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^olaiue XXXI No. ITT
AMU8EMENTS THIS EVENING.
WOOD'S THEATRE, Broadway, opposite the St. Nicholas
Hotel.? Bbotmir Sah?Invisible Prince.
THEATRE FRANCAI9, Fourteenth street, near Sixth
avenue ?Facson Comfant?Mll?. ds Bulls Isle.
TONV PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. 301 Bowery.? Sam
Puaki-i.kt's Minbteel asd Combinaiiom Tholfe?Vol av
Vint.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. 585 Broadway, opposite
Metropolitan Hotel? Ethiopian Sinuino. Daxci.no, Ac.?
Tub Niauaea Lxat or ti n Bust Familt.
OEOROE CHRISTY'S?Old School or Minstrelsy,
Ballads, Musical Dims. Ac.. Fifth Avenue Opera House,
hoi. g snd 4 West Twcutv-lourtu street.? Scuebmisb
mobn's Bor.
BRYANTS' MECHANICS' HALL, No. 472 Broadway ?
Chabi.it Wiiitk's Combination Troupe in a Variktt or
Lisirr and Lacuhablk Entertainments.?The Arabs.
MRS F B. CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE. Brooklyn. -
RlOBBLlBD.
TERRACE OARDEN, Third Avenue, between Fifty
fUllitli and Fifty ninth streets.?Tiiko. Thomas' Oucukstkal
Garden Concerts, commenetng at 8 o'clock.
HOOLEV'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.?Ethiopian Via
(iBBLSr?Ballads. Bublksuurs and Pantomimes.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.
Open from IU A. M. till 10 i*. M.
SOMERVILLE ART OALLERY, 845 Broadway.-"FAR
BAOUT TaiUMrHAMT."
New York, Tntsdsy, Jane MO, 1806.
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY.
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In before ten o'clock every Wadnasday evening. Its cir
culation among the enterprising mechanics, fanners,
merchants, manufacturers and gontlomeu throughout tbe
country ia increasing very rapidly. Advertisements ln
serted In the Wimi Hbrald will thus be seen by a large
portion of tbe active and energetic people of tbe United
Stales.
T H B VXIWS,
EUROPE.
The steamship Moravian, from Londonderry Juno 15,
paased Father Toint yesterday on bar voyage tojQuebec.
Her news is two dsys lator.
War had not been formally deolarod between Austria
and Prussia to tbe latest moment, although the Em
peror Francis Joseph assured the municipality of Vienna
thai ha was necessitated to draw the sword. The Prus
sian minister had retired from Vienna, An Austrian
Courier en route to General Qablenz bad been stopped by
the Prussians in the Duchies, and his despatches taken
from him. In tho German Diet the Prussian represen
tative vehemently oppneed the Austrian propo
sition for tbe mobilization of the Federal
army, declaring that - the King would regard
any Slate which voted for It as his adversiry.
ghe Austrian usciertti9a WM T0tC<i, however by nine to
pix. Italy waiUu faT the drst blow, to throw eighty
thousand men across tho Po, besides a huge army Into
Venstta. Kossuth advised the Hungarians to wait and
Watoh events. The Italian Journals had been hoaxed
Into tbe publication of a pretended letter of English
?/apathy from Mr. Gladstone. In Paris some persons
thought war might atlll bo averted.
The French Mm liter of State, In aoma remark* on the
subject of the new budget, indicated to the Legislature
that France may assume an "armed neutrality."
M. Juloe Kavre opened the debate on the subject of
Mexico la the French Legislature Just as the Moravian
Balled. La France, of Paris, danles that Maximilian In
tends to abdicate. It was said that If Maxamlllan should
resign tho crown Marshal Daxaina will take a plebiscite to
asoortaln tho wishes of tho Moxlcan people.
The Roumanian government protested against the hoi
tile altltuds of Turkey. England, It Is said, will acknow
ledge Prince Charles as Hospodar of Moldavia provldod he
awears allegiance to ths .sultan
Tho Russian army In Central Asia dofeatod the Prlnco
of Bokhara, with signal loss, on the ilOth of May, the
Csar's troop* sudorIng very little.
The London Jnry found against ths claim of Mrs.
Ityves to he acknowledged l'rtnress of Cumberland.
Consols closed in London, June It, at XAJ? a Mt? for
money. United States five-twenties were at 04tf a 65.
The bullion la the Bank of England Increased ?1,203,000
In the week. The F.nglish fund* were lower under the
war newa. Bank of England rate remained at ten per
Bent.
The Liverpool cotton market ruled firmer during the
week at an advanoe of from one.half to one penny on
American. On the 16th of June (Friday) the market
waa quiet with price* unchanged. BreadstulTk ware
firmer and holders of wheat and Hour demanded an ad
vance. Provision* steady.
CO IT OB US
In ths Senate yesterday ths hill to allow claim* for
?tors* furnish'd to the army by leyal cltlaena In the
Kouth was called up and dlscuaaed, bat owing to the as
piration or lbs morning hour It wsnt over. During ths
fliscuasion Mr. Howard, la opposition, said that by aolsmn
Bote of Congress ths eleven States of tba South had bean
declared enemies of the United State# There was no
case In history In which a successful invading party bad
paid for stores taken from an enemy. The tax bill was
then taken up, some unimportant amondmenta made to
It, and It was passed.
la the House the business transected related almost
nmlrely to claims of a private or personal nature. The
Senate amendment* to the Army Appropriation bill
were reported twrk from the committee. Some of the
amendments not being concurred In br the House, a
committee or conference was saksd for and ths House
adjourned
THS CITY
Ths 11 \rd of Aldermen yesterday received s report
from the Joint special committee appointed to maka ar
rangement! for a pr per celebration of the romlng anni
versary of our national independence, the document
Betting forth the depletion of the city treasury, and pro
Claiming ths necessity of refraining from all further pro
ceedings In tbo matter. The Board adjourned to Monday
afternoon next.
