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The News.
The steamship Bavaria arrived at this port yesterday.
She left Southampton on the afternoon of the
18th ult., and brings London papers of the morning
of that date, containing advices one day later than
those brought by the Arabia. There is nothing in
the news o? a startling character with reference to
the war in Italy, but the telegraphic despatches
contain important matter respecting the movements
and designs of the hostile forces. We give
among our extracts the concluding despatches of
the recently published British "Blue Book," containing
tue declaration of the French government
on the commencement of the war, and a lucid
exposition of the general views and sentiments
entertained by the British government on the subject.
These documents are of great interest, and
will more than repay perusal.
The arrival of the Vanderhilt at this port, with
European news to the 22d nit., is momentarily ex*
pected.
The grand balloon voyage from St. Lou'a to the
Atlantic seaboard commenced on Friday evening.
The baboon passed over Fairport, thirty miles east
of Cleveland, Ohio, at half-past nine o'clock yesterday
forenoon, and since that hour nothing has been
heard of the aerial voyagers. They doubtless
effected a landing, but the prevalence of lightning
last evening prevented the transmission of intelli*
gence of their whereabouts.
General Superintendent of Police Pilsbury, has appointed
Mr. John B. Fry, his Private Secretary.
Mr. Fry was Secretary under Gen. Tallraadge, while
that gentleman was at the head of the Police Department,
and was for a considerable time Secretary
t.o Henry Clay.
TLe Ocean Queen sailed from this port yesterday
for Southampton and Havre, with 227 passengers
and $1,020,028 in specie. The Kangaroo, Which
left yesterday for Liverpool, took out 181 passengers
and $760,000 in specie.
The Board of Aldermen will not meet until Thnrs.
day next. TUe Board of supervisors arc compelled
by law to meet on the tret Monday in July to receive
the tax levy.
The Falcon hospital hulk had her furniture put
cn board yesterday morning, and was towed down
to her anchorage. She is now moored about two
mile? from the Great Kills, and three and a half
miles from Segnine's Point Princess Bay light
bears northwest, and Btaten Island Narrows light'
east by north. She is in four and a half fathoms
water, half way between the buoy of the Great
Kills and the buoy of the Old Orchard Shoal.
According to the City Inspector's reportthere
were 389 deaths in the city during the past week,
an increase of 37 as compared with the mortality
of the week previous, and 47 less than occurred in
the corresponding week of lust year. Of the
whole number 76 were men, 57 women, 140 boys,
and 110 girls. There were three deaths of diseases
of the bones and joints, 70 of the brain and nerves,
11 of the generative organs, 8 of the heart and
blood vessels, 103 of the lungs and throat, 3 of old
age, 32 of eruptive fevers and skin diseases, 40
Etillborn aDd premature births, 88 of diseases of the
stomach and other digestive organs, 2G of uncertain
complaints, 2 of the urinary organs, and 23 from
violent causes. The nativity table shows that 291
wore natives of the United BtateB,59 of Ireland, 19
of Germany, and the balance of various foreign
countries.
. We give elsewhere an account of the assault on
Heenan, the pugilist, at Boston, on Friday night
last. It appears that a sparring exhibition was
given at the National theatre in that city on the
night referred to for the beneht of Jemmy Massey,
which broke up in a row because Heenan, the
Benccia Boy, and Woods, another pugilist, advertised
in the bills, would not appear. Heenan va3
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iu a uw, tiiiu ou leaving was attacked by a
large crowd of " roughs," and, though be hit out
right and Left terrifically, was finally knocked down
by a bluiig shot or billy. Eia friends finally
rallied, got Lim into a hack, and conveyed him
into an apothecary's shop, where his injuries wero
d:TP.-C'i. His fecaljl was badly cut, with other
. bi uireSf l tit u?>n?: of them ,?io duogerotr.u (
fie annexed tr.ble ill i*s the temperature of the
atmosphere in ibis city during the past week, she j
range of the barometer and thermometer, th?
rariation of wind currents, and the tinu? I
weather at three periods during eaev of the
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firm yesterday, with soles
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ee ee were trifling ta amount, ead prtoee (unhanged
Iteeer*. R. L t A. Stuart's prtoee for their refined goads,
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>?Tlie Ui)' tV' Celebrate.**
f-merit w lliu people of the United Sta'e-<
ui oiu in t'"t* observance of theoighty-fourfb ?utt-iaary
"I h* in vucoo of the republic. Outhi
unt o July, s-venteeu hundred and seventyx,
the people of the thirteeu colnuie*, by their
representatives assembled in Congress at Pbile lelpbia,
Folemuly declared that said colonies
acre from tbat fime forth free and independent
S area. No man nor body of men since the world
l>egan ever couMimmated so grapd " tot or
undertook so heavy a responsibility as that. The
results have been equal to the grandeur of the
event. With the single exception of the temporary
occupation of the capital in 1814, our soil
has been free from foreign invasion. The war
with England and the skirmish with Mexico
were both productive of good to this nation
The first gave to oar gallant little navj a proud
[Hwltioo In historic annals, and the second opened
to the world a new Ophir, and realised the dreams
of the gold seekers who first planted the flag o
old Spain upon American territory.
