The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1870, Page 4

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DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway. BOwwNOK AND Ant. Auguat 6, 1870, New York, Saturday, OF TO-DAY'S HERALD, CONTE Pace. ‘t— Advertisements. Bm Advertisemenis. . ie New York Juciclary—The Nortn Adams Chi- oemakers—Tie Silver Spray Disaster— rkable Phenomenon in Norih Carolina— Advertisements, 4—Editortals: Leading Article on the Great Kuro- peau Conflict, the Dynasties aud the Peoples— Amusement Announcements. 5-—The W: A General Baitle Said to beim Pro- ares: Details of the Engagements at Geis Hill ‘The French Repulse Gen- wiedgel; Prussian Plan tor Mahon and Invading Franee— Telegraphic News—Business Notices. G—Expiation—Execution of John Real for the Mur- der of Police Oflicer Smedick; Last Moments of the Condemued; Two Years Waiting for the Final Verdic xceution of Bennett Scop al Norwalk, Oni he Cwsarean Operation— The Wei ‘Disappe ‘arance—Court of General Sesstons—New York City News—Important Post Office Statement—A Labor of Love— Vicissitudes of the Blues, 7—Army and Navy Reunion: Address by General Banks—Financial and Commercia: Reports— Distressing Occurrence—Statistics of Com- merce and Navigation—Brooklyu City News— Marriages and Deaths, S=—The Nathan Mystery: Continued excitement— Yet Another Murder—Washington News— Loug Branch Races—Spoi pane for a@ Fight— American Bible Society—Bay Burglars—Death by op er a wh ery Affray—Ship- ping Inteiligence—Advertisements, AN ADVANCE IN CivitizaTion.—The Sand- wich Islands Legislature has just given a snb- stantial evidence of the advance of the peoplo of the Hawaaian kingdom in Christianity and civilization by passing a divorce law. Doubt- less the Kanackas are looking forward to an- nexation to the United Siates, and are deter- mined to compete with Indiana and Illinois for the trade which has rendered those Slates so famous. Tae Heartn or Naporwox—a very im- portant question—cannot be omitted from our estimates of the probable issues of this war. The Emperor is getting old, his physical strength is permauently impaired and hardly equal to a lengthy campaign of war, with all its excitements, even as a follower of the army. He needs rest of mind and body, and the ab- sorbing responsibilities of this war may over- tax his failing bodily strength and bring the war to an accommodation when least expected. Nor SPortine FoR A Pian, —General Lee denies having tendered bis services to Louis Napoleon during the French-Prussian war. He says he has sheathed bis sword forever. This is just what was to be expected of a sensible man like General Lee. No series of campaigns in Europe could add to his military renown; the cause of either France or Prussia has little to commend it to Americans, North or South, and, pecuniarily, the General would be called upon to make great sacrifices were he to accept a command in the French army. ConaressIoNaL Bunouna. —Congress, in its insane desire to ‘‘head off” the President and its persistent refusal to relieve some of the more important interests of the country, so complicated government matters as appa- rently to leave President Grant no alternative but to call an extra sesston of Congress. Many of the laws enacted at the last session are creating widespread confusion and embar- rassment, and the neglect to pass any measure for the relief of the commercial and shipping interests is telling fearfully upon all classes. The law concerning uneXpended balances threp sto bring several departments to a stan@atill, unless its provisions can be evaded or ajuorely violated, and this, too, when the appropriations for the current year are more than ample to meet all expenses until the end of the next session. Never before was such bungling legislation known, and it is doubtful whether the present Congress has the ability to rectify it. Tue RervsticaN State COMMITTEE AT Sanatoga.—The ‘‘black spirits and white, blue spirits and gray,” of the republican party,’ who have just been at Saratoga, have resolved to hold the State convention at the Springs on the 7th proximo. The two politi - cal rivals—Senators Conkling and Fenton— were present, and both were honored with a serenade from their respective admirers, Though the breach in the party is not yet effectually healed there is some reason to believe that the dissensions which threatened atone time to become serious will pass over. The recent defeat of Senator Fenton is an indication of a disposition on the part of lead- ng republicans to pursue a more conserva- Ive policy in the management of the politics of the State, and this no doubt suggested to the common practical sense of the President the appointment of Mr. ‘'homas Murphy as Collector of the Port of this city. With a new start, a strong determination to harmo- nize, and a resolve to adopt a more conserva- tive policy than that formerly pursued, the republican leaders believe they will be able to stay the increasing democratic majorities in this State. The war news begins to be more lively. We have had a French victory and a Prussian victory. Last night it was sail that a general engagemont was in progress. The Chassepot is good; the mitrailleuse is horrible; but the needle gun is a sound, reliable