The New York Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1870, Page 6

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KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway. —~ SOMNOE AND ART, New York, Monday, CONTENLS OF TO-DAYS HRRALD, Pace. ae santa d 1—Advertisements, 2—Adver isements. 3—Paris: Diplomatic Controversy Between Prus- sla and Great Britain; The Shipment of Arms from England to Prance Denounced; Count Bernstors Insists that tue British Government Can Prevent lt; Enthusiastic Reception of Ga- rbvaldi at Tours; Repuise of the Prussians at St. Quentin and Voves; Victory of the Ger- Mans in the Vosges; The Attack on Paris Not to be Delayed —Supermtendent Jourdan. 4—Keligious: Autumnal Observance of the Chris- tian Sabbath; Penile Piety and Public Devo- tion; Affecting Scene In a French Church; A Preacher and His Congregation Weeping for the Woes of France; Devotional Jojlification See Jews; Father Beecher on Marriage and en. —Relig.ous (Continued from Fourth Page)—Our Docks and Piers: Facts and Duta Connected with the Harbor of New York; The Old Wooden Plers and How They are Occupled; ‘The Pian of improvement; Proposed Drainage ; Tha Markets to be Sent Up Town; Canal Trade to be Located on the Harlem at ‘inguiar Developments at Sing Sing— Curious Elopement-—Colored Relief Bociety— Attorney neral Akerman in Budalo—Real Estate Transfecs, --Kiditorials: Leading Article, Our Octover Elec- tions; Cuntest for the Next Congress— The New Crystal Palace—Cuban inde- endence — Movements of the Attorney ncral—Siate Fairs in the South—Amuse- ment Announcements, Y—Miscellaneous Telegraphic News—The Yellow Fever—American Institute Fair—Art Notes— usoleam of Opera— Washington: The Minister Dissatisfied with ihe Presi- 2 ation—-A Batch of Atrocities in urse of Erapire—Prospect Park neteenth Ward Rowdyisin— ern Arc! iogy—The Belleville Cooke- larke Robbery—News irom Airlca—A Nine Thousand Dollar Fire tn Newark-—-A Plucky ~ Police Sergeant—A Mormon Love Tragedy— Busiucss Notices, S=—Wurope: Detais by Mail; Situation of Affairs in and Around Meiz; The Position of Kussia; Re- ported Interview with Count Bisma Vice tor Emanuel’s Letter Pope Pius—Aquatic— Musical and Dramatic Notes—Marine Trans- fers—Court Calenders for To-day—Marriages and Deatiis. @—Financial aad Commercial Reports—Advertise- rence—Netta and Her Tra- City News—Police Canni- Suffrage Women—Brook- eneral O'Neill in Prison— plhgenco—Advertisemen(s. Two Porice Orriornrs in a fight, a few days 4go, bit each other's lip off. They will both probably have their heads cut off in con- sequence. Nor Quire Fast Enoven.—The French gun- boats in our harbor are evidently not equal to the task of obstructing the Bremen steamers on their outward voyage. The Latouche Tré- ville allowed the steamer America to pass out under her very nose on Saturday, and did not attempt to follow her, having learned by her experience in chasing the Hermann that she could not coma up with her. If the French government means to blockade the port of ‘New York they must send some faster vessels here. ® Tne AttEcrep Casstpy MurpEr presents some very extraordinary points of evidence. First, we have the positive ante-mortem de- claration of the deceased that his wife pushed him out of the window. Next, we have the testimony of an eye-witness, who swears that he saw the whole transaction; and that the woman threw the deceased out by force. Then, the wife herself asserts that she was not in the room at the time of the disaster, and in this etatement she is borne out by the affidavit of her son. Here is a nice web for the Coro- ner to unweave, Feoxpinc toe Nationa Dzpt.—Secretary Boutwell has issued a circular, which will be found in our Washington telegrams, defining his plan for commencing the work of funding the five-twenties under the law passed at the last session of Congress, Subscriptions will be invited from the public, and respectable bankers allowed commissions for negotiating thenew loan, which is exehangable at par for the old. The circular also declares in what order awards shall be made where subscrip- NEW fer the Noxt Congress. Our October State elections in Pennsylva- nia, Ohio, Indiana, Lowa and Nebraska come off to-morrow. Embracing, as they do, the choice of a full delegation from these States for the pepular branch ef the next Congress, and considering that they will, in all proba- bility, determine the political ascendancy in that body, and that the democracy profess to be sanguine of initiating in these elections a political revolution which will open their way fo the next Presidency, the results of these preliminary skirmishes will be looked for with a lively interest, especially by the calcu- lating politicians of both parties. In the present Congress, which expires on the 4th of March next, there are in the Penn- sylvania House delegation of twenty-four members sixteen republicans and eight demo- crats, in the Ohio delegation ef nineteea members twelve republicans and seven demo- crats, in the Indiana delegation of eleven members six republicans and five