And we stand to-day a fresh, vigorous, <Vee(
enlightend people?except Brazil, the only really
ndependmt power on all this hemisphere. From
where the ice-locked whalemen drag away the
dreary hours iu Arctic seas, to the Magellan
Straits, there and every where, on ship or shore,
in the great cities, the flourishing towns or hum' a
hie hamlets, in miner's huts or mansions of millionaires,
in marble palaces or beneath the
umbrageous shadows of treCS to whose age oar
' xifiieuce is but a span?wherever our people have
wandered will our flag be raised, the type of sovereignty,
sacred by baptism in the blood of our
fathers. On that day thirty millions of people
will verify the prophesy of John Adams, who
said: "The Fourth of July, 1776, will be the most
memorable epoch in the history of America. I
am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by
succeeding generations as the great anniversary j
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the \
day of deliverance by solemn acts to God Al- j
mighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp
and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns,
bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of
the continent to the other, from this time forward
forevermore."
In order to assist as far as possible in carrying
out Mr. Adams' patriotic idea, we have given
elsewhere an extended syllabus of the proposed
festivities throughout the country, and we recommend
it to the especial attention o^gvery
lover of his country, always provided his country
is this country.
Upon this anniversary of our national birthday
we have reason to congratulate ourselves.
While three of the European Powers are absolutely
at war, and all the others trembling npon
the brink of the abyss .into which France, Austria
and Italy have been plunged?when no less
than six millions of men have been withdrawn
f*A?M 4Via nnn/iafiil MiMnUa a# 1IA, t/v H ?V. 1 --i n?
uviu iu? j^/buvuiui ^/UiOUiVC VI iliO WJ li^Ub VUl tliU
great problem of the new systems against the inherited
prejudices of mediaeval times, the struggle
of ideas against the relics of slavish barbarism?
we stand at peace with all men, respected at
home and abroad, and without a standing army
to eat oat the life blood of the people. It is
our mission to baild the ships, to grow the grain,
to cultivate the cotton, to advance in the mechanic
arts, to provide for the spread ol useful
information, bo that we may be able to qpmmand
the commerce of the world. Our mission is
strictly one of peace, and the fact can be no
more strikingly illustrated than by the late proclamation
of the French Emperor, that in
three weeks the Allies placed three times
the entire force of the United States army hors
dt combat. We should be thankful that no SU$h
carnage menaces us; that we have no such legacies
as the entangled web of European politics
to leave to oar children; that we stand without
embarrassing or perplexing questions of any
sort, and that the bond between the States is,
notwithstanding all the groans of the croakers
and the howls of fanatics, stronger to-day than it
| was wiy years ago.
! As to the celebration of the day, we would
have it performed with all due honor and dignity.
The orators will do well to clothe their
addresses in moderate language. Let the America!)
eagle's flight be confined within some reasonable
distance. Don't be too hard upon the
despots of the Old World. They have trouble
enough on their hands, and are objects of sympathy,
rather than of abuse. Our greatness and
our power is a matter of fact patent to all, and
there is therefore no especial reason for expatiatlon
upon it. Caution should be the maxim of
amateur orators as well as gunaera The latter
will load lightly, and fire but seldom. The juvenile
part of the community will remember, too,
that the golden mean in eating and drinking is
the height of enjoyment. Nt quid nimis is as
good a motto for the Fourth of July as for all
the other dayB of the year. Keeping this in
view, the celebration may be entirely enjoyable,
hilarious, and at the same time eminently worthy
the dignity and importance of the occasion.
Tub Administration Balance of Power at
Charleston.?It has frequently been conjee tared
that, as in 1814 and 1852, all the outstanding
>! (Locmtto Presidential candidates will, i i thoir
NaU' ijjbi Com ention of lil>0, devour each other,
aLU '.liiit some harmless, neutral, negative, compromise
candidate, like Polk or Pierce, will be
the man. It is thuB supposed that Wise and
Hunter, of Virginia, will kill off each other; that
Breckinridge and Guthrie, of Kentucky, will
kill ofl each other; and that Cobb and Stephens^
of Georgia, and Dickinson and Seymour, of New
| York, will fall in the same way. As lor Douglas,
' it is supposed that Slidell will take particular
care of him, while Slidell will just as surely
have his nose put out of joint by Douglas. There
is good ground, also, for these estimates; but we
dare say that the main issue at Charleston will
be between Douglas and Wise?popular sovereignty
and congressional intervention; and that
upon this Issue the Convention arift the party
will be broken to pieces unless the aduiiniatra
tion shall come to the rescue. Possessed of a
saving balance of power, we may safdy say, in
reference to the succession, that in spite of all the
cffcrtsoMbe unscrupulous aDd over-ambitious
leaden of the d-mocracy, North and South, to
ignore tbc# administration of llr. Buchanan, he
holds the political issue ol life or death to them
all in the palm of his hand, lie can save the
party if its leaders will agree to be saved, and
they know where to flDd him. Some of them
arc coming In, and the rest will be compelled to
follow or to be left exposed to the elements.
