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SOFtirve to be depressed by amall but numerous lex; in other forms transactions are Unkioportant, Uietrens is mainly aggravated by the heartless cd Seinatabie conduct of the Kotbseilids tirm, 5 hich shuts heiself up, oalls in her money and does ing whatever to relieve the place. earner ‘our bankers weathered the storm, and hough they have w en COUBI AE great dificulues taere is every reasonable expect aiion that we shall have no largs failures, The firm of W. F. Fager has suspended with an i \aebiedness of 4,000,000 florina, but there is no deficit for the present, and the sus- nsion was only necessary becat Md Correspon- ents wero unable to make remittances. Other failures, of a small Amount, are not worthy of Notice, The worst feature is that bills endorsed by our bankers come back protes from_ foreign. aces and nave to be metat ouce. It is indispensa- Bie that gold colns of France, Engiand and America be mado a legal payment, as our silver standard is insuificient 11 such an emergency. There 13 no lack of means if they can be mace availabie, ‘The Hquidation was much betier than was ex pea heré was a good demand for American; hoy opened at 763 are NOW 194. IN AUSTRIA. . Will tho War be Limited to. France Prussia@—Cabinet Constderation and tiers Refloctton—Bismarch’s Pelicy Not Completely cessful~Race, Interests aud Ethnologtcal Division—What Russia Hopes. ViENNA, August 3, 1870. I have just arrived in the Austrian capital, and find that here, as everywhere ‘clse, the question of the day 18, will the war remain @ French and Ger- man one, or will 1t become European? That Aus ‘tria will bave an important part to play in answering this question seems to bo evident; that she will be exceedingly cautious in coming to a decision is beyond a doubt, Before expressing an opinion concerning the tendencies and designs of the Vi- enna Cabinet I shall endeavor to give you an account of the state of public opinion ag represented by the press and by such persons, official and pri- vate, as {have had occasion to meet. As matters stand to-day it may be said that the Austrian press 48 hostile to Napoleon without being friendly to Bis- marck, The publication of the negotiations between the North German Chancellor and the French Am- Dnasador has made an immense impression in Aus- tria. Witnout putting Prussia ina better light 10 has made co-operation between France and Austria impossible, at least, for the presont Bismarck bas succeeded in making it appear that France under Napoleon is every man’s enemy, and no man’s friend, fa OPINION AND BACB. Inspeaking of public opinion in this covatry at the preseni crisis a close distinction must be made between the German and the Slavonic elements. The Poles‘and Bohemians sympathize with France, the Great majority of the German elemen/ has no choice but to sympathize with Prussia, for she is now the Keader and representative of she German race. Germany with her future is 40w in the Prassfan comp, and no State claiming to be German could dare raise a hand againsrthe common Fatherland the Slavomians of Austria dread a great Prussian victory, for. in it they see the downfall of France as & great political Power, and the elevation of Prussia to the position of arbitress of the destinies of. Central Europe. In caso Prussia trinmphs the dissoiution of Austria will become inevitable, simply @ question of time. The German. provinces will gravitate to the great united Germany, endeavoring to take with them at the same tinié the other pro- vices tnis sido of tho Letting, A process of this kiud is foresecn and dreaded by the Slavonians, who know very well that a union with Prussia would to them be political death. : ‘The Slavonic elewent of Austria may be sct down as decidedly friendly to France, A certain portion of the Germans, without giving mach expression to thelr feelings. at present, have no desire to sec Prussia any more strengthened than she is. ‘Tins class emb those persons who Value the preservation of Alstrian peculiarities more than the greatness of Germany. ie perce d of the Germaus of Austria would oppuse any ali- anee with France as afairs now stand. The Ger- mans in the western half of the emptreare at the head of the Loy og and consequently have the Initiative, 1b may be said that tho position is as 1oUews in this menaeohye x NEUTRALITY, Austria could not assist eae, without appearin; to betray German interests. ssla does not nee her assistance, She will, therefore, remain neutral until some new elements are introduced into the con- fict, What these elements may be we do not know, One thing, Rowever, is likely: Napoleon will not yield tit he has used every means in his power to avoid defeat, which would be ruin for his dynasty and which would reduce Frauce to the condition of @ eecond @lase power. RUSSIA LOOKING OV, Another consideration, which ts probably of more weight than any I have stated, is the position of Russia, who, being entirely free vo act as her inte- rests dictate, would minediately throw her sword into the scalo should Austria take the side elther of France or Prussia. It may, therefore, be assumed = neutrality will be observed until after a great atile on the Khine. The governments which have the power to begin will do go if their interests are for taking an active course. ‘The importance of the situation is felt in Vienna by all persons who have entered into a@ considera- Hon of the question. It 1s generally acknowledgea Yhat a great Prussian victory would bring about the most radical change that Europe has yet known. WHAT THEY SAY BY THE WAY. On my way to Vienna I had aconversation with two Ausirians, one a German and the other a Sla- vonian. Both are men well instracted in polliics, nd I being an American, and consequently not lie jerested in the success of any particuiar party or na- tonality, was in a position to become acquainted with the views of eacl one of them. The substance of whut the German told mo was as present cme central idea in Gerinany at tho resent time is the umity of the German race, verything that can contribute to this is important, 4 everything that stands in its way 1s inimical us, and we are ready to combat it. Napoleon knows that if Germany is wilted Frauce becomes“a pecond rate power. He, therefore, is ready to ight to the death against the unionof Germany. France wishes a weak North Germany, an independent and not powerful South Germany, un Austria divided nd stroggiing with internal intrigues and count- less partios. Witha creature of her own on the peer throne, and Italy not united, France might ope to play the first partin Europe. With a untied Germany France cannot avoid becoming the sateilite ot land or of Russia. Most likely the latter { The blavonian told me thet for his race the victory of Prussia would cause the Whole Slavonto race to Tally eround Russia as its ony anchor of salety in tis crisis; that they would prefer to preserve theirlocal peculiariies, but that if It were necessary to take sides tie whole Slavonic population of ee and Turkey wouid take tie side of Russia; ry £0 dolag they would, at least, save thelr race, If mot thei ocai individuality, IN ITALY. War Alarm nud Alarm for the PopoInfalll- blo but Huugry—Summocing the National Army—To Milau=A Europenu Confiagration the Hepo of the People=Symptoma of a Coming Chango—¥or France, bat for Italy Before All. Mian, July 26, 1870. There