democrats, in the. Iowa delegation of six members six republicans, and the one member frem Ne- braska is a republican. Total from these five States ia the present House of Representatives, forty-oue republicans and twenty democrats. Bat many of these republican members, on a popular vote in their respective districts, in 1868, ranging from twenty to thirty thousand, were elected on the small margin of ene, two or three hundred majority. When, therefere, it is remembered that in the October elections of 1868, which were made the test question as to the election of General Grant or Ho- ratio Seymour as President in November, and that those October results were universally accepted as settling the question, we may say that the Congressional prospects fer the democrats in these elections of to-morrow appear to be really encouraging, and particularly io Pennsylvania. On a short popular vote the democrats in our State elec- tions always poll a larger proportion of their full strength than the republicans. The main reason for this lies in the fact that while the strength of the democrats is in the cities, towns (not townships) and villages cenvenlent to the polls, and is largely composed of men who have plenty of time to spare for election purposes, the strength of the republicans is among the farmers, who, at this season of the year, can be breught out from their work to the polls only by some extraordinary political pressure in October, such as that directly in- volving the issues ef a Presidential contest. From 1854, when the republican party first came into the field, on the platform of no further extension of slavery, down to 1868, they have had all the advantages of tlfe popular senti- ment of the North on the slavery question, the war against the rebellion, the abolition of slavery and the reconstruction of the rebel States, invelving the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the national con- stilution, abolishing and interdicting slavery, and establishing equal civil and political rights, without distinction of race, color or previous condition of servitude.” But all these ques- tions are setiled, and there is hardly a copper- head to be found who any longer insists that the reconstruction laws of Congress and the late amendments made to the constitution are “unconstitutional, revolutionary, null and void.” We find the democrats now fighting their battle upon the heavy taxations and ex- penditures of the dominant party, upon the tariff and upon the alleged extravagances, corruptions and shortcomings: of General Grant’s administration. {n short, the general issue now between the democrats and republicans is General Grant's administration. Fortunate is it, too, for the republicans that they have Grant's adminis- tration for their platform, identified, as it is, with retrenchments of expenses, corrections of abuses, greatly iacreased savings to the Treasury upon greatly reduced schedules of taxation, large payments of the national debt, general confidence in the public credit, law and order at home, peace with all foreign nations, and respect from all quarters of the globe. But for such an administration, with such an excellent record as this, the republi- can party, after having finished the stupendous revolution commenced against slavery in Kansas and consummated in the fifteenth amendment, would naturally have fallen to pieces, thus clearing the way for a complete reorganization of parties upon the new issues arising from the new order of things, The party, however, from a great revoiution com- pleted, practically takes the position of a new party on the platform of Grant’s administra- tion. Herein lie the continued strength and solidity of the republicans as a national party. They may be shaken and damaged to some extent in these October elections, but the results will hardly shake the established popu- larity of General Grant’s administration, or his chances against all comers for the Presi- dential succession. To carry the House of Representatives for the next Congress the democrats are zealously striving, because it will be the gaining of an important branch of the enemy’s intreachments, looking to the great battle of 1872, and because it will be held as a sign of the begianing of a political , revolution, But these elections, half way between one Presidential battle and another, seldom possess any great significance. We apprehend that the issues of success upon which the next Presidency will be decided, overwhelming all extraneous matters, are too firmly established in favor of General Grant's re-election to be disturbed by an opposition | party this fali, which is still without a plat- form and without a candidate as a national organization. Nor does there appear much ground for great democratic expectations from these October elections, looking at the results of those of September. The probabilities are, notwithstanding, that the democrats will gain in to-morrow’s elections a considerable num- ber of Congressmen, because of the local divisions and general indifferenee of the