The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1870, Page 7

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EW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, #18 Broadway.— SCIENCR AND ART. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, ‘Tuesday, September 27, 1870. CONTENTS OF ‘TO-DAY’S HERALD. Paar. i— Advertisements, 2— Advertisements, 3—Paris: Several Mmor Engagements Around the Capital; ‘the People and Garrison United and Determined; Later Reports from the city by Balloon Mail: Attempt of Bazine to Escape from Mei His Army Driven Back with Heavy Loss; Prussia Must Mave Meiz and Stras| ‘~: No Hope tor France from Austria. tory of Sedan: The Great Sur- render as Fichoed from the “Rank and File,” 4—OMcial Report of the Loss of the British Iron- lad Captain—Wall Street in Delirium—The Feast ot the Jewish New Year—The Farragut equies—The Park—Trotting #t Beacon Ma Yuchting—A Desperado—ke- Accident—A High-handed Out- rage—How ien are Killed on Railroads, 5—Carroting—iersonal Inteiligence—Daring Bur- siary by a Negro—Capture of a Whaie—Pro- esedings im the New York and Brooklyn Courts—The Tyne Crew on Quoits—Municipal Affairs—Army and Naval Tn ep elaears ‘tal and Comimerctal Reports—Marriages and aths. \itortals: Leading Article, The Fall of the second Euipire; a Brief Historical Parallel— Amusement Announcements. ‘aphite News from All Parts of the World: g sictor Kmanuel and the Pope; General les and the Brigands of Spain; The 3 Sarruinding Santiago de Ouba— hington News—Movements of President nt—ihe Light Weight Championship— mipion Dillard Match—Obituary—The New- fraredy—Base Ball Notes—Charities and Correcion—Funeral of a Priest~Busmess No- tic S=8rooklyn Common Council—Grand Swabian Festival at Jones’ Wooa—Advertisements. 9—Adveriisements, 10—Political intelligence—Amusements—Shipping Intelligence—-The Nathan Murder—Advertise- ments. 4 1—Advertisements. 12-—Advertisements, Targze Frenou War VEssELs have recently nut into the harbor at New London. These vessels appear to be quite numerous about our soast of late, but we hear of no important cap- tures, Probably they are awaiting some in- lisereet movement of the immense German steamers now biockaded in this port, Samm OLD ABSTRACTIONS ~Alexander H. Ste- phens, of Georgia, has written a reply to the remarks recently made by Attorney General Akerman relative to the political situation in the South. The ex-Confederate Vice President simply disentombs the same old Southern abstractious that have been buried for a quarter of a century, It is strange these Southern impracticables will not learn wisdom from the past and keep step in the march of the pro- gress of the age. MORE Conovees’ Isquesis WantEp.—It might be supposed that the coroners had enough to do ia these days when murder and suicide are events of daily occurrence. But it would seem that Deputy Coroner Shine thinks the trade is too slack; for he has just heen trying to knock out the brains of a fellow citizen by beating bim over the head with a suell. Does he want to make business for his superiors?—to provide another ‘‘unpleasant body” for a ten doll: urs) work ? Tar Boarp or Epucation proposes to way the plates of Audubon’s great ornithological work, which will make it at once a real cator of the masses in a splendid way and a munificent patron of art. These plates were enzraved at great expense, and much less than their real value will doubtless be deemed a satisfactory price for them, while an excellent use could be made of them for our public schools, We hope this excellent pro- ject will not fall tarougb, ed Tasixa a PrnanoraL Virw.—One of the London journals takes a view of the war that seems in tho highest degree natural from ‘‘the shopkeepers.” It holds it foolish for Prassia to proseoute the war further, since every day of ite continuance renders it less likely that Wrance will ever be able to pay the bill. Prussia is, therefore, solemnly advised that, whatever else her success may do, it will not pay unless she stops at once. John makes the direct appea! to the pocket. while others rgpenl to natioaa! mawaonimity. _ AW. XORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1870,—I'RIPLE SHEBT. the Second nee am Brief Eiinterical The world stands peace iy at the sorry plight of France in this the third month only of her conflict with an adversary whom but Yester- day she affected to despise, Her haughty Emperor 4 captive; her fierce armies, bithertg renowned in every quarter of the globe, prisoners of war, dispersed or cooped up in beleaguered cities; her people frantic with indignation, yet confilcting in counsel, deficient in discipline and oppressed with forebodings of fresh disaster that each succeeding day but justifies more and more. ‘To what, ask statesmen and earnest thinkers, shall we attribute this profound reverse—this apparent breaking up of the whole machinery of a great people, whose genius in times gone by—nay, within the memory of a generation not yet extinct—has plumed its pinions to the loftiest fights of human achievement in peace and in war alike; has taught our modern age a new military science