was, of course, a univorsal sauve qui peut from Rome immediately after the promulgation of the infallibility dogma, among laymen as well as ecclesiastics; and im whatever direction a traveller night select to depart from tho Eternal vity he was sure ‘a ligve a batch of bishops In the same car. stagegae vot actually in the same ‘compartment with himecif, Such was my own experieuce as I journeyed northwards a few days ago; for at every station there was a regular confusion of ecclestasti- oul tongues around the buffet where French, Byanish, Irish aud American proiates struggled for supremacy in the achievement of cold fowis, Bo. logna seusages and Whatever drinks were obtain- able, Tho latter, although not sv favory as claret Ror 80 strong a4 whiskey, were found to be “better ‘than vothing,” as 1 heard an Frish father observe to @ brother ecumenical after taking down a Mask of vino commune, Among the soldiers now again summoned to arms by the Italian government, for what prec ao purpose UM isnot yet known, there did not appear to bea great feeling of reverence for the Pope or his new doctrine, judging from the apostrophes addressed by the recruits, of wiiom we were continually meet- ing special trains full, to the bishops who formed eo considerable a portion of the freight of the direct train to Milan, in which I wasa passenger. . “Rome! Home! Death to the Pope! “Vogliamo vedere tl Papa morio 1" were the salutations shouted out by thaso military roughs into the unwilling ears of the cosmopolitan prelates. ‘The movement of the moment in Italy, a8 In allother States borderiug the two great Powers now anout to dnQict the greatest possible injury on each other, ig @ military one. Por although the Italian govern- mont apparently desires neutrality, 1¢ means an armed one, for the late reductions in the army are being flied up again, and the economy recently inau- gurated in the War Department has now yielded to profuse expenditure, “Pazienzal”’ the Italians ex. Slain, U wo wero to get anyuulng by # general Euro. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1870.—T pean conilagration; but whether we throw our lot in with Napoleon or with the King of Prussia our sltuation 13 alike unsatisfactory, and the acquisition of Rome equally far off, ARMING, The soldiers lately on unlimited leave of the classes 1844 and 1845, but now recalled to active service, are concentrating at the headquarters of the several military districts in the kingdom, whence they will proceed to the positions peer to them, in accordance with the resolutions tauptod ur this Council of Generals lield at Florence, onthe 23d, Jt appears to the imtevtion of th government to Ban Mish Ath oF re Lael ve sions, about mei to ‘orgnutze ® corps of observa- frontier, ister of War, General Kautzler, is also rendei his forces as effective as posslble, but 1b 4s dificult to keep them au complet just now, a8 allthe French and Prussian officers in tho Po; service are applying for their discharge, and many of privates are summoned home by their re- spective sorvesnmen ts, Of course the Papal troops could withstand no serious movement on the Itallan frontier unless Supported by the French, neverthe- Jess General Kautzier is preparing a camp of obsor- vauion in the province of Viterbo. STRENGTH OF THE ARMY. PP oe) classes 1844-5 augment the Italian army by an tive force of about eighty thousand men, and if the classes 1842-8 are also called out, as Is ri mored, 72,000 men more wiil come into active ser- vice, If Italy means sirict neutrality, aud has no frontiers ignat in soy way, why does she re- quire upwards of one hundred ana fifty yiousand meh under arms? POLICY FOR WAR. The Court party and government are suspected of leaning towards France; but the country in general has no such partiality, bein, ben KY the prolonged tutelage exercised over Italy by the imperial gov- eminent, and ite continually erpinr the national aspirations after the uuification of the Italian penin- sula by the annexation of the Pope’s dominions to the kingdom of Victor Emanuel, ‘THE PEOPLE. In this city, as in Florence and elsewhere, disor- derly demonstrations have been made hostile to France in the vicinity of the French Consul’s real- dence, nr three successive evenings the vi of the police has prevented the mob from actually hooting the French representative under his very windows. These proceeaings have just been depre- cated in an address to the Milanese, signed by thirty- five leading citizens, exhorting them to advgcate in @ public meeting the principle of strict neutrality, 80 vitally important for the interests and liberties of Italy, This document denies that any obligation exists towt France, whose services have been amply re) with italian blood, money and terri. tory. It considers the war against Prussia as unjust a ciming 59 destroy German nationality, aud there- fore not advisable to be taken up by Italy, Sspectally @8 Dy No cage 1a it to be hoped that France would ad- mit the claims of Mees ou Kome, While thus argu- ing against any ona ve and defensive alitance with France the address does not udvise, on the other hand, any such aillauce with Prussia. Neutrality 1s the word and the reservation of the national forces and money for mational objects, it will be well ior Italy uf she can carry out this programme. A PEACE PARTY. But there exists a party who would fain see the government take'up arms either for France or Prus- gia, Merely to re-establish the reputation of the Jta- lian army, by making it participate in some at and succt lL engaxement caiculaied to eface from ,the public mind the disgraceful souvenlr of Oustozza end Lissa. The mecting alluded to above was to have taken lace at iwo P. M. on the wth, in the schoolrvoms of it, Orsola, but a government declaration of neu- trality having been published in the Oficial Gazette, the meeting Was prorogued, its special object hay- ing been aecomplisicd. The republican party, how- ever, in Milan, were disappointed at tits delay, hav- ing promised themseives a jolly row on the vccasion, They repaired in consequence to the place Indicated for the meeting, and Father Pantuleo, the well known political inonk, harangued the assembly wiih juvectives against the King and constitution of italy, ne uNSyE FYATCS, The t igh of course $1 ) suyrounded the unfrocked orator outed “Viva la republica! Morte a Na> poteona M (Dis a police delegate dissolved the seinbly and ihe demoustrative mob departed, with Father Pantaleo;on i ied siguidgrs in {ho filrection the Piazza Castello, At San tase théy Were ned by @ party of Vlouzes, armed With muskets and bayonets, who fired-upon the police, but were dispersed by the latter, who were armed only with revolvers. A few persons were wouuded and seve- ral arrested, among whom were tie Garibaldian Oilcers Misgorl and Cavailoite, SIGNIFICANT. This row took place on Sunday, when quantities of workmen were abroad, but yesterday everytnin, was quiet, A perquisition effected in a suspecte house in the Via Degil Oinenoul lei to the discovery of adepot of arms, pombshells, atnmunition and breech-loading rifles, all of which were taken to the castie. Itis to be hoped that this movement, evi dently @ republican one, will have no successor, Yor similar outbursis in various localities have been but down with equal facility. During the tumult several of the leading citizens of Milan waited ou the Prefect and exuorted him to act