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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. " GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. STILL HARPISG Oy THE RIOT. Strong Feeling Against the Military Were They Justified in Firing 1-The Ring Throw Hoffman Overboard Sentiments of the No :i-Belligerent Irish. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDKNT.] NEW YORK, July 15 People are not yet tired of talking about Orange riot, and its causes and consequences Within the last few hours the discussion turned upon the conduct of the military. Then ls a strong feeling, even among many whe favored the protection given by the author! ties lo the Orange parade, that the soldier acted without discretion in firing into crowd. It looks very much as if the young men of the Eighty-iourth became panic strick? en and fired off their guns without being real 1 j conscious of what they were doing. It been ascertained that the two members of th< Ninth who were killed, Page and Wyatt, from the dre of the military and not from thai of the rioters, as was at first supposed, doubt if a single case of killing .by the Irish? men has been proved beyond a doubt. The rioters were certainly throwing stones and bricks, and a great many excited persons saw them fire off pistols, but in every case of death where investigation has been had, lt has been ascertained that the victim died from the bul lets of the military. It is a fearful thing to put weapons in the hands of a lot of reckless young men, with %permission to shoot them off ima the midst of compact crowd in the streets, at their own discretion. The using of powder and ball should be the last resort, and only when a re Sonslble superior officer is satisfied that the re emergency has arrived. It is evident that no orders were specially given to the military - by General Varian to fire, and that the shooting was a spontaneous thing evoked by the fears of the members of the Eighty fourth regiment that the Irishmen were about to hurt them. The consequence of that fatal volley was that three-fourths of the killed were people who had nothing to do with the disturbance. One poor young man, a South erner, who was in the neighborhood purely on business, was slain. An elderly gentlemen went on the root of his house lu Twenty-filth street to look at the procession, and received a bullet through the brain. The defenders ot the military urge for them that the mob was closing around them rapidly, that as they advanced down the avenue the shower of missiles, mingled with pistol shots Increased, and that if they had not fired at the time they did they would have been forced to do it subsequently, where the street was still more crowded and wben the entire brigade must* have participated. The loss of life would then have been very much greater. It was the timely warning at the outset that dis? couraged the mob, and prevented the riot from assuming larger proportions. This is undoubtedly the tact. The news of the slaugb ter on Eighth avenue sped like wildfire throughout the city, and threw a complete damper on any preparations which the Hiber nians had made to break up the procession. The Radicals confidently nope to make much capital out of the recent troubles. The inde? cision of the Democratic city authorities; and their apparent desire to conciliate the Celtic element, which ls so strong in votes, enraged a large class of Americans who have been act? ing with the Democratic party, and the swear? ing was very heavy among them on the day of the riot, that they would never vote a Demo? cratic ticket again. This, however, was the language of passion, not ot reason, and It may be presumed that when the excitement ?p. cools off, the repudiators will think better of . their angry threats. The principles of Democ? racy are just the same whatever the local politicians of any city may do. It Democrats are not' Battened with their political iconer.