The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1871, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREBT. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Hrratp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Volume XXXVI... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, No, 720 B) nei 4 Leon's Mins Raia, veep aay BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery,--Suin FaNR—-NY WIFE anp L. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, betwee! Houston sts—Tur Dawa ov Fulrz. ven Prime and WALLACK'S THEATRE. B fe BivE Beaxp. roadway and 13th street. GLOBE THEATRE, 728 Broadway.— . CITIES, BURLESQUES, £0! (eapauahopuaics WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadw: ‘ances afternoon and event BOOTHS THEATRE, 28d st, between Sth and 6th ava, — LITTLE NKLL AND THE MARCHIONESS. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA H( No. 2 — Tax Hippen lasy, hb claus MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S FARK THEATSE, Brooklyn,— Douians. CENTRAL PARK G SUMMER NiGHTS’ Conor! TERRACE GARDEN, bth street, between Lexington and 3d ave.—JULIEN'S CONCERTS. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway. — SCIENCE AND ART. —Taopone THomas’ New York, Friday, August 25, 1871 Pace. 1—Advertisements. Q—Advertisements, 3—Advertisements. 4—Editorial: Leading Articie, “The Italian Unity Celebration—A Great Work and Its Glorious Tendencies’—Personal —_ Intelligence—Yacht- ing-—News from Washington—Amusement Announcemenis, 6—The Situation in France—The Roumanian Dim- culty—News from Germauy, Austria, Spain, Itaiy, England, . Mexico and Cuba— The Texas Troubles--Miscellaneous leiegraphic | News—Italan Unity—Views of the Past—Busi- ness Notices. @—Renlorth: luquest Yesterday at St. Joun on the kody of the Dead Varsman—The Tyne Crew— The Springtield Races—Delano. Progress of the Pol tical Campaixzn in Onio; Speech of the Secretary of the Interior at Saudusky—The Boilers Afioat: Inspectious by the United States O | cals Since July 1—The Starbuck Expiosion—A Boy Murderer Bagzed—Hacked With a Hatchot—The Newaik Plank Road Outrage—Sinallpox, \ ¥—Proceedings in the Courts—Destitation and Death—ihe Sing Sing Prison Exodus—Old | Times Rocks—Depari:nent of Docks—Vepart- | ment of buiidings—Financial and ommer¢tal Reports—Domestic Markets—Marriages, En- gagemenis and Deaths—Advertisements, S—Ben suiler: Butier’s Batue for the Massacnu- setts Governorship; Bola Views on Lavor Reform; the Workingmen’s Champion De- nounces ‘Trade Strikes—Shipping Iuteili- gence—Advertisements. Ligutyme has struck a church in Bologna, Italy, killing and iojuring thirty-two persons, Such is our cable report from Rome. Toe TrovBLes 1x Texas.—Our special cor- respondent at Brownsville sends us further news of the squabble between Governor Davis and Judge Russell, in relation to the appoint- ment of Wood as Health Officer at Brazos Santiago. Aw Arrempr To AssasstvaTr Tam Kina or Spars is rumored to havo been made, according to our despatch from Paris. The fact that this rumor originated on the Paris Bourse condemns it at once as canard, in- vented for speculitive purposes. We do not believe a word of it. Tae RovmaniaN DrrFicuty, says our special cable report from Vienna, has been satisfactorily settled by Prince Bismarck and Count Beust at Gastein. The German bond- holders are to be icdemnified by the Rouma- nian government, while Austria and Germany will guarantee the loan to be issued for that purpose by Roumaria. IsspzoTorR GENERAL BeLknapP, in a com- munication to the Secretary of the Treasury on steam boiler explosions, recommends that hereafter steamboat boilers that have been in use seven years be allowed to carry only one- half their working capacity of steam, and that after eight years service the boilers should be condemned. This is a most excellent sugges- tion, and should be carried into effect without delay. A Nuisance Toat Negps Asatine.—The other day Mrs. General Saermen arrived in this city, and was received by the impudent hackmen at the depot in the rudest way, being pushed and jostled with the utmost violence. Every lady who tries to leave any of our depots receives similar treat- ment, It is the duty of the police to see that this nuisance is abated. There is no excuse for it, and we hope Superintendent Kelso will issue an order that will bave the effect of keeping these unruly fellows within the line of proper behavior. GeneraL Burier's Srzzou aT SpRINa- #1ELD.—General Butler makes a strong fight for the Governorsbip of Massachusetts, and promises to make the coming Convention at Worcester somewhat too hot for his opponents, He opened his campaign last nizht in a speech at Springfield, in which he bitterly assailed several republican journals which opposed his nomination. After disposing of personal matters his address was mainly devoted to a discussion of the labor reform movement and a review of the State administration, exposing many glaring frauds which had been perpe- trated upon the treasury. The speech is characteristic of the man, and is more about General Butler than anything else. Tue RepupuicaN State Centra Com- witrEE endorses the Anti-Greeley General Committee of this city as the genuine article; and the Republican State Convention of the 27th of September, at Saratoga Springs, will, no