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FRANCE. Mhierw? Speeeh in the National Assembly in Favor of a Peaceful Policy Toward Itely. ‘Prince Napoleon Expelled from. France. A Proposition to Give Corsica to the Popo. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. PaRis, Juty 23, 1871. In the course of M. Thiers’ address before the Na- onal Assembly at Versailles yesterday the Prest- Gent, speaking of Italy, said it was impossible to Jadopt 4 course which would lead to war. The true ‘policy of France was peace and reorganization. No ‘steps must or should be taken which will oven tend ‘$0 allonate Italy. AMIENS REOQOOUPIED BY THE PRENCT. French troops have reoccupied the city of Amiens. ‘Was MOT MIXED UP mae NAPOLEON'S ILL:CIT ‘qe Court of Onssation nas exonerated M, De- pwlenne, President of the Court under the empire, from all criminality in the affair of Marguerite Bel- danger, 4 { : > Ms PAVBE APING THE IMPERIAL REGIIR. i M. Favre has ordered the prosecution of the Perité ‘(newspaper) for pubhshing a letter from M. Lalbye, .. 9 @BNEBAL FAIDHERBE BLECTED THRICE. \ ‘Géneral Faidherbe, who was elected to the As- nembly by three constituencies, has chosen to rep- Fesent the Department of the North. 4 WAIVE PROPOSITION. { Le Monde of to-day proposes that the island of Corsica be tendered to the Popo as an inviolable yesidence, by which means it claims that the Aupremacy of France as the dofender of the Catholic Aaith will be maintained. A BONAPARTIST PAPER SEIZED. ( ‘The Bonapartist journal, Avenir Liberal, has been weized for publishing a virulent attack upon M. ules Favre. ; PLON-PLON ORDERED TO QUIT. Prince Napoleon, who has been staying for three Mays at Havre, has been ordered to leave France. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The municipal elections are proceeding to-day. No disturbances have occurred. Oficial reports show that Paris is healthy. * Result ef the Municipal Elections. Panis, July 24—2 A. M. The municipal elections in this city yesterday re- ‘Pulted in the choice of six republican conservatives ‘and forty-nine moderate republicans. The vote cast was very small. f SPAIN. : Bere The Members of the New Ministry. \ TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mavrp, July 22, 1871. King Amadens has accepted the programme of Marshal Serranno, and Admiral Tupete and Sefiors Sagasta, Ulloa and Ayala will probably enter the Ministry. The Names of the New Ministers. ‘ + MADRID, July 23, 1871. ‘The new Ministry has been arranged as follow: President of the Council and Miuister of War— Marshal Serrano. Minister of Foreign Affairs—Admiral Topete. ‘Minister of the Interior—Sefior Sagasta. Minister of Justice—Sefior Ulloa. ‘Minister of Finance—Sefior Aerostegul. ‘Minister of Pubho Works—Sefior Candan. Minister of Marine—Admirai Malcampo. ‘Minister of the Colonies—Seiior Ayala. PORTUGAL. Opening of the Cortes by the King-Specch from TCLEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK teAtL. ~ Liszon, July 22, 1871. The Portuguese Cortes was opened to-day by the King in person. In his speech from the throne King Lous expressed bis gratitude for the reception given to his august relatives—the Emperor and Ew- press of Brasil. ({ The speech was otherwise devoted entirely to the ‘affairs of the kingdom, the finances of which, he ‘enid, are still embarrassed. GERMANY. The Keiser and the Caar to Mest Again in Bavaria. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG, Beeutn, July 28, 1871. The Emperor William goes to-morrow to visit the ‘Cuar Alexander at Ingenheim, Bavaria. The Ozar Seturns on Tuesday to Russia, TURKEY. Religious Riots in Scutari. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YOR HERALD. Lonpon, July 24-2 A. M. A despatcn from Qonstantinople reports disturh- gNces at ScutarL Though no particulars are given, the trouble ts supposed to be of @ religtous char- ROOTon MARINE DISASTER. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, July %#—2 P. NM. The Aukland has been totally wrecked on the passage to Sydney, N.S. W, The crew and pas- sengers were all savod. Personal Intelligence. Colonel 0. B, Stanbary is at the St. James. General George H. Giddings, of Texas, is stopping ‘Bt the Sturtevant House. United Senator W. P. Kellogg, of Louisiana, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue. Paymaster Frank Bissell, of the United States Navy, bas quarters at the Hoffman House. Bx-Governor W. B. Lawrence, of Rhode Island, ta Pesiding at the Brevoort House. Matt H. Oarpenter, United States Senator from ‘Wheconsin, has apartments at the Hoffman House. Judge J. A. Miller, Of Missisaipp1, yesterday arrived at the ith Avenue, L P, Poland, @x-United States Senator from Vermont, is sojvurning at the Giapd i ©, %. de Haseth, of Curacoa, yesterday arrived at ‘the Urand Central. Paymaster George Coohrano, of the United States Névy, is staying at the Hofman House. @. W. Sampson, of Texas, is registered nt we avenge, O As Mariage, of Wisconatn, ts tom Lagan Inrimy Hoffman House. , Of North Oarotuna, is at the Utica, 1s at the St. Ninhotas. Lail, of the United states Navy, Tenia 0c WAL bode Bi SDE Alor ouen, CORE A. Our Litae War with the Heathen. Commodore Rodgers’ Fa- mous Expedition. FULLER DETAILS OF ITS PROGRESS. ees Encountering a Native Embassy—Curious + Letter from the Corean King— The Fight with the White Coats—What Next? We laid before our readers some days ago an in- teresting despatch givipg some particulars of the | progress of the United States expedition to the | Corea, the arrival on its shores and the subsequent fight with the natives. By the arrival of tne regular miuil from China and Japan we have received fuller particulars, The Shanghae Evening Courter of June 8 contains the following account:— SAILING OF THE SQUADRON. The United States squadron having left Nagasakt on the 16:h