NKW YORK HERALD, SI
The Laic Dit.ufnl Oiu?" mi Ik* Htoklgu I,,
Huntncrn Railroad. (J
In another column will i* found sotae eddl- )
usual particular" oono'm'ng tho nfi'D'. Hputt'1- (
>*i?r accident ?n 'he MioO'*?i> Sou mm limirun
upo number of killed wci'attiPil uo In lvu
late t dates it- . hnr it is fts'f-d th*
iluro win l'* h i ?hijj addition to this ,,
iota), a>- iuhuv w-te kaown ?o ba?c been in thuaiu
whose traci> had n?>t been discovered. Too
n tu" of th?- final iuvtH'iKa'iou will, we believe, #
-row that tbe first estimate which va gi?eu of
the nunahcr of viotims has not much exceed- d
tbe truth. In all, it la now certain that over a tii
bundn d persons bavo either been killed or in- g<
jured by tbis dreadful occurrenoe. dt
The strictures panned on the company for mip th
prrcsinfe information regarding the accident have 'n
drawn forth a card from the Chicago agents, w
-which wilt be fouod elsewhere. They indignantly
contradict the statement so far as they ars con- af
cerned; and in reference to the charge of dilatori- ?-l|
ness in sending on a special train to the scene of ol
the calamity, they explain that they did te
not do ao because it would have been ni
unsafe to despatch one while all the western gi
bound trains were irregular und subject only to oj
regular trains. We publish, in addition, a state- '1
m<nt from Mr. George Bliss, the President of fr
the road, who happened to be on the cars when -i
the accident occurred. It contaius but little be- P
yond * uairativeof the geueral facts, and does u
not touch the poiut on a hich the public now {hoi u
most interested in having information. o
The directors seem to think that their defeucu P
will be made good by establishing the fact of h d
vigikint police supervision having been oxer- *
ciscd over this and other portions of the road i'i
where there was a chauoe of accidents from S
heavy rains and floods. Admitting, tor argu *J
m ut sake, that the necessary watchfulness had i<
been observed by their subordinates?which is o
fur fium being clear to us?the culpability, g
wherever it attaches, rests on other and more *1
eenous grounds. If the statements that have n
reached us be correct, uo provisional caution that d
could have been exercised could have preveuted V
the accident. The blame of it rests entirely on u
the defective construction of the culvert, which tl
was not wide enough to carry off the accumula- d
tion of water accruing (irom such heavy rains.
This fact seems to havo been well known for "
some time previons to the disaster, which, more- r
over, had been predicted exactly us it occurred. 1
If it be true, as reported, that two other oulverts 1
east of the one in question had been carried 1
off by the same rains, then it is clear that there d
was a radical defect in the construction of this r
portion of the road, due either to iuoompeteut e
engineering or to criminal parsimoay on the part *
of the company. v
We believe that the inquiry which is about to v
be instituted will confirm the correctness of this a
j latter supposition. It is undeniable that more r
than three-fourths of the accidents that occur '
upon railroads in this country are owing to im- ?
perfect construction, arising, not as Is too often t
alleged, from want of skill on the part of the su S
pervising engineers, but from the reluctance t
of the companies to expend more than they are '
actually driven to upon their lines. So much t
money is extravagated in lobbying for personal
interests, in paying out dividends which have f
never been earned, and in competing at ruinous *
tarififs with rival lines, that but little remains to ?
maintain the roadB in such a qondition of cfflcien- n
cy as will insure the safety of the public. .So ?
long as the presidents of companies continue to
be salaried at the same rate as the highest exooutivo
officer of our government, and fictitious ^
results are resorted to to create confidence g)
amongst shareholders, it is not to be expected
that the details of these enter- ^
I prises will be managed with a due regard
for the interests and security of passengers.
In fact, the railroads of this country ck
have come to be so generally considered as mere ^
vehicles for speculation and swindling, that all
pride in their proper management has been lost.
a sweeping reform be effected in the system
on which they ard S* present conducted, it
is certain that in ten years from t^8 ttere aj
not be one of them on which it will be ^fe ^
people to trust their persons. I x
As there is no misfortune without an attending ""
Consolation, we are glad to And that the sufferers ?'
from the recent disaster are receiving all the u
attention and care which the company's officers b<
can bestow. Their friends scarcely needed the ^
assurance given by the latter to render their t!j
minds easy on that score. It is a fixed system P1
with railroad companies after the occurrence of cc
such accidents to lavish all the tenderness that
they can bestow on their unfortunate victims.
