The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1871, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR ——— = Volume XXXVI... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. — Back Suxrranp. W.—NEW VERSION oF BOOTH’S THEATRE, 334 st., renee RCATRE, 334 s1., votwoon bin and on WOOD'S MUSEUM Broadway, corner 30th at.—Performe ances every afternoon and evening. —PEARL OF SAVOY. -No. 153 WALLACK'S THEAT: street— “oo ‘RE, Broadway and Wth NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Kit, THe ARKANSAS TRAVELLER GRAND OPERA ROU: Tas Tarke Huncusac LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE, 78) Broadway.—Couzpy or Ranx. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tur JRwess—YankEE Ack, FIFTA AVENUE THEATRI GOLDEN Firbor—Coor as a Twenty-fourth street. — UMBER. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.-Tugoponr Tuomas’ BSuMMeEL Nivire’ Concenrs. TERRACE GARDEN, Fifty-eighth street and Third ave,— GRAND GALA Conc BRYANT’S NEW OPERA UC ana 7th avs.—NeGRO MINST! ‘Wd aL, between 6th c. &e TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, 21 Bowery.—Va- ‘Bitiy ENTERTAINMENT. NEWCONB & ARLINGTON’S stand Broacway.—Nrgno Mi MINSTRELS, corner 28th TRELSY, &¢ DR, KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway.— Gommnck axD Ant. einai New Yerk, Friday, June 2, 1871. ——_— penises " i CONTENTS OF TO-DAWS HERALD. Pac. Bret ate 1—Advertisements. ‘2—Advertisementa, 3—Advertisements, 4—Editorials: Leading article, “The State of Affairs in France—The Dynasties and the Re- iblic’’—The President at Long Branch—The aty of Washington—Weatner Report—Fire at New Orleans—amusement Announcements. S—France: Protest of Prince Napoleon Against the Déchéance; The French Journals on the Future of the Conntry—Tne Buckeye Demo- cracy: General George E. McCook Nominated for Governor—West Point: The Review Be- fore the Board of Visitors—Miscellancous melseraph—V lews of the Past—Dusiness mices, 6—The Last Review: The Commune Leaders in Their Final Hours of Power—velescluze’s Defence—The Kuights Templars—Watting a Plate—The Insurance Convention—The her come to the Indians at the Cooper Institute— Obttuary—Army id javal Intelligence— Yachung Notes—The National Game—New York = City News—Terry Riley's Row—A Lunatic ttempts Suicide—Personal In- telligence—Foreign Personal Gossip—Exbibi- tion at St. James’ School, ¥—Advertisements, 8—Tae Methodist Book Muddle: The Subject Matter Again Before the Snpreme Court—The Insur- ance Congress—Plenty of Strawberries—The Mechanics’ Bauk Collector Robbed in Broad- way Yesterday—Our Merchant Marine—The New State Cupitol and Masonry—Proceedings in the Courts—The Jeff Davis Flurry—Our National Sickness—The Manitoba Mutiny Case. ®—The Manitoba Mutiny Case (Vontinued from Eighth Page)—Popular Education—st. Agnes’ School of “uur Lady of Metey—New Depar- vares—The Public Debt Statement—The Demo. cracy—Probabie Matricide in Newark—Brook- lyn Matters—Jersey Justice Called For— Farley's Farm—Canal Tolls for 1871—A Word to Sportsmen—Financiy! and Commercial = Estate Matvers—Marriages and eaths. 210—News From Washington—Distress in the Coal Regions—The Paterson Municpal Troubles— Miscellaneous Telegraph—Shipping _Intelli- gence—Advertisementa. Presipent Grant and family are at Long Branch. Jerr Davis.—Give him the length of the string that ought to have brought him up long ago. HEE bs LL seats Se! Tax Pvsiic Dest.—The figures of the monthly statement of the public debt show a reduction for May of nearly four and a half millions. The debt less cash in the Treasury ig now $2,299,134, 184, Mr. Baxorort, our Minister at Berlin, is not to return home. The President yesterday nominated him for the position of Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Empire, which is merely his present position with enlarged jurisdiction. A Strarvz or Wasaineton Irvie is to be erected in Prospec. Park, Brooklyn. How is it that among all the statues in Central Park ‘we have not one of that dear old New Yorker, the veritable Diedrick Knickerbocker himself? There has been a lamentable oversight here. Even Litre Burrisu Corcmaia is excited over the Treaty of Washington. The few Britishers that manage to exist up there are ‘afraid they will loze the island of San Juan, and advise the home government to seize it by force. This looks revolutionary, and we advise Kaiser William, who is to arbitrate upon this especial matier, to study it deeply before he decides. Tne GoverNMENT Tax on THE New York Centrat Sorte Divipenp.