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

0 NEW YORK HERALD|™ BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HERA. Letters and+packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. THE DAILY HERALD, published every day ta the yrar. Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. ADVERTISEMENTS, to a limited number, will be in- serted in the WEEKLY HexaLp and the European | Edition. JOB PRINTING of every description, also Stereo: typing and Engraving, veaky and promptly exe- an CORRESPONDENTS. We have special correspondents moving with each division of the opposing forces of France and Prassia, and news agencies in the principal capitals--London, Paris, Berlin, Ma- drid, Vienna and Florence—so that nothing of an important news character escapes our vigilant representatives. Our news agencies in the principal cities of Europe, and our system of travelling corre- spondents, have been long established, a fact the readers of the Hrratp have no doubt long since become familiar with, and as our letters from all parts of the Eastern Hemisphere for years past have fully proven. We do not pretend that our comments upon the war, or that our opinions upon the proba- ble success of either belligerent iu contem- Our only aim is to give to the public the fullest, the most’ reliable, and the most authentic record of facts as they occur in the grand plated movements come by the cable. operations of the contending armies. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadway.—SHAKSPEARE’s TRAG- EDV OF JULIUS C&SAR. WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAC ner sh st.—Performances WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway ana 15th street.— Fritz, On Covsin Grrwan, , corner of Eighth avenue and ON OF TRE NiGuT. 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Pace. 1— Advertisements. 2— Advertisements. 3—The War; Highiy Important News trom the Rattle Fields; Capitulation of Na cMahon’s Army and Surrender of Napoleon: The Em- perora Prisoner; Bravery of the French, Ar- tillery Fire, Bayonet Charges and Victory of the Prussians; Terrible Carnage on Both Sides; Rejoicings in Berlin; Magnificent Scenes of Loyalty, Patriotism and Religious Devo- tion; Queen Augusta Thanking Her Subjects; Peace, but with Peace Guatantees; Reported Capitulation of Marshai Bazaine at Metz, 4—City and National Polstics—The President at Long Branch: His Sayings and Doings—The census Fraud—The Pemoralized Police—A Detective Detected—Yachting: The Approach- img Races at Newport—Fatal accident to an Unknown Man. 5—Religious Inielligence—New York City Courts— Chess Matters--The Course of Empire-Aquatics- Horse Notes—Tiie Servant Girl’s Finances— ‘The Gallows: Execution of a Negro in North Carolima—Disaster in Gravesend Bay. 6—Fditor Leading Article on the Surrender of Napoleon, the Empire Gone, the Republic— News from Washington—Amusement An- nouncements. vorhe War (continued from Third page)—Business Notices. S—The Biackguaras’ Emente: The Shooting of Casey; When is a Man Licensed to Kill—New York City News—Americans in Europe—Music im the Park—A True-hearted Swindler—Com- munipaw Stock Yards—Accident to a Newark Lawyer—Financiali—Marriages and Deaths. 9—Advertisements. 10—Telegraphic News from all Parts of the World— The National Game—Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Central Ciub—Quarantine Notes—Shipping Intelligence—Advertisements, ¥4—Advertsements. 12—Arivertisement: Toe Water iy Harrrorp, which has been scarce for some time, is now becoming nox- ious, owing to decayed matter in the mains, The preachers in the various pulpits of that city to-day should try the good old plan of praying for rain, Tae Justices or tne Supreme Covrr or Norru Caroxrsa have decided that a warrant cannot issue for the arrest of Governor Hol- den for alleged abuses of his executive autho- rity, nor can any bench warrant extend to the counties now declared in insurrection. This disposes for the present of Josiah Turner's case against Governor Holden, although he ean proceed against Colonels Kirk and Berger, who arrested him. SentimENTAL Canapa still cherishes her connection with Old England. The haughty mother country has snubbed her old-maidish daughter more than once, but she won't leave. She is even gratified at a report that England is about to grant her the privilege of having a say in regard to the modification of the Fisbing laws and to class the damages by the Fenian raid with the Alabama claims, These little crumbs of comfort keep her in good spirits, for they indicate that the haughty old hostess still recognizes her presence at the family table. Gone—The Republic. MacMahon, who has fought so well, has been defeated. The remains of his brave army are