republicans; butno results are likely to be obtained calculated to raise a serious doubt of the re-election of General Grant in 1872. Indeed, we think that a democratic House of Representatives in the interval would rather strengthen than weaken General Grant in bringing the republicans to their sober senses, tions are competing, and is in general an elab- oration of the powers conferred on the Secre- | tary of the Treasury by the Funding bill, as Lincola was strengthened in 1864 by the adverse elections on a short vote in 1862, and aa Grant was strengthened in 1568 from the republican failures of 1867. these half way October elections of 1870. ‘The War Situation. become. at the time. deferred until France is free, rously. Etampes, a few miles southward of their lines, in order to engage the new enemy at a dis- tance from the works. In the meantime the ing towards the south, charged with the duty, befere they become too formidable. Resurrection of the Old National [ntelligencer. The National Intelligencer, of Washington, after seventy years of existence through vari- ous phases, and when on the verge of death, has suddenly risen into fresh life. From the advanced number before us it appears that this old journal is to change its locality as well as its character. It is to be published in New York, or, as the heading says, is to be ‘‘re- moved to New York.” But it is to be a weekly paper, and not, as formerly, a daily. Nor is the old spirit of Gales and Seaton to be re- vived, nor any of the ancient and obsolete whig politics, of which this journal was the representative. The only resemblance be- tween the old paper and the new one, judging from the advanced number, is in the solid character of the articles. It has a new dress even, for the matter is differently arranged, In fact, it has more the appearance, both in the matter and make-up, of a weekly review than ® newspaper. The managing editor is Mr. Alexander Delmar, the well-known statistician and former head of the Bureau of Statistics in Washington, The editor, or the principal writer in the first number, is a man of un- doubted talent and learning. We understand this is Mr. A. H. Louis, formerly editor and proprietor of the London Spectator, a gentle- man of the finest scholarly attainments and of great experience asa public writer. He is one of that liberal school of young English jour- nalists and thinkers who look to the United States as the future overshadowing power and hope of the world. Under such auspices the old National Intelligencer is to be resusci- tated, changed and removed to this city, Brivis Nevrrauiry AGAin.—Count Bern- storff has written a note to Earl Granville on the subject of neutrality which weuld bea severe blow to Brilish pride and pluck if those | glorious qualities were not altogether things of the past. The Count proves that large quanti- ties of arms have been shipped to France and large contracts for more are now being filled by British manufacturers and merchants, and holds that this merely serves to prolong a war which might otherwise have been prosecuted tos permanent peace long ago. The laws of Great Britain, if enforced, would serve to pre- vent their shipment, and Prussia cannot ap- preciate a neutrality which allows such laws to be violated, especially as Prussia herself, without regard to reciprocity, has declared and followed out the principle ef security to private property on the high seas, a principle which prevents her te a certain extent from capturing the ships carrying these arms to France and leaves her greatly depéndent on similar generosity on the part of the great neu- tral Powers. This isa strong appeal. Prussia comprehends what England does not—that honor and principle should be at the foundation of every government and that something more constitutes the State. Report on Docks AND Pirrs.—We publish to-day a very full report of a plan for the con- struction of piers presented to the Dock Com- missioners by General Viele. The adyan- tageous features in the plan will be observed, especially in relation to the provision for perfect sewerage, as well as to the permanency contemplated by the erection of solid stone and iron siructures in lieu of the present wooden concerns, which are not only a dis- fod results, there will be no political revolution in if possible, of crushing out the forces there | heayy vicille moustache, YORK HERALD, MONDAY, UCTOBER 16, 1870.