The Sun (New York) Newspaper, June 30, 1868, Page 2

ee BEW STADT THEATRE, @ and (7 Bowery—Chove- 4 the Monn Her; or, The French Jack Sheppard; tain Outlaw. @OWERY THEATRE—Frotic of the Fairics, Maniac Lover, and Jack Robinton and his Monkey. BROADWAY THEATRE—Fiash of Lightning. Matinée on Baturday. ‘WORRALI, SISTERS’ NEW YORK THEATIE, 7 and ‘WO Brosdway.—Grand Dachess. satin e on Satur: aay. TONY PASTORS OPRRA HOUEE, 21 tite Spring street— novel and unequalled programe. ‘WALLACK'S-Loticry of Life, with an excellent distri ‘bution of characters. DODWORTH HALL, Broadway, June Brilliant, Humorous, Laughable, Popw fonable Entertatoments, Grant's Alleged Waste of Life. Gen. GRANT has been ropeatedly charged with an extravagant waste of life in the con- duct of his campaigns, and particularly in that | With our friend of Williamsburgh that one which resulted in the overthrow of Loe's But it is an interesting and instruc. army. Army of the Potomac, during ite carcer from Ball Run up to the failure of the Mine Run t the end of 1863 (a period in | wants to be President; we daro say that our correspondent, though only twenty-one, has his soul filled with such a noble ambition ; campaign, which, notwithetanding the partial victories of Antictam and Gettysburg, it gained no substantial success over its hardy and per. tistent antagonist), were greatly in excess of those incurred by it while under Grant's im mediate command. The only satisfactory recomponse for the Joes of life incurred in warfare is victory fol- lowed by the triumph of tho cause for which Considered in the light of this principle, and not forgetting that Grant was in command of all the armies, ‘and therefore could not regulate dotaile for any of them, the following carctully prepared statement, drawn from official sources, ought war is undertaken. to put an end to the charge of butchery and needless waste of life, #0 unjustly made against the greatest as well as the most humane General of his time. GRANT TOOK COMMAND. z it 5.7m 104 o nas 1,4 woo 13,087 Gata) 22,00 0,00) 14418 EE vy oa 1,90) is m6 00 Pec During the battle of Bull Run, McClellan's movement to Richmond, Pope's retreat to ‘Washington, the campaigns of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, and Mine Run, with the various marches and counter-marches between the Rapidan and Washington, not counting operations in the Valley, nor the cavalry raids, the Army of the Potomac lost, firet and last, 16,145 killed, 80,668 wounded, 44,160 miesing, or an aggregate of 144,118 hors de combat! Of these, 52,006 were lost under McClellan, the most cautious and the most unfortunate commander the army ever had, It must be said of these losses, that while they resulted in holding the rebel army in check, yet by having correspondingly lowered the efficiency of the army, they contributed indirectly, but largely to the excess of loss Incurred during the final campaign, Not- withstanding this fact, the persistency witli which the rebel General covered his men by intrenchments before giving battle, the aggregate lose of the forces acting under GxAN«’s immediate command (not counting operations in the Shenandoah Valley—they being fairly offset by those of Banks, Shields, Milroy, Kell) more striking, but needs no illustration, ee A Poetical View of Politics. A young gentleman of Williamsburgh, who has perused THe SUN for the past three years, and who writes us that “he must acknowledge that the biggest part of his knowledge sprang from that valuable paper,” kindly forwards us for publication a piece of “Tt is one of my first,” he being He then goes on to composition “The said piece,” he says, “ may appear to your eyes not worthy of insertment, however, I @oncluded to send it to you leaving it to your own judgment. If you fancy !t worthy of “fmserting, you can do so; if, however on the eontrary you can cast it away among your his composition. soys; “my age is young, it but twenty-one.” speak of himself and his in a strain of attractive modesty. waste paper ntnently y of insertment. Towers, oppo ‘Troupe of Miostrels in expreseel in it; but=thet is no reason for keeping it from the public, It te as follows: There # 8 man whose name ts ALON Y. Cuase, Who { out for the Presidential race, Tle (Chase), the Democracy would like to deceive, Bat the Democrats in a better man believe, ‘There ts one, and PaxDLeTON Is his name, For his exertions haven't been fn vai He to the Democracy has proved himself like aman, For with bim alone win we can. May he be nominated, and elected in November next! Ifs0 the country will be granted a rest. co i ce THE here, But that is by no means go certain, much of the wine that the stomach of Europe rejects do we enlightened people gulp down and ninack our lips over every day and every yenr? Let us give heed to experience, and ace If we can- 6 a host of honest producers or manufac turers out of the whiskey rogues. Money will be plenty, the Treasary won't be robbed —— ~~ of tte gold; Tt will bring the poor man less burden than that which he now line to hold. Ev'ry poor man to learn to know, ‘That to vote for I’RNDLETON It would bring things #0, ‘The rich map would be deprived of his interest, Le, In gold, That would bring rejoicing to every poor houre-hold, Vea nomination. Were he tor far May Q. eter! ‘There are some points in these stanzas to which we feel ourselves bound in duty to en- While we agree ter our emphatic protest. Uysses 8, Grant fs a good-cnough man, or rather that he is a very good man indeed, we tive fact that the casualtics incurred by the | are not prepared to admit that he made a very great mistake in accepting the Repub Every American