The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1870, Page 6

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Pacr. 1— Advertisements, vertisements. cular from Jules Fa ; France Desires ave Gone to sia Still In- Lorraine; Bis- Military Move- Hard Fighting and Se- sians. ng of the Board of Super- nd Brooklyn Courts— ubilc Parks—Meeting of Ministers—The Odd Fellows: gz of the Grava Lodge at Balttmore— Mormon Militia Ruled — Qut—Honor Preparations for the Re- ments Around Par vere Losses to the Pr 4--County Affairs. ‘ew Y The to the Brave: ception of the Remain of Admiral Far- ragut—The East River Bridge—Sudden of a Politician—Brookiyn — City ‘The Strange Fever—The Kessler Homt- ew York Cotton nge—Personal “Intethgence—a Charity leet wood Park ir NEW YURK HEKALD, TUBSDAY, SEPTEMBER: 20, 1870,—TRIPLE SHEET. " What are the Chances of Peace t—The | only solution of his difficulty now is to make . Prussian Difficulty. The most reliable news, seemingly, of the efforts made for peace or the chance there might be of peace, comes from what is termed the semi-official statement of the London Observer. From this it appears that Lord Lyons, the British Minister in France, was conducting negotiations between Jules Favre and Bismarck, and that a brief armistice had been arranged pending these efforts, Another telegram from London, which came later, says that a prevails that the negotiations between Jules Favre and Bismarck through the English Legation have resulted unfavor- ably and that there is now no hope ofan armistice. There seems to be little doubt, therefore, that the British government did give the public to understand that it was endeavor- ing ‘to bring about peace. Was this done merely to soothe the English people, who were clamoring for a recognition of the French republic? Or did the British govern- ment really make a serious effort for an armi:- tics and for peace? It would be very interesting to know on what grounds England made the proposition, what views she expressed to the belligerents and to what end she is working. If she were really | desirous of seeing peace restored through tho only existiag authorities in France, she would accomplish that much better and sooner by following theexample of the United States, Switzerland and Italy in recognizing the de | facto republican government of France, than | by any other course. The motive of England in the step she is reported to have taken for | an armistice and peace negotiations arises, it is said, from her fear of a republican propa- ganda, the trouble this would cause the gov- ernments of Europe and the ominous rumors afloat concerning the projects of Russia and | Austria in the East. The frank and prompt recognition of the French republic by Eng- { land would have a great effect upon the King of Prussia as well as upon the other governing Powers of Europe. It would lead, probably, | to anearly peace. But the monarchists and aristocrats of England are in this dilemma— they are afraid of sanctioning a republican government in France on the one hand and dread the consequences of a republican pro- | paganda and republican fury on the other | shouid the French nation be driven tq despera- | tion, | ‘The truth is, there is no sincerity, no honest and outspoken policy by any of the great Powers of Europe except by the French repub- lic. The de facto republican government of France declares boldly its policy and its wish to make peace. Even Prussia is afraid to avow that it is now making war on the French republic, for the people of Germany and the people of Europe generally could not approve of that. King William pretends that the de facto government of France is no government atall and that he cannot treat with it for peace. This is mere pretence, to cover up his hostility to and fear of republicanism. If by any accident a king or emperor bad been proe- claimed in Paris—some dynasty that he could approve of—we should soon have heard of | peace negotiations, though such a ruler might not have anything like the popular support the provisional republican government has. | Peace is not made because there is any neces- sity for carrying the war farther, because the French are unwilling to make peace, even with great sacrifices, but because the King and aristocracy of Prussia, secretly backed by the other monarchs and aristocracies of Europe, are hostile to the republic and wish to crush Rae Trotting Tracks—iHorse Notes— Burning of a Brewery in the City—The Orfend- ing Ve Provabie Homictde at Milburn, N. iemplated Burglary—Killed on'the $—Finuncia ter Court Matters—Marriages and Deaths— Advertisements. G=—Editoriais: Leading Arucle, What are the Chances of Peace? The Prussian DiMeulty— Long Branch: Judge Plerrepont’s Vistt to the President—Amusement Announcements, Telegraphic News from all Parts of the World ; ‘The Italian March on Rome; SS Agi- tation 1 Spain—News fvom Washmgton— Amusements: Début of Mile. Nilison—City —Wall Street Financtering- Extensive Brooklyn—Pire in Newburg—Business and Commercial Reports—Westches- ents. ontinned from Third Page)—Ship- ping Intelligence—Advertizements, 11—Advertisements, AQ—Adver ne 2 War (¢ Tur Rate or Taxation 1s New York County.