with firmness. TEE AGENCIES OF SCIENCES The Chasrcpot and Needie Gun. Among the Prussian prisovers there are several volunteers of one year’s standing. It 1s well known in Prussia that these soldiers belong to well-to-do fumiiles and enlist (or one year ouly. They ure very cautions in replying to questions put to them, but they are agreed as to the superiority of the French chassepot over the Prussian needle gun. in another place, n@t far from ietz, Marshal Ba- zainc Wad an engagement with the enemy's sharp- shooters. Several Prussians were kuled, but none of the French were wounded, The Beriin journals, under the heading of “The Last Adair,’ publish the following:—Yesterday, at half-past seven in the morning, the needle gun furnished @ new proof of its supertority over the chassepot, Six slarpshooters of the Seveuteenth of the Mecklemburg landwehr stopped, at a dis- tance of 1,800 metres, the whole corps of Marshal MacMahon, which was debouching from Sairegue- iiues, Aller 4 well sustained fire our men, noticing that it was dinner time, sat down by common accord. During their meal, which lasted about twenty-five minutes, they saw the Freuch bullets fall Narimiess at thelr feet. Not @ soup-tin was touched, but the object of this reconnoitring expe- diuon wis lully attained, Thesix meu disappeared. Wire of the Mitraillease, The Eroperor Napoieon’s Private Secretary sent the following telegram to the Minister of the In- terior: — MPT2, 8d. When the troops yesterday occupied the heighis of Saurbruck @ battery of mitrailleuses was placed in | ae in presence of the Emperor and the Prince mpérial, his Majesty giving orders not to fire unless such a course became necessary, As the Prussians were concealed in the ravines and houses or scat ered about as sharpshooters there was no good oc- cusion to make use of the new artillery. But soon a small body of the enemy tas seen deliling along the railway at adistance of 1,600 metres, ‘The mitrall- ieuse was then directed against it and in an instant the group was dispersed, leaving oue-haif of tts men oa the ground, Killed -or wounded. A second com- pany hazarded to Par by the same way and had to niiergo the same faie. After that no one ventured to appear. Prassian Sabutarué Torpedocs. {From the London Globe, August 4.) We understand that the Prussians have 1ald a re- gular network of torpedoes along their Baltic coast, and atthe mouths of the rivers Ems, Weser and Flue. Both classes of torpedo are said to be in ue, the chargo being in general dynamite, which, although a dangerous, is fearfully a explosive ma- terial, Many of these torpedoes are believed to be mechanical, and, If 80, are exccedingly dangerous *to boin f 4s and foos. Others are arrauged on tue ordinary electrical Bric btey and are per‘ectiy face except when the electric communications are 1, ‘Thus the navigation of the coast, with its rivers and harbors, is quite open to the friendiy ship, The merchantinan,s fleecing lke a dove from the hawk, may safely steer over and among the hidden mines; yet tho next moment, by the mere turn of a key, the channel may be effectually closed to the pursuer, The torpedo is the war ship's bite noire, The proudest tron-clad that ever floated 13 powerless aguinst these submerged volcanoes, any of our sailors remember the Russian torpe- does during the last War. Harmiess and inslgnt- ficant as they were yet they caused a good deal of trouble; and, if they had been only haif or quarter the scale of the present mines, several of our ships would be now lying in the Baitic mud, We shall not be the least surprised, therefore, some morning to hear of the suddea dlsappearance of & nautical bel- ligerent. il TopographicalfPosition'at Saarbrack~Turpori- ance of the Position. Saarbriuck, says # Paris Journal, ts not a fortified town, but is a piace of @ certain importance from being the junction point of several ines of railway, Itis about seven Kilometres (Ave-eights of a mile each) irom Forbach, and is approached by a lon, Toad planted with trees. To the right a range o hitls extends for several leagues, and on the left a thick wood. ‘The French advanced guards occupied ali the heights of Spikeren on the right, and the Prussiang fortified themselves in the plantations oj posite, On the 20th the aréiljery fired a few shells in the direction of the town froma distance of five kilometres, dountiess to try the correctness of Vheir aim. From Spikeren to Saarbruck ex. tendsa piain and the high road; the hilis only commence about 200 metres outside the town. Most probably the French artillery on the heights of Spik- eren sent a planging fire over the heads of the troops into the town and dislod, the enemy, while the infantry gained the hilig in front. From a mill- tary point of view Saarbruck ts of little im; portance, but from an industrial one the matier 13 quite differ. ent. Owing to this first victory the fronuer depart. ments can Le supplied with coals. The occupation by the French wil) cat off raliway communication trom the Prussian fortress at Saariouis, and give them a useful basis for further operations in that heck of Prussia which runs down between Luxein- bourg and the Palatinate. ‘ The tmportance of the town increases from its situation at the entrance of Rheuish Prassia, and in PB pence Which amounts to from 12,090 io THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. Renewed Activity in Fitting Out Ships—Our Foreign Squadrons to be Reinforced— The Naval Rotten Row—Miscol- laneous Naval News. The late Congress, blind to the necessities of the future, and only anxlous to look out for private or Political interesty instead of the national wolfare, cut down the naval appropriations to a point which Practically paralyzed the navel arm of our service. ‘he money doled out by the short-sighted legisia- tora is scarcely sufficient to maintain our squadrons abroad in a decent state of efiiciency in times of peace, Since the European war has broken out, in which two of the most powertul nations of the globo are struggling for ascendancy, and in which the waters of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Channel, North Sea and the Bal Uo are likely tobe mage the fleld of naval combat. Our squadrons are entirely inadequate to the proper performance of their duties, The Navy Department, conscious of the weakness of the European squad- ron—which now consists of the Franklin, frigate, thirty-nine guns, flagship of Rear Admiral 0. 