citizen lican nomination. and supposing Gen. GRANT to share this uni- versal feeling, there was no way for him to gratify it other than by accepting the nomi- nation of the Republicans. had turned against him and wouldn't nomi- nate him, although he bad always been a War Democrat. The Republicans, on the other hand, were all for him, not because they wanted him, but because there was no Wody else they could elect, 80 they took him; and as, owing to the unfortunate posi- tion of the Democracy during the war, he had got into the custom of acting with the Republicans, he took them. It was an even bargain all around, and no mistake anywhere, unless Gnant should happen to be beaten in November. But he is #0 much in the habit of winning in every contest, that it seems and the essential change in the nature of the fighting, due to and others), during the overland campaign, from the Rapidan to Petersburg, with the siege of Petersburg and all the battles incident there: to, up to the final surrender of Lee at Appo- mattox Court House, was 13,061 killed, 66,452 wounded, 26,988 missing—agyrogate 106,501. From this it is evident that the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James lost nearly 40,000 fewer men after GRANT took command than they lost before that time. ‘The contrast between the captures made and advantages gained in the two periods is still likely that he will sueceed now, Our correspondent also speaks of another eminent public man in a tone which we think __ | savore of injustice. Ho says that Judgo 29 | Cask would like to doceive the Demoeracy, | Executive and the Senate thus to run the country it This appears to us unfair and erroneous, 4 | Judge Case would undoubtedly like the Democratic nomination, and has said as 1 | much, but no welljudging man will 1saco | thre i 'Ppore ny deceit in his saying #0, Neither has he practised any deceptionwith regard to his principles, He has constantly affirm that his platform is State rights, apprecia- tion of greenbacks, subjection of military to Hilt | civil power, independence of the Judiciary 10 | and the Executive, universal suffrage, uni- 29 | versal amnosty, and Government aid to repair 1,00 | the desolation of war in the South. If the Democracy take him at all, they must take him with these doctrines, There | himself in raising the modest sum of fifty thou- fa no decoit in all this. Chief Justice had been willing to stoop to o little deceit and double-dealing, his chance of receiving the nomination would have been a 9.a80 great deal better than it now Is, 11,8 | then, that our correspondent will withdraw this imputation, and strike from any revised | ™°% in obedience to the decision of the Court of tous | copy of his poem the objectionable remarks which we have pointed out. Indeed, if the We trust, With rogard to tho result of voting for Mr. PENDLETON, we can only say that if the ye opinion of our correspondent were generally | mated within the period during which the late adopted, no power could prevent his elevation | Council was tothe Presidency, But the question now is, whether he can be nominated at Tammany Hall on the Fourth of July ; and until that is settled, all speculations as to the effect of his election in November must be regarded as premature, _—— The drawback, w. | Congress is inclined to favor, of fifty cents © gallon on spirits manu- factured for eyo tation, may naturally enough suggest the qu: tion whether there shall not yet accrue to the national economy some solid com- pensatioa for the stupendous frauds of illicit tillation, For one expert in the business of whiskey man- ufucture five years ago, there are at least # hun- dred to-day. Whether our ethics revolt at the reflection or no, it is a vast industry, of practi- cal interest to the grain producer, the sugar planter, the importer and refiner of sugars, and Kindred trades, besides giving employment to tens of thousands of skilled, partially skilled, and un- skilled laborers, AU! this, too, before the Gov- in where he Ie, it would be better by H. Pexpierow thine like that of an evening Tho Democrats The headquarters of Mr. Pendleton's friends, it is announced, aro at the Fifth Avenue i The headquarters of Gen, Hancock's friends are reported to be at the same house, reover, one of our reporters announces that ¢ ig no little coquetting going on between the Pendleton and the Hancock men, May not these two points be put together as showing something of the ultimate voice of the Convention that is to assemble at Tammany on the 4th prox.? If Mr, Pendleton has just enough votes not to be | nominated, and Gen, Hancock holds a respectable minority at his disposal, will not the two inter- este make the requisite two-thirds? ——__ A number of the prominent citizens of thie Fenton their city, desiring to express to Gov. admiration of his official conduet, a letter, early in the present month, offering him @ public dinner, They particularly menti as subjects for encomium, “the firm stand he bas always taken in support of private rights and the claitns of property, in the protection of indu trial interests, the alleviation of the burdens taxation, and consequent amelioration of the con- dition of the working classes, in the interests of law and preservation of order, and the encourage. ment of economy in the government of munici- palities ; in protecting the public health, the pubs lio treasury, and the general interests of the peo- ple of the State, aud his steadfast opposition to schemes of unjust monopoly, and to plans fur pri- Yate agcrandizement at the expense of the public good; his strict investigation of official delin- quencies, to the end that corrupt