doubt, endorse the action of the State Central Committee. Mr. Greeley do? Nobody knows ; but, as Mr. Toots says, “iis of no consequence.” present Mr. Greeley dove not like the po ponement of the State Convention to the 271u of September, nor the endorsement of the Murpby organization by the State Committee, But what does this signify, when we all know that in every case where two men ride the game horse together one must ride behind, and when we see that Mr. Murphy in this case has the front seat and know that he can’t be budged ? What then will | At | The Ivallan Unity Colevration—A tireat Werk and Its Glorious Tendencies. The Italians who make this city and country their home will to-day celebrate by a grand demonstration the unification of Italy and the removal of the capital of the kingdom to Rome. All the whisperings of probable dis- turbance have died away, and the day is likely | to be as serene as if nothing unusual were going forward. In acountry which guarantees liberty | of speech and of opinion, the absolute freedom of the press and the right of the people to assemble, no other result could have been sanctioned fora moment, Wheh our Teutonic friends set gbout their imposing demonstration in honor of the success of Germany no one | thought of interfering to prevent it; and we doubt if any one has thought seriously of opposing the Italian celebration. At any | rate, it is likely to be as quiet and peaceable a procession as ever took place in this city ; and it cannot fail to be attractive, both because | it is a political movement by a part of our people who have never been seen in a body in our streets, and because of the importance of the work in whose honor this singular demon- stration is made. Nearly nineteen centuries have rolled by since Italy, with Rome as its capital, was mistress of the world, in the golden age of Augustus. After the decline and fall of the Roman empire the country was raled, in tarn, by Gothic, Byzantine and German conquerors, and each State and city was torn by a multi- tude of spoilers. Unity was forgotten, and even the Papacy withstood with d.fficulty the encroachments of petty chieftains when the empire of Charlemagne fell to pieces, But through centuries of misfortune, and, though torn by feuds and animosities as bitter as ever distracted any country, Italian brotherhood was not entirely wiped out from the Italian heart. Early in the present century, though Napoleon ground his heel deep into the bowels of Italy, and the Congress of Vienna made things worse by the restoration of the ante- | revolutionary institutions, the seeds of anifica- | tion were sown in the hatred of the foreign | rulers and the party of unity, independence | and constitutional liberty gained strength day by day, till Garibaldi achieved a throne for | Victor Emmanuel. In the beginning of his | reign Pope Pius 1X. assisted in the work of Te- organization and reform, and it was only when , unification was so far successful that Rome | alone was needed to complete it tha' he began seriously to object to it. But, thoazh the Papacy is shorn of its temporalities, we can see no harm to the Church in tue loss of its municipal powers, and we unite with the | Italians of New York to-day in hailing the occupation of Rome as in itself the consumma- tion of a great work, but even more important in view of its tendencies and tho probabilitiss of the future. demonstration should take place in New York, of States, not by force of arms, bui by the agglomeration of love, had its first exempiffica- tion, and it was the city of New York which, unity of our Union through the most terrible civil war ia the bistory of the world. Our example first stirred up France to desire and seek for a republic, and to our success is due Germany found in our republic the incentive to German unity and the hope of the great future which is before the German empire. The unification of Italy is also an outgrowth of the American idea, and the Italian patriots strazgling to be free and independent, the Italian people hoping to become one in name, as well as in race, sought and found their in- spiration in our example, The American re- public was the forerunner of liberty every- where, and the success of the United States is the hope of all nations. The work of unification is the great achieve- ment of modern progress—the sublime work of the age. The watch cry of the present century—‘‘Unity, Fraternity, Liberty”—is no idle and uomeaning phrase. Io this country it has not merely cemented @ great nation; it has peopled States, built up cities, developed agriculture and manufactures, constructed railways, opened mines and stimulated indus- try and commerce. More than these—it has taught mankind that a great nation may be great in all the material elements of great- ness and find, besides, fraternity in unity and liberty in botb. If the country were cut up into a multitude of little republics—New England, New York, Penusylvania, the Atlantic seaboard, the Northwest and the Pacific slope—each exercising an independent sovereignty, the whole would lose in grandeur, n power and in purpose. This illustratiion serves to show the greatness of the work which the Italians have accomplished. In the occupation of Rome the Italian people entered upon a new era of national prosperity and happiness. The