weapon. The storming of Weissen- burg by the Prussians is a bigger thing than the carrying of the heights above Saarbriick by the French, It would be absurd, however, to predict, on the strength of anything which has yet taken place, on which side victory is ultimately to lean. Both,armies are brimful of confidence; but while they are only cau- tiously feeling their way towards each other it is wise to suspend judgment, One of the most amusing things ia connec- tion with this war is the interest it has awdkened among ourselves, Wo are cithor French or Prussian. lor the one or the other the people go in sto tly. Among the citi- zeus of the United States neutrals are nowhere. That our sentiments should be divided is not wonderful. It.ia wonderful, however, that the separating gulf should be ao broad and deep and that on both sides the sentiment should be so keen, France is onr ancient ally. In. the dark days which preceded our independence, when we were struggling hard for sweet life, French sympathy, French brains and French swords did us good service. But in our later struggle, when this great republic, which really constitutes the hope of all peoples, was beset by enemies from within and by enemies from without, and when our national life trembled in the balance, Prussia was our steadfast friend, sorrowing in our sorrow and rejoiciag in our joy; and of all our adopted citizens none did us better ser- vice than those brave men who hailed from Fatherland. To both peoples we are, there- fore, iadebied. But we are not more indebied to the one than to the other. It is not unnatu- ral that Frenchmea resident with us should sympathize with France, It is not unnatural that Germans resident with us should sympa- thize with Prussia, But it is unnatural, and not a little absurd, that we should allow ourselves, in spite of our better reason, to be dragged into two hostile camps, and repeat here a sirife in which asa nation we have really no interest, Every citizen of these United States, no matter from what land he or his fathers may have hailed, is or ought to be first an American, We cannot help looking onas anxious spectators; but our interests as Americans demand that we should not allow this foreign quarrel to beget strife and division in the midst of us, Much as we have reason to deplore this unhappy and unjustifiable war, we ought all to see that we have no reason to lose by it, and that if we are wise we ought to gain, Mach of that which we have jast written iv as applicable to Great Britain as it is to ou r- selves. To every lover of his species, to every one who is warmly interested io the welfare and prosperity of the human family, it is matter of sorrow that the possibility begins to grow into probabillly that Great Britain will be dragged into the conflict. The war spirit of the brave British peoplo is acoused, Tho sentiment is strongly ia favor of Prassia. If the neutrality of the soil of Belgium is violated it is ag certain as that tho sun will rise and set to-morrow that British ships will spread death over the great waters and that the red coats will min- gle in and give intensity to the fight. Weare not without a grudge towards the British gov- ernment and péople; they did not behave as they onght to have done during our late trou- bles ; but we can afford lo be magnanimous, and in the spirttin which one great nation onght ever to be willing to regard another we recognize the greatness and the glorious mission of the British empire. She is no longer a Kuropean, but an Asiatic, or, rather, a cosmopolitan Power. We look to her, this whole North American people looks to her, as the mother of our language, our literature, our laws, All over the world—in Australia, where she is laying the foundation of another great Eaglish- speaking empire; in Indla, where she is re- shaping and remoulding a people who are destined to carry over the whole of Asia the blessings of Christian civilization; in South Africa, where she has established agencies which may yet utilize the unknown wealth of the African Continent—wherever she plants her standard her mighty influence is in favor of progress. If she enters into this strife the immediate result will be sweeping destruction ; progress will be checked, and it is not im- possible that her influence for good will be seriously diminished. Should Great Britain join in thia war it will bo ao world-wide calamity. As to I'rance and Prussia, we must repeat what we have said again and again: [t is a disgrace to our modern civilization that two such Powers should 4o unjustifiably go to war. How much nobler it would have been had those two great nations joined hands and put forth their combined strength to hasten on the reign of universal peace! It is lamentable to reflect on the misery which this war must create. But the die is cast, and no amount of sorrow on our part can now prevent the dread- ful conflict. If any consolation can be found where there is so much cause for sorrow we find it in this, that it may result to the advan- tage of the peoples as against the dynasties. If Prussia should come forth from the struggle triumphant Germany will henceforth be a unit; Europe will hay 99 man governments the leas, and this will be a popular gali, We cannot allow ourselves to