The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1870, Page 7

Aas a cited I eer 7 jornamental and cheerful to look upon in thefr ‘fresh green coloring. of a populous highway. ' While these improvements are going on satisfactorily there is another work of para- mount importance to the motropolis that we An improvement not to ‘be despised is the new sidewalk around the City ‘Hall Park. Wo hope that peanut squatter jsovereignty will be ignored in that locality tunder the new regulations, and that no more jshanty warehouses will be erected there to ithe offence of the passers-by and the obstruc- Lah) viata ied el NEW YORK HEKALD, MONDAY, THUBGRAPHIC NEWS . FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Italy Coming to an Issue with the Pope. ‘should like to see progressing with equal | Cabinet Resolution to March ‘activity. Wé mean the piers and wharves, ‘The {idle nor unmindful of their duties. ‘The labor Dock Board, we have no doubt, are not Into Rome. fbefore them is certainly a gigantic one; but | QUEEN AUGUSTA TO MINISTER BANCROFT. What is all the more reason why it should be — @s soon as possible, The new lommissioners have earned the approbation of tthe public for their labors so far, the Commis- ‘sioners of Parks especially, for the valuable Amprovements they have already made towards ‘beautifying every spot which comes under ‘their jurisdiction. The Censu os Admiralty Report of the Loss of the Iron-Clad Captain. A Few Men Saved from \ the Wreck. Aside from the indispensable advantages of | A NEW ARMY FROM SPAIN FOR CUBA. a correctly taken census to the statistician and the historian, it must have a vital political importance in countries where the people govern themselves, electing their representa- tives in municipal couicils, in the Legislature andon the bench. It is, therefore, not sur- prising that the citizens of New York begin to scrutinize closely the alleged results of the recent census, They demand an in- vestigation of the causes of the re- ported and improbable decrease ‘the population of a metropolis which, for years past, has been extending its borders and receiving, in addition to the naturally multi- plying number of births, continual accessions by immigration from every State in the Union aswell as from all foreign countries, Each day brings us letters complaining of the neglect and ignorance of many of the deputy marshals who have been charged with taking the census of this city. In one instance a ‘house occupied by forty boarders was entirely overlooked by them. In fact, so many simi- lar instances have been brought to our atten- tion as to suggest the suspicion that they must he guilty of something worse than negligence and stupidity. The very selection of so unsuitable a time for taking the census as summer, when the absentees from town cannot be estimated at less than two hundred thou- sand, might warrant a suspicion that the lead- ers of the radical party have expressly availed themselves of an opportunity to apparently corroborate their favorite assumption that at our city elections more votes are polled in of some of the wards than there are voters or even residents. False census returns, it may be imagined, will help them to diminish the strength of their opponents at the approaching elections, But there is reason to believe that for once they have overshot their mark, The Census returns are simply incredible, and the public is determined to find out how and why these returns have been falsified. It has been intimated that the controlling motive for such falsifications is a professed desire to secure the purity of elections, a desire strong enough and act as if this desirable end sanctifies the use of the vilest means. But it would be easier to put this charitable construction on the case if the extravagant claims of the radicals to the monopoly of public virtue Lad not been flagrantly belied by tie monstrous revenue frauds and other swindling operations which have characterized the history of their reign. Tax ADMINISTRATION finds it a somewhat difficult task to suit either of the belligerents in its endeavors to preserve an impartial neu- trality in the war between France and Pruassi: Both M. Berthemy and Baron Gerolt have laid several complaints before the State Depart- ment of the infringement of the neutrality laws by citizens of the United States; but nearly every charge has proven to be un- founded. Our citizens have no disposition to embarrass the administration in the present delicate condition of our European affairs; but, on the contrary, heartily sustain its en- deavors to preserve American neutrality. Dovntrut Powioy.—On the 12th ult, a party of Kiowa Indians appeared at their agency with a white woman and five children who had been captured by the savages during a raid on Texas. For their captives the Kiowas demanded and received a ransom of one hundred dollars each. Our Indian policy is certainly susceptible of amendment, Appa- rently settlers havé no rights that redskins are bound to respect, and certainly life and secu- rity of property are not among the immunities accorded the unfortunate white man by the gentle savage. This ransoming of cap- tives is but a premium to Indians to continue their depredations upon settlers, and will never bring peace to the Western borders. A differ- ent policy might well be tried with such tribes as the Kiowas, who, doubtless, would more rapidly appreciate the power of the United States if treated somewhat after the whole- some lessons taught by Sheridan to- the Colo- rado and Dacotah Indians. Was mw a Biunpsr?