The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1870, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. meet JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York FigRALD. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not.be re- durned. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription Price $12. JOB PRINTING of every description, also Stereo- puping and Engraving, neatly and promptly exe- puled at the lowest rates: ant — AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner ot Eighth avenue and (Old ot. —S1TaALa—Tug NaTions, ., BOOTH'S THEATRE, 38d st., between Sth and 6tn avs,— {Riv Vaw WINKLE. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Brosdway, oor- wner Thirtieth st.—Performances every afternoon and evening WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway ana 18th street. Fuitz, OUR Cousin GEBnan. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—VakixtyY ENTERTAIN- ‘MENT. 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Pace. ‘4—Advertisements. ‘Q— Advertisements. aj—-The West India Cabie Expedition: The Work Prog Favarably—A Sad Case of Drown- ing—Real Estate Tranusfers—Deaths—Adver- tisements, 4—Editorials: Leading Article on The War, a Great Victory for Prussia—Miscellaneous Telegraphic News—Temperance Convention in Jersey City—Political Notes—Amusement Announce- ments, —The War: Highly Important News from the Field; Marshal MacMahon Defeated by the Prussians; The German Army sald to be March- ing on Paris; King William’s Report to the jueen of Prussia; The Empress Eugenie’s Pro- clamation; Baden Troops Moving on Stras- bourg—City Intelligence—Business Notices, G—Religious: rvices and Sermons in the Metrop- olls, at the Sea Side and the Resorts of the ‘nionable; Clerical Criticisms on the Franco- ‘ian War; The Rev. C. B. Smyth on the Roman Beast; Beecher’s Church Without Evangelical Alliance on the European W: ‘7—The Murder Manta: Maddening Effects of Adul- terated Liquors; Crime and Gin Considered; A Lo minal « alendar—Funeral of John Real—Summer Excursionists—Sunstrokes in Newark—The Late Riot and the Caledonian Club—Financial and Commercial Reports— Marine Transfers. B—Washington : Infamous Speculations of a Ten- neasee Congressman: Andrew Johnson’s Pros- pects for Congress; Another Aristocratic Sul- ciée—The Nathan Horror—Musical Review— Yachting—The National Game—The Mormons and Polygamy—Musical and Theatrical Notes— Midsummer Retreats—Drowned at the Fish- ing Cael ee Intelligence—Advertise- men Dr. NEWMAN, who accepted the challenge of Brigham Young to discuss the sanctity of polygamy in the Mormon Tabernacle, has arrived in Salt Lake City to find the enemy slready demoralized and in full retreat. Brigham disclaims ever having challenged the reverend doctor to any such discussion, and de- clinestoholdit. There is nothing, therefore, for Dr. Newman to do but to change his mode of operations and give polygamy a few sledge hammer blows in the Gentile churches of Salt ‘Lake City. Brigham will undoubtedly be taunted by the doctor's trenchant thrusts into making some retort, and thus we shall havea better contest than we might otherwise have had—one with sharp-pointed rapiers instead of foils. IxmGRaTION Statistics. —The tide of immi- @ration is beginning to ebb in consequence of the Franco-Prussian war. During last week only 3,631 immigrants arrived at this port from Europe. Of the thirteen vessels that brought them none was from France, and only one from Hamburg and one from Bremen. In the month of July, 1869, the number of immigranis was 25,550; in July, 1870, it was 19,754. From January 1, 1869, to August 1, 1869, the number was 168,502; from January 1, 1870, to August 1, 1870, it was 149,094, showing a de- crease of 20,000. This falling off is thus far mainly to be attributed to the lack of convey- ance for passengers from ports in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. But the war has already checked emigration from Germany and all other countries on the European continent. Wuat aN INTENSELY MEAN MAN must that Tennessee Congressman be who it is now alleged swindled a widow out of her pension systematically for three years, demanded half the profits from all clients who wished him to introduce private bills in Congress for their benefit, obtained a pension for a rebel soldier ! and made the other pensioners trade at his own corner grocery. These retail speculations are alleged of R. R. Butler, who, it will be remem- bered, was implicated also in the cadetship traffic, and got off by some means from expul- sion on account of his transactions in that line. As compared with the present charges, cadet- ship trading was something grand and magni- ficent, and even had a scope and. ingenuity about it