combinations might be broken up, and his watchful care for the parity of the Legislatare and the enforcement of proper laws.” The Governor declined the honor, being content with the approval involved in the words with which the offer of it was accom. panied. By special order the House of Representa tives takes up to-day the subject of paying to Rassia the price of the territory of Alaska, It said that enough votes have been secured in fav of the measure to render its success certain, and, 4s we have taken possession of the property, it would seem that we cannot very well refuse to fulfil the other part of the bargain, But is it not about time to set some limits to the power of the in debt to foreign nations? If they may bind us to pay @7,200,000 to Russia, they may, some fine day, saddlo us with §100,000,000 for Cuba, or of the © cent tax in favor ri the by exporter, It may be said that it would be hard to get a decent foreign market for much of the poison that is roadily swallowed and pald for as honest liquor How SUN, TUESDAY, JUNE 40, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. oe A Bird’s-Kye View of the Situation—Gerv- Friends in Cavcae-A None Bit —Pendicton's Attempt on jare—Handry New Potnts, There were many busy men in this city yester- doy, but we doubt if any one man had more thrust upon him than that indefatigable worker and first- class Democrat, Douriax# Taylor, On bis devoted head were heaped all manner of ansthemas by disappointed applicants for ticket, and innumerable blessings by those to whore countless questions he was able to give an intelligible answer, He was brsieced for cards of admission to the Manhattan Club by men who live in New York, and are anxious to enjoy the privileges of that hifalatin inatitation daring the Convention with- out paying for them, Now it is Jumt about as reason- able to expect Mr. Taylor or any other member to violate the rules of the Club as tt would be to ask him for admienion to 8. Peter's, particalar fold — Mt ean't bo did, He was ask ore tions about the Convention, tie the prorpeet ae Unt we presume even he won't chy thot THe SUN WW & little ahend of the other newspaper men aud brethren when we record the grea SETMOTR REYOLUTION which hes taken st twenty-four voted friend of opolitan Motel, In less than 4 and ordcred supper. In orty minntes he had tucked away the rieli- est plece of fresh salmon, and had partaken freoly of the best Widow Cliqnot that the Leland's could provide. Ia less than seventy-five minutes he had written siz notes to leading men in 4 Kings County, appotating, «iy at his room on Sanday, at 2 o'clock P. Mf. Two oelock came, and bo did n of this section of the State, hut wh 1Ke eled up in bed with the worst kind of colic ever known or expe. rienced by late suppers. The meeting was postponed until last evening, and was then held at the Brooklyn idence of one of the leading members of the Legis. w organized by {he informal electlon of air, ‘The gentleman from hon spoke, and said, In sub and friends of Goy. Churci fr thelt may the second place ow Hho would nd himself to ald Ia the Fepeal of tne. tworhirds. rele offer had Come straight from the Pendicton headquarters, and meant Just this: That they were bound to rule the Convention any ret and rain any other Western Wan who might be with any show of strength, Thele course fur Pendletos wan clear and unem- was very Ured and very hung feifan host he had e tea ae I. 4 A... a. “— the = ac ive, f oad, Ades ince of an: promi nent rater en Enow! ae, ure ‘6 stron, ition, ree jeall, affecting tore lcre'that rhe 00 4 ih fs bea raition, it 10 they th iperat ng hin the cutire pete te ur the Peniieton pe , ple . in addition to his own, If he would go back on Reymour, And ald in making the will of the majority the will of the vent! Indignant beyond expression, the men to whom the cated resolved to block ‘the ame, and idea was eu) force, If poss! econsideration of the Soymour declension Ace ingly, one of the shrewdest wire- ullera inthe try Was gent pel mell to New York, and the meeting of last night was the bexin. lng of 9 re ‘on which has already eet the aes | a 8 ear#, and threatens to entirely disconcert fans and scheuies that have been 90 skilfully prepared, bused on the conviction that Seymour would under no circumstances accept the nomination, There scems to bas latent feeling of grest_ stron i sua pow that Seymour ought not to stind some similar purchase, It strikes us that the representatives of the people ought to have « word to say in such matte =}... There seems to be a good deal of curiosity in the public. mind to know just where Mr. August Belmont and his National Committce stand in the contest now waging for the Democratic Presiden- tial nomination. We are forced to confess our in- ability to enlighten the public on this topic, But certain rumors aro afloat that may possibly point to the leanings of this august Committee. For instance, we hear that Mr. Belmont hasinterested sand dollars to help on the Hancock movement. We do not vouch for the truth of the report, but refer it to the reporters fr verification, merely observing thatif true, itis Pretty strong indi- cation of where his The revolution in the Board « of Council. Appeals, opens an interesting and important question as to the legality of the acts of the Councilmen ousted by the Court of last resort. A great number of jobs, such as paving, street regulating, and the like, have been consum- s now declared) an unlawful body. Naturally, the question comes up, are the acts of an illegal body good law? One of the Aldermen has already moved for an inquiry into this nice point, and there is » general