The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1870, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST Il, 1870 hand this morning, report the formation of a | The Ladies? Relief Committees Softening the War and Peace—A Striking Contrast, . NEW YORK HERALD French Defeats—The Ferment Im Parlam, BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. / All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HERALD. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. : Rejected communications will not be re- turned. ° , 3HE DAILY HERALD, publishea every day tn the gear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. Volume XXXYV... 7) AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, [ mowrese THEATRE, Bowery.—Vanisry ENTERTAIN- | @RAND OPRRA HOUSE, cornor ot Eighth avenue and ‘Aid —81TALA—Ta Nations. WOOD'S MUSEOM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- er Thirtieth st.—Performances every afternoon and evening WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and 18th street Farrz, Our Copert Graman. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 21 Bowery.—Va- miniy ENTEBTAINNZNT—CoMio VOCALISMS, 40. THEATRE OOMIQUE, 514 Broadway.—Couto VooaL- 18M, NEGHO Acts, &0. BAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL, 685 Broatway.— (BUOKLEY's SERENADERS. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th av., between 58th and th sts, —TURKODORE THOMAS’ PorULAR CoNncRRTs. NEW YORK MSSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— BOIRNCE AND ABT. DR. KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway.— {OR AND ART. ieee = |New York, Thursday, August 11, 1870. —— CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S HERALD. PAGE. Advertisements. Advertisements, S—Proceedings in the New York Courts—Political . Inteiligence—Taxing Railroad Bonds—Death = me Father of General Eckert—Advertise- ng ments, ‘4—Editoriais: Leading Article on French Defeats, the Ferment in Paris, the Dangers in the Rear—Yachting—News trom Washington— Arrival of Archbishop Purcell—Personal 1n- telligence—The Excessive Heat—The Remains of Senator Cobb and Colonel Headley—Severe Thunder Storm at Trenton—A Dastardly Ruf- fian—The Colored Labor Convention—Amuse- ~ ment Announcements. G—The War: Cavalry Skirmishing, but No Battle Yesterday; Prussian Report of Fnghtful Losses of the French; MacMahon’s Star Fearfully Cut Up; French IN ate Around Metz; the #rince Imperial with Fugénie's Jewels in Lon- don; a Bonapartist Cabinet Formed and the French Legisiatnre for \\ ‘Telegraphic News from Ail Parts of the World—Queen Victoria's — Speech to Parliament—business Notices. ®—The Nathan Murder: Fourth Day of the Investiga- tion by the Coroner; Pertinént Questions and Sicnificant Answers; Prodable Conclusion of the Inquest To-Da; y—Tragedy and Comedy— Brooklyn City News—Funeral of the Rev. John Shanahan—Furope: War Despatches by Mail to July 30; MacMahon's Army and Firat Movements; Napolcon’s Farewell to Paris; Documents from King William, Bismarck, Oltivier and Count Beust; English Opinion of - the United States Mission in London. ‘y—European News by Matl (continued from Sixth Page)—Public Works—A Barefaced Ouirage .4n Hoboken—Mysterlong Drowning Case— Financial and Comunfércial Reports—Marriages aud Deaths. outing at Buffalo Park—St. Patrick's Picnic— Ohio Republican State Convention—New York City News—The Nationa! Game—How a Jersey- man was Buehered—Drowning at Niagara— Movements of the Presiient—European Mar- kets—Shipping Intelligenco—Advertisements, Wax Saoririck or HuMAN Lire among the Prussians in the late battles can hardly be compared with tho frightful German mortality in this country; for while in Europe probably not one in a hundred bit the dust here every live German came to his bier! Mr. Szwarp started on his new trip to China and India from Auburn yesterday, amid the hearty godspeeds of his neighbors and with the good wishes of all his country- men. In fact, wherever the grand old states- man goes the hearty good-will of the people goes with him, and wierever he may be, whether in China, India, Europe or Alaska, admirers of genius, patriotism and pluck everywhere will keep bim tenderly in their memories. He is getting old now, but as he is young and hopeful enough in spirit to venture in his declining days upon so long a journey we have good reason to expect for him many more years of a useful and con- tented life. Coat Down.—The strike among the Pennsylvania miners has entirely ceased, and all the coal mineg are again in full blast. The strikes have been unfortunate for the poor men engaged in them, and they have returned to their labors without a single point they struck for having been gained. The price of coal at the places of shipment has been reduced to two dollars and twenty-five cents per ton, with a large stock on hand, so that, with the cost of transportation added, con- sumers in this vicinity should not be compelled to pay over five dollars or five and a half per ton until navigation closes, four or five months hence. These will be happy tidings for poor people. Tux NATHAN INVESTIGATION was unusually interesting yesterday. The two sons of the murdered man were on the siand—Washing- ton to make some additions to his previous tes- timony and I'rederick to tell his story for the first time. The latter was apparently the lest person except the murderer who spoke to his father that night. Both the sous agree that a noise, as of some one moving about, was heard in the room above, occupied by Kelly at the tin® Washingion discovered the dead body. The evidence ie clear so far in disproval of the cruel doubts thrown upon the innocence of the members of the family; and as the only re- maining man in the house upon whom sus- picion could cenire, the testimony of William Kelly to-day will be read with interest. ‘Srriminc Bacx.