The New-York Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1866, Page 4

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AN INVALUABLE TREASURE CAN BE OBTAINED BY Avs ~CuevaALIxr's Live pon Tws HaTa restores gray bair to its original color, {mparts strength #od beauty to the weakest hair, stops it falling out at ouce, keeps the head clean. Sold by all Druggiste snd Guat-class Halr-Dressors, and st my office, No. 1,123 Brosdway. Samam A. Cusvauim M.D. Mot AND FRECKLES. Ladioe sfficted with Discolorations oa the Face. called Moth Paicbes. or Freckies, should Paanv's celebrated Morn axp Pusoxun Loriow. It s infallible by Dr. K. C, Peany Docmatologist, No. 49 Bond-st., N. Y. Sold by all Druggiste lu New RATMON Croruixa Wanamoo 121, 123, and 125 ¥ _FALL Sas0% L. 1088, d eatabiiabed house (a7 sutpasses any- lic in the way of n CLoTiiixo. Boys of every etyle and size. { @arsans of weery taste snd all ag~a cannot help buc be suited, (rom #1373 and nov: Irioe of the season. Uue price, and no deviati Rarmoxns, Nos. 131, 123 aud 125 X iton-s. CATARRH, DYSeEPsia, BRONCIUTIS, SCROFULOUS Disnases of every phase; il Liver, Heart, and Kidoay Disesses; Biliousness, Dropey, Nervous Debility, Rheumatisw. Piles, Femsln « Maladics. Mespncial Afictions, sud ol okhers arising (rom impori'y of the blood, sre positively cured by Nature's Rem: e Raplinatory Circular, oue stamp, A gvia. » or by letter, —_— ] o ov THE DAY any Gentleman may ‘s of HAT that any friead wili teil him is exectly st be oughbt to wear. " Guxt, No. 513 Brosdway. GTON HAIR RESTORER," the bined in ove feot Hair Drowing | druggiste. N. Currenron, boat n use; two articlos c b - Eor ~ BatongioR’s HAtz DYE—The best iu the world; Barmloss, reliable, Instantaneous; the ouly perfoct Dye—F Biown. Guauine sizned WiLLtaX A. BATORELOR. Sold evorywhare. Oup Eves Mape New without spectacles, doctor, or medicine, Seat_postage-paid on teceipt of ten ceats. Addres DuE B Foors. No. L1% Brosdway. NewYork. CoMporT AND CURE YOR THE RUPTURED.—Sent o ik om receipt of en coola. Addteas Dr. . B. Foors. No. 130 Broadway. New-Vork. S X e Dr. HARRISON'S PRRISTALTIO LOZENGES, the nop- wiar emaly (o Mabitual Coativances, Pils, sod avery forn of ladi Morr's CHEMICAL POMADE Restores Gray Hair, gt and (1o falling out | removes dandruff; Lbe bie-t dress- by Rusurox. No. 10 Astor House. and drug ists. 8qUIRE & LaNpER, No. 97 Fulton-st., offacfor sa'e DiANOXDS. 16 carst Gorp Waroums. Cauarxs, all kinds of Jnwaiuy. Engliat Sterling Sicvkn WaRK, et s small per ceutege S B o et Dr. Somexck will be at No. 32 Bond-st., New-York, S Teelliitom e & . e -y WiLicox & Giuss SEWING MACHINE. 16 use or wast, then the lodged s the best extaut. Feotory. No. 6 Astor House. . THE ARM AND LEG, by B. FRANK PALMER, LL. D, — bost”" frow to soldiers, and low to offioars and civilisna 1,609 et Philn.; Astorpl, N.Y.; 19 Green ot., Losion. Avoid bout Sudipcions of Mo Sotenge. RS 1MPROVED LOCK-STITCH MACHINKS Tailors and torers. Omoven & BAKER Sawing Macwivs Coxraxi, @ Broadway. Bor's, Yourn's, and astortment und finest Goods In this country. okAw ExoTarms, Nov. % Aems, Scrrontans. & L oly o No. 3 Veweyat. Lady . TRUssEs, SUPPORTE ansu Monthly and DAGRS, the best and cheapest In the world, wholessls of setail, st Surrwoov's. No. 15 Broadway. ot y Mort's 3 ADE Rustores Gray Hair, Noeve it glossy and from falling oat; removes dandroff; the finest "“Sold by Rusuvox, No. 10 Astor iou.e, sad drugsi m Nu:. 683 and 872 Bnu«lwn{i the ‘edding Curds, and most complets stook of wmall fccy ticios, retailing o vhotels et LTI BLE GUNS, $10, $12, $15, $20, $30, $40. Expreks to otder by _J. & J. Brosk, No. 183 Howery. OWE BEWING MACHINES—LOUK STITOH.— liesand Magufuctrera. They sre worldrenaw ned. Tun Hown Macuixs Co.. No. 699 Broadw: -V T FinkLe & Lyov SEwiNG MACHINE waated: Oue Mgsiime ren of cherge. Bend for Circu pios of sewing. No. 867 Brosdway, New-Yor. WHEvLER & WILsox's LOCK-STITcnm BEWING [Macuine wad Borrownous Macwins No.625 Broadwsy. % TGrovER & Baxkx's HioEEsT PREMIUM ELASTIC Swwive Macuixms. for family ase. No. 498 Broadw e +" " Cartes Vignette, §3 per dosen: Duplicates, § o RAPAre ppeigiorad. B A, L& 160 Chatbaca-st, N. Y. % Fowest OvERcOATs and BUSINEss BUiTs ever seen 8o tais country. S [ . — GETTYSBURG. The pleasant rural village of GETTYSBURG, situated near fi.u‘thn boundary of Pennsylvania, will, for the next ‘eentury at least, be a focus of National intercst, the goal . of patriotic pilgrimage. It marks the Northern “Rimit reached by the forces of the Rebellion in our great 42 Ciril. War, and was the srena of one of the most momentous battles of the age. Here the Rebo . Grand Army, led, by its ablest General, was confronted Dy the oft-baflled, never-disheartened “Army of the Powo- " under sn untried commander, and fairly worsted st close of three days' desperste fighting. The bones of 4,000 Unionists and 7,000 Rebels hero molder into dust; snd here the most populous rurel cemotery in Amer foa will soon be crowned by 8 monument to the owaler sad pitriotism of the heroes who have strug + glad to avert National dismption and overthrow. Hero, %00, Abrsham Lineoln, on the first anniversary of the bat- tlo, made the most memorable speech ever yet uttered in o America—s speech that school-boys will recite, s century M honoe, with ever-increasing wonder that a bloody war 54 w_hnhuu«urylowh our countrymen that Ma ean -f-m nor safely be held in chattelbood by Man. 3 — g, e ~ | Gettysburg has & collegs, and the Courts of A L | carried Republican in '60 by the NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, ITHURSDAY, SN IR e it IO DR} this prerogative of citisonship, fail to rogister himself NewDork Daily Cribmwmne. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1866. " — THE PENDING CANVASS. An immons® Union mesting was heid at Ponghkeapsio last evening, The Hon, Hanvibal Hamlin was prosant, and doliverad a strong and forciblo spoech, being froquontly interrupted by applause. Tho Otsego County Republicans have renominated Shoffield Harringten a3 their eandidate for Assembly. The Copperheads of Chemung County, this State, bavo seloctod a8 thoir candidate for Assembly, Lieut.