—A Washington despatch says that Mr. Boutwell will enter- tain no appeal from the decision of Commis- sioner Pleasonton oa the question of the tax on the New York Central scrip dividend. Mr. Boutwell must not make fish of one railroad and flesh of another. The tax, if just, should be collected on all such dividends declared since the law was made. Tax InpiaN Curers had their reception at Cooper Institute yesterday and told in their slow and guttural language tbe sad story of the red man’s wrongs that has been the one monotonous burden of their history since the landing at Plymouth Rock. It fs melancholy to hear these big, brawny fellows lamenting over the grievous impositions that white men have put upon them and their fathers before them, but it seems to be a great aggressive law of nature that the white shall sweep away the darker races and no Quaker commissions or Peter Coopers or Washington legislation can stay its enforcement. Tae Taizves Do Not Seem to have im- proved much under the severe judicial train- ing that has been brought to bear against them, Twenty years sentences apparently are not enough to deter the desperate among them from making most desperate ventures, In Broadway yesterday, at the corner of Cedar street, a collector of the Mechanics’ Bank was robbed about noon of $3,300 by three thieves who had cautiously tracked bim throughout bis collection tour, Luckily, and strangely enough, two of the thieves were instantly ar- rested by two rural policemen, who happened to be in town (would our own Broadway squad have been so ready ?), and who were attracted by the proceedings of the rascals; but the third one got away with all the money. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1871.—WiTH SUPPLEMENT. The State of A@aire in Fran-o—The Dy- Bastics and the Republic. Our news of this morning shows very clearly that French sorrow has not ended with the fall of the Commune, Paris has become another Warsaw. Peace reigns ; but it reigns | ped Mt | the best, on the Warsaw principles. Blood and iron have made an end of the Paris insurrection; but the blood and iron policy has not in this case been Prussian or German. In plain lan- guage, the situation is new. Versailles is tri- umpbant. President Thiers, to all outward seeming, is master of the situation. But can we, looking at all the facts of the case, say that France has got to the end of her troubles? Would that we could! It is clear, we think, that the Commune is killed, and that in the reconstruction of France the sympathizers with the Commune will exer- cise no appreciable influence. Rightly or wrongly the Commune is identified to-day with the republican cause in France, and, indeed, all over Europe. It has always been our opinion, and we have not unfre- quently expressed it—that the red republicans of Europe, in the intensity of their zeal, were ruining their own cause. The doings of the Commune have justified cur harshest judg- ments, Paris rejoices to be rid of them, and Brussels will not afford them shelter, We think it wrong that the republican cause should be identifled with the vagabondism of the times ; but facts being what they are we must allow them to take their place and to exercise their influence. Our cable despatches of this morning show that France, with the fall of the Commune, finds herself in a fresh muss, The Paris press speaks out, but it speaks out with a tone so uncertain that no one knows what to make of it, We are told that the troops of the Ver- sailles Assembly are not so popular since they entered Paris, Some of the papers express themselves favorable to a continued existence of the republic; others are either ominously silent or suggestively evasive. The Opinion thinks that the withdrawa! of M. Thiers would be equivalent to a _ revolution, We are told that M. Jules Favre, has resigned. We are told that pres- sure is being brought to bear upon M. Thiers to induce him to resign in favor of some one who will form a stronger government. We know that the Bourbons are no longer divided, and that their cause begins to show signs of strength ; but we have also to chronicle the fact that while the Emperor Napoleon is silent his cousin, the Prince Napoleon, no doubt acting in the interests of his family, has de- manded a piébiscite. All things considered, it smust be admitted France is placed on the horns of a new dilemma. The republic, the Bourbons, the Bona- partes—these three divide France; and the question now before the world is, which is to win?. There is much to be said in favor of the empire. It is associated with all the glories of the First Napoleon. It gave France pride and prosperity under the Third Napoleon for twenty years. It more than the monarchy so-called has a hold on the small rural pro- prietors. It has killed the Commune and restored France to herself. MacMahon, who holds Paris, and Cissey, who is Minister of War, are both Bonapartists; at any rate, they were warm supporters of the empire not many months ago, and neither has given any sign that he has abandoned Napoleon. All accounts agree that a large majority of the French army and navy officers remain Napoleon were recalled to “save society” a second time. Thus, while we admit that either the empire or the kingdom would maintain tranquillity in France so far as revolutionary uprisings are concerned, we are of opinion that the republic, ruled by