The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1871, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter avd telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Herarp. Volume XXXVI AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Acnoss THE ConTI- NENT, LINA EDWIN'S THEATRE. No. 720 Broadway.— & Leon's MinsTReLs, wa y.—KELLY BOWERY THEATRE, Bower MacuINE Gint—Tur JoLiy © ~BERTHA, THE SEWING OBBLER, WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, coraer 30th st. —] ; ances afternoon and evéning—DAvVID jac pg TONY PASTOR'S OPERA THE DREAD BoxER—LOAN OF OLYMPIC THEAT! Soman aa oe Broadway.—SCHNEIDER—NEW HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— — ar nAGKe THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street. CENTRAL PARK. GA! il , SUMNEB NiGHTS’ Goncspee eee ee = CONTENTS OF Tc-DAY'S HERALD. PAE. TE aN RE Kiet 1—Advertisements. 2—Advi ements. 3—Financial aud Commercial Reports—Domestic Markets —Negro Murder— Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. 4—Editorials: Leading Article, “The Peaceful Re- Volution in Great Britain—A Proposed Separ- ate Irish Legislation—Another Probable Triumph of Anglo-Saxon — Civilization’ — Amsenments—Amusement Announcements. b—The Dublin Riot—News from France—The Ger- man Occupation of France—Misccllancous Telegrams—Yachting Matters—Irisn Confede- ration: Lecture by Clarke Luby—The Fiiibus- ter Fizzle—Personal Intelligence Views of the Past—Business Notices. 6~The Gold Mmers’ Muss: Funeral of the Victims of the Shooting sorepe} History of the Strike; Interview Wita the Leaders on Both Sides— Doard of Aidermen—Fire at Catskill—Mur- derer To Be Hanged—Troiting at Fleetwood and Buiaio Parks—Horse Notes—A Had “Crib’—Fish on the Hudson: The Premier's Piace of Rest in the Bosom of the High- lanas; The Secretary Has No Intention of igning Just Yet—The City Accounts—The City Credit, $—The New-Korn Hope: Another Communist Colony Scheme—Copeland’s Mother-in-Law— A Bohemlan Blast—Tammany Abroad—A Di perate Thief—Alleged Brutality to a Boy— eg see Atfairs—Demoraitzed §Democrats— ‘The Free Cu The Ferry Fatality: Continuation of be Onicial Investigation; Death of Auother cum 9—The kerry Fatality Page\—Examining (Continued from Elghth rooklyn Boilers—Boller Explosion in St. Louts—The Body of an Oid Lady Found in @ Garret on King Street—Tie Coburn Cutting Crowd—Tricky Teresa —Phy- sicians Puzzled—Tombs Police Court—Proceed- ings in the Courts—Brutal Burns—Almost Another Railroad Horror—Yellow Fever at Quarantine—The Coming Cholera—Boara of Supervisors—Crushed by Bati—The New Court Hie Job—New York City News —The National ame, 40—News from Washington—Foiey’s Failure: Meet- ing of the Twelfth and Ninteenh Wards Citi- zens’ Association—Mass Meeting of Itallans— Fire at South Norwalk, Conn.—Army and avy intelligence—Local News— Shipping In- teiligence—Asivertisenients, Lone Branon and all the ‘Jersey seaside places are at length full, thanks to the hot weather of the first week of August. Tue Presipent Suppenry Appzarep in Washington yesterday to the astonishment of the residents of that sleepy summer capital. The rumored reasons for his coming are various, Tae Lovisvitte Commercial, with whom the story of Jeff Davis’ adventure in a sleep- ing car originated, has retracted and now con- fesses that its authority for the story might have been all wrong. As we published the Commercial’s original account we feel bound 40 publish its retraction also. Taz Heavy Costs or Tose Castles IN Spar.—It seems, from our Chiselhurst cor- respondence, that the” imperial exiles there, having abandoned all hepe of a restoration of the Napoleonic empire, have been discussing the important question of their future country, The Emperor wanis to go back to Switzerland, the Empress wants to go back to Spain, and it is said that from the sale of her jewels she bas bought acastle in Spain. O4! those “castles in Spain!” What heavy costs they have brought upon the Bonapartes! No wonder that Louis Napoleon has incurable dislike of Spain and the Spaniards. But the nephew, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1871—WITH SUPPLEMEN The Pencefal Revolution tn Great Britaln— A Proposed Separate Irish Legistature— Another Prebable Triumph of Anglo-Saxon Civilization, It is a curfous and instructive task to watch how the area of revolutionary agitation, if we may so term it, steadily widens in that troubled little Anglo-Saxon land of Great Britain. One after another the popular grievances that have been festering in the minds of the people are brought tothe surface, passed through the forms of parliamentary discussion and consigned to the limbo of defunct abuses. The trembling aristocracy and bourgeoisie hail each conces- sion as the one thing that has been needed to insure content and order. ‘‘Peace! peace!” ery they to the masses—whom, in the seclu- sion of their clubs, they delight to term the “great unwashed”—‘‘we have at last surely given you all you want.” But how vain and illusive proves each hope thus painfully born into life out of political despair! Soarcely like the uncle, learned his Spanish lessons too late. Unper Wuion King?