-Col. E. L. Patrick, who was dismissed the army, in 1863, for im- pro%or onlistments. T'he Hou. George 8. Boutwoll has beon unanimousiy ro- nominated for Congross in the V1ith Congressional Dis- trict of Massachusntts. Gon. C. H. Van Wyck has besn nominted for Congross by the Republican Convention of the XIth Distriet. STOCKS AND MARKETS. Gold was higher yosterlag, and closd at 150}, after aellin at 14071514 doming the duy. " The loaning rate Is 11673 32 per day. ¢ nmoat Btocks are steady, aud in good invest meant demand. For 7.3 thy quotation is 1064 #1064 for the first and third issues. At the Second Board the market was buoy ant, and o rush was made to purclase on tho entire list, and proved from 1713 per cont. - Muney on call is offered in exceas of the wants of stook honses, at 425 por cent. Foreign exchange is quot. Froights are dull . Pkl Tn the midst of our rejoicings, let us not forget that mezt Tuesday is tho day for registering tho legal voters in each Election District of our State. Friends in every County, hut espocially County and Town Com- mitteos! we entroat you to provice beforehand for & comploto registration of erery legal voter on that day ! After that, scrutinize the lists aud strike off all that should not be there; but first see that the name of very logal voter is on the list before the Board ad- journs noxt Tuesday ! If Andrew Johuson bas had the hardihood to ad- dress the Attorney-General the five leading questions we print to-day, he bas taken one step, st least, toward the revolution b has so frequently threatened. But, though we print this report on the authority of & Conservative paper, it is difficult to believe that evon Mr. Johnson has dared to go so far in defiance of his oath, and the will of the loyal nation. Attorney-Geneml Stansberry has docided that sol- diers' bounties may be collected by agents, thus neu- tralizing the order of the Secretary of War, and settling an important question. neoticut, will discuss Mr. Johnson's *‘Policy” this ovening at the Everett rooms, corner of Thirty-fourth- st. and Broadway, at 74 p. m. Maryland keeps step with the march of victory in Penosylvania, Indiana, Ohio and lowa. Daltimore has reélected a Radical Mayor, Jobn Lee Chapman, by 2,931 majority over his pro-Rebel competitor, Harvey. The Universal Peace Society is now in session in Philadelphia. With its object all good men sympa- thize, but none more difficult to reach was ever at- tompted. Of such reforms the ages are the slow and patient builders, yet no effort is useless. Schuyler Colfax is redlected to Congress by over 2,000 majority. He had spoken at least once each socular day since his return from Washington. His district was filled with Copperhead speakers, and he spoke alternately with his competitor at several great meetivgs. We believe this is his seventh reéloction aad his largest majorit; Gen. C. H. Van Wyck was unanimoualy nominated for Congress in our XIth District yesterday. Mr, ‘Winfield's majority in 1864 was but 240, and Orange and Sullivan Counties bave had two years to over- come these figures, Gen. Van Wyck is a candidate who should bring out the full strength of the Union- iets, and our friends in that district will go to work with energy. The Republican-Union Judioiary Convention last avening unanimously nominated ArLrs. W. BRrap- yorp for Surrogate, and Jomy Skpewick for Re- corder. Better wen could not Lave been found, and we believe these can be elected. They are at once able, worthy and popular. The Repn n gt a meeting held at the Metropolitan Hotel, unani- mously Resolved, That, upon a carcfal examination of the facts sub by the sub-conmitiee u{v,mml“l' to fuvestigute th with the nseg support of th The patronage of the Administration, when used as Mr. Jobnson uses it, is a powerful influence, but, though Demoeratic votes, the Union majority was not suffi- ciently reduced to defeat a single Union Congressman. Thousands of men were given temporary employment in the Navy-Yard, and we have a report that many of them were Reuel soldiers. We are threatened with like importation of fraudulent votes in this city, and can only defend ourselves by the registry. ‘We are glad to announce that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will speak st the Brooklyn Academy next Monday evening, Oct. 15, Tickets of admission can be had gratuitously at the counting-room of Tug Trisuxe. His recent letter to the Clevelaud Conven- tion having been quoted as an argument for the ene- ‘mies of freedom in the Democratic party, Mr. Beecher has determined to define his position beyond misun- derstanding by an oper appeal to the people in favor of Congress and its candidates. Thousands will take comfort from his right opinion. THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. If there were two among the old Free States which the champions of * My Policy " could hope to carry, they are Pennsylvania’ and Indiama. These States stopped the Republican ball in mid-career in 1556, electing Buchanan over Fremont; and they were only distraction of the adverse bost—Indians giving Lincoln but 5,923 votes more than his antegomists, Each of them borders for hundreds of mwiles on what were till recently Slave States, and is largely connected with them by traffic, ivigretion and inter. marriage. The Common School gystem of Penneyl- vania is but thirty years old, and its blessingshave not been enjoyed by mearly all her mative voters. An enormous naturalization in the cities and mining dis- triots threw some Twenty Thousand new votesin Penn. sylvania into the scale of our adversaries. *To" have under the | 40 le hesitate long before wo would say that any man could cartied both States by decided majorities