of May arrived at Farrier's Island, at the southera point of the Corean peninsula, on tre 18th, Proceeding cauulously up the west coast, carefully verifying the soundings and general obser- vations of the French chart, they arrived in Jerome Gulf on the 20th. From this point commenced a | thorougn survey of the channels between the vari- ous islands which stud the coast northwards, which occupied ten days, so that it was the 80th of May when the squadron came to @ rendezvous in a bay inside of what appears in the French chart as Bois¢e (Woody) island which affords capl- | talanchorage. This island stands, as will be seen ! by reference to the chart, near the mouth of that ont'et of the river leading to the capital, Seoul, which at the ndrtheast corner of Kanghoa Istand turns sharp south from the previous northwest course of the river, and is marked on the French chart as Fleuve de Sel (Salt River), It is to be presumed that, as Mr. Low, the United States Minister, haa, before leaving Pekin, given the Chinese government full tuformation as to the intended expedition and its objects, THE COREANS MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE LOOK OUT for the artival of the squadron. Besides, the twelve days spent in advancing from Farrier’s Island to Boisée Island afforded the Corean authorities ample notice of their approach. It was, therefore, no matter of surprise when, shortly after coming to anchor, a ! junk with some OMcial-looking persons on board | came within hai or the Colorado (flagship), and those on board raised a shout and displayed a letter. In response @ doat’s crew conveyed Mr. Commissioner Drew (who, it will be remembered, wont as one of the interpreters of the expedition) on rn hee ee ofelals Rapded him the letter, and, ag they at once began to talk in Ohi- nese, the conversation was carried on without difl- culty. A LETTER FROM THE KING OF COREA. We have received a translation of the letter here referred to, but not being able to trace it to the omi- cial interpreters of the expedition we do not guaran- tee its accuracy. We give it, however, as it came into our possession, Translation of a letter forwarded by the Coreans to Rear Admiral John Rodgers, commanding the United States Asiatic squadron:— In the year 1868 a man of your nation whose name was Febiger came here, and communicated, aud went away. Why cannot you dothesame? In the year 1265 a people calied the French came here, and we refer you to them for what happened. This people and kingdom have lived in the enjoyment of their own civilization 4,000 years, and we want no other. Wo trouble no other nations. Why snoald they trouble us? Our country is in the furthest cast; Yours tn the fitthest west, For what purpose do you come so many thousand miles across the sea? Ts tt to inquire about the vessel destroyed (the Gen- eral Sherman)? Mer mea commit Lovee and murder, and they were punished with d . Do you want our land? That cannot be. Do you want intercourse with us? That caunot be. As to this letter, there are two passages which lead us to doubt that It ts the unassisted and unso- phisticated production of @ secluded people like the Coreans. We reter to what is sald about the “civill- zation 4,000 years old” and the “piracy and murder’? use. Erther the Interpretors adapted their transia- tom To wygter® Meas by using some freedom with WV = os . thelr orient Be What [s sitff more ikely, tne agoU eit had been sent on from Pekin i Prospect of tha arrival of the expedition, and is the pic duction of fome Chinese official, veneered with the (..'06%¢ version of Wheaton’s International Law, or schooled by the subtleties of the Irish diplomatist. This, how- ever, is a digression; wé retura to our narrative, ‘The three oMotals represented themselves ag sent by the King of Corea to ascertain the nature and ob- Jects of such @ squadron, Mr, Drew sald that they could best ascertain these by coming on board the flagsbip; and having invited them to do so he re- turned to the Colorado. YOWE WON'T LOWER HIMSELF. The three officials went on board. Butas they had no credentials, nothing to inaicate their rank, nothing even to show that they came from the King, the Minister and Admiral alike declined to ate them, directing the interpreters to inform them that the Minister and Admiral wonld treat only with some high officer bearing proper credentials as the King’s plenipotentiary. ‘The interpreters were also directed to inform them that their mission was peaceable and friendly; that they would take no- thing and hurt no one; would not even land; that though they came with such a strong armament they would not fire a shot unless thoy were first frea at. Thelr desire was to reach (he capital, with the view of establishing friendly relations with the gov- ernment, With this view they would, send out a party to survey the river in the direction of Seoul, But tn order to give the officials ample time to ap- prise all the people of the neighborhood of their peaceable Intentions they would delay the survey for two dass. The officials, professed themselves greatly relieved, aud Made no objection to the pro- posed survey. ANOTHER NAVAL RECONNOISS ANCE. Next day, May 31, @ party of eight Coreans, appa- rently men of some standing, came on board the flag- aslitp and remained iully two hours, They were shown all over the slip, and inspected wistfully her powerful armament. They wore very social and communica- Hve—told the name of the King, explained their form of government and the Chinese. Tney also were told of the Intended survey of the channel up to the capital, and were asked to let the friendly character of the expedition be generaily known, They seemed periectly satisfied, departing witn wany friendly assurances. UP THE SALT RIVER. All, therefore, seemed tranqall and satisfactory, and at twelve o'clock on