The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1875, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On and after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Youx Hxnaup will be sent free of postage. —* All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Yonrx | Hera. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—RUE SCRIBE. Subscriptions and advertisements will be received and forwarded on the same terms | at least carry with us to these temples of | as in New York, VOLUME XL. ; AMUSEMENTS ‘TO-MORROW. Broadway. PES so gy ra treet. —TWENTY WEARS: OR, (Ls TW closes at 10:45 BM. Mlasiues at 2 P. wry da tadaiente Hippesrome ad Se PS MitaR con. BI, ate P.M; closes a Aiatince at dP, My ATRE. OLYMPI flo, 624 Brondway.—VaBIETY, at 6 P. a; closes at 10 45 "he CENTRAL VARK GARDEN. THEODORE THOMAS’ CONCERT, ats FM THEATRE, ™M, BOWERY THE POLISH JEW, a BP. West Sixteenth. srevecengiies GIROFLE {J ‘teen: treeL —Lugli Opera— a GiborLan ats Pe — TIVOLI THEATRE, Frghth street, hetween Secon. and’ Third avenues. — Ferformance commeuces at 8 o'clock ana closes at 12 | o'clock. ‘TRIPLE SHE eee THE HERALD FOR THE SUMMER RESORTS. | To Newspratrgs anp THE Pusiic :— Tux New Yorn Hearaxp will run a special train every Sunday during the season, com- | mencing July 4, between New York, Niagara Falls, Saratoga, Lake George, Sharon and Ricbfield Springs, leaving New York at half- | past two o'clock A M., arriving at Saratogs at nine o'clock A. M., and Niagara Falls at | ® quarter to two P. M., for the purpose of | supplying the Sunpar Hexacp along the line | of the Hudson River, New York Central and | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern roads. | Newsdealers and others are notified to send | in their orders to the Hemaup office as early as | possible, | From our reports this morning the probabilities | are that the weuther to-day will be warmer and | parlly cloudy, wilh occasional rain areas. | Persons gorng out of town for the summer can have the daily and Sunday Hematp muiled to | them, free of postage, for $1 per month. Warr Srucet Yasrerpay.—The market was | @ull, but prices were firmly maintained. Gold was steady at 117}. Money unchanged. Tue Frevcu Asseuviy is anxious to fix a day for its own dissolution, and the Left will | interpose ne obstacles to the passage of neces- sary bills by the middle of August, | } Genuany anp France are friendly rivals in this respect, that they are in earnest compe- | tition for superiority in the Centennial Ex- | hibition at Philadelphia. The German Com- missioner wishes the consent of ths manager to affix the prices to the goods of his country- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1875.—TRIPL The fPourth of July. ‘The national anniversary of Amerioan indo- pendence, coming as it doos this year on Sun- day, makes the occasion one where a little consideration of its moral and social aspects seems most appropriate. In all countries where personal liberty is esteemed as the high- est of privileges patriotivm {sa moral and social duty,and with us the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our liberties, is its annual Sobbath. It iso significant sign that, after the laps of nearly a century, we have not s0 tar departed from the religious traditions of the founders of the Republic as to make “the | day we celebrate’ paramount to all others, ; and that we are ready to commemorate the Fourth onthe 5th with all the fervor that should be accorded to the actual anniversary. | It thus appears that we are not willing to | allow patriotism tointerfere with religion, nor j yet that we ere willing to forego | the exhibition of our patriotic in- | stinets because religion claims this, the | ninety-ninth anniversary of our great Declaration, as sacred to itself. It we may | not take our flags end transparencies and | patriotic mottoes into our churches we may | worship the patriotic emotions which must | find a place in cur hearts to-day, and the clergy cannot perform a higher duty from their pulpits this morning than to deduce the lessons which this anniversary will enable them to teach to the whole people. Politacal honor and honesty, wise and ‘aithful publio service, and the duty of all to see that good and pure men are chosen to office, and that | abuses of power and corruption among public men are sternly condemned, are fit themes for the sacred desk on a day like this. By hold- ing up the higher moral tone of the founders of our institations much of good may be attained, and we may even learn to exemplify once more in the pubhe service the sincere patriotism and political purity of the earlier | epochs of the Republic. In considering the moral