that one might admire while he con- demned it; but such little barefaced meannesses as these last make Whittemore almost a hero. Joun Reat was buried yesterday with imposing obsequies strangely out of place at the interment of an executed criminal. The American flag and a wreath of immortelles were displayed upon the coffin, and thirty- five hundred persons of various organizations, carrying badges of mourning, followed in pro- cession. Such gorgeous display could not lhave been intended as respect for the memory lof the deceased, a8 0 balm to the grief of his relatives, for the most quiet and unostenta- ‘tious funeral’ would have served those tpurposes better. It could haye, been meant ffor nothing but a ghastly demonstration of the lroughs of New York against the unbending tresolation of the Governor, a ghoul-like out- ry of the young democracy crdhast the grind- g discipline of Tammany, anda fitly adjusted rotest of the lawless against the authorities + dare execute the laws. War Groat Victory for Prussia. At last there has been something like fight- ing; nor is there longer any doubt that on Saturday night, when the darkness put an end to the combat, the Prussians so far had been completely successful. The details which we publish this morning show that the fighting on Saturday in the neighborhood of Woerth was long and bloody. It would seem that the Crown Prince, vigor- ously following up his victory, pushed on to Haguenau. In spite of the determined resist- ance of the French the place was gallantly captured by the Prussians, the French retiring in disorder. As proof of the severity of the fight and of the completeness of the victory we are told that four thousand of the French were taken prisoners, and that the retreating army left in the enemy’s hands two standards, thirty pieces of artillery, including six revolv- ing cannon, or mitrailleuses. Late last night a rumor prevailed in London, said to be based on a despatch from Baden, to the effect that a large body of South Germans had crossed the Rhine, and that they were moving rapidly towards Strasbourg. Later despatches from Berlin and Cologne confirm this news in every particular. King William telegraphs to the Queen :—‘‘Good news. A great victory has been won by our Fritz. God be praised for His mercy.” It is said that Marshal Mac- Mahon had been repeatedly reinforced by divisions from the main army. Rumor‘has it that MacMahon is wounded. Napoleon himself confesses the defeat of the gallant Marshal in the series of reports from his pen which we publish. The Prince Imperial has returned to Paris. The Empress Eugénie has issued a proclamation to the French nation, The crisis appears to be serious and imminent for the Bonapartes. *. It is said also that the French have evacuated Thionville. It seems perfectly clear that the tide of battle has fairly turned against the armies of Napoleon. Several of the despatches distinctly state that the French have retreated. along the whole line, and that the Emperor is concentrating his troops for the purpose of defending Paris. It is undeniable that, although we cannot give to Saturday's fighting the importance of a general engagement, it was fighting on a scale of such magnitude and with such a result as to compel us to admit that Prussia has gained a great victory, and that France has sustained a serious defeat. The moral effect on both sides will be great. Prussia is jubi- lant. France already begins to despond. The authorities in Paris are at their wits’ is taken to pre- serve the peace of the city, but serious apprehensions are entertained that the unfavorable news may lead to a rising of the disaffected classes. At a council held in Paris on Saturday, the Empress Regent presiding, it was deemed necessary to have the guards of the Palace at hand and under arms. As another proof of the excited and dangerous mood of the Parisian populace it has to be noted that all secret assemblages of the people have been prohibited. In spite of the moral advantages which Prussia has won it is not yet safe to con- clude that she must come out of this struggle end. Every precaution victorious. France is not yet defeated. In the enemy’s country Prussia may find it very difficult to follow up her successes. The French army still occupies a splendid not at all impossible that in the general engagement, which cannot longer be delayed, the tide of battle may be turned, the French eagles carrying death and ruin into the very heart of Germany. If, however, Prussia should again and again repeat her triumphs the position of Napoleon becomes serious indeed. To him more than to any monarch in Europe success isa necessity. It is his life. as the ally of Great Britain in the Crimean war did much to establish his position. His successes at Magenta and Solferino revived a waning popularity. Success now will establish his dynasty. But defeat will be his ruin and the ruin of his house. It is possible that timely action in the direction of re-establish- ing the republic may save him; but it is not certain. If Prussia enters Paris in triumph a congress of kings will depose the parvenu, and France will consent to the restoration of the house of Orleans. On the next great battle hangs the fate of dynasties and empires. position, and it is much His successes GENERAL BANKS AND OUR SHIPPING INTER- EsT3.