June 1 thé Monooacy aud Palos, preceded by four ateam launches, got under way to eurvey the “Salt River’ up to the sharp bend where it leaves the main river to Seoul. It was flood tide. The four launches went In line some hun- dred varda ahead, taking soundings and hotating signals indicating thelr water to the gunboats be- hind, In the launches were Captain Boswell, the local pilot of the expedition, and Mr, Cowles, joint interpreter with Mr. Drew. The launches had eaqn & 12-pounder Dahigren brass howitzer on the bow, The pacty told off was abont 160 strong, Tne com. mand of the party Was given to Captain Blake, of the Aiaaka, Wwiin insiractions to use every effort to exe. cute its survey In @ peacéful manner, and on no account to resort to force unless he was attacked; in which cage he was directed touse his means of defence and destroy the attacking force. About four miles above the anchorage they passed A YORT, ON A SMALL IGLAXD, close to the chaanel, on the Wem side. Three miles further up, on the sharp headland which forme the sonthenst corner of Kanghos Island, there was an- other fort commanding the channel. Both these forts were batlt ot stone, and have been erected ince the French expedition of 1806, From thia point upwards the ohannel narrowed to about three hundred feet between the main land of Corea ou tho oast and Kanghoa Island on the west, she qurveny Dee Jagr 8pA BOD, ADOBS, tata tintd bt BORA SA AB SEES ES ae Ra Re ae ae ee se ee ee ee a a ee ee | NEW YORK: HERALD, moles above the last-nanied fort ls a place marked on the French chart “DIFFICULT PASSAGE.” Hete a peninsula about one hundred and fifty feet high projects in the form of a horseshoe into the rivér, while from 1ts base a shoal ledge of rocks runs nearly half way across the stream. As the launches approached this piace’ it was observed that ata height of about one hundred feet above the river there was a crenelated wall, from embrasures in ‘which were seen the muzzles of from forty to filty guns. Above thia battery the hill narrowed as it rose till 1b ended tn a flat ciroular top, about forty feet in diameter. Around this there ran a wall about six feet high, an awning over the top of which transformed the place into a tent, from the centre of which rose a poleon which was floating a large yellow flag, the characters on whiou were inter to mean “THE COMMANDER-IN-CHTEF.’? Between this tent and the battery below were observed large numbers of soldiers bearing match- locks and displaying an immense array of Gags. At & moderate estimate there were not less than 2,000, and the demonstration seemed intended to induce the surveying party to retire. ‘The launches, however, steamed on, and as they began to sweep round the bend of the river caused by the projection of the peninsula, they observed on the mainiana on their right a smail fort so situated that its fire would converge with that from the battery on the opposite side. They had scarce noted thia ominous fact when the report of a gun was heard from the commander's tent on the hill top, It wag a signal gun. Next moment FIRE OPENED ON THE UNITED STATS FLOTILLA from the matniand and fsland simultaneously. The cannon seemed to be the old fashioned long small bores, carrying balls of six or eight Ibs. or so. There seemed to be half a dozen of them securely fixed side by side on a log of wood, and from the simul- taneous of their discharge appeared to have a com- mon touchhole, After the first startled surprise a sensation of eager enthusiasm took possession of the surveying party. We ouglit to bave mentioned that, as the launch of the Benicia was prosecuting her soundings soon after leaving the anchorage, her lead line got entangled somehow with her screw, and before it could be got clear she was four or five miles behind. There were thus only three launches within range when the Coreans opened fire. ‘They were about two hundred yards from the island pattery, and only 100 from the one on the mainiand. It seemed as if they must be at once cut to pieces. But sauctly they turned vheir stems to the hill side from the battery up to the tent. RETURNING FIERY COMPLIMENTS. ‘The Palos and Monocacy had diMcalty in coming into position on the flood tide, but only a minute or two elapsed when their eight-inch shells were seen tearing vast rents in the wall of the battery, and the flames and smoke of their explosion inside came rolling ont. For ten minutes only the struggle lasted, and then BOTH FORTS WERE SILENT. But from the peculiar style in which the Corean guns were lasned together and fired, the fire, while it lasted, waa so rapid that the water was dented with the shot as if a gigantic hail shower had heen falling. Captain Blake declared that, though he had his vessel sunk under him in the late war with the South, he never witnessed such a tremendous fire, And yet, atrgnge to say, the casualty of the survey- ing HY Ms ee ONE MAN WOUNDED, apparently by a gingall ball in the back of the head and shoulder—a painful wound, but by no means dangerous, Another got his fingers accidentally jammed by the recoil of bis own gun. The fact seems to be that the Corean guns were fixed to sweep @ certain point, and the launches not happen. ing to passat that particular spot, escaped almost unscathed. When the smoke cleared away NOT A CORBAN WAS TO BE SEEN, though the yellow flag still foatcd over the Com- mander's pavilion. The Monocacy sustained some damage, though not from the enemy. As she faced round to get her guns to bear on the Coreans her steering gear got out of control, and she was drifted by the food tide agamst the edge of the édge of rocks mentioncd above as running out from the base of the penin- sula. Grazing along thissome damage was déne to her plates and she began to leak. But a little tem- porary arrangement soon made her water ught, and she followed