8 Gilssony the corvette Rich- mond, fiftecn guns, Oaptain J. Rs Madison, Mullany; the corvette Plymouth, ten guns, Com- mander K, Randolph Breese; the corvette Juniata, eight guns, Commander Stephen B. Lucas—has de- termined to reinforce It, in order that our flag may be shown at points where our commerce is most ex- posed, and where the enemies’ cruisers are likely te @ppear. To this end instructions have been given to hasten the completion for sea service of ten or more vessela of @ heavy class, to reinforce our squadrons abroad, in order tnat ships whose terms of service have expired may be returned, and that our skeleton fleets may be decently filled out. To accomplish this object the department will be compelled to expend the greater part of Its funds appropriated by Con- gress, at an early day, and it will rely upon Congress: at its coming session to vote additional supplies, 80 that our navy may at least be maintained at a re- spectable point of effictency, It 1s not doubted that Congress thoroughly awakened to the needs of tho hour, will readily support! the department tn 1ts efforts to maintain the symbol of our national dig- nity abroad, With this view the department ls ex- hiblting great activity and zeal. ‘The Brooklyn Navy |, a9 the first naval arsenal of the country, naturally feels the tmpuise of the hour, There is a general awakening in all ita branches, Tbe almost forgotten hum of the busy mechanics is again heard within tts borders, and there ts a new alr of activity and life to be observed everywhere, The scenes one witnesses to- day” recali in a measure those observed during our late war, when every avall- able inch of room was ocoupled in carrying forward the great work of the hour, There are Lot so many Workmen engaged just now as were employed at that time, but after the extreme de- @ppears by contrast as if the number was quite the game. Al allevenis, the Brooxiyn yard is aroused from its lethargy, and extibiis a degree of activity gna Life that promseg Well for tho fuinre of our avy. SHIPS FITTING OUT. Three splendid vessels are now in the hands of the workinen and are we'l under way, every efort being mate to get them ready for ea at Uie very earliest possible moment. ' First in order of vonipletion and almost ready for mh As the fing corveite of rn nd. class, the Herel eae a tale re of twant three guns, 6 ig of nine tuch-guns tp broad. side, and’ he rifle guns pivoted on the spar deck, b es the usual allowance of Dalghren -howilzers. for heat and shore ser- vice. The Gue is One of the new ships, and has been well tried on the North Atlantic coast, Where she was the fagship, Sie is roomy, a capital sea boat, carrylug hor battery easily, and has proven herself ‘ty be qgood Sailer. Her diiicers have been ordered t0 her, and wany of them have reported, She will take her crew on board ina tew days, and is already receiving her stores and Supplies or a cruise to the European waters, where she is to join our squadron for service at an early day. Jt was de- signed that the Guerriere should become the flag- ship of the European squadron, but more recent orders, transuttted by caple, will retain. the (rigate Franklin in the squadron untii the present emergency is passed, ‘Then it 1s probable she wil bear wo Auiiral’s broad pennant, a8 she is tn every way adapted for thatservice, The following ts a3 com- pleve @ list as can be obialmed of the officers attached to the Guerricre:—Captain Thomag H. Seevens, commanding; Licutenaut-Commanders Joon F. NeGleusey and’ John J, Reed; Tieuto- nants—Charles M. Thomas and Marcus b. Burford; Ensigns Duncan Kennedy, J. F. Moy Surgeon Philp S. Wales; Passed Assistant Surgeon Howard M. Rundlett; Chief Hugineer John HU. Long; First Assistant Wilson K, Parse; Paymaster Buthbert P. Wallach; Commander of Marine Guard, First Lieu tenant KB. O. Saltmarsh; Midshipmen Charles F. Ennerick, Herman F. Tillebow, C. P. Kees, Nathan Bargeut, L. P. Jewett, Francis Grinsiow, Samuel L. Graham, Wiiliam Moyer aud FP, H. Crosby; Carpen- ter George BE. Anderson; Sa timaker Joseph G. Brad- ford; Gunner E. J, Waugh; Boutswatu Widen Loog. THE MINNESOTA. The splendid old srigate Minnesota, first rate, 3,000 tons and carrying forty-three guus, ts swarming with mechanics, She cannot be | ag ready, however, betore November, if then, and it ls not easy to see where the department is to find the men to man her uuless Congress votes an adaitional allowance. Que of these heavy frigates requires one-tenth of the of the number of men allowed the navy to man it, @ number suficient to man two second class cruis- ers equaily eficient for all practical purposes, ex- ceptin war. The Minnesota will, doubtless, be sent Out as flagship to one of our more Important squad- rons ubroad, THE TENNESSER is well advanced, and can bo sent to sea In sixty days. The Tennessee, known better m war times, before she was ever tried, as the fast cruiser Mada- waska, onefof the wonders that was to be of the navy, proinises to be one of the most eMclent cruisers in our service, Radical changes have been made in internal arrangements, A light spar deck has wen added to her, givivg more room and better quarters to her oficers and crew, and making her, no doubt, a more comfortable sea boat. Two boilers have been removed, which gives her greater buoy- ancy, and will not greatly affect her speed. She is to be ship rigged, and will spread au ample cloud of canvas, which will drive her through the water splendidly, a8 her model ts expressly design- ed for speed, ‘ne Tennessee will carry twenty heavy guns, and will doubtless be sent to the Ruro- pean squadron or to the South Pacific as fagship. Jt was rumored that Vice-Admiral Vorter was take her a8 a flagship on a fancy ¢ but a " went the design, If ever entertained, is relinquished, She will unquestionably be devoted to hard service When she is ready for sea, OTHER crart, The Canandaigua, a third rate, 965 tone, ten guns, is next bh Frogs She Is not yearey. far ad- vanced, Repairs will be begun m the corvette Aibany, second rate, 3,00 tons, Heath fg 4 q the Hardord, historic fighter, on which tho late A tairal Farragut won hts most splendid and enduring honors, Will be taken In hand, and it is to be hoped that she will for many years be kept in such a con- dition as to Maiatain her ancient brillant renown, ROTTEN ROW, j Jn every naval estabiiehment in the world there is O quiet nook set aside for the flaal retirement from active servico of such ships as are no longer Mt to send to sea These are generally entitioa by long and arduous services to enjoy this honorable retreat, where, by natural decay and slow wasling, they may gradasily pass front the sight of men or remain mementoes of glorious actions. Cafortunately this served asylum for decrepit cruisers tn our navy takes up the greater part of our yards. Irreverent but kno wing oficers denommate these retreats as rotten rows, Brooklyn has one, and it is as thickly crowded with decayed and worthless vossels as Ward'y Island {s with paupers, Some of these crafts never longhed blue water, yet they are rotten and good Kor nothing. Few of them will ever be sent to sea, a majoriry will finally be sold for old irun. Some have a name won in combat; others never Ogured elsewhere than in the columns of the papers during the war. On the stocks are three of four fine ships which will go inw the water with weil seasoned timbers, which 1s more than a Majority of our new sbips can boast of, Of thesd and the invalids in jth rotten row, and of the recetving ship system, the marines and the per- sonnel, We must discourse hereafter.) ‘The store steamer Tallapoosa, Master McRitchie, ts due to-day, with a dra(t of men for the Guerriere, trom the Sabine and receiving aa at Boston. These, with the men on the Vermont, Will make out the orew the Guerrtere and enable her to proceed to sca when otherwise ready. MISCELLANEOUS NAVAL NEWS, Private advices from the South | Pacific “Bquadron tate that tho corvette Mohican Was expected in August at Vallao from Panama, ‘The Jamestown and Saranac, the latter a trifle out of order, were expected at Valparaiso about the same time. They were to be laid up and their crews transferred to the Pensacola, St. Mary’s and Ossip- pee. Commodore McDougal was patiently waitin; at Callao with his chier of staff, Commander Josep! N. Miller, for his flagship, the Guerrlere, which is now ny Euro} ‘The gallant