-, they can refuse to vote for them, and select others. They don't help the matter by going over to the common enemy. It would be absurd to hold the Democracy of Ohio respon? sible for the political antics of Mayor -Hall and Dick Connolly. The Radicals ot Vermont would feel themselves aggrieved if they were asked to take the consequences of the mis? deeds ot tbe Charleston County commission? ers. I think this will be the view the country will take ot this matter eventually, and that the Democratic party of the nation will not be so much injured in i he Presidential election as Its enemies now fondly anticipate. If the city authorities showed the white feather, the same cannot be said of the Demo? cratic Governors ot New York and New Jer? sey. They came forward promptly and assert? ed the right of peaceable men to parade in the streets of their cities and promised them am? ple .protection. The action of Governor Hoff iain has given deep offence to some of our Irish citizen?. He was condemned pointedly In a series of resolutions passed by the officers of the Irish brigade, and lt Is announced that a mass meeting will shortly be held to give stronger popular expression to these senti? ments. . Among the leaders in this movement are General McMahon, formerly United sutes minister to Paraguay; General Sweeney, Uni? ted States Army, formerly the Fenian chief, and John Mitchel. The dissatisfaction among j these Insh has already had its influence on what is called the "Tammany Ring.'* It ls stat? ed, on what has always been regarded as good authority, that the '-Ring" had a secret meet? ing on tue day after the riot and threw Hoff? man overboard as its candidate for the Presi? dency. The ring leaders have been growing lukewarm in their attachment to Hoffman for seme months. They were especially displeas? ed with his course during the recent session of j the Legislature. He would Insist upon veto? ing every bill that had the suspicion ol jobbery about it. I suppose they are glad to have an excuse to break with him. lt is but just to the Irish Catholics at large to say that they are quite indifferent to the in? trigues of the politicians; that they care noth? ing for the feelings of the "ring," and are glitte as ready as ever to support Governor [oilman on his merits as a man. The Cholle clergy of this city, with great unanimity, o.hor- - ted their parishioners last Sunday to preserve the public peace, and accord to the Irish Pro Ik testants the same privlle es they claimed for themselves, and the opinion is freely express? ed, and with justice, too, that if the authori? ties had confided the escort of the procession to the Sixty-ninth, the "crack" Irish regiment, the men would have, if necessary, died in the performance of their duly. At least two thirds of the policemen are Irish Catholics, and their conduct on the day of the riot has excited enthusiastic commendation from everybody. ^ ^ KYM. THE STRUGGLE HY Cl'BA. HAVANA, July 19. General Palanca telegraphs on the 13 th that engagements occurred on the day before, in which one hundred insurgents were killed and the rest dispersed. Nine Spaniards were kill? ed and ten wounded. According to Manz? anilla correspondent of Diario, two expedi? tions of filibusters, from Venezuela, have landed. Quesada's proclamation announced the sailing of three expeditions in steamers ( Virginia, Bolivar and another, the name of which ls not known. No official confirmation ot the second landiug has come to hand. CRUXES AJS'D CASUALTIES. _ . . CINCINNATI. July 19. The body cf Captain Biodgett, late of the steamer Carlisle, missing since midnight on Monday, was found in the river this morn? ing. A TJ , PITTSBURG, July 19. a. M. LiOFerldge, formerly general agent of the Mutual Benefit Lite Insurance Company, waa latally shot at noon to-day. XEWS ERO M NEW YORK. m - ' , . , ^w YORK, July 19. The second triennial reunion of the Army ot the James occurred to-day. The specie shipments to-day amount to $456,000. . Dr. Alva Blaisdell, convicted of defrauding fthe ret enue, has been pardoned. The committee of King's County Medical So? ciety report 1354 cases of smallpox in Brooklyn for the year ending July 1. Not a few fatal cases have occurred during the past month. TSE WAE IA' COREA. Fall Details or thc American Attack on the Co<ean Forts-Order of Engage? ment-'Personnel of Attacking Forces Description of the Enemy-The En? gagement, &c. The following is a special account of the Co? rean fight, received by the steamship America at Shanghai, having been brought thither by the Palos, which left the- Corea on June 3 to get stores and bring up some eight-inch guns from the Ashuelot. The first arrived at Je? rome -Gulf May 20th, and reported ten days surveying the channels between the various islands, tinnily coming to anchor at a point designated in the French charts as the Isle of Bolsee. For three days a surveying party was away, and during that time met some natives, who sent off a communication asking where we were from, and hoping we were well. VISIT OF COREANS TO THE COLORADO. On Monday of this week, a number of Cor eans ol the third and fifth rank came aboard the Colorado, where they were received by Governor Low's interpreters. They