is, circumstances, & rematkable proof that the Repub) e — ‘When w6 triomphed n 1630, our adverearies said, Ponnsylvania, after a despersto struggle, in the tame strnggle of lasy year, nion State Committee yesterday, | Philadelphia was packed and stuffed with | olads, hiring trsnsperts, casting guns, buying ord- nance stores, and thus subsidizing a good share of the Dbusinoss men,” urged our adversaries. ¢ The soldiers vote your ticket of course—they are not allowed to hear our side nor we to supply them with ballots. Your majority is not equal to the number of voters wall paid for supporting your ticket.” But now all the Foderal patrovage is tumed agaiust us—it is wielded and enjoyed by our adversaries; and still we triumph. Geary's majority is probably greater than Curtin's, and we have actually gained Representa- tives in Congress. Yet Cowan was on trial, and everything done that could be to force a verdict for the + Policy" of Jobnson. We submit that the sentiment of the.eld Froe States is no longer & subject of controversy. They sustain Congross, and insist on guaranties against fu- ture rebellions. Johnson must gaia st loast tweuty Represontatives to give him a control over legislation by the veto power. Already,seven states have voted, choosing 63 Members, and he has gained none at all. It is no longer possible to constitute & bogus House, composed in good part of ex-Rebels unable to take the “iron-clad” oath, The struggle is virtually ended, though & good many States have yet to vote. Tho Constitutional Amendment will be presented by the North to the South and accepted. THE EVENING STAR. The loss of the Evening Star occurred under oircum- stances which justly cause doubt of ber strougth; and public opinion, recovered from the shock of so appalling & oslamity, will insist upon a thorough investigation. The qualities of the vessel have béen highly praised by her owners, and we shall be glad if they can show that the wreck was one of those which neithor she skill of the shipwright nor the éxperience of the mariner oan prevent. But, unquestion- ably, the gales along our coast in September were not unasually severs, aud the damage to cossting vossels by uo means excoeded that of former years: On the very day that the Evening Btar sailed from Now-Yorm 8:pt. 29), tho Morro Caatle sailed from Havana, yot the latter arrived at this port on Tues day, uninjured. Heavy weather sho met, undoubt. edly, but none that a stanch steamer with fair sea-room should mot be able to outride. Another fact which seems to indicate that the loss was mot due to oxtraordinary violonce of the storm, but to the weakness of tho vessel, s the escape of a number of the crew in an open boat. Again, though some of the officers of the Eveniag Star reached Savannah in safety, aud havo telegraphod to the owners, their dispatches make no allusion to the canse of the loss, We aro simply told that ““the Evening Star wont down in & hurricane.” Collisions may occur, machinery may be disabled, and thess are but exceptional disasters; but when a steamship founders in open sea, in & storm of no unusual fary, it will not do to place the blame upon the slementa or the captain, and thus end the investigation. The Evening Star was & large vessel, and should have been a strong one. Ier engines were uprigbt, aud here is one mistake which endangers the reputd- tion of all our constwisa steamers, The upright en- gine is notorionsly unfit for the ocean, and may oaly be safely used in river steambouts. It is not improb- able that the power of this engine, laboring in & heavy gale, was too much for the frame. The screw stoamship is alone fit for ocean navigation. That the Evening Star is claimed to bave been built with great cate in making her seaworthy, is an additionsl reason for questioning the principles of ber comstruction, for if & vessel with which the owners wore satistied could thus founder without any sufficient reason, there is surely cause to doubt the safety of all other vessels of similar character. If the Evening Star had struck & sunken reof, if the captain had lost his reckoning, the accident would bave bad no special significance; but foundering as she did, her loss suggests a proper inquiry into the seaworthiness of all other steamships of the same construction. Until Amoricans build steamsbips equi! [ strength to those of the Cunard liné, they caunot bope to con- trol any share of the steam communication with Europs, and even on our own coasts mysterious lossos like those of the San Francisco, the Daniel Webater, the North America, the Central America and the Evening Star, must happen. Deep in the silent waters, s thonsand fathoms low, lie thoss ill-fated .ships, and the - anguish of thosoe who sank with them never can be revenled. To those who trust themselves to the ses and the storm, & few narrow planks are all the world; iuto that vast and wandering grave which sweeps around them they may suddenly be consigned by the opening of & seam. Weo must have steamships that are safe against all foes but fire, or collision; strong vessels like the Atlantie of the old Collins line, which stood for eighty days gales of tramendous force, in one week drifted from near Sendy Hook to the coast of Spain, and long after she bad been given up as loat returned with no material injury to port CHARGES AGAINST STREET COMMISSIONER CORNELL. | 'Wae publish ou another page charges against Charles (3. Cornell, Street Commissioner of the City of New- York. These charges, 17 in all, are preferred against Mr. Cornell by the Citigens’ Association, and are for alleged * official misconduct, fraudulent abuse of power, malfeasance and malversation in office, and willful waste and conversion of the public moneys.” They baye been placed in the hands of the Governor for investigation, who, we trust, will act promptly and energetically. These charges will repay careful reading. Each contains a statement that Mr. Cornell, by his conduct, “wae guilty of s fraud upon the said City and the treasury thereof, and the inbabitants thereof, to their great pecuniary loss and damage.” 