—General Banks, who, in the absence of Admiral Farragut, presided over the meeting of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf, at. Boston, last Friday, concluded his eloquent address on that occasion by insisting on our prompt improvement of the opportunity which the disturbed condition of Europe offers for the restoration of American commerce. He said, with truth, that the saddest thought which casts its shadow on the mind of an American, when in Europe, is that the flag of his country is excluded from the seas of the world. We should seek to remedy this crying evil and regain our former commercial power, “not, as some have proposed, by allowing other nations to continue the carrying trade under our flag, but by relieving our justly re- nowned shipbuilders from the prohibition which ow rents poy thet calling, 1p tue sha : of enormotis taxes, and giving to others the privilege of purchasing from foreign nations such ships as cannot be constructed here.” Pre- sident Grant would be amply justified in calling for an extra session of Congress, were it for the sole purpose of having those statesmanlike views adopted and acted upon, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST, 8, 1879... ‘The America’s Cup—The Great Contest in the Bay. The race for the cup won in England by the America, which takes place to-day, will, by all present appearances, be the finest nautical féte ever celebrated here, Over twenty yachts are entered, and the lower bay will swarm with steamers and sailing craft of every description, bearing spectators to view the contest. It will be, indeed, a sort of aquatic Derby Day. As in London, everything that will go on wheels is trandled down to the great boliday of horse- flesh, so our people, indulging to the same ex- treme their different tastes, seem to have fitted up everything that will carry steam or sail, or a flagstaff, to make the most of the salt water festival. The interest taken in this race isa refreshing evidence of the spirit with which our people enter into a sport that touches the national taste. Even the defeat of the Daunt- less becomes the more acceptable as that fact, by leaving the Cambria a winner, gives the greater zest to to-day’s trial. All this more enjoyable part of such an occa- sion as the present could only be secured by making the race on a course near the city,so that it may be readily accessible, and that the excur- sion may be confined to a single day; but this advantage is purchased by a disadvantage in the race itself that renders it less interesting to the larger yachts. Unless there is an unusual blow, so short a race so near to land must fall inevitably to the smaller craft. On some of these August days the lower bay viewed, say from the Highland light, is spread out so mirror-like and still, that not the littlest rip- ple varies the reflective outline of the fleecy clouds. Nothing moves but the steamers; and when a summer air does come across this still water it is only one that moves the lightest craft, while the heavier vessels merely feel it in the stir of some little steamer. If we should have one of these days on the bay the great race will be without the interest and spirit that the slashing pace of the big yachts alone can give, and it would be only a pretty specta- cle of tactics and mancuvre between the smaller craft. It is certain that we are more likely to have such a day than a day with wind enough to give much opportunity for the large yachts. In this race, therefore, the size of the Cam- bria, in whose challenge the contest originates, will be an advantage to her over several of the boats that are especially regarded as her com- peers in speed, while if the English theory of shipbuilding be correct, her fine lines and the facility of manceuvre they give will more than neutralize the advantage that still smaller boats have in their size. We believe, there- fore, that the Cambria enters this race with a fair chance before her, taking in consideration the average of weather in the bay. And although we most heartily desire that she may not win, we are confident that she has every opportunity that the fair play of her opponents