were shown about the Colorado and distinctly told that we meant to send a surveying party up the river, that our mission was peaceful, and that we sheuid not attack nor molest them in any way unless they first assaulted us. They expressed themselves non-committal, and were glad to know our mission was peaceful, and, as I believe, were satisfied. ADVANCE OF THE SURVETING PARTY. On Thursday morning, the Monocacy and Palos, with four steam launches, two from the .Colorado and the others from the Alaska and Benlcla, left about half-past 10 o'clock A. M. to go up and pass KaDghoa, an island at the mouth of the river Salee, and survey. The 8arty from the Monocacy, under Captain Mo? rea, numbered 170, and Chat from the Palos, under Commander Rockwell, 50. The launch? es were manned by eleven men each. Captain Hemer C. Blake was on the Palos. Accompanying the expedition were Mr. Cowle, private secretary to Minister Low. On the Palos, Messrs. B. J. McCaslln and Edward H. Julesburg. Paymaster Spaulding, of the Pa? los, was with Lieutenant Totten, and Captain Boswell and Mr. Slossen, of the Colorado, with Lieutenant Mead. The boat parties were armed with cutlasses, pistols and Remington rifles. The Benlcla launch carried a twe.-ity four-pounder in the bow: the others were pro? vided with twelve-ponnaers, and a good sup? ply of shel!, canister and BCbrapnel. Availing themselves of the flood tide, the launches went ahead, abreast, up the River Kanghoa, sounding KB they proceeded, the Palos and Monocacy following at a convenient distance. The boats, which were unmolested for some time, prosecuted their work regularly on the river, which is here quite a miie in width. WARLIKE APPARITIONS. The day was bright and beautiful, and all went well until they approached the narrow portion of the river, about ten miles I rom the Colorado. Here a great turnout, of white-coat? ed Coreans was noticed on a bluff off the lett bank, with flags flying, and presenting quite a martial array. A nearer view Indicated their number to be about 2000 men, clothed in the costume of tho country, which ls a white coat, not unlike the present European overcoat, white pajamoB, tied at the ankle, with white socks and light summer shoes, such as are worn by the Chinese. There were two red? stone torts visible, one on each bank, armed with upwards of sixty-nine 18-pounders, and guarding the narrow passage or bend of the river. The one on the right bank was the smaller ot the two, and was not noticed at all during the engagement, except by a shell or two sent to find ft anybody was stirring there? in; but the mala fort, built upon a bank rising nearly one hundred feet from the water's edge, was evidently the standpoint of the Co? reans, and from which they expected to lntim 1 date or drive a way in dismay the foreigners. The launches kept steadily at their business without heeding the spectacle presented on the bank. The Benlcia launch meanwhile drop DC d astern, owing to herleadJin? jauUngu her screw, sc mat when thersurvoying party came opposite the fort she was-nearly two miles off. " STRENGTH OP THE COREANS. Mr. Cowle took a good observation of the. Coreans, und counted more than thirty-six guns in position. Besides, there were seen countless numbera of Jlngalla carried by two men each. -These last; with the bannered men, helped to swell the array which formed upon the aide and top of the hill behind the stone wall. THE ACTION. The turning point of the river was now reached, and when at a distance ot 150 yards from the shore a stream of fire was poured from the large fort, followed In a few mo? ments by a discbarge ot guns from the fort on the right bank. Tne launches at once turned their bows on the malu fort and their guns quickly replied, while the Palos and Monoca? cy, coming up on a five knot breeze, rattled away over the heads of the flotilla with their eight-inch rifled guns. " Lieutenant Commander Rockwell, with the Palos, made splendid practice with the bow guns, while Captain McCrea, who followed on the Monocacy, gave to the enemy the full benefit oi his broadside battery at close quar? ters, so close that the vessel grazed some hid? den rocks, which formed a reef above the bend of the river. Notwithstanding this acci? dent, which displaced an Iron plate and caused a leak, the Monocacy kept up a steady and well-directed fire until the forts were silenc? ed. Dum g the action there was little orno breeze, a id the thick smoke from the shore and river almost hld the combatants. At Intervale, however, there was noticed red sand, with mortar from