broken fragments of the primary stock of the old Latin race are again bound together. The sunny hills may again yield their golden harvests and the modern vintage show many of the virtues of the old Falernian. The Mediterranean may once more whiten with Italian sails. A career full of promise and bright with anticpated glories opeus before the people of that loog oppressed and distracted country, and seems about to dispel everything but the recollection of the evil past. Unification assures national regene- ration and the progress, prosperity and happi- ness of the Italian people. It is these which make the celebration to-day an event of pro- found significance and place it almost side by side with such grand occasions as the day when every nationality in this proud metropolis united with the American people in hailing the complete success of our arms over @ desperate rebellion. When we look back fifty years and see how tenaciously the old doctrine of the balance of power was clung to by the leading European | States, and compare the efforts to preserve it— efforts from which Italy suffered more than any other land—with the recent developments in the contrary direction, we begin to appre- ciate how great bas been the success of the American idea, Now the cry of Europe is | for the unification of States according to race as the first step toward the attainment and full enjoyment of constitutional liberty. | Italian unity, even more than the unity of Germany, by the consummation it has already attained, shows the glorious tendencies of thia by its will, its wealta and its power, saved the | paper, the NEW YURK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1871 aspiration, and the demonstration’ to-day attests at once the glory of Italy and the honor of America. If Rome should recover some of its ancient splendor and again become the capital of a free and happy people, as seems not unlikely, this celebration would receive a peculiar justification, The American people delight in whatever makes other nations free, great and happy as well as prosperous. And this we conceive to be the tendency of unity in Italy and the excuse for its celebra- tion in this city. We are not of those who see danger to the Church in the political success of the Italians. This we have said so often that there is no occasion to enlarge upon it now, but even | here the American example is invaluable, The progress of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States is unexampled. Who can doubt that this progress has been mostly ; fostered by our free institutions? _ Protestant- | ism has been outstripped in growth io its | chosen field, while in France and even in Ire- land Catholicism has retarded. In this age religious, as well as political, progress is de- pendent upon the freedom of the masses, and the masses cannot be free without unity of race and national supremacy, If these facts are re- | cognized by the bishops of the Catholic Church, and especially by the Italian bishops, Italy canbe made second to no couniry in Europe. But even if the assistance which the priest- hood can give to progress be fora time de- nied, the Italian people have a splendid future | before them, and the encouragement which New York this day sends to Rome will help them to work out their own destiny. The Disbandment of the National Guard and tho International Society. The proposed disbandment of the National Guard of France has been the subject of an excited debate in the Assembly. According to our special despatch from Paris apprehen- sions of the International Society still haunt the minds of the French Ministry and to still a greater degree the majority of the National Assembly. M. Thiers advocates the partial dissolution of the Guard, while the party of the Right is in favor of an ‘‘immediate and uncompromising disbandment,” on the plea that the incendiary influence of that society pervades the whole organization. The debate led toa tumult. M. Thiers was violently interrupted during his speech and threatened to resign, General Ducrét’s amendment for the gradual dissolution of the National Guard was then adopted by a large majority. M. Thiers is not on the best terms with the ma- jority, neither is he much beloved by the minority. Hence these violent dissensions may precipitate matters to a crisis and to the overthrow of the present government, It is officially announced that the anniversary of the republic is to be celebrated on September In some respects it is most fitting that this | 5° Wa still hope that the republican form of government in France will be a lasting one, the metropolitan city of America. It wasin j but it i fortunate]; ti 1 at this country where the idea of the uuification Se ret sane ants ea arc ptember 3 may dawn upon a monarchy, Generat Hancook—A Startiine Demo- oraTiIO OrggEotION.—An Ohio democratic Napoleon’ Worth Wester, says | Governor Hoffman is ‘played out;” that ‘the republicans set a trap for bim (the Orange procession) and caught him ;” that Pendleton | is the man for the democracy; that ‘“‘Hen- the fact that France is republican to-day. | dricks has no strength out of Indiana,” and that, as for General Hancock, ‘“‘he is not to be thought of.’’ But wherefore? Because “the was a party to the military murder of Widow Surratt.” This is a startling demo- cratic objection, and, mean as it may be, we suspect that with its ventilation down South, General Hancock will lose caste with the fire- eaters as their Presidential favorite, General Hancock, in connection with the hanging of Mrs. Surratt, simply did his dnty as a soldier under the orders of his superiors and the laws of the army; but, for all that, it is probable that the revival of this awful affair will operate to the prejudice of the General among the democratic chivalry, South and North. Tur New Loay.—It is reported that less than twelve millions of dollars of the first instalment of the new loan now remains to be marketed, the banks having within a few days subscribed for about thirty millions of dollars of the portion reserved for domestic account, Itis a wonder that the whole two hundred millions of dollars was not taken by the banks long ago; but they thought a policy of procrastination the better one, and hoped for something to turn up which should keep them in the privilege of banking on a six per cent bond. Considering that the national bank system was created to make a market for the war loans of the government between 1863 and 1865, it looks like presumption on the part of these institutions to be discon- tented with any privilege vouchsafed to them at all, even that of banking upon the four per cents, Toe Frrurmst Crry 1x CarisTenpom.— According to the facts reported from an ex- tensive reconnoisance of our streets, markets, docks, &c., by an evening contemporary, the abounding filth in the lower wards is shocking to contemplate, and our markets and market places are the dirtiest in the world. In fact, it needs no extensive explorations to satisfy the incoming traveller that New York at this time is the filthiest city he has ever entered and that all our street cleaners have doubtless been off for two or three months in the country for the benefit of their health. But still, with the steady advances this way through Western Europe of the Asiatic cholera, the ques- tion recurs—Will our local authorities attend to this business of street cleaning or must the citizens, in mass meeting assembled, organize to do the work themselves? That is the question. Ayp Now San Francisco, like New Or- leans, Philadelphia and New York, comes in with her wrangling republican cliques and fighting factions. There was a precious row among the outsiders and insiders at San Fran- cisco, the other evening, in which knives and pistols were drawn; but in which there was no blood shed, as discretion on both sides proved the better part of valor. The result, however, is that theerepublicans are the same “happy family” in San Francisco that they are in New York, and that, instead of being “‘held together by the cohesive power of the public plunder,” they are broken up into fighting factions over the spoils, Another Orisis Brewing in France. It will be seen by the telegraphic despatches we publish from Versailles and London that the National Assembly is in the throes of an- other crisis. The proposition of Gambetta for the dissolution of the Assembly, for the election of a Constituent Assembly in its place, and for the resignation of President Thiers when this shall be elected, has created a great fermentation. The discussion on the proposi- tion was very exciting, and grave consequences are apprehended, Whatever Gambetta’s ob- ject may be, and it is possible that this ambi- tious and bold leader may be contemplating his own elevation to higher power, there is little doubt that the present Assembly does not fairly represent public sentiment, and that the charge made against it of its discussions hav- ing proved fruitless is true. The Assembly was elected under peculiar circumstances and at an exciting period, when the French people hardly knew what to do or expect. They are cooler and in a more serious and reflective mood now. A fair vote taken at the present time, or within a short time, would, no doubt, honestly reflect public opinion and bring in the foreground states- men having the confidence of the people. Still there may be danger in resorting to such an experiment, for all the factions—impe- rialist, royalist and every shade of the repub- lican factions—would be let loose, and a desperate struggle, probably, would ensue. Then, again, if Gambetta and the Republican Union Deputies are resolved to push their proposition a conflict with the opposition and Thiers’ government may be the consequence. The result may bea revolution without an election. The news from France will be highly interesting till this question is settled one way or the other. A New Spaaish Loan. We are constantly hearing of loans nowa- days—of national loans—as if the principal business of governments was to run into debt. True,-some of the loans spoken of are only a change of securities or the form of debt, ‘such, for example, as the so-called new loan of the United States; but too many are the creation of additional indebtedness. This, we suppose, is the case with Spain just now in the issue, as it is called, of a new loan of a hundred and fifty millions of pesetas. This means, no doubt, the issue of paper money, or promises to pay in some form or another, to that amount. Spain is in a bad financial con- dition, yet she still clings to all the extrava- gances of monarchical governmeni—a large standing army, an expensive navy and costly colonies in chronic revolution. The Spanish people have to pay dear for their pride and these luxuries. It Is the same to some extent with all the nations of Europe. Nearly all are in a condition which in the case of private individuals would be called bankruptcy. They are deeply in debt, with no prospect of paying their debts; are living up to the last dollar that can be wrung from the people, and many of them are borrowing from year to year to meet deficiencies caused by extravagance. Can this go on forever? There must be some limit to the ability of people to bear such bur- dens and some point where debt can no longer be accumulated, ACCEPTING THE SiTvaTION.