think that Germany will rest satisfied with mere unity, Germany a unit to-morrow, and Germany will become impatient of monarchy and will gravitate forcefully towards a republican form of gov- ernment. Speculations are as wild as they are numerous as to what Napoleon will do in the event of final defeat. inal defeat, it is manifest, he does not consider close at hand ; for he has told the French people and the world that the war now begun may be long and bloody. If, however, Prussia should prove too strong for France, and Napoleon be compelled to returu to Paris not a conqueror, what will he do? No one who knows the man will deny that he Is fertile in expedients. It will be vain for him to altempt to retain his throne. It will be a3 vain for him to attempt to secure his son's succession by ao valuatary “abdivation Krance deieated NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, oy enna em will a in no pa to pubaalt to any Bonaparte. If a royal figurehead should still be deomed a necessity, by tho French people the chances will be in favor of the Houso of Orleans, If, however, Napoleon should proclaim a republic and freely leave it to France to decide her own destinies, might not defeat, after all, be an actual gain to France? Is it inconceivable that another ple- biseite should proclaim the quondam Emperor President of the republic? If it be true that the Emporor is about to issue a decree waking tho ‘‘Marseillaise” the national anthem it would seem to encourage the idea that he is already looking ahead, and that he is not unprepared for some great popular corp d'état, These, of course, are but speculations ; bul wilder specu- lations than these have become realities, Wad this war when and how it may, we leel satisfled that it will be found, in spite of its promoters, to advance the popular cause. It will shake the foundations of thrones the wide world over.. When it has ended and the smoke has disappeared and the grass grows green over the thousands slain, it will not, unless we greatly mlscalculate, be so difficult as it now is to seo in the far distance ‘the parlia- ment of man, the federation of the world’— one great all-embracing nationality, speaking the same language and worshipping the same God. Such is the future which lies before us, and this war will not have been wholly In vain if it hasten on this desirable consummation, Movome: of tho President. President Graut left Long Branch Thurs- day morning for @ brief visit to Washington. After bis return he will make a trip to St. Louis, but will probably not be absent more than a week. Conjectures are rife as to the movements of the President. It is not unlikely that these may be connected with a wish, If not yet a definite purpose, to call Con- gress together in a special session at no dis- tant date. The aversion of Washington to entangling alliances with foreign nations Is fully shared by Grant. Nevertheless, he is keenly alive to the overwhelming importance of the contin- geucies to which the critical situation of things in Kurope may lead, directly aa well as indirectly affecting American interests in a thousand complicated ways, if not, possibly, at length involving even our republic in a con- flict the shock of which must be felt through - out the world, At all events, we cannot but approve the idea of convening Congress for the purpose of doliberating as to how the United States government stands in relation to foreign governments, One of tho foremost duties of a neutral nation fs, if it cannot preveat collision between its allies, at least to seek to mitigate the horrors of war. It should hold itself in readiness to seize opportunities for encour- aging the contestants to terminate their strife as soon as possible. Especially is this true whea two such powerful nations as France and Prussia engage, at this late hour in the history of civilization, in a war which threatens to prove the disgrace of the nineteenth century, inasmuch as it may involve all Muropean gov- ernments, spreading death and desolation everywhere from the Ballic to the Mediter- ranean, If it were only for the purpose of rectifying the ainazing blunder of Congress in losing the golden opportunity afforded by tha President to restore our navy and our ship- ping interests to their former pre-eminence and prosperity, a special session would ba de- sirable. It is gratifying to know that Presi- dent Grant is daily receiving letters from Congressmen whose eyes are opening to their error in not giving heed to his suggestions in reference to the naturalization of foreign built ships. A Virginiu Firebrand. Virginia chivalry ‘‘still lives” in the person of one of its would-be Congressmen. Mr. Segar numbers nearly three score years and ten, but fiery Southern blood still courses through his veins, his arm is lusty and his courage undauoted. As a Congressman he was unable to distinguish himself, but as a lobbyist he became known to fame. A brother lobbyist and ex-Congressman also, Lincoln by name, excited the ire of Virginia Segar, and Virginia's chivalry could only be appeased with the blood of the offending Lincoln, which was made to flow copiously in the streets of Washington, on Thursday, by a cane in the hands of the vengeful Southerner. Even this sanguloary encounter failed to