The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1870, Page 5

foarcely protected trom the rain, and seated at @ little table, we beheld the Commander-in-Cntet of ‘bis division of the “army, General von Ste.ometz, discussing a pétile of what looked like qine, with Monsteur le Maire, at present, I su} Herr Bur- gomaster of Forbach. The General was totally un- ended by officers, and when I lifted my hat to im he gave me a very Iriendly nod, as ti to Baye “(7m very jolly; how yout’! A jittie to the right atood a r) ph ray embarrassed louking men in and mealy altire Vat betrayed their connec- ox Si the er’s profession. They scemed in great distress about something, and, alter having whispered and gesticulited tor a ‘Tew minutes, turned round and walked up to the General. [I then heard they had con- sidered his proposal to bake for the army; Von Sreinmetz having given them a certain sum as um Which they seemed very much Inclined totake as less than ininimum. His Excellency, however, was inexorable, He smoked his cigar with perfect good humor, and only when one of them be- came somewhat too positive reminded them that, the Prussians being the lords, it bshooved them uf. fer a little for the cominon weal. ‘The laces of the Poor fellows, their piteous exclamations and their Wild gestioulations—above all, the half amused face @f the General aud the expression of the Malre—furnished material for @ gocd picture, It stands to reason that each individual bad to take his load and go forth to bane. WacMakon’s Treops Avriving at the Camp at Chi ae M. Edmond Texiler writes to the Paris Siecle from the camp at Chalons, on August 13:— ‘This morning, at five o'clock, the 6,000 or 6,000 men of the First corps, who came yesterday, leit Chaions to take their lust step im retreat. “wasy lorward—iarch |’? ‘Then all tuese soldiers without regiments, iniaptry mixed with cavairy, streamed aiong the dusty road from the town the Mourmelon, The men who were slighty yaeces walked like the rest, only dragging a e, There was a freat deal of good humour, The last trialis over. To-morrow begins the work of re-ur- ganizauion—or ratuer, a3 an officer sald to me—ot resurrection, In fact, this great Pores has been paralyzed for Ane Jast eight days. @ must reconstiture com- panics, battalions, regiments. Out of these heretic Wrecks, eked out by recrulls, We iuust coustitute an army. The recruits are already arriving, aud we hope that in a few days trom tls MacMahon’s corps may again take the feild, I accompanied these troops, whom I have fol- Jowed day after aay siuee the vatue of Froschweiller (Woerth) to their camp. Whea [ left them a young soldier said tu me, 1 0u are icaving the conquered soldiers of the army of the Rhive; let them put us vack into line in betier circumstinces, and you shail gee that we know how to couquer.”? Valor of an English Tourist. The correspondent of the Standard, writing from Metz, gives the following description of the valorous conduct of an Englishman:— At Forbacit, in the hottest of the action, an Eng- ish tourisn (1 wish I could ascertain nis name), hap- pring to be there, fought om the French’ side. hen Frossara’s di visious retreated that gentleman foughé itke a lion. British energy was there shown gs a glorious example even among those brave columns of Frossard’s divisions, retreaiing with regret before an overwhelming num- ber, and when their freres Warmes were nearly ex- terminated, not only the English genutieman fought gallantly, but he saved the life of a wounded sol- dier; and he is now in Metz, modestly stopping in hotel, where I intend to go and ascertain his mame. Eye-witnesses, Who do hot know him at all, bold me of it just now. proverbial courage and Gun-Droppers in the Army. In the Progres de UV Oise we read:— Jn General Decaen’s army, as everywhere, there are, of course, cowards aud shirkers. ‘They have made the jollowug iittle culcutatio ‘The loss of ® musket in time of war costsa year or two in prison; but the risk of one’s lie is even more seri- ous,” General Decacn disiikes this lite game, and has pubitshed the following proclamation:—"Ever: soldier who loses his musket will be. sent to the ad- vance posts without arms. He will get a new mus- ket only when he has captared the complete accou- trements of one of tne enemy’s soldiers.” When I left Samt Avold there were three or four fellows of this kind in the advance posis; but nov @ man in the @ivision had lost his musket since the prociamation, How Nineteen Spies Were Shot ina Ditch, it appears that nineteen unfortunate men have just been executed in the ditch of the fort at Mon ‘Trouge, France. They were not shot lke any ordl- mary criminals, by a file of soldiers, but disposed of by a sergeant, Toe patie @ pistol to the ear of each prisoner, oue after the ower, blew out their braius. Alnong the men executed there are said to have been five stat officers, recently captured on the plain of satory disguised as shepherds. General Notes of the War. Of the sum seat irom England tu Berlin for the -Clief of the sick and wounded £1,600 has been ap- propriated for the employment of the wives of !and- webr men engaged 10 the war, in the preparation of articles needed by the wounded in the tleld. A French cruiser has seized a vessel in the channel Jaden with contraband of war, It was preparing to Joad its cargo at some point on the Norman coast, but according to the statement of the captain was Waiting for signals announcing a revolution m Paris, Private despatches announce that General Barral, Appointed to Command the French artillery at Stras- bourg, and who has hitherto been unable to reach his post, has passed through the enewy’s lines in dis- guise and reached the town in safety. On Sunday the Prussians who occupied the cemetery outside the Town were dislodged alter a short aud brillant skir- mish.—soir, ‘rhe dancing establishments and casinos near Paris are converted into hospitals. That of Asnieres fur- nishes sixty beds, ‘The market gardeners in the neighborhood have to send in vegetabies and fruit gratis, A butcher has volunteered to supply meat for sixty wounded until their complete recovery. All tbe tradesmen are equally pairiotic in their offerings of assistance in stores of every kind. The Kladderadatsch, of Beritn, in its last impres- sion, represents France being soundiy beaten by & Unian with the fat of his sabre. At one of the theatres a ballet has bee introduced in which filty iris appear arrayed in the various untiorms of the rencharmy, They dance the cancan and play ail kinds of extravagant autics to the airs of the “Mar- seillaise” and the “Girondins,” when all at once a tremendous Prussian boot drops on the stage in the midst of them, when Zouaves, Turcos, Hussars, Xc Scatter mn the Wildest confusion and run for shelier into various holes and clefts of the rocks, amid the tumultuous applause of the audieuce, The Gaulots, alter a prelude in the clissicai style about Horatins Cocles and Muctus Sccvola, says that a colonel of French cuirassiers at Woerth as great as either of these heroes of antiquity. ‘b: wreck of the army, faliing back after its defeat, we: in danger of being destroyed if tue tlre of the ene- may’s batteries were nov silenced. Marshal MacMa- hon pointing them out, to this heroic colonel said, wiih an expressive gesture, ‘They must be taken.’ *You know it is certain death for us ali, Marshal,’ said the colonel. ‘I do,’ said the Marshal; ‘shake hands.” And the colone’ placing himself at the head of his regiment, cried ‘Forward.’ Amid the noviest deeds of the legendary history of Atnens or Rome, there is scarcely anything equal to this.” The Prussian cavalry is very daring, and smail detachments risk themeeives inany leagues in ad- vance of any considerable supporting force. The audacity of these Prusstan hussars and lancers 14 remarkabie and has been @ great surprise to the French, who have been accustomed to think of thelr present antagonists as rather slow and heavy troops; solid, but with little dash. But that was not their reputation a century or more ago, and the Chians of William I. do but revive, by their daring raigs and hazardous enterprises, tie memory of some of the fabulous expiolis of Frederick the Great's cavairy oficers, As an Instance of the circumlocution of the French War Department, the Presse says, that a regiment of the line, stationed in Corsica, was to. have forined part of Marshal MacMation’s corps; it received orders to prepare for its departure, and, after everything was ready, remalned three weeks at Bastia, under canvas, Wailing for a transport. ‘The vessel never tarned up, owing to some clerk in one of the branches or the War OMice at Paris having omitted -one of the Minumerable formalities demanded by oficial vourme. At jast one of the heads of the de- partments discovered the omission, and gave orders with the rapidity of lightuing, and a steamer was hurried off from Marseilies to—Ajaccio, where, very naturally, 1 failed to find the regiment encamped on tae opposite side of the isiaud. THE PRUSSIAN PIONEERS. {From the Loadow Army and Navy Gazetre, August ‘20, e Freneh attrivute their want of success to the nidid manner in whieh the Prussiaas reconnoitre 1 with their Uhlaus, and the completeness of thetr spy system, Which keeps tem periectly acquainted with every stir made by their antagonists, ‘On the subject of the Prussian delatreurs the Paris voniteur gives the following interesting account of am manner in which they go to Work, ‘the writer wgins by saying:— Ene avaliwes iaherent in French nature are impe. tuosity, dusit and courage, but these characteristics, which Europe does nos hesitate to proclain, olten varty im their wake @ certala matieution, The qual. ‘on (he other hand, pecuilar to the German char are reflection, prudence wud method, ‘These son: umes produce slowness of attack, but they leave nothing to chance. From this aggregate of qualities i defects 1 results that the Prussian army 14 admirably well iniormed end the French are carcely so at all, Was anything known of the enor- jorees which rrince Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince had accumulated on the Saar, and who bore down the two corps of General Frossard The Prassi under- aud shal MacMahoa ? 3 stand aud practice using scouts in a campaign. The general who is confronted by a corps, Witch be is to Watch aud to fignt, chooses & clever and dever- mined oficer. A smail troop ts confided to bim of from fifteen fo twenty select horsemen, Ublans or hussars. ‘The officer, in his Wun, sinto the pand NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1870.—TRIPLK SHEET, which his business, his relations and his habits ale lured bins to visit in every sense, This man, who has @ mission of contideuce and honor, advances to the front, musket in hand, eye watebful, and ear attentive, He has been told what point ts to be resched, which spot is marked in pencil on an excellent map which the officer carries about him. The piace which is to be reconnoitered 48 often twenty to thirty kilometres distant from the Prussian lines, in the very centre of the enemy's ter- ritory, Behind the first horseman, who has orders to advance very slowly, following hollows, delis and sometimes tie highway, sometimes also pushing Jorward across the flelds, two other riders come at 2u0 paces off. Further away, at the same distance from them, comes the officer, followed by eight or ten horsemen, charged to protect him if necessary. Two other riders are further away, whom @ last soldier is following at 200 paces. This column, moving on silently, occupies the space of a kilometre. I! the horseman who leads 1s surprised a shot gives alarm to the rest of the band, and the riders ahead and be- hind have orders to depart at full gallop and to fol- low any direction that is safeat. The oficer alone and his escort go on ahead to reconnoitre with whom they have to do and to see what is passing, alter which ail leave at full s |. Even tn case 0! ambush it is almost impossible that two or three riders should not be able to return safcly to head- varters; and the Prussians then know at once what force sues, have belore them and on what point it is posted. DISTURBANCES IN THE FRENCH PROVINCES, (From the Journal des Débats, August 16.) We read in the Phare de la Lotre:—On the night of the 1ith to the 12th of August a great crowd of citizens marched through the streets of Nantes Singing the “Marseiliaise,”? with this variation in the chorus— Marchons! Marehons! La Republique en France reguera ‘march on! march on! the republic will reign in frunce.) The windows of the Union Bretonne were smashed with stones, because that journal had advo- cated a state of siege throughout France, and de- nounced those who are called “domestic Prussiang,"? or ‘Prussians in France,’ The Gironde publishes a proclatnatton addressed to the peopie of Bordeaux by the Preiectof the Girone, which begtas:. Order has been seriously disturbed in our city. ‘The tumul- scenes which have too long interiered with the public of the Hrefecture and the ious and aggres- ble instruction, “To In the Guienne of the 16th o1 August we read:— A patrol was stoned last night, and two National Guards were lightly wounded. Fortunately, this isolated act was wot repealed. This morning the following placard was posted on the wall of the Grand theatre. it was, of course, immediately torn down:— DEORFP OF THR 13TH AUGUST. ‘The people condemns to death all the police and municipal | Berlin display al the prog) |} German ships were concerned, the biockade 3 a a D son the very some soldiers of (he iandwel, 00. . apon the v fronuer o/ tue country Whicb he us to recoanuitre, and guards of the city. ‘Tue execution will soon take place. Monday evening, at Creusot, a band of from 1,200 to 1,500 men, the halfof whow, at least, were not under 18 years of age, set out trom the neighbor- hood of the railway station, about half-past seven, marching through the whoie town, and shouting for peace, Kochefort and the republic. They cut down several trees, and about ten o'clock marched on Montceuis! they carried @ couple of red fags and some trees they bad cut dowu, which were sixteen or twenty feet high, At Montcenis they tried to seize the flag of tie police, but were unsuccessful. They returned to Creusot about midnight, with two Police notice boards, which they had captured. In the Salut Public of Lyons we read that four Sergeants and soldiers bad been wounded by stone throwing in the disturbance of yesterday morning, and thirteen persons arrested, among whom were two women. ‘The eldest was forty-eigit; the young: est fifteen, The average age was between twenty and thirty. Many women were in the riot, leaping like furies at the faces of the police, finging banu- Tuls of dust in their eyes, and so on. THE SCANDi NAVIAN POWERS. Feeling of the Northern Governments—Russian foflueuce and the Tendency Tewards France, (Copenhagen (August 15) corrrespondence of Brus- sels Nord.) Every one 18 now asware of the attitude of the Scandinavian States during the existing war, In spite of sympathies towards France so strongly de- clared at Copenhagen and