—TRIPLE truth in the telegraphic despatebes that the ex-imperial family connive with Ba- Inside Paris, as we learn by special balloon | zaine in his alleged effort to surrender bis advices, everything remains quiet, and thecity | army now besieged in Mote by the Germans, looks much as usual, The government dis-| on condition that he should be allowed to tributes food, practising economy very closely, | move out with the honors of war, and would and water is easily obtained by digging wells. Cannonading is kept up continually along the | French republic, we should be forced to con- western side of the city, and a successful de- fence 1s confidently anticipated. Horseffesh | pis famous letter of 1366, recently discovered has become a favorite article of food again, but when the Parisians introduced the custom of | behind the scenes, and comprehended “les eating it a few years ago they could scarcely | j4ées Napolonionnes”—the Napoleonic ideas have comprehended what a luxury it would perfectly, said that were Fraoce, as ube then Gambetta sailed in the balloon mail which furnishes us these advices, and after @ | would feel ‘that the government was tad, aad number of narrow escapes arrived at Rouen, on his way to Tours, o rather roundabout route, but evidently the only practicable one It is reported that he has been invested with dictatorial powers. The elec- tion for the Constituent Assembly has been | Bismarck and Bazsine. That Napoleon ILl., then combine with the enemy to put down the clude that the Duc de Persigny was right in and made public, The Dua, who was himself stood, to declare war against Prassa, he that Jupiter bad determined to destroy the country.” No less utterly allly would the im- perialist and monarchical party have w be ere they could entertain so wild a project as would be the rumored plot between the Bonapartista, even in his preseat decadense of faculty and The movement on the part of France for the power, could gravely talk of such an enter- expulsion of the enemy still goes on vigo- | prige would confirm the whispered stories of Garibaldi is at Tours and the Ameri- ean velunteers who left New York in the | That Bazaiae might doso is barely possible, steamship Lafayette have arrived, Tho attack | gince he is a bee athe and, as the bistory of on St, Quentin was gallantly repulsed by the | his Mexican campaign indicates, he “hath an citizens and Garde Nationale in the town, the itching palm ;” but that Bismarck, the crafty tireurs at Voves are reported to have gained a victory and skirmishes of various degrees of histery, even if be be not a statesman of magnitude have resulted successfully for | towering intellect, could be led inte way such France allover the country. The attempt to relieve Paris by a strong movement against the rear of the investing line has been deter- | be anotber of this conspiring clique, bas, mined upon, and the Parisians are ready to simply, to the best of our belief, been very second any such movement heartily by an adroitly drawn out of Metz by the lure of a attack in front. The Prussians comprehend special mission to and from the Empress this at Versailles. They are hurrying the Eugénie. He is one of the military trouba- preparations for the bombardment in conse- | dours of our time, equally able on the tented quence, and are massing a heavy force at his mental as well as physics! hopelessness, cunning, ‘“‘sly dog” of contemporaneous an equivoque is too much for, eur credulity, Ah, no! General Bourbaki, who is said to fleld or when “capering nimbly in a lady's chamber.” He has listened to the voice of the charmer, and the graff Huns and Visigoths of 1870 smile grand, expansive smiles at bis new German army from Strasbourg is march- | adolescent ingenuousness, But Bazaine is of far other material. He isa hoarse, hirsute, much of a kidney with the old grognards of the first empire. He may plot for power and pelf, but he will not absolutely be enticed away by tho flutter of a white handkerchief, Not that be loves the republic leas but Bazaine more— would be his plea to himself, were he to give his hand, under the table, to the Germans, But, in the meanwhile, Bismarck’s education dates further back than yesterday. He knows, from every sign, that the heart of militant France is with the republic; that imperialism is now a lost quantity in the calculation; that Europe has made a generation's onward stride since Sedan; that the feet of those are waiting at the door who will presently carry forth the corpses of monarchy and militarism, those twin deceivers, who in their lives, so con- stantly misled the people; and that, after William comes the democratic deluge. If, then, Count Bismarck deal with Bazaine at allin this matter of a secret move against the provisional government of France, he does itas a cat may play with a mouse, petting and flattering it with the contact of paws that are all velvet for the moment, but that, by the next impulse, shoot forth those cruel claws that will rend the foolish victim limb from limb. Political Workingmen. The workingmen, or at least that portion of them who profess to lead all the others in the paths of political reform, are in no respect exempt from the ways of politicians generally. They quarrel in their meeting rooms, denounce each the other as being traitors to the cause, and openly accuse brother members of being guilty of double dealing. Like the ‘Heathen Chinee,” their ways are peculiar. If working- men were true to themselves they would take a lesson from the course pursued by the Free- masons, who never in their capacities as sueh interfere or mix themselves up with politics. They follow out the objects of the organiza- tion which binds them together in bonds of