The Sun (New York) Newspaper, July 17, 1866, Page 1

TA —_—__ — The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. ¥. San, FROM WASHINGTON, The Freedmen'’s Bureau Bill, VETO BY THE PRESIDENT. ACTIONINCONGRESS The Bill Passed by Both Houses Over the Veto, THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION, Opinions of Secretary Seward and Ex-Secretary Speed. TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA. Loss of a New York Clipper Ship, City and Miscellaneous News, RUM DOWN AGAIN, The Excise Law Constitutional. Decision of Judges Lott and Gilbert. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. Large Number of Deaths. &e., a &e., &e. FREEDMEN’S BUREAU BILL, Veto Namber Two. ‘Waanrretox, Jcry 16.—The following is the veto Me-sace of the President, communicated to-day to ‘the House of Representatives: A careful examination of the bill passed by the ‘© Houses 01 Congress, entitied “an act to continae @, and ‘0 amend an act to blish a buresa the relief or freedmen and reiug: and ior other " has convinced me th legislation which it eee would not be consissent with the welfare of the country, and that it fails clearly with- in the :easons assigned in my message or the 19 b of ‘ebruary jest, reiurning wiibout my éignature s ilar message which originated in the nenate. It not my purpose to repeat the o! Jactions which I ‘th ed. The ny 61 yet treab tm your recollection, and mined ass part of the recoras on th of the Nations! Lexislature, Adher- fis rincip.es sé. forth in that message, I now re-affim thew aud the live of policy therein indice athe only ground then on which this kind of logis ities can be justified is tha, of the war making pow- er. The act, of which this bil is iaten sed as amends. Rm, was passed curing tho e of tne wor yy ite own provisions it is to terminate within one year from the cessation of hostilities end the cecla- sion of peace, It is therefore yet in existence, and re likely that it will continue in force as long as the f.eedmén may require the benefits of its provi- sions, It will ceria n.y remeio in operation as alaw Until some months sulsequent to the meeting of Cai pase the requ.siie measures Beortlons, sriee, why should thus messare be eontinued beyond tue periog designated in the origi- pal ect ?—.nd why, in time of peace, should military tnbunals te cieated, to contiuue until each State shall be fuliy restored in ite coneti\utional relations to the Government, and shall be duly represented in the Congress of the United ptates? It was inauifest, with respect to the act seareres March 5, 1566, that prodence and wisdum alike requiied thas jurisdiction over all cases concerning free euyymant of (he communities, and rights citizensbip as well us the proticuoa of person and property, should be conter as ores, Bate or district ree of judicial proseedings the rebellion, and uutil the eam . oo time, the. goes existed for the passage suc opr nee venetes jelly ceased. ibe or ef judicia: proceedings {s no longer in'e: eourt d upon some tribu- hecethe ordinary interrupted by pald be tuly re- ary course upied, The both Bta.e and Feveral, aie in full, com- lete, and successful operation, and through ey every person, regardiess of race and e@oior, is entitied to and can be heard. The worect! gianiea to the white citizen is already en by ‘awe upon the ireedmen; strong and ot iusent ¢! by way of peualiies and punish inte sre threwn around his person and propeity, er) it te beleved that ample proteci.ou wiil be afforded him by due piocess of law. wi bout resort bo the den zpedient of “military tribunais,” Now that the Las been brought to ac ove, the ecessity no longer existiug for such tribunals,wh.ch their origin in the war, grave objections w their sontin' TUS piesens thewseives two the minds ail reflecting and diepassiouste. Independently 6 dan,é: in representative republics of conferring @pon the military in time of peace extraordinary wore, 80 carelully guarded againet by the patriots statesmen of the earlier days of ihe liwpublic, rent the ruin of governments fouudeu upon She same tree principies, and subve.sive of she richie nd liberties ot the citizen, the ques ien of pracu- eal economy earnestly commends iiwself to the cos- With an im- dustrial and laboring cimsses, a due 5 eir interests, #0 inseparably connected welfare of the country,+hould promps economy end reirencument. and initia bstain from all legisset.on that would annecessariiy ch the pubiuo indebted Tested by this ie of sou uitical wisd: CAN e6@ DO reason fr the onal aimens