moderate men, would be In any case, if France can finda government which will give her peace at home she may be relied. upon to keep the peace for at least another quarter of a century. Let us hope that the interval will make war less possi- ble than ever among the civilized Powers. The Obio Democratic Convention—Tuc New Departure Triqmphaat. The democracy of Ohio held their Nominat- ing Convention in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. George H. Pendleton was chosen presiding officer. In his speech he denounced the “Military Spoiler,” and called for harmony and co-operation all through the ranks of the party. The resolutions and platform were the great elements which, it was feared, would bother the Convention. On the Resolution Committee were Vallandigham, the father of the new depariure; General Mor- gan, Representative in Congress, and Frank Hurd, all of whom are leaders of clashing factions among the Buck- eye democrats. A long session was held in secret by the commiitce and it may naturally be inferred that the resolutions were closely conned before they were presented ; but we have the authority of General Morgan for stating that the secret session was unusually imperialists. The strength of the Ver- sailles army is to be found in what re- mains of the imperial army. But, after all, a feeling prevails that the empire is to blame for the present sorrows of France. The em- pire was trasted; but the empire failed. Can France, will France go back to it? The Bourbons have a good chance as against the onapartes, for the reason that they have not brought upon France, by direct influence, any great disaster. The horrors of the first great Revolution can hardly be laid to their charge. The sorrows and the painful humiliation of 1814 and 1815 they have never been asked to father; and these latter agonies they can wiih good reason attribute to other sources. Moreover, they are no longer divided. The fusion of the younger and the elder Bourbons, while it simplifies the situ- ation, mightily augments their power and multiplies their chances. It is known that some two-thirds of the original Versailles Assembly were monarchical—that is, in favor of the restoration of the monarchy, either in the interest of the older or younger branch of the Bourbons. The folly of the Commune has largely increased the Bourbon majority. In addition to all this, President Thiers, in spite of all his protestations to the contrary, is at heart an Orleanist. The Bour- bon cause is mightily strengthened by the fact that the Count de Paris might at any moment, by the consent of the Count de Chambord, be- come the chief of the entire Bourbon family. It is the opinion of many persons who are well informed on this subject that the Count de Chambord wishes only to have his claims re- cognized ; and that there is an understanding that so soon as these claims are formally ad- mitted he will resign inthe interest of the Count de Paris, thus making an end of all trouble so far as his family is concerned. Having no family, he is not consumed by per- sonal ambition; but whatever he may do with his own, he wishes his right to be recognized. With the understanding that Henry the Fifth will not occupy the throne, is it the intention of M. Thiers to push his claims in the interest of the House of Orleans, and particularly in the interest of the Count de Paris? Pisin it is to us that the next great struggle in France (we hope it may be bloodless) is to be between the Bourbons and the Bonapart- ists. It is no matter of ours whetber France decides to be ruled by a descendant of the Little Corporal or by the heir of Hugh Capet. One or the other will please us, The Count de Chambord, the Count de Paris, Louis Napoleon or his son—any one will do so far as we are concerned. It will not surprise us, however, if the republicans find their oppor- tunity as a middle party and come into power. There is no good reason why they should not. There is every reason why they should. A moderate republic would be # compromise be- tween Bourbonism and Bonapartism. Imperi- alists would never rest satisfied while a Bour- bon sat upon the throne of France; logitimists and Orleanists would persistently agitate if harmonious. However that may be, the reso- lutions fully endorse the new Vallan- digham theory, recognizing all the new amendments, declaring them to be no longer within the pale of political issues, freely accepting the constitution as it is and pledging the party to carry out all its provisions. Universal amnesty was demanded and the Ku Klux bill denounced, although all disorders and disturbances, either North or South, were soundly disapproved. As to poor old Jeff, nothing whatever was said about him formally, but it waa generally con- ceded in the Convention that he was a sore- headed Marplot, and that in fact he was no longer a democrat. The committee that presented the resolutions ‘stood seventeen in favor to two against the