The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 8, 1870, Page 2

Joma Brie Railw ‘Opera ern Putin, the Toppers Dar, my Gan Francisca Minatrete a eedess ‘Tony 1 pera Monae \ ‘The Heach Pneumatic T Wate’ Oe Cohen ‘Wood's Munewne-The Wik hes of New York, & Combination 0 Wo Visitors. Marines. The daily ctroutatton of Vth BUN dering fhe last uecck, which ended on Saturday, Arg. 6, was ae follors : % londay. 198.009 Thoretay Aggregate daiiy ctrevtation last week, 27,500. Average daily circulation dur- ing a Wook, 121,250. Daily average during the previous week, ending July 80, 113,204. et fhe Trench Army Defeated and Me- treating, Our lIatert ealile telegrams inform us that ® great battle wes fought between the French and the Germans on Saturday, at Hagenau, a little west of Saarbritck. The \Pruseiitn official despatches claim 4 vietory, With the capture of four thonsdud prisoners, thirty carmen, two standenia; ahd six mitrail- hee The loss of the Betite is admitted by ‘thé Emperor Narontow. The appearance is that the whole Frey army is falling back for the protoction of Paris. Corrupting the Young Men of the Country. The exemple of Presidcnt GRANT neces- éatily has a profound effeet upou the public mind; and we do not believe that any Presi dent or any pfomilnent public man has ever done somuch es he to corrupt and break down the wonscience of the people, and es- pecially to destroy the safeguards of public morality among our young me “The great political crime of our day ts bribery, It pervades our Legislatures, it ap- proaches our courts, atid the ¢ifects of its poison are visiLl¢ in a’most all departinents of the public service, Unless it can be checked and romoved, it will certainly de- ttroy the experiment of @ republican form of government. This crime of bribery Gen. Grant is now encottraging, approving, and maintaining with all the weight of his char- acter anil his influence. Jonn Baxcrort Davis is now Acting ‘Bocretary of State of tho United States. He has been convicted of bribery, not by any mere unsupported allegation or public ru- mor; the charge has been proved by the offcial publi¢ investigations of the Legisla- ture of Massachusetts, They have taken the evidence which proves it, and they have published it to the world. Davis does net! even attempt to deny the accusation or to pailiate the foree of the testimony. He ad mits by his eilence, unbroken now for more than four months, thet he is poilty of hav ing taken a biibe of $60,000 to betray the constituents who had intrusted lim with their property, and the clients who confided their interctis to bis charge, It is a great, glaring, and shocking case of this most dangerous crime. The facts are confessed, The culprit pleads yuilty ; but he aleo boldly and insolently affirnis by lis action that it ig pot such ao crime as disqualifies a man from holding one of the highest and most Important offices under the Government. Gen, GRANT adopts this insolence of BAN mort Davis ; he keeps him in office ; he still confides the keys of powor to his corrupt hands, Notwithstanding that the facts have Deen notorivus for nearly half a year, Gen. Gan still retains Davis as bie Assistant Secretary of State, and in the absence of the Sceretary places him at the head of the De- partment. We thus proclaims with all t authority of the Presidential office that bri bery is, in his judgment, not a@ serious offence; that a man may be bribed with $00,000 to betray his trast, and still be per. foctly fit to hold the place and wear the honors of Acting Secretary of State. Can there be anything mose calculated to corrupt the minds of young men in regard to this momentous subject than the action of Presi- dent Gianni? ——$—————__-- Was Mr. Nathan Murdered by a Mere Vagraatt The opinion that it was a vagrant or loafer who murdered Mr, BENJAMIN NATTIAN seers: to be gaining ground, Mr, Gzonen WiLkes | has given in its favor the authority of Lis gcute mind and caretul judgnent, Ther: are, however, strong oljections to be urged ngainst such a theory, Suppose that a wandering thief or beg: gar chanced to pass’ Mr. NaTHAN's house on Thursday morning, and saw the front base- ment hall door loft open, as the carpenters who had been employed in the house suid they had oceasionally seen it; that he ‘np. proached the gate with the iron grating which stands before the hall door, and, thrusting his band between the bars, lifted the latch; that he entered the basement, in tending, if detected, to ask for alms, but found no one to bar his progress, and sncaked up stairs; that he managed to escape the observation of the carpenters who were at work inthe upper part of the house, and concealed Limself in some closet or wardrobe, waiting fora chance to make off with such booty ashe could find; that Le heard the carpenters go away, and still waited ; that he heard the murdered man and his sons enter the house and retire one after the other ; and that at about two o'clock on Friday morn. ing, without entering any other room in the house the pantry with its silver plate, le stole softly down or visitin airs, bis shoes in lis hand, to Mr, Natitan's room There, we will suppose, he first took the studs from Mr, NATHAN’s shirt, the watch fron Lis waisteoat, and the pocketbook frou Lis trou pocket; that, with a sleeping f he took time to x 1 of simply Airusting it lis pocket for inspection « of safvty; that he vey and knew at once to safe, #0 easily and noiselessly did he do the work; that then Mr. NATHAN sprang of ded, and, though an old man and nenrei 4, without giving an alarm at theyiadawsy rushed upon the fellow and was killed But killed with what? With the iron “dog”? But where did the dog come from? Who brought it into that room? ‘The vagrant? And where a4 he get it? In the house for aeertainty, for no vagrant ever yet entered a dwelling to steal, but os- tensibly to beg, with such a weapon in his hand. But the carpenters have testified that, though they were in all parts of the housc from garret to basoment, they did not seo any tool which resombled this dog. Moreover, is it nob remarkable that @ vagrant should chtér a room in which thero was sleeper when there were so many other rooms which were vacant? A loafer or snenk thief does not niake safes the object#of his raids; lis booty fs always paltry, unless by. accident, and with paltry booty he js usually content. Was there not $6,000 worth of silver ware in the pantry below, which he could ensily have dis- covercd and rifled ? Also, is it not remarkable that this vagrant should have come upon Mr. NATHAN fost’ that particular night? On Thursday Mr. Narman arrived from Morr's- town, and