charity, benevolence and kindness. To their non-intermeddling with outside affairs may be attributed that great success which has enabled the Masonic fraternity to live for ages. Workingmen, many of whom are Masons, should have profited by the example set them by the success of Masonry, yet we find they have been exceedingly slow in learning the lesson, Some years ago in England the trades unionists, by the arbitrary course. which they pursued, brought down upon their heads the contempt of a large class of the thinking people of the country, This feeling was not confined either to the moneyed classes, but was shared by many of the workingmen them- selves. Most arbitrary in their demands, they not only injured themselves, but helped in a great measure to embarrass industrial pur- suits, Very meny mechanics and working- men, too, were forced into these unions by a species of intimidation which amounted to tyranny. Now, while American workingmen. are free in a great measure from the abuses which led their English brethren into such excesses, they stand very muchin danger of drifting, or allow themselves to be drawn by the fool- ighness or knavery of self-styled leaders among them, into political complications, That trades unions can accomplish much good we do rot deny; that they have produced some desirable reforms it is not our intention grace to the city, but which cost more to keep to contradict; but that reforms, benefits or them in repair from year to year than to build respectable piers. There are many points in this elaborate plan which will commend them- selves to the judgment of those who have given this subject much consideration, It is probably the best design yet submitted, and we have no doubt that the Commissioners will give it all the attention it deserves, Brieuam Youne in his declining days gives evidence of the vanity of old age. He likes to have his course approved, and he was certainly gratified the other day when he | sary amount of “cheek,” are seekers after offered his resignation as trustee in trust of | office for the emoluments which it confers and d can result from the present course pur- sued by many of the leaders in the working- men’s political reform movements in this city at the present day we declare to be simply impossible. What is more, the vast body of workingmen enrolled in the trades unions here are not in sympathy with those men who set themselves up as the leaders of a working- men’s political reform party. The game is too thin. These prominent workingmen, conspicu- ous because they are possessed of the neces- the Mormon Church and the presidency of'the | for no other purpose. Place them once in perpetual emigration fund. There was not a | power and they will forget the means by which dissenting voie in an immense congregation | they rose into position. Besides this they against a resolution approving his management know little or nothing about that which they of these affairs, nor indeed in opposition to | pretend they desire to reform, Workingmen his resignation. Brigham has evidently had a revelation. and is putting his hauag in order, | should be cautious about the protestations of such sanisanta {pr nelibiop! prefermont. Should there prove to be one particle of received dyring the last three or four days to the effect SHEET, ‘The Darien Exploring Expedition. The officlal report of the Darien Canal expe~ dition, sent out last January by the United States goveroment under Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, has been nearly completed. The principal points in this report, as presented in the Boston Advertiser, had already been made knowa to the public by the special correspond- ent of the New York Heratp who accom- panied the expedition. The survey was begun st Caledonia Bay in the latter part of February, and the expedition returned to New York in July. Caledonia Bay is of easy access and is well protected from northern winds and heavy seas, Only two other harbors on the Atlantio coast of the isthmus—the Gulf of San Blas and the Galf of Uroba, or Darien—are adapted to the terminas of a ship canal. The sur- veyors found the country covered with a primeval forest, The difficulty of cutting their way slowly through dense underbrush, guided by the compase—the sky itself being for the moat part out of sight-—can be appreciated by none but these who painfully remember it. Commander Selfridge determined to explore several water courses, which gave, of course, the lowest level of the country and would lead to passes through the mountain ridge if any euch existed. Reconnoissances with the ba- an altitade of one hundred and fifty feet. Ten miles down the Chucunagua an altitude of ninety-nine feet was obtained. After all hope these interesting and important surveys, carry- ing them up the valley of the Tuyra, across the divide to the Cacarica Lake, not far from the mouth of the Atrato. Whatever may bo the immediate results of these Darien explo- rations we cannot abeeton the hope that they will ultimately lead to the discovery of a prac- ticable ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Report ef the Yellow Fever Committee. The committee on yellow fever appointed by the Board of Health, consisting of Dra. Mor- ris, Carnochan and Ceccarini, have made a report not only alarming concerning the dis- ease on Governor's Island, bat they suggest a very stringent, and, we think, a very proper remedy. It appears, upon careful medical in- vestigation, that every quarter of Governor's Island is infected with pestilence, which means thata hotbed of contagious disease is lying right in our midst, between the two cities of New York and Brooklyn, This is a very unpleasant thought for our million and a half of people. But what remedy do the doctors propose? Nothing less than the depopulation of the island, the absolute removal of all par- ties infected or not infected, except the few soldiers who may be necessary to protect the property of the government, They suggest that in thus evacuating the post all the clothing and bedding shall be left behind and disinfected by steam heat, and that certain buildings where the disease has been found in its most virulent form shall be tora down and burned. We may conclude that Governor’s Island is in a very dangerous con- dition when these medical gentlemen recom- mend such extreme measures to prevent the spread of infection. The sooner their views are carried out the better. It would be no great loss, either, to the city or government if Governor's Island wore sunk in the bay. As a work of defence to the harbor it is worth- less, and as a garrison post it is almost un- necessary. Anpy Jounson—StiLt A CHANOR For THE Nexr Coneress.—It appears that there is still a chance to secure Andy Johnson in the next Congress. The late Greenville demo- cratic nomination resulted in a break up, and in the nomination by part of the Convention after the break, of Mr. James White, It is now proposed to call the Convention together again, and to try if, with a “Jong pull, a strong pull, and a pull alto- gether,” they can’t nominate and elect Johnson for the Greenville district. He is willing to run upon such a nomination, to re- deem the district from the somewhat notorious Tennessee Butler. It isto be hoped that all the elements opposed to Butler will rally upon Johnson, and carry him in; for such @ man is badly wanted to stir up the radicals of Con- gress and to keep them in a wholesome state of excitement. ss Imporrant, 1F TRUE—The statement from Boulogne that General Burnside was author- ized by Bismarck to propose a postponement of the bombardment of Paris until after the Constituent Assembly met and decided either for peace or war. If this be so, why not de- clare an armistice in the usual form until France has a government with which Prussia can treat for terms? It must come to this in the end; especially in view of the indifferent attitude assumed by Russia, Austria and Eng- land, The war is now between the German people and the French people, When the Constituent Assembly is authorized to speak for the latter some positive terma.can be ar- rived at, Church Services Yestorday. There was a marked increase in the numbet of uttendants at church yesterday. Every Place ox worship was crowded. Resplendent Fashion, ving temporarily retired from Paris, shone in alfher original grandour, until {t became a difflcalt matter to say whethor the dresses or the sermons were the best, both, {n some of the churches, being the last sensations, Rev. Mr. Hepworth, at the Church of the Messiah, delivered his third lecture on “The Moral ‘Aspect of Europe,” in which be gave Napoleon somo very hard raps. On the other hand, Father Ronay, @ French missionary, in a most elo- quent sermon at the Church of St. Louis, in Williamsburg, «praised the Emperor highly and predicted his early restoration to the throne. His picture of the sufferings of France was quite touching and affected his congrega- tion to tears. The Pope, of course, came in for a basting, Dr. Dix, at Trinity, declaring that the crowning sin of Rome was in pro/ claiming an enthroned God, and said many ether hard things of the Catholic Ohurch. There are, however, always two sides to every question, and consequently those who do aot agree witb tho anti-popery doctrines of Dr. Dix can read our reports of sermons at the Catholic churches, where the! recent misfortunes of the Holy Father wera made the subject of much eloquent argument and where infallibility and all the other dog- mas of Catholicism were explained and ex- tolled. We would, however, suggest that there might be good policy in reading but one side of the question, lest a perusal of both ends in Beimona gf 4more general natnte, and ia some respects more instructive, were delivered. atthe other churches, Brother Beecher was’ particularly pathetic on the subject of the wo- man with seven husbands and the future life. And well he might, We should think that the contemplation of such a domestic arrangement, even in the future life, would incline one to’ pathos and even anxiety. At Lyrio Hall Mr. Frothingham took piety tor his theme, and ad- ministered a severe