—The confede- racy had few wiser or more energetic coun- sellors than Governor Reynolds, of Missouri, or better soldiers than General Joe Shelby, of the same State. When all was lost they sought an asylum in Mexico, and to their patriotic advice and judicious management is owing, in a great measure, the strong Ameri- can feeling which sprang up among the ex- Confederates in that country and caused them to return home fully dispossessed of all ideas of secession or opposition to the federal gov- ernment. Ata meeting of ex-Confederates at Huntsville, Mo., yesterday, speeches were made by Governor Reynolds and General Shelby, and at their instance a resolution was passed that it was the duty of all to turn their backs upon the past and grasp manfuliy the duties and responsibilities of the future. These are words of wisdom which it will be well for the South to act upon. Let Southerners act sensibly and accept the situation in the same good faith as havethe Missourians, and their section will soon become the richest and most prosperous portion of the Union. A Prepostrrous Propositios—That of the Richmond Whig, of making it a democratic measure of reform to pay the South threo thousand millions of dollars for the loss. of four millions of slaves, the money to be divided among the freedmen as a sop for their suffrages. We would remind our Richmond contemporary that this thing does not tally with the new democratic departure, the acceptance of the new constitutional amendments; for the four- teenth amendment emphatically declares that “neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” How are you going to get over thet? Will our Richmond ‘‘new departure” contemporary explain? Axsovut Exgotion Tres department clerks in Washington are treated with distinguished consideration, The acting Secretary of the Interior has granted to such clerks in his de- partment as come from Pennsylvania ten days extra leave of absence in order to go home to vote. This despatching government employés throughout the counjry on political missions at public expense has become # most serious evil and cannot but be fraught with mischief to the party that practices it, It is prosti- tuting government power to personal interest, and is au outrage upon the party opposing the administration. It is direct interference by the government with elections, more effective than bullets and bayonets. President Grant has already reformed many abuses which had grown up under previous administrations; let him goa step further and abolish this great corruption, which is yearly essuming more formidable proportions. Rrormsa 1s Mgxico.—The special corre- spondent of the Hzeaxp in the city of Mexico reports a religious riot at Morelia, It appears very late in the day for such extreme hostility to toleration and progress, but our Mexican neighbors occasionally indulge their old-fash- ioned propensities. The Political Campaige in Oble—Gpecch of Mr. Delano. ‘We publish this morning some extracts from the speech delivered yesterday by Hon. Co- lumbus Delano at Sandusky, Ohio, on “the | An Effective Precaution for the Preveme policy and conduct,” and gratifying success of General Grant's administration in our foreign and domestic affairs, including its retrenchments in expenditures, its savings of the public money, its progress in the redemption of the public debt, its general policy of peace at home and abroad, &c., as contrasted with democratic financiering in New York and Kentucky, As the summer season of fashion and recreation at the seaside and the springs, and among the woods, lakes, mountains and prairies draws toa close, we are admonished that with the season for the fall business in our cities and towns, the season for active work from the politicians in refer- ence to the approaching autumnal elections comes on, Henceforward, therefore, till after the Presidential election of 1872, our political affairs, and the movements of our political parties, and the drift of our political elections will largely occupy the people and the news- paper press of the whole country. Conse- quently, looking to the paramount importance of the Presidential question, we shall hence- forth make the politics of the day at home a prominent feature of the Heratp. In this view the speech of Mr. Delano will serve to indicate the republican plan of operations in Ohio for their coming October elections. Tae Wisconsin Demoorscy Bravety Face THE Musico.