1t seems astounding that such a state of affairs as these charges disclose, should be allowed to exist so long. We have submitted to these outrages long enough; to submit longer is not patience but coward ' ice. And yet, in face of these iniquities, we find citi. 7ens who do not see the immediate necessity of & Board of Revision and & Board of Public Works. We can-Unionists are practically invinciblein the old Free - 1% ¢ Wo were divided, hopelees of success, and could not call ont our strength.” In 1862, they outvoted us in all the Middle States, Including Obio, In '63, thore was 20 State Election in Jodisns, but we zegained by 15,000 majority, In 1864, we raised this, by the hardest | The laws of the State of New-York give the ballot work, 10 20,000, which we rather inoreased | to every citizen of the voting class who has resided “0, 68 have all' the Foderal officesy you *control | the election in the county wherein he proposes to the navy-yards; you are building and arming iron- | vote, Letno loyal msn intrustad by thew laws with cannot see how it will be possible for Mr. Cornell to meet the figures, aud the mathematical calculations of the best engineers in the City that will be brought against him. On looking at thess cbarges one instantly sees why Mr. Cornell refuses our tax-payers the right to examine his books and papers, and wants to be let alane. 'We sball watch anxiously the progress of this matter, and our people may look for some rich disclosures as to how our officials work the public purse. In this connection we cannot but ssy that it is un- fortunate for Mayor Hoffman that his affilistions should be with such men as Cornell snd Tweed. These are the men who worked so sealously for His Honor at Albany, snd obtained for him hisnomination for Governor, These are the men to whom he must look for support, and who will gather around him for rewards should ho be elected. Perhaps Nr. Hoffman + touch pitch and not be defiled;” but we should long be proof sgainst the influences of such ssso, . inp—— The good spirit at work in New-Jersey is manifest- fog itself in local as well as State politics. Thus Neowark, for the first time in ten years, has elected Radicals to all the City offices. b ——— one year in the State and four months next preceding s IaT Wit A 4 X | onmo{m»pohuddlyl.md.umduol the eloction, to deposit his ballot in the box for the can- didates of the People, and against those of tho Prosi- dent. . SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. ‘Weo published a few days ago the affecting story of a young man in this oity who bas had the miafor- tune to lose $50,000 in gambling. 'We trust that this youth is duly repentant, and bas both tho diaposition and ability to go to work. The passion for beeoming sbddenly rich which afflicts this country (and several others), if you examine it olosely, is only an intanse desize to got something for nothing, to tavish fortune, to extort luck from the destinios, sad to make indo- leuce sorve us the turn of genuine labor. We do not dare to compute the number of needy men who, at this moment sre asking or mean to ask Mr. Andrew Johnsen to give them an office. Now we admit, to bogin witb, that there must be offices, and that men mast be found to hold them. But why is it that there s suchia rush for these precious places? —forthe Little ones, especially, which have but meager stipends attached to them? Are all honest trades smitten by & palsy? - Is there no earth left to dig in?7 Is these nothing re- munerative to be domo at sea or on shore? Why this especial cagerness to serve the Government and to bandle the Government paper monoy?! The aa- swer to' this quéstion will mot be creditable ‘to the high and mighty business of office- wooking. Places sre spoken of a3 “fat” as “*snug,"” as * comfortable;" and these pdjectives mean that in drawing their salaries the holders get paid for work which they do not perform, whioh other men would be very glad to do for a great deal loss money, which is mote honorable, or respectable, or easy than ordinary avocations. There may be exceptions to tho rule. There are, we believe, offices so small that it ia not worth while for sny but a real patriot to hold them, though even as to such the contagion is pre- dominant, sad hungry supplisnts will take theso if they can get nothing better. But just so far as the emoluments of s place are disproportionate to its la- Dors, it is & prize in the lottery of politics, a stake for which gamblors deal, and shuffie, and out. The scrambling show brings us back to the old formula— something for nothing! But the season reminds us that perhaps this phrise is not exactly accurate; several important elections are closely at hand; the extzaordinary and willful im- policy of the President is to be passed upon, and thus it happens that men have a chauce of earning political rewards, and of establishing & personal olaim upon the Appolnting Power, It is an opportunity, we may be sure, which will, by no means, be neglected. Ten men will engage in doing what one could do much more effectually, and will be noisily prominent in hailing their chief, who, in triumph, will not advaace; they will give their time, wind, muacles, endurance, pride, dignity, and conscience, to & cause which it would puzale them to define, and puzzle them still more to defend; and they will do this in the forlorn bope of turning out 8 neighbor, sud of crawling com- fortably into his nest. To effoct this they will attend thin caucuses, and, maybo, mako thinner speeches; they will subscribe their money (if they have any); thoy will travel to Conventions and help to officer them, and, generally, they will do what they can to earn recognition and reward. But it is all of a piece. Morally, their labors are of no valve; they and their party