The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1872, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, * All busigegs or news letters and telegraphic despatches thust be addressed New Your HeEraup. Volame XXXVI... AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTEPNOON AND BOOTH'S camaye EB, Twenty-third street, corner Sixth avenue.—Tax Burts; on, Tax Powsn Jew. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowory.—Tavurs—Ovm Neca nons, SMITH AND Browx, WooD's MUSEUM. Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Err, Tax ARKANSAS TRAVELLER. “Afternoon and Evening. —— OLYMPIC THEATRE, broadway, between Houston atid Bleevscy s4—RRD Pockersoox. Matinee at 2, THEATRE COMIQUE, £14 Broadway, -Anousp Town; ox, Siuars OF Tux Cir ince at 23, WALLACK'S THEATER: Broadway and Thirteenth street—Inion; on, Tur Max ar tux WHEEL, FIFTH AVENVE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street Diaxonps. ! GRAND opéra HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Bighth av.—Kor Uanorrs. t * PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.—Tax Victims—Sor9n Suuncux, * iY ‘i | WHITE'S ATHENAUM, 686 Broadway.—Neano Mix- srnutsy, 46. Matinee BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner Eh av.—Neqgo Minstnatsy, Hooantniciry, &c. f 81. JAMES THEATRE, corner of 28th st. and Broad- wray.—San Fraycisco Mrngracs in Farce, £0. 720 BROADWAY, EMERSON'S MINSTRELS,—Graxp Jimorian Becexrisciris. ( amerroan INSTITUTE FAIR, Third ay., between 684 nd 64th heed aa Be \ NEWARK INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, Washington street, corner pf Court, Newark, N. J. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Gaanp INSTRUMENTAL ‘Concert. : NEW YORK MUSKUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— co RIPLE SHEET. w York, Wednesday, September 4, 1872, — CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. . ta AOE. Advertisements. R—Advertisements, 3—Louiaville: The Straight-Outs Put Thetr Heads Together at Last; Blanton Duncan Harangues em; Charles O’Conor Writes Them What He gets Abont Government; What He Thinks About Greeley; He Supports the Movement, but WIil Not Run Himself; J. Q. Adams the Probable Candidate. 4—Sumner: His Departure for Europe Yesterday; Sick in Sad Farnest; “His Poor Brain De- ds Rest ‘he Modern Augean Stables— ‘al News and Rumors—The Mario-Patti certs—“The Lost One Found.” Ww m M. Tweed: His Political AMilations Defined; Interview witha HeRaLD Reporte Municipal Disbursements—Prqposals for City and County Stocks—Interesting Proceediny in the New York atid Brooklyn Courts—Crime in New York—The Attempted Murder at Glen Cove—The Fifth Avenue Widening—sister Mary of Stanisiaus: The Habeas Corpus Pro- ceedings tn the Case of Rosa McUabe—The Jersey City Police Contest—The Health of Jersey City—Trotting at Prospect Park— Eastern Dutchess Fair—Lewiston Races—Na- tional Rife Association—Sunday Music in the Park—Local Items. - 6—Editoriais: Leading Article, “A Plea from ‘Senator Sumner on Behalfof Horace Greeley— The Parting Words of the Massachusetts Leader’’—Another Steamship Disaster: The Paciiic Mail Steamship America Destroyed by Fire in the Harbor o! Yokohama; Passengers and ‘ Crew Saved—Amuscment Announge- ments, VY—Burning of the Canterbury Cathedral—The Marriage of Pere yacinthe—News from Mexico, Cuba and brazii—Tne Alabama Claims—The Council! of the Crowns—Cable Telegrams from France, England, Holland and Australasia—Vormont: A Great Adminis- bh ear Nictarys fa dace Majority Some- hing Over Twenty-tive ‘Chousand—B: 83 Notices, if met S—Fivancial and Commercial: A More Activo Demand for Mouey; The Rate on Call Five Per Veut; Continued Weakness of the Foreiga Exchanges; The Gold Market Steady and Dull; Governments Heavy and Lower; Stocks Feverish, with a Further Decline; Another Pacific Mali Steamer Lost; The Compauy's Shares Fall Two Per Cent and Drag Down the Rest of the Market; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Goes Oi to Par; The Exports of the Week—Increase of Coal lreights—Suicide by Taking Paris Green—Marriages and Deaths—Advertisements. 9—Advertisements, ¥O—Syracuse: Cauonsing and Slate Making for the iamese Twin Convention; The Fight for Par- tition of Offices; The Governor for the Dem. ocrats—Shipping Intelligence—Advertise- ‘ ments. 1A dvertisements, Ba—Advertisements, Yesterpar’s Exzctron in Vermont resulted Jn ao decided administration victory. There yeas no doubt that Converse would be ®lected, but his majority is much larger ‘than even republicans had hoped for, and js probably something between twen- fty-fivo and twenty-seven thousand, The fvote polled was exceptionally large, but the general interest thus shown fin the contest did not degenerate in a single Gustance into disorder. Everywhere, indeed, fihe struggle was conducted in a spirit of the ‘ost kindly good nature, and quips and jests lentifully enlivened the solemn duty of cast- g ballots, The Senate is republican, with only one possible exception, and in the House Where are but five democrats and one Hiberal. Both parties did their best to bwin, and the result is therefore very signifi- t. The verdict of the people of Vermont most undoubtedly, that General Grant shall Femaain in the White House for a second term. .. Tae Burwine or Taz Steamen Amenica at Wokohama adds another to the list ‘pf casualties to steamers which bas been reported within the past week, Particulars of the origin of the fire have not yet reached us, The vessel was plmost new and was furnished with all the jpteam pumps prescribed by thelaw. Careless- ess or negligence we may, therefore, presume, ted somewhere, ( Tae Ivrernationan ry Hottanp.