prisoners of war. Ndpoleon has surrendered in person to King William. The presumption here is that Bazaine has capitu- lated. Betweon the Prassian army and Paris there is nothing in the shape of opposition. Not since the newspaper became an estab- lished institution has the morning press poured upon the reading public such a mags of mighty intelligence, Since the 15th of July—some six weeks ago—what mighty events have taken place! What sweeping changes have been accom- plished! How the mighty have fallen and the proud been laid low! On the above date France declared war against Prussia. Why? Beeause Prussia would not bow the knee and ignominiously play the part of a most obedient servant to the Emperor Napoleon, A Hohen- ; zollern prince had been named for the throne of Spain. France was affronted and the name was withdrawn. But Napoleon was not satisfied. King William was asked to pledge himself and his govern- ment to the effect that no Prussian prince | should ever be allowed to bo a candidate for the Spanish throne. This King William and | his Ministers refused todo. Prussia felt in- sulted and indignant. All Germany shared the feelings of Prussia. It was not Prussia that was insulted—it was the whole Father- land. On the 15th of July Napoleon declared war against Prussia, Prussia was ready—all ; Germany was ready. It was felt that the cause of war was a miserable pretext, that the real cause of war was the humiliation of the German people, the perpetuation of the dis- union of Fatherland. Bavarians and Wiirtem- bergers and Badenites, Hessians, Hanoverians, Saxons rushed into the field with quite as much enthusiasm as the Prussians themselves, All over Germany, in the ancient free towns as well as in the monarchical centres, the people were as furious for war as were the princes. On the 6th day of August the Ger- Not under any other form of government can she be anything more than a second rate Power. The complications which may grow out of this present crisis astonish and perplex. The pro- clamation of Papal Infallibility and the down- fall of Napoleon give some importance to the year 1870, The association in time of those two events is worthy the attention of the preachers, ¢ a The Latest Military Operations. The manceuvre of MacMahon for the relief of Bazaine hos ended in his own capture. His army is demolished and the Emperor himself is a prisoner, The victorious enemy is now ready to swoop down upon Metz, where they have kept Bazaine closely pinned until they could run down MacMahon, or move in triumph on the gay capital where the maddened French populace still threaten determined resistance. The surrender of Bazaine follows the capture of MacMahon as surely as the surrender of Joe Johnston followed that of Lee, The fall of Paris and of Strasbourg are just as certain. The main question that arises is whether there will be any necessity at all for a siege of Paris or the continuation of the siege of Strasbourg. Bazaine has been driven back into Metz several times since Wednesday. He evidently felt that his situation was becoming more desperate every day, and doubtless knew that the intention of the enemy was to worry MacMahon to death before they made their final pounce on him. Now that MacMahon is worried to death the first gathering of the immense armies of Prussia about his strong- hold will probably be the signal for his sur- render. Then Bismarck and the operations of diplomacy come in, and Von Moltke and the military become of minor importance. The Surrender—A Shrewd Napoleonic Idea. The surrender of Napoleon was a shrewd idea—first, because it secures his recognition by Prussia as the Emperor of France while yet his sovereignty is recognized by the French people; secondly, because it secures the recognition of the regency he left behind man and French forces came into contact; and Saarbriick and Wissembourg and Woerth revealed the superior spirit of the German soldiery and the superior skill of the German officers. Since the 6th of August the fighting, as all our readers know, bas been frequent, generally on a large scale and always severe and bloody. Once we are in full possession of the details of the battles at Gravelotte and of the battles which have been fought since Tuesday last, it will, unless we greatly mistake, be found that the sacrifice of buman life has been on a scale of magnitude totally without precedent. If France does not now accept defeat she ought, for never before did any nation sustain a series of defeats so | complete and disastrous. One of her proudest | armies has been destroyed or made captive. The only other army of any consequence is that of Bazaine, and the presumption is that while we write that once magnificent army has also succumbed. Acd