uneasiness among the haunters of the City Hall to get at the exact situation, Ifthe acts of the late Board of Coun- cilmen should be held illegal, there will be a live- ly flattering among the members of the ring and their outside friends. | ‘The recent death of Marruzw Vassar, of Poughkeepsie, while in attendance upon a meet- ing of the officers of the noble educational institu. tion which he himself had founded, is one of those incidents which rarely occur, but which, for that reason, when they do occur, are strikingly impres- sive, Like Lord Chatham’s fall on the floor of the House of Lords, after protesting against the fur- ther continuance of the attempt to subdue the United States, it surrounds the last moments of the departed with the halo of martyrdom, and renders his memory imperishable. Another death of the same kind occurred last Wednesday at Do- troit. The venerable Dr. Durrieto, of that city, grand muftic business any long ite Ing ne futobe sure; but, as Domine Wilkins said of Washi “Great God, ‘a men he out ut not to be above place and wish for it at Some time, ‘Atuovemeat willbe mate today Jooki towards ht between Beyinoar | wat Penal ton tn the. Convention. Ut ra ther Witeraironay; med. Beymonr ‘hed the Inside track and dined the victory, because he wanted nothing for himself an re wae dis interested inst ten, ang wnoet fixh In his disinterested and unsel fish ws hie may lw i Verthelosa inflieted grievous hurt upon the Pendleton int made his Cooper Tasthute thee ures Mental f the Tor. First. and forcmont they! industrionel Circulated Seymour's declaration that he would not In the next place they began to ley pipe to defect’ in the next place they 0 lay pipe to defeat Intention of presiting over the Convention, | Th was bard work, up bill wi nt earnest work at the same time, nd irs] it yer hat they will do when ‘they learn that the wily Governor's Wily friencs are reconsidering thelr plan of opera tions, We cannot undertake to predict ‘THE VYENDLETON Scorn held tn Cincinnat! on Banday alcht,, resolved (1) te nominate Pendiet in that, to defeat the nomination of an p thi n open for 1878, dig lay. involved. the repeal of the two-thirds rule, and the defeat of Hendricks and bis men, ‘The first ot Likely to be carried out ts he ponaliiltics, particntarty fs in desperation men often to things they bate to diy and of two evils choose the least, in which event Jupar cHass in loom up, and the original eandld: uzgested by Tux SUM turn up the ‘other Went ‘nowsDaper hot been. "eutirely Revenue service,” Internal pa ely conspicuous at the New York Hotel aetevening, by insisting upon the broad humani- tarlan Desls'ol Chief aera ope and the immen: moral strength he would bring to te ‘aint if he should be nominated. He enetlfest o some ti Journal ehot"ia a ‘sockdologer, thus; Bee, berm, stranger, a8 I understand it, this is none of your mess any how. What the devil ts it to you? Seems to me you Infernal Hadicals are a little too deuced fnmillar now-a-days, Buppose you stick to your cigar with a button on Its end, and leave our part of the ship to us.” ‘To which, after the *larf,” the be- nevolent brother acceded, and presently lett, ‘The real strength of Chase Hancock, Churen, and tho like, lies notso much 1a any absolute backing they now have, as in tho WESTERN SCATTERING that will en eae come when Felix MeClosky and rds rule, It is as uA merry me on derbi Lr Tiauenter Wil We ike the Dasteboards in honse arlks, the characters in the house ‘hat Jack built If the two-thirds rule kills Pendleton,Pendleton "| et ku Hendricks, Hendricks wil ail the straws hecas, and any one of {he second arade ay get enough to save himself from drowning, ‘Nt Tovelock lunt event jepatation of Hendricks men met a deputation of English men in # parlor in the Astor House, and for the apace of one hour some Of the tallest kind of diplomacy was indulged in. The ernment claim is levied, or the vast army of | while welcoming the delegates to tho Interna- | backers of retailers come into the count at all, to suse in the enormous aggregate profits, What these profits must be after the five-cent, and ten-cent, and twenty-cent consumers have paid their fine and hud their fill, can only be vaguely guessed at, even with all the experience we have gained of the traflie from the exposure of the revenue frauds in the public courts, On the basis of retail prices, the liquor trade of the country can hardly be less than fifteen hun?red millions a year, The retailer, by adulteration, dilution, and what not, ordinarily looks for a profit of cent per cent, and, barring accidents and insolvent customers, we apprehend he gets it, The manufacturer, the commission merebant, and wholesale dealer have not by any means the same chance, Those who evade the tax still offer to such retailers as they can trust a kind of molasses-whiskey for 75 conts a gallon, The manufacturer or wholesale dealer, who disposes of his stuff in bond, and who must consequently have paid the Government toll, can scarcely compete with these private distillers, the chief recommendation of whose brand is that it never saw the sight of the gauger, The pri vate manufucturer, it is true, runs manifold risks but our internal revenue history shows mo clusively that it pays to run these risk Government inspector. country to the other, Why should not these ex perts henceforth become le; Half a eabio the independent lover of real potee to pay tribute to ap alien Government, however, were the d beginners, or little bett Iu reply *., this interesting note, we hasten that the piece in question + em | cumstances in which the analogies promise to be | We | so close? That