—Not a very respectable record is that of the Secretary of the Republi- can Executive Congressional Uommittee, which is alleged to have been sustained by testimony at Washington. The items in the record are, @ismissal from the army for cowardice, misap- propriation of funds and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The fun of the thing is that the charges were hunted up and verified by the goverament clerks whom the secretary has been mulcting of ane per cent on their salaries for the benefit of the party. Bad he let them alone he would probably have been left in the enjoyment of a good character. He was trying to run his hounds down too cruelly, and, as in the case of Acteon, they turned upon him and tore him to pieces, Served him righ’ The Dangers in the Rear. On Sunday, on Monday and even on Tues- day of this week there were many who thought that the account of French defeats and of Prussian successes must in some way have been exaggerated. It was natural for French sympathizers to doubt, It was natural for Prussian sympathizers to believe. But it was not unnatural for a large number, who were neither German nor French, to say, ‘Truth lies half way, and we must walt.” Day after day, however, the news accumulated, and, while we write, it is no longer possible to doubt that the fighting on Saturday last was on a grand seale, that Prussia was gloriously successful and that France was igrominiously defeated. On the right and on the left centre the French were found unequal to the fee. Phe right and the left wings of the French army have retreated; the retreat has made necessary the retirement of the French centre on Metz; and while France, all along her line, falls back, Prussia, all along her line, moves forward. Strasbourg is left dependent on her garrison. So {s Thionville. Napoleon, it is said, has found his way back to Paris. The Prince Imperial, it is said, has arrived in London. France still boasts, but retreats. Prussia is slill reticent, but moves forward. Whatever may be the final issue of this war all the world must admit that Napoleon has most miserably played the réle of Cesar. He is unquestion- ably o great diplomatist and not a bad poli- tician; but he is not a soldier. As there {is no longer any question about the actual results of the war so far as the war has gone, other questions demand consideration. How does France bear defeat? is the next most important question. The answer is conveyed to us by every cable despatch. It bears it badly. So far as Napoleon is concerned, so far as his dynasty is concerned, it could not bear it worse. Paris is in a siate of complete demoralization. Hundreds of tradesmen offer to defend it. But the Ollivier Ministry has been voted down, and in the Corps Législatif the proposal has been openly made that Napoleon be deposed. A Dictatorship under General Trochu is spoken of. The Chambers, according to our latest accounts, presented a scene of the wildest confusion—wilder than ever did the Ecumenical Council, wilder than our wildest ward meetings. Members, de- spairing of the power of the tongue, had actually resorted to the weight of the fist. The wildest scenes of the ever memorable and worthless Directory have again been repeated. Outside the Cham- bers confusion was worse confounded. It was necessary to charge upon tho mob; but after every charge the mob reformed. So ungrateful was the duty of the preservers of order that the National Guard threw down thelr arms and fraternized with the populace. In the capital of France matters could not be worse, and the serious question now is whether France will any longer tolerate Napoleon, Ed- mund About’s testimony from the field of bat- tle may be wicked; but it chimes in marvel- lously well with the testimony of all sensible men, He blames the Emperor for declaring war and yet allowing Prussia to take the initiative. He blames the Emperor for delay when moments might have determined the tide of victory. In Paris to-day the Emperor, if there, cannot be happy. The ferment is great, ominous, destructive; but Napoleon more than France has reason to be afraid, If the armies of King William keep together, if they are not over anxious to make victory final, there are forces in the rear of Napoleon which make their victory certain, if not easy. France has submitted to Napoleon because Napoleon has given France prosperity. Paris likes Bonapartism because Bonapartism has made Paris beautiful, rich, the centre of European life, the fashionable capital of the world. Frenchmen, however—Parisians not excepted—love Napoleon for the results he has produced, not for himself. So long