the Palos and the threc launches up to the northern side of the peninsula hill, where they anchored. A GALLANT BNSIGN UNDER FIBE. Much interest was now felt as to what Ensign Schroeder, who was in chargo of the Benicin’s launch, would do, Would he turn back when he saw the fight? or would he dare alone to run the gauntiet of the two forts? Most people Resets Po hs Mie fabreocr a eachors down many minutes wueu sae uu ‘Was resolved. Schroeder had resoived to pass, and the Coreans, seeing the tiny craft approach, plucked uo the courage Which the shells had go sadly shat- tered, Sod again siood to their guns, and the rapid ger BANG! BaNG! told his comrades what was happening. But the Beniola boys were not content to merely run the gauntlet. Schroeder ordered the launch to be swung round till her howitzer bore on the hill fort, and, giving the Coreans another taste of shell, he passed up and joined his comrades above, with the launch hit in many places by shot, but no serious damage, and not one man scratched | At 3:50 P, M. the party weighed anchor and pro- ceeded down stream. NOT A COREAN WAS TO BE SEES, and without further incltent they reached the an- chorage and reported what had occurred to the Ad- miral, The latter expressed great satistaction with the manner in which they had- conducted them- selves, and especially complimented Ensign Schroe- Ger wpon the singular courage he had displayed. Aboat six P. M.a@ general order from the Admiral directed the squadron to have a landing party of 660 men and eight field howitzers ready for action the next morning. But it would appear that on fartner consideration Admiral Rotgers saw reason to change his mind. The spring tides then_ running made the navigation exceptionally dificult; the Monocacy needed some repairs; it was important that he and the Minister should both report what had occurred to thelr government, and that they should receive latest advices from home, What had happened made it unlikely that they could get either coal or other necessary stores in Corea, and it was possible that more lengthened operations might be necessary than were originally contemplated. For such reason, at nine in the evening, the landing order for next day ‘was Countermanded, and the Palos was ordered to proceed to Chefoo with Vaptain Boswell and others, with despatches for America and orders for the sup- ply of coal and other stores. It was understood that the Palos would get back to Corea on the wth (to-morrow), and that active operations would com- mence on the 10th. We believe a matl for the expedition will leave to- morrow night, and we hear that tie Millet bas been chartered to carry coal tothe fet, HOW THE NEWS If REGARDED IN CHINA. SHANoHAR, June 12, 1871. ‘The all-absorbing topic of conversation in Shang- hae has been the American expedition to the Corea. From the time that it was definitely known that such an expedition was about to start everyboay has dis- oussed the qnestion, and whtie all have hearty Wished success, many augured fll as to the results, But the Interest in the affair reached tts culminating point when the Shanghae Steam Navigation Com- pany’s steamer Manchu brought the first in. teligence from the feet. “Has there been & fight?’ wae the question asked on all sides, for everybody anticipated a row, “Yes!” And the satis- faction Was compiete. when it was found that the Yankees nad acted a Uttte diferent from the French pene z By hear oars it wih the ul Karairal ‘xBigers has tele- to for iostr' he continae and 2 fe make at or not? If thé answer be he should go 0 by rie bd a for cons Enterta tras ny iti Neen a shave to wiRdraw Ln ” answer ot fap ta ooKed, for With a era to] doin, or the he 0p % He! United States feet on with espa whence MONDAY, JULY 24, 1871. OUT OF TOWN. Sunday Excursions—“Stay-at-Homes” Seeking Pure Air—How the Germans Spent Yester- day--Floating Picnic Parties—Fun and Frolic—Mishaps of a Newark Party. Sunday ts the poor man’s day of rest. It is tohim Netther a religious Sabbath nor a festive holiday ex- clusively. It ts both, and the spirit which made the great and ever worshipful “seventh day” an in- stitution among all men who have learned to regard Mosaic revelations with respect and credence is better preserved by the working masses, who ‘observe the day as one of marked and exceptional devotion in the first piace, ana of rest and rational enjoyment in the second, than by the straiilaced extremists, who greet the dawn of a Sunday morn- ing as the beginning of a day of DECOROUS YAWNING AND PIOUS AGONY. There 1s scarcely a city in the world where Sunday 1g observed so strictly in accordance with the motive and the spirit which created that day of rest and placed it last and highest on the summit of cre- ation as the keystone and coping-stone of the unt- verse. In the morning the working men of the Great metropolis and their famunes attend tho reil- glous services of tho day and pay due homage to their Creator, In the afternoon they follow the great example set them by the Author and Founder of all labor, and spend some hours in healthy rest and enjoyment. At least over fifty tnou- sand people left the bustie gnd hoat of the metropolis yesterday morning, and the routes were almost as various as the people who patronized them. All these voyagers comprised the working Classes of Our population, who, availing themselves of the oppurtunity which Sunday affords, sauntered off to revel in tho only watering reese enjoyments they may know in the few hours of relaxation thus allotted to them. As @ general rule the larger num- ver of excursionists went up the Hi a. That glorious aquatic highway, with its ever bright and changing panorama of mountain peaks, precipices, aba Glades and woodlands, is almost naturally e FAVORITE ROAD TO RURAL RECUPERATION. Next, probably, in pont of public appreciation, is