and the fair condition of an open race will afford. The Postmaster General on our European Mall Arrangements. Postmaster General Creswell expresses his apprehension that the mails of the United States to Europe may be seriously in- terrupted. Almost the only reliance we have now for carrying the mails with any- thing like regularity is in the Cunard and Inman lines of steamships, and, as Mr. Cres- well remarks, we do not know the moment these may failus. Should England get into the war, as is not at all improbable, this coun- try would be left in a bad situation about the mail service. In fact, it is not impossible that the war may spread so far that no Euro- pean line of steamers will be able to traverse the Atlantic safely. But in any case this great country ought to have a mail line of its own, and not to be left dependent upon Europe for that service. But the Postmaster General complains that he finds great difficulty in mak- ing arrangements with American steamship owners. He says he is most willing and anxious to enter into a contract with Ame- ricans, but that they ask impossible things of the administration. We regret to learn this isso. Our steamsbip owners should show some liberality and patriotism in the matter and should not demand impossible terms. The government, on the other hand, ought to be as liberal as possible. If the government and the steamship owners will meet upon this prin- ciple of mutual accommodation and patriotism some arrangement may yet be made. It is important, as Mr. Creswell says, that some American line competent to do the business should be started and encouraged. Congress has neglected this, as it has the suspension or repeal of the registry and navi- gation laws, and other things which were of the greatest Importance in the existing emer- gency growing out of the war in Europe. It has been suggested that our naval vessels be employed for carrying the mails; butif even this were desirable or practicable the Post- master General has no authority to act, and cannot have without the sanction of Congress. Here, then, is an additional reason why Con- gress should be reassembled as soon as possible. The country is likely to suffer in many ways and to lose many precious advan- tagesin the present crisis for want of Con- gressional action. The probable derangement of the mail service is not the least of the evils that call for prompt measures. If the mem- bers of Congress had not the sense or patriot- ism enough to remain over a day or two longer when the President asked them to do so in view of the extraordinary state of things that had arisen through the war they ought to be called back to their duty, and the President should not hesitate to call an extra session. The Shaker Idens of Marriage. We published yesterday a discourse by brother Lomas, at Albany, fully setting forth the peculiar ideas of the Shakers on marriage. It will be news toa large proportion of pro- fessing Christigng that the Shakers “do not believe that Christians practice marriage, nor that marriage is or can be a Christian institu- tion.” Brother Lomas asserts that ‘‘narriage belongs to the Jews and heathen, the same as war, and there never was and néver will be a child conceived and born under the banner of Christ!” Nevertheless, the Shakers consider marriage ‘‘a God-given institution, and, car- ried out as it should be, a very consistent and beautiful order on the inferior plane of earth.” As the majority of the human family could not find room enough to stand upon the narrower if higher plane from which the Shakera cam- placently look down we need not apprehend the speedy extinction of mankind, which would be inevitable if everybody turned Shaker. It is consoling to learn that even those who do not feel bound to remain bachelors because Christ was a bachelor and Paul was a bache- lor are not utterly damned by brother Lomas, On the contrary, he promises to give his bless- ing to married people on certain conditions. “You who would marry and remain on the plane of earth, renounce your title of Chris- tians, and labor for the physical improvement of the race by strict conformity to the statutes of Moses, as given for that purpose, and you shall have our blessing,” says brother Lomas, ‘The Churches Yesterday. What with the heat, the interest felt in the yacht race of to-day and the general anxiety for more news from Europe, the churches were very thinly attended yesterday, Nothing, ina religious sense, can be more melancholy than the almost unanimous assurance of the reporters that empty pews were far more numerous than those which were filled. Brother Beecher at the seaside or in the country was the cause of Plymouth church being almost deserted yesterday. Rev. Mr. Ballard, however, preached