Stockholm, counsels ot prudence have prevailed, and all that is wanted now is to Know if the nevtrality of other Powers is cer- tain enough to permit S: ler and Denmark to keep indefinitely out of the great Contuwental atruggic. The Swedish government even believed itself culled on to require the journals to avoid ail polemics which might “morally — compromise Sweden with one or other of the belligerents, This recommendation was perhaps not altogether superfluous, for a leaping towards Frauce was mani- fested in several organs of the press in rather a curious fashion. The journals of Stockholm and Copenhagen, Of more Or tess Scandinavian sympa- thies, nstead of confining themseives to the discus- sun of the immediate aud direct consequences of participation in the war by Sweden and Denmark, profited by the opportunity to develop long con: sideratious on the posittcu of Russia aud on her tuture policy in respect to the two Staves. The advantage of bringing Bussia into tho ques- tion of Scandinavian neutrality 19 certainly not clear, but it must be acknowledged that the mvete- rate prejudices of certain Danish and Swedish polt- tictans against that Power constitatefan imporiant element in the propagandism in favor {of an alliance with France. . THE ELBE AND BALTIC. Hamburg Preparing for a Blocknde=The French Irun-Ciad FleetFire on the Batteries at Kiel. (Hamourg (August 15) correspondence of London ‘rimes.} It is diMcult for an Englishmay thoroughly to ap- preciate the change of feeling which the last two Weeks bas witnessed in certain portions o1 the North German Confederation. Alter the war of 1X66 Ham- burg submitted to the arrangements then inau- gurated, but the submission was not made witha good grace, and would have been withdrawn at any moment if such withdrawal had been feasible. ‘To say that the Hamburgers were discontented ms not too strong aterm, and for this feeling there was One especial reason. Hamburg owes Jts prosperity and its importance to commerce, and all its sympa- thies were opposed to the system of mili- tary orgauization which, in “company with other portions of the Contederation, it was compelied to adopt. ‘The —iiliary’ service, never popular, had been handed over to those Whose tastes bad led them to adopt a military life, or to those whose habits and character uaftted them for more sober, reguiar and industrious pur- suits. The burden tmposed upon the inhabitants Was a very light one, the expense but small and (he result apparentiy ali that was required. But after the battle of Koniggratz things were considerably altered, ‘The Prussian system came into force and every man, uuless exempted from peculiar and in- dividual reasons, Was bound to undergo @ certain period of military training. ‘To a community like Hamburg suca & regulation was exceptionaly ob- jectionable, and though those who have lived ail their lives under the Prassian system, who have gone through the routine prescribed for every Prussian citizen capable of bearing arms, speak in the bighest termé of its effect, physically, morally, and mentally, nothing could reconcile the Ham- burgers to a sysiem which admitted of no evasion, and was enforced upon all alike. Consequently for the iast four years a strong anti-P: wn feeling has prevailed in TowD, anal tuis feel has been increased by the contributions wi amare fi had to maks 6 the armaments Confedera- | tion, dolifiibutions which compare dnfavorably with the small expense entailed by tne old system. But if the Hamburgers were ant-Prussian they w: still Germans, and hated the French asa nation as heartily as any of thelr fellow countrymen, and the insult offered, a3 they belleved, to the King of Pria- | sla was regarded as an insult offered to themselve: Consequently no town has reyviced more in the vit tories beyond the Ruine, no town has eutered more cordially tito thé War, and though no town pro- bably has made greater sacritices than Hamburg has made, and will still have to make, nowhere, probably, haye those sacrifices been borne more wiitogly. A month ago and the connection with Prassia was regarded with aversion and discontent; now the Prussian national song, “Lam @ Prussian,” has become Hamburger property, and shares the popular applause With “Die WachCam Rhein.” iT ‘rhe bloc ie, Wich Commences to-day, adds but little to t onveniences resuiting to Hamburg from the ough the idea of a bombardment, SO agree certain French minds, is here re- gurded with as little solicitude as the inhabitants of ct of & French occupation harbor shows that the ‘osperous One. So far as of th pres Prasstan capital, th nt moment 14 NOL & has existed from the fest. German ships were a(raid to venture oul of the Bibe, and the timidity of merchant captains Was not dimiished by the fact that two Ulree captures had been made by the enemy. trade there was Was carried on in nentral ve and that trade will continue animpecd tor th x! ten days. Moreover, the blockade nas long been ex- pected, and now that it has come the successes which have attended the armies on the Rhive encou- rage the Dauburgers in the beiler that its continu. ance can be of no very long duration, Meanwhile of the two fleets, or rather three, it ts extremely dificult to learn anything, The French squadron declaring the blockade consists, as jar as 1s Known, of eight trou-clads and three smailer ves- sels, while the French fleet tn the Baltic are seen every now ana then cruising about at times indivi- duaily, if we may trust tniormation from privaie sources, exchanging shots with the batteries at Kieu. Some Prussian men-o!-war are known to be mn the North Sea, probabiy in the Jatde Busen, and a brush between them and the biockading feet is shortly ex- ected. mt is probable that the coasts owe much of the im- munity they lave hitherto enjoyed to the torpedoes, for which @ special service has been inaugarated, and waich have been employed to an extent litte agreeable to the enemy's teets, We have yet to learn whether they will afford suf- ficient protection in case of attack, ior liutherto they have been more inconvenient to the Germans than vo the French, The fishermen, pilots aad otners in- terested have in all s duly received warning of the dangers which at the present moment aitend car What torpedo has been unpleasantly discovered. A boat Jaden with turf was blown into the air outside the jehde, but the man fortunately escaped with his fe, A similar accident at Kiel, however, did not terminate 80 fortunately, for the explosion killed some sailors and wounded several others, utterly destroying their veseel as a matter of course. THE SCIENCE OF WAR. Development for Destructive Purposea=The Ditrailleuse, Lrou-Clads, Monitors, Torpe- doeng Rifled Cannon and the Needle Guo— What the American War Produced. {From the London Standard, August 18. In the present age every war seems to be charac- terized by the appearance of some new agent of de- struction, The French campaign tn Italy showed the prowess of rifled cannon, ‘The American strug- le developed tron-ciads, monitors and torpedoes, he war between Prussia and Aust:ia establishea the reputation of brecch-loading firearms. Now comes the conflict between France anit Prussia, in Which the mitraiileuse has made itself notorious, But at present the mitrailleuse has a doubttul fame, aud in order to testit the Britisn government has set on foot an extensive senes of experuments at Shoeburyness. The particular kind of mitrailleuse which we are thus trying 1s the Montigny, as tmproved by Major Fosbery, But we confess to a good deal of surprise at the slow rate of firing accomplished by wus weapon. The nine-pounder bronze field gun for India, & muzzie-loader, has been made to deliver eleven rounds in two minutes, while the Meany, on ‘Tiursday and Friday, never went beyond six. It Was reported that the mitrailieuse could accom- hire len rounds per munute, whereas we find tt de- livers only three. Something {3 said about the car- tridges not bemg properly adapted to the gun, whereby two sources of delay are occasioned. 