the picturesque Harlem River, combining as it does the pleasing trip up the East River, past Black- well’s and Randall’ Islands, and along the eddying verge of Hell Gate, Then come the many lines of conveyance down the bay to Staten Island, Keyport and oney Island, or out beyond the Hook to Long Branch, the fashionable ee oa of Jersey. The peor 16 probably estimate at its real hygtenic value he benefit to be derived from @ dozen hours atloat to the hard-worked denizens of crowded city homes, To eyes that are bent downward allthe week upon some weary task and whose vision is Pe lend bounded by the dry and unnatural confines of bric! and stone walis there is something wonderfully re- Juvenating in the expanse aud freshness of a rural Or aquatic ba The lungs drink m the cool, un- tainted air; tho oyes {eel rested by contact with the Vistas of gorgeous green or the changing tint of the waters and the woodlands; the inward nature is elevated to a better and purer phase of existence. The excursions announced for yesterday were, perhaps, not sO numerous and varied in heir character as those programmed on other similar occasiot but a very significant fact may be noticed in reference to many of them, Take the files of the HeRaLp for the past two or three weeks and @ large number of excur- sions will be found announced cach Saturday and Sund. morning, Yesterday, instead ot “excur- sions,” the same announcements were under the meral headings of “regular trips’? and “regular junday boats,’ thas plainty tudicating that the route to which reforence is nade bas become an in- stitution—an hebdomadal need of OVERTASKED AND WORK-WRARY GOTHAM. The various routes and avenues by which egress ad to be had from the city yesterday were nearly Mt by “regular” lines of railroads and steamboats, and were operated as punctually as the daily sohedule time tables of the different leading and well known lines of travel. Among them were the following:— For Staten Ieland, the reguirr ferry steamers plied between their slip at Wiutehall and the different landings on the beautiful island. These were fuil on every trip, and their freights were composed, as usual, of decently dressed and decently conducted mechanics and their wives and families, The excursionists to Rockaway Beach were numerous and characteristic. Tho Southside Ratl- road ran trains yesterday at eight, nme and ten o'clock in the mornumg from the Roosevelt and Gran street ferries. For Keyport and Raritan Bay the steamboat General Seagwick left ‘Thirty-fourth street, North River, at ane picicr A.M. and foot of Barclay atreet at nine o'clock. The Hudson River resorts, comprising Newpurg. Cornwall, Vold Spring, West Point, Iova Island and Yonkers, were catered for by the steamer Sleepy Hollow, which leit Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, at eight A. M,; Christopher street, North River, at 8:30, and ‘Vhirty-fourth sireet at mine o’ciock; and by the steamer Antelope, which left Harrison street at eight o'clock and Thirty-fourth street at a quarter ast cight for Yonkers, Dopbs' Ferry, Tarrytown, yack, Sing Sing, Granny Point, Harristown aud Verplanok’s, For High Bridge, Westchester county and Astoria the well known and generally recoguized stgguerd Sylvan Glen, Sylvan Grove and the whole “ FAMILY OF STRAMPO |) Me, 5 With the common name ~ —— ‘ Peck slip, filled ~ “esivit, ran hourly from a very Irip with pleasure-seeki passenge' ad y led the wes pga From Peck sth alae on Or Afewsinith, ‘qe hait-past Wut oretock yesterday "A stopped at Thirty-seventn street oo re, Aken Great Neck, ol Glenwood, Boslyn u.¢ SBer Dopulur resorts on tne Sound. % THR GERL %. ine! Wdeiatsinnes tt the majority of whom are ‘hanics and laboring men, do not spend their Suna tn the Hou up Utica”? of their city domio! ‘1adey seek t alr venevasions | whioh fathers, methers and chil- dren participate. Yesterday they, in COtMmon with thelr fetiow citizens of otuer nationaliuss, epjoyea the steainboat excursions and other amusénelits of the various German societies uf the city in the usual way. The New York Turnveretn made an excursion on board the barges Anna and New Baltimore, attached to the steamer Virginia Seymour, to Dudiey’s Grove, on the Hudson River. ‘Tne vocal society Schillerbund went on an excur- sion on board the barge Sarau Smith, attachea to to the steamer Wyoming, to Excelsior Park, on the Hudson River. The vocal society Yorkville Maennerchor had an excursivn up the Hudson River. Captain F. Heerlein’s Liverty Guard mude, on board the barge Hasket, an excursion on the Hud- son River. Company, Hustedt followed suit on board the barge Caledonia, ‘The friends and pupils of a popular dancing aca- demy made an excursion on board the barge St. Nich- olas, attached to the steamer Easton, on the Hudson, The Hudson River Clab went on board the steam. boat L. Boardman up to Weat Point and back. ‘The New York Moonshine Olub went up Long Island Sound, tonching at college Point. The German Pilgrim Lodge, No, 4, went on board the oarges Walter Sands and W. Myers, attached to to the steamer Joe Juhuson, to Myers’ Grove, Staten Island, and back. Jae yoeal Society Rheinischer Saengeround en- joyea themselves at tue Edgewater Park, Clifton, Staten Island. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Arndt Lodge, No. 281, went to Silver Lake, Staten Island ‘The Vocal Society Metomanen spent thetr day of rest at Bechtel’s Brewery (second landing), Staten Island. The Soctal Reformers, Fourth division, held a piente and summer night's festival at the Schuetzen Park of Astoria, 1. 