—Simulta- tg with the meeting of the three Empe- fors the International Society will hold its at the Hague, the favorite retreat of princes of the House of Orange, Repre- tatives have arrived from all parts of Europe and even from the United States. The bers of the socicty loudly boast of the ess and of the power of their organiza. lon. We have no doubt at all that the boast \d be justified by facts. Such a society as ¢ International, if properly managed, might & benefit to the toiling millions, and even society generally; but the misfortune is such societies never have been properly nor can we say that we have any {Peason for believing that this latest is an im- ovement on its predecessors. Yor this time ‘et, we fear, the monarchs must win, ( Tax Srnme oy Tar Havana City Coacn- produces 4 wonderful degree of excite- sod in the principal town of the Antilles’ General Ceballos and ‘“cabbeo'’ bad ¢ almost into direct conflict for possession f the reins of power before the restoration of ‘order. Tho street sconces must have been powing NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1872-—-TRIPLE SHEET. A Plea from Senator Sumner on Be- half of Horace Greeley=The Parting Words of the Massachusetts Leader. We publish in the Hznaxp to-day an inter- esting speech from Senator Sumner reviewing the issues involved in’ the Presidential cam- paign, and giving at greater length than here- tofore his reasons for supporting Mr. Greeley in preference to General Grant. Mr. Sumnop has recently been in feeble health, and, under the advice of his physicians, he has allowed his speech to be printed, instead of delivering it at Faneuil Hall, as he had intended to do, in response to the invitation of the Massachu- setts Liberal Republican State Committee. The Senator left for Europe yesterday on the steamer Malta, and hence this will probably be his last contribution to the liberal cause in this clection. It is well, therefore, that it is dis- tinct and emphatic in its uttefances and that it leaves no doubt as to the sentiments of its author. Whether it will prove a valuable aid to Mr. Greeley at this time or will fail to make any marked impression on the country re- mains to be seen. The opinions of Mr. Sum- ner are always received with the respect and examined with the attention due to the views of @ man of superior intellect and strict integrity; but it is questionable whether ‘his parting words throw any new light on the pending issues or are likely to make any converts at this late day of tho campaign. They will serve, however, to prove that the Senator's position has been firmly taken, and that he is fixed in his conviction that a ghange in the national administration is desirable for the best interests of the country. We be- lieve that he might have done better service to the cause he advocates had his health per- mitted him to devote his mind to a searching examination of the more serious questions involved in the present contest, He might havo profitably reviewed the financial policy of the government for the last four years, and have favored us with his views as to the effect a change of administration from Grant to Greeley would be likely to have upon the moneyed and commercial interests of the country. The people would have been glad to have read his criticism on the foreign policy of Secrotary Fish as developed in our relations with England, Spain and Mexico—a subject upon which he is peculiarly qualified to speak. His speech bears the impress of a disinclina- tion to enter too deeply into the controversies now agitating political circles, united with a desire to do all in his power for the liberal candidates and to draw public attention to what he regards as the errors and offences of the existing administration. 