of the military jurisdiction Nr upon the officials of the Buceau by the risen taen the bili, By the laws of the Upited tates and of the different States competent Courts, Pedersl and Sta.e, have been estaliibed, aud ae Bow in full practical op-rasion, My iueanso! these Givil tribunals. ampe iediess is affv. ed for all pri. Vale Wrolge, property of he citizeu, Without denial ve unuec ty aela: pon to all, without regard \o coor or rac assured (has it will be Lester to trust the wights, privileges aud immunities of the citizens fo tribunals thus establishes and presided over by competent aud impartial judges bouud by fixed ruses eo! lew and evidence, and where the right of trial by fury 1* gua. auteed and secured, than to the caprice er judgment ot an officer of the Lu:eau, who, itis ibe, may be entirely ignorant of (he p-inciples Toes underlie the just aaimivieirsrion of the iaw, There is danger, too, that conti: of jurisuetion wil frequently rise between ihe Civil Courts and mulitery tribunals, each baving concurrent seeee Bilas over the person and the Cause of action; he one jurisdiction sum inistered aud wnt oled by other by mili ay. Liow is the couflict civil iow, the 3 ermine bewweeu she a is to to be settied and who in my opinion it two tribunals, when tba rd egeines eu contict by leaving one Courts and Juries the protection of ‘i civil mghts eud the jedress of all eivil grievances, ot be cealed that 6 Ubi cilities mauy acts of Fialence eu had never b Wimessed fn their previous bave occurred in the ‘tates invo.ved in the recent iedeil.on. I believe, ni will sustain me in 2 t public senwum ths assetuon at such deeds of wrong are met con- fined to any particular Stale or section, mt sre manifested over ww eutie country, demonsiratio, that the cause that produced thom does bot cepen upov any particular iceality, but ia the result oF the station sud derangement incident t & jomg &u bloody war. While the prevalence of such disorders must be g.eatly deplo.od, their occnsionss and tem- porary recurrence would seem to furnish no neces sity for the exiension of the Buresu beyond the period fixed in the original act. Besides the objec: tioue I bave thus briefly stated,i may urge upon your eousideretion ihe additional reason that recent de- Ee velopments ip regard te thi tical operations of the Bereen tu many of the States show that in au- Merous instances it is used by the acents as a mesns of promoting their individual advantage,and that the freeimen are employed for the advancement of the erronal endsof the officers instead of their own mprovement and welfare; thus confirming the fears originally tafned by many that the continua tien of ruch unnecessary length of time, would tabiy result in frend, corruption and oppress! It is proper to o that in cases 0: thie character, investigations ¢ been prompt! ordered, and the offender punished » orb fuilt has been satistactorily established As another reason sesinst the necessity of the legislation conte: y Shia measure, referenoe may be had to the Ctvil Kight Bill, now «law of the land, and which will be faithfully executed eo long as It ahall remain anrepesied and not be declared un constitutional by courte of competent jurisdiction. By that act it is enaceed “that au persons born im the United Stat * not enbject to any foreign power, exclading india not taxed. are hereby declared to becitizens of the | mited Btates, and snch citizens of every race And color, without regard to any pre vious condition af slavery or involuntary servitude, except as «@ nish whereof the party shail convicted, shall have the same r and Teriitory in the United stat force contracts, to aut, be partics to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hoid and comvey rm and personal property, aud to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of parson and property as ie enjored by whise citizens, and shall be eubject to ime punishments, pains and pea- sities, and to none other, any law,etaiute, ordi aauce, regulation or custom to the contrary uotwithssand- ing.” By the provisions of the ect, twli protection ls afforded "rows District Courts of the United Sta id whose privileges, as impaired, and very d agains! the person 1 peed not stave my approval, yet Penalties are denon wilully vioimtes the that that law did pot rece ite remedies are tar more preterabie than those proposed in 6 present bill, the one being civil and the other militey. B the sixth section of the bill herewith revurned, certian proceedings, by wirich the iands im she par- iahes