—The Board of Supervisors yesterday made the usual apportionment of the Tax Levy, and placed the rate of taxation necessary to supply the sum at $2 25 per cent. ‘This is a lower rate than the metropolis has paid in many years, and is as good a showing as can be found ia any city in the Union. Supurean ResipeNces.—The utmost activity is apparent in the real estate market on Long Island. Capitalists from this city buy up large tracts there, lay them out in lots and sell it. It is all false pretence. Prussia and the rest are acting deceitfully because they are afraid to tell the truth. We hear now, through the European mo- « narchical channels of information, that the “reds” are rising in France. Some few extre- mists may be making a fuss, but this doesnot amount to much. The fepublican government and mass of the republican people are dis- posed to establish and maintain order, and hey will do so, we believe, if not prevented by hostile Powers outside. Of course King William and the European monarchists and aristocrats generally will make the most of every little demonstration of the ‘‘reds” to throw discredit upon the republic. It is quite likely, indeed, that they may foment such dif- ficulties in France through spies and secret agenis to serve their own purposes. There is a fair prospect for a permanent republican government being established in France now if the French be left to their own free action. From the report that the King of Prussia will not treat with the republic and will only negotiate with the Bonapartes being reiterated so often, we conclude that this is the position he has taken and that there lies the difficulty in making peace. He pretends, it is said, that thede facto republican government can give them at reasonable rates, the payments being made in monthly instalments. Thus home- steads are placed within the reach of every one. Tux Recorp or Crime IN Brookryn is fast rivalling the lengthy lists of murder, arson, burglary and highway robbery that appear in the metropolitan annals. It would seem as if the superfluity of churches which our neighbors across the river boast of does not conduce to godliness and the observance of law. Tue Groriovs Autumn has quite changed the appearance of the metropolis. The streets assume a bustling appearance; the milliners are beset with anxious inquirers after the latest fashions, and one by one the theatres are thrown open to thousands of patrons. Business prospects are excellent, and joy and hope sit on every countenance. Onty Napo.zon or BazatNe.—Among the extraordinary despatches from the scene of war is the one stating that King William has positively resolved to treat for peace only with Napoleon or Bazaine. What an anomaly and what a stupidity! To treat with either of two men, one of whom he holds as a prisoner at Wilhelmshihe and the other he keeps beleaguered up in the fortress of Metz. This is but a specimen brick of the many bogus depatches sent by the vableevery day. It is enough to make the fishes blush at the bottom of the ocean, if key have any consciences, while such stuff is passing over the wire. It is a pity that one of the grandest enterprises in the world cannot be utilized in any other service than that of absurdity and falsification, no guarantee of peace, that it may be only short lived, and that it might not be able to carry out the terms of a treaty of peace. This might be said of any other government—of a@ government under the Bonapartes or Orleans dynasty. If the Bonapartes be forced upon the French again by Prussian bayonets, after the Emperor having been cap- tored and the Regency having run away, and after the humiliation and disgrace they have brought upon France, does King William imagine they would have a better chance of maintaining their power than the republic has its power? Or does he suppose the Orleanists, peace with the republic. The War in France=No Prospect of Peace. ‘The faint glimmer of sunny peace which was yesterday allowed to penetrate through the thick clouds of war is