on Friday he intonded to return. Te it not a wonderfil coincidence that this vagrant should have come upon him that night? Ofcourse, no one supposes that an ordinary loafer thicf would have desired Mr, NAtTiAn’s presenec, even if he had known when Mr. Natitan would come to the city. Also, !fa vagrant committed the muror, how comes it that there was 60 little con- fasion in the bedroom? Everybody who saw the room on the morning after the murder concluded that the murderer must have been well acquainted with the interior of the ho But vagrants are not accustomed to inspect Louses carefully before they euter them. They make the entry in some hap: hazard way, aud stcal what they can; and ther work is usually very bungling. Also, how happens it, if thia hypothetical vagrant Aid the work, that Mrs. Krrry, the fervant woman, in her room to the rear of Mr. NaTiAan’s, and separated from it by only one doot, heard no noite? Remember that the conflict and the murder took place in the sill of the night, and that, according to Officer MANGA’s testimony at the inquest, Mrs. Kevny was first awakened from her sleep at six o'clock in the motning by the shouts of the gona at the front door below. And, finally, why did this wngrant’s bloody feet leave no staine on the stairs or in the hally It has teen sald that he probably tock off his shoes on entering Mr. NATIAN’S room, and pulled them on again when he left it, But is it not more probable that ia such a case a man, whether vagrant or bur- giar, would have kept his shoes off until li reached the door below, #0 as to make as Iittle nolso os possible in descending the Stairs? Before this vagrant theory can be estal- lished, these questions must be answered. Baths rit mL Why Soldiers are Dissatisfied. The letters from several soldiers which appear in our columns to-day reveal a state of affairs in the a that imperiously de. mands reform, If their statements are true—and wo have the strongest grounds for believing them in the main correct—these men havo at least been treated ille gally; and while they cannot themselves tell how it is done, their sense of wrong is from Its very vagucnicss all the more bitter and intense. It is prescribed in the Revised Army Regu- Intions for 1963 that when it is necessary to employ non-commissioned officers and sol diers on constaut labor for uot less than ten days, they are to be enrolled as extra-duty men, and allowed twenty-five cents a day when employed as laborers and teamsters, and forty cents a day when employed as mechanics, clerks, and storekecpers, at all stations east of the Rocky Mountains ; and thirty-five and fifty cents per day respectively at all stations west of those mountains, By ain act of Congress, approved July 13, 1866, the provision we have just cited was so amended as to make it more definite, while tho rate of compensation was somewhat changed. Thereafter enlisted men, when working a artiticers, and non commissioned officers employed as overscers of such work, were to receive, in addition to their rogalar pay. thirty. conts a day; and soldiers a ployed as laborers, tweuty cents por a additional compensation, If it be true that post commanders keep skilled workmen on duty more than ten days without the additional compensation allowed by law, it is an outrage on the legal rights of the sol If, again, it be true that, in order to keep within the requir ments of the law, private soldiers are detail. edon what is called daily daty for six or eight days, und then after two or three days’ erval again placed at work, and if this be done in this manner simply to avold pay them wages, itis a trick unworthy an oflicer ‘god unworthy the Government. We are sure the American people will not counte- nance such dishonest devices to save money — such paliry, miserable attempts at army re. trenchment. A nation that can pay off twenty millions of debt in a month does not look with favor upon cheating; and a people the most generous in the world, and the most jealous of their rights, desire nothing more than to treat with even-handed justice the humblest of their servants, A General who holds a contrary opinion is mistaken, nor will the people thank him for robbing the soldier in order to achieve a reputation for econom; The Luck of Louis Napoleon. Lovurs NaroLron made war upon Russia in 1854, with a view of weakening her power; but he actually strengthened it. In 1859 he made war upon Austria to strengthen Italy ; and then he weakened France by per mitting Italy to co’’perate with Prussia In the war of 1866. In 1862 he made war on Mexico to break down the United States, Lut was himec!f humiliated and the prestig of the United Statce was increnscd, Ho now now makes war to break down Prussia; but instead of t o has already succceded in consolidating the unity of Germany, and hat he began to lock for Oro suf from the bedroom It was not visible; that he entered the library and there found the safe ; that hé did aot awaken Mr NavuaN until after he had onaned the , since in giving the death-blow to the political power of the Papacy by allowing tho Italians to transfer their capital to Rome, His design was to humble Russia, Austria, Prossia, and America aud make @ vassal of Italy, while ig- i noring evo thé existenes of such a power ae and. Porhepe Te even dreams of avenging Watérloo, and eecks to provoke England by arbitrarily disposing of the destinies of Europe without the slightest regard tor her approval or disapproval. So far he has been decisively checkmated only by the United States. We have driven his legions out of Mexico, anid wo have bronglt the Bonaranre eagle to ¢rouch Vefore the engle of America, And in the present war tho Prussian sympathies of a country which 1 dealt such a) fearful blow to the pride of the Bonarantes mist be capecially galling to the Emperor. It is truo, he pretends that he does not maka war upon the Prossian people, bat only npou Bremanck. 