then Napoleon-—the | prond, the arrogant Emperor, the man who would dictate to Europe, the man who Al responsible for all this fearful slanghter, the | man whose name thousands of widows and | fatherless children will execrate—is a prisoner in the hands of his royal brother! What a magnificent six weeks’ work! Can we wonder that Prussia, that Germany is jubilant? Can we wonder that, in spite of some useless demonstration to the contrary, France is sitting in dust and ashes? What will Prussia do with Napoleon? This | question is not easy to answer. In the person } of the Emperor King William has found a mag- | nificent prize. It is not tobe denied, however, | that the prize may by and by prove a big | source of trouble. To give him liberty will certainly be dangerous. To retain him in a Prussian prison will be a perpetual source of disquietude. We know what Great Briiain did with the First Napoleon. We know too { what Charles the Fifth did witb another | French monarch, Francis the First, whose | name is lastingly associated with the ‘Field | of the Cloth of Gold.” The First Napoleon died in captivity. Francis the First was mag- panimously restored to his liberty and to his throne. Which fate is in store for Napoleon the Third? Jt will be well to leave this ques- | tion unanswered for the present. Much as we blame Napoleon for this war we would not heap abuse upon him now that he has fallen from his high estate. We cannot forget his many merits. If, as the result has proved, the empire has been a hollow institution, it has at least been strong; and France for | twenty years has basked io prosperity for which Napoleon is mainly to be credited. His star has gone down; but we must not allow | ourselves to be deceived into the belief that the French people will soon forget the House | of Bonaparte. Death may soon relieve the fallen Emperor of bis cares; but if his unfor- | tunate gon is spared, distracted France at some | future time may rally around him as a de- liverer, The empire is dear to the French people ; it is necessarily associated with the | House of Bonaparte ; and although it may pass away for the present it is not impossible that it will reappear in pride and splendor under a | fourth Napoleon. What is to be the fate of France? It is not our opinion that Prussia will be unnecessarily | exacting in her demands. She will, no doubt, according to the laws of war, demand com- pensation for ihe expenses she has incurred + and the losses she has sustained. But there is no reason to believe that she will use her power to impose a government upon France contrary to the wishes of the peo- ple. She could uot do this without losing morally the fruit of her great victory. To restrain the French people in their choice of a form of government would shock the good sense of the entire world. Of course we are here taking it for granted that the war is ended. We do not think that Paris will hold ont now that resistance is simply suicidal. Presuming that the war is ended, that Paris is not bombarded, that the French people are permitted to say after what fashion and by what means it is their wish to be ruled, the French people will be blind to their own inte- rests, will lose a splendid opportunity if they do not go in heartily and as one man for o republic. Surely they have seen enough and experienced enough of the worthlessness of royal and imperial figureheads. réle as a republic France might soon recover its place az the central Power of Europe, both ; flanked and completely defeated by Napoleon's | jubilant. him in Paris as the de facto government of France ; thirdly, because, with these important points secured, Prussia is bound, in treating with the empire, to treat for its maintenance, at least for the present, as the government of France. Nor did Napoleon act prematurely in this surrender. Another day's delay, after the crushing defeat of MacMahon, might have been followed by a revolution in Paris, dis- placing the Emperor and his dynasty. Now any such revolution will come too late. With the surrender of MacMahon’s army Paris is at the mercy of the King of Prussia. Resistance on the part of the city now, under the authority of a revolution, would be inviting the destruc- tion of the city. In short, the revolutionary republican elements of the city have been surrender to King William. We can understand now why the regency, under the Empress, was left behind xs the government of France in the Emperor's ab- sence; why the Emperor since he first set out to join his army has remained with it and has not returned to Paris, and why he held no military command, He undoubtedly had cal- culated upon the alternative of a surrender ; Surrender of Napoleon—The Empire | in an intellectual and