—Germany tumbled down the throne of te French despot in the name of peace and freedom and with the sym- pathies of free people everywhere. And now England discourages the negotiations with the republic, and England and Prussia are together in their resolution to make that republic im- possible and to restore Napoleon to his throne. a blunder. England in the opposition to peace. German nation bebind King Wi desire to keep up the slaughter? King William, it is said, is behind Is the am in the SUICIDE AND SUGDEN DEATHS. Yesterday afternoon the gardener of R. M. Shaw, ‘on Broadway, between i1ith and 112th streets, found in the greenhouse the dead body of an un- known man, who has been dead apparently eight or ten days. The body was suspended from a window sill, and was fearfully decomposed, It was sent to the Morgue. Deceased was in a sitting position, the rope being about his neck. He 1s a iow-sized man, Nas red hair, black aeit hi white linen coat, dark pants and shoes nearly worn out, A colored man, John Henry Wilson, aged forty- feven years, walter, of No, 22 Clarkson street, yes- terday fell dead in Shields’ store, corner of Grand and Suilltvan sigeets. N Matthew Tiyan, aged eleven years, of No. 443 West Fortieth strect, last might feil from the roof of a new Duilding in’ Fortieth street and died shortly alter benny souviyed to Lis home. Why, then, the war again®% him was | in | yesterday, | | | rs a | trophe. Several members of the College of Cardi- to make the leaders of the radical party feel | 6th. ROME. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK REAALD. An Envoy from Italy—Audience with Cardinal Antonelli—Churchmen Advising a Seittle- meant. Rome, Sept. 11—Noon, Signor Martint arrived in this city on the evening of the 9th instant from Florence. He had an inter- view with Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State, The prevalent idea here with respect to the iasue of the relations between italy and Rome is to the effect that the Papal army is not likely to make any serious resistance to the advauce of the Italian troops to the Holy City by order of the King. Many of the cardinals, with some foreign prelates of great eminence who are still in Rome, have advised the Papal government to come to an imme- diate arrangement with the kingdom of Italy as to the future status and civil authority of the Pope. The Question in the Malian Cabinct—A Crisis and Notice to the Pope. FLORENCE, Sept. 10, 1870. The Cabinet council which was held a few days Since was unable to agree on the Roman question, and determined to resign, A telegram arrived announcing a republic in France, . Whereupon the resignation was immediately abandoned and the whole Cabinet resolved to occupy Rome, All the plans of the opposition were disconcerted by the government taking the lead and announcing its decision to the other Powers. Baron Ricasoli has notified the Pope. ‘The first step taken was to strengthen the army, as French hostility 1s anticipated if the republic is overthrown, Three new classes of troops will be called out, thus raising the army to 300,000. The foregoing intelligence, though pubiished Micially in the Florence Opinione of the Gth, has not been notifled oMicially by telegraph. Rome to be Occupied by the Italian Forces—No Intention of Warming the Pope—No Resistauce to be Overed by the Zouaves—A Populur Vote to be Taken. PARIS, Sept. 11, 1870. Signor Mordini arrived in Paris last evening. He brings the assurance that the Italian govern. ment has determined to forestal all revolu- onary movements in Italy and Rome by an oficial occupation of the Roman territory, with out the slightest intention of harming the Pope, but topreserve the Cathche word from a fresh catas- nals have given in their adhesion to the necessity of this step. The Italian army now holds all the roads north and south leading into the Roman territory. An Italian squadron is at Vivita Vecchia. No confitct ts antict- pated with the zouaves, General Kaurzier the Papal War Muinisier, having given his opinion that the Papal forces do not justify any at- tempt at resistance. The Prussian Government has notified the Italian government that 1t has no inten- tion of interfering in any way with the question of Rome. Upon the occupation of the city a popular vote will be taken throughout the Papal States upon the annexation of the Papal territory to Italy. The Pope Stili Anxious. Lonpon, Sept. 11, 1870, Advices from Rome—which come in comfirmation of the Heranp’s specigl telegram report of yester- day—represent that the Pope is making prepara- tions to meet the transfer of the Itallan government to Rome. Itis reported that his Holiness wili re- tire to Castle Gondolfo as soon as the Italians ap- proacit the city. SPAIN. Postponement—Troops Cuba. MADRID, Sept. 11, 1870, The government and the Permanent. Commitice of Deputies have agreed to postpone the convocation of the Cortes. No date has yet been fixed upon. Eleven hundred reinforcements leave for Cuba on Monday in the steamer Canaries, and a thousand more on Saturday in the steamer Porto Rico. The steamer Santander has already sailed with eight hundred. These are the first instalments of the ten thousand soldiers promised. Captain General de Rodas has tendered again his resignation, and it is now under consi ENGLAND. Parliameutary for The Loss of the Wav Ship Captuin—Ufiicial Report of the Aster. Lonpon, Sept. 11, 1870. Admirm Milne, R. makes the following report of the circumstances attending the disappearance of the iron-clad war ship Captain:— I was on board the Captain on the morning of the Everything was in oré A sailing t began | in the afternoon, The breeze was moderate and tig | ships carried ¥ At four in the afternoon the breeze freshened. The Captain was making from eleven to thirteen knots. It was observed that the washed ove her lee ck, her guawale sometines being level with the water. 