of Bre Helena and St. Luke, Sou b Carona, were sold and bid in, and afterwards disposed 57 the Tax Commissioners. are coufiimed and ratified, By the 7th, 5th, vib, 10th apd Lith sections. provis- fons are mace by law for the d.sposal of the lands ed to theuiar citizens, wh ine ties is deemed very impor: tant ecrimination moade in the DILL seems object.onab « does also the attempts to conier upon the Comunissioners judicia: powers, by which elilzens of the United States are to be de- prived of their y in & mode Contrary to that provision of the Constitution, whi jeciares that no person shail be deprived of life, iiLerty or property without due process ot law. Asagewera piiuciple such legisiation is unsafe, unwise, partial aod uo- congtitutional. It may deprive persons of their property who are equally deserving objects of the nation’s bounty as those whom by nis le slation Congress seeks to bwnefit. The title fo “ihe lana’ thus to be petiioned out to & favored clase of ciiizens, mast depend upoo the regularity of the tax sales umder the law as it ted at the time of the sale, and no subsequent leguslauon ab give Validity to the .ighte thus ac ~ quited as ag bi mene claimant, The atter,- tion of Cong: jo\@ invited to ® more m a- ture consice measures propo ted in the se sectious of the bill lp conciusion, I again age open Congre.s the 4: an- er of class legisiation, so weil calcuiatec\ to Keep 6 public mind in estate of umcertain ex) \ectat'on, disquiet and restiesaness, and to encoura, 1 ipter ested hopes and fears that the National Gov ernraeat will con\inue to turnish to classes of citizens) m the several States menus for support and main \enance, regard @ss as to whether they pursues itie of imdo~ lence or of labor, and rega:diess also of the o nstitu- tonal limitations ot the national authority ii) times of peace and tranquility, The bill is heewith returned to the Hx use of Represeutatives, in which it originated, for ite final action. ADREW JOMNBO &, Washington, D. C,, July 16, 1566, CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Thirty -Ainth Seasion, SENATE. Wasurneton, Jory 16.—Mr, Anthony introde red & bill to promote the efficiency of the civil serv ice. It regulates appoinimente by providing that t hey shall be made upom examination, snd conti sue through good behavior, Is was referred to the Ju- dittary Comunitioe. A bill for the erection of s Marine Hospital, a@ Yokohama, Japan, was passed. A bill, erecting the Territory of Montana, intows Surveying District, wae passed, Mr. Sumner, from the Select Committee on Coir - age and Weightsand Measures, reported favowabl y the following bills all withous amendment: in Post-Offices of weights :ot wee patherize the use ‘on pee of welehiay set the adoption of ® unit rm coinage between the United Stares and foreign co an- tries, To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury to furnish to each State one set of standard weig his and measures of the metic system Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military . Af fairs, reported a joint resolution amendatory ei joint resoluiion entitled a resolution respect og ies to colored soldiers, and the pension, bou q- yer) allowances, to their heirs; epproved, Jai 15th, 1866. An amendment is made relative to is administration in the manner of collecting their claiinos. At 190 P.M,, the bill for the speedy completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad was taken up as the | unfinished business of Saturday. 'r. Howard took the floor in reply to Mr. Sher- man's arcument of Saturday last against the bill. Mr, Sherman's ipal objection was that the Northern Pacific Road was to be a rival line (o ‘h Union Pacific Road. He (Howard) did not so ree tt, There was a space of not less than 626 miles be- tween the two lines. The only rivalry that eould ivly exist between them was @ rivalry for tb: Bare India trade, ‘Thedecree had gone forth an could not be reversed, thas # Northern Pacific rail- road should be constructed. second objection of Mr. Sherman was that it gave #122,000,.00 to the Company, without security, He (Howard) could not upon what this statement wee vased. r, Sberman said he got the data from the bill iteelt by seteal compu The exaet amount was 121,671,670, * Mr. Howard said that estimate was upon the as sumption thatthe Govermment would have to pay interest upon the stock for twenty years end receive nothing 1 sotere. toe wes nes, 5 ay sappesition, The Company wou corm pelle pay 6 Gov- arument whi if fney seesived for land lying on