and social aspecta of an anniversary like this nothing can bo more forcible than example, and in all | our history there is none 60 noble | or so conspicuous as that of Washington. | Yesterday was the centennial of bis assump- tion of the command of that little band of | patriots which he was destined to lead through many trials and much suffering to complete | and glorious victory, Almost untried himsclf | he bore his part so unostentatiously and yet 60 wisely and firmly that through ail these hun- dred years his fame may be said to have been | only ripening into a nobler immurtality. Look where we may we can find no one to be com- pared with him in all that goes to form the ideal character of the leader of a great and free people. It isa trite saying that he was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen; but no other phrase so well describes the complete and perfect roundness of the man. As a@ soldier he was prudent and skilful, and as a statesman be was not only wise in his measures of pol- icy, but pure in his administration of affairs. He never even so much as stooped to conquer. | In all this he left to his country the rich leg- | acy of his example, and now, after one hundred years of national life and growth, we eannot celebrate the anniversary of the nation’s natal day without drawing new les- sons of wisdom and instruction from that bright and giorious career which began under | the historic elm at Cambridge, July 3, 1775. | In all the duties of life, whether in the field or the Cabinet or the humbier sphere of | | private and personal duty, Washington's ex- ample was equally exemplary, and trom more than one pulpit we may bear to-day of the moral and religious graudeur of bis career. | An old hymn sung in the church of the first | | parish in Cambridge just fity years ago describes that as the place Where, in our country’s Garkest day, Her war-clad wero came to pray. | And we write in commemoration of his virtues almost within sight of the pew he occupied in men. Tar Spanish Wan continues its fruitless | vacillations. Recently the Carlists saw vic- j tory perched upon their banners; but now suc. | cess attends Jovellar, who intends to follow | up his recent advantages by making an attack } upon Cantavieja, ass sted by the army of Cata- | lonia, under General Martineg-Campoa. | — | Our Lurren rnou Dustry to-day gives a | very interesting and picturesque description of the reception of the American rifle team in Ireland and the warm hospitality which was | everywhere extended. The events chronicled { were previous to the match, and after such a | welcome some people might find it hard to | see how our marksmen had the heart to win. But they respected their opponents too much not to do their very best. Tux Dotrrwoust Tournament.—The rite tournaments at Dollymount closed yesterday with the shooting for the All-Ireland Chal- | lenge Shield, in which the competitors were the Dublin, Belfast and New York clubs, rep- resented each by four members. ‘Tbe ranges were one thousand and eleven hundred yards, and the Dublin club won, our marksmen stand- ing second in thelist. The next event previous to the match at Wimbledon will probably be the shooting at Belfast for the Spirit of the ‘Times Cup by the Irish and American teams. | | | } Tux Moxmoutw Panx Races.—The Mon- mouth Park Association began its summer meeting with the advantages of a brilliant at- ftendance, fine weather and four interesting events. The great feature of the day was the Jersey Derby, one and « baif miles, for which some of the best horses ia the country en- tered. We elsewhere give the names of the winners and a full and entertaining account of the scenes and incidents. The Long Branch races have tad an suspicious begm- ning, and the season of 1875 will probably be the most attractive in its record. ‘Tae Carey or Potsce at the national capital | has headed off any irreverent persistency in “gelebrating” in Washington to-day by pro- claiming the strict enforcement of the Sunday law, which prohibits the discharge of any ficewrms or Greworks within the city limits on the Sabbath. In this city there will be o tort of double celebration, the population Loing divided in sentiment. The Germans soe no reason why Sunday should not be re- warded as the best day for « celebration, syhether of American independence or any other event, while the Irish can find no objec- old St. Paul's during part of the time he was | President of the United States, Such an ex- ample, so perfect in every manly as in every Christiau attribute, must become more pre cious as years roil round, and with each re- | curring Fourth of July be more and more a part of the