again darkened. There is no hope for peace uatil the Germans are able to dictate its terms from Paris or until the French have succeeded in driving the enemy across the boundaries of France. The announcement madein the London Observer that Lord Lyons was actjng as an intermediary between M, Jules Favre and Count Bismarck, that a brief armistice had been agreed upon and that the prospects of peace were good, has turned out to be a delusion, True, it is still stated that an interview between the poli- tical head of the French ‘provisional govern- ment and the diplomatic head of the North German Confederation had been arranged by Lord Lyons and was to take place imme- diately ; but there is little comfort to be de- rived from that. M. Jules Favre has declared over and over again that the provisional gov- ernment cannot consent to any dismember- ment of French territory, while Count Bis- marck and his sovereign are equally resolved to treat only with the Emperor or the Regency as the de jure government of France, and to exact, by way of indemnity as well as of material guarantees for the future, the cession of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. This determination of Prussia is clearly set forth in an interview between Count Bismarck and Mr. Malet, Secretary of the British Lega- tion at Paris. ‘What is your ultimatum?” asked Malet. ‘‘Strasbourg and Metz,” replied Bismarck. ‘‘Dismantled?” queried the Secre- tary. ‘‘No,” was the résponse, “‘stronger than ever.” With those irreconcilably oppo- site views on one side and on the other it is manifest that no practical result tending to- wards peace can be expected from the inter- view between Favre and Bismarck. And still diplomacy is not entirely idle. M. Thiers having so signally failed in his mission to England, where he tried in vain to prevail upon that timid and selfish government to act as a mediator between France and Prussia, is now reported as having departed for St. Peters- burg. His mission there is probably very different from that which he executed at London. In the one place he only asked for the good offices of a government suppesed to be friendly and to be actuated by a Christian desire to promote peace and good will; in the other place he may be able to present reasons of State sufficient to induce the Russian gov- ernment to lend to France not simply its moral, but its material aid. Let France offer to Russia the withdrawal of all opposition to the development and realization of Muscovite policy in the East, and the Czar may regard his armed intervention in favor of France as an operation in which he will have the best of the bargain. That would be a good stroke of policy on the part of France. It would enable her to overthrow her enemy, Prussia, and to punish her faithless ally and professed friend, England. It may be assumed that M. Thiers is authorized to make the offer. If so, and if it be accepted and acted upon, then we have only seen tbe beginning of the war in Eusépe. The diplomatic circular addressed by M, Favre to the French Ministers at foreign courts is not calculated to smooth the way of negotiation with Count Bismarck. While he admits that the objection to the absence of authority on the part of the provisional gov- ernment is well founded, and states that the main object of hastening the convocation of the Constituent Assembly is to remedy that defect, he states that nothing is to be ex- pected from Prussia; that her exultation at success is irreconcilable with calm impartiality and statesmanship; that the terms which she would be certain to dictate cannot be accepted ; that France, free from the winding-sheet of the empire, is ready to immolate herself for right and liberty, and that national disaster is to be preferred a thousand fold to national dis- honor. Ofthe like tenor were M. Favre's de- clarations to one of the HEratp’s correspond- ents, as detailed ina despatch published to- day. ‘‘Be good enough,” said he, ‘‘to tell the people of America that we are most grateful for the sympathy which they have so gener- ously extended to us; that during the past fortnight we have worked incessantly and with all our: power for the defence of Paris. Everything has been effected for its security. Nothing more can be done. We now await the final result. We are determined to fight the Prussians to the death. We are prepared to blow up the Prefecture, the Hotel de Ville and every public building in the city before we yield.” Entertaining such iments it is very manifest that his interview with Bismarck is not likely to result in an arrangement for peace. The disposition