as he is useful he will be popular. Whenever he ceases to be useful his popularity will die. No one ia so alive to this fact as himself. Success has been the god of his idolatry; success in the Crimean war made him; success in his Italian campaign saved him, In his 7le of Cxsar he had done well. He had succeeded his uncle ; he had shown political, military and even literary capacity. Why should he not attempt again? He did attempt, but this time the attempt has been a terrific failure. As matters now stand we shall not be surprised if Napoleon should abdicate before Monday first. Monday first is his féte day. If he does not win a great fight between now and the 15th his gameisup. The enemy in the tear will be so strong that Prussia will have an easy victory. He would be a bold man, how- ever, who would say that France might not yet repel the invader. Frenchmen of all ranks and classes may unite for the defence of their own soil. If King William is wise he will take his revenge upon Napoleon by proclaiming to France that he wars not against Frenchmen nor French institutions, but against the-man who has wantonly disturbed the peace of Europe. If he takes this course he will disarm a million foes. If, however, he should delay, thus giving Napoleon a chance to abdicate in favor of his son or in favor ofa republic, Prussia may find that she is far from home in the enemy’s country. Should Napoleon fall there are many in all lands who will be filled with regrets. He hasbeen usefal in hia day and generation. He has made France respected abroad and prosperous at home. He has powerfully aided the cause of modern progress. The modern question—the question of nationalities—a question which lies at the root of this war, has been very effectively answered by himself. United Italy ought to be grateful to him; for united Italy will remain a lasting memorial of his generosity and of his common sense. If this time he has failed he has failed by attempting too much. It is not our opinion that if Napoleon should be driven to the wall all hopes of his dynasty are lost. France was ungrateful to his uncle; but his prosperous reign was not thereby rendered im- possible. France may be ungrateful tohim, but his son will still havea chance. Ifthe present ruler of France is not equal to the great Cesar, the great Cromwell, the great Napo- leon, he is, nevertheless, a great man, and his name will live in history. For the present he seems to have made a mistake and the fates are against him. The very latest despatches from Paris, to ew French Cabinot, embracing some very distinguished men, both in war and finance, noted for their adhesion and services to the Bonapartes, In the Logislature the tide of feeling appeared to have turned in favor of the war. Money supplies for war purposes were freely voted and a gratuitous individual defiance offered to Prussia, Extraordinary news may reach us quite unexpectedly both from Paris and London. Tho Health of Our City. Even in the comparative absenco of conta- gious diseases the extreme heats of the season have directly caused numerous deaths and have left the public health pecullarly exposed to those dread forms of sickness which are generated by filth and bad voatilation. To these latter agents the report of City Sanitary Inspector Morris ascribes the increase in the number of cases of relapsing fever. There were thirty-five cases of this dangerous dis- ease during the week ending August 6 againat twenty-two during the preceding weck. In- spector Morris reports, however, but six cases of smallpox against eleven during the previous seven days. The street cleaning autborities, who have voted themselves an augmentation of pay and privileges, might well also deter- mine upon redoubling their vigilance in attending to their duties. It is a significant fact that without an epidemic, and although so many of our citizens are out of town, tho death rate, which at this season usually aver- ages four hundred, has swollen to twelve hun- dred, The column of deaths recorded in the Heratp has grown to an alarming length. And now that the yellow fever has made its appearance in the neizhboring city of Phila- delphia, as an immediate consequence of a violation of quarantine regulations, it becomes the duty of our Board of Health to see to it that our own quarantine regulations aro en- forced more strictly than ever, Perth Amboy to the contrary notwithstanding. Every pre- caution should be taken to preserve the health of our city during the rest of this protracted heated term. The Farce of a Regency. In olden times when sovereigns went to the wars it became necessary sometimes to estab- lish a regency for the government of the realm in their protracted absence. Many of these puissant warriors passed years away from their country, and it took them often many months to go and come from the s2at of war. Richard the Lion Heart was four years absent from England, battering away at the walls of Acre, Joppa and Ascalon; Philip of France was nearly two years on the same crusade, in which they, were in a measure isolated from the seat and offices of government. But how different is it now, when kinzs and emperors can reach the seat of war in a few hours by railroad, and direct the councils