lesson deduced from ita observ- | auce, But while we would hold up the example of Washington as especially fit for imitation and reverence we are slow to believe the Ameri- can people are as bad as some of our contem- poraries would bave the world believe. Ii is true political corraption has become a menace | to onr institutions; but we doubt whe her the danger is greater now than at any time in the i history of the Republic. Waother this is 60 or | not it is a duty to combat and destroy it, and | this duty must become an essential feature in our Fourth of July morality. Dishonest con- tractors were found in the Continental army os well ag in the armies of the Union, and | Arnold, before he became a full traitor to his country, was not the only lukewarm patriot of the Revolutionary era. No public man was ever more virulently attacked than Washington himself, and Gen- eral Schuyler, who, one hundred years ago to-day was the favored guest of this metropo- lis, suffered mere than Grant or Sherman or McClelian or Pope from the jealousies of rival commanders. In spite of all these bickcrings and contentions and many taint hearts ina great cause two royal armies succumbed to the valor of the ill-fed and ili-paid Continen- tals, and the independence of the colonies was established on @ basis that makes the | London Times proud to claim for the Eng. | land of to-day a share in the victories which | world is freer and better now for the strug- gies of one hundred years ago, and it would be impossible that a peoplo whose traditions aresorich in high moral attributes should have lost in a single century any of those grand qualities which enabled them to make | euch o distinguished figure in history. Our Fourth of July still comes to us each year, as it has always come, to find us full of the lofty | purposes of o free people, ond this oinety- | pinth anniversary of our independence reveals tus to the world socially ennobled and as com- pletely inspired as of yore by the moral sen- timents which ecntrolled and guided our forefathers. The blots on the escutcheon of our fame ore those that are common to every country and every people, and wo believe that our social and moral virtues will continue to tion to the Fourta of July falling on the 6th of the month, bear us in the future as they have borne us in ‘ the past, to a high place amona man and na- \ will sprung from the battles of 1775, Ali the | tions contending for the hizhest rank and the completest freedom. There is one aspect of our social and moral duties im this anniversary that must not be overlooked in our celebrations from one end of the country to the other—the duty of pro- moting that era of good feeling which has opce more dawned upon the American people. We must forzet, in our hearts at least, that the fratricidal war which closed ten years ago was ever waged. The Soutn had been edu- cated to the priociple of State rights, and upon this principle it fought for independ- j ence. The North believed that allegiance was due first to the nation, and that the Union of the States was indissoluble, and upon that principle it batued through tour long years of war. The issue has been decided, and the | people of the whole country meet once more as friends and brothers. What more fitting occasion than this can they fiad to renew to each other their vows of allegiance to the Republic founded by the wisdom and genius of the fathers of the Revolution? This hal- lowed day, sacred to all who love constitu- tiena! liberty, should not be surrendered to | any section or any party; but by the efforts of all it should be made tke inheritance of all. If we well perform this duty on this Sabbath anniversary of our nation's freedom, from every part of the land there will come a voice of thanktulness that we are still citizens of the same {ree and happy country, and for the | centennial of our independence the linos of the poet will have a new exemplificatioa and & uew meaning: — Ol such a day, 80 fougnt, £0 (ollowed, anu so fairly won, Came vot till now te oiwaify the times, bince Owsar’s fortune, Our Niagara Train. To-day the Henat’s lightning express be- gins its season's work, ‘his year, increasing the scope of its activity, it will bear its freight of latest news to the tar Niagara, So the wonderful energy of the modern newspaper seeks every day a now field for the employ- ment of its energy and intelligence. It is no longer contont to cater for the people of its immediate vicinage, but seeks to embrace the whole country within the circle of its influ- ence, It is the servant of the people, and wherever the people go the nowspaper will follow. From the enterprise of the press there is no