—The venerable Mr. Greeley calls the new General Republican Committee of this city the Custom House Committee, while the Times pronounces the Greeley General Committee the Tammany Republican Committee. We suspect that if Mr. Greeley had everything to his liking in the Custom House any committee recognizing his control of the spoils would to him be per- fectly regular and satisfactory. But the trouble between General Grant and Mr. Greeley is simply this—That where two men ride the same horse together one must ride behind, and Greeley has had to take the back seat. They say that if he does not like this arrangement he can ride his own horse or the Tammany horse; but, as things are going, whatever he may do is a matter of ‘‘no consequence.” Tue Exiz Rawway, near Shohola, Penn- sylvauia, was the scene of a narrow escape from a terrible accident on Sunday morning. The switchman appears to have been too | sleepy to attend to his business, and as the eastward bound lightning express was near- ing him he displaced the switch. Four pas- senger cars, the baggage car and the engine were thrown from the track. Providentially tbe train was moving slowly at the time or there would have been another holocaust, A few feet beyond the spot where the accideut occurred the Delaware River flows eighty feet below, and only a few feet further still is a deep chasm through which the Shohola Creek passes and over which the railway runs, Down one of these precipices the entire train would have dashed hhad its speed been greater. Some sympathy is éxcited for the switchman because he is 6 one-armed soldier, aud bas heretofore been a careful ewitch Vender. It is possible the present narrow escape*from the responsibility of a terrible accident may keep him wide awake in the future, but it is not good policy to let personal sympathy condoue carlessness or inefficiency where 80 mavy lives were involved, No war record or personal mis- fortune can supply the place of faithfulness and reliability in a railroad ewilchman or a | extreme revolutionary party. pteamboat engincer, have the grateful cheers of the people died away than new measures of reform are found to be as sadly necessary as the last ; the clamor of a nation, eager to be wholly free, once more fills the air with tumult; and “lords and gen- tles,” like some poor, starving vagabond in a London street, are again sternly bidden to “move on." There issomething awe-inspiring in the persistence of this wonderful democratic movement that is advancing, ever witb quicker strides, in every European community; but in England, where it has at the same time been unmarked by violent convulsions and unchecked by temporary reaction, we are able best to realize the resistless momentum of its onward career, What is the last demand for change that has sounded like a knell of doom in the ears of the English monarchy? Side by side with the news of the latest Irish riot we have the far more significant tidings that Mr. Maguire, whoge visit to America is still fresh in the resdthsiton of our readers, has promised to revive the agitation for a separate Irish Legislature. From the mouth of the O'Donohue such a threat would mean but little; but Mr. Maguire is a man who is a statesman and nota mere hustings politician, He has steadily warned the Irish people that the only way in which they could recover their freedom is by a peaceful revolu- tion. He has assured them that public opinion and the rights they had already wrung from the hands of arbitrary power are the only weapons that could bring them victory in their struggle for liberty. He has denounced Fenian demagogues even more loudly than Lord Derby or the author of ‘“‘Lothair.” It may easily be seen, therefore, that a proposi- tion of such a kind from such a man is a seri- ous matter. u If Mr, Maguire were able to exercise abso- lute control over his countrymen we have no doubt that this agitation to which he has at last set the seal of his great name would speedily be successful, He would suppress everything that carried with {t the suspicion of a threat of national disunion; he would bring the English and Irish masses together by showing them that the worst enemy of both was the privileged classes, and he would quietly demonstrate to the ‘powers that be” that what he wanted, however disagreeable, was still an inevitable feature of the future. Unhappily, however, Mr. Maguire will be hampered by the folly of the men he aims to benefit. Some stupid émeute, like that of Sunday, or the raving of an ignorant demagogue, are at any time liable to wake the national prejudices of the English people and pos'pone for years the inauguration of a just Trish government. But we are sure that the English masses, when not inflamed by patriotic passion, are willing to listen to reason; and of this the disestablishment of the Irish Church, the removal