The New York Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1871, Page 4

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New York, Friday, August 4, 1871. aces = = CONTENTS OF Tv-DAY’S HERALD. Pas. 1—Advertisements. 2—Advertisements. 3—Proceedings in the Courts—The Steamer Provi- dence in & Fog; She Runs Down Three Schooners—The Atleged “Ohio Poisoner”— Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. 4—Editorials: Leading Article, “The Progress of ; Republican Ideas in England—Some of the Signs of the Times’—News from Washing- ton—Army and Navy Intelligence—City Intel- ligence—New Publications Recerved—Amuse- Ment Apnouncements. S—France: M. Thiers Nominated President of the Republic for Three Years; the German Army of Occupation Reduced—Ireland: The Prince of Wales Provisional Grand Master of the Dublin Freemasons—A Big Swindle ai nk fort on-the-Mam—Telegrams fr ingland, ermany, Italy, Haytt and Jamaica— e Canadian Filibusters—Indian Affairs— Miscellaneous Telegrams—Ben Butler—Fatal Accident on the Erie Railway—Fire in siaiden Lane—Brooklyn Affairs— Views of the Past— Business Notices, 6—The Westfleld Horror: Another Visit to Bellevue Hospital; The Sick, the Suffering and the Dying; Yesterday's Funerals; The Oficial In- vestigation of the United States Government Inspectors; Evidence of Robinson, the Col- ore’ Engineer of the Westfield; Remarkable Revelations of His Incapacity—The Second Area Car Outrage—Crime in Williams. urg—Child Murder and Suicide—General Sherman. '7—Long Branch Races: Third Day of the August Meeting; Four Interesting Contests—The Na- tional Game—Lacroase—The Nation's Wards— More Jersey Tragedies—Cornering a Corpse— Jefferson Market Police Court—California Wines—Financial and Commercial Reports— Domestic Markets. @-Engiand: The Royal Warrant Abolishing the Purchase of Army Commissions—Feminine Finance: Lecture ¥ictorla 0. Woodnull— Education at Our Colleges—The Methodists— Ratiroad Intelligence—Failing of a Derrick— Base Rall in Troy—Painful Accident in Tren- ton—Shipping Inteliigence—Advertisements. Asotngr Fre Love Murper has occurred fo San Francisco, in which both murderer and murdered are women. In this case, how- ever, the wronged wife shot the woman who bad wronged her. Tae Cvsanx Firwusters in Canapa find the usual difficulties in their way. The Gov- ernor General of the Dominion has issued his proclamation warning all against any infringe- ment of the neutrality laws, and arrests have been made of large numbers of suspected parties. Toe Frenou Government fs certainly walking in the path of progress. It is about to arrange a.money order system with Eng- land and the United States. We heartily ap- prove of this step. It will facilitate commer- clal relations and confer great benefit upon the nations concerned. Tae Queen's WarRast ABOLISHING PuR- OUASE IN THE AuMY.—We publish in another portion of the Herarp this morning the text of Queen Victoria's message abolishing the purchase of commissions in the English army. On the Ist day of November next the old order of things will cease and a ‘‘new de- parture” be inaugurated. Tag Inspxctiox of the boilers of the Fulton ferryboats is still going on. Under the pres- sure of the late disaster it may safely be as- sumed that the inspections will be thorough; but what even the most thorough inspections amount to in the way of guaranteeing safety from explosions is a question just now of much interest. Toe Mowictrat Evection in Charleston has resulted in a democratic victory. South Car- olina is considered republican by an immovable black majority of thirty thousand, but re- cently the old rebel eloment bas been putting | the “new departure” in force, and the first re- | sult of the change may be seen in the Charles- ton election. It is probable that, with the ex- | ample of Charlestoa before it, the whole State may g» democratic. Tax Asort Moverrations of the good women of our city among the Westfield suffer- ere at Bellevue are some of the bright re- deeming features of the catastrophe. These | women heve been anremitting in kind atten- | tions, in supplying delicacies and comforts to the injured, even where the latter are of no nearer kin to them than that wide brotherhood of buman ty that prevails all the world over. A Conowsn's Iyveetication is to be held immediately in the case of the Mr. Delatour, who was mardered by roughs on the Second avenue car on Sunday night. No arrests have yet been made, the ruffians having escaped as soon as they found to what an extent their bratality bad gone. The affair ts evidently an outeropping of the brutal epirit that the public excitement in the early stages of the Foster case frightened Into retirement, and which bas been emboldened to raise its head again by Judge Pratt's decision. Taz Coat Trovnres in Pennsylvania seem likely to be soon resumed, The miners ina colliery near Mabanoy City have strack for higher wages, and the Lehigh Valley