a very sensible sermon, At the American Free Church, Rev. Charles B, Smyth discoursed upon the Beast of of Revelations—a subject decidedly interesting and wofully incomprehensible. Of course Mr. Smyth had his theory of the Beast. Now, there are at least three hundred and sixty-five separate and distinct ideas concerning him, so we dare not venture to approve Mr. Smyth’s without offending the supporters of the remain- ing three hundred and sixty-four. This sub- ject of the Beast is undoubtedly a ticklish one. Leaving this delicate question we turn to the sermon of Rev. C. C. Foote. It was an inter- esting discourse on the subject of the charac- ter of Christ, Rev. Mr. Weed spoke of the Saviour as a healer, while Dr. Haight urged conformity to the will of God, At the Church of the Stranger Dr. Deems ' spoke on the neces- sity of keeping the love of God. In referring to thig church we should not omit to mention that recently Commodore Vanderbilt gave fitty thousand dollars for the purchase of a new place for the congregation to worship in, thus laying up a little treasure in heaven, which, we have no doubt, will yield large interest. At Long Branch the churches were all well attended, pomp and pleasure, as it were, taking part in pious picnics. The sermons were very good for watering place discourses. In Brooklyn, Washington, Paterson, Jersey City and else- where small congregations listened to the preachers; but, on the whole, it was evident yesterday that, though religion is ever vigilant and aggressive, the people are sometimes lukewarm and even indifferent. This fact is much to be regretted, and we must leave it to the savers of souls to decide how it can be remedied. Movements About the Next Congress. We perceive that although General Schenck has positively declared that he would decline serving another term in Congress from the Ohio Third district he has, nevertheless, been renominated for the position by his re- publican friends. It is not yet known whether he will peremptorily refuse this renewed mark of confidence, but it is presumed that if he were sincere in his original declaration he cer- taiuly will, There are several reasons why General Schenck should not desire to return to Congress. Among these are the negative popularity he obtained while serving as chair- man of the Committee of Ways and Means, during which period he had to do the rough work of the party in regard to the tariff, the internal revenue and similar matters, in which the pockets of the people were directly inte- rested. Aside from this, his experience has probably taught him that life in Congress is not resting upon a bed of roses nor drifting placidly down the Ohio in a flatboat; and, further, that his pecuniary interests, if he be honest, suffer materially during his stay as a Congressman in Washington. No wonder, then, that General Schenck should wish to keep clear of those halls of dazzling corruption, and, without loss of honor and reputation, return to his private and more lucrative law practice. The objections that General Schenck en- tertains no doubt actuate, in a manner, other distinguished representatives from de- siring a re-election, But while there are so many declining to give the country the benefit of their experience in Congress there are others whose aspirations. and predilections decidedly tend that way. In this State the disaffection among the republicans in the Twenty-third district is likely to occasion the defeat of their candidate and cause the election of a democrat in his stead. Ex-Postmaster General Ran- dall is spoken of as successor of Hamilton Ward, who has dissatisfied some of his repub- lican supporters in the Twenty-seventh dis- trict. But Andy Johnson’s administration, of which General Randall was a distinguished member, has left no very grateful remem- brances among the people in the Elmira dis- trict, and it is hardly probable that the repub- licans will allow a representative of it to suc- ceed one of their own kith and kin in Congress, But some other democrat may accomplish the object. There are prospects for democratic gains in other districts in the State unless the Republican State Convention to be held in Saratoga onthe seventh of next month shall adopt measures to smooth the troubled waters. The democrats are reported to have gained one or two members in North Carolina, and, in short, the republican presses generally concede that their majority inthe next Con- gress will not be so large as that in the last. But, they say, so much the better. A good working majority is all they want, and that they are working and seem determined to secure. On the whole, although we may look for several changes in the political complexion of the next Congress—and it would not be surprising to see Montgomery Blair in the House, for the ‘‘old man Blair” seems to be alive and kicking—there is no reason to doubt, from appearances thus far, that the re- publicans will have a falr majority and that that majority will extend a cordial support to the administration of General Grant, Tur New Navat Orricen.