of the Catholic disabilities and the suppression of party pro- cessions are sufficient proof. We think, however, that Mr. Maguire will aim at suecess by widening the application of the principle involved in the measure now launched upon the stormy sea of political dis- cussion, That principle is, of course, the right of local self-government, which, as yet, is enjoyed in an eminent degree only by the two federal republics of Switzerland and the United States. Mr. Maguire has sat for years in the English House of Commons, and has, no doubt, often reflected upon the absurdly centralized character of English legislation, If a little seaport wants to dredge its harbor, or a mining company desire to con- struct a two-mile feeder track to a great rail- way, permission must be obtained from the House of Commons, the scheme must then be ratified by the House of Lords and finally be made law by the sign manual of Her Most Gracious Majesty. Some of the details of this process are often ludicrously amusing. For instance, the city of Liverpool wishes to add another wharf to her nine miles of quays, She applies to the central government, and a committee is appointed by the Lower House to report upon the request, Upon tbat committee will sit a fox- hunting Irish gentleman from Galway, an old-fashioned English squire from bucolic Wiltshire, a London banker and, per- haps, also a Liverpool merchant. A pretty assemblage to decide the purely local concern of a great maritime city! The foolish incon- gruities of such a system have already strock the common sense intellect of the average Englishman, and now and then a proposal has been made to curtail the scope of national legislation. But how is this to be done? One bold reformer once suggested by the establish- ment of smaller assemblies, like the American State Legislatures, which should relieve the general government of all but clearly national duties. We cannot but think that if Mr. Maguire would so frame his proposed measure as to include some such scheme he would live to see it crowned with success. And what an immense revolution that would be! We are told by some keen-sighted politicians that England is, in fact, even now an aristocratic republic with a hereditary President, There is an atom of truth in that view, but the fuller recognition of the privilege of self-government in purely local matters and the construction of State and fedegp! political machinery would indeed make it a grand fact. Such a scheme, however, would find its most vigorous opponents in the leaders of the As England now exists the central legislature can aggom- plish vast social changes and enforce them in every corner of the land. But if such legis- lation were confided to local governments, while there would be parts of the country— those in which the manufacturing interests are strongest—in which these reforms would become at once possible, there would also be other sections, almost purely agri- cultural, in which a reaction to the old régime of privilege and feudalism would also immediately take place. The land question, for example, which Mr. Mill is’ now pushing forward so earnestly, could not then be won by a simultaneous effort for the whole country. In the southeastern part of England, where the population is very dense, the right of pro- prietorshtp in land would perhaps be wholly abolished; but in Scotland, where the biggest estates are, the old law would remain un- shaken. It is clear, therefore, that the repub- lican party in England, ardently as they defend the Commune, which fought so desperately for this very principle of local self-government, have no very strong desire to introduce it into England until their thousand and one crotchets have been made the uniform law of the land. But, however it may be secured, we should heartily rejoice in the re-establishment of an Irish Legislature. Not that we think such a body would distinguish itself by very great wisdom or patriotism. Judging from Fenian councils, it would probably be as venal and disorderly as that miserable Irish Par- liament which signed its own death warrant at the end of the last century. But the Irish people, if they were thus allowed to govern themselves, would come to see that their true interest binds them politically to the neighboring isle of Great Britain. A national separation of these two countries would make both the prey of some selfish European despotism; and the Franco- Prussian war has shown us that there are more exacting and cruel tyrants and oppressors even than the British government. Let the dream of an independent republic fade for- ever from the minds of Irishmen; but, at the same time, let the indignity of ‘‘English domi- nation” be also abolished. The union between Great Britain and Ireland ought to be merely a compact of mutual alliance, free from every taint of dishonor on the one side or the other. And what a glorious triumph of Christian civilization a ‘‘contented Ireland” would be! We should then, indeed, be able to