1a the first place, the cartridges do not aiways go readily into the barrels, and in the next place, the empty cases are not always effectuatly withdrawn. Therefore it cannot be said that the mitrailleuse 19 working with its maximum effect. Another ques- tion 1s this—whether Major Fosbery’s alterauions have reduced the speed with which tie machine can be worked. It seems ramarkable that a muzzle- loading field gun shonld be made to fire at very nearly twice the rate of an apparatus in which machinery 1s designed to give the utmost rapidity to the discharge of bullets. Nor does the mitrailleuse transcend the fleld gun fm the number of bullets which it throws ma given tite, Six discharges of the mitratileuse, accomplished in two minutes, send 222 bullets against the toe, But the Indian gun, fring case sot, launches 110 ballets at each dis- charge. On the first day ten ronnds of case were thns fired in two minutes, which woula amount to 1,100 bullets, or about five times as many ballets as the mitratiieuse senas forth when fired at tts present maximum of six times in the two munutes., Neltuer are tne bullets of the fleid gun much lighter than those of the mitrailieuse, If the new machine were to fire at the rate of ten volleys per minute tt would only discharge bullets, waile five rounds of case from the Indian gun would propel 550 bullets. In the matter of ge the held gun in all probability Wil be sound highly destructive at a distance which Whi renuer te tmitrailieuss powerless. What, then, can be sald in favor of the new machine? Itis tar less wasteful of its bullets than the field gun firmg case sot. The Montigny has a much Digher percentage of hits than the fieid gun. jut our correspondent at Shoeburyuess argues the matier thus:—“‘As Une business of war ts to destroy the enemy, it would be more to the purpose to put 160 men hors de combat with a waste of cighty per cont of bullets within tour minutes, than to bring down ninety only within the same period by the highest economy of a few pounds of lead.” It ts fair to observe that the data employed im this argu- Mentare derived from eXxpertiments im which pre- cision and not specd was the object desired, We may take an instance lu Which both precision and Speed were required. Thus we find the Montigny firing six rounds im two minutes, comprising 222 bul- lets, giving 178 hits, whule the 12-pounder breech- loader fired nine rounds, giving 1,242 bullets, of Which only 166 hii the target. Ln this comparnson the Montigny placed seventy three cavalry or eighty- four iniantey ors ve combat, and the fleld gun sey- enty-.wo cavalry or seventy-nine infantry. We thereiore the Montigny making cearly as man bits with bullets as the 12-pounder fled gun wit! 1,242 bu and the etlect on troops 18 slightly in favor of the iitrailieuse, Moreover, this occurs despite the unsuitable cartridges which have plagued the new weapon ut Shoeburyness. Couid the speed of the Montigny be trebled, or even doubled, the results would ve unmensely af- fectea. it remains to be noticed that the Montigny is considerably less than half the weight of the Indian gun and can be served by one-third the num- ber of men, or at most by one-half. It also requires only one-third the number of horses. We may be allowed to ask, ift nitrailleuse be brought up to the weight of the nine-pounder what will then be the relative merits of the two arms? If the barrels of the mitratiicuse continue the same in number we may have an enlarged calibre and increased range. Or if the calibre is unaltered we may perhaps double the nomber of barrels. If with one or the other of these advantages we couple increased speed, who shail say that the mitraiieuse will not be a marvel- Jous power in modern wartare? in forming a judg- ment on this question very much depends on whether we consider the Montigny at Shoeburyness as being capable of a sight degree of improvement or of a development which shail greatly ennance its powers, For the present its position is defined as being somewhere between small arms and arullery, But the mitraillease yet “move on,” and it may give us a surprise after the manner of the needle- gup. A WAR MEDLEY IN LIVERPOOL. Scene in a Catholic Church—An American Bishop and a German Bi {From the Liverpool Mercury, Angust 20,| Napoieon’s fete day was celebrated at St, Nicholas Catholic church, Copperas Hill, Liverpool. The Freneh Consul, as is nis wont, invited the French residents tn Liverpool to attend high mass in the morning at the church, It has been the custom of the Consnl to attend mass on this the sete day of his country in ihe consular uniform, but on this occasion he attended in bis usual ap- parel, and this course was assumed to have been dictated by a feeling of delicacy; at all events it was considered by the congregation as an evidence of goo taste for the representatives of France to eschew unnecessary display in the nour of their country’s trial, The Bishop of Pittsburg, United States—who, We helleve, is a frenchman—preached an eloquent sermon to the large congregation; but during his discourse an embarrassing and exiraor- «inary Incident cccurred. At one of the most pow- eriul passages of the right reverend prelate’s discourse, and while te was holding his hearers u rapt attention, he was interrupted by the notes of a German band, playing unmusteally a patriotic Prassi#n tnne close to the chapel. The preacher for some time took no notice of this | strange and, if designed, wicked interruption. He essayed to proceed with his sermon; but the shrill tones of the Clarionet and the surring ring of the cornet-a-piston drowned even hia sonorous voc and tor 4 luts uence was oat upon the audien followed @ short bat painful pause dn the proceedin it was evident that if the Ger- mans continued their i-iined performance the preacher must close his discourse. At this juncture an attendant priest whispered sometuing to an acolyte, who immediately left the church, and pro- ceeding to the band, told them to go away from the immediate neighborhood of the chareh.” This they did; but they did not go sufficiently far to pre- vent the tone of jthe wariike march they w playing mingling at times with the preacher's peace- ful discourse. ‘The incident ised @ Inost painful feeling among t shipping in the © Fren ureh, lt residents who were wor- FUNERAL OF THE LATE JOHN CASEY IN TROY. Another Version of the Homicide. {From the Troy Times, Sept. 1.) The funeral of John Casey, the victim of the af- fray in New York on Sunday evening last, took place from St- Mary's church this forenoon, tt was advertised to take piace in St. Jean the Baptiste’s church, but from some cause the services were changed to St, Mary's church, althougn the latter edifice was in the hands of workmen who are alter- ing and improving its interior, There was not a large concourse of people present. Father Haver. mans ofliciated and sung a solemn requiem mass tor the repose of the soul of the murdered man, Aiter the services the audience viewed tne re- mains, and from @ casual glance of the face of deceased it is evident the affray tn which he met his death