in most places will be excruciatingly beaten, and although they may win the salve of office, it is perfuctly clear that they will not deserve it. Bo, in the end, if they got a place, it will be—sometbing for nothing ! But the chances are that, after all, the something will slip through their fingors. There is but one place for the ten, and they are all equally hungry. Nine, therefore, must weep and wail, and gnash those teeth for which they have no other use. The doctrine of chances is dead sgainst them. A man maey be struck by lightning, but he would bardly like to rest his chances of salvation upon dying in that w 8o a man may get an office. No, 1 may be appointed, but !l the rest, from No. 2 to No. 10, will have be- mired themselves in vain. Their hopes will be blasted. Their expectations will be disappointed. Their hearts will be broken. Their status as respect- ablo members of the body politic will be lost. Their wives and children (poor ereatures') will be mortified and grieved. Their sycophautic speechies about An- drew Johnson will never be forgotten; and they will be cut off from all decent chances, in the future of making—something from nothing! ‘There is no game so desperate but somebody will be found out-at-the-elbows enongh to adventure it. There are people living in this city, apparently sane, who expect to draw the Chicago Opera House in the great raffle. It is very fortunate for this country that the vast mojority of voters do not want office, and could not be bribed to take it. As Gen, Farnsworth said, in his speech a fow evenings since: *The loyal people of this country are not to be bought up by petty post-offices,” and if they were, there are not post-offices enough to carry on the trade., The can- vassing will be very fast and furious for some time to come, and when an Lonest voter is asked to so cast his ballot that his neighbor may be made postmaster, his best answer, perhaps, will be that he is not in the habit of giving—something for nothing ! —_— The Commercial Advertiser assumes that the dwel- lings for the poor contemplated vy Mr. A. T, Btewart are to b let to occupants **at less than a fair rental on their cost,” and says: The well-being of the whole community requires not that a ortion shall receive gratuitous or partially gratuitous services Froim the other; but that each shall exehange their services for the services of others. 1f men can obtain houses, food, clothing, education, or any- thing elsa without effort, shall we have as many houses and as ek food, clothing and education provided as” when each are Toveed by the impuise of sellutereat (o produce whatover they dasire to enjoy ! Elecwnogynry aid of every description should be avoided to. thie utmost possiblo extent. atire hus provided ample incen- tives to fnduce humanity to make the efforts necessary to var welfare. Cau it be wise, can it be beneficial to counteruct these wise provisions of Nature 1" —There is not & shadow of warrant for these injuri- ous assumptions. Mr. Stewart doubtless intends to benefit, not specially those who rent his houses, but all the poor of our own and other cities, by showing how houses for their use ought to be built. No man is less likely than he to make the biunder censured by The Commercial. The West and South—a Free Trade and State Rights organ at Cincinnati—still looks confidently for a res toration of Slavery. Says its editor, William M. Corry: 1t has happened that we elaim to have freed the negroes from their masters, and for & time we bave, no doubt, broken ‘and natural social reiation betwoen the races up & most '"T" in the competitive form of society. ‘That it will be resumed we have o more t than we would have of the stanchness of 1k equally old relation of husband and wife, if matrimouy had hflp‘lwmhu:rurd of 8l sod the parties after- werd were compelled to live together. ‘1:&. and nature are & little too strong for the Radieals, cases the reform- A 2t we have o doubt they sensible paople wil oome g::fiund-mmwxnhumut the races SOuth and —1In the face of such utterances, who can gravely pronounce the letters of Petroleum V. Nasby carica- tares ! The Express suggests that the Reform sought by Mr, Bright in England is akin to the objects of the Domocratic party here! Mr, Bright does n't see it. 'We have the best possible evidence that he is most anxious for the success of the Union-Republican party in our pending elections. The Hon. Hannibal Hamlin addressed & great Union meeting st Poughkeepsie last nighty The campaign goes 0 With onorgr, Vi BER 11, 1965, s 1 3 Lo TEE PRRSIDENT AND COYGROSS, Startling Question of Mr, John Attorney-General, to the AN OFFICTAL DECLARATION OF THE ILLEG- ALITY OF CONGRESS DEMANDED, Intimation of His Purpose to Recognize a Rebel Congress and Enforce the Ad- mission of the Rebel Ssates, Purrapeiriia, Wodnseday, Oot. 10, 1366, The Philadelphia Ledger haa received the following importaat dispatoh: W asaNGTON, Wedaesday, Oct. 10, 1366. Tho Prosident has just seat in to the Attorney-Gen- oral the following queations, and roquested that & re- sponse to them be returned-in writing: ; First : Is the present Congress composed of mem- bers from Northern States alone, suoh a Congroess as the Conatitution requires, or is it an illogal and un- constitutional assemblage? Second : Would existing oiroumstances justily the Precident in sending his next annual measage to an illegal and unoonstitutional assemblage pretending to bo the Congress of tho United States. H Third: Does that clause in sootion 5t of the first article of the Constitution, which makes each House the judge of the eleotion roturns and qualifications of its own mombers, give to the present Congress the right to exclude the members from ten States, or to impose dishonorable or unconstitutional terms upon their admission ! Fourth: Doos the Prosident’s oath of office require him to énforco thoso provisions of the Constitution which give to bach Stato an