and a new code of laws; has with Cuvier traced the construction of the mysteries of life, and with Leverrier starred the outer bounds of space with fresh werlds by mathematical necessity. In elo- quenee, in literature, in art and in the love and the theory of tational freedom, France has been s tutor, a model and a guide to sur- rounding nations, even within a hundred years. What, then, has come upon her, that she taints and falls in the very noontide of her apparent opulence and power? The query is a solemn one, and the answer, if we be right, may prove instructive. History is precept teaching by example, and history continually repeating itself, at intervals of greater or less duration, only varies her examples ac- cording to the complexion of the times, but never falls away from her one fundamental axiom, that nations, in order to remain great, must, in the broad sense, continue virtuous. In the first eighty years of the second cen- tury of the Christian era the fairest and most cultivated portion of the earth was embraced by the Roman empire. The great conquests achieved by the republic had been retained by the Emperors; yet under the emasculating sway of a succession of polite but voluptuous princes the sturdy enthusiasm, the manly independence and the exalted patriotism which had made Rome the head and front of nations from the days of Romulus until those of Cwsar, faded out. There had been brilliant and even glorious episodes intervening; but at last the wisdom and moderation of Augustus could not compensate for the corruption of manners and the decline of masculine vigor which were conspicuous while the Antonines were on the throne. Irreligion was then the height of fashion, while, to use the language of” one whose pen was wielded hy the hand of a con- summate artist, ‘‘the labor of an industrious and ingenious people was variously but in- cessantly employed in the service of the rich. In their dress, their table, their houses and their furniture, the favorites of fortune united every refiaement of conveniency, of elegance and of splendor, whatever could soothe their pride or gratify their sensuality.” Had this remained the only offect there might have been compensation in the fact that thus, to some extent, at least, the taxes lifted from the poor were redistributed among them through the operations of industry. But the greed for wealth, the thirst for sensual enjoyment, the passion for display unchecked in so selfish an age gradually undermined public probity and virtue. High merfal gifts and acquirements lost thelr pre-eminence in the presence of a multitude dazzled by the glitter of gems and intoxicated with public debaucheries. The cynical sneer of the old tyrant ‘“‘ponem et circenses” (bread and public shows) was a sufficient recipe for the government of thoughtless masses, who accepted jingling rhymsters for poets, noisy sophists for orators, and ‘‘captious critics, commentators and .compilers” for writers of taste and vigor. But, while this process of decay was sapping the basis of Roman eivili- zation, Odin, the Mahomet of the North, was preparing a regenerative force in the recesses of Scandinavin and Pomerania. The Indo- Teutonic tribes, which had swept in a vast, resistlesa tide over Western Asia and East- ernmost Europe—-a tide which the great Nie- buhr tells us will yet be renewed in our own day—were gathering for their overwhelming irruption into the South. Their chief seat and point of assemblage during the age of the Antonines was in the plains of Prussia, where they awaited the summons which was o precipitate them upon the decayed civiliza- tion that lay on either side of the Alps and the Appenines. At length, in the reigns of Valerian and Gallienus, the mysterious im- pulse was given that bore them to the banks of the Borysthenes and the Danube, and after- ward to the borders of ftaly, whither they were preceded by a vanguard branch of the Suevi—the Allemanni—ancestors of the modern Germans, who were soon to carry fire and sword into the Lombard plains, and thence well nigh to the ramparts of Rome itself. This waa in A. D. 259. But these were only preliminary skirmishes. The final crash was not to come until one bnndred and thirty- six years later, when the genius of Rome, which had found refuge under the Lo- barum, or sacred ensign of Constantine the Great, expired with the death of the im- perial Theodosius. The weak and wretched Honorius capped the climax of the vices and corruptions that had begun to cover the body politic two hundred years before, and Alaric, fit predecessor of Attila the Hun, -sur- named ‘‘the Scourge of God,” who completed in the East the work that the former had begun in the West, came thundering threugh Macedonia to the Peloponnesus, and thence, by successive campaigns northward, westward and again southward, to the gates of the Eter- nal City, Thrice subdued and thrice ransomed by the sacrifice of her gems and gewgaws Rome thrice proved treacherous even in her imbecile poltroonery, until at last, in 410, the fierce barbarian, exasperated beyond all bounds of patience, stormed her feeble defences for the