The proceedings of Ih# Board of Councilman yester
day were Important. Mayor HolThian sent In two vetoes;
aae against the (imposed contract for lighting the streets
and avsoues of the rlty with gas for a period of twenty
years, and another disapproving of n resolution granting
permission to ths Harlem Railroad Company tooonstruct
a breach of their road through 135lh and Manhattan
0treels.
No fresh cases of cholera were reported to tho Board
of Health In Uila city yeelerday During the past week
four hundred and thirty-four deaths occurred in this
City, of which one hundred and twenty were from xymo
di# dis a???, including four cases of cholera. Among
the complaints received was one against the Third Ave.
nu ? Railroad Company of the condition In which their
cars and the horse shed, opposite the depot in Sixty-fifth
str?et, are kept.
The last reports from the cholera ships In ths harbor
ghow a very favorable state of eltklrs on board of them.
."Yesterday tfce Irish and English pas?en. ers of the steam
pshlp Union war" brought up to the city and forwarded
in US .MM*. Luuxua*. UUp. pi- *'?
Ssguine's Point la now ready for the reception of any
persons the Board of Health may m It to I id there.
The AnU-Quarantine Committee mat yeeterday at Staple
ton, .and adjourned without transacting ahy bnainaaa
It la their Intention to hold a mam meetln g of the in
habitant! there at an early date.
In the Supreme Court In Brooklyn, yeeterday, before
Judge Barnard, the eaae of H. B Secular and othera
againet the Metropolitan Board of Health and others, to
reatrala the latter from using Segulne'a Point, Stolen
Island, as a quarantine station, wag brought up for adju
dication. Numerous affidavits ?n<*
Judge took the papers and will shortly reader his deot
slon.
A meeting wtf held at Na tOO Brondwiy lest evening
by the supporters of the new Excise law. Speeches were
delivered by Hem Deris, Baker and Rev. Dr. DowUng,
and a series of resolutions to support the Excise Uw
wee adopted.
The Fenians of this city were yesterday In a state of
excitement in consequence of Central Organiser James
Stephens' speech at Jonaa' Wood on Sunday last Hie
speech was discussed In all circles of Irishmen, and all
appeared to agree In the opinion that the C. O. L R. had
at last spoken out clearly and decisively. Colonel W.
R Roberts was In attendance at his headquarters during
the groator part of yesterday. The Colonel has received
assurances that if the invasion of Canada Is speedily re
newed It will be vigorously supported. A large masa
meeting was held at Union square last night, at which
Colonel Roberts and Colonel Stetger, of Philadelphia,
addressed ibe crowd. Fenianlsm end entl-neutrallty
were warmly endorsed.
A heavy robbery of Treasury notes and jewelry and
other valuables was perpetrated ou Saturday morning at
the residence of Mr. Adolph Bach, 115 East Forty-eighth
street. The sum stolen amounted to one thousand three
hundred dollars. Two men were subsequently arrested,
two hundred and eighty dollars of the stolen money
being found in tbolr possession.
A flro occurred at the tailoring store No. 151 Canal
street on Monday morning. Sevoral of the occupants
of the house were compelled to save their lives by escap
ing over the roof. No lives were lost. The damage
was about one thousaud six hundred dollars.
The stock market was quiot but Arm yesterday. Gold
was strong, and closed at 155,tg, after opening at 153
ana selling down to 152. Governments wero dull.
There was uo important change in the commercial
status yestocday, the comparative steadiness of gold
rendering the markets less excited and irregular. Prices
continued more or loss nominal, however, though
marked by few noteworthy fluctuations. On 'Change
broadstull'g were dull and heavy, though prime flour was
firmly held at Saturday's prices. For wheat thoro was
no domand. Corn was lc. a 2c. lowor. Oats lo. lower,
l'ork irregular at a decided decline. Beef steady. Lard
heavy. Whiskey steady, with a moderate demand. Pe
troleum hardly so firm. In cotton there was no move
ment Groceries wero stoady but quiot.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A call has been prepared by the Executive Commlttoo
of tho National Union Club, of Washington, for a National
Union Convention ot all the States and Territories, to
take placo In Philadelphia on tho 14th of August next.
The delegates are to be chosen by the electors of the
several .-tates who sustain the administration in main
taining unbroken tho union of the States under the con
stitution.
Advicos from BrownsviUo via Now Orleans state that
tn the late battle near Matamoros two imperial regiments
turned to the llboral sido. The value of the train cap
tured was a million and a half of dollars. Bagdad had
been evacuated by the imperial troops.
It Is stated by prominent Senators in Washington that
Mr. Seward has concluded a secret treaty with Napoleon
by which the United States is debarred from Interfering
with the movement of the foreign troops new supporting
Maxamiliao. After the withdrawal of the French, Max
millan, it is understood, will offer himself as a candidate
for the Presidency of the Mexican republic. Having se
cured that position, he is to take advantage of any small
revolution, of which Mexico affords so many, and declare
himself Emperor, thereby flanking the Monroe doctrine
and having a Armor Imperial throne than at present. It
Is probable the Senate will solicit information from Mr.
Seward concerning this little game.
Tho President has approved the bill for the disposal of
the public lands In Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Florida; and also the bill appropriating
$358,500 to reimburse the State of West Virginia for ex
penses in suppressing the rebellion.