—Moses H. Grin- nell has now fairly taken hold of the reins in the Naval Office. The position, which is one of the most important in the disposition of the President, will prove mare congepial to My. Grinnell then the one he thas Just vacated, and he enters upon its duties with the hearty good wishes of the mercantile community of this city, Italian Opera—Its Revival. The advent of the beautiful Christine Nilsson, the Swedish songstress to this country, where she is to appear on the 19th of next month, will open a new era in Italian opera, which is much to be desired after the long lapse of dulness in that branch of art through which our musical public have suffered. Since the early times of operatic enterprise in New York, twenty-five or thirty years ago, in the palmy days of poor old Palmo, and the flowery days of Castle Garden Opera House, the public have been treated to little above mediocrity in the lyric art, with a few brilliant exceptions. Managers seemed to have lost the pride of their profession, and to have dwindled into mere money getters; hence talent of a very poor order has been often pretensiously forced upon us, which we were compelled to accept for want of better. In some caseg the mana- gers made money on their poor material, but very often they came to grief, as they deserved — bad singing, bad appointments and bad houses bringing them to ruin. The New York public, and we might say the American public generally, never yet failed to support in a munificent manner all foreign artists whose merits had claims upon their judgment. It is not merely a European reputation, got up sometimes in mysterious and ingenious ways, that wins upon us. We judge for ourselves. We reserve that demo- cratic privilege—that good old Protestant right of private judgment in matters of art, whether it tempts us in the strains of St. Cecilia, modernized into opera by Mozart and Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Bellini and Beethoven, Weber and Auber, Verdi, Gounod and Haltvy, or whether it appeals to us from the canvas of the true artist in the picture gallery. Singera have been brought here from time to time from abroad with @ flourigh gf trumpets, and little else to re nd them but these importations, enjoyed a brief time, indeed, of popular favor, because the good sense and taste of the public ignored thei ‘pretensions. This has always been the fate of foreign mediocrity with us. We have raised native talent of the first order on the Italian stage. We have encouraged it at home, and sent it abroad to maintain its laurels successfully on foreign boards. While we can boast of Van Zandt and Kellogg, McCu‘loch and others ‘to the manner born,” second rate foreign artists have naturally no place here. But to learn how liberally, how enthusiasti- cally, genius has been patronized in this coun- try it is only necessary to run over the list of foreign prime donne who have visited us for the last forty years, beginning with the im- mortal Malibran, who, in the year 1826, as the prima donna of her father’s celebrated Garcia operatic corps, electrified American hearts as they never were thrilled before nor since. Following in her wake came the gorgeous Grisi, and we all remember what an ovatior awaited her. No European triumph excelled her American reception. Sontag, Alboni, Jenny Lind, Anna Bishop, Piccolomini, Cathe- rine Hayes, La Grange, Gazzaniga, Parepa and others, all in turn, received the fullest re- cognition of their genius. All were submitted to the critical judgment of our people, and they received the full measure of applause and support to which their merits as representa- tives of the Italian operatic stage entitled them. The visit of Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, was the subject of more than an ovation. It was dexterously transformed into a sensation; but the public went heartly with it, and surely never was there such a sensation, springing from such a cause, in a people more easily carried away by furious political excitement than by the gentler incentives of art. But that was twenty years ago. The amenities of life and social manners have grown more into the metropolitan char- acter since then. Now that we are about to welcome the second Swedish Nightingale to our shores—Christine Nilsson, the favorite of all the musical communities of the Old World, the young, the beautiful, whose fresh voice and exquisite acting