of the nation by telegraph! In these days of telegraphs and railroads the idea of a regency is a farce. And what greater could there be in this enlightened age than the present regency of France? With allrespect for the estimable lady who occupies the Regent's chair, we must regard her position as one of those stage effects in which Napoleon so much delights. This establishment of the Empress as Regent with so much show and formality is jost like the Emperor's last sensation—taking a little boy to the battle field to pick up bullets, What was the necessity of a regency for France when the Emperor was only going a few hundred miles from Paris, and is actually not out of France at all? Napoleon has been making a good many blunders of late—som> very silly, like those referred to, and some very grave indeed, like the idea that it only required a great mass of men thrown to the frontier in order to conquer Prussia. He has discovered since that brains as well as soldiers are required for that task. And he has discovered another thing, too—that there is a fair share of brains on the other side of the Rhine. ‘Our Fritz” and ‘‘our Carl” are not epauletted puppets. They are good sol- diers, well skilled in all the requirements of the work they have in hand, both in council and on the field. If Napoleon can see his way before him he will quit these showman’s tricks, in which women and babies play the second parts, and abdicate in favor of the French people and republican liberty, There is nothing else left for him, unless he can retrieve the defeat to his arms at once, Goxp 115}.—There are those in Wall street who would have it that the decline in gold fol- lowing the recent triumphs of the Prussian army is solely due to that cause. Had the war taken another turn, however, we should have witnessed the same result, though it might not have been attained so soon. It is not to be denied that the victory of a people so largely interested in our naticnal welfare as are the Germans should have reversed the gold movement. It should not be forgotten, however, that before the battle of Woerth, in fact after the French triumph at Wissembourg, the reaction had already commenced, and gold was declining here, while our bonds were advancing in London, The first crisis had already passed, and our credit was asserting itself in the general mélée of war in Europe, when the recent successes of Prussia came to give the natural movement a fresh impetus. Tue Quren’s SpEEcH.—Queen Victoria's speech, delivered in London yesterday, on the occasion of the prorogation of the session of the British Parliament, is reported, by cable telegram, in our columns to-day. Hor Ma- jesty gives expression to her sorrow on account of the existence of the war between France and Prussia, She deplores the event, but is non-committal as to the probable conse- quences. England’s neutrality is reaffirmed. The Queen refers to the progress which has been made in the way of useful legislation, and hopes for a continued advance in the path of Parliamentary progress. Tre establishment of a national gold bank in Boston under the new law is probably the forerunner of a number of others throughout the country. It is consolfng to feel in the establishment of such banks that we have reached something tangible and permanent pointing towards specic payments—something not forced, but springing spontaneously from a fair spirit of competition between the great bank monopolists of the couatry. Horrors of War. Dreary Indeed would be the record of the moment in Europe to our boasted civilization were it not for the blessed inspirations which impel the gentle hands of woman to those | deeds that, in their way, are infinitely more glorious than tho proudest martial achieve- ments. It is questionable whether the pen of the future historian will linger with more effect among the narratives that describe the gallantry of the heroes who stormed the Mala- koffand the Redan, at Sebastopol, or those that glow with the still loftier devotion and more enduring courage of the Sisters of Charity, who braved danger and death in every form—the shot of the enemy, the bitter inclemencies of a Crimean winter, the pesti- lential infection of crowded camps and fetid hospitals—simply that they might alleviate the sufferings of the poor soldier fighting and dying there to further the purposes of kings and courts, The cold annals of mere war may accord to the commanders who won the fray the chaplet of military fame; but the brightest lines on even their pages glow with heavenly warmth and light as they mention the name of Florence Nightingale and the noble women who had preceded and who accompanied her. In our own terrible civil war the female relief committees who toiled in the towns and exposed their own health and lives close to the battle field performed a work which was blessed to the objects of their tender kindness at the moment, and which gradually became 8 golden link of revived sympathy and friend- ship between the warring sections. The hor-- rors of a conflict which often found father arrayed against son and brother against brother wer$ made greatly less by these angelic ministrations, and the fury of resent- ment against the hand that inflicted the wound