The effect of this provident humanity is to
soothe them into a complacent state of mind,
and to dispose them towards suggestions of q,
compromise. To add to the irritation caused ]
by their sufferings by neglect, and to give them
time to make themselves acquainted with the fr
extent of their legal rights, would be a blunder tec
of too obvious a character for keen men of busi- ^
nees to commit "Why don't you send some one
on to" settle?" was the pressing inquiry which
concluded one of the despatches forwarded to (
headquarters after the accident on the Erie Rail- ^
road last year. There was a world of significance
in the question, and the company did not fail to
appreciate its Importance. We have little donbt Kn
that by this time the managing lawyer of the
Michigan Southern is busy on the scene of the 0
disaster applying the balm of consolation to the p
wounds of the afflicted. lie too, tnay, have his
grcund of complaint ag iinat some unpatriotic 1
victim who may think the loss of a leg cr arm
imperiectly compensated for by the terms o-Iered
by the company.
We repeat what we have so often l>efore ^
stated, that until those who receive injuries by Jj'
the carelessness or neglect of railway companies ^
take into account the duty they owe to the pub- ^
lie as well as to themselves, there will be no
means of putting a stop to this wholesale system u.
of slaughter. No compromise should be as- T|
Ecnted to which is not sufficiently hoary to
operate as an adequate penalty against the company,
as well as a full indemnification to the injurcd
party. Juries are especially bound to ^
keep these two objects in view, for they arc the c
guardians at once of public and private interests.
No private injury can be sustained in suo'a a o-.se c<
without the pu blic being also seriously dam ig;d. ^
New York Given Up.?It will hardly be denied
that the spoils of our NewYo:!c Custom
House are the life-blood of the New York do- 1
mociaey. Consequently, when there Is any hope 1
of saving the State to the party the spoils of the
Custom House are made to do good service. But, 8
on the other hand, when in the midst of a flush
tide of importations we find the Secretary of the ^
Treasury sendiBg to the guillotine a hundred of I
our Custom Houbc subordinates in a batch, wo E
may justly conclude that the State of New York ^
is given up as i hopeless case, and that the de: $
INDAY, JT7LY ft 1850.
' CinC) art? occdidlogly made to p>iff?-r ,out
und p< iii!tii n of ri trtnohii.-nt iq outer to
i o a lillle yo)i''cal cupi al on t?.?; euro <'
JWi'BlJ Km Georgia. ilut ler alltoin Now VorC
ill t? t n tit ltd to thiny-five tvtr< -in ?he 'Iha- le i
fonvftiilloo, a fact wVob Mr. Oob'i h t naso
to have overlook el Tory v, II. As lb.
f*. i i bus given boo a good length of log**
i unit iua to the cud ot tu
Ut Sunday Htlniailnii tlln*'iaco<?Hund.iy
Ltwi and thslr Kike*.
We continue to receive numerous coramuntca
one exhibiting the gratifying change that i>iDg
on io public opiuiou in relation to the Sun
ij lows and practices prevailing among ud, aod
ie social ban tbat preveu's our working clatom
enjoying on their only leisure day in the
eek innocent, healthy and nio-al relaxation.
Among these is a copy of a44 counter memorial
jainat the enforcement of the Sunday law,.,"
gned by several of our city clergymen in b-halr
' the remonatmnto, and which h-ts been premttd
to the Metropolitan Beard of Police CotnIseioncre.
These gentlemen make a strong af
iment on the legal pom's of the ca-e. They
pea with citing the section of the constitution of
lis State which guarantees to every aiaa " the
ee exercise and enjoyment of religious profr*
mi and unpahln " and then show with lAaiii-tl
recision that the aim of our Sunday legit-1 uiuit
i to make people observe taat day " according
) the doctrinal tenets of a certain distinct die*
f religionists.7' They cite the tact tii.it the Sureme
Couit of one of the States of the Union hiecolored
all iu Sunday laws uucuiu>titutional.
ud, consequently, inoperative ; and refer to th
ict that in this city, oh well as elsewttere, tie
uuday laws have become iuoperaiive through
be silent but controlling action of pu die opto>u.
Their answer to the temperance argu u oit
f the advocates must puzzle tho-t" eealoucu
tie men not a little. It may >>e summed up in
bid question: Why do yon, iu your eadeuvor?
o suppress the vice of iutemperaoje, m .ke a iy
iatinction between the several days of lh? we k".
i'e ourselves should like to know how they will
take out that there is any difference between
be grades of right or of wroug oa different
ays.