escape, and whether our citizens take refuge among the lofty Catskills or by the placid waters ot Lake George they will find themselves pursued by their familiar friend—the newspaper. Sedate old gentle- men, in the most retired nooks and corners, will wake up this morning to find the Henaxp veatly folded on their breakfast table awaiting an sudience, And when the ‘first moment of surprise has passed even the crus- tiest of old grumblers will be glad to glance over its columns and learn how the world wags far from their retirement, The towns and villages on both sides of the Hudson, West Point, the Catskills and all large towns on the line of the New York Central road will be equally blessed with such fashionable resorts as Saratoga and Lake George. Poor and rich alike will derive the same advanteges from our lightning train, which labors for the good of al), and not for the pleasure or satisfaction of the few. Nos alone here, but away in the far West, the effects of our enterprise bo felt, as it will enable us to deliver the Hemaup tn Cnicago twenty-four | hours betore any other New York paper can arrive there. We need not commend to the public this enterprise. Our experience tells us that whether we telegraph a target diagram from Dublin, explore the hidden secrets of African deserts or despatch lightning trains treighted with the latest news, the people always reward our energy in a practical man- ner. Widening the sphere of our usetulness, we this year offer the advantages of our light- ning train to the public. Persons desirous of visiting Niagara and not-having the time at their disposal necessary for the journey by the ordinary trains can avail themselves of the facilities offered by the Hznaup express. Leaving New York at balf-past two A. M., they can reach Niagara at a quarter to two P. M., and, should they desire to return the same evening, they will be taken ap and whirled back to New York at the rate of fitty miles an hour. Those who prefer to remain over night can do so and return by the regular morning train, ‘The advantages offered by this Heraxp excursion ought to se- cure for it a large public support Cape May, Lorg Branch, Red Bank and surrounding country, Babylon, Rockaway and the numerous nestling villages on the Atlantic coast, will also this morning receive their wonted budget of news, fresh from all points of the globe, thanks to the enterprise of the Henatp in special arrangements by steam yachts and extra trains. Tan Fmemey’s Pax.—We compliment Comptroller Green on the good sense he has displayed im solving the difficulty in the way of the firomen’s pay for the month of May by drawing the warravts for companies’ rolls instead of for each individual fire- man. We believe that his attempt to depart from this method of payment was injudicious, uncalled for by any public interest and dic- tated only by petty hostility to the Mayor. At the same time there ecems to be little doubt that he bad the legal right to make the change, hence it is creditable to him that he has been the one to yield. “The wrangle was disgraceful to the city, unworthy of the offi- ciais engaged in it and distressing to the fire- men. The latter will not forget that if the Comptroller was the originator of the difficulty he has made partial atonement by giving up the fight and allowing them to properly cele- brate the national anniversary, Tuz Rerors or tue Excise Comsemsstonmns show that since May 1 they have oollected for | hundred and twenty thousand dollars. This { large sum has been, no doubt, secured through the evident determination of the Commission- ers to enforce the law impartially and to col- lect the license fee of all dealers without favor. A return of the District Attorney's | office shows that within six months eight hun- dred unlicensed dealers have been arrested, of | whom seven-eighths bave paid, leaving only one-eighth to prosecute, The strict enforce- ment of the law is only an act of justice to licenses ander the reduced rates about one | The Trial by Jary and the Beecher Case. The people are fast losing confidence im the trial by jury, and the Beecher oase wil! not serve to increase the popularity of this ‘“bul- wark of our liberties.’ Daring the recent trial the counsel for the plaintiff was im- pelled to make the serious allegation that at- tempts to approach the jurors by the other side had become known to bim and his as- sociates, and it was promised that the asser- tion should be made good after the verdict bad been reached. No person whe knows Mr. Beach will euspect that this charge, 50 hazardous to his client's interesta with the jury, was made without some supposed foun- dation, and it would seem to be only due to himself as well as to the jury that the prom- ised inquiry into the facts should be had A failure to bring the subject before the Court will leave the taint uaremoved. The junior counsel on both sides now evince a disposi- tion to throw out insinuations against such of the juryaen as did not happen to be friendly to their respective clients. Mr. Mor- ris, speaking in the plaintiff's interest, de- clares “we should have hada verdict, andI don’t pretend to understand why we did not got it.” “We were informed three months ago,” says General Tracy, speaking for the defence, “that the lawyers for the plaintiff claimed at least three of the jurymen. | | honest dealera who do not desire or attempt | to evade ite provisions, and the Commission- | ers of Excise will by # continuance of their vigilance secure the good will of tho liquor dealers themselves, They must have had something to base this claim upon, * * * Ican only say thatthe other side were very quick to start the cry of ‘Stop thief!’ charging that we had endeav- ored to corrupt the jurors, when they had not the sligitest evidence of any such attempt having been made." Mr. Keady, on the same side, ‘cannot account” for the disugreemect, declares that the evidence ‘‘did not admit” ot such a result, and says, “I cannot understand what influence was brought to bear upon the testimony; it isa mystery to me.” Some of the jurors do not help to dispel the idea at least of pre-existing prejudices in the jury box. Foreman Carpenter says ‘I was a ‘Beecher man’ from the start, Nothing in the evidence shook my opinion. Hence I a: a Beecher man to the backbone.’’ Anothe: of the jury—Mr. McMurn—says, “1 am o strong believer in Mr. Beecher's innocence, aud have been from the first, for I think the whole affair a put up job."* dt is impossible not to interpret this language as an admission that the minds of these jurors were made up before they took the oath to well and truly try the case and a true verdict render in accord- ance with the evidence, Tuey may not in- tend such an admission, but if not their words are at least unfortunately chosen. It is not desirable that the jury system should fali into contempt, Anything that tends to impair the respect of the people for the law and the administration of the law is an evil Hence the insinuations of counsel against the integrity of the Beecher jury and the remarks of the super-serviceable Beecher jurymen aro both to be deplored. There is nothing in the facts to cast the slightest im- putation on the honesty of the jury. The ballots ttood sometimes seven for Beecher and five for Tilton; sometimes seven for Tilion to five for Beecher; sometimes six against six; sometimes eight for the defend- ant and four for the plaintiff, and eventually nine to three. This proves that the minds of many were fluctuating, and is consistent with the great diversity of opinion outside. In- deed, it is fair to conclude that on the broad question of the guilt or ingocence of the de- fendant the tweive were as nearly evenly divided as possible, and that the eventual result of nine to three was attributable to a desire to agree and the natural disposition to give the accused party the benefit of the doubt, Still itis none the less to be regret- ted that the indiscreet zeal of counsel and the unreflecting sympathy of some of the jury- men should have made the result of the re- volting trial a means of bringing fresh disre- pute and contempt upon the verdict of the jury box generally. Patriotism and Politics of the Relig- fous Press. Some of our religious exchanges have fired off their crackers and torpedoes a few days in advance of “the glorious Fourth.” The Christian Intelligencer insists that the clergy of the country should unite with their people in its religious observance with services appro- priate to the memories and the historical sig- nificance of the great day; and it gives as one reason for this observance the mighty struggle that is going on in Protestant Europe against the hierarchical despotism of Rome jand the malignant atheism of the age, in which struggle Protestant America is equally interested with Europe. The Boston Pilot thinks that this year will be memorable for having bad two glorious Fourths—one June 17, when the North and the South clasped hands and marched together with their guns on the samo slope and looked with love into each other's eyes and saw the pictures of the opposing lines of blue and gray melting away like the smoke of the battla The flower shield from Maryland still rests on the sol- diers’ monument of Charlestown. The pine of Massachusetts stands beside the palm of South Carolina on Bunker Hill and the