latter presenting a minority series that overflowed with the old democratic bile of 1864. The majority resolutions were ac- cepted by the Convention by a large vote; and, consequently, the new departure inaugu- rated by Vallandigham may be considered fairly set up in the field as a headquarters banner for the fighting democracy to rally upon. General George W. McCook was nominated for Governor and Samuel T. Hunt for Lieutenant Governor; and, although the former in his speech accepted the amend- ments rather gingerly, he evidently feels bound by the action of the Convention The Insurance Convention. The questions before the Insurance Conven- tion have proved to be of so much importance and of such a character as to require longer deliberation than was at first anticipated. Upon many of them, therefore, it has been determined to defer decided action until later in the year. The present session will con- tinue, it is understood, until Saturday, when the Convention will adjourn to next October. Meanwhile its members will have had time to weigh carefully all the points which have been brought out and which are fraught with con- sequences so vital to the insurance interest—an interest of vast and growing magnitude, already showing by the last returns of the life companies an amount of policies in force throughout the whole country of over two thousand million dollars, If uniformity of action can be established among the different States it will very materi- ally lessen the demand upon the various insu- rance companies for separate and special returns, which are now required by each State, and consequently great labor and attendant expenses will be saved. The public naturally ask for as much economy as possible in the management of the business consistently with its being properly conducted. In this respect we learn that our leading companies are not behind those in Great Britain. At the same time it must be remembered that the latter are of much older date, and, of course, deriving large revenues from accumulated funds and old policies, on which the ratio of expense is trifling, are in a better position to economize. The “Standard,” of Great Britaio, is now the most important life insurance company in Europe. Its new annual business is the largest, and it is regarded as the model life office on the other side of the water. On com- paring this company with the ‘Equitable Life’ of the United States, which offers a proper case for comparison, inasmuch as its new yearly transactions are the largest in this coun- try, itis found that the expense of conducting the business is in favor of the latter. When the results of the Insurance Conven- tion are known in Europe the insurance interests there will be still more favor- ably impressed than at present with the advantages of the system adopted in the United States in order to obtain security for the assured with the least possible interference in the affairs of the companies themselves. It will be observed that the great object is not to frame new laws, but to bring to perfection those that already exist and to make them uniformly operative in every State of the Union in which the business of life insurance is carried on. Should the objects sought by this Conven- tion be attained it will materially strengthen the belief of the public in the whole system and in its permanent future stability. The establishment of governmental supervision, about twelve years ago, was the signal for a enough to carry out its platform thoroughly. In Ohio the fight under this new avowal of principles is likely to result in a decided victory for the democracy, The contest has been very close there for the past four years in all State elections, and in the flash of its new birth, as we may call it, democracy will find a great advantage over the time-worn issues of the republicans. But the effect upon the great campaign of 1872, consider- ing the action and influence of Jeff Davis in the South, will be merely to divide the democracy into the old Northern and Southern parties and leave to the republicans that balance of power that secured to them the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. British Royalty Eclipsed by the Tammany Democracy. Tammany Hall, in her Oriental splendors, throws British royalty completely in the shade, and ‘‘the Boss” is fast approaching the magnificence of the Great Mogul. The wed- ding presents displayed in a grand showroom the other evening, on the occasion of the mar- riage of a lovely daughter of ‘the Boss”—a princess of the New York democracy—to a worthy and accomplished gentleman from New Orleans of the name of Maginnis— descended probably from some one of the ancient kings of Ireland—were glorious to behold. They represented in cash tbe sum of seven hundred thousand dollars—a display of wedding presents unsurpassed by the col- lection of the Oviedo diamond wedding, or of any occasion of the kind, we dare say, since the marriage