4 oo Senator Sumner gives prominence to two reasons why he prefers Mr. Greeley to General Grant os the next Prosident of the United Stnted, First, because the liberal republican candidate represents a civil service reform, beginning with the ‘ono term’’ principle, without which, Mr, Sumner believes, reform 4s {00 mitch like a sham; and second, because he represents reconciliation, not only between the two sections, but between the two races— a consummation essential to the repose of the gountry and to the safeguard of equal rights. It woyld have been better if the speech had been confined to the consideration of these two Pe both of which are material; but the Senator diverges from them to comment over again on his old arraignment of President Grant for nepotism, gift-taking and usurpa- tion of power for coryupt purposes in the St. Domingo business, It is singular that the politicians cannot understand the people sufli- ciently well to know that no person cares how many relatives the President may have in pub- lic offices, so long as they perform their duties honestly and efficiently, or how many testimonials of personal estoem and gratitude may have been offered to the General who led the Union army to victory against the troops of the rebel Con- federacy, The times have changed since Washington and Jefferson were at the head of the nation, and the people do not now believe that a President must necessarily be corrupt because he appoints a cousin to a clerkship or a brother-in-law to a collectorship. Neither do they feel disposed to object to the reception of a testimonial bya soldier who has done good service for the country, however much they may admire the blunt honesty of the gal- lant Thomas, who somewhat roughly replied to those who offered him a present of one hun- dred thousand dollars, ‘Let it go to my men." As to the worn-out St. Domingo business, the people have grown weary of it and pay no attention to anything that may be said on the subject. Senator Sumner’s allusion to it is simply waste of ammunition. His disclaimer of personal motives in his opposition to the tob, and his quotations from his speeches, addresses, letters and Congressional acts for the past ten years to prove his consistent advocacy of peace and reconcilia- tions, are equally unnecessary. The Ameri- can people know Charles Sumner and do not require any. evidence of his integrity and con- sistency other than is supplied by a long and honorable career, mi Sg ap The important point of Senator Sumner’s speech is contained in his plea for reconcilia- ion between the two sections of the country and the two races as essential to peace and happiness, In this he touches the popular sentiment, and his words are the more valua- ble and impressive as the words of a states- man who has devoted the best years of his life to the cause of human freedom. The present condition of the Southern States is a scandal and reproach to the nation, and the people of the North are beginning to realize the fact. The history of the carpet-bag rule forced upon he Southern people by the radicals makes a terrible exhibit, Since the war the debts and liabilities of tho ox-rebel States have increased from seventy-six milliong to over two hundred and ninety millions, .and in some States the robberies have been so boldly and recklessly committed that there is scarcely an attempt at concealment. This plunder and the determination to control the vote of the South in the Presidential eleo- tions have lain at the foundation of the arbi- trary treatment of the Southern whites, of the extension of military rule over peaceful com- munities, and of the attempt to keep alive the passions of the war and tho old hatreds of slavery. The people now understand why the false reports of rebel outrages and intrigues in the South are circulated by the republican orators and journals, aud why a people who have honestly accepted the results of the war, who have renounced all their secession senti- ments, and who ask only for peace and consti- tutional freedom, arg persistently migrerse- sented and pronounced ‘‘unreconstructed rebels’’ in the teeth of their solemn protesta- tions of loyalty. The object of the radical poli- ticians is to keep alive sectional suspicions and auimosities, in order that they may plunder the Southern State governments and steal the Southern electoral vote under the friendly shield of military rule. The Southern people have given all the evidences they can offer of their sincerity. The soldisrs who fought under the rebel flag—men of conrage and honor—have united in the support of a liberal republican candidate for the Presidency, and have done all in their power to conciliate the North. Yet the radical politicians raise the cry of “‘traitors” and ‘rebels’ against them and refuse to accept their proffered friendship. If this policy is to continue the United States can become nothing but a second Mexico, and thero can never be peace while the Union holds together. ies Spe alest This is tho rock ahead of the administration, and it is one on which the republican ship may bé dashed to pioces, unless it should for- tunately be carried round it in safety by the financial tide which just now seems setting so strongly in favor of President Grant. We have warned the President of the danger. The people are tired of the incessant excite- ment kept up by the politicians, ond they say, with Senator Sumner, “the war is ended; there must be an end also to belligerent passions, and tho freedman, as- sured of his rights, must enter upon — new career of happiness and prosperity."' The violent tirades of Wendell Phillips, Gerrit Smith, Boutwell and others, who