equal right of representa- tion in Congress. Article first, seotion second, sec- tion third; artiole fifth, last clause? Fifth: 'What steps do the Constitution and his oath of office require the President to take in order to se- cure the assemblage of a Conatitutional Congross ! Upon the reply that may be made by the Attorney- General to the above, the President, there is reason to believe, bas determined to take his stand. The questions put to the Attorney aro all the more important when taken in counection with the bold utterances of the President at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, declaring that the present * was oaly an assumod Congress, sad “ not the Congress the Conatitution called for;" and also in connection with similar declarations, though less pointed, that foll from his lips prior to his return to the Capital. From these utterances it is clear that the Executive has fully made up his own mind that the XX XIXth Congress was not a loyal body. He now asks the opinion of the Attorney-General upon the grave and deeply- momsentous subjeot, and when it is given he will gov- ern himself accordingly. It is not difficult to foreshadow what the response of Mr. Staaberry will be; and chat he will chimein fully with the opinions of the Executive, as already exprossed, there is no doubt. Y WASHINGTON. —— Wasnixeox, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1866, [MPORTANT DECISION OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL— CLAIM AGENTS CAN COLLECT SOLDIERS’ BOUNTIES. The Secretary of War some days ago having in- structed the Paymastor-General to issue ordors probibiting claim agants from collecting soldiers’ bountios, the matter was protested against by claim agents, as unconstitutional, and it was then referred to the United States Attorney Geveral for a decision. The following decision will be promulgsted to morrow ; ATTORNYY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Oct. 8, 1966, Hon B. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Sti: 1 bave considered the question which you have roferrad to me, on the point whether the Secrotary of War has legal authority to exclude aut} attorneys and ageats from col focting bountio and whethor tho presentation of claius and payments are o be made to the claimants i person. L uader- Atand these quastions to arise upou the late Act of Congress, 0| udg: 2, 1866, granting additional bounties, and 1pon P ies od regalations prescribed by the Secretare of War under the 15th Scction of that Act. Upou a carefil exam. matlon of all the sections of the uct which provides for the additiosal bownty I find uo provision which #oquires the claim for bounty to be presented by the clakmnat in person, or that roquires the paymeut to be mado to the claim. ant in person. Certuinly there are no express provisious to that effeet, and there is nothing from which it can be implied Tt is true the langusge is, that The soldier, or {u covtain cases his widow children, or parents, shall be paid the adds- tional bou nd that when wpplieation is m soldier for such bounty,” &e., I do not infor an from the use of this lauguage, to require the soldier make > bis . application. in person; or to ro e mor can I find wuy verument which in these or simifar cases wsual and convemient right of substituting an at or attorney. The same Iniguage which would require the soldier to make the application und colleet the bounty in person ix applind to his miror children, and if we hold it to be o Inatter reqiing the personal attention and action of the soMier we must ievitably apply the same rule to the dnfant children Bt these can only act by the ugeney of others, such s gnardi fans, exeontors and administrators, and‘are incompetent to net for themselves. To construct this language so as to require their porsonal intervention would defeat the bounty intended for them, until they should become sui generis. Whenover the Tight to be asserted or recovered doos not from its very nature require the actual personal iutervention of the elainiant, the right of substitution necessarily prevails. This right is valuabl and often absolutely necessary and it seems to mo that its devial in the matter of clsims for bounties would in many cases total defeat the claimant, and in nearly all cases load o great ex pense and delay. The bounty given by this act is not_given to each soldier by name, in the way of an absolute gift, where hothing s to be done, but only to demand to receive it. Hat pervons who claim must prove their claims, and must ex Iy conform to various forms_and regulations before they can touch the money. The pursuit of a right to bounty is" well | called a claim, and might as well bo calied a suit. It Is a rigat {hat is not acknowledged as of course, It must be establishod by proof made according to cettain foris, and finally be adjodi cated and allowed or rejected. It is very analogous to s cizim made in a court of law; especially to thut elass uits which re the in act should be construed %o as to require every soldier, and every child of » soldier, to make the clim lu rSon and collect the money in person, comparatively fow could uv il themselyes of the bounty of the Government. Before 1 could cousent to put siich a coustruetion upou this act, Isbould require the clearest evidence that it was the intention of Congress. I find no evidence of that intention in this act, ¢ or 80 much us Implied ; nor is there any public policy fiom | heavy sea under her bow. which such an intervention can be ln!rm&. ‘The statutes of the United States recognise such o class of persons as claim agents, who prosecute claims against the Goyernment. They puy o license under the Revenue act ; their fees are, in some cases, regulated by statute. They are required ta take an oath of loyalty to the Giovernment, and are punishable for frauds committéd in the prosecution of claims. Furthermore, a8 to all claims against the United States, ‘whether allowed by spectal wots of Congresy. or_urising under general yment of the claim to au attoruey, and directions given as to &‘.’