assuage the wrath of the direful Segar, and _ yester- day he again attempted to glut his vengeance upon an offending attorney named Willard; but this time the fates were not with the Virginian. Willard turned upon his assailant and well nigh extinguished him. It is pleasing to less bloodthirsty Con- gressmen to learn that Virginia chivalry has | discarded bowie knives and revolvers and taken to clubs and canes, and that the honor of the Old Dominion can be maintained with- out recourse to the steel or the bullet. Neatrality Proclamation. President Grant has determined to issue, immediately after his return from his trip to the West, a neutrality proclamation in regard to the existing war in Europe. The issuance of such @ proclamation iu case of a European war is unusual, struggle betweeu France and Prussia involves such great interests and directly affects so many adopted American citizens that the President feels justified in taking such a step, American neutralit will be found to | be quite a different matter tised by European Powers during our own “onpleasantness.” No Alabamas will be suf- fered to leave our ports, nor will favors be extended to one of the combatants which are denied to the other. Whatever sympathies our people may entertain for either of the contestants they will not be suffered to inter- fere with our duty as a nation, and the United States will set the Old World Powers an exam- ple in maintaining a strict and impartial neu- trality which they will be forced to follow in future relations with affairs on this side of the Atlantic, TREASURE SHIPMENTS FROM CALUPORNIA. — The mines of the Pacific coast are by no means exhausted, but steadily continue their contributions to the national wealth. The total amount of shipments of treasure from San Francisco since January 1 is $21,476,000, of which $7,461,000 was for- warded by rail to thia city. but the present | rom that pras- j The Yacht. mine for the Queen's Cap. One of tho most interesting features of the yacht race for the Queen's Cup, won by the America in 1851, which is to come off on Monday, will be the entry of the British yacht | Cambria as a competitor for the prize, The Cambria takes her course in line with the American boats on (bis occasion, carrying all the éclat of her recently won victory into the race. She will be none the less welcome because she outstripped the Dauntless and came in the winner of a three thousand mile course, She will have to encounter on Mon- day the swiflest boats in American waters, and, of course, it will be understood that she sails with her the reputation of her compeers on the other side of the Atlantic. Mr. Ash- bury represents the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, of which he is Commodore, and whose colors the Cambria carries. The Harwich is one of the representative clubs of England, He represents also the Royal Thames Yacht Club. The Cambria and her owner must thus be regarded, toa great extent, as the cham- pioys of the yachting interest and honor of the English clubs in this race, {if Mr, Ashbury has alone, of all the English yachthen, crossed the ocean, won a victory in the most remarkable race on record, and is about to contest for the possession of the trophy of 1851, 80 precious to our yachtmen and so naturally precious to the English clubs, being the annual gift of their Queen, Mr, Ashbury is entitled lo the greater credit for his patriotism and pluck, It is no fault of his that no other English boats appear to contend for the prize. He is here alone to strive for it. If in the coming race the Cambria should win, her victory, we may be sure, will be most courteously accorded to her. We may regret to see the trophy which the America won so gallantly nineteen years ago from the best yachts then afloat on English waters taken back to England; but in that event there will be nothing left for our yachtmen but to go over there and win it back again if they can. If Mr. Ashbury should be defeated he will have the consolation of knowing that he had the awiftest yachts in the United States to contend with, and that defeat in such a case, though it may prove a disappointment, can be oo dis- grace. We trust that every fair play will be shown the English boat, and, indeed, all the running boats in the race on Monday; that there will be no crowding on the course, or other ob- struction—either by steamboats or accompany- ing yachts—io a contest of such intense in- terest. It is to be regretted that the course is not longer. But as the race is to be governed strictly by the rules of the New York Yacht Club there is no help for it. Some of the boats entered have a historic record. There is the America, with her laurels won in 1851, and the Fleetwing, who brings some éclat from the race of 1866. {n all, there will be a fine enthusiasm about this race, no matter how the large boats may come out in so short a run, This, however, will be regarded after all as the real international race. Not two, but many, yachts-shall try the questions of speed and build, &c., and in this trial there will be an official representation of the yacht clubs of Eogland and the New York Yacht Club. It is probable that the boats of large tonnage will enter for the cup, not, perhaps, with any hope of winning, for in so short « course their chance is very small, but in order that the New York Club may be fully represented ; that nothing should be left incomplete in this interesting and important struggle, and also, no doubt, out of courtesy to Mr. Ashbury, who enters his boat against them all.