1 left the Captain at balf-past was twenty miles off Mtnisterre, ivolutions were resttined and continned from elght to ten P. M., the suips being at thé desigaated positions. A wrest: When she Was taken. At eleven P. M. the wind fr the barometer fell and a gale sprung up. ails were 1 ‘the Captain was close asiern of the fagship, steaming steadily and gaining onus. I not larter Pp that she was six poti our beam, bh very inuch. Mer light a few ininutes later w fier which a thick rain 8% u en ships of the ih Captain was mis q wre d then be discovered, found, bat no survivors cou Men Saved. LONDON, Sept. 11, 1870, Eighteen of the crew of the iron-clad Captain have reached Cape Corrobedo. They report that another boat full of people was stove and upset, and all on board were lost. A Few Travel to France Impeded. LONDON, Sept, 11, 1870, The railway offices have discontinued the sale of through passenger tickets to Paris, It is rumored that the Prussians hold the Northern Railway sta- tion at Creil, where several other lines of railway meet, The French mails are scanty and Irregular. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. The car shops of Laud & Co., at Pottstown, Pa., were burned yesterday morning. Loss 420,000. It {s expected that two of the Fail River (Mass.) mills, closed on account of the strike, will resume operatious to: day. Senator Thurman opened the democrat{c campatgn in Ohio, at Cinclnnatl, on Saturday night, by w speecs velore the Young Men's’ Democratic Club. PRUSSIA. Queen Augusta to Minister Bancrofi~German Royalty. BERLIN, Sept, 11, 1870, Queen Augusta personally congratulatea Mr. Ban- croft, the American Minister, on his attaining the fiftieth year of his collegiate degree honors. ‘The Prussian Cross Gazette says Herr Delbriick’s recent missive to the King of Prussia referred to the intrigues of certain German princes, BELGIUM. ‘The Mails to New York. BRvssexs, Sept. 11, 1870, The time for sending in bids for the American mail service by the proposed line of steamers be- tween Antwerp and New York has been extended to the 17th inst. French Diplomacy on the Border. BRUSSELS, Sept. 11, 1870, Tt 1s reported that the French Minister of Foreign Affairs will leave Paris to-morrow to establish his department at some southern point, probably Mar- seilles, Tours being too much exposed. THE INDIANS. The Cherokee Council’s Invitation to North Carolina Indians. MEMPHIS, Sept, 11 1870, ‘The Cherokee Council passed résolutions on the 10th Instant, wuthorizing the principal chiefs to m- form the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of thetr willingness to recelve the North Carolina Cherokees into the Nation, provided they remove without ex- bmg to the Nation; and also that no rights or bene- its now claimed by them be granted until the7 shall have removed West and become identitied as citizens of the Nation. THE PACIFIC COAST. the The San Francisco German Sanitary Festie val-Silver Brick from Nevada, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11, 1870, The receipts at the German Sanitary Festival last night were $6,000. ‘To-day the pavilion was thronged, and General Sherman was a visitor. The German Sanitary Committee of Virginia City, Nev., has presented a silver brick valued at ‘Three thousands tons of wheat were shipped over the California and Oregon Ratiroad in August, which is but a sinall portion of the wheat yet stored in the Sacramento Valley. Tie farmers are hoiding for a rise. NEW YORK CITY. Local and Pclice Faragraphs end Minor Items of Metropolitan News. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours ia com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s phar- macy, HERALD Batteing. 1909, 1 69 «=3P.M.. 60 oP. ML 63 oP. M. 73 12 P.M. Average temperature yesterday... +e OTS Average temperature for corresponding date last year.........- A fire yesterday occurred on hoard the lighter Japan, loaded with rice, at pier No. 4 North river, Loss $1 Yesterday morning William Kelly fell from his vending wagon in the Bowery and received mjuries that made his removal to Bellevue Hospital neces- sary. The Depar:ment of Public Parks announce that, if the weather be fine, there will be music by the Cen- tral Park Band in Mount Morris square this even- ing, {rom half-past four to hall-past 91x o'clock. Two servants employed at No. 231 East Thirteenth street, named Mary Higgins and Julla McDermott, yesterday had an altercation in the house, terminat- ing with Jaha severely wounding Mary with a paul, ‘The offender was arrested, Last evoning Thomas Hurton, laborer, of 303 East Forty-sixth street, was violently beaten by Dens Lyon, residing in the same house, who, in the fight, broke one of Hurtou’s legs. Ile was sent to Belle- vne Hospital, ond Lyon was arrested by the Nine- teenth ward police, x Yesterday afternoon, whi! jumping from an Eighth avenue car, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty- seventh streets, James Ward, residing in Ninety-fftn street, between Third ana Fourth avenues, fell under It and had one of his legs badly crushed, He Was conveyed home by friends, There were arrested yesterday between six A. M. and nine P, M. sixty-four persons for intoxication, fourteen for being drunk and disorderly, eighteen for disorderly conduct and one for violating the Ex- cise law. ‘Total, ninety-seven. The case of viola- tion occurred tn the Twentieth ward, Thomas Roberts, of 614 Greenwich street, was held to answer by Justice Ledwith, at the Essex Market Police Court, yesterday, on compiaint pre- ferred by Charles Kemp, of 28 Oliver street, who charged the accused with having picked his pocket of seven dollars. Oficer Lyon, of the ‘Lenth pre- einct, arrested the Jprisoner. Roberts was neld to answer. The abstract of the report of the Central Park Meteorological