the walls, fly log off in clouds as -he shells burst in the works, and In ten minui-ss from ?he commencement of the firing the Coreans were driven back helter skelter over the hills. THE ADMIRAL'S ORDERS. Admira': Rodgers had said to the surveying party, "Do nut lire unt 1 you are fired upon, but If you are fired upon, don't be the first to stop firing." There were no orders given to lani, so nat after Captain Blake had satisfied himself an to the discomfiture of the enemy, the gunboats and launches were ordered to move around the bend and anchor a short dis? tance above the scene of action. CASUALTIES. The only casualties were on the Alaska's launch. A Eailor was in the act of pointing the howitzer, when a ball struck him on the side of the head and shoulders-another had two fingers cut off by the recoil of a guu. Ic seems strange that, with tue hot close firing on the part uf the Coreaos that such small damage should result, but it is believed that this fortunate issue for the boats is owing to the larger guns on the fort being elevated'too much. The gunboats and launches were all more or less struck by balls, and many narrow escapes took place, but fortunately none were badly hit. COREAN STRATEGY. After the boats had rounded the point, the Coreans had returned to their guns, and in time to open fire upon the launch of the Beni cia, which, us before stated, was delayed and left behind. Master Schroder, in charge ol' the launch, did not hesitate to force a passage against a l odds and join his companions, and as soon as the fire from the tort was delivered, coolly returned the fire and pushed on up the river. At slack water the boats were headed down the stream again, but before they start? ed on tuelr return to the squadron, a few shells were Judiciously thrown over the hill into the lort. This procedure settled affairs for that day. The Coreans findins that their forts were of no use, even though the Yankees were around the corner and out of sight, concluded to evac? uate. They were seen marching out of their forts in Mngle file, and making a short route to the woods in the rear. The works of the surveying party being concluded, the vessels returned io the squadron without further mo? lestation._ SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. -The Democratic State Convention of Ma? ryland, held in Baltimore, have nominated Wm. Pl.ickney Whvte for Governor. -The Supreme Court of Missouri have de? cided a case upholding the county tax collec? tors in seizing stock ol delinquent railroads. -The ship Minerva, from Liverpool, with 255 passengers for Montreal, was wrecks off Cape Breton. All on board were saved. -Collector Bobb. of Savannah, ls in Wash? ington. TEE LANGLEY DISASTER. FURTHER - PARTICULARS OF THE BREAKING OF THE DANS. The Extent of the Damage to the Lang? lo j- and Bath Mills. The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday brings us the following additional details of the dis? aster at Langley and the Bath Paper Mills, by which two most flourishing manufacturing en? terprises have been badly damaged : On Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock", the Immense dam at the Langley Cotton Factory broke, and tbe contents of a pond of water, covering some six hundred acres, swept away. This enormous quantity of wat?r waa precipi? tated into the pond of the Bath Paper Manu? factory, and the dam there was unable to stand the pressure, and went down in a few minutes. The combined waters of the two i ponds then swept onward, until they reaohed ! the track of the South Carolina Railroad, near Horse Creek, where half a mlle ot trestle work and embankment were undermined and destroyed. ThlB ls the whole of the sad story in a few. lines. The details of tho occurrence are hard to obtain, owing to the lateness of the hour at which it happened and the distance of the manufactories from the' city. After diligent inquiry, however, we have been able to gather the following PARTICULARS of the affair, which may be relied upon as cor? rect. The breaking of the dam at the Lang? ley Factory was not the result of the heavy rains which have fallen for the past week in this vicinity. The rain raised the water in the pond but very little-so little that it was not noticed by the officers of the factory. On last Monday atternoon, the operatives finished their labors at the usual hour, and left the building for their homes, little thinking that in a few short hours a catastrophe would hap? pen which would leave them for months with? out employment. Later, the superintendent of the manufactory walked