There are many other strong points in their
counter memorial,7' but we have uot space to
efer to them alL We will cite but two of them
n Illustration of the effects of sectarian Sunday
legislation, they ref r to the Sunday liquor law
hat now prevails in Scotland. It bad been found
lesirable to have its operation investigated by a
oyal commission, and wben the motion to this
ffcct was mode iu Parliament Lord Mclguud
fated the collateral evils that could be ir aced to
ne law were undoubted and undeniable, while it
ras doubtful whether Suuday inteuiperanoo had
t all decreased. The remonstrants then
ispcetfully suggest to the Commiss'oneraj
bat as a Police Board 'hey have nothing
nore to do with the Decalogue of Moses than
hey have with the Alcoran of Mahomet or the
ioaeters of the Hindoo Brahmins. Thy " courier
memorial'7 closes with (he Killnnr-nv nrlr^r.
row a decision uf Judge Black, tb>* present Atcrnfy
General of the United 8 tat en
Those among us who believe thai lue usiiiiton of the
ewiab Sabt'aiu L?s bieu .ogr-ifto.l 01 tf.e Uliridllan sjhcm,
and changed Irom the seventh to tbo Urzl lay of the
reelc, have a right f i prepsgua tbotr doctrine by their
wd example of au upright walk au-i couami cation in life,
nd by charity to those woo dut'or tioiu ?hom. fuey
lust get their arguments from Revrlition tVjugh. and
ot from the Statute book. Religious trutii aaaa no favor
ccapt that of tte Mtuol tiwoiu. The at surdity of
lactlDg un oak In a hothouse is not more pU table than
lat of sheltering Christianity under lug*l eaauaienU.
Another of oar correspondents, who signs
imseli "Justice," puts to as a series of pretty
;rong questions, which wc think it might be inidious
in us to answer. We submit the follower
from amnnir them to whomever It mew
;rn:?
Why Is It that all places are ordered ana required to be
wed except German saloons, when they are allowed all
nds of drinking, bocause the place Is called ' Lager Boer
loon," and where billiards are played all the day, wbllo
i American saloon keeper dare not uncover his billiard
blc because he may be interfered with t
The fact is, all these attempts to make people
toral, virtuous and happy by act of Legislate,
have ever failed to attain their object, and
I ways will fail. Until more healthy and innomeans
of Sunday relaxation are opened
i the people than the drinking saloons and dene
* the city, these will continue to defy the law
id to prosper. Jhe very fact that they have
;en able to do so foT ?o many years proves that
iey receive a support fcom the public. And
is fact proves another: that our Sunday laws
ovoke an unhealthy feeling of opposition and
intempt for the law, rather than stimulate, as
cy should, a law-abiding spirit among the
lople.
Morality and Dignity in German Royal
i mi lies.?A letter from Munich, in the Cologne
lzetle, says:?
i'rloce Charles of Bavaria has Just made a morganatic
image with lime. Holkuen, widow of an author, and
b has been created Baroaesa de Frankonberg; aud
ma! Louie, eldest son of Duko Maximilian of Bavaria,
s married Mike. Mouthe. an actress, who has beon crea
I Ba/oncsf da Waldeoe. Tho Prince, who Is brother of
3 Emvrete of Austria, has reaourced hii birthright In
/or or hia brother, Prince Charles Theodora.
This remindB us of the amoura of the King of
tvaria and Lokt Montez, who obtained frqm
m the title of Countets of Landafeldt, and was
e instrument of his overthrow. The Austrian
id German primes are famous for nornatic
marriages and for their lfeentiooeness
id immorality. Indeed, all the royal families
iiurope bare been remarkable for their profliicy.
The Courts of France, Spain and Fogn/1
Uartn V\nftn n/ttAMtAno fnr tri/'fl TV- ^.nnrl a.rt/1
uu unvg ktmhul uwiviivud ivi * a/v? j^u^imuu
e Courts of Henry VHI. and Charles IL
ive been the most notable instances,
e Court of Charles having afforded materials for
io of the most amusing and curious books ever
ibli&hed. Io modern times George IV. is the
cateat example of royal profligacy in England,
bis monai oh"? memory is pilloried for ever in
c immortal lampoon of Lord Byron. The
Dglissh Court never was so lice from immorality
I at the present time, which is owing to the
rtuous example of the reigning Queen. Some
' the English Queens of former days had -a
ry different reputation. The most surprising
art of the business is that such open arid shameviolation
of the code of morals does not exude
the- parties from decent society. If
ereons in any standing in this republican
wntry were fbund to be guilty of such gross
Dnduct, fhey would be sffut out from every circle
iiless that of tbo most depraved and abandoned.
Four Fa hives i.v lbco?George Law Titorkij
Out Again.?A writer in the li chmond
Va.) Whig predicts that there will be four par
ies in the field in 1600, to wit:?1. The antilavery
Northern republican party, with Seward,
Jhase, Banks, Wilson or Fremont as their cundiatc.
2. The Charltstou Convention democratic
>arty, with Wise er "eome one of about his
nagnitode as their candidate." 3. The Northern
democratic party, with Douglas as their candilate.
i. A conservative national part/, pad?