believe in the still more glorious dream of ‘‘the parlia- ment of man, the federation of the world,” when wars shall be no more and human in- dustry shall be free to give its undivided at- tention tothe arts of peace. Nor are these things mere Utopian follies, The United States has just emerged successfully from the greatest struggle for humau liberty that the world has ever seen; and Great Britain, by her internal reforms and by adhering in her policy toward her colonies to the most rigid principles of justice, at least in her general conduct if not in every detail, is wheeling into the line of nineteenth century progress. The sky is bright before us, and we need not yet abandon our belief in the indefinite per- fectibility of human society. A Speck of War in the East. The tradilional war cloud in the East is said to be again dimly visible on the political horizon. According to the London Standard “four French war steamors have been got ready for sea at Toulon in view of a possible complication in the East.” The announcement has really no special importance, because complications are always possible in the East, and if such complications do arise France must one way or another be concerned in them. It is impossible with any certainty to tell against what Power this unformidable warlike demonstration might be directed. There is a quarrel of a few months’ standing between France and Egypt, or rather between the Khedive and the French General Consul at Alexandria, and even the Sublime Porte has complained to the French government about the alleged inso- lence of its representative in Egypt. But the quarrel has been referred for decision to M. Jules Favre, the then Minister for Foreign Affairs. Are Turkey and Egypt not satisfied with his decision, and are the four French war vessels meant to frighten the Khedive or the Sultan, or both, into acquiescence? The French are just now very thin of skin and apt to magnify any little slight into downright insult, Four war vessels, however, might make the Bey of Tunis, for instance, tremble in his boots, but the Khedive of Egypt would laugh at sucha menace. We might fill columns 7 The German Occupation of Frauce. The sooner the German troops are with- drawn from French soil the better. Every day renders the situation more and more un- pleasant, not only to the French inbabitants in the districts occupied by the Prussian forces, but to the German soldiers themselves, who are anxious to get home. Frequent conflicts between small numbers of the Germans and the French people have from time to time of late taken place. Even assassination has been resorted to. All this goes to show how bitter is the feeling entertained by the French for those who are waiting for their indemnity ere they loose their hold on the nation which they so effectually humbled. The French offer as an excuse for the hostility displayed toward the occupiers of the soil that the Ger- man treatment is tyrannical and oppressive, and the extreme measures adopted by the people arise from this fact. What truth there may be in all of this we are not yet in @ position to judge too closely, but of this wo are aware, that previous to the retirement of Jules Favre from the Foreign Office he com- municated with General Von Moltke, com- Plaining of the arbitrary conduct of the Ger- man soldiers in the invaded districts, and hinting that if the troubles which this severity engendered were not prevented the difficulty in the final settlement of the war indemnity would be very great. Moreover, the temper of the French people is such at the present time that a war at all hazards might be attempted. So long as the Germans remain on French soil there will always be more or less trouble between them and the people in the occupied districts, Von Moltke is fully aware of this, and hence his peremptory order to the commanders of the invaded parts to be less overbearing, and by their conduct give with surmises, but prefer to leave a broad mar- gin to the speculative reader. Toe Dusty Riot has produced a bad effect upoa the whole population of that city, and seems to have changed the enthusiasm with which the royal party was received on their arrival into sullen coldness, if not to a feel- ing of resentment against the whole royal family, chiefly against the Prince of Wales, who has probably abridged his stay in the Irish capital on account of the disturbances on Sunday. According to our despatch from Dublin the royal visitors left Dublin yester- day amid the dead silence of crowds of spec- tators who lined the streets through which they passed. Instead of cheers there were a few hisses, Order has apparently been restored, but excitement still prevaile among the whole population. The great hopes which were entertained from the visit of the Prince of Wales have been disappointed ; for it was expected that the government would not let so good an op- portunity pass without extending a general amnesty to the captive Fenians, It is also thought that their liberation