the south side of this . Mr, sherman spoke ageinss the bill, elaborating the poiuss made by bim on Saturday, THE VETO MESSAGE Pending the discussion, the Clerk ef the Honse announced the action of the house on the Freed- men's Bureau bill, Mr, Wilson moved that the Senate postpone the Pacific Railroad bill, and proceed te the considera- tion of the bill returned by the Presiden,, Mr, Jonson asked if it was desiied to have action on the veto to-da Mr, Wilson said it was, Mr, Johnson! have not seen the mossage yet, Mr, Sumner—lt can be read. Mr. Jobnson said he should object to the consider ation of the bill ’ he motion to postpone the Pacific Railroad bill jailed, and the ve.o message was read. e Chair stated the question to be: Shall the bill pass, the objections of President noiwithstend ang? far. Johnson moved to postpone farther consider- ation of the bill aod message uatil to-morrow, which was disagieed to, Yeas, 15; nays, 30. Mr, Hendricks took the floor in opposition to the vewed Lill as cppressive aud iull of t.sud, deception aud outrage. Mr. Seulsbary said if burdens were to be Imposed for the objects proposed in thie biti, a party would seck ior office on @ piastforin o: repudiation, Even mow, be bejieved there were in the Norib men whe would | ke to see that portion ef the aebt which ac- eruec for (be support 0. nexroes wiped out, PASSAGE OF TAB BILL OVER THE VETO. The vote was then taken om the question: Shall fhe bill be passed, the President's otyections not withstanding? It resulted as follows: Yous—Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, moaes, Cr Cieowel Edmunds, Fessenden, onier, tirguen Hastie Hendasooa, Howard, Home, _ NEW YORK, Pree oot, P emp bat re Mon oel!, Nye, ‘aeons ‘ome: oy, Rameer, erman, Sprague, wart, Sumn hi Trumbull, Wade, Willey, Willie ames, Wil- fon, & td Yates85, Nay +—Mesers, Buckalew, Davir, Doolftile, Guth. rie, T \endricks, Johnson, MeDouw ai. Neem ith, Nor- ton, K lodle, Seulabary, and Vam W inkie— 1 . Abe snt—Mesers, Cowan, Dixon ‘und Wrig! at. The Chair, in announcing the vote, aald. that the bill having received @ two-thirds vote in both Honsos. he (Mr. Foster) prociaime f {ts leew, motwith- standing the objections of the I’re sident. -The Senate, at 6:30, adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRERENTATIV Fo. The following joint revolution imrod aced by Mr Reymond on April $4, and which then went over urider the rule, came up for considarati on and was re sd three times and passed: etc., That @ commission of\five persons by the President of the Lin ited Btates, 1 report to Coseres ret eesity of some in an 4 reiiable means of tramsporta: W tstern States and the Atlantic sea board, onl omit some pla het by law or tre mtv.» hereby the. National Government can aid in providing tor ony I mecossity, if it shall be found to ex ist, dlr. Ingerso!l introduced a Dill exempt ing pensions from the Internal Revenue tax, whi was read thr ee times and passed, dir, Faroeworth offered @ reselotion, rwhich was adc pted, directing the Hecretary of Wewto furnish the House with coples of opinions given by mombers of (he to-called Confederate Btaves to sefferson Da- vis,, at or about the time of the ing ‘the surreader of Jobusten to corwerning the effect of ench gurr ‘© on pe litical #ighie of thé people then in rebellion agaiust Fee Died States, aud avy ovher pape rao the sub. mee Mc. Harding, of Ky., offered the fol! owing reso u- tien, and moved the previous question, : Resolved, That the debts and ob! Gevernment should be held sacred, and especially wach as have been ba yet fi syegeines by inw as Jugs and their payment provid lar by app opria- tion and setting rt a tand for that purpore, and the repudiation of any such debts, whethe: they be partial compensation to loval men for slaves (ak- 0 and employed in the miltary service by the Gov- ould be wcounte: enced, and condemn department of (he Govermmens. The House refused to second the previous question. Mr. Niblack moved to lay the resolution om the ta- bie, The yeasand nays were taken and resulted, yeas 59; mays 59, Bo the resolution was laid on the table, The House’ rerumed consideration of the reporte the Select Committee in the case of the sesault of Mr. Rousstau upon Mr, Grinnell, Mr. Hall addressed the Louse, arguing generally that the provocation given to Mr. Rousseau was auch, as If mot to Juatify the assault, at least to palliate ity RECEPTION OF THE VETO MEAsaor. 