Department for the week ending September 10, 1370, shows the following result:—Bar- ometer—Mean, 30,140; maximum, 30.416; minimum, 29.600; range, .726 inches. Thermometer—Mean, 66.7: maxinum, 79.5; minimum, 69.0 ; range, 20.5 degree: No rain fell during the week; distance travelled by the wind 1,093 miles, Michael Mullen, of 361 East Twenty-first street, while going through the Bowery early on Sunday morning was attacked by three rowdies, who knocked him down and relieved him of a gold chain valued at fifty dollars. A young man named James Ilannegan, residing at 216 Kast Twenty-first street, ‘Was subsequently arrested and identified by Mullen as one of the robh He was taken before Justice i eawith at the Essex Market Police Court, and held to answer. THE CENGUS, pas of a Census Marshal. To rug Wnrror oO 2 HERALD :— To take the census properly @ man should have the head of Morrissey, the legs of Weston, the tungs of Beecher, the sell-control of Greeley, the hide of a rhinoceros, & system impervious to whiskey and, wiihal, he must bea ightning calculator. Should the government order it to be done over again this year there would be no rush for the position, as 1 has been round to be @ most thankless ofic The cts an officer to use all due dill- of his duty and it is satistied The Qualifieat shal to receive the answers member of the househotd. er, im the absence of tne the age and members of quently quite namber of It. (la census miarsbai lave had to call this summer at the house of the tate Mr. Nathan be.ore seeing hun’ The assassin who took his census with the “Gog” made him, and tun only, his special watch for days and days. The census throws licht on many (aings, and ft would be a cu- rious itry On the schedule of the census @ amount of real estate and How many tin acknowledged to be owned af it, provided the en 1 have called twenty-nine times at a house, where the man wasat home every day, before he would me the desired tnformation; and there is not the slightest doubt but thav in & day or two a lady who broom- sticked me off tie premises will write you an indig- nant letter, stating either that she was not called upon, or that the marshal called on wash day, and that she was not ready to recelye him then, One great oversight on the pari of the Superintendent of man’s death. the census yas in not providing the marshals with a proper badge. Still, in spite of all your corres- pondent’s assertions to the contrary, I believe this iunth census to have been the most correct and hou. est one ever taken in this aty. iN G. W. FRANC Asstatant Consus Marshal, Kighti Ward. Net Enumerated. T) Tur Eprror or THE HERALD:— No census has been taken a¢ No. 25, Waverleyplace. We are between thirty and forty persons. A gentle- man called about the matter some two months ago, but the proprietor of the establishment, not betn; able to give all requisite information at once, begge the gentleman to cail again, since which day he has not seen him. Piease remind the enumerator through your columns. and oblige LL, We Ke WASHINGTON. The European War Question—New Com- plications Arising—An Affair of Honor on the Tapis—The Unexpended Appropriation Muddie. WASHINGTON, Sept 11, 1870, The European War Complications—Alleged Violations of Neutrality—Determined Policy of the Administration. Speculations as to the course the United States May possibly take in the settlement of dificulties across the water continue to be indulged in by offi- cials of every grade. Some of the prominent ofiicers of the navy, who were, prior to the foundation of the French republic, warm sympathisers with the Prussians, are now as avowedly in favor of the suc- cess of the French arms, This coup d'état carries with it a great many who were unwavering in their support of the Germanic effort. But it may be rel.ed upon that there is one thing that cannot be done, and that {s to swerve our government from a firm adherence to rigid neutrality. Up to the present time there haye been numberless complaints lodged at the Stute Department, both by Baron Geroit and M. Berthemy, of violations of the neutrality laws. Ta some instances the charges ap- peared well founded; tn others they were of a char- acter that hardly admitted of a doubt that they were fabrications. Still, the State Department has exer- ciged the greatest care and unceasing gigilance tn examining every compiaint made, no matter how trivial. Up to the present time—it is stated upon authority—there has not been the slightest violation or infringement of our neutrality laws. Sympathy is one thing, recognition another, and something that cannot be hoped for by the French peopie on this side of the Atlantic. Your correspondent, in conversation with one who speaks with authority, remarked that if the popular clamor for the recognition of Cuban indpendence did not affect the policy of the government, how much less would it be expected that the nation should deviate from its traditional policy in supporting the new republic. ‘the formation of a republic does not cancel the claims which Prussia may have against the French people, and although our kind offices may have been tendered with the view of hustening peace they will have to be soli cited in such a way as to leave mediation free from all embarrassments contingent upon the settlement of 60 complicated a question, The fact is, the despatch to Minister Bancroft, as sent irom the State Department, tf made public, woula create surprise throughout the country and leave many in doubt 13 to whether our sympathies are as strong for the new republic as have been supposed. But there is another phase of the question of far more importance to the United States than has yet been alluded to. Matters involving the construction of treaties between