0, in this country, we are friendly to the French ; we are hostile only to Bonarants. What Bisaancx is to him, heis to us. Him, the erapulous adventurer, we yearn to fee Lnrled from power and caught in the pitfall which he lays for others, But the J*vench people we wish to see great, glorious, and prosperous The desperate proceedings of Louis Naro- LEON indicate a desire on lis part for a conli tion agdtnst Lim. Very likely he would re. joice to see himself, like his putative uncle, immortalized in history as the invincible potentate, who could bo reeisted only by o coalition of all the great powers of the world. Of course those powers are fully aware that they have to deal with a dosperado, who shrinks from no crime to satiate his ambition ‘and ihpose upon France a fourth NAroLron as his successor. Their policy, for the pros ent at least, is to leave him sovercly alone; to let him fight out bisduel with Germany. ‘Those who remember thesentimental effur sions which were exchanged last year be tween the monarchs of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, must be convinced that these mon- archs never had any love for this bastard Bo- Narante, however much Austria has been obliged to court his allian Tussia, whose action prompts that of Exgland, and who thus controls the situation, is not in ® mood tonct rashly. She has the first French fn- yasion and the Crimean war to avenge; bub she is inspired by stateoraft, not by resent ment. Her decision will finally determine whether the war shall be local or general ; but she will be in no haste to make it, dina Thero being no political objection, Gov. Torraay has commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of Trowas Suenivax, the wife-innr- derer, who otherwis@ might have been hanged onthe 19th inst, Stizeipan’s friends are ware supporters of Tammany Mall, —— An attempt has recently been made by the Boston Lyceum Bureau to engage Louis Kossura to give a series of lectures ip the United States, The gentleman who visited him in July in the city of Burin describes him as “a mild, sedate, rather dignified-deoking gentleman of probably ixty years of age.” When the proposition was made to hit, he regretted that it was not in hid power to entertain it, averring that he had en- tirely retired from public life, and was now @ recluse from worldly afuirs., Being told that the proposed lectures would not require him to dis- cuss polities, but only social and literary topics, and that the engagement would give him an op- portunity to compare the America of to-day with what he ww twenty years ago, he said: I dislike but Tam not the man d heavy domestic afllictions, 1 das fer addressing a number of people, I have almost forgotten what public speaking is.’ To the suggestion of pecuniary advantage from the proposed engagement, he said: “1 have very little money, but I have very few wants, and I am contented.” From this determination the veteran patriot could not be moved, But, no doubt, if he could have been induced here, he would have been popular lecturer peel ee Gen. Scuenck is going to run for Con- gress in the Third District of Ohio after all. He didn't mean to, but the people insist upon it, We thought as much, His election is sure, and he is one of the foremost men in the House, ————___— Tho Regents of the University have con, ferred upon Mr. Barat and Gov, Serwovr the diploma of Doctor of Literature, What nonsense ! Not that the gentlemen are not both of them fairly entitled to any literary compliment, In the case of Mr, Bryant no one will dispute it; and as for Gov, SeyMove, he is an aecomplished scholar and an clegant writer, notwithstanding bis devotion to politics and family. If he had turned his at- tention to poetry and newspapers as Mr. Durant has done, though he could never have produced Thanatopsis or Waiting at the Gate, he could not have fuiled of great distinction as o journalist, Dut what is the use of these honorary degrees? A thousand years ago, when learned men were few, a doctor’s diploma had # meaning; but now it is nothing but a toy, and putting it upon men like Bryax? and Sevsove is wn obsolete and ridiculous more honored in the breach giving you a cold negati Twos. Ihave want nerve ; > com ceremon, than the observance es = A large number of the public thorough. fares in the upper part of the city are being newly paved, in some instances with wood and in others with stone, Evidently, if the wooden pavements are laid without a perfectly solid foundation, they will settle away here and there and gradually be- come deeayed and worthless, The enormous le of this city have to bear should induce those whose duty it is to superine tend the paving of the streets, not to countenance any payement without a proper foundation, Otherwise the greatest present cost of the work will not save us from heavy expense hereafter to keep it in repai taxes whieh the pe Saran A great outcry is made, especially by the Democratic papers, on account of # circular which has been issued by the Republican Execu- tive Commitee levying upon the Republican officeholders under the national Government an assessment for the expenses of the coming cam- palgn, This outcry is all humbug. From time immemorial such a ssessments have always been levied upon the officeholders of both parties, and generally the Democrats have been taxed more heavily than the Republicans, It is a per n is eystem; but when it is condemned by mere partisans, for partisan reasons alone, we have a right to brand the condemnation as errant hypocrisy. It is a curious fact that the home thrust at the President made by Senator Fenton iv his letter vindicating his course in opposing the con- firmation of Mr, Mugriy as Collector of the Port should have been permitted to pass without comment, Mr, Pentoy recalls the assurances which were understood to come from the Pres dent about the period of bis inauguration, in respect to retention in office, as well as removal from oftice,”” It will be remembered that these surances were tothe effect that faithful public servants then in office should be retained, and that no officer thereafter appointed would be re- moved except for cause, It is superfluous to say that this pledge has beon constantly violate Not one of Grywr's predecessors ever removed oue-ball a9 wauy of bis own appoluiges a the oes, THE SUN, individual now f@ the Presidential chair. The eanks of these changes has been the of political advantage in most eases, Th romovals have been made from mere caprice, ‘and in many instances in utter disregard of the public interest, It was inevitable that these pro- ceedings should result in the total demoralina- tion of the Republican party, and the disgrace of the Administration, Tn alf civil tatters Grant has neither sense, fadyment, nor discretion, a Buthusiastic Americans had best be care- ful how they bet their money on the yaoht Amer- fea in to-day’s races. We are informed that her sails and her rig have been so miserably botched by the bunglors at the Navy Yard, that if sho wins, it will beby a miracle, Mer sails are mado of sof duck, and belly badly, instead of being fiat like boards as they should be; aud not one of thom can be shifted withoat moving half a dozon things, Hor ropes yesterday were all lying around uneoiled and anhandy, and tho greatest confusion prevailed on her @eek, It is said that Admiral Ponren artd his two sons will ‘be ott board, and that of itself is anfuvornble td success, Both Capt. Brows, who sailed her in 1651, and young Srens have left her in disgust at the way things have been mismanaged. —_————<—_<—_— CAITELL'S SUCCESSOR. — Who will be the Noxt United State afonntor trom Now Jersey ?