have charmed the most retined circles in Europe—we will not receive her with sensational demonstrations, but with thet ap- preciative enthusiasm which every sensitive artist of true genius comprehends. We think that it is not rash to predict the immense suc- cess of her engagement here, second only to that of her great prototype, Lind, who took the whole country by storm ‘“‘twenty golden years ago.” The St. Thomas Treaty. The friends of the treaty for the cession of St. Thomas to the United States are still hope- ful of having it ratified by the next Senate, notwithstanding Mr. Sumner’s opposition. It appears that we have treated Denmark in this matter with unpardonable rudeness. We urged the treaty upon her under Secretary Seward’s administration of the Department of State, and it was only after some reluctance that Denmark consented, and then only on the condition that the people of St. Thomas should prefer the change. They voted to make the change, and thus as it were cut loose from Qenmark before they were tied to us. We have since declined to have anything further to do with the treaty and have passed it by without notice, neither accepting nor rejecting it. We thus leave both Denmark and St. Thomas in the unpleasant situations of poor boys at a frolic, both of them being too weak to resent the slight, and yet both feeling it acutely. The fact is, we are a boor among nations. We do not raise up diplomats with even on average idea of national etiquette which the diplomats of other nations possess, and we donot raise up a Senate with a fair idea of what is due to other people. It is well enough to possess the bold, hardy qualities which we do possess, but we are old enough now to display a little national refinement, a knowledge and acquiesence in the old school etiquette of nations, which would have avoided a gratuitous slight to so weak and friendly a nation as Denmark. TEMPERANCE CONVENTION IN JERSEY CITY. Representatives from twenty-three temperance societies asgembled yesterday afternoon 4 pig Street Hall, Jersey City, for the purpose 01 4 action in reference to the inauguration of the F Fane Kelly monument next Sunday. Mr. Aine’ Fisk presided, It was resolved that all the societies represented should turn out and walk in inted to draw @ pro- ‘Will be @ Vory large OTeSORn ‘ TELEGRAPHIC NEWS PORTUGAL. The Spanish Crown Again. Lisbon, August 6, Via Panis, August 7, 1870 It 18 credible reported that Dom Fernando has’). written @ letter in which he persists in his refusal of the crown of Spain. The letter 1s sald to have Created a sensation at Madrid. RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. Full Particulars ef the Late Disaster Near White sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, W. Va.—Nine Killed and Fifteen Weunded— List of the Victims—The Train Golag at the Rate of Only Six Miles an Hour at the Time. WHITE SULPAUR SPRINGS, GREENBRIER County, W. Va-, August 7, 1870. ) Allthe killed and wounded by the railroad acc dent at Jerry’s Run have been identified excepting one laboring man, a foreigner. Below is a list of the kuled and wounded :— KILLED. Major James G. Paxton, Lexington, Va. Colonel William Boulwere, King aud Queen, Va, MoMitt Paxon, Vicksburg, Miss, John Morrisell, Uniontown, Va. J. Boyd Hedley, Morristown, N. J. Be Lg ng ® ichmond, Va. Goo. T. Cobb, ex: ator of New J f° Dr. T. N. Reaa, Deuvilies va. per Samuel B. Hance, "Prince George county, Ma., severely in the head. . Robert Ford,” Hungary Station, Henrion "co UD ion, ric Va. bad ad aud left suoulder. oun a {sham ‘ord, Hungary Station, dangerously tn tha ead, John Green, King George county, Va., sertously in stomach and Kk. Thomas J. Winston, Richmond, Va., slightly im ok. William Clements, Henrico county, Va., severely in the head, Edward Harris, Hanover county, Va., slighuly. Charles E. Hodge, Staunton, Va., badly. W. Crump, Richmond, Va., seriously. John J. Pollard, Montgomery, sertously, but not dangerously, Colonel Jordan, railroad superintendent, Mobite, Ala., severely, but not dangerously. Mr. Kelle Regan ian, Va., hart internally badly. orge Tice, slightly. . A. Moole, Baltimore, Md., slightty. The accident was caused by the hind truck of the coach next to the last car running off the track after passing over the trestle work and curve in the road at Jerry’s Run, two miles from Allegheny station and eight miles from White sulpbur Springs, The tygin was rial ae rate of only alx inition, .Sii hour and up a vel le. The conductor aiscovered the car off the track and pulled (he alarm bell, and the trdin was taken up in a very short space, but the car that was off the track went over the bank. It is supposed the accident is the result of the sudden breaking of a wheel. The killed will be