?r llt debris from all the other
piTtitS.
The wrtfor Is queeUCfa cartas about for
<De candinnte of <bc foiuth p* y, pr'S<uU?b.
ti'lfowiDg choice li*t fioia which , Pl^h arid
chooser?Gun. Scott, W. 0.1'lUvu, ol ^r'
Crittcqdeu, Geo. Baut Hoodou, John Belt, 1 "
ward Bates, Itufus Choute, Robert C. Wiuthrop,
Mr. Fillmore, Washington Hunt, Win. C. Rives,
John Minor Botrs, and last, though not least,
"Live Oak" George Law. ller?- is a ca alogue
worthy a great party; but the party Is yet in the
chrysalis state. Let our old Line wilige and
Ann ricans go to work, and let George Law be
uin to brush aphis old muskets. The course is
open for all entries. Why should he stand back?
The expenses of his first experiment, in 1856,
should not frighten our patriotic Live Oak
George trom the Preeidential field. To a man
that van afford it, it will be worth a hundred
thousand or more to run as the independent Live
Oak candidate for the White House in 1860. even
if be should be defeated. But if he should win!
f kiaL j\t 4 It a t Wliusn am 4Ka flslan^a r?f T.Ian
1 IIUIO VI UM?W H UVIV ntv WUV U1VUU<] VI UiTV
0?k George?
Yachting tn England?'Tiib Ocean Regatta
a Failure.?We publish elsewhere the entries
for the Roy til Thames Yacht Clul) Regatta, w hicu
w?s to come qff on the 25th ult, and was ex
peeled to be the finest regatta ever witnessed iu
Thames yachting. A notcworthj peculiarity ol
the conditions of the race is the proviso that the
j Hohts are to bo manned exclusively by members
?i a Royal Yacht Club, or officers of the army
or navy. This is a striking contrast to the kid
giove sailing of Borne of our yachtsmen.
While our English cousins are thus improviug
in this useful and nohle pastime, it is much to b
regretted that tiie esprit du corps of our yachteB't
n is on the decline. There have been entered
rut four schooners for the Cape May oceau raoe,
while no sloop has yet come forward to match
.he Rebecca. There is thns every indication that
this, the finest regatta ever proposed, will turn
out a failure.
Crossing the Atlantic in a Balloon?Crossing
Niagara on a Rope.?From telegraphic
despatches in another column we learn that on
Friday afternoon, at forty minutes past six
o'clock, Messha Wise, Lamoontain and Gager,
started on a trial trip from St Louis for the Atlantic
seaboard, in the airship Atlantic, designed
to cross the ocean. An adventurous reporter
named Hyde started with them, but was to be
thrown out as so much ballast in case his
weight was too great It appears that in about
twelve hours after starting they reached Sandusky,
which, in a straight line as a bird
would fly, is 425 miles from St Louis. By a
l?ter despatch we learn that it had been seen al
Fuirport, nearly ninety miles northeast of San
dusky, at half-past nine o'clock, which givet
about the Bame velocity?thirty-five miles ail
hour?and the same northeast direction which
it took from the beginning. It was proceeding
along the southern shore of Lake Erie; and il
the balloon continues in the same line of flight
and at the Bame rate of Bpced, it would reach
Fassamaquoddy, in Maine, which is just 1,200
miles from St. Louis, in less than thirty-sir
hours, or a day and a half from the time of start
ing. It ought to be at its destination, therefore,
early this morning. But that depends on the
1 currents of air? If a current should set in from
the west it woald bring the balloon much sooner
on the seaboard, somewhere on the coast of Massachusetts;
if, on the contrary, the current should
blow from the eastward, it would prolong the
flight over Canada, perhaps to Newfoundland or
other ports of the British possessions. At the
rate of speed indicated the balloon would cross the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland in less
than two day s, and from New York in about three
daye. Wonderfully adventurous, however, most be
the man who. after all the catastrophes which have
happened with balloons, and the uncertainty of the
winds at whose mercy they are, will undertake to
navigate the air ocean between the two continents.
The fate of Icarus, who, in attempting to
fly, bad the wax which fastened his wings melted
by the eun, and fell Into the Icarian sea, seems
to have afforded no warning to the long line of
ambitious aeronauts who havo succeeded him.
We trust that no disaster will happen the brave
men who now meditate a voyage to the Old
World. The Atlantic has never been crossed by
a balloon before, and if they should succeed they
will add fresh laurels for daring to the American
people. A feat almost more dangerous than thlB
has just been accomplished by walking a rope
over the boiling, thundering cataract of Niagara,
a full account of which will be found in another
column. What is it that an American will not
dare and do now-adays?
The Health of the Citt.?We have received
from Lhe new Citv Insnector. Mr. D. E. Dclavan.
the accompanying statement, showing the total
number of deaths in this city for the past six
months. It will be seen that the pubiie health
has been unusually gocd during that period.