- It is a pity that the Sappho is not here to take part in the race, althongh, being a large boat, she could hardly hope for the prize. We hope that all the boais of the Yacht Club, small and large, will participate in the race. Nothing should be allowed to mar the general noble spirit of this tenly international contest. Let them all come out with canvas spread and ensigns flying to contend for the Queen’s Cup. May the swiftest take it. The yachting spirit hus been exuberant and healthy in all quarters since the great ocean race was concluded, In this working up and excitement of the yachting elements it is pleasant to kaow that the most harmonious and magnanimous feelings have pervaded the entire community with reference to the result outside as well as inside yachting circles. The winning yachtman has, on more than one public occasion, referred with great delicacy and good taste to the result of the ocean con- test. Such sentiments extract whatever sting is always supposed to exist in rivalry, how- ever honorable and generous it may be. One grand contest on the ocean has made its sensation,.and, according to the statements of Mr. Ashbury, it has left but an indefinite | result after all. It is probable that the merits of a real international yacht race will be set- Ued before night falls on Monday. We hope that contests like these between our interna- tional yachts and the grander contest for supremacy in commerce all over the world willbe the only strife thatthe two great mari- time nations at each side of the Atlantic may ever be engaged in. A Srrona Hint vor EN@tano.—A some- what improbable rumor prevails in Philadel- phia that a secret agent of the Irish Feniang_| (arrived ia that city on Thursday, bringing to the brotherhood in this country assurances 4 that {jn .case England § sides with Prussia during the latter's war with France ‘Napoleon has en- gaged to invade Ireland with an army of fifty thousand men, The agent is endeavoring to heal the differences which exist between the several Fenian fictions in this country, with a view of securing their aid in the struggle which he thinks is soon to spring up in Ireland. . He gives the New York lead- ers the col «houlder, and says their raids on Canada were more than useless, and could not possibly affect the liberation of Ireland. The agent is correct.in his opinion of New York Fenians; a more senseless body of men never undertook to control a great movement, ana none ever made more brilliant failures, Eng- land is too well aware of the weaknoas of her tenure in Ireland to endanger it by seeking a quarrel with France, aud she will be doubly careful to avoid entangling herself in the Prussian imbroglio now that she is informed of the alliance entered iuio belween Napoleoa aad the Feuians, AUGUST 6,° 1870 annem ye | The Execution ef Johan Real. The hanging of Joba Real at the Tombs yes- terday was not an act of popular vengeance. It was not a concession to furious demands in consequence of general alarm on account of recent murders, especially the murder of Mr, Nathan, that “somebody should be, hanged.” Nor was it a concession to the interests of po- litical partisanship. It was simply 4 solemn recognition of the sanctity of human life and of the supremacy of law, while, as a dreadful warning to the dangerous classes, it slruck terror into the breasts of the most hardened criminals, it brought relief and an unwonted sense of security to the homes of all law- abiding citizens, The firmness of Governor Hoffman in resisting all appeals whatever in behalf of a convicted murderer, whose crime was aggravated by the fact that his victim was & sworn preserver of the public peace, canaot be too highly commended. It ts to be regretted that one painful inci- dent of the execution should have happened By some grievous oversight the black cap was not properly adjusted before the drop was cut, and the ghastly face, the half-closed eyelids, the dim, rolling eyes and the protruding tongue offered a shocking spectacle. This would have been still more revolting had not Real died quickly and with but few convulsions, It is doubtful, moreover, whether his neck was broken, and the English drop would therefore seem to he still entitled to precedence over the Am<rican alleged improvements upon it. Humanity requires that in taking a life justly forfeited the ministers of justice should strip from the last scene on the scaffold all super- fluous horrors, The most revolting feature iu the case of Real is the false, cold-blooded and venomous electioneering document which certain parties havo concocted, causing it, slgned with his name, to be published as his farewell appeal to the public. This wretched spectal plea for the murderer bunglingly omits all expressions of regret for his crime. It sheds not a singte tear of repentance. It ix full of unjustifiable Insinuations against the motives of the judge who sentenced him to death, against those of the Governor who declined to interfere with the course of