this govern- ment, England and France will ere long be the sub- ject af diplomatic correspondence, and policy dic- tates that the government shoula not in any way Involve itself tn complications that may protract, if not defeat, the accomplishment of a very important measure. The European War Transferred to Washing- tou—A Duel inv Prospect. An affair of honor, 1t is rumored, 1s upon the tapis in this city, growing out of a rencontre which took Place on Friday between a Prussian and a French- man, while dining at one of our principal hotels, The story goes that both parties were in the same command in the Union army during the late “onpleasantness” and that the former was court- martiaied for cowardice, the latter act- ing as judge advocate of the court, Sinco the close of the war they have been residents of Washington, and although frequently meeting have never spoken to cach other. The Frenchman, it is sald, did not entertain any {ll will toward the Prussian, but that the disgrace attached to the ac- cusation of cowardice ana the findings of the court, caused the Prussian to avola his company. The Franco-Prussian war happened to be the subject of conversation between several gentlemen at the same table, and among other remarks the Prussian spoke disparagingiy of tne valor of the French troops, accusing them of cowardic id SO express- ing his feelings as to make tt unmistakable that nis language was designed as a taunting insult to the Frenchman, who sat on the opposite side of tne tabie. ‘The words had scarcely passed his lips when the Frenchman hurled nis soup plate at the head of the offending Prussian, striking his cranium with force and spattering the pea soup im his face and upon his shirt bosom. As soon as he was able to speak he remarked with a tremulous voice that he would “see” the Frenchman again, whereupon the latter, instead of drawing a revolver, took his card case from his pocket aud tendered the gentleman who wished to “see” hima card, bearing bis name and address and then left the dining nall, The shier of crockery has since waited patiently for a challenge, meanwhile imprvoing himself by prac- using with short swords, and hopes blue Monday will bring him the coveted document. Important Public Works to be Suspended. Admiral Shubric harman of the Lighthouse Board, has from time to time addressed letters to the Commissioner of Customs for his opmion on the availability of certain appropriations said to be af. fected by the Comptrolier’s decision concerning un- expended balances, In spite of the Littie encour- agement given he 1s a3 pers! ient as ever, and pre- sented another question to-day to the Commissioner, asking whether the Board could use the balance ot | the appropriation made in 1866 for the construction of the lighthouse at St. Clair Flats, Mich., inasmuch as a continuation of the work had been ordered prior to July 1 last. The Commisstouer was con- strained, under the decision already made, to rule that such an order did not amount to a contract and | was not sufficient for an expenditure of the funds remaining to the credit of that appropriation, but that it must revert to the Treasury, Thus an impor- tant public improvement, demanded for the safety of the mercantile marine of the lakes, must remain unfinished until Congress cuts the Knot into which unexpended balances have been etfectually tied. The Alaska Seal Fisheries. In compliance with the order of the President the Treasury Department yesterday issued instructions to collectors and other officers of customs allowing the shipment of firearms and ammunition to thé Alaska seal fisheries. The company having the contract are prohibited from using firearms of any kind in killing of seals or other fur-pearing animals on or near the islands of St. Paul and St. George or near the haunts of seals or sea otters in the district of Alaska or for any purpose witalever, from the Ist of June to sist of October of year, nor alter the arrival of seals in the spring or before their departure in the fall, excepting for nece protection and defence against marauders or public enemies who may un- lawfully attempt to land upon the tslands. In all other respects the first instructions will remain in for Attempt to Wreck a Railroa! ‘Train. As the express train from New York and Philadel- phia, due here at ten minutes to six this morning, was passing Bettsvilie, fifteen miles from Washing- ton, @ man calling himseif John Connor was a ve ered placing a large stone on the track, evidently for the purpose of throwing off the train. ‘The en- gine was stopped by the engineer, who, with the fireman and conductor, got off the train and cap- tared the man and brought lim to Washiugton, i where he is now in prison awatting the uisttion | of tue Governor of Maryland. New Issue of Legal Tender Notes. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will be ready to turn over to the Treasurer next week a lot of the new one thousand dollar legal tender notes, completing the new series, The department is making arrangements for printing @ large number of notes of the smaller denominations, to supply the demand of merchants for the fall trade, and has already been notified that a great many will be re- quired, espectally in the West. ‘The Coasting Trade Laws. The Treasury Department is having printed, for the use of collectors of customs and for distribution among merchants, a synopsis of the laws regulating the coasting trade, modifications of which were made by the last Congress. Licenses for vessels in every Case are now gcauted put forang year and SEPTEMBER 12, 1870.