The.preTalence of cool weather since the opening
of the summer, and the prompt measures
taken to rid our streets of the lestering nuisances
which had so long been threatening to breed
epidemic disease, hare no doubt protected us to
a considerable extent. The following statement
shows a gratifying improvement over tho mortality
of the first six months of last year to the
extent of over a thousand fewer deaths:?
Crrv IxsrscrOR's Dcpihtxiht, July ], i860.
STAmtwrr miowtmj thk tot ay, mukbkr or dcaths mis
Tim 1?t or JANUARY, 18)9. fo thx 2."nil or JUMM, Wilt,
ai> i init fax, acm, waio*. k;u.
Men Snaths pro meed sy
Women 1,858 - TKSeut causer. .1,0
Boys 3,705 Prt-inature birlhj nui
JtrlS 2,710 stilt Dor n 066
Colored persons 221 1'uol.o institutions.... 1,20H
Total number of docaased persons 9,SMI
Total violence, stillborn and proroatdrc births l,2.r,S
Total number of deaths from dmsaso 8,684
Tbo following tabio shows the number of deaths In cv.h
ward
Ward 1 220 Ward 13 ,r>n
2 44 14 ''' xjjj
3 91 16
4 365 18 605
6 458 17 700
...... 342 18 473
7 400 19 003
8 6*7 20 692
9 407 21 813
19 3X5 22 613
15 008
12 3/.7 ToiM 9,814
Toi*l number of <li>nea,>e<l pwotis during the oorrqspondit/
period ni 1868 ?.. 10,919
?tUklstf a <lccr> of 1,106
DANIKI, K. DEL A VAN, Oily Io*iM>olor
Nine thousand eight hundred find forty-four
deaths in nix mouth* out of our Tory largo population
cannot bo considered an alarming degree
of mortality, but we hope that there will be no
relaxation In the precautionary measures now
being adopted to preserve the city from the
ravages of disease.
Thk American Ckktrk of Potjtics and Crvimzation.?New
York city is the centre of American
politics and civilization. The musical artists
of the Old World come here?this is the
market in which they can sell their notes. Superior
talent of all kinds comes hern for rcina
I
Deration. Steamships must eUrt from hen; if
tacy want to be surceawfa]* And the polite
oiant, great sod t-mal), who wirb to do a thriving
buKiiiecH, aie euro to vidt JS'ew York, ilei0 *
tbty make tbcir arrgpgtniMits for their various
campaigns, and for the spoils distributed at
Washington This is the eCi,lro political
light, from which it radiates to thd iS*4 lM
DiT,t>n- Here are the great political telegraph
offices, Ion which wiren are laid uoder ground
to every Scale. Here the large gas pipes are
laid, from which the smaller branch"* diverge
in all directions. And here "log* are roiled."
01 late we have bml numerous polittoiaun
in New York from every part of tne fJniorr? ,
Banks, of Haasaobusett*; (Jrow, of Peunsylvauih)
Wai-hburu, of Illinois; Sherman, of Ohio; Riven ,
and Wendell, of Waahiogtoa; Thurlow Weed, oty
Albany; Forney, of Philadelphia; and last, not
least (un'et<s in stature), Stephen A. Dougia%
the Little Giant, of Illinois, who is a host iu bin- '
self He is now here at the Everett House, and
those who may not have bad the pleasure nf
seeing him, may see bis portrait at th? daguirreotypists',
it is only after months, aad servant
years, that tfae tooretn ot the men wbo have boe*
here pulling the political wires will cone ML
>kune of them will never see the light of ! ;
We tbuq perceive that New York is the ceatro si
politics as well as of civilization to the rest of
the Uuiou.
White Labobeiis in Ccda.?Vfe published pester
di<y a communication Iroin Mr. George TVtu.tomore,
uatninistrator of the Gulues and M.*Ubzm
Railroad, with certificates signed by inauy of the
laborers in his employment, in regaru to the
treatment of white la hours ou the rail*
roads a Cuba. This communication was calli-4
forth by certain attacks ou tku deportment
of this railroad company in particular,- and at
the Spanieh authorities in Cuba generally,
towards white laborers taken out there by contract.
The communication from Mr. Whitteuiore
fpeaks for itself, and fully exonerates the Matansas
and Guiues Railroad Company ft-oin the
charges brought against it. We have also made
inquiry into the question of treatment by the
authorities. The rules established by the government
for the importation- and treatment of
white laborers are conceived in a spirit of justice,
and their provisions are stringent in protecting
the 1-iborer. In this respect the government has
done all that it could do. Whether or not there
1 has been misapprehension on the part of the
1 subordinate authorities, in their executive ad1
ministration of the law, or whether laborers have
misunderstood their rights and made undue
demands upon their employers, applies only
k to particular cases, and cannot be urged against
tne laws esiaouanea dj the government or
tho rules of the company. White laborers who
go to Cuba will find their rights protected by
the laws as well as by the spirit that animates
1 the government there.