of Prussia is stili less able f peace. A despatch from London says that Prussia distinctly refuses to recognize any French government, either imperial or republi- can, and that sue is reluctantio make peace at present; the meaning of which, perhaps, is that Prussia reserves the right of deciding for herself as to whether the empire of Charle- magne may not be reconstituted, with her mon- arch asemperor. The Gazette of Berlin has still another view, which it expresses in this way:— “The republican government of France exists de facto, the imperial government exists de forced upon France in the same way, could maintain their authority better than the republic can its authority? The French would never submit to any government forced upon them by a foreign conqueror. Instead of obtaining a guarantee of lasting peace Prussia would leave the seeds of revolution and fature trouble. It is doubtful, indeed, if Napoleon or the Empress Eugénie and her son would venture to go back to Paris if invited by the Prussians. Every way the King of Prussia is in great difficulty. He has a monstrous elephant on his hands that he knows not what to do with. Unpleasant as it may be to him, the best way is to make peace with the de facto republican government, He needs no other guarantee of peace than the wonderful success his armies have made and .the power that Germany has developed. By refusing to make peace with the republic he may intensify the war and raise such a furor in France as might strain his power and resources to the utmost, The taking of Paris would not settle anything and would only be another large elephant on hig hands. No, the jitre. We shall treat with that one offering the best conditions.” And Mr. Motley, our Minis- ter to London, telegraphs to the State Depart- ment « denial of the statement that Prus- sia refuses to treat except with the Re- gency and intends to reinstate the Emperor. His explanation is that Prussia objects to re- cognizing the present government, not because of the proclamation of the republic, but because itis unauthorized, unstable and incapable of giving lasting guarantees. Without stopping to inquire which of sll these versions is the correct one, the inference is inevitable that the prospects of peace are extremely dim. In the meantime there is no diminution of activity in war movements and in prepara- tions for the siege and for the defence of Paris. The Germans are exhibiting their usual boldness in pushing their advances to the very environs of Paris, where fighting on a small scale has been going on for the last three or four days. No regular investment of the city or of any of the fortifications has been made; but the railroads leading from Paris have been cut and all communication with the outside world rendered extremely difficult, favor- | The siege of Strasbourg has not yet termi- nated, the garrison still refusing to surrender, although the walls are reported to have been reduced to shapeloss masses and the citadel is reported to have been breached, One horrid feature in this siege is that the Germans, in opening one of the approaches, have had to pierce a burial ground, where they were working among cof- fins and skeletons. As to Metz, the French force under Marshal Bazaine seems to be as completely shut in from the outside world as if it were lost in the interior of Africa, A balloon freighted with hundreds of letters from there ig said to have been picked up, and in- formation thus obtained that the army was well supplied and had been victorious in every fight up to the 31st of August. The French government, in addition to the other difficulties of the situation, is troubled with anxiety about the red republicans, who are threatening another revolution and the re- vival of the terrible deeds of the first repub- lic. It is sald that the citizens of Paris re- gard the reds as more dangerous than the Prussians; and they would be certainly justi- fied in preferring, as it is said they do, the Prussian rule to communism. France is thus surrounded by difficulties and dangers on all sides. What the result will be no man can predict. The people of France, however, fighting for their capital and for their national existence, ought to be victorious over all ene- mies, foreign and domestic. Tae Exptosion at Laon by the firing of the magazine after the placo had surrendered and the Prussians had entered the gates does not prove treachery on the part of the French commandant, for he had nothing to do with it. What it does prove, however, is this—that the old self-sacrificing spirit which was conspicu- ous among the French