military point of view. | The Most Wonderful Military Caurpaiga of Modern Times. Since the invention of gunpowder there has been no war between any two or more nations which will compare with this just closed between France and Germany, whether we consider the strength and equipments of the armies on both sides, the bloody battles fought, and within the brief limits of a single month, or the obstacles overcome and the results achieved by the armies of the successful bel- ligerent. : The war was declared by France July 15, and hostilities were commenced by France, “Louis and I,” at the little frontier German town of Saarbriick, where the Prince Imperial received his ‘‘ baptism of fire,” on the 2d day of August, and on the 2d day of September the war is ended in the capitulation of the army of MacMahon and the surrender of Napoleon to King William, Within the week from the opening of the ball in the dramatic little affuir of Saarbriick the strong positions of the advance right wing of the French army under MacMahon, from the Saar to the Rhine, and thence up to Strasbourg, in a series of fierce and bloody battles were carried, the whole French line was doubled up and pushed backward over the Vosges Mountains to the line of the Moselle and its protecting fortresses. In these operations the losses to the French involved the reduction of the splendid army column of fifty thousand men, with which MacMahon marched out of Strasbourg, August 4, to less than fifteen thousand in his halt to repair damages at Chalona, ten days later. When Napoleon rode back with the Prince Imperial to his headquarters at Metz, the French army, extending in a segment of a circle from that point around to Strasbourg, num- bered, perhaps, not less than two hundred and fifty thousand men. The German armies confronting him, roughly computed since at half a million, did not probably exceed in all three hundred and fifty thousand men. But the weight of it was thrown with crushing force upon MacMahon, and in his demolition at Woerth the whole campaign was virtually decided. The next chapter in the sanguinary drama was in the succession of desperate bat- tles with the original left and centre of the French army, on the line of the Moselle, under Bazaine, culminating in the terrific struggle of the 18th at Gravelotte, which resulted in shutting up Bazaine within the walls of Metz, to the extent of from eighty to a hundred thousand men, in charge of the Prussian Ge- neral Steinmetz. Thus by the 18th of August the original French Army of the Rhine was disposed of, including a detachment beleaguered in Stras- bourg, and excluding the escaping remnant of MacMahon’s corps and the detachments escap- ing from Metz and uniting with MacMahon in the north. To this point the French losses in killed, wounded and prisoners, and in their forces held in several fortresses, as under lock and key, were equal to two hundred thousand men. The capitulation of the new army of MacMahon under General Wimpfen at the time involved an additional immediate loss of one hundred and fifty thousand men, more or less. We haveno means of estimating the aggregate losses in kitled and wounded on or, at all evenis, be was provided for it in having nothing but his person to deliver up to King William; but in still having his regency at Paris he holds the government of France, Meantime, if he has kept sloef from Paris it is becanse the plebescite in the firat place, and the populur manifestations in the city since the opening of the war, had warned him that his presence was not desirable short of a great victory in the fleld. Thas it may appear that the empire, which it was thought would only be saved by the armed expulsion of the invader, has been saved yet a little longer by the timely surrender of Napoleov. The repub- | lic, however, is not far behind. The War The news of the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon, together with the French army under MacMahon, created the most profound sensation among all classes in the city yester- day. The repeated reverses of the French armies had in a measure prepared the public for almost any disaster, but £0 complete and Feeling in the City. | signal a triumph as that announced yesterday was altogether unexpected. The news ef the surrender of the Emperor and the capitulation of General MacMahon spread throughout the city rapidly. At first people were disposed to regard it as a canard, but when confirmation of its truth was received the sensa- tion became intense. The Germans were They hung their houses with the flags of Faderland and America and drank to the glories of the German arms. Among Frenchmen the feeling was that of regret, and the little expressed by them showed bow deeply they felt the disasters which had fallen on the gallant armies of their native country. Americans regarded the matter with surprise, not unmixed with regret in vumerous cages, at | so sudden and humiliating a conclusion of the campaign for France. Fall justice, even from the Germans themselves, was done to the bravery and heroism of the French soldiers. On all sides it was conceded that they have | Jost none of that dash and courage which ever | distinguished them, but they had to bow to superior numbers and better generalship. These were the views expressed yesterday amid the excitement which prevailed bere. Got Srrret..