1,, im the new German settie- ment o1 that Race. ‘The Vocal ‘iety [Helvetia Maennerchor made a pleasure trip Over the Erte Railway to the German town of Caristadt, N. J., and back, The Schieswig-Holstein Vérein Soctety spent its Sunday at the Bast Now York Grove, Long Isiand. ‘The vocal soctety. Hetneband, amused themselves at ey Park, 150th street, between Seventh and Elghtn avenues, Dancing and singing on most of and quafMing of lager heer on all these occasions was, of course, the order of the day. THE MAGENTA’S MISHAPS. A large excursion party left New: morning for Rockaway on board th genta. Anat arciving at (ne beach a tor named Bean ocoasioned some excitement by his strange antics, which wound uo in &@ deliberate at- tempt to drown himself. He tried to suffocate htm- acif by burying his face tn the sand, and then let, the breakers dash over nim. Mr. Cummt, one of me paggente’s oiticers, rescued him, le was nearly exhausted. On recovering le essayed to re- enter the surf, but was prevented. Sunsequentiy be freety admutred that he wanted to put a period to his life, Tt was “WORTHLESS WITHOUT Many." The poor fellow had the old story to tell about a certain héartiess coquette. He was closely guarded, Ancther incident was the narrow escape of a wo- man from drowning, In her eagerness to “dip” her offapring she tucked up her skirts and stepped fi the surh, The young one, fin Its eagerness to dis- pense with the ‘‘dip,’’ tucked over maternal parent, clothes wnd ail, r husband saved her from drowning. In Newark Bay, on the wav back, when opposite the Bergen Point light, @ small pont, in which were 1wo persons, STRUCK AXD UPSET, the officers fay through the carelessness of the boat- men, The ita Was promptly sto; d, a lifeboat Toqored snd tanned nad too tro terrerroe’ boatmen, a rescned. of tem Was cut over the head, bu! whether bis injuries are bate] or not was not pl appa A boat fromm the lighthouse took thém asnore, CHANGING A GAUGE IN SHORT METRE, CINCINNATI, July 2%, 1871, Me work of changing the gauge from six to four feet nine inches of (he Onto and Missiesipp! Railroad commenced, ‘at daylight this morning, and was com. pie thi out fe entre Iino, a distance of 810 miles At eb o'clock A. M. Narrow gauge trains COPMMACDSS CURBING Wie POS OT, ink ih i al WASHINGTON. The Collection of the Tax on Divi- dends and Incomes. SOLICITOR BANFIELD’S DECISION. Non-Appearance of Ku Kinx Witnesses, The San Juan Boundary Ques- tion Again. Wasuinaton, July 23, 1871. The Tax on Dividends and Incomes—NSolicitor Banfleld’s Decision. The deciston of Solicitor Banfleld, of the Treasury Department, which was anticipated in Flor Department is aircady tm charge. of ® Mintle sotlan, but General Sanborn’s strergth, as a willtpg or involuntary candidate, ea in nia capactty for the Work to be done, and itis contended that State boundaries should not be brought into the a under the circumstances nniess, as alleged in some’ quarters, Mr. Felix Brunot is to be appointed solely to bring the Indian Bureau and the philanthropic Indian Commissign tuto better harmony. General Sanborn may safely be regarded as the foremost of the probably coming men, provideg! always that ho is willing to step Into the moccasins of ex-Commisstoner Parker, The proposed Brunot appointment is criticised by some of the knowing Ones as tending to give too much of a happy family aspect to the conduct of affairs, and it is contented that if the controling reasons of Mr. Brunot’s ap- pointment be sound it would be more logical to put the Indian Office by law in direct charge of the Whole Board of Commisstoners as the English Admi- ralty ts in charge of the several Lords Comumission- rs, and let the Secretary of the Board do the mere clerical work that General Parker bas turned his back upon. - The Ku Klux Luvestigation—Demeeratic Wite Renses Excusing Themselves, t It has been stated that tne Sergcant-at-Arms of the Senate has countermanded the subpeenas issued to these | certain witnesses sammoned atthe instance of the despatches of Wednesday last, concerning the | democratic members of the Ku Klux Investigating: liability of the joint railroad compani3s of the State Committee, and informed them trey need not ap of New Jersey to payatax at the rate of two and | pear, The truth of this publication is denied by the @ half per cent, per annum for the.last five months republican members, who say that on July 1 Mer. of the Year 1870 on»interest on coupons” pald on | Hardeman, of Georgia, was summoned, but de bonds or other evidences of debt, was yesterday | clined to.come bither on account of sickness, Om Promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and, having been approved by mim, Commissioner | he was ready Pleasonton wilt to-morrow be notified that this | poe the 1ith inst, however, he sent word thas to obey the summons; it being then supposed by Judge class of taxes will be exempt from assessment and Poland, who was acting chairman of the committee, collection. But beyond its reference to tax OM | that a recoss would be,taken on the 1éth of July, ‘dnterest on coupons’ this decision does not | and there being a number of witnesses here to fil apply. it was generally supposed that all the cases coming under the Attorney General's opinion of the intermediate time, he directed the Sergeant-at- Arms to notify Mr. Hardeman not to come This May 12 last would be included in the opinion de | was the only case of the kind. No other cemo- livered by Solicitor Ranfleld. It appears, however, that the class of cases referred to are limited, whtie the scope of the decision of Attorney General Aker- cratic witness recelved similar notice, It is further statea that the leader of the Ku Klux in Orange county, North Carolina, F. N, Strudwick, the im- man covered all the cases that might possibly arise peacher of Governor Holden, asked three several ‘under bis construction of the act of July 14, 1870. ‘The question which called forth the opinion of the At- torney General was upon the refunding of @ uividend tax on the ground that on the 2ist of January last times for delay; finally he came to Washingt<n