veterans on the battle fields of the first Napoleon still exists. The men who fought under the imperial eagles, from the veterans at Austerlitz to the Old ; Guard at Waterloo, cared little for their own | lives provided they made the enemy suffer. To charge a battery with unequal forces and meet death at the cannon’s mouth, to face almost single-handed squadrons of infantry, and perish in the shock, were not uncommon feats with the veterans of that time when the fortunes of the field were lost, In the same spirit the veteran of the Alma fired the maga- zine at Laon, Whatdid he care that he was blown into eternity so that a hundred or more Prussians went with him? His act was unjus- tifiable, it is true; contrary to the rules of humanity and civilized warfare, and might, if encouraged, establish a dangerous precedent of individual heroism; but it shows that self- devotion remains a prevailing element in the French people, and permeates through France far beyond the old sergeant at Laon. Tue New Guerra Party—The temper- ance or “‘anti-dramshop party”—headed by Wendell Phillips, of the old exploded abolition guerilla party. This temperance party, from Massachusetts to Montana, appears to be re- solved to cut in between the republicans and democrats, and to cut out the one or the other of these parties, wherever a knock-down blow can be given on the rum question. Strangely enough, too, the republican party, which as- sumes itself to be an enemy of the grog shops, | is likely to suffer most from these ‘‘anti-dram shop” guerillas, from the attempt of this party to carry water on one shoulder and rum on the other. As for the democrats, in going “‘whiskey straight” they avoid all these tem- perance complications. Ay Unpromisine Expepition—That of M. Thiers, as ambassador from the new French republic to the Autocrat of all the Russias, to solicit his friendly offices for peace between the King of Prussia and said French republic. The Czar will doubtless say that really this war is a very dreadful business; that he sym- pathizes deeply with the misfortunes of France, but that as England could not interpose in be- half of peace, you must know, M. Thiers, that, under existing circumstances, Russia cannot possibly assume any such heavy re- sponsibility. In a word, failing at London in his peace mission, there is but little ground for hope that M. Thiers will succeed in St. Peters- burg short of a proposition involving the res- toration of the Bourbons, “Anpy Jounson Come AGAIN.”—Andy John- son has been making a speech at Gallatin, | 'Yenn., defining his position and expounding the constitution. It was his old story over again; but there was mixed up in it some very good advice to the Tennessee democracy. He admonished them that the old Southern demo- cratic doctrine of State sovereignty was only | secession and revolution in disguise, and that } it was too late in the day to attempt the revival of that exploded fallacy; that the Southern democracy ought to unite with the national democracy on a platform free from the suspicion of secession. This is excellent advice, and if the Southern democracy have anything like common sense left among them they will follow it, and with many thanks to Mr. Johnson. A Smuaeters’ Port of ENtRY.—The gov- ernment is now in possession of the fact that the hue and cry recently raised against the New York quarantine laws, and the attempts made to evade them by sending vessels to Perth Amboy, was nothing less than a ruse to cloak stupendous schemes for smuggling. Measures will immediately be taken to entrap these bold buccaneers and their ‘longshore aiders and abettors, and it has already been determined to lay the matter before Congress and recom- mend the repeal of the law making Perth Amboy a port of entry. A Nrrro Guycering ExPLosion IN Onto, which fortunately resulted without loss of life, should draw the attention of the authorities everywhere that this deadly compound is stored. Its manufacturers and their employ¢s can never be taught to exercise the most ordinary precaution in the handling of it, and strict measures should be adopted against them when any disaster occurs through their negligence. th cs Tne Fatu SEASON OF THE WHISKEY Rina will shortly commence in Cincinnati. Several new suits, involving many millions of dollars, have been prepared, The result will probably be the same as during previous seasons. The entertainment is of the farce order, Nilsson’s Debut in New York. Had the debit of this beautiful and gifted young Swedish artiste proved anything less than the great success which it did last night we should have