4 Daring his speech, the President's Secretary ap. Deared at the bar of the House, and delivered m mes- sagein writing, being the President's vere of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. ‘The message having been wead, Mr. F! bot moved that the message be laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Niblack suggested that perbape ttrwould be Detter to take action immediately, as itemight be too late to-morrow, Cries of “Now, now," Mr Eliot then moved that the vote b » which the meses was laid on the table and ordered to be mg » be recousidered, PASSAGE OF TUE BILL OVER THE, VETO. The Speaker aunounced the question to be, “ Shall this bill be passed, notwithstanding the objections of the President om which the Constitution required the vote to be taken by yeas and nays. The vote was taken, and resulted—yoas 104, nays ‘53, the Speaker having directed his own name to be called, aud having voted “Aye.” The Speaker announced that two-thirds hy voted in the affirmative, notwithstending the objec- tions of the President, the bil’ had again passed. The announcement was ¢reeted with olnpping of bandsand other demonstrations of pleasure im the galleries. The following is the nay vote in detas!: Job: err, Kuykendall, Lebiond, Marsh f ack, Nichoisen, Noel, Phe'ps, Randall (Pu.},” Ray- burne ([Ind.) and Wright. . Meare, Raymond, Phelps e>d Kuykendall were the only Republicans who votoa against the. Passage of the bill in spite of the veto. The House then resumed the consideration of the Roussean-Grinnell matter, akon op Hale's amendment dec! t inexpedient to take further action in th » mri ‘The amendment was rcjected without a division, a Mr, bieveng moved to omens Dy at ous the retiwor jutions reported e substitute for it the Rue royerued b wi ernment, or for other property « ed by alt Joya, men and by every The motion, was agreed t '’ which would wi aA ease of Mr. Cyech Pergo: the ac: of whem sthe case Mr. stevens introduced » joint resolut ton giving construction to the pereereph ie seg oe & the invernal Kevenue bill, so as to wine the ad valorem tax 20 re cent cary om the value of segare beyond the firet twelve dollars 1: thousand, He claimed that was the intention of the Howse ween, the paragraph was inseried. and that a mis- eee cela ee 7. it me en committed, alt ecgected, asthe proposition wes ipaportant one, i should go over tii tomorrow, 1s was 80 0: 45 P.M., adjourned, The howe, 4 MARINE DISASTER, A New York aad California Sea—Awfal sufferings et a Baw Francisco, July 14th.—Honolalu advices re- Port that the clipper ship Hornet, Mitehell, from New York for San Francisco, was burned at sea May 34, in Jat, 2 deg. North, long. 185 deg. 5 min. West. ‘The captain and twelve of the crew, and two passen- gers, named Ferguson and Lander, areas San Paho- coe, after being forty-three days iu a long-boat. Two other boste are yet out, comtaining the firet and second mates and sbout twenty others. The boats kept company for nineteen days, and then parted from one another. The ship carried « large quantity of kerosene, and burned rapidly, (The ship Hornet was owned principally by Messrs. Lawrence, Gules & To, of No. 11 Soush street, in this at city. Bhe was o! tons burden,and about filteen years of ber value was Oe 0, which is tully in- sured hade 0 of ordinary California stores, were only two passengers On the vessel when thle bert.) THE WEATHER, At Albany. ApayY, July 16,.—The thermometer today ia localities protected from reflected heat, showed 100 degrees——the bottess since 1647° Some tastra- ments im the shade indicated 1\4. At Hartford, Coun, Haxtronp, Conn, July 16.—Different thermeme- tors in this city marked 99 degrees in the shade as une In Washingten. Wasursoron, July 16.—The thermemeter in the Hall of Representatives at the time et adjournment this evening was 93 dogrees. In Boston. Booton, Jury 16,~The thermometer ranged from 94 to 100, between ten and three o'clock today, Afler which, « fresh Easterly wind lowered {t to 85. In ’hiladelphia. PArLapatrmia, Jriy 16.—Thermometer to-day ranged from 08 to 104 dogs, There were ten deaths from sum stroke, —__ THE INDIANS, , Important Treatics. Warnisoron, July 19. The President has oro claimed the Treaty between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indians, by which the | covenant and agree thet slavery “whall never exist among them, and in consideration the eum of three hundred thonsand dollars cede to this Government the territory weet of the ninety- eliebtn degree, west longitude, known as the leased district, and obligate themaclves to Destow upon ail Persone of Airiean descemt ‘esidensin the Nation: Sod their descendants, all the rights, privileges an imomraaities, tn: right of sufirage of citi. sent, and aleo gives ree of land on | he same ‘The United Past offenc civilrights which they enjoyed part in the rebellion, Curoado, July 16,~The following dispatch wae telegraphed to the President to-day: @ Omaua, July 16.