transported to Richmond 1m the morn- ing, except Paxton and son, who will be sent to Lexington. The railroad officlals have done every- thing in their power for the wounded. A special train was despatched from here with sur- geons as soon as the accident was known. A portion of the wounded are at Jerry’s Run. COLORADO. The Kansas Pacific Rallroad—A Vigilance Committee Organizing. DENVER, August 7, 1810, Four and @ quarter miles of track were laid on the Kansas Pacific Ratiroad yesterday, leaving a gap of ws oes haan miles, which will be closed next Garroting, fights and burglaries are becoming so frequent in this city that the people talk of organ- izing a vigilance committee to hang a few of the the desperadoes, VIRGINIA. The Accident on the Chesapenke Railroad— Condition of the Wounded. ALLEGHANY, August 7, 1870. By the accident on the Cheaapeake and Ohio Ratle road last night Mr. Pollard, a contractor on the road, and his family, and Mr. Hoge, of Staunton, were badly wounded. Mr. Green, reported to be from Hanover county, 1s wounded. Everything pos- sible is being done to alleviate the suffering of the wounded. No ladies were hurt. The American Dental Association. NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 7, 1370. ‘The American Dental Association has changed the place of the next annual meeting from Atianta. Ga.. to White Sulpnur Springs, Va. NORTH CAROLINA. Another Habeas Corpus Out Against Kirk— Arrest of Josiah Turner—Tho State Gone Strongly Democratic. RALEeIGn, August 7, 1870, George W. Brooks, Judge of the United States District Court, in the District of North Carolina, has issued a writ of habeas corpus for all citizens now held by Colonel Kirk, under the order of Governor Holden, to appear before him at Salisbury, where he opens the court to-morrow. The United States Mar- shal leaves to-night to serve the writs. J. Turner, editor of the Raleigh Sentinel, waa arrested at his home in Hillsboro, Orange county, which county‘has never been declared in a state of insurrection, by a detacument of Holden’s militia from Alamance county, The State nas gone democratic by a la majority, and from all appearances the democrats have a two- thirds majority in both branches of the Legisla- ture. The democrats also elected five of the sevem Congressmen. MASSACHUSETTS. A Discriminating Policeman—He Shoots Late a Promiscuous Crowd and Wounds Four Children. Boston, August 7, 1870. Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, in South, Cove District, near the Old Colony Ratlroad depot, there was a disturbance which threatened to become serious riot. Poltceman Clayton arrested a young boy, named Richard Burke, when a crowd collected and an attempt was made to rescue him. The officer fired four shots into the crowd, all ot which took effect, wounding seriously Hugh McShane, only seven years old, in the back of the neck; @ boy, named Hayes, in the thigh; Thomas Driscoll, thir- teen years old, in the leg, and a little boy, name nos known, in the left breast. A very large and excited crowd rushed to the scene, and brickbats and paving: stones began to fly pretty freely, but a force of police arriving the crowd dispersed. POLITICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. Cassius M. Clay is to take the stump for the republican ticket in Colorado. The Somerset (Me.) Reporter says that the call which was circulated for @ so-called ‘People’s State Convention” was signed by George F. Tal- pot, late United States District Attorney for nine years, who has discovered that the mission of the republican party ended when he was invited to vacate his office. The Bangor Democrat says that the plan to have the democracy nominate some sorehead re- publican for Governor has been given up, aud that at the adjourned Convention in Bangor, Au- gust16, Mr. Smith, of Waterville, will be quietly renominated. The Binghamton Democratic Leader runs up the names of John T. Hoftman for Governor and Allen C. Beach for Lieutenant Governor. The republicans or the South Carolina Third district have nominated Colonel R. B. Elliott for Congress. From a survey of the Michigan Congressional feld it is believed that Messrs. Stoughton, in the Second, Blair, in the Third, Ferry, inthe Fourth, and Long- year, inthe Fifth, will secure renominations. Ex- Congressman Henry Waldron, of Hillsdale, is the most prominent candidate spoken of to succeed Mr. Beaman, in the First district. Randolph Strickland desires & nomination in the Sixth, but is compelled to test every inch of ground with John F. vriggs, the present member. General Schenck has peen unanimously renomt- nated for Congress by the republicans from the Ohio Third district. Montgomery Blair is in the fleld for Congress from the Fifth Maryjagd distrion,