! THE GBEAT BAliOOI VOYAGE'
t *
1 The Start from St. Look with Four Fastengers?The
Balloon en Bonte?Slow
Progress?One Passenger "Dropped"?The
Latest newsj
Ac., to.,
Sr. Loco, July 1,18*0.
Re first grand experimental aif voyage to the seaboard
took place from Washington square thie evening.
Professors Wise, La Mountain and 6ager having made a
successful secession in the mammoth balloon Atlantis. At
6:40 P. M. ttao Is nation of tbe balloon was finished, baring
been witnessed by thousands of ciUMna, while the nquare
t utatde of the onclosuro wan thronged with excited spectators,
and the toj age was commeecod.
William Hyde, reporter of the H^nMiecm, aooom*
panted the (cronants, hat should hia weight prora
an obstruct1 on to tbe passage of the balloon he
will bo landed at a favorable point, and this course
will bo repeated, if necessary to the accomplishment
of the end in view, until all the party exdbptlag
one, together with the boat, are landed, Mr. Wise being
determined to roach tbe Atlantis coaat if such a thing la
possible.
A package containing letters, St. Louis papers and
Western exchange papers, was sent by the United
States express, which will be forwardel to their agent in
New York from whatever place the aeronauts alight.
They are cxpectod to reach 801110 point on the seaboard,
between nine and twelve o'clor.lc tn
Mr. Brooks, manager of the St. Louis Museum, proceded
the main party, a few minutes, in bis
balloon " Oomot," designing to accompany th*
" Atlantic" a abort distance, and to return in the morning'
The weather was favorable, and the balloon took a direction
toward Lake Erie, but when last soin was pursuing
a course almost duo east.
Ciscisvati, July 2,18(9.
The balloon passed six mile* north of Fort Wayne at 4
o'clock this morutrg. The small balloon was seen at the
same time a considerable distance south. Tee large balloon
passed Fremont at 7, and Sandusky at 7:30 A. M. Its
course was then due east. It is possible it took a northeasterly
direction after passing Sandusky, as nothing ban
bean beard from it on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
Hajtlpset, July 2,1889.
The frrlal ship Atlantic passed here at seven o'clock
this morning. Its course was east by north. A paper
wss dropped from It, but It fell, unfortunately, Into the
lake. Only three persons were visible. Ine name of the
ship was distinctly seen.
CLEv*um>, Jaly 2,1859.
The balloon parsed Falrport, thirty miles east of this
point, at 9:30 A.M., and was seen to nearly toueh the
water. It roeo again and disappeared in a northeasterly
direction.
KETCRW OF MR. BROOKS TO ST. LOCIS.
St. Lons, J a 7 2,1859.
Mr. Brooks, who preceded the grand balloon expedition
last night, has .just returned. Tie alighted a short distance
cast of Edwir.'svilie, III., at a quarter to eight o'clock. Uo
attained the altitude of twelvo thousand feet, and travelled
twenty lire miles.
mints IN WISHING TON.
Russian Views on the Neutral Rights Question
Opinions ns to the War In Ktrrope?
Apprebendtd Trouble with Mexico ? The
vunn vi wiv jtuhiv riuuicr, (KCi
OCB SriCIAli WASHINGTON DK.il'ATCH.
Washington, July 2,1869.
The Rustlaa Minister baa recently had frequent Interviews
with tbo HecreUry of Utato, and It Is understood
acquiengee In the enlarged views of our government as to
tbo right; of neutrals, regard.zg articles contraband or
otherwise of war, as well as that froe snips make freo
goods. A general progress appears to bo making towards
the eetablistaiiiunt, as the law of nations, of tho froodom
of commerce fiora interruptions by wars, except 10 far vi
the lmmodlato belligerents are concerned.
In diplomatic circles here It Is generally believed that
tbo war vrlH extend all over Europe, notwithstanding the
thai.go lu the British ministry. Russia Is prepared, tho
moment Prussia takes tbo field, lo tiko actual ground
against Austria. England, 11 is hellovod, will not bo ablo
to remain a spectator of the conflict, butabo can only InterTore.
If at all, on 'be side of Austria.
The government is waitingtot a 1 vices from Mexico. It
is feaicd Mirainon's co irM CjQT compel tbo active Interference
of the United Stateslo protect our citizens there;
and it such a course should be determined upon, theio Is
anlllclont power now. in the President's bands to teach
Mexican marauders a severe lesson.
Tbo plan of leasing bonded warehouses to private Individuals
in New York is yet under consideration.
The President has recetvod a largo number of petitions
from leading citizens of MimchuseUt, praying a commutation
of lbs sen ten o? of the pirate Piumer to Imprisonpent
for itfsj hot It is art probable that viw rrosidsnt wlB