been disappointed. But who could be dissatisfied with such a. grand oc- casion? The art-loving public have been waiting with anxiety and expectation for the advent of a great artiste, of whose wonderful voice, great beauty and exquisite dramatic intelligence the Old World has been singing praises, The worshippers of art and the de- votees of fashion crowded the house to hear Mlle. Nilsson last night at Steinway Hall. So fair, so critical and so enraptured an audience has probably never assembled to'welcome a young aspirant for the tributes of the American people, and surely never had genius a nobler recognition than was accorded to Nilsson, It is true that she filled to the full measure the highest expectations entertained of her, and, indeed, in many things surpassed th The perfect figure—lithe, active, graceful in every motion, the type, indeed, and the model of life in its womanly perfection—harmonizes with the extreme purity which characterizes a face formed in a mould of classic beauty and radi- ant with the halo of ianocence. The wonder- ful capacity of that girlish face to trans- form its expression to suit every interprefa- tion of thought or passion was superbly man- ifested in the grand Ophelia scene from ‘‘Ham- let.” Nothing, perhaps, so electrical has been witnessed in a concert room in this country before. Without any of the accessories of the stage all the dramatic effects were produced with a wonderful fidelity to the story of the poor mind-tossed Ophelia that kept the audi- ence literally bound in a spell. Nilsson’s voice is, strictly speaking, com- parable to no other artiste than Jenny Lind, of which, in point of immense power and deli- cacy combined, it much reminds one. In higher cultivation and distinctness of intona- tion, perhaps, she surpasses her predecessor. Success so unqualified as that which crowned the d¢bit of the young Scandinavian warbler is rarely bestowed by a New York audience except, upon genius of the highest order. We are strengthened, therefore, in what we have always upheld, that sterling talent finds its highest and most judiciously disposed reward from the people of this country. Itis no wonder, then, that Nilsson received an ovation too genuine to be mistaken from an audience composed of the most refined portion of the community—no wonder that when the last notes of her voice died away in the exquisite Swedish ballad which she gave, in response to an encore, for the cava- tina from “Traviata,” her countrymen should have assembled in a vast concourse and drawn her carriage to her hotel amid the wildest enthusiasm. This is one of the modes in which people express their appreciation of those entitled to honor; but the earnest, honest verdict upon Christine Nilsson’s claims to the title of a great artiste was best rendered by the two thousand people in Steinway Hall. The picture would not be complete without its frame. It would be incomplete if we did not tell how kindly the audience recognized their old friends with a hearty welcome— Vieuxtemps, Wehli and Brignoli—and how quickly they recognized in the fair débutante, Annie Louise Cary, a contralto of great purity, and an artiste of more than ordinary merit; how they acknowledged in Verger, the new comer from the Italian Opera House, London, a baritone such as we have not heard for a long time; and how Flora and her whole tribe of attendant horticulturists were drawn upon to cover Nilsson from foot to forehead with sweet- scented tributes, representing all fantastic things known to land and water; in short, how an audience composed of the highest in- telligence in the city most cordially endorsed Christine Nilsson as a grand artiste worthy of all the honors she has won in the Old World and may win in the New. Tue InuNEss or THE Pore.—The Holy Fa- ther at Rome, in consequence of the invasion of his dominions by the Italians, with the avowed purpose of incorporating them in the kingdom of Italy, with Rome itself as their capital, is reported seriously ill, andit is feared that he cannot live long. We hope, however, that he will speedily recover, and live to see his Church more firmly established than ever on the rock—the spiritual rock—of St. Peter. We have great faith in the opinion that the loss of his temporalities will strengthen the Holy Father in his spiritual kingdom. We hold | this to be an infallible doctrine, and we hope he may live to prove it so. Tae GospEL AccorDING To MoSWRENEY.