last time and utterly gave her up to unrestrained slaughter and pillage. Thus fell Rome by the weight of her own cor- ruptions after thousands of years of proud pre- eminence and unequalled fame, and, although her conqueror sleeps in an unknown grave by the margin of the Busento, his name will live forever in history as the instrument ef Provi- dence in setting an imperishable leason\ before mankind, _A few turns of the wheel of swiftly revolving time and bebold that lesson repeated jn our own immediate hour and while we write. As the Romans themselves clamored at the gates of Jerusalem,* and as the Goths and Huns swarmed over © the - crumbling walls of Rome, so” are the modern Allemanni assaulting the fortifications of Paris, that elegant Rome of the present day. The French capital, like her Latin predecessor, is likewise mistress of all the luxuries and heir to all the wretchednes of an utterly corrupt and decaying civilization, Enraptured with the unsubstantial name without the real sub- stance of glory, sinking supinely under the feet of a perjured usurpation, giv- ing herself up to ‘the lust of the eye and the pride of the flesh,” she has sung and danced and voted and applauded her Cmsar and his myrmidons, the ‘curled dar- lings” of the ‘‘ Bas Empire,” the adventurers, male and female, from all corners of the uni- verse, the ‘‘chevaliers” and ‘‘dames de |'anti- chambre” of the palace and the “‘lionnes,” and ** cocottes” of the boulevards and the Bois de Boulogne, until for her, and through ber for France, and, unfortunately, for the weak and giddy of all other lands, effrontery had become the fon, cold-hearted scepticism the religion, and meretricious title and trappings, no matter how obtained, the supreme controlling good. Not only did all France groan with the poison that was spreading through her vitals, but the wise and good throughout the world murntured in their despised seclusion, almost despairingly, ‘How long the orgie lasts!” But a sudden access of blind fury, defying sense and justice, and, look! ‘‘Hannibal is at the gates!” The Neo-Goths, the Allemanni—no longer savages, but coming, sturdy, honest, armed with truth and right, simple in their faith, true to God and Fatherland, full of the fresh vigor of the North—-are at hand to replace the true people and laws of their old kindred, the republican Franks, in their seat of power, and to replen- ish an exhausted blood, Again the North invades, and again luxurious Rome goes down before the logic of humanity and the repeti- tions of history. But us to the debilitated Southern empires the strong blood of the upper climates was a life-renewing stream, so to the European East, diminished by the grander development of the transatlantic West, is the growing empire on this our own American soil the rising source of purer breath and brighter light. The cycle of ages and of nations completing its revolu- tion yonder recommences here to terminate with us, where it, as deeper annals prove, originally began. ‘The land shadowing with wings,” the Great Republic, has her arms wide open to all her elder and now feebler sister In their glory and in their downfull alike she is their hope, and to-morrow will be their help and their leader. Warned by the fate of artificial empires and the folly of arro- gant kings, she will yet build her power on the love of the people only and on their advance in public and private virtue, and, like all that has ever been truly great on earth, in the earnest fear of God. nations. itary Situation—France in) Motion Another Desperate Effort. The siege of Paris presents no new features, according to our despatches this mora- ing. The reported serious battle at Pon- toise is denied, and the movement against the fortifications about St. Denis is reported aban- doned for the present. It becomes clearer every day that the weak spot in the circle of Parisian fortifications lies in the southern seg- ment, and the grand assault will most probably be made in the neighborhood of orts Vanvres, D'Issy or Bicetre, from the heights of Sceanx. We may hear at any moment that such an attack is being made. [f it fails then Prussia may possibly content herself with the slow process of starving out the garri- son or effecting a breach by the tedious method of parallels or mines. The cily in the mean- time presents a stout front to the enemy, though we do not see that her generals are doing anything to prevent the massing of Prus- sian troops for the assault. It may be that they feel strong enough to allow the assault to be made, confident of their ability to repel it. and hoping to punish the enemy severely while making ii. With the facili- ties the Prussians have, however, for con- centrating suddenly anil making an attack at an unexpected point, the experiment is a precarious one, A stout heart, how- ever, the gay city still maintains. The officials within claim that they have enough soldiers for all the needs of defence and enough provisions to last throughout the winter. Extraordinary powers have been conferred upon the general officers, delegated by the government, with the proviso only that they