rebuke to cant. He seemed’ to have a tolerably clear idea of what piety is, but he thought that it was not displayed by mankind exactly as he believed to be right and proper. At the New England Congrega- tional church Rev. Mr. Richardson discoursed on the renovating power of Christianity, while at the Elm Place Congregational church in Brooklyn the Kingdom of Heaven waa the theme. Ip the same city, at the Grand atreet Methodist church, Rev. Mr. Hendricks gave the young ladies some sound advice on sub- jects matrimonial and 9 few hints on the same to husbands expestant. ‘Though he may have a boundless fortune,” he said to the fair maidens, “will you marry a man who will bring upon you not only poverty, but disgrace ?” How a man with a “boundless fortune” is to bring poverty upon his wife we cannot imagine. At the other churches in this city and Brooklya, and at Washington and elsewhere, the sermons were good and the congregations large. The day was such a very fine one that we arecertain the devil must have suffered serious loss. A Serozant or Powios jumped into the river in pursuit of a prisoner on Saturday night, captured him and brought him ashore. The prisoner found there was no use trying to escape that sergeant by drowning himself. THE SEW CRYSTAL PALACE. Land Purehased for the Proposed Exhibition Building—Description ef the Site. The land at present occupied by David Allerton for hits cattle yards, between Third and Fourth avenues, lnmediately above the Yorkville tunnel, has been purchased by the Crystal Palace Association for the site of their proposed monster exhibition building. ‘The plot selected and secured for the purpose com- prises 227¢ acres of land, commanding & magnificent view of the city, Yorkville, Harlem, the lower part of Westchester county and Long Island, the Pall- sades, East aud North rivers, Long Isiana Sound. and New York Bay. The proposed patace tor the exhibition of the productions of all nations on the face of the glove will occupy the four sides of the ground to the extent of 160 feet deep, leaving an area or open space in the centre equal to cieven acres, The new paiace will thas be 3,600 feet long, 160 wide, and it ts understood that three of tne sec- Wows oF Rides will be eight stories high. ‘The court, of eleven acres of ground enclosed by the butiding, Will be laid out with great taste and orna mented with fountalos, statuary, flowers, rare sorubs, &<. The new ace will be bulit of iron and gins. The Cb] of archi. tectare, although not fully sett upon, will be imposing and oruamentaiio the highest degree. The location seleoted is deemed the very vest that could be obtained on Manhattan Island, especially when the facilities jor reaching it are taken Into consideration; tor joug befere i can be completed the trains of the Hudson Kiver and New York Cen- trai Kaliroad, New York, Harem and Albany, and tue New York and New Haven Kaliroad, laden with assengers irom the East, North, Northwest and West, wilt pass the ada, aud ample arrange- ments in LS a od side tracks and switches are already provided for such special trains as may be Tun between that point and the cily de, ‘The horse cars of the /hird avenue line will pass the grounds ou the vast side; the cars of the Second avenue line, aiso of the Madison avenue line, wilt pass witvin one block, while steamers from ait ts can land with two blocks, or ree minutes’ waik of the Bast side entrance, ‘The of the Crystal Palace Association is $7,000,000, of which, after img for the land (in- cluding the lease tield by Mr, Allerton), there witl be sumicient lef to pay for the erection of a buiiding that shall be an enduring oraament and credu te the great metropolis ef tie Westera World. To-day being the second anniversary of the decla- ration of the indepeudence of Cuba, the citizens of that gallant little republic now to this cry propose to celebrate the event in a fitting manner. At o'clock @ solemm requiem mas will be at St. Stephen's church for the repose of oO fell tn ee aeeemnens ore with a hundred guns. Hall will be reserved for ladies. In the evening Will be a massimeecting a Irv at which Richard ©'Gorman, Hall, M Hail, al Martin T. Melsaou and qealomen wil delives addresses, MOVEMENTS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Mr. Akerman, United States Attorney General, arrived in this ctly from Katalo on Saturday morn- the night train for Washington in order to be pre- sent at the Cabinet meeting to-morrow, While ia the city Mr. Akerman remained Lo strict privacy, no person bat Mr. Willman H. Bvarw having called upon him. He enjoyed a drive to the High Briage on Saturday, and attended divine service yesteriay at Dr. Spring's Presbyterian church. He rewuras Washington much tmproved in hesiri. STATE FAIRS IN THE SOUTH. ‘The annual exhibition of the State Agricaitural Society of North Carolina will be held in Raleigh oa the 18th instant and continue four days. ‘De first grand annual fatr of the Mechanics’ and Agrituttural Fair Association of Georgia will com- menoéin Augusta on the 26th igstant aod contiuue Ove dart