some two or three years ago of a daughter of the Khedive of Egypt, and com- pletely eclipsing the jewelry presents to the British Princess Louise on the occasion of her union with the heir of the great Scottish Duke of Argyll. Seven hundred thousand dollars! What a testimonial of the loyalty, the royalty and the abounding East Indian resources of Tammany Hall! Was there ever any demo- cracy to compare with this democracy, in glory, power and equal rights, under the sun? Never, And it is just the beginning of the good time coming. Don’t talk of Jeff Davis and his absurd democracy; don’t mention the outrageous democracy of the Paris Commune, as representing true demo- cratic principles, but come to the fountainhead of democracy, the old Wigwam, and you will get them, if you get within the lucky circle of the magic ‘‘ring.” Then yon get into a demo- cratic placer which gives you, without the labor of digging, but with some deep diving, the* pearls of Ceylon, the silver of Mexico, the gold of California and the diamonds of Golconda, South America and Alaska. And they say that by the rule of three it all comes out of the Tax Levy, and from the abounding blessings of mu- nicipal sovereignty, and a municipal and a mu- nificent emperor, who needs only a crown of brilliants and a throne of ivory, surmounted by a golden peacock, as large as life, with an outepread tail blazing all over with dia- monds, to rise to the Oriental splandors of the Great Mogul. Ir 18 Att Very W211 for Southern agitators of the old school to cry down any new depar- ture, when they feel convinced that they will be laid out in the cold if that new departure wins. Goipv.—A fresh combination of speculators to advance the price of gold is reported to have been made up io Wall street. The parties implicated are said to comprise some of those who organized the gold ‘‘corner” of 1869. Mr, Boutwell ought to watch the move- ment, new and remarkable impetus to the busine The evils occasioned by recklessness and mis- management are in a fair way to be effectually checked. Only unsound companies can be opposed to the most vigilant protection of the public interests. We may now look for a still further renewal of confidence when it is known that the appointed guardians of those interests are devoting extraordinary care and attention to their trusts. Federation of the Gritish American Colo- nies. From the debate in the House of Lords, England, on the 19th ultimo, on the federa- tion of the West Indian Islands, we see the whole spirit of the policy of the British gov- ernment in this hemisphere. The proposition originally was to bring the Leeward Islands under one confederation, but there was in- serted in the bill for this purpose a clause empowering the Crown to add the Windward Islands. Tho Earl of Carnarvon said he trusted that the measure was the germ of a still larger confederation. By this he meant, probably, the ultimate union of all the Ameri- can possessions of Great Britain. Tie speak- ers in this debate spoke in glowing terms of the advantages to British commerce of this policy; but in reality all these schemes of con- federation have an object more far-reaching than appears on the surface. The aristocratic governing class and monarchy of England are intent in creating counterpoise in America to republican ideas and republican institutions, just as the Emperor Napoleon was when he created the empire of Maximilian in Mexico. And the gist of the treaty lately made with the United States may be found in the provisions which tie the hands of this re- public in the future and strengthen the hold of England upon her American colonies. The public men of Great Britain are far-seeing statesmen, and lay down a policy to operate in the distant future, while ours are mere ehildren in comparison. Our public men do not look to the future, and often do not know what is to the present advantage of the repub- lic. We throw up our hats and hurrah like silly boys over the seeming condescension of John Bull, while we are really being over- reached and while the cool and astute English- men smile complacently at our simplicity. The next step, probably, will be the crection of a monarchy on our border, with one of the nu- merous Guelph family for king; and this, in time, may inspire our shoddy citizens and the radicals, who are for the most part monarch- ists at heart, with a desire to be like the other nations and have a king to rule over them. Some of the Canadian papers say that neither the provincial government nor Sir John A. Macdonald, the Provincial High Com- missioner, are committed to the new treaty. It is sad to see these irresponsible Canadians agitating themselves in this way. As the provincial government really has no authority to take any action upon the treaty whatever— the United States not being in the habit of making treaties with any dependent colonies, if we except our own dependent Indian tribes—we do not see that the