—The news from Europe produced the utmost excitement in the Gold Room yester- day, and the brokers revived the ancient active scenes of that famous apartment. The effect of the news was a tumble in the price to 114, the lowest since the outbreak of hostilities between France and Prussia, As might be imagined, there was a fearful struggle between the “‘bulls” and ‘‘bears,” and a low estimate either side, but from the reports made we ap- prehend that, while the French losses of the war will not exceed one hundred thousand men, the German losses, from the exposures on that side as the attacking party, have hardly been less than one hundred and fifty thousand men. All this has been done in the brief space of one month, from the 2d day of August to the 2d day of September; and the grand results are the surrender of Napoleon and the subju- gation of France, and at a point in the contest when the French people were only beginning to prepare for the expulsion of the enemy. SANG@uINE SewaRD oN MExi00.—An_ inter- viewer caught Mr. Seward in San Francisco the other day and endeavored to get opinions from him on several important public topics. He found the Governor rather a know nothing on many points, but free, if not enthusiastic, in regard to Mexico. Here are bis utter- ances :~- INTERVIEWER—What is your opinion in relation to the present state of Mexico? Mr, SEWARD—I think Mexico fs the Jeast under- stood and appreciated country on the earth. She has immense resources aud 18 bound to achieve great wealth and power, Judge HARDENBURGH—DO you consider her capa- ble of self-government? Mr. SkwaRp—I certainly do. She has been work- ing under great disadvantages. The Spanish colony brought with them, root and branch, the curse of an ecclesiastical goveroment. The Mexicans have had to fight that for years. They have fought and conquered Maximilian, and they have just now got Papacy under subjection to such an extent that charch bell dare not ring only for so longa time. A man can now be born, marry and die without the aid of a priest. The priests do not now control Mexico near as much as Beecher does the Unttea States. They have public schools, @ good system of taxation, and, I consider, are now capable of self- government. Perhaps Mexivo may get along as well as the ex-Secretary hopes and apparently believes, and we should all be very happy to see it. Seward regards it as settling all that she has got rid of the priests. If she could also get rid of the Mexicans and the Spaniards her chance would be good. Goop Lock or Goop MANAGEMENT. ~~ Through great good fortune, if not through the contrivance of Louis Napoleon, there seems to be some dignity left in that poten- fate’s career. He is a prisoner with royal honors, aud this is far better than to be a fugitive with every man’s hund against him and no safe place of refuge, even in his own capital. He is taken in the spoil of ap army, as Francis the Firet was, and as many a greater man has been, History will associate him mostly with the results of this contest, and will remember him mainly as identified with a struggle of national character in which the whole pride and spirit of France was involved. So much as this he could scarcely have hoped for three days ago, if then he could have con- fixes the dealings of the day at a hundred mil- lions of dollars, Speculation, while buoyant at the Stock Exchange and other departments, was less active, owing to the general diversion of attention to the excited transactions in gold, An Insank Mvrperzr.—The Newburg murderer is clearly insane, and the case is proven, fortunately, not by bis lawyers, but by his peculiar efforts to “dive” into eternity through the stone floor of his prison cell. ,It In its new | is a pity we could not require an equally clear | proof of insanity from ail ihe murderers who escape justice on that plea templated the disaster of MacMahon’s defeat. Tracrpy BY Firk at Sza.