justice, and against those of the entire community which has refused to exchange its disgust for sympathy and has wailed patiently two long years to sev him overtakea by punishment. Several of its as- sertions are as fulsa as they are impudent. Thus Governor Hoffman is misrepresented as offering the Nathan murder, and Judge Bar- nard the Rogers murder as “excuses” for the death of the murderer of officer Smedick ; aud Real is made to say that Mayor Hall “‘gat on the bench with Judge Barnard, and the trial was rushed through without allowing me time to defend myself.” The internal evidence of the document shows conclusively that it could. not have been written by Real, who was an illiterate man. It is charitable to sup- pose that, agitated by the anxieties of his last day on earth, he may have been forced to affix his signature to it, without being con- scious that base men were aiming to use his death as political capital and to parade betore the world as purporting to be his own dying statement what is actually a polilical campaign document fulminated to array Irish Catholl- cism against ‘'ammany. As such it is an insult to adherents to the Catholic faith, Its attempt to elevate Real, at the expense of Tammany Hall, to the dignity of a political martyr would be ridiculous if it were not infamous, In fine, this “appeal” cannot fail to produce an effect directly opposite to that intended by its authors, and good men of all parties will unite in condemning it as an outrage on decency and common sense. They will like- wise agree in regarding the execution of Real as having demonstrated that our courts and our Executive are not to be overawed by poli- ticlans. Mtuatintiics of American Navigation. _From the report of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington, just published, we learn that for the eleven months ending May 31, 1870, the exports to foreign countries amounted in value to $385, 940,711 and the foreign imports to $421,935,617. Of the imports there were exported again $27,769,377. In the exports there is included specie to the amount of $38,194,999. This is not a very satisfactory exhibit. The balance of imports over exports, including the export of specie and bullion, was largely against us, even after reckoning the $27,769,377 of exporis of foreign goods, Still this was an improvement over the corre- sponding period of 1869, the year before. ‘The imports for that period in 1869 amounted to $897,660,918 and ihe exports to $290,348,991. So we see that not only has the foreign trade increased in 1870, but our domestic exports were much larger and approached nearer to the imports, This is healthy progress, though the balance Is still against us. This balance has been paid by our national securities exported to Earope. Among the commodities exported raw cot- ton swells up to an enormous figure. The value for the eleven months ending May 31, 1870, in specie, was $215,498,206. This amounted to nearly three-fifths of our entire exports. Breadstuffs come next, which amounted to $66,071,1 provisions to $26,971,595; petroleum oil to $28,099,939, and gold and silver to $38,194,999. A large proportion of the balance of trade against us arises from the carrying trade being in the hands of foreigners, Out of 8,270,689 tons of shipping that were entered, 5,156,861 were foreign and only 3,115,828 were American, ‘The foreign and American tonnage cleared was nearly in the same proportion, The largest item of imports was that of sugar and molasses, The amount was $60,087,100. This ought to convince our government of the importance of acquiring the rich sugar producing countries of the West Indies on our border. We could not only become independent of the rest of the world for sugar, but could have a monopoly of this commodity for export aa we now haye of cotton, Not less important, or more important just now, is it to increase our shipping and to get a larger share of the profits of the carrying trate. No more favorable opportunity could have occurred to é& this than that afforded by the war in Europe. There is a large fleet of splendid steamships besides sailing vessels ready to be trausferred to American owner- auiv wad under the American fag if Commerce and ee our absurd and ruinous registry and navige- tion laws were abolished or suspended. It is hardly possible to calculate the amount of ton- nage that would be added to our mercantile marine, especially If the war should spread or continue long in Europe. There would be, undoubtedly, rapid and large increase of tonnage. Tho President saw this when tho war news came from Europe, and wisely urged Congress to suspend the registry and navige-ty tion laws. But that body had not the seuap © or patriotism to act upon his recommendation. Though some time has been lost, it is not too late now to seize the advantage offered to build up our depressed shipping interests and to largely increase our tonnage. We advise the President, therefore, to call without delay an extra session of Congress for the purposg of considering our shipping and mercantile interbsts in this crisis. Senator Conkling ou the Republican Party and the Germans, Pending the late gathering of the Republi. can State Committee at Saratoga Springs Senator Conkling was serenaded, and thoro- upon