..um.u in which the warrant of nm;{ is to be executed. Under jthe neral act pu-nlm- in lmfi: ) amended. and every olaim againat the (Government may be prosee and collected by an attorney or eluiw .,l’l‘ auy one who pays the Heenso tax and takes the osth fnny net as such claim. r! exoept only ofticers of the Government, * persons vi- yed in the Exeoutive meuts Members of Con- "1 also, that by a joint resolution passed on the gi of July, 1866, in relation to bousties and peusions to ‘o.ohnd fihnud the ugents recogn b pply for and collect these claims are specially ; to make affidavit that he has no E.‘w in the bounty beyond the foes and the collection of the So far, therefore, as the public policy is concerned, | con , that by the business and derivin ...::1.'.".‘.":'.,.. exprow Tecogaition, tho agents from tervention of claim am therefore of of il E g s8¢ E2 E : I k. g the the hoor to be, very respoctfully, your obadient ser. Hexpy m"s'-'m,’um.,-o.uml" CHR EPPEOT OF THE ELEOTION NEWS. The oitr 1 exceedingly dull. Tho hotels are de- i sortad, the olection mews having drivon from here what fow hopefsl politicians had romainsd over. The result of the laotion has baga the topis 0f conversation overywhers taday. Tias my policy * party 1ok demoralized, and bave littls t6 say. Fow qntaiders wore admittad into the prasence. of His Bxssliancy at thy Whits Honse today The variom mem- bars of tas Cabinet aad the beads of the Department. includlag the Johuson Dopartmental Clab oat’ed ou the President ded roonduied with him in this biw tryiag heur. Oics ssgkors do not dars to approseh tho President until the storm blows aver. Al kinds of rumors are afloat of & change of ‘polioy in the Administration. The Heary Ward Beecher boast that Prowident Johoson will eut loose from his Northera Copperhead and Southern Rebel friends, and will oxtead the olive leaf to Congress. FRAUDULENT VOTERS IN PEXNSYLVANIA, . ‘The Administration party here were sure of oarry~ fng Pounsylvasia. It is & wellknown fact, one of which im. prudeat Coppertead politicians here boast of, that over 1,008 ex-Rebol soldiers, from hege and Baltimove, were colonized in Philadelphia to help alect Clymer, but more especially to defoat Myers and Taylor for Congress. In the IILd sad Vth Dis triats these imported yoters were given temporary positions ia ‘the Nasy Yard and Arsenad. The notorious Democratic poli ticiam, Bill McMallea of A Phiadelphia, had charge of thé whole adfair. Their dofeat in Peansylvania Les maddonsd the Copporheads, and thay swear they will car-y New-York State for Hotfwaa ia Novembee sext. if they hase fo import 1ato the State the whole neutral loyal population of Keatuoky. TAB OPPOSITION STILL HOPEFUL. The meager returns from Indiana give the o tion hope. They assert to-night that the State bas gons cratic, and bas eleoted six Democrats of the elevea Congrems- mea. RUMORS OF CABINET CHANCES. Rumors of Cabinet changes are again rife. Seward and Stanton are said to be on the point of retiring, the former to his home in Auburn, and the latter to Spain in place of Hale. Tt is 100 3000, baw for anytaing stamlisg to ocour. THE GREAT OCEAN VAC;T RACE. - TRIAL 0/ SAILING QUALITIES IN ROUGH WRATHER BETWEEN THE VESTA AND HENRIETTA FOR $§1,008 —THE VESTA THR VICTOR. To the majority of landsmen a full-rigged yacht is vory protty sight, when lying at a dock with pennant fiying and canvas unstained by the rude experience of a loog cruise in stormy weather. It ls altogether a different matter, however, whea the same yscht enters a heavy sea with the wind blowing s porfect hurricane, suck a8 coasting seamen havo expericgoed for the last ten days along our seaboard. Our marine reporter having been informed that s race was about to take place between Mr. James Gordon Bennett's yacht, the Hourieita, and Mr. Pierre Lorilland's yacht, the Vosta, from Sandy Hook Light to Cape May Light and back (a distance of 200 miles), wo accordingly reported on board of the steam tug Charles Chamberlain, foot of Dey-st., at 3 o'clock Tuesday morniag, in order to be transperted to the yacht Veata at Saady Hook, information having been received that the two yachts were to rendeavous inside the Horse Shoc, & narrow inlet south of the Hook. The voyage down the bay on a raw, misty morning, ‘was with. out incident, and we were landed st the doek at Sandy Hook at 4} o'clock in the morning, with considerable misgiviag a4 to what our next movement should be. Not asoul was stirring 0a the Hopk, and we might just as well have siipped ashore on Hatteras or Tybeo, as {ar as the evidences of civilization wers yisible. The next thing o the programme was to discover tho yachts, asd . this was a omatter of considerable dificulty, but after scrutinizing the blsak ex- panse of waters in the direction of the Jersey ahore we discovered two moving lighters, which, 03 supposi- tion mersly, were taken to be the Hearfotta and the Vesta. The next thing was to discover a mode of conveyafice to tho yachts, and after a long stand, @ heavy yawl, which, from its cumbrousness and model, might bave served us a tender to the Bon Homme, Serapis or Macedonian was secured. It was fur- nished with two pair of 1o mfiw} by the aid of the vast u;&o! boys who hed Wiolen thelr passage down to Sandy Hook ours, wo managed to get on board of the Vesta at daybreak, foeling very cold and uncomfortable. tho letter of eredentials 'wo were mado weleome by Mr. Lenl- lord, the owner of the Vesta, who furnished ‘Tnx TRIBUNE re- porter with o state-room, fitted up in 8 manner worthy of & Eu- ropean steamer. Heving taken a 1o prepare for (he 3 alf bands were mustered at noon as the tender of the Heariotta liad just come alongide to make preparations for the race, with Mr. Bouuett o board. The steam tug P. G. Schuitz had agreed to tow the two yachts