8ir Frederick Bruce has officially announced that the
possession of a license Issued by Canads to flsb, shall
entitle the holder, during the season of 1865, to fish in
the waters of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as well
as in those of Canada.
In the Circuit Court of the District of Colombia, at
Washington, the Jury awarded throe thousand dollars
damages to Mr. McGhaw against Mr. Clephane for an
alleged hbelloue publication charging Mr. McGhaw with
being disloyal and sympathising with secession. Mc
Ghaw was dlsmtssod from employment tn the War Offloe
by Mr. Dana on account of tha publication of Mr. CIs
phane.
The legislative act appointing new Police Commission
em In Jenny City was declared valid in all Ita points by
the .- u pre mo Court, yesterday, and a mandamus was
granted to the new Commissioners directing the Mayor
and chief of the old police to hand over the records of
the force to them. The old force had heretofore con
tinued to act, and vexatious scenes were frequently oc
curring between the two forces.
Tho roport of an Investigation of the Memphis riots,
rqgde by Colonel Johnson, Inspector General of the De
partment of Kentucky and Tennessee, and Major Gtl
broth, Aid to General Howard and Assistant Commis
sioner of tho Freedraen's Bureau, has been made public.
They say that the remote cause of the riots was the ill
feeling existing between the low whites and blacks, both
of whom are about equal in tntelllg nee, being as de
graded as human beings can be, and each advancing
rival claims to superiority over the other. The d rect
cause was a collision between the police and the die
charged colated soldiers. The civil authorities took no
official action in the matter whatever. The City Re
corder made a speech to the mob, urg.ng them to kill
the entire nigger rMe end hum up the cradle. The quar
ters of Gtnentl Runkie were also threatened with
destruction Three negro churches, eight schoolhou es,
Ave of which belonged to the I'nltod State-, and about
fifty private dwellings, occupied exclusively by negroes,
were burned. The loss to the government and to the
negroes will foot up $98,300, and probably much higher.
The cotton planters of the South havo labor d under
serious disadvantages this year. Heavy rains, Inunda
tions, tornadoes. Insects, rotten seed, lack of Imple
ments and insufficiency of labor have made tbcm hope
less of an average crop. The moet despondent among
them estimate that the coming crop will not exceed nine
hundred thousand bales, while others, more hopeful,
estimate It at a million and a half.
The steamer William P. Konnedy took thirty colored
men and women from Fortress Monroe to Boston on
Saturday. The same number was taken on a previous
trip, homee for them being procured in that city. The
officers of the Freedmen's Bureau are engaged in the
enterprise, as It will rellsve them of tho support of a
large number of destitutes who have been subsisted for
some time on government rations.
Our correspondent from "Along the Hudson" says that
Commodors Vandorbllt having, II Is alleged, induced the
director! of the New Tork Central Railroad to arrange
tbelr time table so that the Hudson river dev boats could
not connect with any express trains from Albany, ths
owners of tho Daniel Drew and C'hguacey Ylbbard have
reduced the fare on their boats.
Tho practice fleet for the use of the navel graduates a(
Annapolis during their summer cruise are r. ndexvousing
at Hampton Roads.
The canal break In the Rrte canal, west of Schenoc
ta<ly, has boon repaired so that boats were expected to be
able to pase t last night.
A Qerce tornado passed over Buffalo yesterday after
noon. unroofing houses and blowing down trots. Sevo
ral persons were injured and two are reportod killed.
A disturbance between the whltee and blacks ocenrred
at Charleston on Saturday, which ended In the arrest of
some of the negroes and the suppression of the riot
The Conference of Western Unitarian churches closed
tbelr session In Buffalo on ftatnrday evsn.rg. The next
oonferenc* will he held In Chicago.
Thi Italian Opsra Among rug Qtartkrlt
Banawm*.?The June number of the Sational
Quarterly /frHetc, published In tbU cltv, has an
interesting article on the Italian Opera as con
ducted in this city. It criticise* Max Maretsek
with considerable severity and expoeee the
tricks of the managers, showing plainly that
none of them are capable of maaaclBC a first
jV l I'll'."J1 *
fk? EaropiM E?tM(im?Ml-RkHl?
LoomlH| Vp tm th? BMkfroand.
In the letter of Napoleon on the oritical
affairs of Europe, which waa road in the Frenoh
Corps Ltgitlatif, the other day, he aaja, refer
ring to his efforts la this direction, that, "had
the conference assembled, my government
would hare declared that Franoe repudiated
all Idea of territorial aggrandisement bo long
as the European equilibrium remained undis
turbed. Franoe could only think of an exten
sion of her frontiers in the event of the map of
Europe being altered to the profit of a great
Power, and of the bordering provinces expresa
ing by a formal and free vote their desire for
annexation. In the absence of these circum
stances the Frenoh government prefers to any
territorial acquisition a good understanding
with its neighbors, resulting from its respect for
their independence and their nationality.
We should have desired for the Germanio
Confederation a position more worthy of its
importance; for Prussia, better geographical
boundaries; for Austria, the maintenance of
her great position in Europe after the cession
of Venetia to Italy in exchange for territorial
compensation."
Thiols a frank statement of the "great ex
pectations" of Napoleon from the proposed
conference, wisely rejected by Austria. He
expected the left bank of the Rhine, and some
thing more, perhaps, for Franoe; the Danish
Duchies for Prussia; Yenetia as a peace offer
ing to Italy, and, lastly, Borne territorial com
pensation to Austria. But as the conference
has failed, says Napoleon, "France will con
tinue to observe an attentive neutrality, confi
dent in her rights and oalm in her strength."