~Admirnt Robeson Fish= ing for the Pince-How he Disposed of Fretingbayseus Correspondence ,of ‘Ihe Sup. Newanx, Aug. 6.—It is generally conceded that if the Democracy should carry the Legt this fall, the ¢eleetion of a United States Sen will have to he mnie from this Feetton of the State, Many of the New York journals have enpposed that our pretent Govertor wonld bea prominent cand date; but this is hot so, a8 we hoard hiw dectare whot ameniber of our State Senate, and Gov, Pare ker desired to be sent to the United States Sen ate—* that when the people elected a man to am office of trust and profit fora term of years, he he lieved the people intended he shonll serve out his term, and not use the patronage of lis office to enable him to secure something better.” He was undoubt ediy correct in that sentiment, and we will not do luim the injustice of supposing that he eould be 0 inconsistent as to do that which wo know he once so censured In anovher, Of the prominent canditates tn this section ‘may be enumerated ex-Chancetlor Witllamson, Gen. Rane yon, Nehemiah Perry, and Mayor Bigelow. Ex-Sen- ator Wa'l is also spoken of, bat he ely de élines, alleging that the Senatoriai ofive een: to be desira n hegroes can compete with yo for its honors," ‘The contest therefore appears to He between Williameon and Runyon, either of whom possesses mach more ability than the present Deno~ cratic incumbent, who lias fallen tar short of publig expectation. Either of them would do houor to the State. 5 that party ea candidates would ‘aite!l, whose health is quite feeble, candidate, bat will labor hard to put be legion. will not be Robeson, the present Secretary of the Treaxury. H hie place, Frelinghuysen was certainly nomin to the Eoglish mistion through Ropeson's influe with Grant, and to mak iraiglt the path to the Renate cluinder fi Sceretary, who fs tired of playing the réle of a mere flawrehead tn the Depart- mont. In the event of Frelinghaysen’s refusal to accept this mission, he will, in spite of all Robeson has done for him, be didate for the Senate, Courtland Parker of Newark, a lawyer of eminence, expacious skull than aspirants put togeter, will be ht forward ugiinst him, which will put an ex- her upon Frelinghayken's prospects in this direction, ay beiu that event that Frelinghuy. fen's friends will go over to Kobesou, and sv secur his election, There will be lively times tn the Logtslature, let either party succeed, Both parties are split up into factions, and each faction bas a Senatorial candidate, The strong probabilities are, negro vote, Which will be large in this the Demockacy will carry the Legislature, | Te}, will certainly, If the spring elections are any indication, Io those elections, although the negroes were out in fuil force, the Democracy increased their majorities everywhere. In the rural districts of this State there is great hostility to negro suffrage among the more moderate Republicans, Daring the recent cle- tions to which we have alluded, it made itself visible by leading Republicans in many of the townships openly voting tne Democratic ticket, and alleging as did so that it was done to put in their protest vlizing thevranchise, The heavy vote ed for G wor Was not owing to lis popularity, but becouse really the questiod of striking the word “ white” out of the Blute Coustl+ tution was at issue, tingu ———$$$_—$— STATEN ISLAND'S SUNDAY. Cap Race—The New York Rowdies— A Fight at the Railroad Depot. The Staten Island boats were crowded yester- day, The ferry house at the foot of Whitehall street was literally besieged all day long by anxious pleas- ure seekers, the mojority of whom were Teutons. This increase of visitors doubtless came of a desire to see the feet of beatiful yaclits. Ove of the most amusing tneldents of the day was the meeting of two of the Cambria’s tars and one of the sailors of the Dauntews ine liquor saloon near the Club onse, | Each was fully persuaded that bis vesse! Would win, After awhile the English sailors and the Atneriean tar entered into a personal expia- nation of their own opinions of the merils of the Jada, ‘The Englishmen were conddeat that the ‘ambria would best the Dauntless, and the Amert- can Was positive the result would be just the oppo- site, Alter some rather warm wrangling the sailor from the Dauntless offered to back his opinion with a dollar, wuich was soon covered by the representa- tive of the Cambria, Among the visitors to the Island was a ‘large num- ber of New York rowdies, One party of these ine snited;an official of the Staten Island Railroad. On being Tevrimanded, the men showed (Nght, but the railroad men took ‘all fight out of them, by giving one Man ® stunner On the nose, aud tlrowing au- other to the ground. The boats in the evening were beer gardens, Everybody was elbowing, pushing, and crowding, and Got afew were drunken and boisterous, On tle last boat, some man, who is evidently @ lunatic, stood in the midJle of tue cabin, and began to de- liver & rawbling series of religious exhortations, Lis voice was, however, soon drowned by @ party of Geami who amused themselves by singing national eonge. —_— RIOV IN BOSTO. ——. A Policeman Using bis Revolver on Sevens yeursold Children-The Populace Eu- raged—Brickbats and Paving stone; Boston, Ang. % 1870.—Last night, betwen 9 and 10 o'clock, in South Cove district, near the Old Col- ‘ony Railroad Depot, there was @ disturbance, which threatened to become a serious rict. Policeman Clay ton arrested a young boy named Richard Burko, When a crowd collected and an attempt was made to rescue him, Tho officer fired four svots Into the Crowd, all of which toox effect, Wounding gerionsly Wugh McShane, only seven yeats old, in the back of the neck, a boy named Hayes in the ‘thigh, Thomas Driscoll,’ thirteen years old, in the leg, And a litte boy in Ue leit breast, A vory large ‘and excited crowd rushed to the seene, and brickbats and pay. ing siones began to fly freely, but a lorce of police AiTiving, the crowd dispersed. poate tn <TR RS HORSB NOTES phe as Sheridan Shook, late of the Thirty-second, drives his dusling sorrel. Road horves must be getting cheaper, Uaderbill is bald Wy be buying for investment, ‘The fascinating Alderman of the Twelfth Ward is taking 6 lively interest tn running stock, Lew. Reed drives daily bis