pour into the ears of the ignorant negroes the poison of sus- picion and hate, aiid who urge upon them a ro- sort to civil war rather than a submission to re- conciliation, are revolting to the public mind. Sensible men cannot fail to see that the doc- trines advocated by Greeley must lead to pegco and happiness, while the doctrine preached by the radical, supporters of President Grant must ri to Teekay es String: “tf Groeley is clected arm, concentrate, conceal your property; but organize for defence,’ is the advice of Wendell Phillips to the negro. “Black mon, be not deceived by this cry for reconciliation. Your old oppressors will never be reconciled to you, nor should yoy be recon- ciled to them,”’ cries Gerrit Smith, and Bout- well, Harlan and the rest echo the words. To what can such teachings lead but to continued discord and hatred, and eventually, perhaps, to a bloody and cruel war of races? Are the financial interests of the country safe under such heated Appeals to the passions of igno- rant men? If General Grant is to be re- elected it will be by the support of the moneyed and business classes of the country, and it is time for them to make it a condition of their support that this reckless playing with fire shall no longer hazard the safety of their lives and property. It is time for the people to let all parties pnderstand that whatever candidates may be successful the administra- tion of the next four years must give consti- tutional freedom to the Southern States, take the iron hand of military rule from the throat of that section of the Union and let the whole nation have peace. Judge Bedford’s Charge to the Grand ee Sees Jury. At the épening of the General Sessions yesterday the City Judge delivered his charge to the newly sworn Grand Jury. He called their attention to the several matters which the statutes place specially under their jurisdic- tion, and particularly pointed out the profes- sional burglars. Feloniously entering build- ings at night, by force or by means of false keys, for plunder, they carry deadly weapons to assure the success of their enterprise, and do not scruple at murder if necessary to com- plete a “job.” As he justly said, these crimi- nals “carry murder in their hearts” pnd are most dangerous to the community. They are to be treated with promptness by the officers of justice and provided with speedy trials and long terms in the Penitentiary. It is to bo relentloss war against housebreakers, They will do well to reform or emigrate. The Judge also alluded to another matter which the Henatp frequently ventilates—immigrant swindling. Such an unmitigated wretch as will rob immigrants who flee from a hard and hopeless lot beyond the ocean to this land of promise, bringing stout hearts and willing hands to work for the general good while seeking personal profit, is mean enough for any crime and deserves all the penalty the law provides. They come to us strangers, often ignorant of our language, and always unin- formed of the means to protect themselves from the wiles of sharpers. Every honest man should be their guardian and every hand should give them a helping welcome, Let those who would wrong them beware. New York law and her Courts will surely and heavily visit their offences. ra The News from Mexico. By telegraph froii Mexico City we are in- formed that the people of tho neighboring Republic have lately escaped the infliction of a very serious disaster in consequence of the fire which occurred in the palace of the Natioml Congress, and of which a brief report was made at the moment. The building was com- pletely destroyed, but the archives of State were removed to a place of safety. A quantity of explosive and other inflammable material was also got away in season to avert still more serious consequences. The disaster was caused through the carelessness of workman, pretty much as has been the case at Canterbury Cathedral, England. Iturbide’s sword, the hilt of which was thickly studded with diamonds, is said to have been stolen during the confusion, The Mexican Republic appears to be undergoing a slight renewal of the popular agitation. Juarez’s memory was honored by the hold- ing of a Masonic Lodge of Sor- tow, the ceremonial being conducted with imposing solemnity. Distinguished respect has just been paid to the reputation of the Mexican troops who fell at Cherubusco during the war with the United States. Soldiers of the line stationed at Guanajuato mutinied, murdered their commander and robbed the public treasury—feats which afford proof that the ‘‘ruling passion’’ remains strong in the country even under the ameliorating rule of Lerdo. Havana Desparcnes state thero has lately been some sharp fighting between parties of insurgents and the royalist troops at different int of the Lalgnd of Qubte The Blanton Charles O’Oonor’s Views on Reform. The Blanton Duncan Convention met yesterday at Louisville, and, alihough smail in numbers and not distinguished for tho bril- liancy of its delegations, went through the