delivered a stirring exhortation to the republican party of the Empire S'ate, from which, we infer, they intend to make a vigor+ ous fight for the recovery of the State in the coming November election, and that they cal- culate upon a considerable reduction of the average democratic majority of this city of the last four years, through the new elsction- regulating laws of Congress. But the particular feature of Mr. Conkling’s speech, which. stands out in the boldest relief, Is that la which he touches upon this Franco- Prussian war. Upon this important subject, ag an authorized organ of the republican party, he says:—‘‘War has gone from us and its bloody shadow falls on France ;” that “‘perhaps war has gone with an avenging hand to smite the sick man who dominates the land of Lafay- ette; perhaps war strikes the last hour for tha emperor who plotted and schemed againat us in the hour of our trial.” This moans that the republican party hold Louis Napoleon as a confederate ‘of Jeff Davis in our Southern rebellion, and that in this war, whatever may be their sympathies for France, they have no sympathy for Napoleon or his dydasty. But, whatever may be the issues of this war, “God grant,” says Mr. Conkling, ‘that no harm may come to Germany. Germany sympa- thized with us, the sons of Germany fought for us, and cheers of victory went up in the German tongue from the burning battle fields of our rebellion, Germany’s constitution ia like ours; Prussia believes, as we do, in educa- tion for all, and republicans everywhere join me inthis hope that oo harm is in store for Germany.” We believe that Mr. Conkling is correct ia this declaration “‘that republicans everywhere (as applied to the republican party in this coun- try) join me in this hope that no harm is ia store for Germany.” This party, then, may be placed on the side of Germany, and Mr, Conkling, in behalf of the party, evidently wishes it so to be understood throughout this State, looking to the approaching November election. On the other hand, so far as the newapaper organs and oracles of the demo- cratic party have spoken, they have epokea for France, and for the reason that the im- portant Irish element of this party is enthu- siastically up for France, from the expecta- tion that in this war the entente cordiale be- tween France and Eagland will be broken, and that with England drawn into the fight for Prussia France will become an active agent in behalf of Ireland’s independence. This political view of the question places the democratic party of New York, as we have heretofore suggested, in a very delicate posi- tion, because in this city and its surrouad-~ ing a very large proportion of our Germaa voters are with the democracy, and because if the German voting element of New York and Brooklyn and other cities join the republican parly en masse, these cities and the State may be revolutionized. Mr. Conkling, for the republican party, boldly puts in his bid for the German vote. What says Tammany Hall? This isa very nice question for the sachems, but from present appearances they will sooa have to meet it. Tho The Grand Jury, having completed all their business, yesterday were ready to be dia- charged, but Judge Bedford asked them to hold themselves in readiness to act at once upon the case of the Nathan murderer, as he had reason to believe that the arrest would soon be made. We very much doubt if any important arrest will ever be made in the matter. The .investigation and the search willend as the investigation of the Rogora murder ended, without any proof on which to hold or try anybody. Superintendent Jourdan is a very efficient officer, and has very efficient aid in certain lines of police business, but of the science of detection he and his aids are almost wholly ignorant. To follow up the traces of a murderer as with the unerring sceut of a sleuthhound does not belong to our detec- tive system. There is-too much of that ‘‘loud- ness” which affects flash clothes and showy breastpins to admit of much real work. There is too much puffery in the newspapers, too much speculation as.to what such a detective intends to do, and too little of what he actually does. There is no hope that our regular de- tective police will ever unearth the foul mur- derer of Mr. Nathan, and we would like for Mayor Hall to set some keen-scented ferret of hia own choosing on the track, There are cer- tainly, somewhere in this city, detectives, pro- fessional or otherwise, shrewd enough and well educated enongh to try the efficacy of science in the search. If they are not already sharp-witted enough the reward ought to sharpen their wits considerably. Tuk Postmaster Gexerat finds himself ia something of « quandary in regard to the Kuropean mails. He does not know what day the Cunard line may fail him, and no authority is given him to despatch the mails by naval vessels. He is anxious to contract with American lines for the performance of this service; but, he says, all American com- panies appear to think the government oughé to support the lines and the stockholders reap all the profits. Such a one-sided bargain evea, a federal offivial declines to consummate, aud consequently we will look in vaia ‘Tor the establishment of a tine of Americga atoamern botweea this port and Nusape.