is the question which arises, ‘all the opinions which are | when we find the House agreeing to a remission | graceful, be gn institution, the Irish distiller is fellow the world over, and Irish poteen is the d ‘again, Why should not « foreign trade in Ame can bourbon be born and nourished under c officials of every degree ; and to suffer periodical | was upheatd o or occasional condemnation at the hands of the smear Hence, the enormous proportions of the illicit trafic which has bred experts in endless variety from one side of the timate producers? ntury or less ago, every other hillside Ireland, from Wicklow to Donegal, and from Kerry to Carrickfergus, was @ sign-post for who seorned Those, ‘s when the British tax- gatherer and the British economist were mers tthe excise business, They have learned it of later years, and while the free still of the mountains bag almost ceased to famous tional Convention of Young Men's Christian Asso- ciutioun, fuil, struck with paralysis, and ina few hours was no more ou earth. THe, tov, ended a long and useful life by @ death which the most ambitious hero might covet, He fell at his post, in the sight of appreciating thousands, and is sure never to be forgotten, a Ll Ea Partisan detraction and malignity may be expected to go to unusual lengths during the pend. ing Presidential canvass, but @ more flagrant in- stance than one recorded in a recent issue of the Charleston (8. C.) News has seldom been brought to the notice of journalists, That paper states that during the Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York in 1858, Gen, Grant, then a young officer of the United States Army, ‘distinguished himself by riding @ horse into a hat store, and performed other feats, which at last brought him to a court martial,” assembled at Fortress Monroe, by which he was found guilty of “conduct unbecoming an officer and espero The News continues: "| stnformed of the finding, and anticipating Its appro. in, for auch ‘ont AL One 10 Beeretaty of War, and madi » | ner keen} Pity | a Pe it ay othe iy irene nc rt A4 + 3] Rs err iy mets it to | The parson designated “an officer of the Unle ted States army’? might have saved himself from @ gross untruth, had he consulted the valuable work recently published by Gen, Cullom, det ing the personal history of the graduates of West Point, and which may be considered authentic, He would have found recorded there, on the au- thority of official documents, that from 1852 to 1864, within which period the Crystal Palace was inaugurated, Lieut. Grant was stationed at vari- could not possibly have been in New York, or In view of tosti- parties of the country are contemptible and dis- the infamy of defaming a brother officer and telling | yy th ous posts in Oregon and California, and therefore Naor den vrs 'P. Blair, Gov, ENGLISH yr the first ace, ‘on the ticket eoneles principally uy Gor fy ne * few Connecticut cousins; but one wan ty guid bis information from the few who speak of him In, that connection, he would bell ands and the cook were Dent and * cont nuned” to have Englh now how it is the cook, hands don't. see However, the " dricks people had an idea that they might tickle English with a conplimentary carom,and then cush- Yow off, wo 4 to pocket thet man. "They argued ba fuvor of that without effect ; then ney iulked Vioe- Froaldent, Dut that did'nt walt, "Bo tue cousultation amounted to p! Nut, after all, it {a by no means an assured fact that any of the names now prominently mentioned, will secure {Le approval of the necessary two-thirds 1h the Convention. Indeed, the Listory of national conven- tions in th affords » movt striking lastration of the impohcy of allowin, too prominent anterior time of nominating. ‘The friends of Pendleton, of Hancock, of Hendricks, and probably of Chase as well, are so unqualifiedly committed to those gentlemen us agalust the others @i- peelally aud particularly, thatitscems dimcult to con- cleve how they can be brought tostult!fy themselves by dropping the! favorite a nd Jolning the ranks of the of these gentlemen are to be dropped It a yuore Led ‘Ubat the concen- tration that is to secure a nominatfon will be made in this view ty ‘the case the on some new man, in slaughter- Ing the above- Tentoned aby candidates; after which they will present the name of thelr ehleftain as ‘© compromise and carry off the rpotls Postmaster-General Randall, who seems to be man- left for ‘Washington last night to ro- t the Cabinet meeting jay, after of victory, Mr. port Witter he new wi turn here with a fully prey pro- rammey arewiged Dy the jolut wisdom OF tho great may bis Calif nia ashed fleld ts being pt 1 course ica \t earnestness, i A bo little ‘i ponunatlon : ens ‘out; hopes (0 10 of fr filendn tekaee veuaiy by 9 hasan tennaterred 10 in. consideration + whice He Ayer tn the event of Mr, Chase's election, the Cl uatloesh eahip Will be expect Gisinterested motive undoubtedly ‘the o foundton of dudes Nelson's desire to be com; me imented yote. Neither of these gentlemen i at all Ii ¢ hit upon as @ compromise candidate an; than is that distingalsbed patriot of Ne fa Franklin Pierce, who is not without hope of looming up prominent before the Convention uc coeds in effect Montgomery Blake, Br., fas sent Montgomery Bia, eld 0 ‘secure the nomination of Ex: OF course, the cx. Bule Gall bare. nevorstas sfled cl ne Democratle 4 ‘e) very modest have been tried at Fortress Monroe for impropri- | demand they make ily ssktog fe one peel light of tipplers from China to Peru and back | etics committed in this city. the leket. stile ae Pees mony of this kind, the effurts of the Charleston gether {n