and fhe Frogres of Repsdlicas ideas te Eng- lané—Some of the Sigus of the Times. Great Britain is not yet a republic, but if we are to judge from the tendency of events and from the tone of public feeling the repub- lic is mot very far distant. Already the people are sovereign. Their will—not the will of the Lords, not the will of the Quees— is supreme. Slowly the democracy bas been rising and asserting its power, and steadily, year by year, has it been adding victory to victory. What a change has passed over the British constitution since 1832, the year of the first great Reform bill! Then the House of Lords was supreme. Now the people's House of Parliament refuses to enbmit to any dicta- tion or to endure any resistance. Within the last few years reform has followed reform with increasing rapidity, and within the last few weeks innovations bave been made upon the ancient constitution of so daring « charac- ter that the staid and dignified aristocracy, unable to resist the swelling democratic tide, contemplate their sliuation with fear and dis- may. In justification of these views wo bave but to refer to certain recent events, We might refer to the fact that Mr. Gladetone is bimself a convert to the popular cause. His bonest, anxious, earnest mind, was trained in the direction of aristocratic conservatism. Such a mind, however, must be true to itself; and Mr. Gladstone is entitled to this praise, that so soon as he knows the truth he accepts it. His position to-day as Prime Minister of Eag- land is one of the grandest triumphs of the democracy in the nineteenth century. He is the first Prime Minister Great Britain has known who has honestly dared to represent the will of the people. Hated by the tories, distrusted by the old whigs of the Russell and Cavendish school, he has, nevertheless, been able to abolish the ancient Church estab- lishment of Ireland, to pass a great agrarian law, and todo much besides which a few years ago would have been the ruin of any statesman, no matter what his ability, no matier what his political or family connections. We are not disposed to give Mr. Gladstone all the praise and all the glory for the reforms which he has accomplished, and for the re- forming policy which he keeps successfully in motion. We know that Lord Palmerston, for at least ten years, gave Great Britain coa- tentment and repose under a policy of do nothing and let well alone. We know, also, that there are those who think that Mr. Glad- stone might have pursued a similar policy with equal success, and that his iasatiable am- bition alone has precipitated a revolution which might have been long deferred. We know that these opinions are held; but they fre not our opinions, and we cannot accept them. Lord Palmerston’s great name and great power did delay the revolution; but no one knew better than Lord Palmerston himself that the revolution was coming, and that even he, if he lived long. enough, would have no choice but yield to it, After Lord Palmers- ton’s death Mr. Gladstone accepted the situa- tion, and made up his mind to make the best of it, Even Mr. Disraeli, who is the recog- nized representative of reactionary toryism, during his brief lease of power found it neces- sary to play the part of a reformer. His Re- form bill was no more nor less than a con- fession that the aristocracy of Great Britain could no longer safely resist the honest and righteous demands of the people. This present session of the British Parlia- ment will long be associated with popular victories and with the triumph of ideas which are essentially republican. First among these must be mentioned the Washington Treaty. It is undeniable that this treaty bas been and still is regarded by the aristocratic portion of British society as a concession to the popular and prevailing republican ideas of the times. The people of Great Britain—who are now and always have been in sympathy with the people of the United Si.tes—demanded a settlement of all outstanding questions with their brethren on the other side of the Atlan- tic. Some of the tories had the good sense to accept the situation and bow to the inevita- ble. But the aristocracy properly s0 called felt in their hearts that the Washington Treaty was a blow to their order. Think or feel as they might, the great fact to be noted is that they were too weak to offer any substantial opposition. The Wash- ington Treaty is not, however, the only proof that republican ideas prevail in Great Britain. The fall of France, for twenty years the faithfal ally of England, and | the rise of a great German empire known to be in sympathy with Russia, who has yet to revenge her Crimean defeats, made it neces- sary for the British government to reconstruct the army. The bill introduced by the govern- ment provided for the abolition of a long-tol- erated abuse—the right of purchasing commis- sions. The Commons passed the bill. The Lords threw it out because