over the dam along its entire length, and found no cause for alarm. The top ot the dam was four or five feet above the water, and everything looked perfectly tight and strong. About 1 o'clock yesterday morning, the night WATCHMAN MADE HIS USUAL BOUNDS, ovor the building and premises, but we pre? sume more anxiously look ig for fire than water. He extended his waik along tbe dam from one end to the other, and like Mr. Foster found nothing wrong. The water had not risen in the pond at all, and the top of the dam was still high above the surface. The water was tailing over the tumbling dam, but in no unusual quantity. In the waste way there was not exceeding an Inch and a half ot water. The watchman, satisfied that all is well, re? traces his steps and enters the factory. Every? thing Is still around him. He hears nothing, until two hours later there comes a sound a's Of . THE BUSH OF MANY WATERS, and looking forth, hastily and affrighted, he sees the dam broken near the middle of the structure, and an enormous volume of water rushing through the aperture. In an incredi-1 ble short space of time more than one-third of the dam was destroyed. A wall of earth, about tour hundred yards long, eighty feet thick at tlie base, and eighteen feet thick at the summit-a wall which had been the work of many months and many laborers-bad crumbled away at the advance of the water like frost-work before the beams of a noonday Bun. WHAT CAUSED TUE DAM ACCIDENT ls a question which no man has yet been able to answer positively. There are of course several theories, but who shall say in which one consists the solution of the mystery? It is evident that the dam was nat broken at first by water flowing over the top of the structure; and lt ls equally evident that it must have been broken near the base or centre. One of the most plausible opinions advanced Is that a certain portion of the dam was built over a quicksand, and that during the nlsrht. there must have been a land slide in ti"raa~~? a?oroeaaaaperuire- -tCT thc -n-aier, which soon made itself master of the situation. Unfortu? nately when the demolish me nt. of the dam was completed the destruction there, great as it was, was not destined to be ali the damage In? flicted. THE PAP EB MILL AT BATH was to come in for a large share also. The upper extremlcy ot the pond of the paper manufactory is in a very shot: distance of the dam of the Langley factory. When the dam burst, as above described, the contents of the enormous basin-covering si r hundred acres of ground-was discharged with fearful rapidity into the pond of the paper mill, itself a very large sheet ol water. This unexpected addi? tion to its waters caused them to rise with great swiftness and brought a tremendous pressure to bear on the dam of the paper mill. The dam was not able to stand the pres? sure, and went down ina few minutes, and. the COMBINED WATERS OF THE TWO PONDS swept on down the valley ol Horse Creek witb a violence which was simply irresistible. A short distance from the paper mill runs the track of the South Carolina Railroad, consist? ing, for nearly halt a mlle, of trestle-work and embankment, and the .NEXT TO SUFFER WAS THE RAILROAD. The water rapidly undermined both trestle and embankment, and nearly half a mile of the track was washed up. Fortunately the ac? cident took no lives, but it came fearfully near taking a great many. At three o'clock yester? day morning the through fast passenger train lett this city for Wilmington. It passed over the trestle and embankment just before the water reached them, and a snort time after the passage of the train the track was washed away. THE DAMAGE done to all parties is estimated at about forty thousand dollars. The Langley Factory has lost between twen? ty and twenty-five thousand dollars by the breakage ol the dam. But the heaviest dam? age will be found in the time in which it will take to complete repairs. It will be four months before the factory can be placed In running order again, and during this time fully-two hundredoperatlves will be thrown out ot employment. The factory commenced work only about two months ago, and this early Buspension Is universally regretted. Il is estimated that the paper mill will have to expend about fifteen thousand dollars in re? pairing the dam, and a good many hands will be lett without employment. The damage to the railroad was compara? tively trifilug. During yesterday the trains came to thia city on thc track of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Gran itevllle, only one of them-the up night pas? senger train from Charleston-arriving be? hind time. A large force of hands was em? ployed there all day, and by last night the track had ail been relaid. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Williamsburg. The Kingslree Star announces the death in that village of Mr. Peter Bonneau Mouzon, Sr.. 60 years old; also ot Dr. T. S. Steele, at Black mlugo. Marlboro*. Rennettsv?le is to have a new Methodist Church. Our Marlboro' friends do not act rashly. This same project has been talked of for at least twenty years. Better late than never. Mr. W. R. Rrewington, the contractor, is now engaged In the construction ol" the new edifice. We learn from the Marlboro' Times that the ladles ol Bennettsville are vigorously at work endeavoring lo raise funds to pay fox this church, and we have no doubt they will accomplish it. Aa apple, measuring twelve inches in clr cumlerence, sent to the editor of the Marlboro' Times by Dr. Thomas S. Covington, of that county, receives a ?rsi-rate notice. Columbia. We learn that one ot the inmates in the colored asylum, says the Union, made for parts unknown Sunday night, and was found on the roof of the building yesterday morn? ing, where he had remained from time of escape. The same paper also says: "The storm that passed over here yesterday was quite severe above, especially at Alston, aod ulso below the city. The telegraph wires were interier red wltn above and below. In the city seve? ral arbors were blown down, and a lew tree were blown up by the roots." The down train on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad met with an accident Saturday, near Chester, caused by running into a cow, which threw the engine down a high bank, rendering it unfit for further use, as also the tender, and injuring the box car attached next thereto. The fireman was seri? ously scalded. It ls understood the wreck has been cleared away, and the trains are regular? ly running. Mari?n. The Marlon Crescent Bays : "On Friday last a large number of the best citizens of our town met In order to express the sense of the citizens here on the recent action of the Gov? ernor in pardoning the rioters. After some few remarks, it was unanimously resolved that a committee of five be appointed to draft suitable resolutions, with iu structions to report at as early a day ns practicable. The chairman appointed Messrs. W. D Johnson J. 0. Wilson, A. Q. McDuffle, James C Mul? lins and W. J. McKerall. By resolution, the chairman, Major 8. A. Durham, and J. M Johnson, Esq., were added to the committee " .The same paper says: "We are Informed Lhat Ben Finklea, the negro who, about two weeks ago, outraged a white woman near this town, killed a negro man last Wednesdav. The murder was oommltted in North Caro? lina, not very far from Cerro Gordo. We did not learn the particulars or the name of the victim. We are glad to add that It is rumored that the villain has been arrested." The taxpayers ot Wahee Township, In that county, have agreed to levy a tax of three fourths of a mill for school purposes. The Marion Star brings the loliowlug item : 'Our Jail was forced last Sunday night and one of the prisoners made his escape by let? ting himself down from the third story.with blankets. Apother was coming down in the 6ame way when he was discovered by Sheriff Collins who, we believe, is the Jailor. Sheriff Collins lives In the jail. Where will this escape be laid? We suppose the ghost of the departed will be Indicted for lt. This is only another link In this world's history to prove bow an innocent man is sometimes slandered, vilely slandered to gratify the prejudices of a wicked heart. May the dead rest in peace, ' and his ghost not be indicted for the escape of f this Jail-bird." THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I Williamsburg. I The King3tree Star' says: "The promising prospect for a good crop that was universal a KW weeks ago, has been materially diminish by the recent drought. We learn that in many portions of this county no rain has fallen for several weeks, and the corn crop in conse? quence thereof will fall far short of what was expected it would yield. In this immediate neighborhood there has been no rain for twelve days, and the effect of the hot, dry weather is visible upon corn. We see from our exchanges that this-drought extends to many of the counties in the State." Marlboro'. The Marlboro' Times, in piteous accents, speaks thusly : "The weather has moderated somewhat within the last day or two, but lt is still very hot and dry. We hear of some pretty good'seasons in some portions of the