—The Wisconsin democracy, with Senator James R. Doolittle as their candidate for Governor, have bravely taken the field on the ‘‘new departure.” They say :—‘‘That as the late amendments to the constitution have been declared by the properly constituted authorities to be part of the fundamental law of the land, they are binding on the people,” and that ‘‘the democratic party are opposed to the withdrawal of civil and political rights from any class of the people; and that we demand the removal of all political disqualifi- cations.” This recognition of negro emanci- pation, negro civil equality and negro suffrage is a long step forward; but the misfortune is that it comes too late to make any very de- cided impression in favor of the waking up democracy, even in Wisconsin, Doolittle, however, with his republican antecedents, may do much for the cause; but we shall see. Personal Intelligencs. Congressman Frank Morey, of Louisiana, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General J. H. Ledite, of Utica, yesterday left the Glisey House for Whitestone, L. I. Generai J. D. Fessenden, of Maine, is in town, at | tne Sturtevant House, Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, yesterday ar- rived at the Grand Central. Robert H. Pruyn, of Albany, is staying at the Fifth Avenue. J. R. Bartlett, of the United States Navy, is at the Hoffman House. Dr. Isaac Norris, of Philadelpiia, 1s a sojourner at the Albemarie Hotel. Washington Morton, of New Orleans, is stopping at the Clarendon Hotel. General E. 8. Parker yesterday went to Guilford, Conn., from the Gilsey House. 3. W. Todd, of the United States Army, is quar- tered at the Fifth Avenue. General N. B. Forrest, of Tennessee, Is sojourning atthe Grand Central. Carl Rosa is domiciled at the Fifth Avenue, BE. A. Judge, of Bridgeport, Coun., is a resident of the St. James Hotel. Lieutenant W. C. De Hart, of the United States Navy, is quartered at the Grand Hotel, D. ©, Winter, of England, is at the Hoffman House. Thomas A. Ruger, of the United States Army, has quarters at. the Fifth Avenue, General James S, Negley, member of Congress from Pittsburg, Pa., yesterday arrived at the St. Sacholas. YACHTING Arrival of the Enchantress from England at Newport—The Race fer the Lorillard Cup Postponed on Account of the Fog—The | Sappho Sails Over the Conrse Aloue—The Grand Regatia on Saturday. Newport, R, 1., August 24, 1871. ‘The schooner yacht Enchantress, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. George Lorillard, arrived here this morning from Cowes, Enzland, after @ rough passage. she left Cowes on the 17th of July Jast, and six days laier cleared the Scillys for this port. No accident oc- curred during the voyage. Upon her arrival this morning she was cheered heartily and was greeted with the welcoming salutes of every vessel in the squadron. She seemed to be in excellent order, though, being unprovided with racing salis, she will probably not compete in any of the races announced to take place during the cruise, Tne owner of the Enchantress was warmly congratulated, and during the day his vessel was visited by admiring crowas, The race for the oup presented by Mr. Louis Lortl- lard, of the Wanderer, and set aowh for to-day, did not come off, The morning was very foggy, and ‘at intervals heavy showers of rain fell. Neverthe- less, ® good breeze from the southwest prevaiied, and hopes were entertained that the regatta would take place. Towards ten o'clock the fog com- menced to disappear. The arrival of the En- chantress from ingland stopped the preparatory proceedings for a while, and when tne firing had | ‘ceased soine of the yachis showed signs of getting | under weigh. The Dreadnaught sailed out of the harbor at ten o’ciock by the nortnern passage. Hall an hour later the Paimer hoisved sail and cleared by the other passage, and shortly after her the Sappho. The course was trom Brenion’s Reef lightship to and around the buoy off Block Isiand thence around the Vineyard Haven lightship au return; in all a distance of about sixty-four miles, Scarcely, however, had the three vessels lett the harbor than the tog, more dense than ever, closed dn, and it Was aimost impossiole to see half a yacht's length ahead. The Dreadnaught and Palmer con- tinued to work up the passage, There was a very heavy sea at the time, and as the wind began to in- crease @ splendid race was anticipated in case the by bers away. leanwhile, the tender to the flagship, with Fieet Captain Schuyler, as Chairman of the Regatta Com- mittee, Ld abreast of Brenton’s Reef lightship, awaiting the arrival of yachts and to start thein for the contest. From all quarters vrocceded the sounds of fog horns, for vessels passed with) jundred feet of each other, unable to see anything, owing to the density of the f Which presented no signa of clearing off. The Dreadnsught lay hove to for awhile, Waiting signs of tair weather, but after re- maining in the vicinity of Brenton’s Reet lightsnip over an hour she headed for Newport, followed by the Palmer. The Sappho, which had beat about near the flagship for some tme, prepared to sail the course over alone, At tweive o'clock the fog lifted, and some ten minutes after she started off, She passed Point Judith at 1:44 P. and beat for the buoy off Block Island, which s! rounded at 3b. 10m. 108, P.M. ‘The wind continu uite fresh all day, and her sa‘ling qualities were ely test She rounded the vineyard Haven lightahip at 6:30 P.M., and passed Brenton’s Reef lightship at 8b. 8m, 403. P. M., making the course in eight hours, lesa three minutes. It was generally regretted that the race dié not come off, as after twelve o'clock the day Was most favorable for such a contest. ‘The grand regatta for the Newport Cup comes off on Saturday. . t Club Regatta at lon To-Day. Pequot House, New Loxvon, August 24, 1871. Owing to head winds and reported heavy weather, but four of the Brooklyn Yacht Ulub fleet, which are to engage in & regatta in this harvor to-morrow, have arrived, at eight o’clock tis evening. They are the Addie, Kaiser Wilhelm, Kate and Maggte B. No doubt the bulance of the feet will be here before midnight, and as the preliminaries for the convest are fully arranged, an interesting aquatic Teatival is anticipated, Yachting Note. The Phantom, N.Y.