of the obnoxious clause, which virtually wreached the army away from a class who had been taught to re- gard it as a sort of private property. The Prime Minister called in the aid of the Crown, and by royal warrant, in spite of the Lords, ho abolished the whole system of purchase in the army. A more daring innovation has not beon made in the memory of living men. It was a triumph tothe people. It was a tri- umph to the House of Commons. It was a popular stroke of policy on the part of the Queen. But it was an open, unqualified insult to the Upper House. It was not unnat- ural that the Lords should make an attempt to censure the government. But, as all our readers know, the attempt proved a failure. They met to curse; they remained to praise. The intended vote of censure took tbe shape of a vote of confidence. Second thoughts came to the assistance of the Peers, j and it was deemed wise to submit to a fresh popular triumph, More significant than either of those cases we have mentioned was the action taken in the matter of the annual allowance to Prince Arthur. It is not yet for- gotten by our readers that strong opposition was made, both in and out of Parliament, to the grant and the annual allowance to the Princess Louise. To us on this side it did seem a paltry affair to quarrel about. Thirty Reading Railroads have announced that the tolls for coal carrying will soon be increased. These troubles bid fair to be everlasting. Direct State legislation does not seem to affect the operators, and it remains for Congress to admit foreign coal at such a low tariff as will bring it into effective competition with the Pepasyivania moaopaliste. thousand in hand and ten thousand a year was no great fortune for a Princess of the royal house of England. But it was proof of the revalence of republican ideas among the nglish people. It was to be expected that there woald be trouble about the annual eMlowance (0 Prince Arthur, Teo thou- NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY AUGUST 4, 1871. sand a year is asked as an an- nual allowance to an English Prince— it would have been twenty, perhaps thirty, but for fear of the people—and the police alone prevent huge and violent oppos! - tion demonstrations. Verily the princes of the blood royal of England have fallen on evil times. Let it not be forgotten that there are other members of the Queen’s family to pro- vide for. Letit also be remembered that the family of the Prince of Wales is rapidly on the increase. Some future Mr. Gladstone will have hard work on hand. The royal family does really promise to be a source of tronble to the future statesmen of Great Britain. When these various cases are considered and thoroughly understood, and when it is borne in mind that every popular triumph gives birth toa fresh popular demand, it is not difficult to see that a great revolution has begua in Eagland. The democracy grows on what it feeds, The example of the United States is telling. powerfully on England, and, indeed, on the whole of Europe. It must tell more and more. Reform must go on apace. The time will come when princes will be ashamed to be paupers. The law of entail must soon follow the right of purchase; and the great estates of England, the bulwarks of the throne, will become the property of the people. Not in Great Britian alone, but all the world over, the privileged orders must perish, Coming State Conventions. On Wednesday, the 9th instant, there will be held in New Orleans a Republican State Con- vention, for the purpose of endeavoring to put into some sort of running shape the radical electioneering gear in the State of Louisiana. As matters now stand, war is in the mouth of every politician of established proclivities, and it will be an interesting problem for the wire-pullers to solve whether things shall be allowed to goon as they are now going, or whether there shall be a new deal and a fresh bestowal of government patronage. Accord- ing to present appearances Governor War- moth and his adherents have the inside track. On the above day a State Temperance Con- vention will be held in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania, The Presidential election coming on next year, this is the season for all sorts of hybrid conventions, The old almanacs might have been made to read, ‘“‘Look out for State conventions about these days,” instead of pretending to be weather wise. All these temperance, labor reform, moral reform, labor saving, women’s rights and other sorts of conventions, in the year preceding the Pre- Presidential campaign, are simply devices of political trickstera and demagogues to put money in their purses by selling themselves out to the highest bidder. The regular political conventions will occur in the following order:—The Demo- cratic State Convention of Wisconsin will. be held in Madison on the 23d inst., and the Re- publican Convention in the same place the week succeeding—namely, the 