peo- ple have taken the question of reconstruction out of the hands of tas politicians and are determined to live in unity and peace hereaf- ter. The National Baptist, of Philadelphia, is not disposed to contend against the Fourth, because we have none too many holidays, and it would rather multiply than diminish their number, It would, therefore, welcome every holiday that haa a reasonable excuse for its existence. The Christian Union, while it calls attention to the fact that the republican party bas not yet rallied from its defeat of last year, and though wanting able leader- ship and deficient in definite principles, the party seems to stand on decidedly higher ground to-day than it ocoupied a year ago, The administration of the general government has improved in tone. The Cabinet is stronger in its personal composition, and the Secreia- ries are doing a good work in clearing away abuses in their departments. The Union points out two duties which now lie before the republican party—one to renounce and fling away atterly all talk about the wicked- ness of the Southern whites and the need of a federal protectorate over the blacks; the other Is to take ground eyvery- where for an honest currency—to insist that @ dollar in name shall be o dollar in ‘t, and that that standard ball be as un- KH SIK j Sterable by Congross as the length of a yard- stick or the capacity of a bushel measure. ‘The Independent believes that our national sin now isa violation of the Eighth Command- ment—appropriating to our own use the pro- duotions which belong to other peop!e—whick is the meanest and most unjustifiable offence that @ nation can bo guilty of. Tho point of the Independent's romarks is the want of an in- ternational copyright law, tor which it thinks Englishmen are more to blame than Ameri- caus. ‘They should show some energy in bringing the matter before our government, instead of which they allow themselves to be robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by American publishers every year, Delay in Abating the Harlem Flats Nulsance. After the complete exposure of the wrongs perpetrated upon the community by street cleaning officials and contractors, and in spite of the imminent danger to the health of the city, the Harlem flats nuisance re- mains unabated. The Board of Health has done nothing; the Commissioner of Public Works has been equally inactive, and even the Board of Aldermen, which at one time showed so much zeal, is waiting for an opinion which the Corporation Counsel may take all the summer to write. Inthe moan- time the sickening gases are exhaled from tho foul deposits, and a deadly epidemic may sweep over the metropolis before many days are past, Should such an event occur it will be owing to the criminal delay of the authori- ties, who knew their duty but tailed to per- form it. The nuisance is one of official creation, and its continuance is duc to official inactivity and imefficiensy. We believe no city was ever worse governed than New York is at this moment, and no surer evidence of it can be found than the manner in which the authorities have dealt with this abuse, In this connection we wish again to refer to the report of Police Surgeon Waterman, which we printed the other day, In speaking of the odor which pervades tho af- flicted district Dr. Waterman said:—‘It seemed to me like a mephitio cloud resting over the entire locality.” In view of such testimony coming from a respectable scientific source, and strengthened as in this case by personal investigation, the duty which it en- forces cannot be evaded. Dr. Wa'erman not only points out the danger, but suggests the remedy, which is (he same as the Hynanp has insisted on now these many weeks— namely, a thick layer of pure earth to bury the disease-breeding substances. The Board ot Health has taken the sams view, and not only officially declared the garbage fillings a nuisance, but pointed out tHe same method for its abatement. The only question that re- mains is, How is the work to be done? Wo can see no better plan, even in the face of the failure of the Board of Aldermen to take the mecessary action, than for the Commissioner of Public Works to un- dertake the duty and perform it, Dr Waterman reports that tho worst part of the work of filing in the flats as already performed was that done ander the direction of this department. We are award that General Porter is in no way responsible for the shortcomings of his predecessors, but he inherits the evils of his department sufficieatly to bs respon- sible in the future for the evils of the past after they aro brought to his attention. Hoe cannot disregard his duty in this matter without bearing the full weight of responsi- bility which belongs to his department, and if the fillings are not raised to the full level of the streets, as suggested in tho recent roport to the Board of Aldermen, any €pidemic which may ensue will be fairly imputed to his want of efficiency in his office. He may be sure that in any action he may take in the matter | he will be upheld by the public, while further delay will be attributed to his own want of control over his department and to the gen- eral inofficiency which just now paralyzos our munic:pal administration. Summer Amusemeyrs.