and reported to the Sergeant-at-arms, bul the day pre vious to the time for his examination he left the without leave or notice. He was agata suminon: Com misstonor Pleasonton Issued an order tn which | put asked for further time, saying he wassick, He he stated that upon a caroful consideration of the question he was of the opinion that sections fifteen and sixteen of the act of July 14, 1870, entitled “An act to reduce the internal taxes and for other purposes,” “did not the levying and collecting of a dividend tax upon dividends declared during the last five months of has not appeared before the committee. W. L. Saunders, the reputed State Unief of the Ka Kiux in North Carolina, was also summoned and asked for further time. Plato Durham, alleged to authorize | pe the Grand Chief of the Ku Klux in Cleveland county, N. U., declined to come until after tne 8d of August. H. W.Guyon, supposed to be connected 1870, He revoked all previous rulings contrary to | with Ku Klux in Mecklenburg county, has asked to this opinion, and directed that where assessments of the tax had been made, but not passed to the col- lector, that they be struck from tho lists, and that where they had been received by the collector ne should assist in preparing claims for abatement or refunding according as the tax had or bad not been paid. In accordance with this ruling a large pum- ber of claims were prepared and presented to the be excused on account of court business, Mr, Avery, of South Carolina, reported and then left Washing— ton, General A. R. Wright, of Georgia, was sual- moned on the 1st of July, but has not yet obeyed. Other witnesses, however, have promptly opeyem. the summons, among them Colonel Christy, of Athens, Ga., who 18 mow here. Accounts fromm. Raleigh, N. 0., say there are already 100 indictments Secretary of the Treasury, who at once took excep- | against members of the Ku Klux in that State, and. tions to the construction of tho law as laid down iu General Pleasonton’s order, and referred the mat- terto the Attorney General for his opinion, The questions presented were as follows:— First—Ja the tax on interest or coupons paid on bonds or other evidences of pen Imposed by the fifteenth sectton of the above mentioned act, appli- cable tw interest paid Sane pAtanuy to August 1, 1870, and prior to Japuary 1, 1571? Second—Is the tax. on dividends of earnmga, in- comes or gains, Lm ul by the same section, appli- cable Lo dividends declarcd Rapes aeney to August 1, 1870, and prior to January 1, 1871? Third—Shontd officers and employés of the United States and Senators, Representatives aud Deicgates. in Congress, from whose pay or salary a tax at the rate of ilve per cent ver annum has been withheld continuously stuce Decemper 81, 1869, be required to include in their income return for 1870 the pay or salary received by them snes the last five months of 1870, in which no tax has been withheld ? ‘To all of these questions the Attorney General replies in the aMrmative, and os this was considered @ lest case, reversing as it did the ruling of the Commissioner on the 16tu of May last, he issued the following circular to assessors and collectors :-— In accordance with the instructions of the Score tary of the Treasury, dated May 18, 1871, the pre- vious decision of this bures™, ts Roreby revoked, aaa the raling of the sttorucy General, as ful- OWS:— fe ponds ther 5 sod by thy bonds or other ces of debt im} yy the fftoen SOUP, of eee Tuly id 1840, 18 applica the number will probably be increased to 200 by the time specified for the term of the Oircuit Court, te be presided over by Judge Bond, A New Mevement for German Unity. A movement has been inaugurated among the Germans of the city to unite them for the purpose of promoting thelr welfare socially and politically, They propose to engage in social enjoyments of alt kinds and endeavor to promote a unison aurong all, go that in matters pertaining to the interests of the. district or nation their Influence as a boay will be More potent. A meeting in the interests of the Ob= Ject will be held daring the weok, 1 Compromise of a Big Railroad Sult, | ~ . The suit of the United States vs, the Nashville Chattanooga Railroad Company, which has pending since November, 1869, in tne Circuit of the United States, has been compromised, railroad company pays to the Unit $1,000,000 in the bonds of the company, bearing: four per cent Interest and running twaity and forty years. The amount in controversy was about $1,750,000, and was the amount clalined by the gov- ernment for rolling stock, material and improve ments which the road recetved during and at the —The tax ®n interest on coupons paid on | close of the rebellion. The government sottled * cuse under authority of a joiut resolnt'-- ‘“ Congress at its last session, ~* dh oui Ww bie to ip tly (o Augast 1, 197°, and Pr op Seabees he im : "| Department and ~ _ «ich gave 40 the - Pecond-—The tax on dividends of earnings, 10- | power ' _+ wangel ‘employed tn the cause ‘come or gains imposed by ‘i -v compromise upon the basis of mm anhaer: -T: equality and Plicable dividends declared ” jostidk, M d ust 1, Y8¥0; afd bilor t Taha T | Faw NR Tak A guid Senators Representatives and ver in D or salar} of five per cent per noun has boon withnelt dane tinuously since December 31, 1869, should. be re- ured to include in their income returns for 1870 the pay or salary received by them during the last Aye montis of 1870, on which no tax bas been with. Personal, ' During the abséhce of Minister Thornton Affairs of the Britisn Legation will be in cuenta Hon. Francis Pakenham, First Secretary of Lega- Sir Edward Thornton will be avsent avout two weeks, , 1 Yonectors act 888e880rS will govern therasel ved VIEWS oF ae oer. braced itr AL La ealiceme opuon eee * Bie JULY 24, . aa Sth , 1 1870—First blood shéd in