Commodore will, doubtless, find {table Nagship iu his squad. ron to take her plac 5 ‘The xtcam tender Palos, Commander Levi Beards- lle, en route for the Astatto squadron, arrived at Gibraitar July 16, via the Azores, from Boston, Bho will proceed to her destination via the Suez Canal, and Will be the first United States vessel that has foes through that new channel to the East, All i board were well. The United states ship Severn, now lying at mam eon Roads, will be ordered up to the Norfolk Yard for some slight repairs. The ship is to be in pa ev ready for sea again by the 16th of Bep- omber. Hieutenant Commander MoGregor has been de- tached from the Naval Observatory and ordered to A tie Naval Academy on the 22d of Beptomber. KQ- pression and duiness of the past year it really now | } burg ior w. Ieidérson. Wé opens hii sign Sharrer has been detached from signal duty and ordered to the Shenandcah, The North Atlantic Fleet. ForTRESs Monnos, Va., August 16, 1870, Rear Admiral 8. P. Lee arrived here this morning from Washington and relieved Rear Admiral Charles H. Poor, who has been retired, in command of the North Atlantic fleet, He was received with the cus- tomary salute from the flagship Severn, MUSICAL AND THEALRICAL NOTES, “La Belle Sauvage,” the burlesque succeas of Mrs, John Wood in London, will be the opening bill of the Zavistowski Sisters at the National, Washing- ton. ‘Miss Rora Rand lately received @ bouquet con- taining a pair of large solitaire earrings, — Lingard, Emmet, Lydia Thompson and Maggie Mitchell follow each other during tho coming fall circuit of the New England States, “Barbe Bleue” willbe given on the reoponing of the Adelphi, Boston, on the 20th. Lemngwell, safer Jenkins, Clorinda and Beppo, ‘will appear in Boston in the fall. George Boniface has been engaged to travel with W. Horace Lingard’s burlesque troupe the coming season. George Riches, a London comic vocalist of the Swell style, Who arrived in this country on August 20, opens at the Old Bowery theatre to-night, The Viennolse ballet troupe close at the Grand Opera House the latter part of September, after which they start on a travelling tour through tho country, , Colonel Allston Brown and Messra. Lowell & Sim- mons, have made over five hundred engagements for and with artists for the fall season. Lawrence P. Barrett does not go back tothe Call- fornia theatre, San Francisco, Cal,, for next season, He appears at Niblo’s during the first part of the season, ‘he Opera Honse, Buffalo, N. Y., baving been refitted and put in good order, is to be reopenea on September 5, under the management of Harry Wes- ton, with the following company:—Willie and Johnny Budds, Cool Burgess, Mons. Baptistin, Mile, Irma, Charles Howard, Harry Stanwood. Thomas Winnette, Sig. Pedanto, Harry Bernard, G. P. Ber- nard, Gas Williams, Jenny Kimball, Lottle May, Georgie May, James E. Carton, Robert Butler, Clara Carner, J. J. Slocum, Viola Howard, Harry Fox, Harrison Sisters and Mile. Venturoll. The Trimble Opera House, Albany, N. Y., reopens on September 6 with the Lydia Thompson troupe, Lugien Barnes is the manager. Among the com- pany engaged for the regu'ar season are Edwin I’, Thorne, Rosa Rand, J. B, Curran, W. Lanning Street, Jon Webster, Kate Ryner, 8. L. Knapp, Maggie Parker, Harzy Collins and Mr. and Mra, Harry Cifford. Among the stars who play there are Lotta, Maggie Mitchell, J. K, Emmet, Litule Nell, Alpert Aiken, Josie Orton, O'Doud Byron and R, McWade. Laura Keone has the Southern circuit thia season, commencing at Wall’s Opera House, Washington} thence to Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah and Aa- gusta, Itis her intention to play all the best stars and combinations during the season, The new Philadelphia Museum opens early In Oc- tober, under tho management of Carncross, Dixey & Suapson, B. A. Baker ts stage inanager. In-the company are Harry Hawk, D. Chaplin, Ada Monk, Minnie Mouk, Mr. » Wood Benson, Mary Carr and Will Otis, Geor ter is the lessee and manager of the Opera is louse, Lous: Ky. He opens that estab- a good company, J. W. Wilder, Mr. Carhart, ‘a House, Pitts- tins Cordéltn Cappeil and James Stewart, Matt Cauning Manages tie Oj ber luson., ‘orge Dickson, Walter HH. Qumpton, May Monta deraon, Noble and Harry Harrison, 5 wuiey 13 Lue manager of Wood's theatre, Cincinnatl, aad be will opea with a good dramatic company early in Septe & lease of tne National t ber, Ho has also secured eatve, in ihe same city, for the purpose of playing combination troupes. Thero promises to be a lively contest for supessoace of manegement In Porkopolis, for R. B,J. Miles 13 wlzo in the field, having secured Mozart Hall there for tue purpose of playing combination troupes, Dotlie Bidwell, the favorite star threugh the East, closed & most brilltant star engagement at the Ly- veum, St. Jolin, N, B., on July 30, Frederick Robinson opens at the Theatre Royal, Diontreal, this week. ©, K. Fox and Tony Denier start out with @ first Class pantomime and wailet troupe early in Beptem- ber, opeuing on Septeinbver 6 at Buffalo and continu- ing throught the West and South, visiting the princt- pai cities, The troupe consists of a premicre dan- Seuse, corps de ballel of eigut ladies, O. K. Fox, Tony Denicr; @ Russian skater, brought from England by Tony; Mr. Maslin, the spade dancer, and Jobn Burke, in his Irish spectaliies. Augustus 8, Pen- noyer, late business Manager lor the Kichings Ope:a Troupe, fills the same position with tis combina- 7D fae British Blonde Burlesque Troupe, of which ry Beckett, Eliza Weathersby and Koso Massey the cards, have had a most brilliant business since they organized 1m this city. They went to Salt Lake City for three nights, and Brigham Young was #0 well pleased with (hem that he persuaded them to remain two weeks, which they did to crowded houses. At Omaha they followed ihe Lydia Thomp- son troupe, and attracted deusely crowded houses, This troupe upen in Chicago August 22, for two weeks; at St, Louis, September 5, for two weeks, and then make a circutt of the Western States, John Elisier will continue the management of the Academy of Music, Cleveland. He wWili open tie first week in September with a good company. The Griswold Opera House, Troy, N. Y., Will re- opeu for the season on September 1, with the Lydia ‘Thompson troupe for three nights. Charles Mitchell, brother of Maggie Mitchell, and George Wilton, ner cousin, are tie new managers. In thelr company are the following people:—Dan Myron, Annita Harris, Joseph Gusme, ura Page, J, ¥. Stoner, George O, Davenport, ©. Hillyard, W. E. Coleman, lenry W. Mitebell, Andrew Giassford, Charlene ‘eidman, John Ferris, Kate Quinton, k Barry, John Hurst, and Alexander ‘Tyte, leader, All tle principal stars play there, The Academy of Music, Buffalo, witl open its regular season under the Joint management of John i. and Harry L, Meech, on September 6, with the Fox aud Denier pautomime troupe. Anna Laner- gan is le:ding lady, E. T. Stetson leading man. J. A. Hodges and wife, Magill and wife and George Langley are inthe company. The Meech brothers also intend playing their company during the season at Rochester and Syracuse. ' Frank Lawler, who managed the Academy of Music, Albany, N. Y., has at tis late date concluded to try the fortunes of that establishment once more, having during the past week resumed the lesseesiip of tt for the coming seasou. He is at present in this cliy securing