provincialists need do aught bat fold their arms and take the good things we and England send them without grumbling. Ovg ov Briauam Youno's Sons is among the plebes waiting admission at West Point. He was appointed by Mr. Hooper, the dele- gate from Utah, and not by President Grant, as previously stated, He seems to bea very amiable young man, and, a ete complicated family arrangements, may mi {very promising Weat Pointer. Yachting Courtesies of the Coming Seuson, The recent invitation from citisens and rest- dents of Cape May to the New York Yacht Club to take part in a regatta which is to come off at that place on the 4th of July, was a very bigh compliment to our yachtsmen and one that is fully appreciated. Since its ac- ceptance another complimentary invitation has been received from the Eastern Yacht Club, which bas yet to be acted upon. These courtesies on the part of yacht clubs, sepa- rated from each other, tend to promote the good feeling that should always exist among those fond of pleasure afloat. Nothing does so much to enhance the rapidly growing interest in this manly and healthful amuse- ment, and we trust that every invitation of a like character will be favorably entertained, and that our yacht squadron will soon be as well known in the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware and in Boston Bay and other places as it is in the harbor of New York and Long Island Sound. Cruises away from home are what we require. Off-shore work is the life and soul of yachting,-and the sooner our yachtsmen accustom themselves to take the rough with the smooth sea and to think no more ofa gale of wind than they do now of a wholesale breeze the sooner shall we reach the perfection of yachting and the better our yacht fleet will become known abroad. North of Cape Hatteras in the summer will be the favorite locality for cruisers; while south of it, even in the Gulf of Mexico, the white sails of our fleet will find many places most attractive during the win- ter season. Who knows but that in time Key West may be the great winter rendezvous for those of our yacht squadron that remain in commission the entire year? From that point, which affords every facility for supplies and repairs, cruises can be made in every direction. The run to Havana is only eight hours and to other parts of the West Indies but a few days; and a visit to Mobile, Pensa- cola and Mississippi Sound would amply repay those desirous of constant change of scene. Our yachts abroad are sure to be well received everywhere. They are certain to become rapidly popular in any or all the foreign ports they may visit; and, when once the ice is broken and they commence their Southern winter cruises, their coming again will be looked forward to with as much in- terest and pleasure as the advent of a squad- ron of vessels-of-war. Invitations wi!l begin to pour in, not only from yacht clubs, but from other sources, to such a degree that it will be impossible to accept all of them. Our yachts- men will be in their glory, and those who can will be sure to be off when the season is over here to cruise in a warmer clime, where they wiil meet the hospitality for which the tropics aregproverbial. There are numerous little clashing cliques and factions in the New York republican camp; but to simplify them we may con- sider the republicans of this city and State as representing two divisions, to one or the other of which all the little local cliques aud coterivs belong. These two divisions are represented in the United States Senate—one by Mr. Conkling and the other by Mr. Fenton. Conklizg represents thé republicans who go for the re-election of General Grant. Fenton represents the disappointed oflice-seekers, himself among them, who go fora change in the administration. Mr. Greeley, a sort of political Siamese twin with Senator Fenton, is one of these disappointed soreheads who go forachange. He believes in the one term principle, looking to a new division of the spoils of the Custom House, and he has a cen- tral committee here which appears to be deter- mined to run the party in the city, in opposi- tion to the administration, city committee and the regular State Central Committee. Of course all this is very amusing and very satisfactory to Tammany Hall. But what will it all amount to in opposition to General Grant for the succession? With the return of Mr. Greeley from Texas he will discover that Jeff Davis has settled the question in favor of General Grant. Davis has ceased to be an office-seeker. He has no honors to expect in the line of politics just now, and has no favors to ask, and so he speaks what he thinks without mincing the matter ; and he flatly tells the government and the world that he accepts nothing and admits nothing, as settled by the late war, and that the “lost cause” is not lost, but still lives, and is bound in the end to prevail. Therefore, unless Greeley can go bail again for Davis and for his followers on the bond that he and they do accept the situation, negro suffrage and all, there will be no use in going for the one term principle, or in trying to get up a one horse independent Greeley ticket against General Grant for the succession. Tar Viapuct Raitway—Tae Ricut MEN at ae Hetm.