which case the result wot the cainpalgn ean News to injure the reputation of « man who en- | #9,longer be a mater of d Joys the confidence of one of the great political | mereus, “Nearis do ungrateful enough to overlook, ypu Eng- lish looks for iJ and ts a . ‘will rup second ‘andourved joyalty, To such they pl ie and eflectual support from the reconstructed eof pla tion, have been tn counell ‘vith some of the Southern delegates on this ion to-morrow mornin, crded thet worten ere bovier tenchiers reat results tm) If Socrates eould the city ned meetin and Convention ot the a i Bayonne Yacht Clab Regat The second annual regatta of this Ch b come off yesterday, and was antic contests of the ne ong ite, mex! spirited ynehtsmen, ituated on the beach be ‘oppo- site New Brighton, Blaten Bast and in A dlrect lige with the entrance throagh th 1¢ Narrows. It co! the first fh fh verundah overlooking of roeeption he bay, room, with » large dining and des other apartments for the use of the ‘Commodi Van Winkle; and bekue were entered for the race: i Al close together, otine Bea Me ort distance boats eared tray her throat halyard the erew having gone the boat eareoned sloop and « boat trom ‘the ‘Club House went to the 100k off the crew, and towed in the wreck. A ¢ mast could be seen peeve rere it rae | in the rays of the sun, and firat Face remained im that racing throughout, shedid not ote a pria of the largencss of her can’ the drst-class 8, the Gratts obtained vine See ioe Oe and the Vereen | the second. ops, Coaney got the first prize, and Waterfal jerman band Sappees the music, and the festivities of the da until a late hour in tinted that ho ade anh heb boller was 0’ water j the safety at | Sat pons indlend 3 screws (thre Tos reper aiiea “when it = loded; the ey rua ates ines; after th as Parsi and the ssletr votre visey the boller was onntcted i aa on ue cai fa that the soot was burned feud th the fire box, which shows that it must have red-I st tbe lee aa wan ar" to get the testimony of i tional tal, fan engizenr ead machinist; that pre to the explosion his own wn engine in be on At of Cnders and he was oompetied tor take the ‘exploded, He was offered No. e cock, and hie t reafal ii ine fh ford B ara ert neat << ‘te et, The Macific ecast the it of Ing th gocond name, bn as poly LK There ere © good man; ticlame now heres Ineinding Hany excofticers of rane of the athern army. a In their idea than many of their the Chase who ‘These gentl jorthern ends oF the nomination of @ And the formation of plat. ke a rms, Mra, Stanton and Mise An. mpreher document ch wil, be punished exclusively ‘Aa itis con than im be looked for from this affiliation, learn wiedomn Ay the feet of the Atieny, why ma; the gifted rica tench Penticton the rudiments of reconstruction ? ‘The anuouncement yesterday that Chief Sestice Chase will be In the city during “ne a of vention is rituont Foundatto time of the Balti. e y fuhington, and. tinder no Sirenmetanors woah ld be be induced to be here in Convention wee! ested to siate that the Congressional Executive Committee have, secured par: fman House, near the Fifth avenue Ho- swine bea uartere of the Committee during the lowing named gentlemen com- conensesionss tna EXBCUTIVE COMMITTER, 1, 8, Senator, Wiscone }, & Senator, Penneyivania, ‘ommittee of Loyal Soldiers and nd gay, of New BY bold presimo. of ‘The Bayonne ‘out ar tlatener @ of ou ‘thelr ir elub bouse is fir guy w Saltersville, , & commodions 1 fo ja John ©, Gunther ; Rear Nostray J, sie on the ‘Secasion were the Rev, * judge Jones, ‘Bt. Clare Smith, James Chase, and Frank Hopkins. o and a quarter seconds of time ‘The course ting three times, miles, The following 3 there wus a fine breeze from the southwest, endo uplendia start was mede—ail the Boats renaing ‘on the port tuck tow: led to windward, next, and the Mut fp Staten Island, | The Ve gras Bea Mere, next, the Gi oft to repair dam- reeze and upset, and showed that eno eg si round, The Aurevolr and the Annie Mac fell out of the race, and the remaining craft that Weathered the pale and came to time turned the stake boat in the ize, on account In the secon re kept Up with great spirit venlng. The Bowery Explosio' The inquest in this disaster was continued yes- terday at the Biztb Precinct Blation House by Corg- "Ser. Joseph B, Coffee, 1. 101 Charles atrect, neer and inspector ngl- litan Police WS. gg exploded of boil -preeni steam and by pores waite there are no heated, or that it good evadiion, and ‘vould not make an ‘an old the boller in con steam he would revoke any man's hho would tie down a sal hon "Fe Rowers; of ‘Brooklyn, eorruvorated the Gilchrist, of 252 West Thirt ran the expl first street, the ‘Company's Pattie ble vinlon 6 eesienet bad settled at the Ley ‘tround the chime of the boiler, 0 water from coreiay it, anc ap it gave way st thene points; the en: ed around & good ‘would be responsible ee Weapine it in good sediment would necumula than if one man alone had chance of it; be had etra down the safety val tach more it four mes while of the engine, but never in the same ay jerstood it had been dor case, WI tt “ae rete, Bolger ont, ies shows that it neo ‘he dings must wave been 2 fn consequence of low water both no bont it ennnot be shut of wn a that the ens W Wi are sia bere = woul no oj Pte “be- well made ani st yw mach steam weet Patttoutelle ond Mheils. sane “te Anes 5 superintended its manutacture, and consid strong s bollor as thoy bad ever made, and ¥ ine Of | the pressure Of steam, of Which he ‘perhaps too low water also ; he off from more than to close the mony ofthe er jn inka omeer tex ome that ‘steam pe wi ‘Dut to 18 Kn ih ae he wd er