In other words, Napoleon will now watch his
opportunity for throwing his sword into the
scale of the war in order to turn it in his own
favor and to carry out his schemes. It is evi
dent, too, that in a war between Austria on the
one side and Prussia and Italy on the other,
the contending Powers would be so equally
matched that the intervention of France would
speedily bring affairs to a settlement as France
might be pleased to dictate. Thus far, then,
Bismark has servod the purposes of Napoleon
admirably, for he has apparently turned over
the game into the Emperor's hands.
But it seems that he has been ignoring Russia
all this time, and that, just as everything ap
pears to be in the best possible train for a
grand dash by France, Russip, the giant of the
North, stalks in upon the stage, and like the
backwoodsman at the Kentucky barbecue,
while stripping for action, asks if this is a free
fight t Our Vienna correspondent, in his let
ter of the 7th instant, thus defines the attitude
of Russia. He says that she has "already a
hundred thousand troops on the Austrian fron
tier," ready to assist Austria if wanted ; that
it is understood in Vienna that a secret treaty
exists between the two Powers, and that, there
fore, "the map of Europe may yet be changed,
not as Napoleon and Bismark and La Mar
mora would have it, but under the pencils of
Gortschakoff and Mensdorf;" and that such an
alliance may be look sd for in the war, because
"It would secure tho Danubian Principalities to
Russia and prepare the way for her march to
the Bosphorus." In the game of Napoleon
these Danubian Principalities are to be tbo
equivalent lo Austria for the surronder of Ve
netia ; but Austria is more powerfully drawn
to an alliunoc with her next door neighbor and
old friend, Russia, and will prefer, we guess,
Venetia, the good fat bird in the hand, to the
two doubtful dncks in tho bush?those Dan
ubian Principalities.
Thus tho splendid continental game of Na
poleon, as it appears, is blocked at the outset.
If be will only remain neutral, Russia may
perhaps, resting upon her arms, he content to
look on. But then the conflict of Italy and
Prussia against Austria may result in nothing
bat tho exhaustion and bankruptcy of nil con
cerned. And then, from (he pressure ot' pov
erty and increased taxation, tin* people, from
the Rhine to the Danube, may spoil the calcu
lations of kings and kaisers in a swmtpin /
revolution. On the other baud, should Napo
leon yield to the tcmptaMon to advance lo !'i
relief of Italy, Russia rnay come down from
the opposite side with a swarm of Cossack* i;
destructive to the peninsula us a cloud of lo
custs and as ruinous to Victor Emanuel and
Napoleon. We suy ruinous, because w i ll
Russia In the coalition against France, England
will step in to repeat against th" nephew the
war of the Holy Alliance against the uncle,
and for the same reasons?that these Dona
partes are interlopers and disturbers of the
peace of Europe, and must be put down.
Russia, England, Austria aud Prussia were the
parlies that enforced upon France those
treaties of 181."?, so detested by Napoleon.
Hut we apprehend that in detaching Piussia
from this Holy Alliance be has not done
enough to destroy it, nor enough to secure
himself against the fate of Napoleon the First
in attempting the same gume of reconstructing
and parcelling out the boundaries and terri
tories of his neighbors. In fact, the gathering
jof the armi?s of Russia on the Austrian fron
tier is a movement which is full of warnings
and dangers to France under Napoleon the
Third.
Tiik CossTmrrioJUL Amkndmint.?Wo per
ceive that the Governor of Ohio has declined
to call ao extra session of the Legislature of
that Stato for the purpose of taking action ou
the constitutional amendment recently pro
posed by Congress by concurrent action, with
out asking Executive sanction. In this the
Governor ot Ohio has acted very wisely. His
example will no doubt be followed by the
Governors of other States who do not wish to
precipitate npon the country the condition and
danger involved in such an important change
In onr fundamental principles of government
as that emhraoed In the proposed amendment.
Governor Fenton, with the unfortunate lights
of other extra sessions before him, will not
think for a moment of oaliing the Legislature
of this State together for the sole object of de
liberating upon or adopting this amendment,
which seems to have been hurried through
Congress and sent before the Governors of the
different States with a degree of haste insulting
to the Executive. The President has had no
way of reachlnc tip subject or presenting bis
views to Congress tipon II except $r?agh the
medium of a special messag4 <JT prolost, am} It
would have bW fclghl/ desirable had
he done so it length in this brief but
pointed document In this b? takes
ocoaelon to disclaim any official author
isation of the action of the Secretary
of State In laying the proposed amemlnvnt be
fore the several State Governors On the eon
trary, he says:?" A proper appreciation ?|
the letter ana apirit of the constitution, asTwell
as of the interest of national order, harmony and
onion, and a deference for an enlightened pub
lio judgment, may at this time well suggest a
doubt whether any amendment to the constitu
tion ought to be proposed by Congress and
pressed upon the legislatures of the several
States for final decision until after the admis
sion of snob loyal Senators and Representa
tives of the now unrepresented States as hare
been or may hereafter be chosen in conformity
with the constitution and laws of the United
States." Here Is the hitch between the Presi
dent and Congress; and now the latter have
called upon the Governors of the various States
to endorse their hasty and inconsiderate legisla
tion. If Congress believed its course oorrect
and popular, why did it skulk under the mantle
of a concurrent resolution to avoid the action
of the Executive in so vital a matter as a con
stitutional amendment f It remains to be seen
bow for the Governors of the loyal States will
go in sustaining Congress in its efforts to usurp
all the functions of government, the exeoutive
and administrative as well as the legislative.