melted away in tears and gratitude at the touch of tho gentle hand that tended it. We are recalled to these reflections, in the midst of the mournful fecling that the new outbreak of war in Europe awakens, by read- ing of the preparations in progress in many of the French and German cities to form active and efficient female relief associations for the succor of the wounded on cither side. The Sisterhood of Mercy in all its branches is already in the field, and Miss Nightingale from her own bed of illness hes transmitted to Paris such written hints and instructions as her arduous experience has qualified her to give for the benefit of such societies as may there be formed by ladies volunteering, but unused to the service. The wife of Marshal Can- robert has organized an association ‘‘to help the wounded on the field of pattle,” and in a heartfelt appeal reminds her countrywomen of what was done by their American sisters dur- ing the civil war, when, as she says, “they collected more than sixty-five millions of francs and obtained the magnificent result that .out of a hundred wounded they were able to save ninety-five.” ‘Let every ‘French heart,” adds this noble lady, ‘listen to our voices; we hold out the hand for those who are about to suffer.” And our own kind countrywomen in Paris have not been slow to answer the common call of humanity. They have formed a Ladies’ Branch of the Ameri- can International Sanitary Committee, with Mrs. Anson G. Burlingame at its head, and many of the wealthiest, most aciive and most distinguished American names abroad are on the list of members. They are even now vigorously at work with high success. This good example is imftated in all the leading French and German cities, and promises the most gratifying results. At the sight the nations thus ruthlessly dragged into collision are partly consoled; the warrior advancing to the field of carnage is cheered; tha pained heart of humanity is touched with an emotion which is the beginning of an enduring hope that these divine influences will yet prevail even in our time, and that the hour foretold by the whispered encouragement and prayer which the mangled soldier hears beside his pillow may no longer Le distant, when the cross shall forever put aside the sword. Tue Frencu Evacuation or Rome—Waat THE Porg Saip.—Just before the evacuation of Rome by the French troops the French Minister called upon Cardinal Antonelli to apprise him of the event. The Cardinal said he would mention it to the Holy Father and give his answer to the Minister in the evening. Accordingly, in the evening, the Minister called again upon the Cardinal, when, as reported by the Paris paper Le Temps, the following conversation, after the usual formali- ties, took place :— Marquis—And what does his Holiness say? CarpInaL—He says, ‘God will provide for me. May I never see French troops again.” Marquis —Is that all? CARDINAL—All, We do not fully believe in this report. On the contrary, we doubt not that the Pope sorrowfully parted with the French troops after the seventeen years of protection and security they had given him against Garibaldi, Mazzini and the Reds. But now that the French are gone, the Holy Father, it may be said truly, has no other reliance than a merci- ful Providence; for King Victor Emanuel, as a son of the Church, is but little better than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Tur Siok MaN oF Franoe.—What is the actual-physical condition at this crisis of Na- poleon the Third? One report says he is sick at Chalons, another that he is expected in Paris, another that he has returued to the headquarters of the army at Metz; but wher- ever he may be, the defeats he haa suffered, the dangers that encompass him, the exhaust- ing labors, excitement and troubles crowding upon him, may prove too much for his shat- tered constitution. What, then? Doos any one suppose that there are twenty intelligent men in France who, at any time these ten years past, have entertained the idea of a continua- tion of the empire under the Prince Imperial? No! Itis rumored that the Empress, with hor darling boy, is preparing for the possible necessity of a flight over the Straits of Dover. And why not, when at any moment an event may océur which will abolish the empire and re-establish the republic? peti Sol Senay A Nice Fammy Quarrev.—The republican free traders threaten to swamp every republi- can protectionist for Congress.where they can reach him by bolting. Very well! Let the protectionists bolt against every frae trader, and that will make it even, and it will be also satisfactory to the demoorats, That between the terrible scenes of war on Sunday last on the Rhine frontier and the magnificent spectacle of peace in the lower bay of New York on Monday last, The pic- ture in the one case presents us all the hor- rors of war; in the other we have all the glo- ries and beautiful surroundings of peace. The contrast between these two pictures, if intelli- gently reduced to canvas, would be infinitely more impressive than Landseer’s famous com- panton pieces of ‘‘War” and ‘‘Peace.” It has, we think, been truly sald that no pen can fully describe and no pencil can fully paint, with all its accessories, the beautiful and