¥.0., Mesara, Stebbing, 18 at » Gnchor in Butvormulx Unannel WASHINGTON. tion of Steam Boiler Explosions. Official Report of the Wreck of the Steame Golden Rule in 1865, ONE MILLION OF PUBLIC FUNDS LOST. WASHINGTON, August 24, 1871, New Regulations for Steam»ont Bollers. Supervising Inspector Generat Belknap to-Cay re~ commended to the Secretary of the Treasury taas hereafter inspectors of steamboats should not allow’ more than one-half of the working pressure in alg boilers that have been in use on board steam~ boats for the period of seven years and upwards, and that after service of eight years the boilers should be condemned, The Wreck of the Steamer Golden Rule. ‘The foliowing is @ detailed report of the First Comptroller of the Treasury made to the Secretary of the Treasury in May last, but not heretofore pab- lished, giving facts in the case of the governmen? loss by the wreck of the Golden Rule:— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, First OOMPTROLLER'S OvFICB, May 10, 1871. Sir—I have just examined the Japers tral to me with your letier of January 41, 1971, relative gp the loss Of $1,000,000 of compound interest notes y the Wreck of the steamsiip Golden ule, a8 alse some additional evidence obtained irom the oMoes of the Register and the ireasurcr and from tne Onief of the Bureau of Engraving and I’rinting, and flag the facts to be in substance as follo May 17, 1805, a transter drait, No. 2,393, was Isaued at the Treasury Department, directing the i'reasurer to pay to the order of Kutus Leighton and Victor Smith, for transportation vo D. W, Cheeseman. As~ sistant ‘Treasurer Uniied States at Sau Fraacisce, $1,001,000, in lawful money, to be piaced tu the creuit of the ‘Treasurer of the United States. Leighton and bmitn endorsed ibe dralé in ‘blak and without date. The money ‘was placed in one of the iron boxes Of the Treasury and was delivered to Avams Express Company May 18, 1865, for transportation to New York aad recetpted for to Leignton und swith. in addition to the one million compound interest notes the box Contained $162,190 in seven-thirty notes, Treasury drafts and five-twenty bonus, chiely seven-thirty notes. ‘he box containing the money, &0., was carried to New York and delivered to Messrs. Leighton and Smith, and was by them taken on buard ‘the steamship Golden Kule, then about to sail for Aspinwall, and for which place she saued a& hail-past twelve on Mi At about half- past, tates o'clock in the mormog of may the ship was wrecked, on the Roncacer Reef, in the Caribvean Sea, and went Ww Pieces in eight davs, Afterwards eiforw were Made. under the personal supervision of Leighton and Smitn for several days to reach the treasure box, wh.ch had been placed uniter a iurge amount of baggage in the hold, but without success. A portio. only of tae baggage couid ve removed, the hold baving svon after the ship struck beguo to Mil with water. Alter the sip had gone to pieces efforts were made to recover the vox, but likewise Without success. A wrecking vessel Was employed and about the 20th of June, as appears irom @ re- oeipt of that date given by Mr. Smith to the mascer of the vessel, $10,160 of the seven-tuirties aud Treasury draits were recovered, sume of suem neariy destroyed. ‘Iwo pieces of iron, suppo*ed to be parts of the box, were fissed up, but no portion of the compound interest notes were found. Sub- sequently the box was found and forwarded to the Department. No record or | writer Statement of «ie recovery can be found. When re- ceived at the Departmen: the lid had been burst open, the bolt of the lock beind so vent Inward ag no longer to retuin a hold im the side of the Lox. The-chiei machinist of the Department imtorms me that at the ume the vox wus received he ex- amined it and that it did mot carry any marks or evidence of having beeu forced open by the use of instruments, but it could have been, and was provably proken opeu by being Viu.ently thrown Irom side ww side tu the hold of the vessel and among the rocks alter the vessel was broken up. | have examined a simular lock, and ang Of opmion that the oult would bend unuer any simi Jar circumstances, especially when there was auy movable substance of weight iu the box, ‘ine wrecking vessel remained in search untid the 3ist of July, and Mr. smi re mained until the 26th, supermtendiag the examination. What, then, became of tue moueys ‘Was it lost in the sea? No part of it nas ever been recovered, aud, notwithstanding the uoremiiting efforts of the department through detectives