from the Hook to the Sigual Ship—a dis- tance of six miles ; but, owing to the Mm prevai at the time, the people iu charge of the tug in their - nm-.xm yachts a distauee of three miles fro the Hook, rousding between the L;fm.up and the point ot the Hook. The race was for §1,000; but the mouey was merely to make the race imcresting, ss it cost tho owner of each yacht that sum to equip his boat for the The Henrietta 14 one of the fastest aud staschost uadron, baviog woa several races, mznfinnhan ‘against the Falmer and the Rest- less. She was built in 1861, aud sinee teat {od has served as a rovenne curter in the service of the United States. Her tua- nage 16 205 tous and she draws 11 feet of water. Lhe Vesta is ontirely new, having been taken off the stocks in June of this year. The measurement of the Vesta is as follows Tuanage, 201, 100 feet 6 inches water line, 98 feet keol and 25 beam, ouly differing in measuremont from inches ad made lo both 85 to the result of the race, mthmhl contest of the same nature ever excited so much interset in yachting circles. Both vessels were fully prepared for the race, the Henrietta having a compliment of 24 men, under tha charge of Capt. H. Dayton, ber sailivg master, apd the Vesta baving & _cfew of 19 men, in command of Capt. George Dagton, the solling master of the Vesta. The owners of " both yachis . were "a :n‘n« reypctive Acoomapogy| . Bonnett an board wanu?x:m;? vory Mr. rd",“m uwnls‘l'z hr;l':pa;d %:'anw ane ., Géorge orilla; jndge appointe the e of the Vesta. On board the Vesta wero Mr. Picrre Lordland, Col. Stewart Taylor, and Mr. Charles M. Connolly, Mz Beu- nett's judge for the Henrietta. THE BACE, At 12:23 0'clock on Tuesday. both boats were cast looss from amid the congratulatiors of their friends ou the tug, a standing off to southw: or double reefd Gasi- 1o-re fed oresail and, fulb Jib. The wind was blowg b, und o heavy heady sea wet the twy yachta as they for_fbe racé, The tag, Bowever, carried away $—ab unfortusate acei- an bour ih gettiag the th st the Vestus's om leagh dent which n‘r:nd her for hal - jib cut_awsy, whioh was retarding her progress, draggin oS e . Byt aceident © o, iRt geined advantage on the start. The Herietta . bad “reef mainsail, full foresail and jib, - Until nearly dark the Henrietta maintained the advantage sho had gained st the start, and botk yachis bowled along at u most terrifie spo- takiug igto acoount the roughness of the sew, whick Linde Vesta, L&-mpn were put up in the Vests, and -n-:’s-n watcbes, by Cupt. Daytoo. made ight, and the Henrietta was down in the gatheriug darkuess of tie night, of the Vesta. At B0 o'elock tho took the bonnet of her jib. The sea vory high; and the Henrietts was soou lost 3 darkiiess had descended, and the lights were put up origging of the Vesta. The silence of the night was listurbed, save by the hissiug seund of the asngry waters ainst thesides of the Vesta, like the roar of 8 hundred cireu- lar saws, or the stentorous breuthing of old Father Neptone Limself. The ocean, as far as the eye oould reach, was cov- ered with cent gleams of light, making a very briliant spectacle. At 77 minages past 9 o'clock we saw thres rockets ascend in quick suecession from the Henrietta a8 o sig- nal that she was rounding the- May Lightabip, 1044 wiles from Sandy Hook Light t 04 rigutes past 9 the Vesta reached the Cape May ll‘:t 4nd fifed one rocket as made for the night by dividiug twe At 63 g'elock we Absecom Li Just to be seen fall ‘{h--ut two miles ahesd Vesta intimation that she was ronuding the same point passed 17 minutes before by the Menrietta. "The second Focket would nos explode and the center bourd of the Vester got fonl as she was rounding the light in @ perfect gale of wind with & Having roundad the Light airlhl o proceed the re, shiook Lonnett out of jib and was t beating southward of mainder of the yoyage_ without it A weom Light” untll 10 oelock “Wednesday morning, when we first canght sight agoin of the ta- about 5 south ‘of Barnegat, ing wel in ashore, run her out of sight. Saw. the stesmer Mercedita bonnd and spoke her. Ste had full sail sod steam on, but the V ta passed her with case, And as we by heard her whistle aa & salute tods, Left the u.-nnm bind - hulldows, aod Jost l!fi of her until we caried away bead of foresal, which caused s to slacken our pace, when she came in sight, and we made bher out head- ing windward. set our foresail we ran out of her wight stem being - sank oat of i afternoon we {5 et cam s Mg 5 ik !‘";m{,, i Tigh, t we gradually dropped hier out of sight. strunds of e K tained and 51 38 alclock oi Wedaesday afveraoos wo spoke Sandy Hook Light six wiles irom N Hook 'beach. The wateh on board the Light, iu answer to our question that the Heurietta bad nov pmg.«'m light sed we could Just discern i sail, -ufipu-rd 10 bo the Henriettn, aboud five miles astern, crowding sall in full chase. The crew of the Vesta took off their hats and cheersd loudly thelr. vesse! from the Sondy . Hook Sigoal B for Mr. Lorilland, tor Capt. Daytou, und for exerybody in ges- eral, and thus ended the greatest ocean yacht rie ever o Awericsn yackt, sinoe the Maria took the cup st Cowes. il the Hook for € “The weather througheut was of the roughest natare imagive, and the sea was %o and heavy | coasters bound out bud o put back inside of —_—_— safety. CHICAGO. Rt v HOMICIDE AT THE RICHMOND HOUSE. Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune. CB10AGO, Oct. 10,—A colored servant was killed at tho Richmond House last night.. & fellow servant Lavicg crushed bis skull with & board. e | e —— EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS, By Tolegragh. i the 'hofb:llovmg mo? Ve n‘ ted by the TR e AT BT W"’ ) %‘_‘ ) E " Maks,; Lisus T. Bis Cond. i el Discs, Wik, Jeie dy Albanadery oo et sty Boeros, Oct. 10.—The Arlington Mill, burned in Law- ronce, was insured $125,000, of which : 000 was in Bos. about cover the logs assessor, Distrlet,