—Satlefactory treaties of have been comcladed withthe { poer Piattes, aed Cheyennes Indians at Fort Laramie, The oo: tradictor typorte ail without foundadt (Signed) B. Tarion, KR. Wistam U. 8, Commissioners, MoLaves, Tomes From Washington. Wasuineron, July 16, Brevet Major General J. W. Sprague, Assistant Commissions: of the Freedmen's Bureau for Mie eourl, Arkansas and the Indian Territory, estimates the number of rations which will be required for fesuein his district during August as follows: To whites, 60,000; to Freedmen, 15,000, Gien. Dix bas, according to report, written « letter to Senator Doolittle, endorsing the Philadelphia Convention, The Renate Postal Committes has voted aot to rec ommend the confirmation of Postmaster General Randall, but he may yet be confirmed, the Hon, Sir Frederick Bruce has officially in formed the State Department that the Government of Prince Edward's ls'and bas adopted the system heretofore announced as agreed to by the other pro Vhaeces, and that eonrequentiy « fishing licens ad by either Ca Nova Rootl “siok. or Prince Exiward's island. the possessor thereof to fish in “colonies The Attorney (emeral received an invitation on the 10th inet, to attend the Philadelphia Convention on the 14th of August, and he replied to it on the 16tb, approving of many of the principles set forth in the call, but yet disepproving of the call itself. He gives bis reasons for this disapproval, premising Deforeband that the gentlemen who have iseued we callare not new, and hever have been, recogninat joaders of the Union party, He is of opivion im the fires place t rest Union party which Les any, Drought nation through such ao bloody struggle, saved the Union, and Republican inatitutions is the only, or at least, she mort effectual means,as far as paitr can do itot final, adjasting all the minor details and unsetiled matte of reconstruction. Ihe party emaine still inte andashe has acted with it in the peat, his sense duty demands that be should still continue to act with it, Bat the present call is not ome to sustain the Government, but to sustain Government, which bh: the | bion party aian id j@ thinks the call lacKiog in having no ailusion to the ratification the States of the last Constitutional A which he believes tobe necessary. Bi ow No more, he compromises made to It a! be wipe He professes acoord with f ‘@ throughout the land, aed will volte with all such to the fullest extent but belicy- ing, a be does, thatthe Union parts | capable of com plishing its ¢reat mission, as laid down in the aitinore Convention platform. and he therefore devormined tu stay with the Union party, Mr. Seward, in @ reply to an iavitation to attend the ’hiladelphia Convention, says that he considers the unity of the country ite most vita! interest, and the restoration rill only be complete wh men are admitted as representatives of 4 ople of the eleven States so long unre) ress. Nothing but this can complete it, What done to induce Congress io act? This is the uestion of { » Whatever is done muss be done n accordance with the Constitution and laws, It is io perfect accordance with the Constitution and laws that the people ef the ( nited States shall assemble by delegates im Convention, and shat when so as sembied they shall address Congress by respectful petition and remonstrance; and that the io their several States, Districts and Territories, shall spprove, sanction and unite, in such respectful rep- ° all those e Tesentations t Cor is@. No party, nor local organization, continues the retary, ‘coutk doit effe tually, but the Convention may, and 4! who disappiove of the Convention should show « better plan of proceeding to effect the desiredend. He does not, thereie:e, believe in its failure, and conse pently he fully endorses the principles set forth im i. 5 THE WARK IN EUROPE, Details of the Battics ot Sudewa and Po- dell Bridge—Efiects ef the Needle Gaa— Herrible Scenes. At the battle near Sudowa, on the 3d inst, in which the Austrians met with such signal defeat, the Prussians commanded by the King in per- son, They met the Austrians under Benedek be- tween Horitz and Koniggratz. The battle lasted twelve hours. Until 10 o'clock, A. M. the battle