might have been obtained if the Prince of Wales had inter- ceded, which he has failed to do, Altogether affairs in the Irish capital appear to have as- sumed quite a threatening aspect. The ad- dress of the Amnesty Committee is bitter in its denunciation of the government. The con- duct of the police is likewise severely cen- sured, and more troubles are apprehended, Trug As Gospet—The opinion of General Ben Butler that it is not laws that we want in this country, bat the enforcement of the laws. And yet in 1856 we had a Presidential party in the field on the platform of ‘‘the constitution and the enforcement of the laws,” and what were the results? The election of Buchanan in 1856 and the Southern rebellion of 1861. no cause to the people to foment disturbances which might lead to serious trouble and bloodshed. The Next Total Solar Eclipse. Already the scientific world is astir with preparations to observe this grand pheno- menon. It is a most fortunate thing for astronomy that this rare event occurs again just as the knowledge obtained from the recent eclipse expeditions has been garnered up and carefully studied as a starting point for future solar inquiries. Our knowledge of the great central luminary of our planetary system has within a few years so rapidly in- creased that we need new and improved appli- ances for vigorously pushing investigation. The central line of the next total solar eclipse will first meet the earth’s surface in the Arabian Sea, and, entering on the western coast of India, will pass directly across one of the most important and populous parts of Hindostan in a southeastern by eastern direc- tion, where the sun will be about twenty degrees above the horizon at the time of total obscuration. The duration of totality will be two minutes and a quarter and the breadth of the shadow about seventy miles. Leaving the eastern coast of the Madras Presidency, the central line crosses Palk’s Strait, the northern part of the island of Ceylon, thence con- tinuing its course over the southeastern point of Sumatra and will touch the southwestern coast of Java, near its capital city, Batavia. The shadow path will then leave the East Indies, and, crossing over the most uninhabited portioas of Australia, will ultimately disappear in the Pacific Ocean, English observers are making arrange- ments to visit the most eligible spots for studying the eclipse, and the Astronomer Royal is superintending the adaptation of instruments, The question of the sun's corona, if it is not, as Mr. Lockyer claims, ‘‘the scientific question of the day,” is undoubtedly the great problem of celestial physics. If astronomers can only once settle what is the real nature of the sun’s surroundings the path of research is open for the more distant stars. At present, however, the corona is wrapped in a cloud of hypothesis, Surrounding the sun somewhat asan intensely illumined atmospheric enve- lope, Mr. Airy likened it to the ornament round the compass card, giving it a height equal to about once and half the sun’s diam- eter. In 1652 it was described as ‘‘a pleasant spectacle of rotatory motion.” Don Antonio Ulloa, a Spanish astronomer, remarked of the corona observed in the eclipso of 1788, “It seemed to be endued with a rapid rotatory motion, which caused it to resemble a firework turning round its centre.” The terms whirling and flickering were applied to it in the records of the eclipse of 1860—an extraordinary condition, which, however, was fully endorsed by the late eclipse observa- tions. It is highly probable that great and early discoveries are in store for astronomers in the for‘hcoming eclipse, for the indicationg strongly favor the view that this remarkable phenome- non, just alluded to, is not a mere accident, but an essential part of the solar mechanism, which, like all other parts of creation, have a bearing upon man’s welfare, History records some instances in which, even during severe battles, the prodigy of an eclipse either stopped the combat, or silenced its din and fury by striking the combatants with the paralysis of terror. If the recurrence of the ‘‘awful obscuration” has lost its power to terrify it has not lost its power to instruct the philosopher and to fill the beholder with mute and sublime admiration, Let our American astronomers be among the first to win the honor of these magnificent solar discoveries. Tammany Over Taz Water.