30th. In 1869 the republicans carried Wisconsin by over eight thousand majority in the canvass for Governor. Virginia and Mississippi both hold conven- tions on the 30th inst. for the reorganization of parties, the necessity for which Is becoming more and more apparent. An interesting convention will be held in Lowell, Massachusetts, on the 1st September. Itis styled a ‘Labor Reform Convention,” and as Lowell was formerly the headquarters of Ben Butler, no doubt the coming conven- tion will be handled in his interest. There are ®@ good many people in Massachusetts who think that, after serving as Governor of the State, General Butler will prove an admirable radical candidate for the Presidency. The republicans of New Jersey hold their convention in Trenton on the 7th of September. The State is now republican—Governor Ran- dolph’s (democrat) term expiring on the let of January. While the Governor is away luxurl- ating in the balmy atmosphere of the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia, is there nota little danger that his prospects for the demo- cratic nomination for the Presidency may be dimmed if bis own State is allowed to be run altogether in the rut of republicanism? The Massachusetts democrats hold their State Convention in Springfield on the 14th September; the Illinois republicans hold theirs in Springfield, in that State, of course, on the 20th; the Minnesota republicans hold theirs in St. Paul on the 20th, and the Massachusetts republicans hold theirs in Worcester on the 27th. This completes the batch of conventions for the current and the succeeding month. October will open with a refreshing national negro convention, to be held in Columbia, 8. C., onthe 18th, and on the same day the National Labor Reformers will be sold at auc- tion in Columbus, Ohio. From the above it will be seen that there is avery fair prospect of a lively fall political campaign. The Coming of Mr. Ashbury and the Yacht Livonia. Mr. Ashbury, the English yachtsman, is about to try once more to carry back to Old England the cup won by the yacht America, He will leave England the latter part of Sep- tember in one of the Cunard steamers, sending his new yacht, the Livonia, in advance. On his arrival arrangements will be made for the race or races that will probably take place during the month of October. The telegram which announces the approach- ing departure of Mr. Ashbury says that he is coming as the representative of twelve English yacht clubs, and that he expects to sail the representative American yacht twelve races, the winner of a majority to take the much-coveted prize. This arrange- ment is new; it is the first time that anything bas been mentioned concerning it, and it re- mains to be seen what action American yachtsmen will take in regard to the matter. There is no doubt tuat Mr, Ashbury will be treated with all fairness and impartiality while with us; that bis yacht Livonia will be given every chance to accomplish that which ber owner most desires; but it may be that the energetic and enthusiastic English yachteman has overstepped the mark, and has asked or demanded that which even Americans will not be able to grant. It can hardly be supposed that the little arrangements made by Mr. Ashbury will be agreed to, except upon matare qonsideration by those American yachtqnen whose duty it is to take action in such mat ters. Aud how the races are to be sailed, when they are to be sailed and by what American yacht they will be sailed, are matters of which the American yachting world is still in igno- rance. All these arrangements will be set- tled in good time, when Mr. Ashbury and the Livonia have arrived. The First in the Ficld for the Next Pres! cy~The National Labor Union Party. Tho President of the National Labor Union party, it appears, has issued a call for a political convention of the representatives of the Union, to be held at Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, the 18th of October next, to nominate candidates for President and Vice President for the national election of 1872. The labor union party, therefore, it is pro- posed, shall be the first in the field for the Presidential succession. As to the elements of which this labor union party is composed, its extent, its strength and its designs, we are not very clearly informed. We presume that it em- braces the labor reform party of Massachu- setts, New Hampshire and some other States ; that its members are mostly members of the Trade Unions of the country; that some, if not all, of them belong to the International, that political organization of workmen which throughout Europe hangs like a lowering thunder cloud over kings and dynasties; and we dare say that, in a somewhat diluted form, the political platform of this labor union party is that of the International—the supre- macy of labor over capital. The Trade Unions of this country, excepting the Southern cities in which