The melancholy experience of former years in
calling extra sessions, we repeat, must prevent
Governor Fenton from calling onr Legislature
together, unless he is prepared to meet and
abide the fate of his imprudent predecessors.
The Three Factions In Congress?Par
liamentary Taetles.
At the opening of the present session there
were t* fictions in Congress, viz: the
radi-- conservative republican and
the As wo have previously
shown, conservative republican and
democratic factious combined had a clear
majority over the radicals, and could havo
checked all ultra legislation. Tho reason
why they did not unite their forces at the
commencement of the session we find in the ob
vious incompetency and narrow partisan views
of Messrs. Raymond and Brooks, of this city,
the leaders of their cliques in the House. We
have shown by facts and figures, which can
neither be disproved nor explained away, that
instead of effecting such a union for the good of
the country these two gentlemen playwl into
the hands of Mr. Thad Stevens, th; loader of
the radicals, and allowed thenis d vos and their
followers to be used a3 his tools whenever lie
required their assistance.
Understanding that Mess-s. R iymond and
Brooks are in the field as cand lates for the
next Congress, and appreclal ng ibo importance
of sending only our best, wisest, and strongest
men to Washington at this crisis as the repre
sentatives of the people, we havo opposed an I
?hall continue to oppose the rcnomiuation and
re-election of these two leaders and of all who
have adopted their unpatriotic policy. To our
former remarks npon this subject Mr.
Raymond replies indirectly by abasing
the democrats for assisting the radicals;
bat, If the democrats have been guilty of
this folly, how does Mr. Raymond stand f He
has committed the mum fault. More unsophis
ticated than any of the democrats, he has put
himself upon the record as having made a
strong speech against a radical measure and
then voted for the very thing he hod denounced.
Does Mr. Raymond suppose that the people
either forget or forgive suoh inconsistency as
this t He is one of those who know the right
and still the wrong pursue. His whole course
in Congress has been a series of self-contradic
tions. Whenever an opportunity occurred to
defeat a radical bill by voting with the demo
crats?except upon a single occasion when he
could carry nobody with liitn?he lias shirked
liia duty and voted with Mr. Thad Slovens. For
h'm to rebuke the democrats reminds us of the
old sim'le of the pot calling the kettle black.
With all their pretence of supporting the Presi
dent, Messrs. Raymond, Weed and Seward have
been tho m >st taithful and useful allies of
Messrs. St 'Veil*. Greeley and Wendell Phillips.
Mr. Brooka ban r??p5if?<l to our charges more
ili u.-ily, but with no better success. He de
ni >k 'tn' !u? is in'rgning for r renominntion;
hut in tin: same breath ho siys that he shall be
iwppy to hccent, of any nomination that will
'five liitn a ehnnco to contest the next Con
?r u-tinxil election in his district and rooccupy
tlio se tt from which ho was ousted by Mr.
T> > lire. Wo shall not dispute about the word
" intriguing," which seems to be the only point
of difference between us in rogard to this mat
ter of ronominatton. We are very willing,
also, to give Mr. llrooks all the advantage of
any sympathy he can excite among the people
by his expulsion from a seat to which it was
legally decided that he was not justly en
titled. On the strength of this sympathy the
Manhattan Clab has already furnished him
with a good dinner, and we think he onght to
be content with that; but if he supposes that
he can make any political capital by loudly
complaining of bis wrongs, as a person ex
pelled from a barroom raises the sympathy of
the crowd by showing them the place where
he was kicked, we certainly have no objec
tions. In our opinion, however, the pnblic are
rather glad that Mr. Brooks was turned oat of
Congress before he had the opportunity to do
any farther mischief. He does not and cannot
deny that he voted against the President and
with Mr. Thad Stevens on Mr. Hale's motion
to recommit the Negro Suffrage bill; but he
endeavor* to defend htauelf by stating that he
was not bound to stand by the President, and
that hii vote was "one of the boat and boldest
coupt d'Hni ever attempted in Congress." If
Mr. Brooks was not bonnd to support the Presi
dent, what hoe become of all hie professions of
adherence and those of hie party T Woe he
elected to rapport the rodloal* f And If going
over to the enessy is "one of the best and bold
est coups JVfaf," why are such penalties
attached to military and political desertions ?
The defence of Mr. Brooke only makes hie
cose worse. It shows that he dose not even
know that he has done wrong In giving aid,
comfort and votes to the revolutionary radi
cal!. No democrat who deserts his post and
joins the enemy under the Impression that this
is good parliamentary tactics is fit to go back
to Congre? as one of the representatives of
this olty.
Personally we have no animosity towards
either Mr. Raymond or Mr. Brooks. Tbey are
very clever people, very good speakers, and
would be better editors if they attended more
cldftely to the buslneee and let polltloe alone.
But tbey are not the sort of men required in
Congress daring this crisis, and we shall be
very sorry to see this greet metropolis mis
represented by thsm again. They have done
Incalculable damage to the Union oanse by
their errors, and compared with the fenatical
' firmness, satanio consistency nud radloal reso
Hon of Mr. Thad Stevens, their conservatism
iham. We hope that timid,
?sent? s me?? 1 men like Messrs.
vacillating, h^t^eartea , ftnd
Brooks and Bay*."?00? ?? - ? *?
defeated in every district throughoui
country in which they attempt to run- that
the next Congress, which to d#cido the fate
of the repablio and either precipitate us into
or save ns from another civil war and a mili
tary despotism, will be composed of the most
able statesmen in the land, irrespective of
past political affinities. With suoh a Congress
the Union will be restored and the country
saved. But if such politicians as Messrs.