—The Wigwam is well represented abroad this summer. Senators Norton and Creamer and City Cham- berlain Bradley and Justice Dowling are disporting themselves among the capitals of Europe and hobnobbing with the great political guns, What wonderful stories they will have to tell whon their travelling is o'er and they once again they set foot in New York! Norton and Creamer, with their recollections of Dis- raeli and Gladstone, will have an immense fund of anecdote from which to draw for use in forthcoming campaigns, and Dowling’s legal lore will, after his return, become an inex- haustible mine, from which he can glean materials to elther point many morals or adorn several tales, Ovr Corresponpent Iv AMADOR CounTyY, California, gives an interesting account, on another page, this mornin3, of the mining troubles In that nelabborhood, The Late North Carolina Election—A Tee publican Victory. The late election in North Carolina, which, it now appears, has gone for the republicans, was upon the gezeral question of a conventiou or no convention for the revision of the State constitution. The proposition of a convention and the law providing for the election came from the late democratic Legislature, and the object of the democrats was so to change the State constitution as to wrest from the repub- licans certain State and county offices— executive and judicial—which could not other- wise be so conveniently reached. The re- publicans, however, denounced the whole movement as illegal and void, inasmuch as the present State constitution, adopted as the re-" construction compact with Congress and the people; provides that said constitution shall not be disturbed until the expiration of ten years from its adoption. Upon this ground it was understood the republicans had re- solved to control this Convention, if called, even to the extremity of an appeal to Presi- dent Grant; and it was further understood that the President in this appeal would stand by the existing State constitution and the authorities under it, even to the extent, if necessary, of the employment of the army. We presume that all these considerations operated in the election to the advantage of the republicans, and in carrying the State, by defeating the proposed Convention, they have secured those local offices which they hold, and which will give them a good toothold in the Presidential election of next year, touch- ing the official control of the ballot boxes, &c. It appears that here we have the real issue between the two parties in this late contest, and from the general result, as now reported, the republicans contend that the State is secured to General Grant and lost to the demo- crats for 1872. If so this North Carolina election may be put down as furnishing a popular decision of considerable national im- portance, as a favorable indication in the South in behalf of General Grant for another term. A Ganging The roughs of the city have put themselves again in position to serve for a wholesome ex- ample. Mike Coburn, a brother of the pu- gilist, and John Saunders, both roughs of the first degree, assaulted a man named Brunner, while he was quietly sitting in front of his house to breathe the cool air, late on Sunday night, and while Mike pummelled him with his fist Saunders stabbed him three times between the ribs with a pocket knife, inflicting wounds that are undoubtedly fatal, They were both arrested; and from the present testimony there seems to have been no cause for their deed, except that their victim had accused them of stealing his watch, and the ‘“‘mounting devil” of brutality in their hearts, Our judiciary are in an excellent frame of mind for disposing of these worthies, Jack Reynolds, John Real and Jerry Thomas have all been hanged within the last twelve months for less brutal murders than this, and Foster and McNevins are still cowering under the shadow of the gallows. The philosophy of Jack Reynolds, that ‘hanging for murder is played out in New York,” has not takeo such deep root as the sage propounder of that proposition supposed it would. His philosophy went the way of Rulloff's philology, and, so far from saving him, certainly served to hang him. Unwise judicial mercy to murderers was probably killed by his epigram, as fashionable fo'lies have so often been killed, and since the utterance of that grim jest the judiciary has sentenced more burglars for twenty years, sent up more prize-fighters, closed more gambling saloons, hanged more murderers and acted with more austere virtue generally than ever before in the same length of time. So Messrs. Coburn and Saunders have seized upon a fortunate moment for perpetrating the murder which all roughs gravitate to finally. They will certainly be hanged, and probably with but little delay. The judges and the people are in no humor for such law’s delays as Judge Pratt instituted in the case of Foster; and we should not wonder, considering the effect of that decision of Judge Pratt in the Foster case, that these two ruffians were actually hanged ‘‘Grst pop.” Case for Two. Seorgtary Fish at Homg.