they exist, are limited pretty much to the north side of the line, embracing Mason and Dixon’s line and the Ohio river, which, in the good old times when African slavery was ‘‘a divine insti- tution” and cotton was king, divided the free States from the slave States. Even in the North these Trade Unions, it may be said, are confined to our cities and large towns, and are made up of men engaged in mechanical pur- suits, Their aggregate membership at this time is probably not less than three hundred and fifty thousand men, nearly all voters. We understand, however, that the Trade Unions have nothing to do with party politics, and that at present it is their intention still to keep aloof from party politics and still to leave their members, each for himself, to choose their political party associations. This labor union, or labor reform political party is, then, an independent organization—a . new political movement striking in between our two great political parties for the overwhelming political power held by the laboring classes of the coun- try, white and black. The only State, so far, in which this labor union or reform party has secured something like a balance of power between the two old parties is New Hampshire; but that State is so closely divided that a few thousand votes carried off from the republicans by a third party are sufficient to capsize the Commonwealth, as it was capsized in the election of last spring. In Massa- chusetts, however, Wendell Phillips having taken in hand the agitation of labor reform in connection with women’s rights, and Gen- eral Butler having entered the fleld for Gov- ernor for the rights of lsbor, the rights of women and the rights of Old Ireland, we may perhaps have a terrible shaking among tie old dry bones of party politics in this coming fall campaign. In New York the labor reformers have not as yet disclosed any very alarming strength, their fall poll as a disturb- ing faction in our last State election being less than four thousand votes; but it must not be forgotten that the original anti-slavery leaders in this country commenced their agitation with a following which could be crowded into an omnibus, and that for some years, wherever they showed their heads in the agitation of the horrors of negro slavery, even in Puritani- eal Boston, their mildest receptions were fusillades of rotten eggs. This labor union party has no such general popular indignation to confront in entering the field of party politics. On the other hand, it counts upon the support of the Inter- national and the accession of the Trade Unions in moving for the next Presidency. Nor is there any telling the extent to which the independent action of these elements asa third party may disturb and upset the calcula- tions of our shrewdest republican and demo- cratic political managers even in 1872, Some six months ago Governor Geary, of Pennsyl- vania, was openly in the field as the Presi- dential candidate of this labor reform party, and was actively instrumental, we believe, in the preparation of a series of pamphlets and circulars from Harrisburg, explaining the principles and purposes of this new party, and advocating its cause against both the demo- cratic and republican parties. We believe, however, that within the last three months Governor Geary has signified his adhesion to General Grant and his administration, so that this Labor Union National Convention of October next will probably have to look else- where for its Presidential champion and stand- ard bearer. We shall not, then, be surprised if this labor union party at Columbus sets up General Butler as its candidate, Ifso, we doubt not that the General will accept the nomina- tion, and will hold to it until the Republican National Convention shall have selected its candidate for Vice President, Then the course of the General will be governed by the circumstances of the situation, Finally, we suspect that this Labor Union Party Conven- tion, called so very early to nominate a Presi- dential ticket, isa movement indicating the readiness of the leaders concerned to sell out to the highest bidder, Butnous verrone, We shall eee, The Protongation of M. ‘Ihiers’ Powers. M. Thiers has worked wonders, The most opposite parties in France have equal conf. dence in bim, According to our special de- atch from Paris the moderate republicans of the National Assembly—the Left Centre, so- called—have almost unanimously voted for the prolongation of his powers as President of the republic for the term of three years, It is gratifying to mote that M. Thiers, in spite of his marked attention to the Orleans Princes, still ,enjoys the confl- dence of the moderate republicans. Four hundred Deputies out of seven hundred, Tf this be ao the election of M, Thiers may be considered as certain. The fact ts that the National Assembly can not afford to part with M. Thiers, He is now the only man ia France who can harmonize