county, but crops generally .are suffering severely from want ef rain. A few days ago there were pretty good rains below here, reaching up to within a mlle or two of this place; but right around Benuellsvllle we hate not had rain enough to do any good for some time. The crops and gardens are literally burning up, and even the people are beginning to pre? sent a scorched and shrivelled appearance. At the time of writing this article, lt does not ap? pear as If we are ever to have any more rain. Yet we hope it will come after awhile. It has become so dry about here, that preaching and threatenings of a flood, if one was now in order, would have as little effect upon the J minds of the people as th?se things did in the , days of Noah." Marlon. The Marlon Star has the following informa? tion on the weather and crops: "Recently we have had occasion to see many crops in vari? ous sections of the State, and we must-pro? nounce the planters of Marion in advance of those of any other section. The corn along me raiiioari mutua nnnears t/v hA.oivnAt.iAi,.?n the cotton, though theiaroer ls more than re-1 spectable and scarcely less than very promis? ing. In Richland and Sumter Counties we learned that the dry weather was at least threatening, and if it continued would prove injurious.. In Darlington, so far as we could hear, cotton ls rather more promising- thun corn, though both are good. Around Flor? ence, where we met with a reception so warm that the recollection of it evokes the tenderest emotions of our generous heart, crops did not impress us as more than ordinarily fair. A ride of a few miles in. the country a day or two ago satisfied us of the correctness of the glowing reports ol the prospects of an abun? dant corn crop in Marlon. If nature continues to smile upon our tanners, they will Import no corn for the next year or two. The cotton crop, wu are told, ls better nt this season than lt has been for a number of years. This is only a rehearsal of the crop reports that come to us from every section of the State. Our peo? ple ought to be thankful. "Since the above was In type, we learn that the crops northeast of Little Rock are suffer? ing very much for rain." THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, July 19. Itis probable that the short but heavy rain will pass over Maryland and New Jersey and possibly Connecticut, but rising barometer and clearing weather with lresh northwest winds are probable for Thursday from Illinois and Wisconsin eastward to the Atlantic coast. Threatening weather will probably continue in Northern Florida, with partially cloudy weath? er in the interior of the Gulf States. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, V. S. A ,-4.47 P. M. Place of Observation. Augusta.., Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo. N. Y..., Charleston. Cheyenne, W. T Chicago., Cincinnati. Cleveland. Corinne, Utah... Detroit. Duluth, Min. Indianapolis.... K*v West, Fla... Knoxville, Tenn. Uko City. Kia .. Memphis, Tenn. Milwaukee, Wis. Mobile. Nashville. New London, Ct. New Orleans.... New York. Omaha. Neb... Oswego, N. Y... Philadelphia.... Pittsburg, Pa.... Portliud. Me... Rochester, N. Y san Francisco., Savannah. St. Louis. St. Paul, Minn.. Toledo. O. Washington, D.c. Wiimington.N.C. Norfolk. Lynchburg. ea ven worth.... Cape Mav. Mt. Washington. -A young Prussian officer, who doubted the love of his affianced bride, requested, alter the battle of Gravelotte, one of bis friends at home to Inform the young lady that he (the officer) was among the killed, and to report to him how she would receive the news. The friend complied with the officer's request, but the letter which was to convey the report of the young lady's demeanor brought to the officer the terrible news of her death, the young girl having committed suicide the night alter his friend's sad communication. The young officer was so impressed with the catas? trophe and felt so much aggrieved at the death of his fair young betrothed, that he wenl mad. He is now in a Berlin lunatic asylum, and his case is pronounced hopeless. A REMARKABLE RACE. THE QUICKEST MILE EVER RUS IS \ AMERICA&TTME 1.40. Longfellow Against Kingfisher - An Exciting Contest-Heavy Betting on the Result - Longfellow Makes the First Mile In 1.40 and Wins the Race -Description of the Horses The telegraph has already reported the sur? prising performance at Saratoga, on Friday, of the new Kentucky horse Longfellow, a four year old, belonging to Mr. John Harper, the veteran turfite, now in hi3 eightieth year. Longfellow ls a powerful brown, Blred by j