Raymond and Brooks are to be re-elected the
radioals will have an easy victory, and wo
shall progress still more rapidly upon the road
to ruin.
Napoleon and HU Mexican Scheme?New
Developments.
It is very evident that Maximilian cannot rely
upon any farther assistance from Napoleop in
support of his empire in Mexico. The Emperor
of the French, finding that the complications
are thickening around him in Europe, is
anxious to strengthen himself as much as pos
sible, and has sent an autograph letter to Maxi
milian demanding that the custom houses of
Mexico shall be placed under French adminis
tration as a guarantee for the loan to the Mexi
can empire converted into three per cents.
This demand is accompanied by a threat that
in default of its acceptance tho French troops
will be immediately recalled. This certainly
places Maximilian in a tight place. To accede
to the demand would bo to deprive Maximilian
of a great portion of the revenue necessary
to meet his daily expenses. If ho rejects it he
will be left without sufficient foroe to protect
his crown for forty-eight hours. Either horn of
the dilemma is ruin to the Mexican empire
scheme, and the only safety for Maximilian
is to beat a hasty retreat from the Montezumas.
But while Napoleon's object in this move ap
parently is to secure additional security for
funds advanced to assist this Mexican project,
with the view of an early reimbursement, yet
it is not certain but that tho reasons assigned
for demanding the management of the custom
houses is only a subterfuge. It is not improba
ble that he has made the demand knowing
that Maximilian will refuse it and thus afford
him a pretext to withdraw all his troops from
Mexico at once, and not wait for the delay speci
fi 1 in the former stipulations.
!? would certainly be ruinous to Maximilian
to accede to that demand. He finds it next to
impossible to obtain sufficient funds to keep
the machinery of his empire going now, and
if ho turns over the custom duties to the French
his financial difficulties will be Increased a
thousand fold. His stay in Mexico under snch
circumstances will be anything but pleasant
Between that alternative and the loss of the
French troops he had better accept the latter;
for in acceding to the demand of Napoleon he
will be simply acknowledging to the world
that he hae no hold upon the people of Mexico,
that he is a uaurper to the fullest interpreta
tion of that word, and only retaina a foothold
there by virtue of French bayonets. A more
humiliating admisaion cannot be imagined.
Thus it is that the European scheme to eetab
lish an empire on our border is fast coming to
grief, with very strong symptoms that Napoleon
intends to leave Maximilian In the larch.
In the meantime General Banks' committee
has several propositions before it looking
toward important assistance on the part of our
government to the republic of Mexico. The
present would seem to be the opportune mo
ment for the United States to use its influence
in that diroctlon, and we have no doubt that
a plan is now being matured to render this
assistance upon the basis of General Ortega's
proposition. In entering into a treaty of this
kind our government would be recognising
the only legal and constitutional authority in
that country, would rebuke the factions which
are trying to keep Mexico in a constant turmoil,
materially benefit our commerce and socurc the
triumph of the Mexloan republic without arous
ing the opposition of any of tho European Pow
ers mixod up with the interests of the empire.
Now that a favorable opportunity is offered we
anticipate an elaborate report upon Mexican
affairs from General Banks within a very short
period. The attention, which his committee is
giving this subject, and the facts that most
have been gathered, ought to enable the com
mltteo to present a plan that will meet with
universal approval and eecure the early over
throw of the empire and the triumph of the
cauae of the republic, regardless of what the
answer of Msxlmilisn msy be to the recent de
mand of Napoleon.
Hiavt Diplomatic Cokkbmpondkncs.?The
flrat instalment of Mr. Seward '? official diplo
matic correspondence for twelve montha prior
to November, 1866, baa just beeu published.
It la a volume comprising six hundred pagee
and ia exclusively confined to our relatione
with Qreat Britain, including correspondence
with the American Minister in London, ac
counts of interview! with the British Ministry,
matters relating to neutrality, Anglo-rebel
pirate ships and kindred topics. Mr. Seward
possesses the fhculty of spreading an idea over
an illimitable amount of letter-press. Some
times he obscures a good thought, If be does
not entirely obliterate it, in a wilderness of
words. He would make a thorough magaxlne
writer; one who receives pay mors according
to the number of pagee he writes than the num
ber of ideas he presents. He would be more
erudite were be more concise, and more states
manlike and diplomatic were he more disposed
to furnish substance and facts rather than glit
ter and generalities. He would thus avoid
those vague, indefinite conclusions at which he
no frequently arrives. In this pionoer volume
of his diplomatic correspondence for a single
year our readers may form some conception of
the ponderous character of Mr. Reward's official
labors when his eight years of senrlce as Secre
tary of State shall have expired.
News Areas Huhviltr
Nasbtiu.!, June 24, ISM
A party of armed men, pretending to be searching for
stolen property, Tinted eight or ten negro families In
Ooodlrttxvilie and subjected then to numarone indtgai
tiee. Complaint wea made to General flake, who re
ferred the matter to the civil authorities, who seat two
man to arreat and bring tba offender* her#
The mercury to day stood 100 dagrtes In the shade.
Mews fVeaa If aw Orleans.
N?w Ottuu**. June 21, ISM
Paul Prota, the I arreat cigar dealer In the city, com
mitted raiclde thle morning. Two other enletdea nave
been committed.
The Southern Peclflo Railroad If nearly completed to
Marshall, Teiaai
The Miaaiartppl cotton crop la set I mated at one quartet
of a crop. The ootton la hlooming and healthy.
Ootton steadier; nalsi 1.006 bale*; middling, M" a
Me . rscMpta, *00 bales Rank sterling, OS. l?ew Tor*
exchange, k discount f>-!ghta on eoUoa ?To new
Tor*, fee.; to Liverpool. Hd.; to Havre 1?