flew up, and the could ee Nitdown he ela ot {steam and ah siete pear | gence on the part of t LABOR MOVEMENTS, > Meeting of the Mastor Masons. ane boss brie! ‘ers met yesterday at 61 Liber- (pttrept. Mr. John T. Conover tn the chair, and Mr, |. Juck#on, Secre' Wa. deck sported that, the Committee ee on, vig oot ‘of, buildings had’ eallod erat saree iia ieegeay | © , that meetin the employers in every branch of the build ling trade be fomened, aa sad th A! acon J speaker was applauded bate, Baa ait moved that the Exeentive Committee ete nines and fiat it be emporee Seats cops aroun in Broadway where the bosses oogie tert privately. ar & room, Mr Eidita ald it ‘wea necessary to have some lace where they ould, consult privately, und not alt heir actions made public. jeved each bore should report to the Baccative Committcn cvery day ee to whether his meu lied resumed worl fee E lle Teported Nie had) not seen his own men it he had seen men working at Mr, Hikes Stas of Broadway and Thirty Are street, ey sald he bad working ven’hours ‘Mallee oeltede Afters some, desultary " the were added to tre commits Mewar Bare Be Fister Woodraff, Henry Valk, Jobn Tucke rr the Beereary read the following Waerens, Wo believe there are a large number of the teeremen oy dh ect Beata their tnterent to sa hey are anxious to fo to wor at ten hor eg regula bes to a our nen. p Sesto, ‘we will Rood 0 per day fof ten hours’ wh, kernel niiesolead, That we will tak k elther by Contract, oF percentage during. the present sitive Bt th briekle Mr. Ross wi ‘amend by refusing to make contract witout s coudlion protecting | ‘thom in case of strikes, RS ‘Conic believed bond resolutions were in the men. ‘There scetned teraiisstion, no vent jasmin were lukewar De steadfast and un yal but if Loe brickla meses follow uit, Mr. Blew the first portion of the re- Loping of They Fete meres speaker, aad then went i] thettat Sant oan ‘workmen were opposed to thes tke and in auth re with the Dowses. They igh stand Saninet the well-organ|z Ham them, The bot ‘way to defeat cultivate the friendsbi oF what be phasis, the journey: hve only way to take the bull by horn; If not, they might as well give up at anes, ould not employ any man wi Femliatng 9 memer’ ofa society, the Tales of wich Prohibited the members from working on buildings With bosses who lind mora than glean sald th Sot eenploy soelety "wedge hed beet Aiveady entered, und’ they should drive it home until the unlons were split in pleces. Ges the id non-soclety men more an tle to" each other, and then, fike the Kilkenny cats, they would eat one ven up, and leave the bosses rious, [Ap- Pitwis 9 gested that 60 cents an hour to bricklay. ers, and 25 cen laborers, be oltered the men, to work es long or short es they pleased. Mr. Hanna moved thas a committee be appointed to confer with the men, as they might secede to nine pears, if yd A to ten, ie uch & ‘S committe would never receive Mr. et 2 defended the bosses, and denounced men. He averred that the declaration published yesterday sata the mon was made up of untruths, but said probab! id pot know, what was. {nit for one’of then was capable of writing ter.) ‘After some further remarks ln the same strc os the speaker sot down. separately, ‘The resolutions were pat frat was adopted and the tint wo tubled. ‘Ross told those present not to be discouraged becason the menting Ves, senall (rer pe bended when the Were present), which be recounted for by a mistake day ppointed. | Another member accounted for, the’ pencil of ‘nembere by ihe sharpelwoung festival, Mr. Valk moved that they should solemnly here to their 1 riginal resolution, demanding tea hours or nothing. i Adjourned to Wednesday, axme time and place. Journeymen Bricklayers, ‘Denis Committee was in session yesterda at Dox lc Hall, and were engaged chiefly in fitting mn men who slarted for Washington ont teen he the; will receive ir day for eight hours, Pers chareen.e taeecrn tas wa the 5, faster Masons’ Bocie- and I give th mir ie ly with their ae men have Hot et, however, obtained any, contracts 10 Anish one 9 thee oaeet have ech finade by Ee atersom ia Ealshing work at inth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, ohnton, ian street and tieth street and Spauldl oe, Sig faving fe By the assesament 9¢ are 6.90 tue Ne Rational Bric lagers Caton the Brooklyn Drick- 6 beer sseaned per month to Bus. inne, east jo" beer ‘made spon oll ol Sandan apport Ba wan idall, corner of Seventh avenue and Wenty-sixth stroct, onder the aus} ees of Union No. Mr. and Mr, P. Coo- also, t mands of the members on 6! not make any demands upon thelr try bye bees wyer and ex-State a ei sleeker sree bore rece brfebayer, wha work iced. for ex-Alicrman Banter “He ‘was nominated and i to procai Gs oy ron, and Yo ybbed yeaa a alt ia PP the public, be said, that tie men recel¥ ‘a week— tnd that they eonsidered good, Ce nir public do not consider that more than half the year rigio Jost time to them, In his day he kept an account of the time he made, and he found the average throughout the around for year was only three days in a wee in some months he could only make six days altogether, them to. insist their and to devote ir of, ves and their » ge ‘the Ty Union, and john. Ena, he Eiaiereta inion, briefly of imecting, | suppres, raging them (0. ce bau tk ‘that otha? ks ‘was the crore working 2 from Ni Colfornia, Mr, Joba 8, t, Presi nt of e on. al Union of Bricklayers, followedin ycoualbl ase tir ring a ‘the men fer the 5 og ing Rs thane termination wl lob, provall sé tod Phi ward adjourned, — Bricklayers’ Meeting. Association held a Ae special treet last take aetio: sgumpeany to the bricklayers