was of the most terrible description. His face bore the marks of numerous blows received during the struggle. The body was interred in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Wi € learn from those who are informed tn relation to the circumstances attending the tragedy by which, Casey lost his life that the reports of the affray tn the New York papers are wholly inaccurate. Casey's friends assert that it was a brotal murder. They say that after the row im the = sa- loon, which is kept by @ man named ckey, Casey and his friend left to avoid a fatat jasue. They were followed by MeCormick and his companions, Upon meeting them a@ second tine, McCormick walked up to Casey, placed his revolver within two feet of his person and fired—the first being a fatal shot. Casey’s friend caught hold of McCormick, when the others set upon him, and to avoid arrest be fed from the scene. This man directed his steps to the residence of a friend of the murdered man, told him of the circumstance, and also others or Casey’s friends whom he could find. He then fled the city or secreted Iimself in some seciaded haunt in order to avold arrest, Jt ts said he is wanted in Philadeiphta on @ serious charge, in con- sequence of which he dare not come forward and contradict the Lap of McCormick's companions, It is said McCormick will be discharged upon the Coroner's examination, but that he willbe imme- diately arrested for the Pittsburg Bauk robbery, he having escaped from the officers at the time of his previons arrest by jumping out of a car window. On the night of the ist ult. Mary Kelso, aged twenty-two, who has no home, accompanied an unknown man to the lodging house, No. 37 Bowery, where they remained during the night. In the morning @ quarrel occured, When the man Kicked her in the abdomen twice and made his escape, Yester- Was attended by Surgeon Leville, Who fear: will die from the injuries sustained, dad her dbo Bellevue Jospital for treaumenty j Jt has an | Moneys paid out for the | snubbed a Coun “BIG MAG’S” VENGEANCE. The First Ward Homicide—Coroner’s Investi- gation--'The Wrong Nest’ —Verdict Against the Defendant—She is Com- mitted to the Tombs. ‘The case of Margaret Dunn, allas “Big Mag,’ charged with causing the death of Willlam Davis, a youth of nineteen years, at No. 1 Bridge street, early on the moraing of the 14th ult, by stmking him on the head with @ heavy club because, while arunk, he had crowded into her bed to sleep, was yesterday investigated before Coroner Flynn at the City Hall, The particulars of the case bave herewfore been Published inthe HeRaLy, A synopsis of the evi- dence adduced and the yerdict of the jury will be found below, THE WOMEN of the First ward mustered in strong force at the in- vestigation and watched the proceedings with great interest. Thomas Dowling, of No, 1 Bridge street, was sworn, and deposed that shortly before twelve o’clock on the night of the 18th ultimo he went up Stairs, and while chatting with some friends “Mag”’ Dunn came in and said, “Tom Dowling, | want you Up stairs; there ia a man iu my bed; 1 want you to come up and put him out; at that time ‘Mag’ haa @ large stick in her hand; Mrs, Crook, who was In the room, said to Mag, 18 THERE A DOG IN YOUR NEST?” she replied, ere 18;’? to which the witness said, “Club him ou Mag said, “I gave it to him before, and if 1 had a glass of ale drank I would kill him in- tirely;” subsequently the witness took a lamp and Went up stairs and met Mrs. McCrook coming down; she sald, “For Gou’s sake don’t go up there, the man is kilied;”” the witness weat up to the top landing and there saw Margaret Dunn having hold of Davis by the cape of the coat and dragging him out on the Janding; she had in her hand a suck Which Witness had seen before; Mag had previously made remai about KILLING DAVIS; the witness said to Mag, ‘You have that man killed;” (a stick—@ broken whiMein was here shown the witness, and he beleved it to be the same one he took irom Mag Duun;) Davis lay on his face and hands on the landing; tue witness had not seen Davis that day; he had never lived tn thas Douse and was not seen in the place on that day. Marun O'Sullivan saw deceased on une top land- Ing of the house, lying tu A POOL OF BLOOD; the witness gave the alarm, alter which Davis was taken to the station house; saw Margaret Dunn in custody. A witness was introduced to show that on the night of the occurrence Davis was almost nelp.essty intoxicated, Mary Ann Mills saw deceased and “Mag” Dann tn the hallway of No. 1 Bridge street; she pulled him about and struck him several times; “Mag”? then Passed up stairs, and Davis went out. Onticer Collins, of the First precinct, deposed that about one o'clock on the moraing of the l4ta he was told William Davis was dying at No, 1 Bridge street; HE RAPPED FOR HELP; and then went up stairs and found deceased sitting on the top landing; saw the prisouer there and she contessed she had struck deceased wiih a broom- stick; On searching the place subsequentiy found an axe in her roo; the mattress on the landing was Stained with blood; the accused appeared to be somewhat under the influence of liquor, but was not intoxicated, Mary O'Connor, of No. 1 Bridge street, on being CALLED OUT OF BED ‘on the morning ot the Mth ult. by the prisoner, saw her strike deceased with @ heavy club; at that ume he was lying ia bed In @ pool o1 blood. THE PRISONER'S STATEMENT. Margaret Dunn, the defendaut, was called to the stand andexamined. She stated that on the night of the 13th ult, tinding deceased in her bejl, she struck hin twice on the body with a vrooujsuck, but did not hic him on the head. MEDICAL ‘TESTIMONY. Dr. Marsh, one of the surgeons of the Centre Street Hospital, deposed that he inade @ post-mortem ex- amination on the body, und found a iracwure of the temporal bone and also a frac. ture of the base of the = skuil. i the doctor’s opinion the incised wounds on the head and also the fracture of the skull might have been inflicted with the broken whiflietree with which the prisoner was seen to strike deceased, ‘The stick was broken in such a manner as to leave quite a sharp edge at one end of it, ‘The case was then given to the jury, who found a Verdict against the accused, and she was commited to the Tombs for trial. Margaret, who denied her guilt, 18 forty years of age, Was vorn in Ireland, and 18 a Washerwoman. MILITARY CHIT-CHAT. ‘The drili season will soon begin, and every pre- paration is betng made by the various regiments to make it un active one, It is to be hoped that there will be more real work and less show than there was last season, ad that the Division General will see to it that the men are drilied as soldiers and not simply called out to air their uniforms for the venetit ot a ‘ge and intelligent number of spectators largely contined vo the fair sex.’