— On Sunday last, according to our reporter, Dr. McSweeney gave his people a new version of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some two years ago the Doctor had been summoned to see a dying man. He found him in a cellar, alone, dirty, starving, dying. The miserable wretch made it known to the Doctor that he owned one hundred dollars. The Doctor, let it be said to his honor, proposed to take one-half of the sum and procure for him some comforts. But no. The dying man would not have it so. ‘Twenty-five dollars were to go to the Catholic Seminary at Troy, twenty-five to the Ameri- can Coilege at Rome, twenty-five to the new Cathedral in this city, twenty-five to the Holy Father. This, said Dr. McSweeney, is ‘‘true Christian philosophy and a happy death.” What say our readers? How would the good Doctor like so to live and so to die? ENOUMBERING THE SIDEWALKS.—-In many of the down-town streets the sidewalks are worse than ever in the manner in which they are encumbered by boxes, bags and merchan- dise generally, Will the Superintendents of Streets pay a little attention to this matter? LanpLorps AND HovszE Revyts.—Though rents have fallen some, still, judging from the number of houses and apartments to let all over the city, people who migrated to the rural districts cannot be enticed back to the city yet a while. Landlords will have to come down still lower. Tose Lamppost Letter Boxes.—People will, notwithstanding all that is said about it in the newspapers, continue to place newspa- pers on the letter boxes attached to the lamp- posts. In nine cases out of ten newspapers 80 placed never reach their destination, but find @ vlace in the rag bag of the chiffonnior. “ite Gow To Tovrs—The government, except Favre, of the French republic, We have a despatch of the 18th from that city which says that “‘the foreign ministers left Paris yos- terday in haste, having been informed that a serious attack was to be made;” that ‘they arrived in this city to-day ;” that ‘‘the govern- ment here receives assurances from every quar- ter that the people are arming and hastening to places of rendezvous,” ang that ‘M. Thiers is expected here on his way (from Lon- don) through Switzerland to Russia.” Tours is a fine old city on the river Loire, one hun- dred and twenty-seven miles southwest of Paris, and may be considered safe from any invasion of the Prussians, whatever may be the extent of their ravages in the departments immediately around Paris. But what means this removal of the government to Tours with the advance of the Prussians upon Paris? It means that the government is not certain that the Prussians can be kept out of Paris, and that in view of the event of their entry within the walls itis best to have the government and the diplomatic corps in some safer place. Tne Demooratio Stare CONVENTION meets in Rochester to-morrow to renominate, in all probability, the old State ticket, which has been in power for the last two years. There is nothing new or interesting connected with the action of the Convention, except in regard to the position it may take on the question of the European war. Whether it will favor the French republic against the German monarchy and retain the Irish vote, or the German mon- archy against the French republic as a bid for the German vote, or whether it will favor both parties, as the Republican Convention did, or neither party and go in only on the vld home issues, is really tho only question at all in doubt. A Lager Revouuvrion is at hand owing to the threatened increase in the price of the pre- cious Teutonic fluid. It happens this wise :— The employés of the brewers think that their employers make too much money. They try to remedy this bya strike. If their claims are allowed the expenses of the brewers will be considerably heightened and they will fall back on the public. Hence, amid the bumpers drank -to King William and Fatherland the threatened increase in the price of lager acts asadamper. A big demonstration is impend- ing. A Siantrroant Opposition MoveMENT—That of the newspaper press of Paris against the restoration of the Bonapartes. There mustbea party behind the scenes looking to peace who are in favor of this restoration, at least to the extent of the late imperial regency, or there would hardly be such a general outcry from the Paris newspapers against the scheme. LONG BRANCH. Judge Pierrepont’s it to the President— Admiral Stringham at the Presidential Cottage—Sample Specimen of Applicants for OfficoAiter the Storm. LONG BRANCH, Sept. 19, 1870. Judge Pierrepont, having arrived at the Prest- denvw’s cottage on Sunday, returned this morning to New York, the Presidenc driving him tn his own carriage to the railroad depot. Mrs. Judge Pierre- pont is still, however, a guest at the