—When we find such influential names as A, T. Stewart, Peter B. Sweeny, Judge Wilton, August Belmont, Charles L. Tiffany, Mayor Hall, William M. Taeced, John Jacob Astor, Franklin A. Osgood, Wilson G. Hunt, John J. Bradley, Comptroller Connolly, Richard O'Gorman, Henry Smith, John Q. Jones, John T. Johnson, Edward B. Wesley, Hugh Smith, William B. Duncan, Matthew T. Brennan, J. F. D; Lanier, J. F. Navarro, William R, Travers and many others of equal respectability associated ina single great public undertaking, there is every assurance that the work will be pushed through with energy and despatch. This is the case with the proposed Viaduct Railway ; and now, that the organization of the company has been completed, we hope and trust there will be no unnecessary delay in perfecting this grand improvement. MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORS were never much on vetoes, The Legislature just ad- journed after passing nearly five hundred bills and resolutions, Out of the whole number only two were vetoed by the Governor, and these vetoes were sustained. The Governor of New York did 9 much better business in the veto line. His vetoes numbered some one hun- dred and fifty, Therefore New York should be regarded as having a one hundred and forty-eight per cent (barring fractions) better Governor than Massachusetts. Not Bap ror Conripence—When f single citizen of the United States offers to take one hundred and {hirty millions of the/new loan, and {a refusea, ‘ THE PRES."DENT AT LONG BRANCH Arrival of the A'Xecative Family, with Their Horses and a Co. ¥~Collector Murphy Meets ‘Them at the Depo, "~The President to Go ip a Few Daysto Wen Point—Cheerless Times at the Branch. Loxg , 884NCH, June 1, 1871. The sleepy citizens of this a ‘“4¥ retreat woke up to-day to a rousing sensation. .\ movement,about he depot portended the arriva,’ °f distinguished visitors, At one o'clock @ train fro. '™ Philadelphia brough: in six horses and acow. s,‘eculation ram high as to the misston of the milk-gh"!0@ animal, but the meaning of the horse visit was n ‘“Adily un- Gerstood. At two o'clock all doubts were dh pated by the announcement of a railroad official tht the President and family were approaching in a \"8in from Philadelphia, having left Washington ea.'¥ this morning. ‘Ihe presence on the platform shi after of Collector Tom Murphy, who had just arr from New York, settled the matter. Presiaent Grant, Mrs. Grant and family, accom- panied by Mr. Dent, the President's father-in-law; General Porter and son, arrived at the depot in & Special car at a quarter to five o'clock. Mr. Collec- tor Murphy beamed all over the wide expanse of his countenance at the President and his family. Two carriages and an omuibus conveyed the distin- Guished vistors to the Pavilion Hote. The Prest- dent immediately afterward drove to nis cottage with his party, and Collector Murphy, Mra. Murphy and General Porter went to the cottage of “Honest Tom.” The President spent the evening in his summer home, receiving his visitors. He will remain here only a few days at present, going to West Point be- ee he takes up his permanent warm weather stay Te, Nothing can be more cheerless than the aspect of this place just now. A thick, choking foz has set- Ued over the sea and the alr is cold and raw. Nev- ertheless the hotel keepers say it is lovely weather and anticipate an early opening of the season, The Pavilion is the only hotel open, and it has few guests, The other houses will not open till the 16th. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Prebable Effect of the Treaty of Washingtes on Our Commerce. WasHineton, June 1, 1871. Namerous letters are constantly being received at the Treasury Department inqutring as to the prob- able effects of the Treaty of Washington on Amert- can commerce In Canadian ports, and as to how it will affect our carrying trade on the lakes, as well as the commercial ports clong the Canadian fron- tier. To all these letters Secretary Boutwell nas but one reply, and that is that the treaty has not yet reached that stage where it becomes the law of the: land. Any opinion, based upon the construction of the treaty emanating from an oficial source he considers now premature and impolitic, as it would tend to embarrass final action so far as Great Britain is concerned, Secre- tary Boutwell concludes with the hope that it will ultumately be found that there is no need of misap- Prehension that the treaty will tnjuriously affect our Northern coasting trade; but well toformed Persons who profess to understand the bear- Ing of the treaty decidedly dissent from his opinion. These letters seem to be based on