—[RIPLE SHEET, must be surrendered and renewed within three days after its expiration, or if it exptre while the ves. sel is absent from the district within three days after her arrival, or if it expire when the vessel ts not in use the master must surrender tue lcense and re- Port the fact to the collector. The penalty for neg- Ject in either case is fifty dotlara, Lf the vessel is lost or abandoned it must be reported to the collector. A Voluminous Witness. The testimony @f B. D. Whitney, in the case of Whitney vs, Ames, and cross bill, before Commis- sioner Clephane, fills over three hundred pages of legal cap and will be filed in court this week, There are no new features developed thus far, but the ac- tion of the counsel, when the matter 1s again brought before Judge Wylie, may give additibnal interest to the subject. Lager Beer and German Loyrity. ‘The extraordinary consumption of beer during the past month has caused an uausval demand for beer stamps, and the Superintendent of the Print- ing Bureau is transferring them at the rate of 200,000 daily, Sundays excepted, of course to sup- ply the requisitions made by collectors of internal revenue at New York, Philadeipiia, Baitimore, Cin- cunnatl, St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. The de- mand is principally for quarter barrel stamps, and if the love for Fatherland {s commensurate with the Jove for “zwel lager’? the loyalty of the Tentons tn this country cannot be doubted. The nearer the Prussian forces advance towards Paris the greater demand for the stamps appears. Should King Wil- Mam enter that city 1t is a question whether this printing bureau will be able to meet the requisition of the Chief of the Stamp Division of the Internal Revenue Bureau. The New Chureh on Capito! Mill. The work on St. Joseph's church, in course of erection on Capitol Hill, designed as a memorial church of the German Catholics of the United States, has so far progressed as to enable the builder to com- plete the basement story. This portion of the edi- fice will be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday of October and opened for worship on that day with Imposing religious ceremonies, It is nearly two years since the corner stone was laid, and it will probably require several years more before the church is finished according to the original plan, The Texas Transcontinental Railroad. A number of the incorporators named in the bill passed at the last session of the Texas Legislature for building the Transcontivental Ratiroad in that State left here yesterday to atiend the meeting of incorporators to be held in New York to-morrow, The French Embassy. Mr. Berthemy has received no oMectal notification of the appointment of a successor, and continues to discharge the duties of French Minister. Personal. General A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, will not return to Washington before the end of the month. Whether he will be involved in another court of {n- quiry remains to be seen, Consul Recognized. The President has recognized Henry C, Dallett ag Consul of Nicaragua at Philadelphia. Calitornia Public Lands. The Land Office has approved and listed to the State of California list 18 for 13,750 acres in San Francisco, ana list 2 for 15,719 acres in Marysville land district; also swamp land list 8 for 7,670 acres in Stockton distric YACHTING. Fall Pennant Regatta of the Columbia Yacht Club. The fail regatta of the Columbia Yacht Clab for the Commodore's pennant comes otf on the 22d inst., from their club house, foot of West Filty-seventh street, North river, starting at ten o'clock. ‘fhe course is the same as sailed in their spring regatta, starting from the club house and satling to and around stakeboat oif Fort Lee, then back and ground stakeboat off the coal docks and back to starting pomt; distance to be suiled over twice, Yachts are entered in the following cls Owner, .. G, W. Osborn Vice Com. J. William HL, Rowe. Com. c, ¥. Tompkins, James F. Morgan. Louise, cal Eaith R. Gage, sloop Ellzabeth Rowe, sloop.. Jennie ',, sloop. Carrie Morgan, sloop BEC Earle, open sloop. a orge Roalire, Lillie, open sloop.... 0... Jd. A. Weave: Coquette, open sloop... 23 |. Brockaway&Hensnell Journeyinan, open sloop 28... Wilam bk. Winans, THIRD CLASS. Rebecea, open sioop.... 24 dames Skillen. G.W.Cregier, open sloop Andrew Ly Carrie, open’sioop. Colonel Po Regatta Commiitee.—C. F. J. S. Gage, Vice Commodore; W. a tary; G. W. Osborne, Treasurer; B. Adams, Jr, Measurer; John Harrington, H. Mooney, Wiliam Greenlanugh, James Skit, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. 8. Nordheimer, of Montreak and W. R. Dikeman, of Washington, are at the Brevoort House. General James Porter, of Ottawa; General J. FP. Boyle, of Kentucky; W. W. Canfield, of Washington; J. R. Baker and J, Mack, of Boston; H. F. Russell, of Georgia, and \B. M. Hodges, of Baltimore, are at the Grand Central Hot General Henry H. Bingham, of Philadelphia; Thos. 8. Ireland, of Ohio, and Erastus Conring, of Alvany, are atthe St. Nicholas Hotel. Dr. W. H. Breton, of Boston; Judge E. Wilson, of California; J. Banks, Henry Inglehart, W. D. Jack- son, William 8, Edgerly and W. Smuth* o1 the United States’ Army; Colonel S. Bassford, of Paris; W. J. McHenry, of Ohio; R. Reid, of St. John, N. B.; Colonel W. A. Sailer, of Tennessee, and Colonel W. I. Wall, of Washington, are the Metropolitan Hotel. Captain J, Rouse, of Shangh: tier, of Boston, and Rey. J. P. Glenn¢ ton, Mass., are at the St. Charles Hot W. G. M. Davis, of Virginia; B. G. Louisiana, and L. S. Hargous, of the New York Hotel. N. C. Seoviile, of Buffalo; Boston; W. ng, of Mints; . Philips, of Syracuse, and 4. DP. Vinery, of Cincinnati, are at the Fifth Avenue Hot Colonet J. E. Crosby, of the United States Army; W. B. Reamy, of Chester, Pa., and Colonel Moor- head, of Connecticut, are at the Hoffman Hot Edwin Thompson, of New York; of Connectient; J. 