cross-matched team of Uttie pacers, Their pitpat is lively for # quarter, ‘Vhe Hon. John Fox (bas just bought at Long Branch a showy pair of fuss bays Price of Wie spa, 00, Charley Mott was seen on the Coney Island road Feuicrday wid bie 4390 mare, Charley takes wovOdy"s rt Tho Hon. TH, W. Genet displays his fast team of Day Hambivtoulans every day Deweeh the course aud the beach, Hamilton's gay equfpares with thelr darling freieht are ontevery night, Yellow ronning gear au liveries look well these bight evenings, Dilly Rogers, the handsomest man in the Ameri- cus Club, iat Long Franch with bis celebrated lorse Confidenve, "Driver and trotier take the lead, Mace, Coburo, and other members of tho fistio Congress do not acem to ailuct the trotter. ‘They pres fer the aristocratic landau, Attitude Is 4 study. ‘The veteran George Spicer Joes bis brown mare daily over the Lane, The go long of the days of Auncricus and Suffolk seems LO have subsided euurely, ‘The Americus Club, headed by Wm. M. ‘Tweod, was oue of the attractions at tho races. ‘They w Pronounced the Bucek Body of mem which ever paraded, ‘The heated term and the hard Park roads are be ginning to tell upon the horses. Many of then ste Very gingerly, Is there not such # Ug a& Waviog the Tuads Loo good for horwes' feck? ‘There are dangerous embankments on Con- tral ave Ibe guarded nt once, A coit Steppod over one. last. Week, wid thonwh the’ danage Wor Urilling. he or some Obber CON MMIKLE possibly do bo Sgalu und Drewk things Jolin OYDonnedi is looked wpon as the most forta: nate better U's »aron, Thanks to Taylor, bit horse Me to Uh cure in primecon tion Judge G nerly Geer al DUKe, Fach day w opting nd their wn tod s withens ararg jock with ya at wudent of Lovg wed. Li ‘a New Yori is at iasy ad ila” THB: COUNTRY’S PAUPERS. ADMINAL PORTER FILLING THD NAVY WITH NUMBAKULLS. pean Nata Taking Care of the Entire Porter Family ~ Dismissing the Professors who Placked is Royal Highness, Theodore Porter, Correaponaenee of The Su Wasuinaron, Aug. 6,—Nepotiam is one of the gravest offences against official propriety. One fon of President Grant's unpopularity, and the severe strictares upon his aoministration even by those mort prominent in the party which placed him in power, is the favoritiem shown in the distribation of patronoge. While every one is perfectly familiar with the manner in which the whole family of the President, even to the most remote members of it, have been handsomely provided for at the publiv expense, there are perhaps vory few who know to what extent this pernictows example bas been ful: lowed * ‘ BY GRANT'S IMMEDIATE SUNORDINATES, Let us look for a moment at the favoritism in the Navy Department and we shal be better able to Judge bow far the Grant system has obtained foot- hold in every branch of the Government, Vice-Admiral Porter ts blessed with a fumily of four sqns—all grown, or nearly 80. White we have no disposition to pry into that oMcer's domostia affaires, clrenmetances require that the public should know how nicely and comfortably the interesting group bave been provided for, and the rather ques- Hionable ‘meany emvloyed by the gallant Admiral 0 secure places for them at the pablic erib, Briefly, the following are the tacts: ‘THE ALDEST BON, DAVID asm, having drawn from his earliest boyhood the s attached toa clerkship on board his father's vessel, was Sppolatod by Presideat Lincoin a Second Lieu: tenagt in the First Artillery in 1862, This commis+ wion the young man heli for two ye: frome misdemeanor, ® court martial his military career forever, Not vo hu however, for Berax now holds a handsome position on the staff of the Vice-Admiral, the nominal dut of whic! actual ones, or rather thore which th most’ interest in, ave to play bil H , Or indulge in champagne sappers at Worm ley’, THE SECOND SON, CARLISLE, was appointed in the Na ademy ax soon as be arrived proper ae A‘ter remaining ne his career was cut short by thé Df Roveral profomore iielsted “td maa dificutt q it, he Lidge. the Acrdemy « upon the professors by havin and young and inexperienced naval officers o there in their stead. Having ended ns eareer in Navy, young Vorter sought setuge in toat natural asylum for * bilged” midshipmen, the Marine Corps, And secured a commission therein, where te ts dolug his boloved country the honor of serving Ler, THE THIRD SON, FRRODORIO, was also sent to the maval school, to be educated at the expense af the nation, | During the course the boy proved go deficient in’ lik studies that py order of his father le Was excused from several brancnes, to that he might devoue more tiwe to those consider: ed absolutely essential, Notwithstanding he was so favored, his etanding was so low at the final exami tion in June inst that it was found impossible to graduate him without manifest injustice Lo other members of bis closs, Admiral Porter resolved T18 SON SHOULD RECEIVE A DIPLOMA at any rate, and he therefore directed that no mem: Ver of the elags should be * bil and by thi means several midshipmen, considered wiolly unfl for the service, were awarded diplomas and commis sions, so that young Porter might be graduated. After a course of such distinction at the Academy, Midshipman Porter bas been ordered to a fancy cruise in the Mediterranean, and enjoys the same privilece accorded the Duke of Baiuburgh in his steerage days, that of selecting bis own messm ‘The next we shall hesr of him wif) be that deen promoted to the grade of Lieate wander, aud ordered on the stadt of the mira, ‘rie roURTH son, Wiis name we are unable to learn, has been appointed aCadet Midshipman in the Naval Academy within the past few weeks, and will begin his studies in September, It would seem from the facts thus pro sented that the country must provide comfortably for all the Porters present and prospective, and in View of this, is it not a question for the serious cons sideration of Congress whether it would not 1 better to at once appropriate @ sum of money eu! ficient for THK MAINTENANCE OF THE PORTER FAMILY, rather than to place its male members in_positi where, through their ignorance and incompetence the interests of the Government cannot but suffer ? a TUE CHARGES AGAINST BUTLER, Swindling the Soldier's Widow—Obtaining n for a Contederate Soldier—Thi je Grocery. Wasmryoton, Aug. 7.