the fol- lowing state of facts:—During the sessions of the Jomt High Commission Sir John Macdonald was very much opposed to our customs laws, which dis- criminated invidiously in favor of American bot- toms trading on the lakes and contiguous Canadian ports and insisted that the treaty should repeal those laws, 80 far, at least, as Jake commerce was con- cerned. General Schenck was instructed by the American Commissioners, after this point had been fully discussed, to confer with the Secretary of the Treasury and get bis opinion in the matier. In response to General Schenck’s request a compilation of all the laws bearing upon the subject in question was submitted to the Commissioners. Upon this compilation an extended discussion arose. Sir John MacDonald took the ground that these laws levied a ton- nage tax which absolutely prohipited Canadian ves- sels from engaging tn lake commerce, and that they meeded great modification before Canada coula honorably consent to sanction any negotiations rela- tive to the fisheries. This discussion led to the adoption in the treaty of articles relating to reci- Pprocity features aflecting this country, and Ameri- can shippers have now become alarmed for fear that Canadian bottoms will be allowed to compete with- out restriction for the carrying trade of the lakes. The mrse of Sir John A. Macdonald Sus- by the Canadian Government Or- Orrawa, June 1, 1871. The government papers seem to foreshadow the inteaded policy of Sir John A. Macdonald and the Cabinet with reference to the Washington treaty. The Times says that neither the government of Canada asa whole nur Sir John A. Macdonald as first Minister are committed to the treaty. They have taken care to reserve to themselves the right of most complete freedom of action In the matter, The Citizen says Sir John A. Macdonald displayed sound judgment in avoiding the extreme and taking the more moderate course, a3 it is understood the signing of the treaty was with reluctance and re- servation. Excitement in British Col: ia—Proposed Fercible Seizure of the Island of San Juan. SAN FRANCISCO, May 81, 1871. The British Columbia papers are greatly excited over the prospect of the loss of the Island of Sam Juan, going xo far as to advise the British govern. ment to seize it and hold it by force. Opluions of the Nova Scotia Press on the Troaty. Hawirax, June 1, 1871. The Washington treaty continues to be discussed by the newspapers here. The Colonist and Express approve of the treaty. The Chronicle and Recorder treat the sunject from party views. The Reporter Parily approves and disapproves of the’ treaty, ex- pressing a desire to see more favorable conditions tothe portion relating to fisheries, in the latter paper last evening the following velegram from one of the Ottawa Cabinet appears: If the treaty is ratified by the Queen the portion respect the dahertes ‘will be accepted. or rejected by the. Gaoadiay Pardament next session. The government and Paritament are quite free to deal with it na the interests of Canada may require, The Citizen has an editorial this morning which roceeds on the presumption that the functions of riiament have been assumed by the Canadian Oa by whom, it aflirms, the treaty hes ea ratified. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE OTEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, June 1—7:30 P. M. Synopsts for the Past Twenty-four Hours. ‘The barometer has again fallen somewhat on the Pacific coast, and has risen at the Rocky Mountaim. stations and in the Missouri valley. It has talien de- cidedly from the Mississipp! to Southern Florida, and is rising from South Carolina to Maine. The temperature has risen from Pennsylvania castward,, wut elsewhere .remaina sensibly the same as on Wednesday, excepting @ heavy fall a6 Key West, where heavy rain has fallen. Ratn felh very generally during the night, from, Georgia,vo Massachusetis, followed to-day by clearing ap weather. Clondy and threatening 1s at present re- Ported from Southern Missouri, ana propabiy alse prevails in Georgia and Florida, Pleasant weather has prevailed on the lakes. Probabilities. Tc ls probable that partially cloudy and pleasant weather will be experienced on Friday from Mis- sourt to Virginia and northward. It ts prababie that rain and high winds will prevail im the Guif weat of Florida daring the night, FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS, New ORLEANS, June 1, 1871. ‘The npper part of the building No. 23 Commer- clal place, occupled by B. H. Richardson, job printer; Mitchell & Bryce, law Ubraries; James Buckiey’s stationory, was damagol by fire to-day. japon was badly damaged by water, Lose Tho extensive ratiroad and car mill of J. Braydon & Co 7» Ind., covering three ; was destroyed by “tire last evening. Loss mbout i$20/N; anauranee on half, The fire was caused by one of the employes throwing wales Jato one of ine pulding furnages, wag the i a Tool, sotiing It on Ure,