—Advices from Australia to London and thence by deep sea telegram to New York, inform us of the pain- ful fact of the loss of the Italian vessel Maria Barbarino by fire atsea. One hundred and twenty passengers lost their lives at the same time. Calamities of this character seldom come singly. The fire king rages just now from Constantinople to the broad expanse of ocean, and humanity is being warned by the occurrence of any unusual and extraordinary visitations. NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. Hofman and Greeley. Before the confirmation of Ais. Murphy for Collector of the Port of New York it was asserted by his opponents, the Fetton wing of the republican party in this State,-that if he was confirmed the republican State t*cket would be defeated this fall, Notwithstanding this threat the Senate of the United States confirmed the President's nomination. The bitter opposition made against Mr. Murphy's appointment by Mr. Fenton and his frie.ds has naturally led them to believe since the former's assumptioa of the duties of the office of Collector that he would remove every man in the Custom House who is ia the least tainted with Fentonism, These men, thus far, have been disappointed. Instead of turning upon his enemies Collector Murphy has de- voted all his energies to the task of educating himself in the business details of his office, and with commendable zeal he has sought every opportunity and exerted all his energies and influence to harmonize the party in the State, to the end that it may triumph in the coming State election. To accomplish this desirable object the Collector has induced his friends to yield the head of the ticket to Horace Greeley. This is a generous concession to the Fenton wing, the chief of which is Mr. Greeley. This action has the hearty co-opera- tion of Senator Conkling, Governor Morgan, Mr. Weed, Surveyor Cornell, Judge Folger and the other leaders of the old Seward school. Indeed, it is asserted by his friends that the Sage of Auburn himself, before leav- ing on his great voyage to China, conceded that it was eminently due the Philosopher of the Zribune that he should be the standard bearer of the united republican party in the coming conflict. The Hon. Marshall O. Roberts positively withdraws from the field, owing to the ‘‘uncer- tain condition” of his health, Ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodford is named by an incon- siderate few. Judge Robertson, ex-Congress- man from Westchester county, is talked of by a disappointed clique, chiefly belonging to Kings county, who hate Greeley personally and are anxious to deal a sly blow at Mr. Murphy for assuming to dictate a candidate. Mr. Greeley, snuffing the battle from afar, announces in the Z'ribune that no person should be nominated who is likely to decline ; that if his name be placed upon the ticket, at the head or the foot, he will accept the nomi- nation. Enough said, Mr. Greeley has a clear field. The national legislature has ren- dered him some aid in the way of having a fair election, ample provision having been made against fraudulent voting. Let the law be enforced. The popular Hoffman, standing upon his impregnable vetoes, will be the only man in the field against the Philo- sopher. The contest will be a lively one, The decks are already cleared for action. The two conventions, on the 7th and 21st of the present month, will go through the usual form of placing appropriately before the people the two tickets. Of course there will be the accustomed caucusing and speechmaking. Paper platforms will have to be erected, to be torn into ten thousand shreds by the opponents of each every day. But the real issue is made. The men are named. Hoffman and Greeley—the jurist and the journalist, the statesman and the philosopher. May the best man win. Hancep 4 Lirtte Too Muon.—Skaggs, a criminal recently hanged in Missouri, was ex- perimented upon by the doctors with a view to try the possibility of resuscitation. He was given up as defunct by the prison doctors, and was therefore no doubt dead in the common sense of the term; there was no longer any manifestation of life by the breathing, pulsation or ordinary nervous excitability; yet life or the possibility of life still remained in the body, for after several hours’ effort by elec- tricity the doctors had a measure of success. They so far resuscitated the man that he made many spontaneous movements—that is, move- ments not directly and immediately excited by electric shocks. He moved his hands, opened his eyes, and with his eyes followed the persons who moved around near him, and breathed for fifteen hours. Why did he not entirely recover? Because in all probability of mechanical injury to vessels in the neck, which so far interrupted circulation in the brain as to render life impossible. Thus breaking the neck is not the only necessarily fatal fact in hanging. No Rigats on Sunpay IN JeRsey.