? ‘The Seventy-first regiment, one of the very best commands in the National Guard, has not been as Prosperous of late as it should oe in many respects, There was y want of life in the organization last year, ana strong efforts are being made to tnfuse into 1t that espritde corps witch 18 so necessary for the welfare of a good regiment. Company B has elected Charles N. Swift as tts commandant and Charles F. de Borst as first Meutenant, Captain Swift served In the late war, and had reached the rank of colonel by brevet before its close, Lieutenant de Borst graduated from the Naval Academy during the war and served in the army as Company B 1s the largest company in the Seventy-first. The new commandant, it is said, will driil the company this winter in bayonet exercise, skirmish drill, &c, No company in the National Guard drill as skirmishers or are Initiated in ihe guard duty, and the move- ment inaugurated by Captain Swift wul have a good effect. All the Seventy-irst wants to make it second to no regtinent in the’ First division is good oficers, xcellent colonel, but some of the com- pany officers are uot what they shoul be, There is some talk of the Seventh regiment being furnished at its own expense with the same Kind of musket now used in the regular army, which is the Springfield rife changed to a breech-loader, The musket now used by the regiment Is heavy, clumsy and altogether woruiless as a firearm. The Stare government has been in vain petitioned to give the militia an arm that could be used to good purpose in case of need, but it has always turned a deat ear to every appeal. The Seventh hope, by undergoing the expense of getting the improved musket, to induce the State government to refund in itme to come tie ange. The Seventh 1s to have a good deal of rifle practice this winter, A battalion of tie Forty-seventh regiment weit to | Connecticut the other day and were shameiuily treat- ed by the military at New Haven, because they were mistaken for a New York regiment which, ft is Bald, scticut regment badiy when it paid this City a visit some time ago. Wiil the Conuecti- cutters just tell what New York regiment that was ? It is given out, on pretty good authority, that dur- ing the coming fall there will be a grand review and muster of the entire First division, in leu of the mdtvidual regimental musters. ‘This 1s as 1b should be; but the musters should not be after the fashion of former = ‘yéars. An tspeciing — officer's duties Should be to ascertam who are and who are not members of regiments, and make his report accordingly. Last year there was considerable “stuting” of the ranks in many regiments. “Honorary members’ shoutd be ruled out in the muster, The active force of a regiment order calling upon the command to do duty in caséa of emergency. Honorary members cannot be c pelied to serve, and they should not therefore be put down as @ part of the sirength of a regiment. Coronel Fisk promises to give the Ninth regiment: &@ severe course of sprouts in the drillug line during the winter, It ia expected that the command wiil number over 1,200 men by January, and chat it will be in Six months equal not only i numbers atin point of diseiphne to any regiment in the militia. VOUS VEFTONS. commanding, are to conunne their rife practice during the coming season. The regiment now num- bers over six hundred active men and the recruit- ing is active. There is some talk of a compe! drill between one of the companies and a crack or- ganization of Boston. ‘The great success of the best dritled regiment in the Guard 1s owing to its system of awkward squads, in which recruits are drilied until they become fit to joim their respective companies, A new member has often to remain in a squad for a whole season, Why do the other regiments pot follow this prac- tice? The placing of raw recruits in the ranks with the old members always works to the disadvantage of a regiment, THE GREAT SOCIAL CRIME. ladame Duboi: the Alloged Protessi Infanticide=She is Heid in Bailto Answer. About three months ago a premature delivery by malpractice was procured upon the person of a young girl named Kate Hulse, a domestic with a re- spectable family in Brookiyn, which came nigh re- sulting in the death of the girl. At the time of the occurrence full particulars of the affair were given in the HERALD. The alleged abortionist was Amella Armstrong, alias Madame Dubols, who resides in Twenty-cignth street, near Third avenue, and she was then held im ball to await the resnit consists of those men who are obliged to obey an | The boys of the Twenty-second, Colonel Porter | of the injuries, Kate Hulse has been since confined in Flatbush Hospital, L. £, and has been unable to appear im court unril yrtenden, when she made a formal deposition before inde 0 W at the Tombs Police Court, charging Madame Arm- strong with having endangered her life by the pro- cess resortea to, Judge Dowling held the accused woman in $5,000 bail to appear for trial at the Court of General Sessions, It is understood that an at- tempt will be made by Madame Armstrong's counsel le have the case tried in the court of Spectai Ses- slons, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Mile. Christine Nilsson leaves Europe to-day by the steamship Cuba, and will make her first appear- ance at Steinway Hall on the 19tn inst. She will be assisted by Mile, Cart, a Boston contralto, Vieux- temps, Brignolt and Varger, Carlo Bosont will be one of the musical directors. Mlle, Nilsson will be accompanied on her journey to America by Maurice Strakosch and family. Mr. Strakosch intends to wage unrelenting war on the ticket speculation sys- tem. The prices of seats have been placed at three and four doilars each, according to location. ‘The general admission will be two dollars, AChicago paper thus speaks of Mr. J. Ss. Clarke's appearance in that city:—“Mr, Clarke’s De Boots is one of those humorous studies which almost places criticism at defiance. It Is as near perfection in tts Way as Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle, although the two characters stand ata wide distance {rom each other as dramatic creations. De Boots is an odd, eccentric individual, and as such he may say and a0 & great many things which partake much of mere caricature. The merit of Mr. Clarke's act- ing is that he never allows himself to be carned away by the temptations to ran into burlesque. ‘There are few actors WA0 would haye made so good & point in the reading of that letior wituout dole something that was absurdly unnavural, Mr. Clarke, in this scene, acts just as any one wi man under the circumstances to have acted, an i yet he convuises the audience with mirth.’ His ludicrous amavement and despair as the - gins to dawn upon him, and then the nery iT e-reading again and again of the dew of information, chimaxtug in the bold re Pp tion to fight, are quite mimitable. So is th and Scribable muilary swagger and the comic sudden- hess of hts transitions from the lion to the lamb and from the lamb to the lion, ‘Tue Lun of his manner Ls irresistible, and his voice, very fexivie in tone, is admirably in Keeping with the variable expressions of his countenance.” Mr. Edwin Booth commences an engagement at MeVicker’s, Chicago, on Monday, His opeuing role Wil be “Brutus,’’ The Bowery theatre opens for the fall sezson to-night with M '. E, ateison as Macbeth, ‘The drama of “Snowbird”? will aiso be given, ‘To-night 1s Theodore Thomas? graud gala night at Central Park garden, Old and middie aged Ttatian opera honse fre- queuters Will be shocked to learn Wwe mislortunes which have befallen Signor ‘tamburint, the once renowned baritone bass, He had divided a large fortune tn Paris, where he resid ment from the s| » among his ing only a portion of capital, which was leit in the hands of his eldest son, Who Was an “agent di change.” Heavy speculations on the Bourse and the fail of prices on account of the war completely ruined the younger Tamburini, who committed sui- cide recently. Although the father has lost atl his earnings by this sad event he has, fortunately, an affectionate son-in-law in Signor Gardoni to provide for his old age, Signor ‘Tamburnt peing now up- wards of seventy. WHY IRISHMEN SYMPATHIZE WITH THE FRENCH. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL' As an Lrishman, lately arrived from the Old Coun. try, [fully agree with the statement in to-day’s HeRraLp—“that the Irish do not dislike the Ger- mans a9 a people.” This statement is only meant by the HERALD to apply to the Irish tn the city, but as one who has taken some part in Irish politics at home, ana who Is well acquainted with the feelings of Irishmen on most matters, can affirm that the same assertion is entirely applicable to the great body of Irishmen at home. ihey all admire Ger- man pluck and German perseverance, and were it any other nation in Europe but France that was ar- rayed against Germany, their sympathies would ne with Germany. It 13 not that they love Germany less, but that they love France more. This adverse feeling of the Irish, [may state, does not apply so much to the Germans as a people, as it does to the Prussians in paiticular, There are numberiess re Sons why the sympathy of Irishmen should be en- tirely with France tn the present straggte. Stil Irishmen, with the excepiion of the unthinking few, are not rancorously hostile to the Germans. It ts @ part of the trish character to love and admire ; bravery and gallantry wherever tn are found; and hat does not adimure tie bravery of ple who, forgetting the petty differ- ences Which so long divided them and kept them powerless in Europe, have railied together in aid of pinion country, and proved to the world what mighty things can be accomplished by a united people;! Gerniouy has enacted one of those mighty drainas which irom time to tune revolu- tiouize the world, ‘Lowaids the ed of the last cen- tury monarchy dozed over the nations of the work aud thought moved in the oid groove of centurte A few colonies on the shores of America, neitner very rich nor very populous, but strongly tinbued with patriotism and love of liberty, cast their stan- dard to the breeze, and boldl, inaugurated a new order of things, the most glorious and gigantic in M$ results the World has ever known, Next the Splendid meteor of the French revotutton fashed Across the political honzon. Now federal Germany comes forward and proclaims to a startled world that tt has imuco yet to learn Thus, tt 18 LT look upon the present state of thlogs. Still, in common with most irishmen, my sympathies are with France in this struggle Stated betore, for many h Irishmen “nave not much krance,”’ they have always had its sympathy in all ther struggles, and on many a hard fought feld Irishmen, have fought and tell under th banner of France, What frisiman that does not ri member with pride the famous fleld of Fontenoy! When Jrishinen were outraged, trampled on and driven from their homes by Euglish tyranny, th always found a welcome in France. France has be- sides nbul tate years be the consistent enemy of England, and to most Irishinen England’s enemy 1s Ireland's friend, ‘The hate which Irishmen have for England can only be understood by those who. e endured the wrongs and indignities which Irishmen have for centuries endured at the hands of Eng- jJand, Next, Prussia has mostly pecn England’s ally, and a3 Prussta is identified with Gerinany, Germany loses any chance for Irish sympatn: om the commencement of this war to the present time the English press hav just rancerous tone towards France joulest epithets have French peopie. This of itself was quite suMcient to enlist en- Urely Irish sympathy on the side of France. These 43 anotner cat A great similarity of disposition exists between the French and the ue same elasticity of character and natural gayety of temper exist between the two people: while the chivalric bravery and daring of both are very similar All this, too, contributes largely to n bome of chivairy—the garden of t earnest sympathies of the Irish peo- ple in whatever struggle she may be engaged in. Nor should Americans forget that France aided them iargely tn their struggie for independence. IT must, however, assert that there 18 an acerbity of leeiing between the adverse supporters of tie con- tenaing powers watch is entirely uncalled for. This is not @ War of races, vor of religions; it is a war of rival politicians and rival dynasties, 'Lhereloi should not awake such rancorons feelings. The question is whether Napoleon or Bismarck sitll dic tate to Europe, and when the God of wisdom permits such a state of things men should not fight among themselves about it; for, after all. may be much better for the world at large that Germany should win ERIN GO BRAGH. 1S 1T ANOTHER GIANT RUMBUG * an Skeleton Thirteen Feet iu Exhomed in Wisconsin. | (Milton (August 22) correspondence Milwauke tinel. | | A Hu Height Sen- Believing the discovery made this morning on the farm of Mr. Stanley of interest to your readers [ send you the following facts, as 1 chanced to be a Spectator, ‘fo-day as the hired help of Mr. stanley were aucging for the purpose of laying the founda- tion of a barn they struck # large bone that had tne appearance of 4 human skull, but of such cuormous #ize that they thought it must belong to some ant- | mal It was found in @ slight mound on the east side of a lil overlooking Kock river, and in the town of Janesville, section six. Dr. Towndrow, @ Zentiewan of fortune, chanced to be passing as the workmen were cieauing the dirt from the skuil, and at their request got over the fence and examined It, | aud pronounced it a8 belougin, iy. to tke human fam- exhuraed the entire It was found 10 & fair state of preserva- tion. ‘the skull measured thirty-two and a half inches in circumierence 1 the thigh bones torty- uur ana @ hall inches in length, The doctor thanght that when living he could not have been less than thirteen leet in height, The-veeth were ail in tne jaws and were of enormous size. The doctor ex: | tracted one, which measured one inch and @ halt in | length. The most remarkable part of this strange discovery ts the fact that the lower liinbs, from near the knee to near the end of the toes, are entirely pet- rifled, the flesh having changed to stone and the parts being pertect in shape. as he was buried Im a sitting posture, the doctor thought that the action of the lower strata of the soil produced this marvelious change, Dr. Towndrow promptly oifered ir. Stan- ley $10,000 for the skeleton, which Mr. Stanley Vaart accepted, The doctor will arrange tne ohes Lu position, When he will exhibit it, The news: of the discovery flew with the wind, aid the neigh- bors came in and viewed these mouste! jain. ‘Che doctor boxed his prize and sends it 1 8 this after. noon. 1 write in a barry and nave failed to give you fhe men tell to Work aud leton, ) THE COURTS. United States Marshal Sharpe in Court— Arrest of Lottery Dealers—The Alleged Silk Smug- gling Case—The Anti-Gambling Asso ciation Libel Suit~An Incu- rance Policy Case.‘ UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Charge Against United States Marshal Giene- rai Sharpe. Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States vs, W. H. Sharpe.