a first class dramatic company and all the avaliabie stars and combinations. Ale wil open carly in September, Air. Lawler is a great favorite In Albany, a7 aaneananen THE LATEST TENNESSEE HORAGA, Chavlos Back, Lynched by a tho Murderer, Unknowa Men, [From the Memphis Appeal, August 11.] We have several times recently alluded to the capture of Charles Back, the murderer of the Goode family on Favorite Island a few months ago, and one day last week we announced the fact that he had passed through the city incharge of the Sheriff of Lunica county, en rovte to the scene of his crimes, He was carried down the river on the steamer General Anderson, and lodged in jail at Austin, where it was intended to keep him until his trial, which was to have been held at the next Oriminal Assizes iu Tunica county. The county, however, has been spared the heavy expense of keeping him so long aud of hia trial by the regu- lar course of the law. Judge Lynch convened his court day before yesterday aan @ little be- fore day, in the neighborhood of the jail, and quietly took the business off tke hands of the courts of justice, ‘so called.’ The steamer Geo. W. Cheek, which arrived from Friar’s Point yes: terday morning, brought the only particulars of the aifuir that we have been able to glea ‘he story told us by a passenger on her {s briefly a3 followe:— Shortly before daylight on Wednesday morning, say 3 o’eluck, o squad of men presented themselves at the jail at Aus. tin and demanded that the jailer should admit them, stating that they had some horse thieves, caught inthe nelghborhood of Peyton (some few miles below Austin), whom they wished to deliver to him, The jailer, thus in- formed, opened the door and was instantly seized ond pinioned by men in black masks and domi- noet, The bunch of keys was quietly taken possession of by two men, who went to the ceil where Back was confined, opened the door and ordered him to follow them. But few words Urano unhappy man recognized in the hideously disguised strangers the avengers of blood and tremblingly obeyed their mandate. He was bound on leaving his cell and quickl oarried to the river, whore he was put ina skiff, which, along with @ half dozen more, was moore in waiting near by. Tho balance of the party, numbering in all some twenty-five or thirty, got in the other skiff’, and the whole flotilla rowed awiftiy and silently over to Favorite Island, The prisoner was taken out, on reaching the island, and carried to a tree which shelters the gravo of one of his victims—old Mrs. Goode-—-where he was hung. Our informant states that he was told that the unhappy man made a full confession. This must be mere conjecture, however, as it is not likely that any of those who heard his confession, ¥ he made ove, would be apt to teli about it, YT faith, r 4 discussing those ver, RIPLE SILKET, ARCUBISUOP PURCELL IN © INNATE Celebration of High Musi—Nermon of the Archbishop—Allusion to the Doctrine of in- fallibility—A Lot rf Discourse to Come. (From the Cincinnati Inquirer, August 15.) A general desire to see Archbishop Purcell after ia long absence in Europe filled the Cathe- dral yesterday morniog, the audience comprisin, not say, the flock of the distinguished prelate, but many friends from other denominations, not a fow of whom were drawn to the plige by a desire to hear what he rif have to @gay in regard to the doctrine of infullibility. The service was per- formed with all the imposing forms of the Catho- lic Church, the Archbishop in his splendid robes, occupying the archieplscopal chair at the left of the sanctuary. Bishop Borges, of Detroit, not long ago consecrated in the same august place, offi iagea at the altur, am sted by several pricsis an rge number of acolytes. Haydn's Second Mass in C—a noble piece of mueio, but pot hom t the choir—was sung in ad- mirable atyle, all be rs in éxcellont yoite, and seeming to enter fully into tho spirit of the occa- sion, ‘Sain Sullivan sung all her solos with hor ‘sual sweetness of voice and fidelity to the score, especially that in ‘‘O Cor Amoris,” by Lampbil- lotte, which was given at the offertory. Mr. ‘lim Sullivan did eq well, hia full, round, perfect tones swelling out randly and ing every part ofthe Cathedral, The beautiful selection, Veni Sancte Spiritus, immediately prevedad the sermon. The Archbishop read, before commencing his discourse, the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians, relating to diversity of gifts, and took as his subject the parable of the. Pharisee and publican who went up {nto the temple to ray. Not having yet fully recovered from the Ptiznes of travel, his words{were not audible in all parts of the Cathedral, and even to the reporter, who was conveniently placed for hear- ing, 80 many of them wero lost as to render a ver- batim report an impossibility, The doctrine of infallibility, as will be seen, was acarcely touched upon—it being intimated, however; that at no dis- tant day the suniect would be more fully treated, Archbishop Purcell saidi—After returning thanks to Almighty God for preserving me from dangers on the sea, and the Alps, by land and water, I have, beloved friends and children in God, most sincerely and fervently to thank you, whose prayers, { ain well assured, ascended, day and night, to Almighty God that this reault of my anfe return home, by His mercy, be granted. I thank you, also, I had not the opportunity to do so before J left home for tho generosity with which 0 man; of on contributed to dofray the poe of that long journey aud my expenses at Rome. Jassnre you that I prayed fervently to Almighty God that every ceut of those kind and generous contribu: tions may be multiplied a hundred and a thousand- fold for you in God's treasury; that they may bring ina great interest, aud that you may be blessed over and over again for everything which Christian faith and love have induced you to con- tribute, I thought of you when I had the happi- ness of celebrating the holy mysteries in the crypt where the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul are en- thrined, or in the prison where St. Paul was so long moarcerated with St. Peter, where he mad the water gush from the rock—water that is still flowing ag a divine attestation of the miracle—in order that he might baptize the jailor and his fellow prisoner. So also whea last Sanday and the Sun- day before I celebrated mass out on the ocean— having at the last service & truly great crowd of persons of all religious denominations, who wero my fellow travellers—on that wide ocean, too, you were also remembored. Aud so shall it be forever. The salvation of priests, and still more of tho bishop,.must never be effected alone. His happiness in heaven would be incomplete if he were not surrounded by all the thousands in | whose behalf he had served God at the altar. His happinoss in heaven would be imperfect if you were not there also to share withhim, to bless God who gave the good fulth and enabled you to live the good life in conformity with that holy ‘The ‘Archbishop said that while they were | tee ortant questions for which they were eseeiiied at Rome he was par- ticularly atrack with a word that fell in the Coun- cil Half from the lips of one of the holiest, the saintliest, the best of bishops, a very Nestor, he night say, of the entire Catholic episcopacy, whén fo mild ‘and wise rebuke of the agitation of the reat question of Infullibility; he said