Presidential cottage, and will remain several days yet. Arriv- ing on the first boat from the city was Admiral Stringham, who shortly after his arrival went to. the President’s and staid there seve- ral hours, This afternoon the President drove out with Mrs, Grant, Mrs, Judge Pierrepont and Misa Nellie Grant. The programme of his future move- ments remains unchanged from that given in my last Saturday’s letter, except tne possibility of spending next Friday in Washington, preliminary }. to his Eastern trip. AFTER APPOINTMENTS. If there is any one class of persons, above all others, deserving profound commiseration, it is the office-seekers, ‘Their breath {s agitation and their life ‘A storm whereon they ride, to sink at Last, Such, at least, is the final result with most—a re- suit graphically portrayed in the concluding verse from “Childe Harold,” from which I have just quoted, showing how at length they are Overcast With'sorrow and supineness, and so die, Even asa flame unfed, which runs to waste ‘With its own flickering, or a sword laid by, Which eats into ftself and rusts ingloriously. But they pour in while there 1s hope. It is only the disappointed ones who die. These hopeful ones are most indefatigable, and pre-eminently indefati- gable are those who cume here to see the President and press their claims for position. It is easy to tell them, and very curious descriptions might be written of some o% them. Matnly they try to keep conceated the object of their visit; but one arrived to-day who was too full of whiskey and expectancy to keep ls purpose hid. He had probably been drinking whiskey to give himself courage to call on the President and make known his wishes, but had slightly overshot the mark. Getting out of the How- Jan d Hotel omnibus he made his way into the oftice, where a dozen or so of the gentlemen guests were comfortably seated, enjoying their otiuin cum atg., smoking, reading the papers and chatting over the latest news. © “Where's the og oe say?’ he called out, stepping up fo the oflce counter. aA answer for him,’’ politely replied young Johnny Howland. ¥ “1g this Lovg Branch (hic), I say t” “tt is? “Where does President Grant (hic) live?” “About a mule ary here.’” “Ig be at home ?” (ic). ee ate “Pye come out here (hic) to see him (hic); I've come to get an office (lic), aud I’ve got (hic) the best of papers,” and with another hiccup he pulled out a formidabie bunch of papers from an inside coat pocket and added, “he’s bound (hic) to give me an office on tnese ere (hic) documents; he cun’t go back on ’em’’ (hic). “Would you like to see him right away,’’ asked young Howland. “Yes, sir (hic): no, no (hic), I'll get shaved first (hic); must look respectable (hic) and get something: to eat (hic); haven't eaten anything, you see, stace yesterday (hic); that steamboat ride (hic) has made Me hungry ‘and I’m nervous too (ite), and @ shave and rum and beefsteak and coffee (hic) will do me good,” He got his shave and his breakfast, and then got into a carriage which had been ordered for him and away he was driven to the President's cottage. He was not gone long. “Weil, did you see the President?’ young Howland asked him on his return, and at the same time the crowd gathered about anxtous lo learn the dénou- ment. “T did.” “You got your appointment, I suppose.” “Not tauch.”” ‘A promise of 11?" “Nary a promise.”? “A refusal?” “Fiat as a founder—wouldn’t look at my papers— wouldn't hear anything.” “Didn't he give you any hope at all?” “He said he didu’t do busmess here; { might send my [tig to Washington, but it would do no good, as there were already thousands of applications for every vacant position.” “Anything more?” “He advised me to go home and go to work at woodcutting—as though I'd go to cutting wood or anything—and let office seeking alone.” “Which you'll do?” “Not i know myself; I’li go to Washington aud bring he batteries of my influence to bear, and Pil get a place yet.” Temporarily sobered as Le had become, the bright Inspiration of his new resolve was (oo much for him. He inviied ail present to drink, and soon got to -drinking between drinks, and grew more jolly and more talkative and more hiccuppy, till to-mght’s train bore hum away to push on his chase after the ignus Jatuus of ofice, THE LATE STORM. The weather has cleared up magnificently after the recent storm and to-day has peen a return Ly to the warm and golden and bright sunshiny days of the early part of last week, and a deep azure, of crystal smoothness, marks the repose of ocean. ‘The storm inficted some damage upon the bia, but the same & being vromplly repaired,