imposing spectacle of our splendid yacht race of Monday last for the Queen’s Cup; but asa vivid, tmpressive, grand and glorious repre- sentation of peace, with all its beauties, all its triumphs, all its surpassing attractions, it is to be hoped that some capable artist, full of the inspiration of the thrilling scene, will paint it, and with the sublime legend above it, as in letters of living light upon the eky, Peace hath her vict: No leas renowned ee war. Such a picture, with the passage of the “invincible armada,” for instance, out of the Narrows in the foreground, and the misty point of Sandy Hook, the lightship and Old Ocean in the far background, giving us any- thing approaching a truthful reflection of the pageant, will make the fortune and the repu- tation of the painter. YACHTING. Oficial Announcement of tho Result of the Great Race=Time Allowances—Yachts Ruled Ont. In the following will be found the correct and official time mae by the different competitors tn the regatta on tho 8th inst,:— New Yor, August 9, 1870, ba hg Morton, Esq., Secretary New York Yacht Club:— Dean Srx—The undersigned report to you tho following oficial results of the regatta held on the 8th inst. for the possession of the ‘America’’ Oup. ‘Time of starting, twenty-six minutes past eleven A. M., from a line formed by the stakeboat anchored off the club house, Staten Island. The yachts arrived at the home stakxeboat in the following order:—Magte, Dauntless, Iiler, America, Phantom, Madgie, Silvie, Cambria, Fleetwing, Bee ‘Tarolinta, Madeleine, Calypso, Rambler, ce. Alter correcting for allowance of time, in accord- ance with the rules of the club, the following is the oficial order of arrival:— ‘Arrival at Home Stakeboat. Name of Yachts, UIBSASELSBEY fe Pamnannnncnanoe’ ~ gues’ pone The yachts Tidal Wave, Widgeon and Alarm failed to complete the race and are ruled out. The English yacbt Cambria lost her foretopmast, when “sles 10) off Sandy Hook, M1. H. GRINNELL, ALEX. HAMILTON, Judges. i BPE phous, SHEPPARD Hottans, } (2xceutlve STUART M. TAYLOR. Cruise of the Yacht Squndron—The Pleasure Flect Sail from Glen Cove. The magnificent fleet of yachts of the New York Yacht Club squadron salled yesterday even- ing from Glen Cove with a good breeze on the annual cruise, A eplendid scene was presented to those who had the a fortuné to witness from the shore tho start of te dashing craft from their moorings to blue water, AS ce se stated in the Hgracp, the squadron wiil visit Martha’s Vineyard, New London, and possibly Boston, and may be absent from our bay for three weeks, When it returns there will be festivities at the club house and neighborhood of unusual grandeur. 4 THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. Since what has been denoted the heated term set in the increase in mortality in and around the Metropolig has been really alarming, The pecu- liarity of the heat has been universally noticed, and many upon whom heat had hitherto little or .no effect have been obliged to succumb to its influence or acknowledge it3nower. The summer of 1869 was rather warm, effects are far behind those of the present summer. A reference to the record of mortality in this city during the past six weeks, as compared with that fhe m corresponding six weeks in 1369, shows that ie number of deaths this summer has exceeded hat of the same period by 1,215, an average in- crease of 200 deaths per week, ‘the total deaths from July 3 to August 7, 1869, were 3,826, and during the same weeks this year 5,041. The following cases of sudden death, evidently caused by the heat, were reported yesterday at tie Coroners’ Office:— George Morgan; body was taken to the Morgue. Alexander Barbot; taken to the Morgue. Nicholas Slater died suddenly at Fifty-second street, between ‘Tenth and Eleventh avenues. The changes in the thermometer, as noted yester- day at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, in the HERALD Building, are as follows:— 1369. 1870, +» 63 8344 8P,M... P. M. Average temperature Tor cori last year...... + 12% THE REMAINS OF SENATOR COBB AND COLONEL HEADLEY. The mangled bo.ies of the late George T. Cobb, ex-Senator of New Jersey, and Colonel Headley, of Morristown, whose lives were sacrificed, with over half a dozen others, in the appalling railroad ca- lamity in Virginia last Saturday night, reached Morr ristown last evening by the half-past four train from New York, in charge of Messrs. E, Halsey, J. Bentie; and £. B. Bunn, a special committee appoint by the citizens to convey the same from Richmond. The arrival of the remains was announced publicly by the tolling of the chureh bells. The entire town isin the deepest mourning in consequence of the melancholy event. As a testimonial of respect for the dead, the Common Council met on Tuesday night and made preparatory arrangements to attend the funeral, which takes place to-morrow. It is ex- pected to bo the most impressive spectacle ever witnessed in Morristown. SEVERE THUNDER STORM AT TAENTON, Ni, J. Trenton was visited early yesterday morning by one of the most terrific thunder storms ever wit- nessed 1n that city. At four o'clock the rain fell ia torrents, and in half an hour the lightning com. menced. The flashes far outshone the twilight