—In Jersey a man has a right to be secure in his person and property from all the dangers that the negligence of corporations may cause, and, if not made secure, he has a right to indemnity. But this right expires every Saturday night, to be renewed only on Monday morning. It does not exist on Sunday. So it appears from a suit for damages to a horse against a plank road company. The company would have been liable only that the accident occurred on Sunday, and the owner had no right to bave his horse out of the stable on that day. ATYORNEY GENERAL AKERMAN IN THE Sours.—-Our new Attorney General made a speech in Atlanta, Ga., yesterday, which we reproduce in our colamns this morning. As the only fall-bred Southern representative in the Cabinet, and one, too, who had the taint of the confederacy taken off him by the recon- struction acts, the Attorney General is espe- cially fitted to give good advice to the people of the South. And he did give them good ad- vice, and he gave it in a good-humored, homely way that was very effective, especially with a people like those of Atlanta, who are willing to be convinced of any error if it is done ina way. REPRISALS ON THE Borper.—The frane- tireurs of the Vosges, who crossed the Rhine near Strasbourg and captured a large amount of German property, intended, apparently, that Alsace should be indemnified for her forced contributions, In that part of France there seemed to threaten a veritabie “‘border war,” and peace will not come too soon, Fortow Him Up.—Butler, of Tennessee, who is charged by a-department of the United States government with corrupt and criminal practices, has escaped for the present by the ability ot his friends to manipulate the ma- chinery of justice in their neighborioed. But the Washington authoritics must understand that it will never do to give itupso. it will bea confession of pitiful weakness to is: this man escape. rin Masic and the Drama, The prospects of a brilliant musical and dramatic season. already begin to be realized, While awaiting eagerly the speedy arrival of Mlle. Nilsson, of Mme, Seebach and of the new opéra bouffe company, the New Yorkers who have returned or wo are returning from their favorite sum mer resortsmmay enjoy even more than their customary variety of dramatic entertain- ments. At Booth’s they can witness the con- summate acting of Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle. At Wallack’s’ they can admire Emmet in Gayler’s popular arama of “ Fritz, Our German Cousin.” At Niblo’s, where during the past week they have applauded the splendid costumes and scenery of Schonberg’s “True as Steel,” they will be favored with a veritable Shakspearian revival to-morrow night, when the tragedy of Julias Cwsar will be produced with a most excellent cast, Law- rence Barrett appearing as Cains Cassius, Davenport as Marcus Brutus, Montgomery as Mare Antony, Mark Smith as , Cason, Fitzgerald as Octavius Cwsar, Mme. Ponisi as Portia, and Virginia Buchanan as Cal- pburnia, At the Bowery, also, Shaks- peare has been the order of the night, Stetson having yesterday figured there as Macbeth and Mrs. W, G. Jones as Lady Mac- beth. But to-morrow evening the “legitimate” must here give way to “Daring Dick, the Detective,” a new and original local drama. The Grand Opera House is nightly thronged by spectators of the dancing and pantomime of Kathi Lanner and her Viennoise ballet troupe. At the Olympic Mrs. Oates and George L. Fox have woil undeniable success in “Little Faust.” At the Théatre Comique the incomparable Jester and Mr. Wyndham Clarke, the Scottish tenor, are unfailing attractions. The San Francisco Minstrels always draw full houses, Dan Bryant and his minstrels, are delighting the Brooklynites. Tony Pastor offers his usual kaleidoscope variety of entertainments. Kelly & Leon are comfortably ‘‘at home” in Dodworth Hall. And last, but by no means least, the concerts of Theodore Thomas at the Central Park Garden are as popular as ever. WASHINGTON. Wasuinaron, D. C., Sept. 3, 1870. New Natioual Banks. ‘The following is a list of the banks organized and autnorized during the week ending September 3, 1870:— Organtzed—The People’s National Bank of Norfolk, Va.; capital $100,000; J. C. Demng, President; Wm. S. Wilkinson, cashier. Authorized—Sterling, M., W. A. Sanburn and others, August 29; Cunton, lil, Hon. David Davis andjothers, September 3; Versailles, Mo., S. G. Nelson and others, August 29; Trenton, Mo., R. P. Carnes and others, September 1; Lapeer, Mich., S. P. Gas- kell and others, August 29; Port Huron, Mich., B. J. Atkinson and others, August 29; Hudson, Mich.; Boise, Buddec & Co.. August 29; Niles, Mich., R. W. Landon and others, September 8; Chariton, Iowa, I. Cook and others, August 30; Sigournay, Iowa, A. G. Pope and others, August 