and cukstwho! are wow ons trike, ne follows iy ‘olution was usly passed rome Tak eatin te Baer te ed f aga ot nes ody ce icy in our tr 1¢ transaction pen pers routine esa the moving adjourned, Painters, This y meeting last evening at 95 Plsth avenue, he delegates 0 the Workingmen's Union presented a th and act tion of that hoo, ‘Be gua iat finanelal show. the receipts to be @d¥0 and the debite $1,200 for “the uarter. ‘Ihe cere Was pustpon Uni the next mocting. ng Adjourned. A Fen! ae Plentc at Bellevue Garden. there Oy ie sere from the Fenian Bro- erhoo: ere yon a jerve Bish who wh poss the reese, the Ee | areca rare Srna karte Matas tates | Fe Beard of Aldermen. The Board met yesterday, President Coman in the clalr. an? that te Cganelimen a ee sires eal Te er ‘That the Ady fe ata oy ath © x ite the me of eat “ia feet onthe. ¢ ourk ot A “ol App whether leparimenes Hy theald gets, ant are saa tiger Into effect the ordinances: ‘am ‘renal thg year a op 1a the prevent time. t, jon the jer was directed to 40, vert of market stock, bearing interest |} per cent. per anna tcreat to be paid annually in and the prinel be redeemed May 1,197, | The First and districts, rtd and Bond strect were a oo to be diye w wooden men! ‘adopted, over the Mayor's veto, reso ve Second avenue from, Pouricensh The fons to Nineteei Cove ped Nineteonth street A from Th ith the Nicolson pave ite the fotlow! hones woe len pavement: I nat Fourth street, from Bowery to Sixth a tolution ‘was ad ve Laight rest oes witn [a vets Ley lution have cet ere trom. ‘Third to Bist Tanth treet, trom ‘Seventh to Righih avenue, ae, wi the Fiske concrete pavement; also, ov Fe ‘Twenty-nlnch street, fom: Pourt lotel, by vi Chatr’th Committee Sera ad jeGral nor, and Wiute, adjourned, pachinanil~tessracina THE CITY. \ ——— Reat Estare.—Johnson & Miller’s sale of Ja- maica lots nly sale of importance to take piace today. W ve referred to it #0 often, and it ‘ largely dwelt upon in our advertising coluinne, that by this time Its merits must be widely known, ‘Te Orv Boann ov Cooxctmen.—The outgoin; Board met yesterday afternoon, President Stacom in the chair, After passing resolutions complimentary to the President, the Clerk and his deputies, and other assistants, and the reporters, the Board ed- journed sine die, Eantnquaxs at Sea.—The United States steam frignte Monongahela, which arrived on the night of the 28th, reports: No date, lat, 37.90, long. spoke brig Jane (of Londonderry) from —., main yard, June 15, during the night, and morning of the 16th, experienced shocks from two earth quake Prusonar.—We are requested by Mr. R. L. Fowler, the writer of the second letter on the subject of baggage lost on board the steamboat Mary Powell, which appeared in Tam Sum of Setarday, to say that le did not intend the letter itself for publication, but merely wrote to correct @ misstatement of the first letter, expecting the editors to convey the infor= mation in their own language. Botp Rossery wita a Cuntovs Sequet.—Ben. Jamin Hertz, a boy employed in the banking house of D, A. Boody, 12 Wall street, when returning yester- day morning to the office with $60,000 worth of Gov- ernment bonds in his possession, was met on the stairs of that building by aman who knocked him down, beat bim severely against the wall, and took the bonds away from him. ‘This was but the work of a few moments, and before the boy could raise an ‘alarm the thief had made his escape, ‘The sequel ie, however, very curious and remarkable, for the wan in endeavoring to escape ran through Wall street to Broadway, and then tried to baffle any pursuers by dodging into Rector street, While bastily turning the corner he ran against s man in @ rough manner, ‘and the latter, exasperated by such rude conduct, turned quickly and began to show fight, The thief, snpposing the fighter to be a detective officer, or per- haps fearing the deley might lead to bis capture, dropped the valuable prize and ran off as fast as his legs would let him, leaving the bonds behind him oa we Wermeat.and so made his escape. An officer ing up at i ie the package wae given 0 hi, and subsequently rest to the Drownep.—James Lear: E. D,, fell overboard yes Nortii river, and was drown: aaStapasna ‘Arraay.—Louis Becker was_yestei ‘Mernoon charged before Jastice Ledwith, at ihe mn Market Court, with stabbing Jeremiah coma 133 Kast Kloventh street, In the eye, od 80, of Brooklyn, iy siternoon at Pier 4 ha, ester d: al oon overcome i grein, es peers eernoon overeome and Tenth avenue, Gnd taken to Mount Binal. Hospi: Henry Moore, aged 15, of was fatally injured yester. “morning turough belng run over at the ree, ae Wahl ght tetca” "Ns von, , injured lad we gent “ i . op tous.—-A young girl, 16 years of re- caer nat ih vy duatlee Hogan as a common prostitnte, upon ¢ on oeiaplaist of an alster....J. Meal Haden fines an wa ar wise af sates ca on oF selling goods committed to of him, Fetal Mt ine tie ‘mol fecelved for for his own and retaining money We ble own Farauuy x lag =e. He denies the allegations an [oy La Saute .—The commencement ex- of the La Salle Institute were concluded ate were concluded yes- terday. A very large audience \t, Who a} be tuck interested ia the performance, ‘be Yollowing ‘was the programme: nd. pagdMpistetb tion of promt tre ae anc Distr ito 0 0 jus to the primary and in- TY Pend ae Tnetructed t tte theory ee fi praetcg ut Toho ae tustruciea in the Bess, os rformed with much Yok sy ron ciency was shown in the examinations, the declamauions. The course of study is gust tn Ssolading the classics, mathemati THE covuntTs, oy i a Be errans Count, Cuauners—Berors Jupan cis Se cca = fears i hors, i