how much Better it was that all should continue os it had been, all being quite convinced that God had en- dowed His holy Church with infallibility; that it was utterly impossible that her teachings should fail, that her teachings should be false or that her oracles should ever be etruck damb. He went on to say that they were talking of the faith of her saints and bishops and priests. He told them that the people—the poor, simple, trosting people—had more faith than they had. The; never agitated this question. It in enong’ for them that God has made his Church infallible, and whenever sho speaks in Council or out of Council she speaks the truth of God. She hears and utters the voice of the Holy Ghost—the voice of her spouse; and in this manner she proceeds from day to day in that glorious career of Christian truth and fail inaugurated by the Apostle. It is a great deal better that we should not worry ourselves with abstruse matters that we don’t understand ; but that with simple, trusting, loving faith we feel as- sured that Jesus Christ will never break His word, that He will keep inviolable His noly promises, and that we shall be #afely and aurely guided in the future, as we have been in the past, until we reach our heaven, The Archbishop closed this portion of bis subject by saying that on another occasion he would speak more at length upon the topic which he had just left. The remainder of the dis- course treated of his text in the usual pastoral manner, but with profounder thought and more than ordinary vigor. After mass the choir, consisting of twenty mem- bers, called in a body upon the Archbishop to congratulate him upon his safe return, and wero received with the greatest aflabillty. They also presented their compliments to Bishop Borges, who looks hale and hearty, as if he had fouad the fresh northern air of the City of the Straits ex- ceedingly beneficial. THE CONWECTICUT PRISON MURCER. An Old Burglar the Murdorer. {rom the Rochester Union, August 15,] In the year 1859 the dry goods store of Hubbard & Northrop, Main street, was visited by a burglar, who atole therefrom a large quantity of silks and cloths. Subsequently the goods were found in a house in South St. Paul street, where they had been boxed ready for shipping by the thief, who was known at one time In custody, but who gave the police the slip and made bia way to Detroit, where he robbed q store, was arrested, convicted and sent to State Prison, to escape shortly after- wards. He next turned up in New Jerssy, where he was convicted of burglary and sent to Stato Prison, to make his escape olice more, At Hart- ford, Gonn., he committed a burglary and was sent to State Prison for the crime: The Lethe as this morning brings him to recollection as the murderer of the warden of the prison Saturday last. He is in prison there under the name of James Wilson. Here he was known as David Kently. Messrs. Hubbard & Northrop, who have kept watch of the rascal ever since his escape from here, have knowledge that James Wilson is David Kently. Kently while here pretended to be a wort of produce buyer, and at one time was arrested by policeman McLean for having in his possession’ a number of fowls which had been stolen, He was a shrewd, sharp fellow, of good address, and one able to wear the garb of inuo- conce most adroitly. DISCRIRNINATION OR ACCOUNT OF COLOR IN LIBEGIA. To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:— While the unjustifieble discrimination, based, not on character or intelligence, but on color, should be visited with the execrations of the good and the intelligent everywhere, still we are forced to way that the President of the republic of Libe- ria, who was proscribed on account of his color, on Saturday, cannot consistently complain, for the reason that he is the President of 4 govern- ment that discriminates on the ground of color; D BROOKLYN CITY. The Norwalk Disaster—Stabbing Affrays—At. tempted Murder—Barglaries, Robberios, Mr. Preddy, a rosideut of the Rastern District, Is Sti) miseing, Joun Perkins was arrested and locked up yeBter« day on a charge of having burglariously entered tha resklence of dir. Vanderberg, No. 228 Warren etreete The total numer of deains in Brooklyn during the past week was 281, a decrease of cighty-olgnt from the mortuary of the previous wook, oi ie Patrick MoNatneo was arrested on a charge of having burglartous'y entered tho Uquor store oF Thomas Brecknor, 4} the corner of Atiantic and Oo» Iumbla streets, pnd tho ‘housé of Mr, Slay, No, 670 Columbia siyect, ob Monday night, “ie Yesterday the body of the man found tn the water at the foot of Fdrty-lourth street, was identified aa that of John Phaten, residing at 462 West Twenty- fifth street, New York, and who was one the victims of the Norwalk disaster. Tho deces was either knocked overboard or fell in the water at the time of the collision with the schooner Lady Helen, Barnard Connor, William Tool and John Lee, al- leged river thieves, were arrested yesterday morn- ing by officer Cowan, of the Second precinct, The accused, as alleved, had boarded the ship Melross lying at pier 44 East river, New York, and stolena suit of clothes from Captain George Buchnell. The accused were sent to New York for trial. A man named Thomas Nolan staggered to his house, at the corner of Myrtle and Nostrand ave- hues, on Monday night, and was about tomurder his children, using a cavalry sword as a weapon, His wife interferea, and bad a severe struggle with the infurlated, besotted maniac before ane could get possessi on of the weapon. He then a With @ fixed bayonct, and would have soon taken the life of the unfor nuate Woman had not assistance arrived, The mauiuc was arrested by opcw Har. of fae Minch Dreciuct, and locked up toa ex mination, At one o'clock yesterday afternoon William Con- nolly, who resides In the rear of No, 77 York streét, returned home drunk and attempted to murder bis wife. He seized the unfortunate woman by the hait and staovea her in tne left breast with a pocket knife, Her cries soon brought ass istance and eh@ ‘was rescued from her assafiant. The wuund, though serious, 18 not of a fatal character. Connolly was arrested by oMicer Cowan, of the Second precinct, and taken before Justice Buckley, when he was com- mitted to Jail to awalt the result of the injuries tu Dicted, At an early nour yesterday morning, aa Jacob Millman and two of his employes were at work in the oven room of his bakeshop, No, 173 Nassan. street, two drunken rowdies entered and demanded some rolls, The proprietor refused to give thew any and ordered them out of the shop. They re- fused to leave and were conducting themselves in a disorderly manner, when Mr. Millman attempted to eject them. The rowdles offered resistance, and dur- ing the struggle which ensued one of thein stabbed Mr. Millman in the abdomen with a jackknife, in- ficting a severe wound. The workmen witnessed Vhe whole afair, put, as stated, they neither Inter- fered nor attempted to arrest the assaulants, who Soa] and are yet at large. Mr. Millman was tended by a surgeon aud is nOW uD) @ fair Way to Fecover, SUICIDE OF A GOLD ZOULAT OR, Particulars of the Suicide of Philip 2. Mertz, the Pittsburg Bauker, ou Acc ouat of Losses Ja Gold Speculations. {From the Pittsburg Gazette, August 15.) Inten se excitement was created in this city yes- yer day morving, particularly in flnancial circies, at the announcement of the death by sutcide