must render an ac- ‘count personally at the close of the war. This action, which should have been taken long ago, will effectually stop any renewal of the riotous demonstrations which have been reported from Paris. In war all laws are silent, and there is no time for the action of constituent assem- blies. Qne goof general, with extraordinary powers, untrammelled by political trickery like that which used to keep McClellan stuck in the mud before Richmond, may yet save Paris and France. At Meta another effort to escape has been made and failed. At Strasbourg the defence holds out as gallantly as it has held out all along. Throughout the republic comes cheering words endorsing the ministeriad decree con- tinuing the‘war in preference to accepting the terms insisted upon by Bismarck. Havre is arming for its own defence, and is beside pre- paring to send forth its troops to relieve the capital, Calais votes three million francs as a war fund; troops from the south of France have arrived at Tours; another detachment of the same army is at Orleans; desultory fight- ing in the open country in the rear of the Prassians besieging the southern portion of the city is going on daily, amd a call for a Jevée en mousse is ex- pected throughout France, This is the spirit that should have been called into play long ago. France, confident of an easy vic- tory at the beginning, hardly felt the martial ardor within her when Napoleon marched upon Saarbruck. The defeat there, and the rapid succession of defeats following it up to the grand overthrow at Sedan, first astonished, then appalled and thea demoralized ber; but the humiliating prospect of a steady and indefi- nite siege of her capital, and the final failure of peace negotiations, seem to have roused her to a sense of her desperate situation, She is assembling five new armies—at Lillé, at Rouen, at Tours, at Lyons and at Marseilles— roughly estimated at an aggregate of six hun- dred thousand men, and with these and the troops penned up in Metz, Verdun, Strasbourg and Paris, she is preparing to contest the question to the bitter end, Pat Woods’ Congressional Term. The lucky hod carrier who mistook Con- gressman Porter, of Virginia, for an ordinary mortal—the latter having no Congressional label on his person—and assaulted him, and who was imprisoned for three months by an outraged Congress for the mistake, seems to have made an exceedingly fortunate hit of it. His aggrieved constituency intend to give him a grand reception when he returns to them after his term of imprisonment is over, which will be next month, and it is in the wind that he may be returned to Congress in place of Porter at the next election as a further conces- sion to the law of compensations. Who can say that this is not encouraging to indiscriminate assaulters and discouraging to the general run of Congressmen? If it be- comes an accepted maxim that whoever whips a Congressman may take his place we shall hear of dozens of bruisers in this city making for little Sam Cox, another dozen probably going for John Fox, if any one really cares to succeed him, and some rash fellow may even put in a blow at Jolin Morrissey. Ben Butler's seat is not safe a day unless the Gloucester fishermen rally for his defence. Little Sprague, of Rhode Island, is very precariously situated, and, indeed, nobody is safe except such giants as Pratt, of Indiana, and McCreery, of Ken- tucky, whose personal proportions render it impossible for any one man to overcome them in a struggle or to fill their seats afterward. We do not know what sort of a Congress- man Pat Woods, of Virginia, may make if elected. ft is quite likely there are worse men in both Houses. If seems quite certain, however, that he will have to be very attentive to the wishes of his constituency, and make himself very agreeable to all his old friends and enemies in his district, or be may find him- self compelled to resort to that very question of privilege raised against him by Porter, and which seems likely to be the tide that leads him on to fortune. Any other Pat Woods or Jimmy Doolan, or, for that matter, Sambo, feel- ing the slightest irritation at the original Pat for failing to get that little bill through, may assault him as he assaulted Porter, and get three months in the Washington jail and two years in the House of Representatives in Pat's own seat asa penalty. Then Pat will have to go back to his bricks and mortar and await a long time for another Porter to come in hia way. Altogether, for his own peace of mind, he had bower stick t to his hod. Toe Farracor Oparquins. AND Over Boarp or Atpeemen.