the Franco- Coucurring in the opinion of av Generat Firnt blood shed i the ¥ranco-Prudetan Wat Akerman, avd having 80 instructed Genera! Pleas- | 19¢3—Morgan, the rebel onton, the Secrotary of the Treasury did not coh. alder st necessary to issue any orders on the subject, but the Commissioner proceeded at once to enforce the opinion of the Atforney General and referred all claims for relief to the Secretary, Here com- menced the present unpleasant relations between Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Pieasonton. Reference to the opinion of Solicitor Banfield, whois the legal ad- mertils chet, commencea. , Igdiana and Ulinow, — ' raltar captured by the! Brittsd navat and military f 5 1667—Queen Mary, of Scotiand, aba! ip favor of her son James. ald into Kentn fortress of MAILS FOR EUROPE. » The steamship Hammonis will leave ¢hia port om viser of the Secretary, will show that there is a curt | Tuesday for Plymouth and Hamburg. allusion to the error made by Mr. Pleasonton, and The matis for Europe will close at the Post offee” this is the frst evidence from the Secretary's oMce | at haif-past eleven o'clock A. M. of the present inharmontous relations between these oMicials. But the more important part of the muddle— viz., the diMiculty in collecting the tux on divi- dends—remains tobe settled. As hasbeen stated above, the Secretary refused to refund the amount claimed under Commissioner Pleasonton’s deciston, and now it remains to be seen whether the error of Mr. Pleasonton will compel Mr. Boutwell not only to recant, but to finally acquiesce In the original order of General Pleasonton, who hopes that upon the assembling of Congress his construction of the act of July 14, 1870, will be sustained, and that he ‘Will in this gain a victory over the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. ‘The San Juan Boundary Question, AM examination of the State Department docu- ments relative to the San Juan boundary shows that the Fremont map, now making so much talk in | Prewiecoine familiar with Canadian papors and some in England, was twice called to the notice of the American authorities by English oMclais —frat by the Euglish Commissioners | Beech! Appointed to adjust the boundary, and afterward by Lord Russell through Lora Lyons, In both cases the fact that it related alone to the country exptored by Fremont, and not to any questions of boundary, was clearly pointed out. It also appears that our government nas knowledge of the map printed at London in 1684, three years after the ratification of the treaty, by on6 of the best known English map publishers, IM which all the islands in the San Juan group Were colored 0 as to indicate that they belonged to the Uaited States, This map ts en- utied, “Map of Vancouver's Island and adjacent coasts, complied from surveys, Vancouver, Keilet, Simson, Gollang and Volds, &c., &c. By J. Arrow- smith, No. 10 Soho square, London.” In 1856 the Hudson Bay Company called Arrowsmith to account for this first map, when he clatmed that he bad Dever indicated any boundary by it unttl after see- ing Fremont’s map im 1853, wuen he prinied one edition with dotted boundary io compare with that, Our government I4 aware, however, that for four years this London map, from » publisher of acknow- ledged authority, and compued from the best Eng- lish authortiles, was undisputed aud conformed throughout the Argerican clatus, . The Commission ip of Indinn Affaire. ‘The name of tegeral Joln B. Sanborn, of Minne- Sota, is Very favorably mentioned in influcusial quar- ters tm connection with the Commtasionersip of In- dian Affairs. Geuerai Sanvorn, besides an excellent ‘Western army record, has an accurate and extensive kuowledge of Indian affairs, and was the President ofthe Indian Peace Commission of 1867. No appil- cation has been made by the General or his friends for the position, nor 1s it certain that mis large pri- vate business interests would permit hum to accept it; but the feeling ia his favor, predl- cated on public grounds, { undoubdtediy growing. Some objoction has been suggested oa { the ground tuat one umportant varean of the [pte { Tus New York Hexatp—XKdition for Karepe— will be ready ot half-past nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six centes Agnin Henry Ward Beecher Is Accused. AKhough it has been asserted by some that Mr. Beeches of scifise fut, ite Sot generally accredited, TC be. feut “hi mouvoa, ge : to pufling patent medicines in fo) be 'o pulling pi wae fe a eye re, eived & jt taken fo~ cert a that De Shermncaie irestincet of Mir, a cl Eoet nothing. The applications demanded by the ae? wily ex bbe o rr engage in mal st this. petlod of. life not He pursnes the profession uf « ited as trreproachable in point evory man arrives olusiops soning. We know Mr. Beecher was in troubles deen orauuht to ni windy and with He could no! composed until wih Dr. Sierman; consequenly hie great him to put on a (rugs, letter went the ress, since which (ime the names of Beecher and Sherman. evprybady. , re treated. tho. rever= end gentleman's case Knowing the faine of tuch uld hardly expect ft without the Doctor lg eth llte Therefore we dist idea. of favoriiiem the . or ing motive of Mr. Beecher, “iupture isa terri and If Dr. Sterman has discovered « mothod of rel removing it the man who has recived auch benetit m ver J ; e Doctor was alive th correspondence, Reecher's and ry ir 4 who hides it from the jude, This feeling no one has more at heart Beeoher, whose avocation fa doing good to all men, the afiicted and di ing heaven turd, “Prove all things, and bold faut thet which le good," ts divine fojunction which we, as well as Mr. Beecher, iQ in View when we recawrmend ihe roptared to consult Dr. Sher- man and test Lis remeaies, Now Pertume. 1 1O¥8 $98: LOVE YOU. 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