—One of our correspondents held a pleasant interview with Secretary Fish at his home ia the Hudson Highlands yesterday, in which the Treaty of Washington, the appoiatment of arbitrators, the duties thereof and the rumored retirement ef the Secretary into private life, were dis- cussed. The rumored retirement turns out to be all a mistake, The Secretary says he does not intend to resign for some time yet, but he has to submit occasionally to a re- moval by the newspapers. In regard to the action of the Claims Commission to decide upon the damages to be allowed British subjects for losses incurred during the civil war, Mr. Fish said the Commission would prob- ably be guided mainly by the action of the pres- ent Southern Claims Commission, now engaged in passing upon the claims of Southern loyal- ists. The Court of Arbitration to deal mainly with the Alabama claims, according to the Secretary, will be composed of men of the utmost honor and intelligence, and it will not fail to render a verdict that will be just, if not popular, In this connection our Washington despatches state that Charles Francis Adams has declined his appointment as one of the arbitrators, and it will probably be offered to Mr. Richard H. Dana, A Great Waiskey Excrrfmant the other day disturbed the usual monotony of the Spin- dle Oity of Lowell, Mass. The whiskey sellers were selling whiskey in various shops in the city in open defiance of the revised statutes on that subject when the officers of the law pounced doWn upon them, and there was an awful row, But the law triumphed, and from the contra- band shops ‘‘pulled” some three thousand dol- lars’ worth of Massachusetts whiskey, Now England rum, Jersey apple jack, &c., were carted off as the spoils of victory. One officer in the row had his head split open, and one rougb was shot in the side and carried away among the prisoners of war. Now, Lowell is a very sanctimonious place, and so is Boston, and so Is Brooklyn, our ‘City of Churches,” But to the constituted authorities each of these sanctimonious places, with its whiskey makers, sellers and drinkers, gives a vast amount of,4 trouble, Puritanism and whiskey. What, strange combiyation | pee nee raenerry anil The Lesson of the Westfield Disnst: The investigation of the Boiler Inspectors has proceeded so far tat there is little doubt of the verdict. It will p'rtainly find the come |) pany, the engineer and tye Inspector all cul- | pable. That is already the \ People’s verdict, There have been many importa.*t bits of infor-' mation brought forth by the invesv.igation, and from these we propose the followin bits of advice to the steamboat companies, be soundly poadered and promptly acted upon by all concerned :— ’ Let the steam gauge be placed in the boiler room, where the fireman can see it, and act according to its indications, rather than in the engine room at the other end of the boat, where action upon its indications Is likely to be too slow for an emergency. Or, rather,, let there be a steam gauge in both places. Let the inspectors take care not to interfere with one another. Ex-Inspsctor Berryman says that Inspector Matthews persisted in cer- tifying to boilers which he (the ex-inspector) had just discovered to be defective and or- dered in repair. Let there be more distinct lines drawn, so that one will not trespass upow the other’s grounds, Let the superintendents of steamboat lines be inspected as well as the boilers. It would appear from ex-Inspector Berryman’s testi- mony that the Superintendent of the Staten. Island ferry line was running altogether om the ecoaomical priaciple, and refused to lay up the Westfield when he was ordered, That Superintendent evidently is defective, has a flaw somewhere, and is running under too high @ pressure. Let the safety valves be tested now and then. Blow off once in a while, to keep them used to it, even if the passengers are apt to be frightened at the sound. They'll like it in the long run, Teach the engineers who have to drive this chained elephant, steam, some of his murders ous tricks. Let them understand the whys and wherefores of explosions. Let them be something more than mere machines them- selves. Let not a blind man drive a fiery steed, Tur Preasant VALLEY Sunpay Excurston Boats should hereafter be provided with @ police force for the protection of sober and peaceable passengers against drunken and dis- orderly rougus. We allude to the riotous conduct of these roughs on one of these boats last Sunday. In fact, all our excursion boats, especially on Sunday, should be provided with a posse of policemen, and our city authorilies should see to it that this provision is made and enforced for the security of quiet citizens in their recreations and for the maintenance of law and order. We would call the attention of the Mayor to this subject, as especially de- manding immediate action. If he can carry out a plan of this kind without infringing upon the dignity of Jersey we trust he will do so. AMUSEMENTS. BOWERY THEATRE.—The warm weather has no effect on the audiences at the Bowery Theatre. Last night there was a crowded house to witness Mr. Charles Foster’s latest dramauc production, It 19 entitled “Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl.” The dramatization 1s taken froma siory just concluded in one of the popular weekly journals, and Mr. Foster has used the ma‘erial of the tale with good effect, His drama of “Bertha” is one of the best of the many pieces he has writien, and to judge from jast nigat’s reception of it will have a run. Mra, Jones plays the titie role most effectively, as she does every part she plays; the author has aa char- acteristic part which he handles with skill; Mr. N. B, Clarke treated the audience to a little dit of act. ing which was equalled by his marvellous make up. Mr. Marden and Mr. Connolly tairly divided the ap- plause which was showered upon their efforis to defend the good and “get square” on the wicked. Park THEATRE, BROOKLYN—THE Lox@ StrikE.