and otherwise fur tnree years or more, uothing has been aisvovered casting suspicion upon tue oltivers oF crew 0: the Stealmsnip, nor OL those employed on the wrecking vessel. lu your communication you request a report from this Office reative to what disposition had best be made to relieve tue Treasurer irom the cuarge against Mum on account oi these noes. here can ve No question that the Treasurer ought to ve relieved. In transmitting the notes he but Lubililed the direce tions of the Secrelary given in coniormity to law, and the loss occurred through uo fault of bis. Another question of greaier importaace remains to be considered: What counter eutries shail be Made upon the booxs of the department: answer to this question must depend upon th of the loss or destruction, 80 that the notes canuot be presented for redemption. ‘{pe ‘Treasurer, in hia letier of the 18th to Mr. Cheeseman, advising hice ol the remitwnce, says, “A pachage of large Treasury noves, $1,000,000," but docs not state the denominations nor the numoers, nor waa any record of te denoininations or of the num bers kept, Tie notes properiy denominated “large’” were of $500 and $1,:00. ‘Tne last delivery by the Printing Bureau to the Treasurer of $000 notes rior to the remittance to San Francisco was made tober 17, 1864, seven montis previous. May 16, 1865, there were delivere.t to tae Treasurer notes of $1,000, dated May 15, and numvered from 4,002 to 6,500, including letters A, B, U and D eaca, making $3,000,04 May 17, 380,000, succeeding namvers; May 18, $3,20),000 succeeding numbe:-. Other numbers preceding and tollowiug were tle- livered previous to May 16 and subsequent w May 18, but none between October 14. 1364, ana May 16, 1805, From these facts { think it may be pres: that the large notes sent were of the denomination Of $1,000; that the arrangements were made tor the remiitance to Cai ua prior tu the Lota. Que let ter, Showing that arrangements nad been made for passage by & steamer, bearing date may 12, ts among the papers, ana thal tne notes delivered May 16 were intended to supply the sum to be remitted. 1 think it may also saiely be pre- sumed that the notes were of those delivered to the ‘Treasury May 16. It turther ap; Irom tuesecora kept by tho Regtater and in tie Printing Bureau that the total amount in dollars of the thou. sand dollar notes issued by ihe Treasury 1@ $56,000,000, and that of tnis sum there is now Outstanding the sum of $1,004,000, Of tits kast sum $1,000,000, Consisting of letters A, and B., Nos. 5,001 to 5,50u iuclusive. Each letter of $600,000 1s of the notes delivered May 16, and I think toe concinsion satisfactory that these notes Constitute the $1,00),000 transmitted by tue Goiden Rule, and that they were Jost In the sea by the wreck O1 that snip. Lt is now within a few days of 8iX years since the rem ttauce, and the notes are now past da: simous three years. Since their issue nothing has been heard of tiem except as hereim narrated, and no trace otherwise has been found of their existence. Aside irom these of the tasue of §$56,000,0v0 but. seventecm Notes remain outstanding. But one coaclusion can be satisfactory—the notes were destroyed and no lohger exist as @ charge upon the Treasury. therefure recommend. that an accouus ve stated: crediting the Treasurer, as in other cuxes, for notes canceled and destroyed, and that the proper entries. of the cancellation and destruction be made upon. the books of the register. ‘The papers sent me are herewith returned; wit them are the letters trom the ‘Treasurer, the Register = the Chief of the Bareau of Kugraving aud Printing. Very respectfully, your obedient nervant, OW TAYLOB, Comptroller: Subscriptions to the New Lean. r Messrs, Jay Cooke & Co, report that the sab- scriptions to-day to the new loan amvuat. te $11,800,000, This leaves less than tweaty mili open to subsoriptions, Many banks have cota the Treasury Deparment and the subscript agents of their invention to subsoribe, but as. thet subscriptions are.in transitu, aud have not 70}. been received, they are not included to the list. When these are received the amount untaken will, not exceed five millions of dollars. It ts anticipated thut the balance of the loan will be closed ‘amme- diately and subscriptions filled in the order of their reception. Those in excess of the iii¢y, mulliona reserved for sale to the nat tonal banks, Will be re- turned. Conference with the President on, Indian Af= fairs. Generai Belknap, Secretary of War,, left here this morning for Long Branch, to have @ conlerence with the Prisifent in regard to the condition of Indian affairs on the fronticr. He will lay, betore tue Presi~ dent an exact statement in regatd, to the forces now on the fronuer. Tbe vacancy ta the position of in- dian Commissioner will also engage the Presidente attention under this head, A Marderer Feigotng Insanity. Darden, who is in jail cuarged with kililug John McCarty, has exhibited symptoms of nervous ex- citement which his frionds attribate to insanity. Medical testimony, however, ts to the effect vhat the excitement was produced by the stoppage of accus- tomed stimulants combined with concussion of the brain received in the affray with McUarthy, ‘The Star says that during lis ravings he exclaimed, “Why was L balloved (ox ty kul MoCartar tt"