—We leara that but two out of the entire number of our Board of Aldermen—Alderman Jerome and Alderman Liitlefield—will go to Portsmouth to attend the embarkation of the remains of the lute Admiral Farragut and accom- pany. them to this city. The public may wonder why our patriotic Board of Aldermen fail to go in a body and testify their regard for the late great naval hero. Is it because there is no money, no job, in it? Or is it because it is not a juuketing frolic, where the cham- pagne is accustomed to flow intorrents? Per haps it may be because there are no free kid gloves in the affuir, nor any of those attrac- of the Prince of Wales, But, whatever the reason may be, we hope our worthy Aldermen will carry out their economical designs a little farther and, instead of putting the city to the expense of carriage hire, march on foot to the wharf where the illustrious remains are to be received and in the same mauner join in the funeral cortége as it passes through the city. This is practical reform and economy in our city, goverament. Let it be encouraged. ANOTHER SHOOTING BURGLAR, expressed from the bench of the Court of Se: sions, that every burglar is a murderer in inten- tion, is being verified every night by the detec- tion of arms on the person of the burglar or by the actual use of the same. The last case of this kind occurred ia Clinton place, on Sanday morning, when a fellow who was caught in the act of rifling a gentleman's pockets in his bedroom escaped, afier a fierce resistance, and let fly two barrels of a revolver at the poliaeman who pursued him. There is no doubt that these ruffians never enter a honse without the means and the design of taking life in case of detection, and thus are virtually murderers. This fellow will make auother addition to the twenty years’ residents of the State Prison. ~The opinion —As Bill Nye “went for that heathen Chinee,” so does every conductor of extensive industries in want of labor. All the politicians, eultivating the ignorant preju- dices as they must, denounce this immigra- tion; all the platforms oppose the coming of the coming man; but he continues to come, nevertheless, The story of Belleville is added to that of North Adams and the Chattanooga Railroad; and as the field is illimitable and the success fair the fact sileatly grows upon the country. Stic, Tagy Com “A Beam ox His Eve.—Wendell Phillips sees very clearly the mote in Bismarck’s eye. That mote is want of magnanimity. It is the utter want of a generous sentiment toward a fallen foe. Jt is the resolution to pursue relent- lessly a bitter quarrel, For this Wendell scourges the German; but suppose the Ger- man should refer to the beam in Wendell’s eye and ask when he felt or showed any magna- nimity toward the fallen foe of the Southeri States in our great civil war. National mag- nanimity is pretty preaching, but alas! for the the prac’ otice—on either side of ‘the sea, Prestpent GRANT has quitted tong Branch, and after a visit to Boston, where he has’ gone to place his children at school, he will return to the cares of executive business at Washing- ton, refreshed and reinvigorated for his winter's work by the leisure and enjoyment of his sum- mer’s recreation, On his way to Washington he will stop in this city to attand the Farragut obseauies, ‘ alarmingly large. White Hats. ‘The annals of history record various strifes which have been carried on under curious guises. Thus we have the famous wars of the Red Roses and the White Roses; while the whole system of knight errantry is replete with contests of Blue Knights, Black Knights and Knights of all sorts of colors. Ever since the battle of the Boyne the factions of Ireland have rallied under the Orange and the Green, Political writers tell us that man has a natural propensity to unite in society with his fellow man, but facts really demon- strate that mankind is very prone to disiate- | gration. Down in Wall street people separate into “bulls” and “bears” and wage constant finan- cial war on each other, Latterly, however, a sort of social disintegration has been going on among the brokers, owing to their respective like and dislike of certain styles of head cover- ings. It seems that the fashionable tall hats in light colors, which were so common duriog the summer, have provoked the good-natured indignation of the sporters of beavers of a darker hue, and the antipathy of the respective wearers led to challenges, which were printed and posted in conspicuous places around the Stock Exchange. The Black Hats threat- ened to obliterate all White Hats. Matters reached a crisis yesterday. When the last formal session of the Board was over the demonstration against the White Hats, which had been a rather desultory skirmish all day, took the form of an organized movement. At a signal the white bats were suddenly dashed from the wearers’ heads and kicked and knocked in every direction until the air was filled with flying fragments of white felt avd beaver, The struggle certainly brought out the best points of the brokers’ characters; for the destruction was attended with the utmost good feeling and the victims took their discomfiture as a matter of course, The White Hats made a vigorous defence, and even sought to carry the war into Africa by daring salties on the Black Hats, but numbers and enthusiasm were ugainst them, and the white colors trailed in the dust. But the warfare extended beyond the Stock Exchange. The Black Hats, flushed with vic- tory, poured up the stairs of the Government Board, and sallying in among the brokers there repeated the desiraction of the offensive tiles. From this apartmentthey next