5. Holden, of Rey. J. Foote, of Rochester, are House. Charles A, Whit- , of Northamp- Davenpor ochester, are feneral N, P. Banks, 1. P. Goddard, Baltimore, and at the NEW JERSEY NEWS ITEMS. During the past week two hundre cars arr: ved ai the Communipaw nd thirty-one ck yards contain. } been r ; his retations with the last two wives. ing 1,548 cattle, 5,467 hogs and 13, were slaughtered during the we hogs and 9,760 sheep. ‘The dispute between the 489 culile, $419 cand the Morris and use of adjusted, nding which © companies Essex Railway Companies in regurd to the vunnel the Bergen Both parties will render t harmonious. A man named B. H. Mertling, delingrately walked into the waiting room of the Jersey®ouy ‘ferry on Friday night and swallowed a dose of strychnine. Before physician arrived he was dead. ried four times and was very unhappy in His residence South Fourth street. He was has been amicably rived at an underst uture relations of th 8 Carroll, residing in Gutten- g, Was examming a gun yesterday afternoon, when i accidentally snapped and the contents lodged in his foot. as taken to St. Alary’s Hospital, in Hob A little boy, five Was in the act of , son of Ja assing from one of the Germ: steanasiips t Hoboken yesterday, when he fell overboard, s00n rescu Louls Durfer drew @ knife on oflicer Wright at Hoboken yesterday while the ofiicer was conveying him to the police siation for drankeaness and disor- derly conduct. Louls was fined five dollars. Mr. Willan P. Judge, of Hoboken, ove of the democratic candidates jor Sherif of Hudson county, ui the contest yesterday owing to busi= Mr. Judge is very popular and bears an ut reputation, Which would be advan- tageous to the old democracy just now. The contest now lies between Alderman Harrington, ex-Sherits McAnally and Midmer, and Thomas Gaffney. THE CHINESE DeLucK.—Jalius A, P, opening his Cainese immigration bureau at Boston, has been so beset with applications for Chinese ser- vants for families that he has been obliged to with- draw his advertising card anti he can ascertain whether he can make arrangements for the Chiuese to come here singly, His purpose has been to ims port workmen in colonies, but he hopes speedily to be able to anuounce an ageney for those desiring 10 secure Gousehold servant mer, since He had | A SUICIDE. Spiritualism, Eum and Woman's Wiles—An Unfinished Letter. Povguxgepsts, Sept. 11, 1870. At six o'clock last evening the quiet Second Ward of tuis city was startled by the report that @ ian had shot himself in the ballway of a disreputa~ ble house in Noxon street, Crowds of people flocked tilther at once ang excitement ran high. In a mo ment the truth of the matter became kKnowu. THE HOUSE 4s located in Noxon street, as previously stated. Iv 18a brick structure, two stories high. For two years it has been occupied by a noted female abortionist, named Matilda Green, This woman is well know> to the police, and for many years efforts have beew made to bring against her sufficient evidence to convict her of crimes which she has committed, without avail. Scores ot females have /peem her patrons, some of them moving im the higher walks of iife. Upon reaching the dwelling officer Furman and a young man named Wiliam Kernick found Danie! Van Cleef lying | pros- trate in the main hallway weltering in blood, having shot himself through the head with one of Smith & Wesson’s breech-loading revolvers. All the facts of the case are revealed in the following stutements:— MATILDA GREEN’S STORY. Daniel Van Cleef ts about sixty years of age. Ibe- came acquainted with him one year ago. He came to my house in Academy street, and, in May last, wanted to move down town, nearer to the Buexeye Mowing Machine Works. He was then a drinking character. We moved to the house in Noxon street, he renting tt, Two or three timessince he has had the delirium tremens. When work ceased at the Buckeye he couldn’t get work anywhere else, and then he'd get drunk more fre- quently. Once he came to the house in the middle of the night, and said he had had trouble with James O’Nell, and that they Were racing nun. He cried out to my daughter, “Jenny, save me!’ She said, “Go to bea’? “1 wall,” be said, “but first get my pistol.” She did so, and he laid it under his pillow. He slept with it three nights. We got afraid of him, and told himhe must leave, That Was in July last. Since then he has visited us off audon, Last night he came here about half-past five, and said, “Jenny, 1 want my carpet-bag. I'm golug to leave on Monday.’’ She started up stains tw got it, when he foilowed her. I said to hun, “Don't go.” He turned and snapped his Angers ai me twice, aud then went on. ‘the next I heard was ashot, and Jenny caine running down stairs. 1 said, ‘Jenny, What's that?’ and then | heard an- other shot. SARAH JANE WOOLSEY’S STATEMENT. This is the woman called “Jenny.” She 1s the daughter of the abortiontst, and to all appearances she is about 4 years of age. Itis this wouan that it 4s said Van Cleef was infatuated with, ‘The following 18 ber statement:— I first became acquainted with Van Cleef in Janu- ary last, through Jerry Lake, He didn’t call on me more than twice before he asked me to move down town nearer the Buckeye Works and board him.,Three or four weeks after we moved, or, rather, We came here gn the first of May. He has never paid my rent; he paid me $30 per month board and Washing. He would get drunk two or three nights out ofa week. He was hardly ever sober, and when drunk was very ugly. After a spree in July last ho came into the house betwi two and tree o'clock ia the morning, crying “Jenny, save me; I’ve been in a muss” He trembled violently and asked for his pistol, I gave it to him and he slept with it under is pillow for two or three nights. Finally we got afraid and told him he could not stay here aay longer, and he left. He came here at twenty alnutes to six last evening. I had been up town, and he had been tn au adjoiming house watching for my return, Just as I got tn the basement I saw him standing in the doorway. He said, “Jenny, will you let me have my carpet-bag?” I said, “Oh, certatuly, sir; sitgown and I'll get it.” 1 then took off my bat and ran up stairs. He looked bud. He followed me. up stairs, snapping his Tugers at mother, who requested him not to go. He came near my room with me, and as he stood in my doorway | handed him the carpet bag. He said “Jenny, can’t re nd a tender Spot iu your heart to take me back to board again if I'll promise not to drink any more ?’’ I smiled and said, “Vau Cleef, L don’t think you'll give up arinking tll the last glass 1s gone out of the country, Do you want your apron’? He said **Yes, I'l take it.” 1 said, “Where are you going to work?’ He replied, a hte piace below Fishkill.’ I said, “Phen you are not going to work in the Buckeye any inore?” at this he sprw up wildly, and in a treme bing voice sald, “No; God knows if i'll ever work were again.” ’ Becoming alarmed at his manner { asked him to excuse me, and, without Waiting for a reply, started down stairs rapidly, hearing him say, “You wacit me to go, then’? When i got hali way down the steps I heard tle report of pistol, and almost immediately after Leard another repori. By this time 1 had rdn out into the street, and stood calling for help, when I heard a third re- port. Officer Furman and William Kernick came, and we ali Went up stairs together. Van Cieel lay with his head towards the front room door, and a pistol lay by his side. While officer Furman was amining hin he said, “Sam, keep out of my po: I've got money enqugh to pay my board.” Furman said, “Dan, who shot you? or did you shoot your- self??? Dan sald, “If L didn’t who else would do ity? Soon after he fatied to talk, though he mum- bled a great deal and tried to. ne JAMES SIGNOR'S STATEMENT. This gentleman, proprietor of the Mansion House, corner of Main and Clover streets, s: that Van Cleef formerly boarded with him and often got under the influence of liquor, At such ume te would talk wildly about his wife, who resides at Vineland, N. J., saying she was a@ Spiritualist, and that he had wied hard to get her away from her companions. He said he was sending her titty dul- lars a month, but believed he was supporting @ lot of Spiritualists. Atall Umes when intoxicated he seemed to talk entirely of his wiie aud their estrangement, MR, MILLER'S STATEMENT, Mr. Miller, with whom Van Cleet ias. boarded the last three weeks, gives deceased a gvod ¢ ter, and says that two hours before the shoot: was periectly sober and talked rationaliy. Lysai Cox also states the same thing, ne having par with the suicide at half-past flye, when hu seemed quite cheerful. ARRIVAL OF PITYSICIANS. AS soon alter the occurence as possible Drs. Cooper and Campbell arrived on the scene, but upoa examination it Was ascertained there were no hopes of Van Cleef's recovery. Some one sugested that he be moved from the Stoop, on which he was lying, toa room inside of the house, but one of the women, either Matida or Jenny Green, said, ‘You can bring hin in here to dress his wounds, but he can’t stay here.” kiven then the man was dying, and he was soon after removed to the residence of Mrs. Sieight, his wife’s sister, in Catharine street, where he died at seven o'clock this morning. A WOMAN'S WILRS. All of Van Cleef's comrades say he had become infatuated with the woman “Jeuny Woolsey,” but why we cannot for the life of us conjec- ture. Some of them say, also, tat she lived with him as his mistress ull he got out of work and money, and then came desertion. This, with the trouble existing between himself and wile in regard. to Spiritualism, together with the addiuonal trouvle of rum, was no doubt the cause of the act. AN UNFINISHED LETTE: Upon searching the effects of deceased after hits death a bank book was found, showing that le had $500 on deposit in a Newark bank. ‘The tollowing letier Was aiso found;— Povoukrerst, Sept. 8, 1870, To Tt PROPLE oY PovaNKKEPSIE In justice to mywelf and my friends living in this city and my children T wish to state nome (acts aud the whole true why 1 commit this rash act— Right here this letter breaks off, as though de- ceased bad repented and resolved not to commit suicide, ‘The date was undoubtedly a mistake, as he wrote the letter yesterday afternoon. it will seen that Jenny Woolsey stat heard three reports of a pistol. probably the first, missed, tl ceiling; the other two took ear, penetrating the brain. in the haliway tis morning. Corover Andrus will bo: morning. An hour before the deed was committed gre store reading a | conversation WILL a man His sons and wife are she One of the shots, pall going Into the ct behind the right ‘The first ball Was found an inquest to-morrow ‘The inquisition over the remains of peze, Who committed suicide by himself trunk manufactory, Nos. nd 354 West Forty-first street, of which he was foreman, as here- tofore published ta the HeraLp, lias not yet been held, but will be disposed of to-day before Coroner Schirmer. Just previous to terminating his exist- ence Mr, Breeze wrote a letter to his wile, tien in the conntry, in which he stated that when she re- ceived it he would be no more, or something to that effect, It1s understood thas he assigned go reason for the commission of the act. Henry M. A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES. 361 Broadway, coragr Siureay stro3e American Waltham Watches ‘at lowest prices. FULLER & CO., 25 Joan New York. 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