and were succeeded by deafening roars of thun- der. Though the storm did not prove fatal it caused heavy damage. The nouse of Thomas Braden, No. 60 Washington street, was struck by the electric fluid, which knocked Braden down, para- lyzed his rignt arm, and shot splices of glass, wood and brick into his face. He narrowly esca death, as he stood near the window atthe time, The water pipe conveyed the fluid to the ground, where it shattered the bricks round the hose box. An old lady in bed up stairs was stunned by @ brick hurled from near the window. ‘The houses of Michael Meyers, on Brunswick ave- nue; of Wiillam Dey, on Chambersburg road, and Mr. Richey, tn West State street, were shattered and damaged, At the roiling will two men standing on rails of tron were dashed on their faces and stunned. Numerous trees were torn from the side- walks, and upwards of tle: telegraph poics thrown down. Jn the country districts the losses by the storm are unusual. A young man named Francis Pumtlson, aged eighteen years, wad drowned in the river, near the State Asylum. It is thought that he was overcome during the storm, as he was subject to fits of catalepsy. e body was recovered and an inquest was held. ‘A DASTARDLY RUFFIAN. Outrage Upon a Girl Eleven Years of Age. Hermann Badenmacher, a respectable looking young man, was yesterday arraigned before Justiée Coulter, at the Yorkville Police Court, eharged with the commission of a terrible outrage on a little girl named Mary Morick, eleven years of age, restding with her parents at 617 First avenuo, ‘The girl was waiking, she testified, near tho Bast river about a week ago, together with other glils, when the prison- er came up and dragged her kato a stone yard close by, where he outraged her, Dr. Fresch examined the girl and testified to findng marks of violence on her person, ‘The prisoner was committed for examt- nation, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 19, 1879, Attorney’ General Akerman’s Views on Southern Reconstruction, It {8 understood that Attorney General Akermaw Will address tho Southern republicans now in this city on Friday or Saturday next, on the duty of the hour. He will take a bold conservative view of the situation, not calculated to afford much comfort to @ certain class of Southern radicals, whose conduct hasbeen guided more by seitian motives than the welfare of thelr country. Mr. Akerman holds that the South sti! badly needs reconstruction, but that it ts the fault of the politicians in that section that they are not yet in the full possession of ail their ‘political rights, The leaders tn the South, or some of thom who have managed to obtain controling Influence, have become little better than lobyists and sacrificed the interests of the country to Jobbing and corrup- tion. In some States he believes the lowest class of Political shysters have been chosen to legislative and othe important positions, All this he believes must be reformed if the Southern people wish to be rein- stated with full power, Ne same aa the loyal States ofthe North. Mr. Akerman’s views on thts question and also in relation to tho Georgia muddle are hignly spoken of, The Way the French and Prussian Ministers Get the War News. Neither the French nor the North German Legation ig in the regutar receipt of telegrams relative to the war. They depend on the preas despatches, which Gre eagerly sought at both legations. They recetve from ume to time, however, telegrams from their respective governments affecting the officia! rela- tions with our government, which are of such a charactor as to contine their contents to the partica immediately concerned. ‘The Goglish Natural'zation Treaty. An omfcial telegram received this afternoon from London ras the exchange of ratttlcations of tie naturalizaion treaty between the United States and Great Britain took place to-day. Nattonal Goid Bank on a Gold Basis. The Kidder National Gold Bak, of Boston, has de posited its bonds with the Cozaptroller of the Cur- rency, and wiit soon receive authority to commence business, r Death of a Distinguished Indian Warrior. General Sully reports to the Department the death of Victor, head chief of the coufederated Flathead nation, aged eighty-five years, This is a great load to the Flatheads, In former years he was one of their greatest warriors; but many years ago hé Joined the Catnolic Church, and ever s:nce Las been @ devout Christian. General Sully says he does not know of any one among the Fiatheads who can taka his place and have the same influence over the nation, - . Manvfacturers of Seray Tobacco, Hereafter manufacturers of tobacco from scraps are prohibited from resorting to tho sifting process in the manufacture of scraps, and must use the rake to separate that which is fit to be made into plug to- bacco, and the remainder to be packed without fur- ther sifting and marked with a lapel indicating ita character as navy scrap. The New Army Borrd. The names of anew Army Board will be oMicially announced to-morrow, It will act upon applications of officers to be retired under the recent act of Con- gress. About 150 cases will be brought be‘ore tha Board. ABR:VAL OF ARC: B2U6P PULC.Et. His Views on the Ecumenical Council and (hs Evacuation of Rome