ALONG THE HUDSON.
Opposition Between the Iteenboeti taf
Railroads?Cheap Fare?Health ofr tM
River Towns, die. ? v
ou? PODOHinn,, 00BBilPi}^?ccf. '
Pwonsvsn, June 81 1808.
Hoijlng on the Hudson this season is 11 rafter than
usual, and tha.T ** gr64l?r number of boats running
This state of affairs ha." t)?Jn brought about bp a feeling
between steamboat owners ^w Tow OeniraJ
and Hudson Rlrsr Railroad Companion. It has bepn
published that " Commodore Vandertf.U Induced "it
rectors of the New York Central Railroad <? toi
their time table as to prevent the day boats from -
nectlng with any of the through express trains on that
road." As a consequence the owners of the Daniel Dran
and Chaunoey Tlbbard have materially reduced the ftiw
on those boata They have also placed the steamer An
mania on the route between New York and Poughkeep
sie, putUng the rare at lift/ oenta The Hudson River
Railroad Company have put on a Sunday train to Pough
keep.-'te and return. The Troy line of steamers are ta
carry passengers to and from New York for fifty
cents. In former days, previous to tbo construction od
the Hudson River railroad, fbe opposition wis between
the boata. Then the Empire, Alida, Troy, Niagara. Roses
Williams, Rip Van Winkle and many others oould bedh
tingulshed afar off by the black smoks from " Scotch
kindlings" Issuing from their smoke stacks as they ran
side by aide, each striving to gain the landing first Now
the competition is between the ears and boats, not, hoW
ever, In speed, but In tne matter of low fan. conveni
ence and comfort The aeaaon will certainly M a vary
lively one. Tho Hudson river boats have uwaya been
more or less detained, and their passengers Inconveni
enced by low water near New Baltimore, a point Jual
south of Albany. A dyke Is now being erected there
fifteen feet wide and five thousand feet long, the largest
In the State. There will be fourteen feet of water al
that point when the dyke Is finished.
Lost year boats and barges of every description lay
aground on Cuyler's bar, a nuisance which had existed
for many years. A dyke built there has ovorcome the
difficulty, and Cuyler's bar is no more, leaving nine feet
of wnter at that point at low tide. Another dyko will be
commenced In a few weeks at the head of Hchodack
channel, and will be finished next year. The Hudson
river Improvements will then be comploted, and the
damage which has heretofore accrued to commeroe will
be avoided.
Tho subject of a "Hudson River Asylum for the In
sane," provided for by the losteosslon of tho Legislature.
Is bolng considerably agitated by prominent residents or
the various cities and towns 'along the Hudson. The
Governor bos appolntod the following named gontlemen
as commissioners for the purpose of selecting a suitable
site for the erection of the edifice, which Is to
cost half a million of dollars:?A. W. Palmer,
Amenta, N. Y.; Wm. S. Koynton, Kingston, N. Y.:
John Falconer, Now York city; Dr. J. M.
Clevland, Utica, N. Y., and Joseph B. Taylor,
New York city. It is barely probable that the building
will bo orocted on grounds situated a short distance from
this city, although Hudson, forty miles north, is also
looked upon with favor by tho commissioners. The
chairman of the commissioners being tho originator of
tho bill, and he being a resident of the county of Dutch
oss, are facts that will have their Influence towards the
selection of grounds near this city.
I hear of no cases of cholera along the banks of the
river, north or south, but on tho contrary the hoalth ef
tho river towns is unusually good.
The "white elephant" yclept the Athens and Schenec
tady Railroad, is now In operation, freight trains being
run ovur it dally. While no regular passenger trains are
being run, yet, upon application of the residents along
the route, tbo directors have attached paa>
Seng r cars to the freight trains. A tele
graph line is already in process of construction from lb*
Koutheru to tho northern terminus of the road, and
rumor has it that regular passenger trains will be put on
this week, uhhough no connection Is mads with New
York as yet hy boats.
The steamboat George Washington arrived here yeataiw
day from New York, loaded with twolve hundred Ger
mans. on a pleasure oxcursion to Chestnut Grove, op
powtte this city. The blowing of tne steamer's whistle,
ringing of her bell, and an occasional salute from a six
pounder, somewhat disturbod the peaceful quietude ef
this highly moral locality. To-day an Immense gather
ing of Germans from all parts of the Htate will convene
at the abovo grove for a mutual Interchange of friendly
feeling and an enormous consumption of lager.
City Intelligence.
RsroitAD Dm.?It waa reported yesterday that two
prominent mtmbers of the Union Club of tnia city, bad
left town for the purpoee of engaging In a deadly com
bat acoording to the thirty-nine articles of tha Southern
cods of honor. Tne aflWr has been kept a profound
secret, and no more la known than that tbe two repotted
principals are absent from their places of business and
homes.
Puobabls Caaa or Sossraou.?Yesterday afternoon
about four o'clock a man known as Jacob, for eighteen
months in tbe employ of a restaurant kaeper, 89 Ann
street, wsa suddenly seised with cramps, from tbe effbeta
of oxceaslve boat, as It waa supposed. That bla case waa
a very serious one will be seen from the fact that sixteen
glasses of brandy were given him In tbe courre of an
hour without effecting hie head m the least. He wan
put Into a carriage and taken home.