—A letter from Green ville, Tennessee, just received here, to be submit ted to the Commissioner of Pensions, says that the representative R. H. Butler, of that Congressional district, began bis pension and county speculations in October, 1967; and among the serious charges against him 4s that he procured back pay and al- Jowances to the amount of $400, but gave only $40 to the widow in whose behalf {t was obtained, Further, that be made @ business of having bills passed by Congress, the recipients of the benefits ving him one-half of the sum ; and that he bad ob- ined & pension for a man who had served as & Confederate roldier, never having been tn the Union army. Buvler and his son keep a store, and compel those for whom the father receives pensions to take out the amount iu groceries at a large advance over the usual price. $< THE NORTH CAROLINA ANARCHY, pest neti Cel, Kirk's Victims to be Rescued by a Writ of Habeas Corpus, Raxeran, Aug. 7.—Geo, W. Brooks, Judge of the United States District Court in the District of North Carolina, bas issued a writ of Aabeas corpus for all citizens now held by Col. Kirk under order of Gov. Holden to appear before him at Sulisbury, where he opens hit Court to-morrow. The United States Marshal leaves to-night to serve the writ . Turner, editor of the Raleigh Sentinel, wi rested at lis home in Silboro, ‘Orange’ county, which county has never been declared in a state of insurrection, by « detachment of Holden's miliia from Alamance county, The State has kone Democratic by a large major. ity, and from all appearance the Democrats Lave & two thinis majority in both branches of the Le-ise lature. ‘The Democrats also lected five of the seven Congressmen, are Ts ees The Sulcide of Another Frenchman iu Wash+ ington City. Wasuixetox, Aug. 7.—Yesterday afternoon, Rodolphe Coliot Henri committed suicide by shoot. ing bimsel{ io the breast with a pistol, He leit two letters giving as a reason for the act domestic diM culties, and expressing his heartfelt thanks to Sec. retary Cox, Judge Otto, and his dear friends, th Marquis de Chamdran and Custerhe Collett, for their kindness and friendship to him, In one of the letters he «: ot an Ambassador of France and thereior xpect to go to my OWN Lat country to lie th of my funily, but must be buric f strange country, 4 my wile, baby, ds T have, and io His infinite n pity and forgive Collot Henrl, Count do ‘hors, Baron ins. Henri had #erved tn the army during the late war, and Was several Weeks ago wppounted clerk an tid Census Bureau, STALEN ISLAND. emma rson died suddenly ia New Brighton of ase on Saturday, ‘Two of the crew of the Dauntless are in the Sea. men's Ketreat aullcring fom dysentery, superinduced by bard work ut sea, S aliaminmesoeare RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, a James MeCupn, laborer, of 565 West Forty-secon street, haying bech run over by a Mudso liver freight ‘Walp, died on Baturday, road, op Saturday, NJ. was killed hy loco: frigtilened and dasiing acros a LONG ISLAND, gee ‘The schooner Samucl Reiker at Kelley's Dock, Tunter's Point, was run into yesterday by the tug Jaines Johnson, ‘The salary of the Suffolk connty Jadges has been ratecd from $1,200 to $1,500 per year, aud the Falary of the District Aitoruey trom #00 vo 640, Mr. Theodore Com ged 2 aper box manufac. of Warren street, New York, was drowned In the jertoW While surtbathing at Biidgebaupton on Fil me - LSLCMESTER COUNTY. peat ty Me, John Connell, a well-known butcher of Ford- hai, Was thrown. 110 ourriage Saturday evening onFlth sireet, Murrsauia, His taco aud Lead were badly lacerated, Atan election of ofcers of Company B, Third reginent, Capt, John C. Gebinan, ueld Wy West Chester, Henry Hass) was wade Fire Licuwenaut aud Wart Schwartz Second Lieutenant, ‘The colored people of Fordham had Friday nicht, In a large dray, accompa band, and assisted by wnateur vooalbst Yonkers, to serenade their frieuds. The party mum cd about thirty-five. persons, headed by Mr. John ‘Coloy, Mr, Brodis, ava Mr, Squires, On Saturday aiternoon a dead man was found washod fajjore on the of the esiate of Mr, Paut high time on weal DY & string they drove to uate he Rody. ver innioh (les ‘On the left side of tue breast Wan ued waiver badge shaped in the form of w parallelograti, with the name W. M. Core engraved im Roun ebarac ae Guioner Laklwate bald Mae baugely TUE ARMY QUESTION. Bin: Fread your article “Deserters from the Army” in Tun Sun of ‘Thursday morning last Please look at the descriptive lists you have in your possession. You will @nd that nincty-nine out of Cyery hundred desorters are put down ax mechan tes Until very lately it has always been the eustom in the army to pay skilled workmen from twenty-five to forty cents extra, per tay, whenever they worked at their trade for the Government, Those who get int OxIPA Day NOW ae exceptional cases. Nowa- days when ® skilfal mecianio joins ar he is pad ints the Host qigrrter-master's, deparmient, on what is called ‘dally duty,” and for which he rete no extra pay, Ihe ever gece paid for his extra work he ts fortunate; kept ot this kindof uty, day after day, is ita wonter if he begins to reflect thathe might do the «ame thing ont of series, and make from $2 50 to $3.50 per day? e my own case. Tam a carpenter by trade, © enlisted to be a soldier, Within the past yar E have worked, on and off on carponter work. all told, five months and two days, for which T have never beou id one cent of the extra pay, 40 called. This wax formerly aliowed by jaw. Ithink itis now. But how can T cot redress? Tle exigency of service ie an unanawerable argument againat paying imo oF hend ing my complaints, Beonomy ts the word now, But is it economy to ave a paltry forty cents aff ® poor private soldier, and keep him continually alive to the fact that he wonld have dono much better had Ne never seen the army? It corte the Governmont a great deal of money to. equips discipline, and maka foldiers of green men. Just'as their services as soldiers have become valuable to the Government, ix it true economy to drive them out and supply their Phices with raw recruits. who will go through the tame course Of diseust and desertion. AC ‘Te Bum will throw soine of ity light into the in the army, the poor golilier will get his OLD SOLDIER. ed One Cause of Deve To the Kaitor of The Sun. Sim: Tam a painter by trade, My mother lives in Germany. I was 1 war told the army w: Ii hey #aid [could be a soldier. trade I would’ be patd dicr’s pay, L was in the urmy-only thes mouths they put me ab work painting. ‘wow ealled me nrtificer. Mv name eame next the drammors) and fifere om the muster roll. did my pay. I got two dollars moro a month when I was artitie Tt lastod four months. blacksmith, artiticer, two dollars and Twas paid again, Bott stil painted. ‘They used to derail ne six days s» painter on daily duty, Daily duty was the same as extra duty, only itdid got last rofong. ‘Then, ut the end of six days, they pat mo and the recond day after that T went to fot the private’s pay Duin’ ‘Phis Was Lhe way I worked sitagethor Gilty-two days in six toate T thing I am home- ick now. I do not feel like painting imore. Perhana my letters did not iin. wot de- sert, bat do desort w ey see i ia in the army, twink, rte, blame. The Government wants to eave money. vat ts the way Texplam it, If they Cr recruit how it t# in the army, amd ali they might expeot, and n enlisted they would havens taht oe tiesstiahed.