by the French. Archbishop Purcell, of Cfncinnatl, arrived yester- day by the steamer St. Laurent aad put up at Sweeny’s Hotel. A large number of citizens calied in the evening to pay their respects and to congratu- late the reverend prelate on his safe return from the Holy City. He 1s on his way to the metropoita of the great State of Ohto, and will, no doubt, receive & warm welcome on his arrival there. A reporter of tie HernaLp enjoyed the pleas- ure of an interview with the Archbishop last even- ing, and ascertained bis views in relation to the ne and momentous question conceraing the infal- ibility of the Pope. ® The Archbishop declared himself an anti-infallt- bist, and apoke of Arcibishop Manning as a favatic—in as one whom the Anglican party were glad to get rid of on account of the disturbing induence he exercised in their connetis, ‘ Archbishop Pureell 13 a somewhat elderly gent'e- man, of quict and courteous manners, anil carrying. with bim much of a reputation for: controversial ability, fe was satisfied in the belief that the doctrine of Papal infailibility was radi. cally of such an arbitrary character that the final promulgation of the dogma would be almost indefluitely poned. He spoke of the Archbishop of Paris having declared his dis- poabon to acquiesce in whatever the majority of the cumentcal Council decided upon, but there was evident ia what Archbishop Purcell gave utterance to, that the party of anti-infallibists 13 not of that complexion to be easily disposed of by a vote which places them in a minority, Archbishop Purcell ex- pressed himself to the effect that the Roman Cathoito mind of America is not prepared to accept the doc- triue of infalibility us applied to the personality of the popedom. That the Church, through the voice of its assembled repre:entative ministers, should lay down certain laws for the government rof the entire body, and promuigate final doctrines for its acceptance, receives the ag ln of all Catholics; but thequestion of personal Infaliibility is more than it is thought ither rea sonable or proper to receive, It will take, however, a long time before the dogma of infallibility 13 officially proclaimed to the world, It will nave to be signed by all the bishops who par- ticipated in the Council; and that process, Jodging by the slow moving machinery of Papal system, will take years to accomplish. Archbisho) Purcell has no idea of what will hap- en to Rome after the withdrawal of the French roops, but he relies uponthe devotion of the troops Wao ate enrolled under the Papal standard to rep any Garibaldian or Mazzintan raid on the Holy City PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in ‘ity Yesterday.. Prescott Smith, of Baltimore; R. R. Springer, of Olncinnati; Judge T. W. Barkley, of Washington; W. P. Deuckla, of Arkansas, and Simon Gebnart, of Dayton, are all at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge Sherman, A. B. Mullett and W. Armstropg, of Washington; A. W. Randall, of Elmira; Oon- gressman J. Lynch, af Maine; F. Winslow, of the United States Navy; Captain Churchill, of the United states Army; John Tucker, of Philadelphia, and S, M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore, are at the Astor House. Captain How, S. ©. Glyn, of the Rifle Brigade, England; W. G. Hale, of China, and 8. T, Fairchild, of Cazenovia, are at the Brevoort House. A.M. Burham, of Indianapolis; G. B. Selden, of Rochester, and Samuel Bancroit, Jr., of Washington, are at the Westminster Hoteh General Fullerton, of St. Louis; F. 4. Griswold, of Troy; EF. L. Piumb, of Washington; A. McKinney, of Boston; General C. B. Stuagt, of Buffalo; Marquis de Chambrun, of Washington; Washington See, Jr., and W. Renshaw, of Baltimore, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. ' Baron de Notrmont, of the french Legation, and, P. R. Osborne, of Mobile, are at the Albemarle Hotel. General Humphries, of the United States. Army; John Playle, of Havana, and J. Nesbitt, of Savannah, Ga., are at the Hoffman House. Dr. ©. B. Dunham, of New Jersey; A. O. Porter, of Mississippi, and Professor J. M. Dunbar, of London, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Dr. 8, E. Harris, of Missourl; Colonel G. 8. Little, of Sacramento, and Captain W. Gienham, of the United States Navy, are at the St. Elmo Hotel. J. H. Jonnson, of Texas; E. W. Grifln, of Washing. ton; R, W. Welsh, of Georgetown, and G. 0. Kinga. bury, of Springfield, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Apriant, of Paris, and W. H. Stewart of Lita erpool, are at the Clarendon Hotel. General James B. McKean, recently appointed Chief Justice of Utah, is in this city, having: re. turned from Washington, where he nad a, final consultation with the President and Attorney Gene. ral Akerman régarding the condition of agpirs im that Territory. The Judge will leave in atew daya for his new fleld of duty. © THE COLORZD LABSA COVEN TIGR, 3 The Laver Convention of colored, Anen will take Place at Saratoga on the 24th of Aggust, not on the 1ith as previously announced, The delegates will in great measure be guided by the action of the National Convention % Workingmea, which is to meet in a few days gb Cinotunati, ag tg the course they Wil pursuc Ip the future,