was favorable to the Austrians, but r that hour the ad with the Prussians, At two m obstinate defence, the Prus- sians carried by storm the strong position of the Austrians, efter which the Austrians wi quickly d out of other positions, and by seven o'cloc! the Austrians were in full retrent to Konig- GF %, pursued by the Prussian cavalry, ‘1' jans were ina ome lete rout. with ‘age which they ¢! of killed and wounded on owing tothe extent of the bees ascertained, The l’russians claim to have cap- tured, up to the evening of the 1th, fourtece thou- sand unwounded prisovers, one hundred and sixteou cannon, and several tage bree Austriaa Arch- dukes are reported wou Prince Lichtenstein was Thi th a b battle field, ihe ot and Prince Winditch, % were taken prisoners. General Festitus, com: derof an Austrian cor low A Wee shot in the head, Jolouel Bender aud snother staff officer wo . The correspondent of the London Times thus describes some of the scenes attendant wpon the de- feat of the Austrians at the battle of Podell Bridge: fell tack from the point first exchanged, — ana where the railway crosses the road, alone ine, ed by some Prussian detac! ole, was here in strong foie the as doue upon the anad, hare, too, the needie-gun showed its advantage over the old-fashioned weapons of the Anstrians, for the lat- ter feil in the proportion of six to one Prussian. The Prassians pushed over both bridges after the retreat ing Austrians; the latser threw a strong detachment into ® large unfinished house, which stands by the chanusee, ebout # (narter of @ mile beyond the bridge, and again made & stand, but not oi long du- ration; they kad lost many killed, wounded and risoDers; many o'psheir officers dead or tak wut they stood til” ey could gather in ail the atr giers who had escaped from the houses of ¢ Village, and, harassed by tbe pursuin, Prussians, diew off sullenly by the main road to Munchen gratz. Thas te:minated @ contest, which, foughs on both sides with the greatest vigor and detorm: tion, yet resulted in « clear victory for sians; tor when the last frorping shots ceased there w no Austrian lore within ‘bree miles of Podell bridge, excep: the wounded and the taxeu, The scenes in the vicinity of the battle next morn. ing were of the moss terrible and heart-rending de- scription. The same correspondens says :— The road Podell was crowded with hospital wae. c ee i SunEEEEEEEneeeeeeneeeeeee TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1 Ty irty-Third Year ons and ambulance cars, bringing im the wounded every costege in way was converted into «tem porary Anns village of Bwiersis the li wae entirely filled with stricken Care The sie¥ rere, one of the moat corps whieh any army possentes, were at work (rom the ver Recta heaction. Asthe combatants these ininded mon, regardicss of the ind ¢| of pered at friend « lett wihhtes on the carefully to the comfort which it was to Y those who, over night als " o arte. Inthe vitiage the 1801 eave 2 wd of the Lapa of the contest. ested Peacks, shakos, clothes end arme we: out in wild confusion. Yead horses Tey int ditches by the roadside Witte coms aud ot which hed teen thrown off in the figh wcnite: slong the road; the trece which hea 'Y, ‘med {4 Austrian bagri: ‘ere still on the a! of t # reet, and heid many @ bullet. The eottages h Veen ransacked of their furniture, and their beamy $04 rool trees bad been torn down te form eo nt i] long Oe 1 ie wi OI the distance looked like bundies of un See but which on nearer approach are seen to be tha bodies of siaim soidiers, Sometimes they iw Tope of twos and threes, twisted togesber as if they ad gripped one another if their mortal agon: fon u ae@ uniform with red faci white with light blue of Austr the numbers of the | ene part of the raj and the Le aide by side, but Wat muck Prepoaderate, andom v thr russian corps Sree site Dineteeu Austrian forme grisly trophy of the superiority of the needie-gun, ‘The medical offi have officially reported that the proportion wounded Austrians to wounded Frome ie as tive foone Thus hi needie gum told both ou the batsle-ffeld and in the hospital, Sows Items By Teleyraph to the How York Bemg A severe shock of an earthquake was felt af Sacramento aud Steckton, Cal, at ® quarter past ten o'clock on Baturday night, Gaupnra HowLamp & Sons paper mill ot Me chanicsville, N.Y. was partially destroyed by fire yesterday, Loas $15,000, No insurance. Tax Uhio Dotmocratic State Exeoutive Committee Yemerday appointed Wm, Allen, George H. Pan’ dieton, George W. Morgan and