| Mon ean work without boing in the ariny.” hey should pay every man who works at his trade fometh ng extra, Theo T would seid tor my mother in Germany, asf expected. Tam disdppojpted. Your servant, SBIA, —_-—. Don't Cut Of the Soldiors’ Pay. To the kiliuor of Ihe Sun. Sin: When I enlisted the pay for a private soldier was $10.0 month. I had ‘no reason to sup- pose that our pay would be cut down. No one told me. Soldiers don't everything, nor kno every law Congress chooses to pass. Tow was I to know that after June, 18%, my pay would be $3 lesd per month? A member of OSS more pay, now than he did in the war, The; ent dow! their own pay, When I took the pro to accept such pay, bounty, ration Government chose to give me; but no one told mg abont this Toss of $8 every month. T won't desert, but there are plenty who will. ‘there willbe mord desertions this month than there lave been any month einge the eer jannot Tum Suy stir uy 8 to continue out it the “old. rates? it will” be gheaper or ha iovernment im the end. Soldiers are himan sus! like other people, and tite best paid are the pes! soldiers and the cheapest. You help the poor people, help us! Uncle Bani fs afraid of you, particularly’ About ctection time, use your power to protect, to elevate cherish the soldiery, They wiil Your triend, PRIVY, ee —— O' Hall and St. Paul. To the Eutitor of The Sun. Sin: A good provider is Mayor O'Hall, He has for his private secretary bis uncle, an oid gen: Ueman nam O'Tlall, who never visits the offic save once a month, and then to draw his salar; whichwmounts to (ree thousand fve hundred dot- lare per annom, His cousin, Edward O*ffall, ts an other pensioner, He isa very young man, Is sty! “third clerk,” and wiough doing but little or work, each month draws a portion of a yearly salary of two thousand five hundred dollars. St. Paul says that «man who does not provide for his own is worse than en infidel, O'flall agrees with St. Paul. This little understanding beww O'Hall and St. Paul, however, costs the taxpayers six thousand dollars a year, That's Hull. JAMES. —— a Land of Freedom? Are we Living 1¢ Bustor of The Sun. In your edition of to-day appears an ar ticle headed ** Preparation for a Riot.” It purposts to give atruthful account of the gathering of law: Jess mon intent upon attacking @ procession of Orangemen, In examining the editorial columns of Tum Sux and Herald 1 find uo word of remonstrance or con- demnation, Why is this? Ts the press frightened from its true mission by numbers ? Let us hope not, Better, 9 thousand times better, that one thousand or twenty thousand of these lawless men perish in our streets by grape and canister, than tor them to suppose that in free America any body of men differs ing from them in religion oF polities are to be depri Of their rights and privileges by brate force and brus talfznorance, Iam no Orangoman or Catholic, bat a native born American, an’ as such Leay to th Irish American citizens, celebrate if you will th “Wearing of the Greet,” or the “Orange,” and Americans will see to it that no lawlessness pre- Yents, With Orangeism we have no sympathy, Ro personal acquaintance knowingly, with any of the order, but from the demoustrations ta have been made they owe it to themselves as men and as true adopted American citizens, 0 parade the streets of New York from Battery to Hurk and the city of New York has a duty at th and time to tuifl in fully and completely furniwiin Once for all let Irishme men, understand that in this country Ameri+ is cuarantee liberty and freedow to all eegardiens ¢ligiOUs crecus oF pol To To the Sutton ¢ un, Sin: On or about the Ist of September we will Wait on the proprietors of thowe establishments who sales women employed alter seven o'clock, and ‘et then t@ close their places after that hour, except upon Saturday evenings. Not «day passes but I hear expressions of sympathy from Wealth in fayor of our early-closing MoV ho next meeting will take place o ng, Aug. 11, 1670, at Plimpton Hall when all saleswomen and members of t also members of the Dry Goods Clerks’ A fro requested to attend, By the Ist of Septenber, When ail the young women wil bave retired from Uleir vacation, Wo intend Wo une our demand for eurly closin T would like to invite. per, Lo Our next me Jones, through the eotomne of & person as tyself.~ Another rea ts, Fdo not know where to fin? but tt will gly: the Society and myself great pleasure to hear a fow words of eavouragoment (rom OMe Who bs iM fh our sex, Real's Exeour To the hauor of The Sin: 4 notice in your issue of this morning that Keai's executioner, Kobert Sinpsom, mentions my name as bis son, I wish to state that he ts not my father, nor even a relative. Please give this card a place in your valuable eolum: 1 do nos wish any ove to bave a false idea of me. The whole wing {sa malicious falsehood on the part of Robert Simpson, the executioner, for what parpose I kuow pot. Very traly yours, 8. SIMPSON, Vice-Coumodore Oceanic Yaeut Chub, Jensex Cary, Aug. 6, 18%0, me v the River, How The Sun Shines U To the Lutor of The Sun, 8 Dn the 11 o'clock trip of the ferry from this place te Fishkill this forenoon I wotiead 10 SuNs, 2 Tridunes, and 1 Times, Your luminary ts becom. ing very popular in this place, as it onght ever Where, “In a fow minutes atter thc Tie DUN cannot be obtained. 'T' cakes &c CONST A ne - nts The Olympic ‘Theatre opens on Monday, the 221 inst, Whon Horve’s great avd original ‘comic opera of © Lite Faust troupe and. the Oly tb cured Dn Esq., unae cessful pro Airection Uia uetinn wil be introduc Yorkers, W iven to understand that th tomes and s properties have by imported ox sly for this pio amd thar the getting up of Posite Bau » Olympic will by no means any of th r ects, The sconery is to be all naw. Mrs, O. represont AMenniste, and gir glorious fitend Guus Ly Bux te eharwoter ob * indy waned Wurdle y POSTSCRIPT, Y OFFICE, AUG. 8-44. Mm THE VBRY LATCSE PROM KUROP EK, pondhaats Ktaly in ¢he Field -She wilt Ald Peanece win 100,000 Meu Austria Cautious, Panis, Aug. %.