooling to the touch as tothe eye. Allinall, the day was one of the most pleasant of the season, and real enjoyment was pose sible to the visitors at the Park. TWO MEN FOUND DROWNED AT HOBOKEN. Yesterday afternoon the body of a German, fifty years old, which had been two weeks dead, was found near the Elysian Fields. He bad nothing but alinen coat and a shirt, and may have been murdered in that way by some of the consummate ruffians who infest the Elysian Fields, No honest man can walk there with salety, even m the daytime, There is an old shanty there, which some call a station house, but very little business is done in 1. Another man, aged ine a years, with black hair, dark clothes aud hat, was fond drowned near the trestieworks yesteraay. He had not been more than afew hours in tue water, Coreuer Urane Weld aa duquest on both bodies.