the conflicting claims of the different parties. He can be safely trusted by them all, because he is too old to have any other ambition than that of doing good to his country. M. Thiers has done with the passions of this world. Mis age, if not his large views, places him beyond the narrow range of party, It cannot be denied that M. Thiers’ pred'lec- tions run for an Orleanist or constitutional monarchy; but he will probably sacrifice his predilections if a republic will better suit the sentiments of the country. At present he can maintain the Balance of all parties. He can keep in check the reactionary tendencies of the majority and subdue the ardor of the minority. By accepting the Presidency be will have morally pledged himself to maintain the republican form of government during his term of office. Thus the republic will havo a fair trial, and, once fairly tried, will certainly be accepted as final. The Ferryboat Disaster. The investigation into the cause of the explo- sion of the Westfield {s still continued by the Bourd of Supervising Inspectors. The colored engineer, Robinson, was examined yesterday, and although a practical engincer in so far that ho understands the working of an engine, the uses of valves and gauges, and the danger of too much steam or too little water in the boiler, he is ignorant of all the theoretical principles that govern the operations of steam, cannot read or write and is barely competent to read figures. He had been a fireman and, doubtless, learned what he knows of an engine while serving in that capacity. While it may be a question whether there ought not to be some better school for the graduation of prac- tical steam engineers, it is an undoubted fact that seventy out of every bundred of our steamboat, railroad and factory engi- neers learn the business in that school and are given certificates by the local and United States inspectors on the practical knowledge they display, without any pretence of an ex- amination into their knowledge of underlying theories or reasons why. At any rate, this man Robinson bas in his possession his cer- tificate of first class assistant’s grade, the text of which he is unable to read. He does not know the meaning of the word maximum, and it may naturally be inferred that instruc- tions which he may bave received, couched in language somewhat above the ordinaay English of practical steamboat engineers, is substaa- tiaily Greek to him. As to bis carefulness, and even as regards his practical knowledge of enginery, he confessed that he did not know what kind of a steam gauge the engine had, nor did he think that it was correct. As for the safety valve, he sald the steam would increase faster than it could carry it away unless he ralsed it him- self. The evidence of the engineer, taken all in all, is very damaging against the enzineer himself. A prudent man, fully impressed with the responsibility of his situation, would certainly have had the steam gauge and the safety valve corrected. It may not need any more schooling than can be obtained by shovelling coal into the furnace and watching the movements of an engine as it is worked by the agency of steam to make a practical engineer, but it certainly reqaires some know- edge of the general principles of the expan- sive powers of steam—some intelligent com- prehension of the causes as well as effects of the movements of so treacherous a giant to make a trustworthy one, into whose hands the lives of thousunds of our people are to be entrusted every day. NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. From Macmillan & Co., London and New York— “The Daily News Correspondence of the War Be- tween Germany and France,” edited with notes and comments; “Inside Paris During the Seige,’ by an Oxford Graduate. From E. J, Hale & Son—“The Angel in the Cloud," by Edwin W. Fuller. Magazines—“‘Old and New,” “The Galaxy,’ “British Quarterly Review."’ NEW YORK CITY. The following record will show the chanzea ia the temperature for the past twenty-four hours tn coi- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated vy the thermometer at Hudnat's Phare macy, HeRalp Building, corner of Ana street: — 1870, L371. 18 1870, 1871, S3P.M.. oP. oP. “0M 17 8 BL Average temperature for corresponding date ASE YOAL. cc ceereeseeseesereeereres weveseeees 88, Judge Edward E. Shandley was yesterday pre- sented by Mr. Joun Heighton with an ebony cane, which is a very curious affair. It was made in Switzerland. The handle is of gold and contains a watch, the dial of which is disclosed by touching a spring. John Rellley, aged fourteen, late of 330 East Thir- ty-fourth street, was drowned in the dock foot of Twenty-elghth street, East River, yesterday after- noon, while bathing. The boay was taken to the late home of deceased, where Cotoner Herrman will hold an inquest to-day. Coroner Herrman was yesterday called to hold an inquest onthe body of Thomas Couch, an Irish