of Piilip R. Mertz, a well known banker, doing business at the corner of Fifh avenue and Wood street, The report Was at first discountenanced by all who knew Nr. Mertz, but on investigation it was found to be true. The rash deel was perpetrated, it is mp” posed, about Len minutes past five o'clock yesterday morning, but was not discovered for more than ap hour after that time, Shortly after six o'clock yesterday morning M Frederica Schroder, a German woran, who for eral years past has veen employed by Mr. Mertz as Janitress of the banking house, came, ad Was her custom, to sweep oul and set buings to rights for the day. She carried a key to the mala door, aud on in- serting in the lock, discovered that the door waa locked from the inside, and that the key had heen left In the lock. Aiter working some time to.no purpose she called to her assistance Mr. James pbinson, proprietor of a shoe store in the basement under the bankiog house, who succceded in remoy- ing the key from the lock and unlocking the door. Mrs. Schroder entered the bank, and passing Wo the back partof the roou to a small closet used as a was room, to get water to sprinkie tho floor, a horrid spectacle presented Itself, Situng tn au office chair, iu the washing room facing Wood street, with the head thrown back, eyes wide open, and the eyedalis protean from thelr sockets, the lower jaw dis- fended, the right h 1 ving in his lap and the loft hanging over the arm of the chalr, aud a dark red pot of blood about two inches in diameter on the shirt front over the locality of the heart, was the body of her late employer, Philip k. Mertz, the banker and proprietor ‘of the establisa: ment. Frigntencd at the sickening scone, end with her head filled with thoughts of robbers, thieves and murier, she rushed to the street and gave the alarin. OMcers Isaac Jones and Wright, who were oa duty at the corner, rushed in and found the body as above described. Soon a crowd began to assemble about the doors, which every moment Was increasing in numbers, and it was with tie greatest diiiculty that tho’ eager, curtous aud excited throug could be restrained from entering the banking room. ‘Chg apartment in which the tragedy was enacted ix Tocated on the first door of the butding, with the entrance on Wood street, ‘he counter extends along tie north side of the room and across the rearenud. At the rear the safe vault is located, and on the side pext to Fifth avenue was a small vault Immediately be- neath the stairway leading from the avenue to the upper Stories of the buiiaing. In this vault, the di- mensions of wilch were about three by five feet, the wash basin aud the cooler were located, Every- thing about the room was in {ts usual condition, ‘with the exception tiata coat and vest were lymg on the rear counter, while @ small travelling satchel und a linen duster wero found on 2 desk near the front door, and reclining upon the chair in the wash room or vault, a8 above descriv d, with a pool of blood on the Noor beside it, was a ghastly corpse. Tho officers, sickened by the scene, hastened from the room, and while officer Jones secured the door against the Visiturd oflcer Wright has- fened to the station houso and notified Ohef Hague, who in turn sent word to Alderman Donaldson, Acting Coroner, The exeltement by tha tine the Chief of Police and Acting Coroner arrived on the scene had rveched a high pitch. Kumors of burglary, robbery and murder were freely elrcu- Jated and were rapidly gaining credeuce. Someone of the employés whe lad been allowed to enter the room after coming out stated that the safe had not been disturbed and that there was no evidence whatever of a rovbery, or even an attempted one, and that he was satisfied that 1t was a case of sui- cide. A uewspaper reporter who had also been permit- ted to view the place concarred in the opigton, and it became then tie settled theory, The next ques- tion was, what induced the act? There were a num- ber of persons present who claimed to be depositors in the bank, and they were exceediugly clamorous to know the condition of the finances, some of them even going so far as to demand their money, while others were willing to bide their time, yet anxious to know the worst, and numerous were the as can be ascertained frou facts gat from friends of the deceased, and the evidence adduced at the inquest, Mr. Mertz has for some time past been speculating heavily in gold and stocks, and the recent decline in the former from 22 to 10 he him with a large amount on hand and caused his nancial ruin, and has probabiy involved some of lus frienag. This fact, however, does not ap- pear in the evidence, but 1% gathered from parties who Rave a knowledge of his finan- clal_ aifuirs. During the entire day on Thursday he was, or appeared to be, Irritable and excitable, and unablo tb concentrate his mind upon any- thing but his business. He was naturaliy of in excl | témper, and his irritability on Thursday ettract but hittle attention, except from those for the reason that he in his late inaugural, 9c-: cepting the office of President, fayored apd justl- fied such a discrimination. Iam further aware of the fact that one of the first and fargest hotels on Broadway entertained two colored gentlemen no! long ago (unmistakable colored persons) an their visitors precisely as they received aud enter- tained the rest of their guests. If the President was refused at the Metropolitan, was {it not be- cause the proprietors desired to reprove the Pre- sident of the black- roscribinie eorerpmentt GEORGE WHITE BLACKMAN, SUDDEN DEATH AT MOBRISANIA, Coroner Bathgate held an Inquest at Morrisania, ‘Westchester county, yesterday, touching the de- cease of ® young colored woman named Eliza Green, It appeared from the testimony that de- ceased, while woe with a friend = the pre- vious evening, was suddenly impr yy & sense 5 = of suffocation, had barely reached her home, tn Schuyler street, whon blood poured from her nose, mouthfand ea A physiclan was called, but death ensued before remedy could be administered. The Jury returned a yerdjot of death srom hemor- rhage of the lunge. connected with him in business affairs. On Thurs- Syme he informed his wife that he must go to New York on the noon train on business of im- portance, and taking lis satchel and other neces. Gary articles for a brief sojourn, left his residence In Megheny City and came to his Of business, fore he inet lila bookkeeper, and after tttenaing to some business with him, started for the d ‘ace companied by his wife, but missed tho train. He appeared to be annoyed and excited on account of not getting off on the noon train, and signified bis attention to go on the four P, M. train. During the time fotervening he, in company with his wite, transacted some private businesé, and when four o’clock arrived he discovered that he was again too Jate for this train, but this did not appear to affect him much, as ho said he could yet take the half. ast seven train and arcive im New York as soon a¢ y leaying at four o’ciock, BINGULAR COINCIDENCES.—Thé Meriilan (Mias.) Gazette mentions the killing of two notorious negra tnleves and robbers who hat infested tiat section of the country for some time. They were known « road robbéers,”? and met their fate by being tn and mashed to pleces by the cars. A he o cursed the clouds, says a Mississipot . few minutes after struck by lightulig. the Dyson farm in Panola coun'y.