Tea Heatbd Tann.?1The two hottest days In the month
of June, 1806, were tbe 26tb and the 30th, when the
thermometer stood at 01 at three P. M. On tbe 1st It
stood at 80; od tbe 4th at 87; on tbe 11th at 87; en thn
17th at 84; on tbe 18th at 84; on ths Slat at 86; on the
22d at 86; and on tbe 16th it was only Tl. In thn
present month, June 1800, yesterday, 26th Inst,
th i thermometer, at three P. M.. marked 01?tbe very
point It reached that day twelve months, at tbe r
hour. On the 33d, 86; 34th, 86; on the 6d It was only
07?tbe lowest It baa been any day of this month at
three P. M.
PaasusTATinw to Bmsor Lvscn, or Chaslsstow, R C.?
The Executive Committee of the Union War Prisoners'
Association met last evening at tbe Metropolitan Ho
tel, for tbe purpeae of presenting to the Right
Rev. Dr. Lynch, Catholic Bishop of Charleston,
tbe proceeds of the lecture delivered at tbe Cooper
Institute on ths 27tb of May last by James T. Brady.
Ths money Is to be devoted to the rebuilding of the
Catholic Orphan Aarlum of Charleston. 8. C. The sum
pres- nted to tbe Bishop amounted to 01,830, exclusive
of the following donations from tbe gentlemen
named:?Edmond Connolly, |100: E. D. Basaford, 1100;
James Olw-ll, glOO; John W. Dempsey 860; James 8.
Klrker, $100; Jatncg A. Fairish $60; W. A. Connolly,
$60, R M. Daly. $86; Charles M. Connolly, $20. Gene
ral Bpnmue, $10; Mr Parker, $10. The presentation
was made by General Mclver, who referred to the many
kindnesses the Union war prisoners received from tbe
Bishop during their imprisonment in the South. The
Bishop responded in a brief and very appropriate man
ner, thanking the committee and referring to the disin
terested pbilanUiropby of many of the Southern |
In their sympathy for federal prisoners.
Arrival or ma Faaxrn Fain in Tunis.? Tbe French
?team screw frigate Themis. Captain Bibourt, from Mae
Unique, arrived off New York yeeterday afternoon. On
paaeing Governor's Island she sainted tbe fort, and the
salute waa responded to by tbe American autbonUeei
Th?- Themis mounts thirty two guns and haa a crew of
four hundred and eeventy-three m-n She made tbe
paaaage from Martinique In thirteen day*
Shot av as Orm as ?Officer Maveny, of tbe Sixth
precinct, being called In to eettle a dieputo between Hugh
Bleseon and his wife, at No. 00 Mulberry street, found
Bleeaon brandish.ng a large club, with which be had
assaulted hie wire, and threatening to demolish any one
and every one that would dare to Interfere with bias.
The officer drew hie revolver with tbe IntonUon of fright
ening him, when tbe pistol wee accidentally discharged
tbe ball taking effect In Beeson's leg. Tbe wounded mad
wns takon to H-Jievue Hospital, where the urge-in pro
nounced tbe wound not dangerous
fin In CmbI Street.
MA BROW MCATI OV TBI TIN A NTS?A HAM AM*
CIILD MCATI IT TBI BOOT.
At twenty ml do tee peel two o'clock on Moiday morw.
tag a Are broke oat li e tailoring More kept by Wieraar
Shnfboberg et Na 1M Ceael street. Alarm wee Immedi
ately given by the Mith precinct police, bet before tbe
tremeo reached the bene tbe whole of tbe otore wee lg
e blase. The beet and moke Mcmtdlig rapidly up tbe
statin prerteted several of tbe tenants from peteing dew,
end they were compelled to eocape from the rear wtedowd
of tbe second and third stortea. Mr Shafsnberg, It see me.
slept tn one of tbe reer sum bedrooms with one of bin
children, a bar three yean otd. A young man, frtlsiWfc
Low, oleo slept IB the name room. They meted to tbe
fire Marshal that when awakened by tbe alarm ths room
was Ml of smoke I.iw ran down siairs to the first
floor, saw ths Are was n ths store, thao ran bark to bin
rem, grsbbnd up snms of bis clothing, and endeavored
lo return down the gtsllB but (MM only gel tn thn
second floor, and sea compelled, to mrs bimesir from
suffocation, to make his escape from a second story
window t? a sh<?d roof In the yard Mr Shafenberg
?u o naMc to come down, bat remained in his room
aottl Almost suffocated. Then be got out et the dormer
wtndow, placed bis child first into ths roof gutter, then
clambered oat and so Along ths roof to the Adjoining
building Ssreral members of Mr. Hlgbt's family mode
their escape from the second story windows. The firm
men managed the Are exceedingly well, end prevented it
from spreading beyord the Mors, where It evidently ori
ginated, but how or in whnl meaner Is nt ptwsent us
known. The Ttre Marshal has ths mettsr nnd-r Inves
tigation Mr. Hbofcnberg amsrts that he bed a rtock of
over $1,000, and Is teen rod for Uist ameont In
tinental Insurancs Company. Tbe building l? damaged
about 1000, Insured.
Military AWmtrn.
RATIONAL ?UABI> CATAI.IT IIIOAng TO PABAM
ON TBI TOCITH.
Brigadier Oensral Toetley he* Imued the following
order for the parade of tbe firm brigade, car airy, on thn
Fourth of July ?
annsaAi. oansas?so. S
Ttavr Baioad* < sr*i ht N. 3 8 M T . I
Nvw Toss, lone M. IMS
Mil Park. Rcglntenis will f .rm tn brlgwla Una
at raven o'rlock a.M Br order of
BRfi'iRK roMI.KT BrigadierOeserat,
Commanding first brtrnde cavairy N. 0, 8. N. T.
Cssets* Whti st Aid d? ' ?m?.