laborer, thirty-five years of age, who died from the effects of a fractured skull and other injuries re- ceived on Tuesday last by faillug from the third story of the new building corner of avenue C and Eighth street, on which he was at work, to (he pave- ment. Deceased lived at 417 East Eighteenth street, He has lett a widow and two (cwin) catldren. Yesterday a formal petition to Governor Hofman was signed relating tothe pardon of Dr. Keenan, who, it will be remembered, attempted to shoot Mr. Patrick J. Mechan, editor of the Irish American newspaper, some two years ago. The petition has been specially backed up by Comptroller Connolly, and has been cordially and of course most gener- ously endorsed by Mr, Meelian, the intended victim of Keenan. ‘It has also received the endorsement of the leading Irishmen of the city, The preliminary exhibition of stereoscopic pic- tares of the scenes in Paris before, daring and aiter the historic sieges of 1870-71 took place last evening at Apollo Hall, corner of Twenty-eighth street and Broadway. It was attended by specially invited members of the pross and others. The main fea- tures presented were the ruins of Paris and its en- virons, from photographs taken Immediately after the terrible and disastrous fires, after which fol- lowed @ presentation of portraits of the leaders of the Commune, members of the Versailles govern- ment, &c. Tne whole exhibition ts well worth at tending, It will be formally opened on Monday evening next, DROWNED IN THE HACKENSACK. “The bodies of George Landers and Henry Kreps, who were drowned in the Hackensack River on Sundaf last, were taken up yestciday atteraoon hy & man named Thompson, Coroner Volharit was notified pnd had the bodies removed to Undertaker Valk'a oatea, ding tho action of the County Physician. wbsequenthy the parents of the boys Appeared at the undertaker's and identified them. Ao tuquest having been considered unnecessary @ burial permit was given and the boys Were romaved Js tq expected, will support the proposition. | voruei pargula’ roadenyem WASHINGTON. Frauds Prasticed Upon Peasioners of the War of 1812. Americans Allowed to Fish in the Watees of Prince Edward Island, Redemption of Three Per Cent Certificates. WASHINGTON, August 3, 1871, Tho American Consvl at Hong Kong. Leading merchants of New York, together with the agents of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company and Wells, Fargo & Co., have united in requesuing the Secretary of State to reappoint Colonel C. N. Goulding as United States Consul at Hong Kong. The American merchants at that place forwarded to the State Department a protest against the re moval of Colonel Goulding, but nv action nas set been taken upon the petition of the merchants, Business of the Pension Burcau. The Commissioner of Pensions has discovered thas frauds have heretofore been extensively practised in buying land warrants of pensioners of the war of 1812, The Secretary of the Interior has taken action inthe matter to prevent the recurrence of such transactions, The Commissioner of Pensions is now daily disposing of between 150 and 200 cases of the unsettled pension claims, of which class there are about £0,000 remaining to be acted upon. Particu- lar attention is being given to the work of organiz Ing atid perfecting methods for expediting the settlement of these claims. Under the previous Commissioner the number setticd daily never ex- ceeded ity, he Cauadian Fisheries. The following information has been commune cuted by our Consul at Prince Edward Islaud to the Department of State:— Execuriy Ata meeting of the Exe: Edward isiand, present the Lieutenant Governor in Council, &c., ordered, that such relaxations and Teguiations as it is in the power of the government of Prince Edward Island to adopt be agreed , with the view to the admission of American fisher- men for the present seasou to the liverty to which 418 proposed to reserve to them by the ‘Treaty of Washington of 1871. (Cerutled.) CouNctb, July 24, 1871, cutive Council of” Prince WILLIAM 0, DES BRISAY, Assistant Clerk Executive Council. ‘Three Per Cent Certificates Calied In. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued am order to the Sub-Treasurer at New York calling in $1,750,000 of the three per cent certificates. Tne interest thereon, under the order, will cease on the $0th of September. Serious Accident at the Schnetzen ‘eat. Yesterday afternoon, when the festivities at the Schuetzenfest were at their height, an accident oc- curred which will cause ® young mau named Charies Ossinger to lose his right arm aud perhaps: his eyesight, It appears tuat he was engaged with the others in firing a cannon used on the ground and had just finishea loading it, sull keeping his hand over the muzzle, when the gunner pulled the lanyard and exploded the charge, tearing Ossing- ers right hand into fragments and blowing the powder into his face and eyes, California