repaired to the Gold Room, and taking the place by storm finished the achievements of the day by demolishing every white hat within reach, or foreing the owner to beat a precipitate retreat, Of course the leisure which permitted so prolonged and boisterous a frolic is a striking commentary on the business activity of Wall street just now. Falling Buildings—Egasiell Architecture. The record of fallen buiidings is growing The wonder is that the loss of life has not kept pace with it. Sunday, morning at an early hour (fortunately so) a four story structure in Henry street, Brooklyn, was the scene of one of these oft-recurring accidents. The highest story, which was over- laden with the materials ‘used in making wall paper—certainly not a weighty” article in itself—gave way, and falling on thé floor below broke through story after story until the the interior whole of building = was collected in «a conglomerate mass in the cellar, Had the accident occurred during the usual hours of work some sixty girls employed in the establishment would have been buried in the ruins. The Superin- tendent of Buildings in Brooklyn should make Vg or i ti 4 a tions which distiaguished the grand reception | ® Cloner Anepection” of alk each places) end exert his powers moat rigorously to compel a decent regard for human life. Only a few weeks since a building on Fulton street, adja- cent to the ferry, literally burst open because the upper stories were filled with flour and grain. In this instance there was also a lucky interposition of chance to prevent a loss of life, as the accident occurred just at da break. But the building, which was origi- nally erected a3 u dwelling and not for such purposes as those to which it is now devoted, has been repaired, a few iron rods inserted in the walls and the fissures painted over. The Superintendent of Buildi should give these cases his particular attention. Tun CoBaAN {NsuR@ENTS Aoriye.—Advices received in Havana through private sources from Santiago de Cuba and published in the Herarp this morning inform that the Cubans have appeared in the vicinity of the latter city. Itis only a day or so since we announced the burning of estates by the insur- gents somewhere near the vicinity at which they are now announced to have appeared. The fact that they have shown themselves at this particular tiine when the vomito is ragi g among the troops and sickness of all kinds is exercising an uneasy influence among the people proves that they are watchful and determined to take every advantage which appears in their favor. Verily the revolution is not crushed, the statement of the Captain General to the contrary notwithstanding. us DISEASE IN THE uRBS.—-From many points in the rural.districts which are ordi- narily healthy the occurrence of malarious fever is reported, while it is unusually preva- lent and severe at places where it always oceura though in ‘milder forms. All this is owing tothe exceptional summer, whose uncom- mon heat and drought have practically given us a tropical season. The great heat of the sun has not only acted on vegetation, as it does in the tropics, but it has also, in conjunction with the want of rain, dried away streams that ordi- narily cover fever beds, and thus made a double danger for all the occupants of country houses, Cheap rents and rural hoines huve their quali- fications. Warton 13 Rient—Tre Kine oF Lary or vue Pore?—When General Cardona issued his proclamation to the soldiers of the Italian army upon their occupation of Rome he con- gratulated them, in the name of the King, on ternal City the glorious feat of giving Ita of Rome for a capital, and assure words, ** God is mani! Pope and all very zeal that God is manifestly inet Italy and Victor Emanuel, the excommunicated prince Which is right? Who can give the guaranteos? Every one wants guarantees these dag, Yachting=A Brilliant are for the This will bes memorable week in the yacht- ing annals of the country, Six important events come off, every one of them being full of interest, not only tothe spirited yachtmen participating, but to the community at large. The extraordinary impetus given to the sport is now apparent, and the prospects of yacht- ing in America are truly gratifying. Since the unrivalled display presented during the race for the Queen's Cup the public have manifested a growing appreciation of the spirit and enter- prise exhibited by our amateurs, whose plea- sure navy is fast surpassing all others through- out the world, As a fitting termination to perhaps the brightest yachting season that ever this country has seen a programme of unprecedented variety has been prepared. To-day the cup presented by Mr. Jathes Ash- bury will be sailed for by the schooner yachts belonging to the New York Yacht Club, the course being from the point of the Hook, twenty miles to windward and back. The entries are numerous, and the contestants will rendezvous at the Horseshoe at an eurly hour. Besides this race, which ‘promises to be a splendid affair, another regatta, the champion one of the Atlantic Yacht Club—an associa- tion, by the way, that is fast progressing—also