—The defend- Ant In this case 1s the Cuited States Marshal of the district, General Sharpe, who is charged by a aeputy marshal with defrauding han of $240, claimed for offt- cial services as watchman over property under selzure at the manufactory of Hedgemen & Co., of Tuckahoe, Westchester county. The complainant, Doherty, testified that he was detailed to Keep wateh and ward over the property in question by General Sharpe, who informed him that he should receive in payment for such services whatever amount the Registrar in Bankruptcy, under whose orfler the property was held, might allow therefor. The complainant turther testified that he remained in charge of the praperty from the 30th of April to the 2ist July, for whieh he only received $186, instead of the full sum of $415 to which, a# he allezes, he is entitied, Complamant also charges that in payment of the services per- formed by him the Marshal received $446, being $30 over aud above the legal claim, Marshal Sharpe, in defence, testifed that he had appointed H. ©. Broes as general care laker of tue property, with instructions to employ under bum Whatever assisiauce he might require; that tle com- plainant was employed by Broes, and that he bad entered into no engagement whatever with Doherty ; that the $445 allowed by tie Registrar was the proper and legal amount of ihe fees due in the case; and that said money was, for the greater part, expended in paying Broes and others, ama te balance placed to the credit of the ofice fund. ‘The examination was adjourned ull Monday next, toenable the Marshal to produce vouchers for (he disposition made by him of the mouey tn dispute. Arrest of Lottery Dealers. Before Commissioner Shields, The United States vs, Justin Farelite, Christian Nidling, Francis Selty, Christan Walz and Charles Nolke.—The defendants are charged with carrying on the lottery business without paying the special liceuse required therefor by the atatate, They were hela in $1,00) to appear for trial at the next October term of the court, The Alleged Smuggling Case. Before Commissioner White, In the case of the examination of Jacob Barnard and Marcus Rachkowsky, charged with smuggling $10,000 worth of silk goods on board tne steamer Holland, from Liverpool for tia pori, the Commis- sloLer yesterday reduced the bail of the delendant< to $2,000, and adjourned the examination over tl Monuay next. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Anti-Gamblisg Association Libel Suit. Before Judge Barnard. West vs, Dana,—This 18 an action for libel brought against the defendant by the president of the re- cently exploded Antl-Gambling Association, A fe days ago counsel for the plaintiff obtained an order in this district, returnable in Brooklyn, to show cause why @& part of the answer should not be stricken out. Yesterday morning Willard Bartlett, counsel for the deiendant, moved that this order be vacated, and his motion was granted, with ten dol- lars cost, An Insurance Policy Case. An application was made to the Court yesterda morning by A. D, Littiefield for an order of arrest against John Dole, of Boston, to compel the payment of $1,600, 16 being the plaintiffs interest in an in- surance policy of $9,000, obtained vy Dole on the ship Horatio, of Boston. The vessel was owned by both parties, Littlefieid’s interest being one-eighth. ‘The vessel Was insured by Dole, and on asuysequont voyage she was lost. The order was granted. THE BUNGLED CANSUS. How Some of the Deputy Marshals Dido't Do Their Work—“Where Are We Now ¢ It would seem that there is a screw loose some- where in the censns taking business in this enty. We publish below two communications which show that in certain parts of the metropolis the Deputy Marshals have neglected their duties in a shameful manner, and it may be, if the whole truth is brought to light, that the greater portion of the election dis- tricts have been slurred over in a way that should be corrected and speedily. The HERALD invites al) parties who know that the Assistant Marshals of their districts did not cal at their resi dence to get the necessary census information and whose districts have been reported completely canvassed, to send notice of the fact to tms office, giving the number and street in which they reside, and the number of persons residing tn their fam iles,. The census districts and the election districts are bounded alike. The full names of writers must be given, not for publication, but asa guarantee of good faith. The following are the commuuicauous referred to; What About This¢ ‘To tae Eptror or THE HERALI Please find enclosed @ note left at my residence about two months since by @ census marshal or env- merator, The list of persons then residing in my honse was prepared, but the enumerator fatled to call for it, and I feel confident that no return w made, There were twenty-four persons living in the house. ‘The following is the enclosed note:— P.S., 169 Bleecker Street, age, profession, where your lodgers, and I wii O. WHITLOCK, . Marshal of the Southern District of New York. Mr. S.—Please get name born, and, if citizens, of all call to-morrow. U, Forty-ninth Street Overlooked. To Tae Epiror or tHe HERaLD:— Ithink there has been no census taken at my house this year, Ihave asked all the members of my family and they know nothing about it, 116 West Forty-ninth street. B. G. BLAS New YORK, Sept. 1, 1870. Twenty-third Street Out in the © New YorK, Sept, 2, 1870 To tae Epiror or THE HERALD:—~ {n your issue of yesteraay you invite commaunica- tions from parties not called upon by the Census Marshal. My house 1s 319 West Twenty-third street, -nd has been open all the season, but no one has calied for or leit any blank to be filled out with the proper returns. A friend living on the same street. Informa me that no one has called at his house for returns, . H.C. DEATH BEFORE WEDLOCK. Remarkable Case of Attempted Suicide—A flempen Halter Preferred tv the Hy meneal Kaot. A somewhat remarkable case of attempt at suicide came to the surface yesterday. The peculiar circum- stances attending this meditated shuMing off of the mortal coil are rarely instanced in the curious cat- alogue of that most prevalent crime /elo de se, The wouid-be victim of his own hand is a young man named John Dixon, who resides with bis parents at the corner of Van Brunt and Wolcott streets, Brook lyn, He 1s twenty-two years of age, and heretofore las borne an excellent reputation for steadiness among his neighbors, But the sequel shows that John was @ libertine, and the destroyer of tne confidence and affections of a girl who was engaged asa domestic in the household. About two years ago Mrs. Dixon, the mother of the rash youth, em ployed @ buxom and comely lass as an assistant to do housework An illicit intimacy sprang into existence between the girl and the youth, and she gave birth to achild at the Foundling Hospital, to which she was removed, ‘The horrified mistress of the ubfortunate young woman never suspected the relationship existing between her son Jolin and the domestic, but attributed the fail of the latter to & boarder in the house, Subsequently, at the earnest solicitation of the girl, Mrs. Dixon consented to re engage ber, which she did. pen It was vot until recently, however, that the worthy mother discovered that the real affinity of the art was her gon John. She then determined, as a good and virtuous woman, that he siould make repara tion by marrying tne victim of his wiles. Importo nities fatled to obtain bis consent to this alternative of exonerating himself, antl, driven to desperation by remorse of conse ce and aversion to the desired union, he attempted to take his life. On Thursday) night John was found by his Sister suspendea by the neck from a beam in the celia of the bouse. The alarm was given and he was cut down vefure lie was extinct. The err re you th, who Was relieved from his most crt pig Mon by his Mother and the wretched object of postminal aminity, Was taken to the King stree statiuu house, Where he Was Cetained during the & very graphic account of these giant rematus. “Dr. ‘Towndrow’s home is a Neosho, Dodge county ni He is'much exhausted, and promises to re frain {rom any further attempt at suicide.