Distillerics. Information recetved at the Internal Revenue Bureau shows that the gratin distijlation in Califor- nia will be short this season owing to the diminution of the wheat crop. That State is now supplied with highwines principally from IUinols, lowa and Ne- braska. ‘Tugbonts Coaling from Vessels io Tow. The Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a letter concerning the practice of tugboats coaling from vessels they may have in tow, decides that It would be setting @ dangerous precedent, gencrally, to allow tugboats to coal from vessels they have in tow. Every tugboat should have a full 4 supply of coal before leaving pori, in order to ena- bie her to perform any ordinary trip without fear of running sbort. If, nowever, from stress of weather or any other cause, tresh coal 13 needed and she is unable to go toa coaling station she may obtama supply from the vessel towed; but the tact must be reported, accompanied by an affidavit, that she started fully suppited. Treasury Warrants for July. The following 18 @ statement of the warrants drawn ou the Treasury Department during July:— War, 5, Navy. Indi: 92 Civil and miscellancou: + 5,531,087 6 Total..... Peertr eS ECeeCeCe CeCe eeegy $13,142,769 95 The above amounts do not include payments made on account of the principal or interest of the pubhe debt, ARMY INTELLIGENOS. Arwy Ordere—Decision of the Quartermastee General in Regard to Commutation for Quarters=The Kecrauiting Service. WASHINGTON, August 8, 1871. First Lieutenant Churchill, of the Fourth artillery, has resigned from the army with one year’s leave and pay. Captain Constable tz retieved from dutyin the Department of Dakota aud ordered to tie Depart- ment of Texaa, relieving Captain Scully, who is ordered to Dakota. An army officer wrote the Quartermaster General, Inquiring whether an ofticer about to leave, in exe cess of thirty days, can have the rent of his quar- ters at his station paid by the Quartermaster’s De- partment. The Quartermaster General declined to allow 1t, on the ground that such payment was con- trary to law, and referred the matter to the Second Comptroliet (Broadhead) tor his opinion. It was re turoed, with the followmg endorsement, by the Vs Compirolier Respectfully returned with ter General. ‘The views exp termaster General my e hoviing in my decision of April 1) with, Tat decision was given on & The act of July 15, 1870, provides only tor be furnished by the commutation Wuateve: officer i absent on lea claim ty the quarters he ty artinent a shout lot oF hil apersto the Quartermas in this case by the Quare t, aad no r that law. master’s it rented, wi own het States or by for pation, ia, in my judgment, tnquestionably correct, ‘The rocrutting officers of the army have recetved instructions from the War Departuient to be moe AUCULar 1a examining persons proposliag Lo enlists 1 standard of height is now five feet six inches, instead Of five feet five inches, as heretofore, ‘the new army law, it will be remembered, reduced the army to 30,000 men after July 1; hence tie goverae ment can get more men now than are needed, As the standard has been raised qatte a nuinber of per~ sons desiring to enlist are recused, only tue & men being accepted, General Court Martial at Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, August 3, 1871. Ageneral court martial has been convened hero for the trial of such persons as may be brought before it. The following officets have been detailed on the Court:—rresident, Major G. A. De Russey, ‘Third artillery; Captain 8. 8. Eider, First artillery; Captain BE, R. Warner, Third artery; First Lieuten- ant ©. GO. McConnell, Filth artillery; First Licutenans J. C. White, First artillery; Pirst Lieutenant Jamce Chester, Third artiliery; Second Lieutenant A, & Morton, Fifth artillery, and Second Lieutenant J. B. Bell, First artillery, sudgo Advocate, The survey of the Nansemond and E'laabeth rivers, under the direction of Captain ©. B. rhtilip: United States Engineer Corps, bas been commence and will occupy two months. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ‘ The Navy Register to July 1, 1871, Just tssuca, shows that there are 12 first class vessels, carrying. trom 21 to 45 guus; 16 second class vessels, carrying _ from 16 to 23 guns; 12 third class, carryleg from & to 12 guns; 11 four.h class, carrying from 5 tot guns, and 19 fifth-rate vesseis, cantying froi 1 to 1¢ guns or howitzers. The totul umber of vessels is 179, of which 51 are tron-clad,, laid up ot League L-land, New Orleans, Wasnto’ston and other piaces, the Terror, of the North /.tlantic feet, beng the only one in active service, 30 are tuge, doiug duty at the various navy yas and stations; 35 vessela are abroad on the Several foretyn stations, and large number are 191% up at the navy yerda throw! out the country, being of no use, a8 the law Oe arf ‘ not permit the oulistment of a suticreps bumoel tney to send Them 60 soa