31; Rome, Ga., D. R. Prin- tup and others, August 80; Montgomery, Ala.. KE Harrison and others, September 1; Mauslon, Wis., H. H. Hatch and others, September 3; Pulaski, ‘Tenn., W. J. Parkes and others, September 3, Revising the Customs Duties at Porto Rico. Official information has been received that Spain has ordered that from this time forth the following articles may be tntroauced through the Custom Houses of the island of Porto Rico, free of import duties, Whatever may be the country from and the flag under which they may be brought:—Machinery and all kinds of mechanical apparatus and tnstru- ments intended for agriculture, for the manufacture of its raw products on estates, and all sorts of ap pitances tending to save labor or to render in any way less expensive the working of land which ts already under cultavation or which may hereatier ba cultivated. Amount In the Treasury. The coin balance in the Treasury to-day, is. ++ $99, 7 b Gold certificates, 281,424,820 Currency balance + 87,615,884 Taking out the September interest accounts for the reduction in the coin balance. The Weekly Currency Statement. The receipts of fractional currency for the week ending to-day, amount to $458,000. Shipments to Assistant Treasurers, de- positories, National Bank: and others—notes + $8,234,989 Fractional Curre 430,215 Treasurer Spinner holds in trust as se- curity for National Bank circulation. 342,648,200 And for public deposits 16,341,500 Fractional currency redeemed and de- stroyed during the week. : 729,900 Mutilated bank notes bi e the Week........++ . 769,500 28,303,578 Total amount burned. Bank currency issued for bills destroyed during the week ending August 27... 241,200 ‘Total amount issued therefor. . Balance due for mutilated notes. Bank circulation outstanding ai le 2 ‘The Work on Race Rock Lighthouse. Admiral Shubrick has addressed a letter to Com- missioner Sargent, asking if the unexpended valance of the $100,000, appropriated in 1667 for the construc- ton of Race Rock lighthouse, Long Island Sound, was affected by the recent law of Congress, con- cerning unexpended balances,or whether, according to the construction of the act making the appro- priation, the amount could be used in connection with the $10,000 appropriated last session of Con- gress, 1t being the evident intention of Congress that the work should be completed. The Commis- sioner has replied that it cannot be used, for the reason that the law explicitily cuts off that unex- pended portion of the appropriation, and although it was undoubtedly the intention of Congress that the work should go on, a strict construction of the law forbids its use. A Stationery Contract. A contract for furnishing the Internal Revenue Offices east of the Rocky Mountains with stationery until the 30th of June next was to-day awarded to Messrs. Phillips & Blomons, of this city. Personal. Weldemer de Bodisco, Secretary of the Russian Legation, will leave here on Tuesday next with his family, totake the steamer for Europe on the ste inst., on a leave of absence for eight months. BOWERY THEATRE. Last night the Bowery Theatre opened for the falt and winter season, Those who were in the house ten days since would scarcely recognize it now. Ithags been thoroughly overhauled. Every- thing looks neat and attractive. The seats through- out have been ali newly upholstered, and the wa balconies and boxes have been handsomely decu- rated, Green, white and gold are the prevailing colors, andrarely has Old Drury presented 2 more handsome appearance inside than it does at present. The house opened last night to an exceedingly large audience. The tragedy of “Macbeth” was the great attraction, and the drama of “Snow Bird, or the Sailor's Daughter,” was the concluding piece. The part of Macbeth was sustained by Mr. E. T. Stetson, an actor little knows in this part of tne country, but who enjoys a favora- ble reputation elsewhere. Judging from his per- formance last night he is destined to become a fa. yorite with the Eastsiders, Mrs, Jones was the Lady Macbeth, and her rendition of that dimcult role was, to say the least of it, @ very able per- formance. Messrs, Marden, McCloskey, Foster, Win- ver, Pike and others filled the maie parts, while the female characters were Al eben by Misses Booth, Sackett and tue other Jadies of the company. ‘The veteran Mr. N. B. Clarke occupies lis old position as stage manager, Mr. Jones ts treasurer, and Mr. Dean leads the orchestra. The management has } Several uew pieces in active preparation, and evers- thing looks as if the campaign just inauguiatsa ab | this theatre was going to be oné of the most active 88 Weil ag one of the most brilliant ever conducted within the walls of Old Drury, + 27,246,915 1,056,602 ,