M. RB. Willett dele~ water wt large to the Puiladelphia Convention. | Tae negro Cherry, convicted by military com- mission of the murder of a white family in Rock bridge Co., Va., in October last, was bung in Rich mond, Va., yesterday, A soinT conference of the members of the Bta 6 Executive Committees of the Breckenridge, Bell sod Douglas parties, of 1960, was held at Rich- mond yesterday, to consider the call for the Con- servative Convention at Philadelphia, Ih was determined to sendidelegates, to be appointed at « subsequent meeting A wine yesterday in Chicago, destroyed all the frame buildings on Biaie street, south of Polke street, for half s block, and scuth of Peck Cours the same distance, Thirty frame buildings, oceu- pled as stores and asloons below, and tenemenia above, were covsumed. Fifty fauwilies were ren- dered Bovaelews, Loss ¢100,000, LOCAL NEWS, KEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, Tue bxcessive Heat,—Yesterday was de- cidediy the warmest day, thus far, this year, and lodeed the average of the sixteon days of July, 1866, a4 degrees 26 minutes Aivher than it has been for & years, The horses suffered dreadfully yosterday, scores belng left dead in the atrects, All along teveral railroad routes as many as six and ten pairw of horses were kept standing in the shade (wherever the driver could find shade), in reserve, to take the places of those on the track that succumbed, It was reported that the Third Avenue Kaliroad Co, had alone lost eight borees during the morning, and ie ie said that they loss fifteen in one bot day last week. At Delatour's, in Wall street, always remarkable for ite low temperature, the mereury stood, at 7 o'clocks A.M, 80 deg., and at 11 A. M. it was 96 deg; but ic fell to 94 dex, and continned to fall until sundown, At 6 o'clock P. M, the thermometer indicated 96 deg. on the corner of 24th street and 5th avenue, where tne breeze from Madison Square bad full play on It. At midnight the meromry stood at 92 degrees in the Bux office, The following cases of sun-stroke were reported: Williams was prostrate? at at the corner of Firat” Avene and ty-fifth street, Removed to Hos- King, 19 re of age, while lodging at the ninth Precinct Btation EH was he by the heat, Kemoved te levue Hos tal, Mon Sunday evening, the Thirteenth Precinct Po- Hee, found an unknown mao In the street, prostrated the heatand too much rum. He was taken to Btation House, where he died the same ed Thompson, died from the effects of 18 Forsyth street, on Bunday t. a, nawied Charles Van er, while driv @ wagon, was sun struck yesterd at the corner of Wiiliam and Frankfort streets. Edward Milis, colored, living as 40 est Kight- eonth street, while working at pier 14, FE. R., was sun struck, Removed to b me Another man, also working on the pier, was sup Patrick W! s track at the same time and died. : d in Mott street Pit \lavee Whee At aquarter it %, yesterday asod aL of 153 hing street, was fo suffering from sunsiroke, Taken to Bo pital, Ata quarter to 3, Geo, Webb, aged 18, of Bec ond osreat, was he corner fos ood - uetruck Keco vered after being by ty to house, and went home, At 4, P. pin, i West Broad. b: Pol.ce jesrge W dier, 16th Maine Volunteers, the sun. ‘aken to the New York ilospital by the 37th Precinct Police At6l. M. Kilen Doyle, aged of 20 Koosevels 8, street, died from the effects of the heat. Michael Naney wasetricken by the sun im Wert street, pear leicht, while at work on a coal barge Taken home to 58 Laight street Charlies Chariesion died suddenly at 24 Monroe street At 21 Thirty-sixth street @ child died suddenly e not gi ie Nero TMs Albert Kurntinan died at 129th street 1 cause, 19 Chat- . and Sd avenue, Sunstrok sun struck under se e Horpital, Huchard Lyneh, Albert Hogan and 4on Kagan, were all found sulfering, by the FAghieenth Precines Police, Takeu tw Hellevue Hospital, The women Vi immiediatey, “the drive: of dirt cart No, 6559, was prostra'ed Dy heat anu died while being takeo tothe 27th Pre elnct Station House, At quarier pa the corner of Broow home to 430 Lhird s fan strock on F streets, Taken At 10 P. M., John Collyer died suddenly, at No. 69 Macison street About érto}, George Heglar was arrested for felonious assault and battery, When taken 'o the Diatio ouse he became inaensible and died at at out halfpast, a Patrick sinith, aged 25, died at $18 Bowery, Conse —#uD sroke At balfpast 5, an anknown man wae fousd at the corner of Biosaway and Prince street, suilering from heat, Laken u Bellevue bospital, ‘(Continued on Feurth Page.) s