formalities of such mectings with due gravity and decorum. Blanton Duncan, as in duty bound, called the Convention to order, and naturally seized the opportunity to make a speech, a privilege to which his arduous labors in the cause fully entitled him. Levi 8. Chatfield, a very old politician of New York, who figured years ago in State politics, was chosen temporary chairman, and Judge James Lyons, of Virginia, who is said to be a brother-in-law of Henry A. Wise, was made permanent president. Lists of vice presidents and secretarios were reported and adopted, and the organization was declared complete, - The first and most interesting business trans- acted was tho ing of a communication from Mr. Charles O'Conor; whose name had been mentioned in connection with the Blan- ton Duncan nomination for President, Mr. O'Conor's letter is a political disquisition, which probably astonished some of the~dele- gates, and especially a portion of those from this city, The gist of it is that he rejects the action of the Baltimore Convention, repudiates the nomination of Mr. Greeley, leans, as o choice of evils, towards the support of Presi- dent Grant, encourages the Louisville move- ment, declines to accept the nomina- tion of the Convention if it should be offered to him, and declares his unalterable resolve to remain in private station, Mr. O'Conor's views of government will of course meet with some approval and with much dissent. A total prohibition of those powers which cannot be regulated by law; no government intermed- dling with those concerns of society which may be left to individual action; the absolute annulment of the power of borrowing money én the public credit, either by paper issues or otherwise, whether by federal, State or muni- cipal governments, down to tho smallest civil division; the abolishment of all the deceit- ful and fraudulent methods which have been devised to draw money ont of the pockets of the people without their consciousness of the imposition, including duties and excises for revenue; the imposition only of plain, visible and palpable taxes; the raising of all revenue by taxation at the moment of expen- dituro or before it; in fnct, a pure ready money, pay-as-you-go government, restrained within the limits of absolute necessity. This is Mr. O’Conor's remedy for all our existing evils, and, as he believes, ‘the last hope of our Republic.”” Above all other Americans Mr. Greeley is ‘the recognized cham- Convention end His Duncan Letter pion of the reverse of all this, and henco Mr. O’Conor cannot accept him as 6 candidate for the Presidency. Precisely how this great revolution in govern- ment is to be brought about by the politicians of the Blanton Duncan stripe is not clearly ex- plained; but Mr. O’Conor evidently does not hope for entire success at this time. Ho takes ® more practical view of the present contest when he draws & comparison between the two evily.-Grant and Greeley—evidently to the ad- vantage of the former; and there we have no doubt all sensible men who think as he thinks will follow him. aS We do not propose at this time to review Mr. O'Conor's positions. His policy of gov- ernment, if put into operation, would stop all progress and public improvement. Under it we should have had no Erie Canal to build up the Metropolis, and no Central Park to im- prove and beautify it, ‘Credit,’ says Mr. O’Conor, ‘furnishes the aliment indispensable to war, and without it that most shocking of all national crimes and calamities would be impossible.” Even if defensive wars be necessary evils the power of borrowing money should not be conceded on that ageount. Such wars should be paid for in ready money raised at the moment, even as they are fought by men raised at the moment ; and while the young do the fighting the old should do the paying. It is a little puzzling, however, to conceive where the money would have come from to pay down ‘‘on the nail,” as the saying is, the every-day expenditures rendered necessary by the Southern rebellion, To arm, equip and feed the Union army for ready cash would have been something ofa task. But Mr. O’Conor will probably argue that but for the power of borrowing moncy and obtain- ing credit we should have had no shoddy contractors, no bogus muskets, no wholesale plunder of.the public treasury, and that our expenses would have been kept down to a rea- sonable rate. Nevertheless, under the most favorable circumstances, Mr. Lincoln might have been puzzled to put down the Southern rebellion on the principle of “pay as you go.’ If we are never to have honest government until this principle prevails we fear we shall long be the victims of knavery. Mr. O'Conor's letter, says the general report of the proceedings, “failed to elicit any response,’ and was referred to the Com- mittee on Platform; but ond indiscrcet individual from Kentucky, after it had been read, created a temporary excitement in the Convention by moving an adjournment till November 20, and was put out. He subse- quently explained that he thought Mr. O’Conor recommended the Convention to merge itself into the Greeley movement, and “his intense detestation of Greeleyism’’ induced the indis- crotion, After Blanton Duncan's speech, the venerable Chatfield and Chauncey Burr, of New York, addressed the Convention, as did also Mr. J. Lyons, the President, who ridiculed the Greeley party as a ‘‘Dolly Varden’ party— @ joke that can scarcely claim the merit of originality. The Convention is evidently a failure, as it was natural that it should be; and the least ridiculous thing the people in attendance can do is to endorse tho nomina- tion of President Grant and go home and work for him until the evening of election day. In that manner alone are they likely to make the movement pay. The Fire in Canterbury Cathedral. Yesterday Canterbury Cathedral, England, narrowly escaped destruction by fire, The earlier reports left us little room to hope for the preservation of the venerable pile, The fire, which originated in the accidental upsetting of a charcoal furnace, used by workmen who were repairing the roof of the cathedral, re- vealed itself in the eastern end of the building, over the altar and shrine of Thomas 4 Becket. For a time the fire, according to the reports, Re oS | the prompt and effectual aid rendered by the $e garrison the grand old building, which has survived the ravages of seven centuries, might have been reduced to ashes. Happily, the firemen obiained control of the flames, and shortly before noon the fire was extinguished, but not until about one hundred and fifty feet of the roof were completely destroyed. It will gratify m»ny of our readers who have visited the grand old structure and admired its monuments of medimval art, a8 well as the costly improvements which havo been made in rocent years, to learn that the shrine of St. Thomas i Becket has not been injured. The mosaic pavement of the cathedral was covered with molten lead which had dropped from the burning roof, and the altar was deluged with water; but it was found possible, after the fire was extinguished, and in spite of the smoke which filled the interior of tho edifice, to carry on the daily religious services, which have not been intermitted in three hundyed years. . The cathedral has during {he prosent century, and particularly during the present reign, undergone very ex- tensiverepairs. It is matter for regret that the beauty of the odifice should in any way have been marred; but we may rest assured that the work of ropair will be begun at once, and in as brief a space of time as possible all traces of the fixe will have disappeared. Be Py A A A SEO Convontions=A Large Demo- The Syracuse Attendance of Liberal crate. The Democratic and Liberal Conventions which asyemblo in Syracuse to-day are very largely attondod. he report from that city, published clsewhero, state that the numbers present last night exceed all former State Conventions, The ‘hotels were filled, the halls ond passages filled with cots, and late comers wete conipelled to seek accommodation in private houses. The lib- eral republicans are present in great force, outsiders ag well as Lope ‘and, while there aré some indications of soreheaded- ness among them, they are for the moat part representative men. The Liberal Convention, it is said, will bo such a representation of re- publicanism as used to be seen in Lincoln's time, and among the delegates are many of the fathers of the organization, The democrats are also gathering in strong force, and it is remarked that there is a grati- fying absence of the ‘plug ugly’’ element, which the rings have of late years drawn about the party conventions, There are some indi- cations of jealousy in regard to the candidates, the democracy apparenily claiming the right to make the nominations to suit themselves and the republicans desiring to have something to say on the subject, This difficulty will, however, be overcome, and the proceédings will, no doubt, be harmonious and gotte- siastio, Judge ‘Church is said fo be the favorite for Governor, but his refusal to accept is announced as positive by his friends. Francis Kiernan, of Utica, and Augustus Schell, of New York, appear to be the next on the list, with an increasing fecling in fayor of Mr. Schell. Thus far all the names suggested have been good ones, and the Horatio Sey- mour farce appears to have died out, If the Conventions are prudent in their action, and give an earnest of their sincerity in the cause of reform both in their candidates and plat- form, they will be able to make A gallant fight in the State, rs — Warre Is Twzep Pourrtcarzy?