—La Libert thousand Ttahans will be yt days under @ (reaty of alfiauee of sive, As for Aumtrin, #he temaln# the Austria of 1811. She has sold herself to her enemy, King Wie liam, for the Gerinan eudjects which were leit ber “by the treaty of Prague If vietory sbould crown our arms. France will remember Italy, awd she wilh not forget Austria, says: A hundred ne With US im A fow nsive und defen. Gen. Steinmer Odal Account ot the Breaking of Contre. Benuix, Aug. 1.—Ger ‘@ tolegraphe to G low ‘The conflict between Serrbrack ai & bloody ong, and closed only wit Apened by the Fourtvevtl Divisio » Mawmenieldt, Cifiel of Stat ut Gerlin as tole buch was ed successively by six battilions, three tertes, and some cavalry Wa took heights of Bpiehren, flung Uo enemy bac . rbaok, At the kame time the Thirteoath Bivkkon advance’ on V. agen. to Foss aw with co guard reached Porbagh towards evening. Another despateli, dated Saarbruck, to-day noon, ays The roenlt of the Nght execeded oar, tions, apied Forbach wore bart sire nd camp eyuipage Of of LWO dic fneplipetion a, Italian Tavasion of ‘apal Territory. Panis, August 1.—Z) Univers, the ultra montana organ, rounds an alarm for Home, it prodiete tha carly invasion of the papal territory by May. It doubts the power of thé Italian Government to ree sist the proasure even If it wished to, and it doce not. Even the moderate people at present in power say the conquest of Bome can alone pustain the fulling throne of Victor Exangel, nd re- ore the finances now bordeting?an barkrimtey. Tn this Crisis, when military events are multiplyiig around us, it seems suporfuous to think of the per- onal security of the Pope, and it would be w 1) shayld be seul to the waters of Civite Viechea so that Pius TX. can fud a place of ebelier, —— t Panis, Ang. WK lean, of thie Veay bet anthes rity, that Ataly sends 55,000 troops this week to the aid of France, and its velleved in ofteiat quarters ‘that "Austria will also send weontingent at once, In the battle of Haguonaa, om the 6h, Gen. Calvan, Gen. MacMahan's Chief of Stafl, was kulod by bis side, Gen. Raoult is migging. Mew is preparing for a Vigorous defense, A COURT OUT OF PLACE. The Prinee Imperial returas to Paris to-n Prench journal in commonwury ou this sayy “We have strenuously urged his return, and we are glad that it has becn deeded upon. Im tht grate cris tnrengh whieh we are pewing the cugmy Should flud opposed to hitn the breasts of mea. The camp should no longer reseaivie # edurt eutod LATEST REPORTS FROM PARIS. arisians were hoixed to-day by tos regent of a victory for the French foroes, waite ‘ ae wes \ gang ‘Lie sake Of tome thou oon arrexted. pores The Orleais furpily give 90.000) fines "for A) wounded. Count Chambord Kas given 17,000 trungs, ‘The Garde Mobile 18 to Dé seat to the Gen. Abel Doual, who was kills Weissenbourg, received two batts i Beigiom is not wrotected by the (trewy of 18% The Govoraw has provided provisions for ilepa ba for forty, thousaod then, en, Citnzarnior agit tks employment of the French Goveramon: Kowrculld and other bankers deny having sent old to Prussia, a The Biggest Jump on Record, Satordsy, bev Bob Way of Olean, for. ofA nt Wie cham. ton trials’ of |. Matt itvan and. re the judges, Mrastus Campbell was Sourles teed the mark, and, with an easy spring, covered 12 fect Yreties, Way Nien, himself out, und co was brisk.” Ou @ tremendous spring Tt fs the longest jump on ree was follow to lose heal cleared but and declared hi 12 feet 1116 ineinps, ind rial, dows ies gave red 13 "tect 2 inches, dt, in the world, and by prolongs leds. Le ‘Altar one ore Wil, « A Police Captain Committed to Jails James Gartland, Captain of Police in Lizabeth, N. J.. was arrested on Saturday w anawer & charge of assault apon the City Meats Inspector ‘The plalutiT, while Jn the police headquarters, was ordered out by Ure defendant, On hes rolaming to £2; the latter forcibly ejected him, Justice Pre ound over the Captain to keep the peice, but de clued to take his own recognizance, "The Captdin. declined W furnish any Ober bail, Justice Peige an sisted on bis point, and finally commilted himto the county jaf. Tie Police Captain, beh well informed in tho law, applied to the Sheri, who ad- mitied Lim to bail on his own reeognimnoy, Judge Mullord, of the Circuit Court, endorsing the bull —- Phil. Kheriina Appot the OMicial fepres d for Exyope he had mo jwstructions, nor w: invested with any dM™eial duty. Ttis sid to-niguk Mat the Provident wiule here ‘on Fridey went to Gen. Sheridan in London several of coutaining instructions, and maki oficial representative of President G mander-in-Caief of ourarmtes, He ais ‘Patch order through the State Deparim ter Washburne in’ Paris and Minister Berlin, Informing them of the official anttivnily 08 Gen, Sher idan, THAIS MOL 8 TELEGRAMS, + Gew. Phil Sketidan is in London. Dom Fernanio persists in his rejection of ta crowa of 5 © Ho! i ng on Lark wtree Ra) Hon, nated Day Boston, by Thou ‘ oo ULASUES PROM TUR OCEAN CARLES. —— Genoa had sertows rtote on Friday, jon Germans Lave raised £25,000 for the ues, I m Giasy who are to row agains olew, al’ Lae. Will Ball ov Luce W tor Ainerwen oe HOUKS OF LEISURE, ‘Teatonta Cinty bad a pleasant exourss 0 9p Hndgon river yest rita The New Tort, i ed au ex tion to spring Hin « The I the event wioy Chen BROOKLYN, of Myrtle avenm 1 ous BakU I chay Ws asbe naven Usha as Thomas MeG Man Fleet, Was drow the foot of Cll Catharine O'NeHt, a 4.13 months, wos tetned to Geatt on Saturday at $7 Wal sbreots lds clobiee basse taken fire from mitehus With whieh Wure'was 11. Mary Dunn, vet Bleventh ave arm by ome Unknows person while waldiog {Ue street last even THE LATEST LABOR NEWS ———s The colored workinzmon of this im Saratoga on the uu Inst, William # deut, A vote of sympathy was extended towarl te famntiy of Benyarula Nadhan by the erial Calor ul Baturday olgue Yesterday morning workingwen formed national Workinginen ail! meet Mier, Vee @ namber of Froug!-»poaking Of Paris wna Jwvinsou TUL BALL AND BAL - The Harvard Club beat the Pastiny adele ‘on Haturday, by ¥ (0 10, The Athletics of Phiindelohia beat iy Pore City Club at Cleveland, 0 mm i ‘TYhe Friendships wei " ow Satuvday by the Miners y Anote from the Cup la containg a chatience eh to ba pias ed for the winning niny, t out, SPARKS PROM THE FEL Ee hi North Carolina has gone D ‘The vlwction at Salt 1ak t r The people of W iw al of the yachts tosday, suukinig 10h William TH Manne. ah i lhe was killed iw bed went The Old Colony ” tion have pu j The coach from I s agents ac Liltie Dry’ Creek \ " Caiuanien Were Loved Ob pik, wil Wa: taken. Dr. Newman arr Ain Sit T 1 informed Brigia i Hid ods bat Tistonged De New une any CUsHlON Of big @ueeliou of POY, «iye