—One by one the theatres have closed their doors, until now the few houses that dety the in- fluence of the weather have taken almost a | searecrow look. The people baked im their | homes aud workshops seek some cooler resort | to while away the hours of idleness and rest, | Music now reasserts hor mastery over the bn- man breast, and Thomas and Gilmore have | become the reigning divinities. Both sound Apollo's lyre, and as of old the crowd gathers around to listen to tho numbers that speak to their hearts through some mystic channel of sympathy. Tae classicists vixit Central Park Garden and revel in symphonies and the grand works of the great composers, while | the people who do not understand the musio of the future gather around Gilmore with bis admirabie band—his soloists and singers—who | are content to appeal to the popular heart through the simpler music that touches and moves the masses. Thomas and Gilmore | supplied to New York a great want when they established their summer gardens, and the thousands of all classes who nightly visit theni is the best proof of popular approval. The music in the Park is at this time of the yeas something particularly enjoyable. Fast Tnaven 1x New Yore Crry.—The Henaxp bas pointed out that rapid transit is not to be secured only by one route, but by sev- eral, and has advocated the completion of those rouds which are now imperfect, Woe are, therefore, pleaged to sce that the Elevated Railway Company will apply to the new ra Se The First Solid Steps Toward Rapid ‘Transit. The excellent selections made by Mayor Wickham in filling the Rapid Transit Com- mission give good hope that we are at last om the right road, and that the law of last session, after all its vicissitudes, will be suc cessfully carried out. The citizens who now have contrel of the matter have these positive recommendations—they are not interested im any particular route or in any particular play of rapid tramsit; they are indepen- dent of the influences of any existing corporations; they are capable, practical business men, and they are in a position to command the confidence of capital. We may therefore, rest satisfled that they will do two» things essential to the success of the great un- dertaking for which they are now respon- sible—first, select tho route that promises the largest amount of travel, without regard to any outside interest, and, next, decide upon such a plan of constructioa as may be found to be the most feasible, When these points are satisfactorily settled there will be no dif- ficulty in raising the money necessary to build the road, especiaily as the business standing of the Commissioners will be all the security capitalists can require that the plans agreed upon will be faithfully carried out. In deciding on a route for a road the amount of travel and existing lines and the location of residences in the upper part of the city will, of course, be considered. In future years, when the population of New York will number more than Loadon and Paris com- bined, we shall no doubt have all the rapid transit we require, as London has to-day. But at the present time in locating a rapid transit road we must look to the promise of immediate profit, or we shall not secure the capital necossary to construct the work. Itis exceedingly fortunate, therefore, that the Mayor has selected Commissioners who can decide calmly and impartially on this vital point; for the interests thut for years have successfuliy opposed rapid transit in the State Legislature will spare no exertions and no outlay to embarrass and impede it now that its fate is in our own hands, We already discover indications of this hostility om the part of existing corporations, But the matter is now fortunately within our own cortro. We are no longer at the mercy of the “men in Lincoln green"’ who act the part of legislative bighwaymen every winter at the State capital. The Logislature tardily did its duty by passing an efficient Rapid Transit law. The Mayor has promptly done his duty by appointing unexceptionable Commissioners to carry that law into effect. The Commissioners will