—There 1s a remarkabic difference between metropolitan and Brooklyn audiences in this; that the former are usually ditticult to excite, while the latter overflow with enthusiasm. A favorite actor is always sure of generous applause in Brooklyn; and hearty applause 1s more than money to @ pains- taking artist. Under the management of Messrs, Carroll & Lamb, who are deservedly popular, the sensational play of “The Long Strike’ was produced at the Park. Considering the high tem- perature the house was well filled. The stor. so familiar that id be @ work | Orogation, but its interest intensifies with cach, improvement of cast. The management did weil in speeging Mr. Stoddard for the principal ré/e, for aa Mr. Cra trae’ he is unsurpassed on the stage. Ais acting last night was a splendid representation, and elicited very hearty applause. Mr. EK. Lamb ag Jonn Reiliy was, as usual, inimitable. The audience ave him quite an ovation on his appearance. Mr. |. W. Carroll as Noah Learoyd made the most of his role, and was weil supported. Mr. Mark Bates as Jem Starkey and the other gentiemen of the com- pany also acquitted themselves well. Miss Jennie Carroll as Jane Learoyd was excellent, The ploy will be on the stage of the Park this week, and wiil, as it should, attract large audiences. KELLY AND LRON’S MINSTREIS.—This favorite place of amusement was well filled last night, and. the audience seemed to thoroughly enjoy the per- formance. The proprietors have done away with the stereotyped plain chamber backing for the first part and use instead a handsome drawing room, through the arcnes of which a garden can be seen at the rear. The entire stage 1 given up to the troupe as they sitin a semt-circle from the footlights, and the effect at the rise of the curta:n is very good. Mr. Stormes’ rendition or “The Merry Swiss Girl’ was. excellent, and brought down the house in his favors but “Carry the News to Mary” is one of the gems of ihe performance. To those skilled in the language of guitars Don Pedro’s must certainly talk, for one rarely Lears such a diversity of intonation as this gentleman brings out, and with a finisn, too “Tricks on Travellers” was a laughable piece of business; but Leon, “the only,’ showea out most boldiy in the farce of the ‘Belles of the Kitchea."” Panis IN FLAMES.—A number of pictures of Parts during ts occnpation by and alter the expulsion of the Communists were exhibited, with the ald of & stereoscopticon at Apolio Hall last evening. The views weil depicted the beauties of the monumental and architectural adornments of the city before the siege and the desolation of their ruins, Tae appear- ance of the city during the fire that was started. with intent so vandal-like, lighted up with lurid, flame and overhung with @ canopy of smoke, judg- ing from the preture, must be considered to have been magnificent—if the thongnt of how much of ruin was being made and how muon of beauty being destroyed could be latd aside, When, how- ever, the remembrance of senseless vengeance. visited upon those monumental edtflees which were the pride of the world comes to mind a disgust for the Vandals and thetr principals cannot but be d by all not previously in sympathy witit them, A disbelief in the sanity of the wretches ta engendered. Their sing agalust civilization and arg cainot be condoned. They cannot be compounded for by a deeper denunctation of those who are tyrannously trampling what they and many others with clearer heads deem the rights of the people. But all this ts departure from the pictures, and cam only be excused on the ground that suck reflections areever induced when such scenes aro represented tothe eye. The views are pg food, and the explanations of them are wel) taiculated ta give a good idea of Paris as It was and 13, experienc Musical and Theatricol Notes. Glassford & Weeks start Septery ver 4 with Zoe. ‘W. HH. Clarke will play the N/sw England ctroult during the scason commencing, september 4, N. 0, Forrester's Dramatlg Company starts Sep. tember 4 J. 0. Campbell will py “Pomp” three weeks at the Arch, Philadelphia, Va tho course of the season, Dea untley travel on the New England cur. cuit wita Fanny 8 nde g Ed. @ddy appear? at Brooklyn, Albany, Troy, Putourg, &c., 1 & new play written by J, J. Mos DVaske@y. * ‘Miss Annte Waite and W. I. Leake wil appear at Ane Park Theatre, Brooklyn, in “Under the Willows,” on the Lith of the present month, re J. J, McCloskey ts writing anew play for Marry Cunningham; iotdents purely American and Wigs sO.sauional Ia‘ them’ | j | se