—Mr, Wil. liam M. Tweed has been interviewed by one of our reporters, with a view of discovering his position on the Presidential question. The result is not very satisfactory. The deposed Tammany chief intends to go wherever he is well treated, and that, he thinks, is not in the Greeley ranks. He doubts if Greeley will carry New York city, much less the State; 4 claims to control twenty thousand votes; to be able io carry all the city south of Fourteenth street; thinks Apollo Hall stronger than regenerated Tammany; believes Judge Church the strongest man for Governor, Seymour the weakest, Kiernan doubtful and Slocum tolera- bly good. Only one certain thing can be dis- covered, and that is that Mr. Tweed has made no promises, that his friends are ‘‘down’’ on Mr. Greeley, and that he is in a state of un- certainty himself, everything depending upon how he is treated. Tae American Instrrore Farr.—There will bea gala time to-day at the Rink, on Third avenue, it being the opening of the forty-ninth annual exhibition of the American Institute. Our mechanics and manufacturers will, doubt- less, be well represented on the occasion, both in person and by their works. It is to be hoped, however, that there will be more atten- tion paid by the managers to the true interests of the fair and less to the tinpanological poetry that was the distinguishing characteris- tio of the last exhibition, There were many complaints made last year, and the grave Solons that preside over the destinies of the Toate e expected this time to place no ob- si ein the path of the laudable objects of the exhibition, but to encourage and further our mechanical and manufacturing interests by impartiality towards all exhibitors. Judging from the extensive preparations going on it may be presumed that the present exhibition will surpass all its predecessors in variety of machinery and completeness of appointmente, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Colonel J. T. Doswell, of New Orleans, is at the New York Hotel. . Commodore Mullaney, of the United States Navy, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge W. W. Bond, of Texas, arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel. Colonel M. A. Reno, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Glentiam Hotel. Colonel N. A. Hardee, of Florida, is staying at the Grand Central Hotel. General Hagner, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Von Hengevmuller, of the Austrian Legation, yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House, Mr. Hen- genmuller has been acting as Chargé d’AMaires dur- ing the absence of Baron Von Lederer in Europe, That Minister is expected to arrive here withina few days, and to meet him is the object of Mr, Hengen- Muller's visit to this city. Mr. Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylvania, is at the Hoffman House. Mr. Wright is the democratic can. didate for Congressman from his district of Penn- syivania, He isa lawyer of good repute, and the author of @ work on political economy. Dr. Louls Birchner, a German scientist whose works are well known in this country, Is expected to arrive here some time in this month, He will deliver a series of lectures In this city and vicinity, and will afterwards make @ tour o¢ the Western States, responding to the invitations of numerous among the late soged with considerable violenog, aud but {es 4 German pycletign to become thelr much, ——. ANOTHER STEAMER BURNED, The Pacific Mail Steamship America Destroyed by Fire in the Har- bor of Yokohama, PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED. The Vessel and Cargo a Totat Loss. $400,000 IN SPECIE SAFE, Effect of the News in Wall Street and om Pacific Mail Stock. ‘ Just at the close of business on ‘Change yester, day a ramor prevailed that the large steamer, America, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, plying between San Franciscoand Japanan aching’ was burned, The wildest excitement prevailed for some time, and the offices of thacompany, as well as those’ ofres! Ported to have received intelligence, wore besieged: with anxious inquirers, Af Grst it was thought: that the rumor originated from some shrewd ope! rator in the stock of that com ut ol j ab.phe ofice of the Corporation pur reporter ascety, tained t it de Hott bie but ri gta hi The company fdcelved the following cabt spatch abouy bglt-past 9" afternooni— 3 America which left Sai Francisco August { at-\ rived at Yokahawna August 24, and was burned to! the water's ago the same night. Passengers and’ crew saved. Hong Kong treasure amounting & $490,000 still in treasure room and supposed to be), safe. LANE. i The America was the best vessel and latest built, by that I[ne. She was commanded by Captain Seti Doane, ® native of the Cape Cod region, and one of} the ableat commanders of the feet, The omecera{ of the company give him a very exalted reputation! and do not for one moment attribute to him any! blame for the accident. He was the oldest captalit ig the service of the ling. iy ay fiffatsd steamer % supposed to have had om; board about three hundred passengers and @ crew’ of one hundred. ~ As none of the vessels of the Paciflo Maj! Stoam-' ship Company are ever insured the load of this flag ship will naturally fall upon them, In the annual statement of the company giving an exhibit of the assets and abilities, the steamer’ America was put down in the former at $1,017,942 22, which was no doubt a fair estimate of her value, inasmuch