do their duty by im viting the confidence of capital in the pro- posed investment, We may, thereforo, fairly conclude that we have at last secured a foot hold which insures the eveutual accomplish- ment of the great improvement 60 essential to the progress and prosperity of the city, the in- terests of property owners and the comfort, convenience and happiness of the people. I¢ will be a dangerous experiment should any selfish corporations now attempt to overthrow the good that has been accomplished and to stand perversely in the way of this great publio work, The Patriotic Pastors, The readers of the Henaxp notice that ont city pastors intend to-day to let off their cu mulating patriotism, and the former must not be surprised if the latter, wrappel m the Stars and Stripes, fire off a few rockets or crackers over the heads of their audiences. This 1s one of the days in which “the King is dead—iong live the King |’ when every man and evéry boy does that which is right in his own eyes, Andas ministers are men, and should be patriots, a few at lenst will speak for the multituds. Mr. Harris will give us the significance of the Declaration of Inde pendence; Mr, Terry will show us wherein, with all our boasted ind»pendence, we are yet dependent; Mr. Willis will take up some questions in their na- tional aspects and show their mutual and interdependent relations; Mr. Lightbourn will present us as a boly nation—not, of | course, that we are actually such, but that wo ought to be, because of the divine exaltation and blessing; Mr. Saunders wiil also give us a mixture of religion and patriotism, or show us that we ought to be religiously patriotio, and Dr. Newman will spread the eagle at Sea Cliff Camp Grove, and give us a type of Capitol patriotism, while the mammoth organ is promised to make the woods resound with music and melody. Dr. Porteous takes the ball at the bound, and will give us an essay on the moral and demoralizing effects of the lute trial, as well asa discourse on the mischiefs of religious sentimentalists; Mr. Lloyd will take his con« gregation along from glory to glory aud show them the love of the Father; Dr. Deems wil put his Stranger church in the attitude of the infant prophet Samuel, waiting to hear what the Lord will speak; Mr. Hawthorne will speak about Sabbath observance and the new birth, and Mr. Hepworth will reveal some. thing of God's great love to man. And thus will the pulpits clothe themselves to-day with patriotism and piety, ATaunootan Matemonu, Drrvicunty is recorded in our columns to-day. A woman was too much married and was held in one thousand dollars bail for bigamy, while the two unfortunaté husbands, both of whom she had deceived, were sent to the House of Do~ tention as witnesses, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Bishop Young. of Florida, has taken up his ree Commissioners appointed by Mayor Wick- ham for permission to extend their tracks to the South ferry and the Grand Centra! depot, ‘They also intend to extend the road to Fifty- | ninth street, so that trains will run from the Battery to the Park in sixteen minutes. As | that distance is only made now in an hour, or | forty-five minutes from the City Hall, the improvement will te of great service to our citizens, ‘Tam Srason ar Lona Brancn.—Our Long Branch letter describes the beginning of the season at the summer capital—the oceanic White House, where the President now re- sides; theo Navy Department, where Mr. Robeson will attoud to business; the War Office, where Secretary Belknap may be in- quired about, Congress will assemvle, The theatrical and railroad colonies are also illustrated by our corrospondanea and the various houses where | | idence at the Coleman mouse, Generai Rais (ngails, Colred States army, te rogistered as che Fifta Avenue Hotel, A, Hui, United States Army, e Sturtevant House, General J, & Tappan, of Arkansas, is among the late arrivals at the St. Nicholas Hotel, secretary Bris'ow arrived in the city last even- ing from Washington aod is as the Fits Aveuue Hotel. Mr, Lesiie 0. Hanks, Consul Genera: for Guate. mais at San Francisco, is siaying ai the Sturtevant House, Vice President Henry Wilson arrived at the Grand Central Hotei yesterday from bls home in Massachusetis, If Henry bad imagined he could get off 40 well, | he would haps wever bave “even wished thas | Re was dead.” Mgr. Roncetti, the Papal Nancio; Dr. Ubatat | and br, McGiyna, of New York, are at Toronto, | Ont, as the guests of Archbishop Lynch, | Acabie telegram from Havana, under date om | yesterday, July 8, reports that Dr, Curtis, of New | York, woe was wounded in the duei witu Selor Oortereai, Das been released frum custoay.