takes place. Commodore William Voorhis has been untiring in his endeavors to promote the interests of this excellent though youthful organization. Several fine schooner yachts are entered, but the great feature of the cou- test will be the display of swift sloop yachts, for which the Atlantic Yacht Club is already famous. Here are two regattas taking place in one day, each having its own distinct attrac- tions that cannot fail to awaken a degree of enthusiasm among those who confidently look forward to the final superiority of American yachts. To-morrow morning another fine regatta wil be sailed. The cup presented by Rear Com- modore Douglas will be competed for by almost the same yachts that race to-day, and it is not improbable that the number of contestants will be largely augmented. The course will be the same as that decided for Mr. Ashbury’s cup. It may be mentioned, however, that in the contest for Mr. Douglas’ prize there will ba no allowance for any difference in the size of the competing vessels. On the following day the grand Union regatta, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, will be given, and from all appearances it will be one of the most exciting ever given by that association. It ia understood that the entries of both schooner and sloop yachts are unusually large; that the most ample and complete arrangements have been made; that splendid prizes are offered, and that, in fact, Commodore Jacob Voorhis, Jr., and the energetic regatta committee hava left nothing undone that could possibly cou- tribute to its success. The Brooklyn Yacht Club regatta has ever been a popular event, but on account of the great exertions made this year it is reasonably anticipated the exhibition on Thursday will be the crowning effort of the club. On the same day the single match between the Cambria and Idler is announced to take place, the course being from the lightship, twenty miles to windward and back. Last, though by no means least, the much desired and anxiously awaited race between the gal- lant little Magic and her formidable adversary, the Cambria, comes off on Friday. The man- liness of Mr. Frank Osgood in thus accepting a challenge where the advantages are alto- gether in favor of his opponent certainly demonstrates a willingness on the part-of our yachtmen to afford a fair and generous oppor- tunity to all comers. The course, as pre- viously announced, will be from the lightship, twenty miles to windward and back, and we have no doubt that the public will avail them- selves of witnessing, what is generally ex- pected it will be, a close and exciting race. Both contestants have made good prepara- tion, and, let the result be what it may, even the beaten vessel must merit her meed of praise. By this splendid programme of yachting is presented a rapid succession of marine festi- vals equal to the many that have hitherto afforded delight to thousands of earnest spec- tate But we also hear of further possi- bili . General Van Allan, an enthusiastic yachtman, taking part in the common spirit, is eager to present # cup to be sailed for in this exciting week. Saturday is the only day not taken up, aud we trust that the appropriate committee of the club may take this matter into favorable consideration and present a race for that day inviting every yacht to enter. It would be a handsome recognition of the good nature of our guest in the matter of rules to make this race according to the rules of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. Such a race would give the heartiest possible close to this é festival season. M. Turers’ Missiox.—M. Thiers has been to London in vain, Gladstone and Granville would do nothing. Soft words, but no prom- ises,, He has gone to Vienna, No more suc- cess there. Von Beust has many ideas, and not a few plans. But Von Benst cannot say anything better than this :—‘‘It is too late, and intervention is impossible.” Indefatigable M. Thiers goes to St. Petersburg. Gortschakoff, it is said, is impatient to see him. M. Thiers goes to make offers. If Russia will help France now France will be grateful; and it is possible that France may be able to give proof of her gratitude. Russia has designs in the Kast. No one knows the fact so weil as M. Thiers. M. Thiers, it is said, is prepared to make concessions, Will Russia be more easily pleased than Great Britain or Austria? After all is not M. Thiers’ mission a little bit of a mystery? Is he interceding for the republic or fighting for the Orleans family? If bis mission is good he ought to win, If ke docs not win the fault must liein his mission, For the present we have no hope of success, Ayotn#s Hicuwayman Disposep Or.—< The criminal classes of the city are in a great state of perturbation over the way Judge Bed- ford has treated some of their fellows during the past few days. By a single swoop a day or two ago he sent to State Prison a gang uf highway robbers, and yesterday he put a fi- ting climax to their career by consigning their leader, Dennis O'Neil, to Sing Sing for the pet of twenty-two years anda half, O'Neil had often been leniently dealt with on neevicug ¢ ’