as she was one of the largest, and stanchest ships on that route, and there is no’ vessel the company own can replace her, ‘The effect of this disaster upon Pacific Mail stock’ ‘Was to cause it to decline two per cent yesterday.; Description of the America. The America was @ splendid specimen of naval’ architecture, She was @ sidewheel steamer and ‘Was built by Henry Steers, of Brooklyn, E. D,, in’ 1868-69, and her machinery was constructed by the Novelty Iron Works of this city. The dimensions of her hall were—length on deck, 363 feet; breadth of beam, 49 feet 6 inches; draught of water, 18 feet. She was 4,454 tons burden, new measurement. Th¢ materials of her bull were live oak, white oak, hack- matack and chestnut, which were fastened with copper and galvapized iron of exquisite workman. ship. She was brig rigged; her cabins nd mess rooms were on deck and her promenade deck ex: tended her full length. Her floors were all filled in, solid and she had three bulkheads. The motiyé of powef of the ¥éaBel was ope. yo ata Shging,” having a diameter of *ladgs i) is Inches and a, stroke of piston of twel Toot! the horsd wel being 2,290, Hor water-whoels were forty-two Kev in diaftdtos Aid of twelve feet face, having guard¢ one-quarter width. The boilers. were four in num’ bor, placed in a nest amidships and having’ six furnaces each At the time. of her departure from New York the. security and provisions against firé were’ very good, there being an independent boiler and apparatus to flood each deck and send @ volume of steam into the hold when necessary. It was then estimated that this could be accom plished in one minute and a half, with seven to tem streams. Besides these mechanical matters there were independent steam fire and bilge pumps in goodly number, and of large capacity. In galleys she was fully fitted for both steerage and cabin passengers, The main saloon was 100 feet loi and handsomely furnished. She had thirty ornate stateroom, and steerage accommodation for 1,360 passengers, War DEPARTMENT, r EY OFFICE OF THR C18? SIGNAL OFFICER, WasHINGTON, D. 0., Sept. 4—1 A. M, Probavilities, Clear weather for New England, with northwest. erly to northeasterly winds; generally clear ~ weather for the Middle States, with winds grad- ually shifting to easterly and southerly; clear Weather for the Southern States, with generally light winds; diminishing pressure, easterly to southerly winds and cloudy weather extend east- ward from the northwest to the Ohio valley and the lower lake region, with areas of rain from the Mis- souri valley to Michigan. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes inthe temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parivon with the corresponding day of last year, as’ Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar, macy, HERALD Building :— i 1871, 1872, wew YORK Steak VESSEL OWNERS, * Fifteen Millions of Capital Represented—’ Election of Permanent Officers Delegates to the Cleveland Conv In pursuance toa call of the New York Steam Vessel Owners’ Association, representing over fifteen millions of capital, a meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the Board of Underwriters, at No. 5% Wall street, for the ne of forming @ permanent 01 ization and for the election ofofficers; also delegates to the National Convention, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 24th of this month. Amon; the principal lines represented were the New Yor! and Charleston Steamship Company, New England and Nova Scotia Steamship Company, Mallory Lines, Wilmington Line, Narragansett Steamship Company, New Haven Steamboat Line, Brook, and New York Ferry Ooimpanies, North Shore Staten Island Ferry Company, bermuda Line, Webb’s Australia Line, North River and New Yorke Steamboat Company, Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany and several other lines. The following per-: manent oficers were elected as soon as the meet ing had been called to order:—President, Mr. 0, H. Delamater; Vice President, Mr. Mu! Ferris; ta B. 8, Osbon, and Treasurer, Mr. G. We Quintard, Captain Ospon then read a code of bylaws he had drawn up and which were referred to & committee of three, As delegates to the Cleveland (Ohio) Con- vention, which meets on the 24th, the follown entlemen were appointed by the Qpair:—Mr. J. Joyle, Maine we Frederick and George Reynolds, of bonnecticut; Mr. Anning Smith and Mr. A. B, Smith, of New Jersey; Messrs. G. W. ind, Murray Ferries, James Murphy, D, B,_8. Osbon, ot New York, with others to It is understood that the Convention a he elected, will use efforts to bring about the repeal of the ex- isting Steamboat law. THE IRON-CLAD NUMANCIA The Spanish frigate Numancta will not come; into the Upper Bay to take coal, as it has beem erroneously reported, but remain at the South- West Spit, where she 1s now lying, until her de- parture, Which will take piace in a few days, There are no fresh cases of yellow fevor on board of het and all the patients arg In @ fale way sowards com A plese regoverye ~