Leamington, dam Nantura. The following particulars of the great "event" are collated j from New York papers: The great event of the day was the contest between Longfellow and Kingfisher, none of the other ten entries for the cup daring to run [ with them. Tbls race had the appearance of a match between th?se great celebrities. Since the entries were made, and during the whole of last winter and this spring, discussion has been rife on the merits of these two distln-1 gulshed racers, and large amounts have from time to time been posted on the issue. Long? fellow, the winner of the race, and who made the first mlle in one minute and forty seconds -the fastest time ever made-ls a dark brown, four years old, and is owned by Colonel John Harper, the Kentucky millionaire. Kingfisher, a lighter brown, ls owned by August Belmont, j of New York. The race was for the Saratoga cup and a purse of $1600. THE HORSES. Longfellow has a magnificent dark brown color, a long, drooping neck, and long barrel. His hindquarters are rather low, and his stride is long and low, with a wonderlul sug? gestion of * confident power. Kingfisher is lighter colored, higher in the quarter, and has a short, straight neck, and sharp head. In place of the easy stride of Longfellow, he has a quick, sharp gait, which seems to require great exertion, and suggests a doubt of his ca? pacity to sustain it for two and a quarter miles. Both herses were In magnificent con? dition. THE BETTING. John Morrissey offered lo take all odds at 460 to 1000 on Kingfisher. He was instantly j taken at his word by a dozen, among them James Barelly anil Lemlte, of New York. Tommy Johnson, of New York, offered 200 to 500 on Kingfisher, and found no difficulty In obtaining all the bets be wanted. From the first, Colonel Harper has evidently felt confl kent that nothing could stand against Long? fellow, though he is very cautious in his way of expressing himself. The run of conversa? tion among the magnates of the course indi? cated the magultude of Longfellow's triumph. Many backed bim to beat Gladiateur's time. After the race, Colonel Bruce said lhat he be? lieved no horse in England could compete with him, and Mr. Belmont offered to bet a j large amount that he could beat any horse in the world. Before the start, probably $100,000 was in the hands of the pool-sellers. THE OREAT RACE. The crowd of betting men stood gazing at | him wilh intense interest, and as the two came up to the starting point and got away, lt was with the greateac difficulty that John Morrissey and the constables of the course could get them out of the way to give the (torses room. On they came toward the stand, ? and the crowd actually thrilled with excite? ment as they passed. Longfellow had drawn j away at the start, and at the string bad a lead of two lengths. The difference in the horses and In their style of running was evident at once. They rushed over the first mlle. Long? fellow running long, easy; but swill as a gray hound, with little Kingfisher leap on leap be? hind bim. At the mile-post stood ibree of ihe most experienced turfmen on the ground, with watches ready to take the mlle-tlme, which was 1.40. THE QCICKKST TIME EVER MADE onds^bahind. On^the'next mlle "the totetrar varied lrom four to six lengths, and - as they came, on the homestretch Kingfisher's rider plied the whip, and the gallant little horse ! answering, gained fast on the great Kentuck? ian, losing the race by only three lengths. Time-4.02L Longfellow had not been touch-1 ed with the whip, but showed considerable exJ hauslion as the grooms pressed around to] wash and blanket ulm. AX EXCITING SCENE. The excitement that ensued was unparallel-1 ed. Men rushed about with tears In their j eyes, vowing that such a hor?e as this was never foaled. The only perfectly cool person was Longfellow's owner, old John Harper, "Uncle John," as he ls universally called, who tottered along leaning on his cane and shout? ing .directions to the negro boys who were grooming the victor. WHO WON AND WHO L08T. Turfmen say they never witnessed a more I beautiful or exciting contest. The amount of \ money that changed hands, notwithstanding the large odds to which the backers ol Long? fellow had to submit, was immense. The Hon. John Morrissey was the heaviest loser. Among tile large winners were Messrs. Barkely and Lemlte, of New York. After this exciting race, around which the chief interest of the day |.centered, it was natural that the excitement would flag: some what in the last contest. THE CROWD. Racing is fast becoming a national sport, and it crops out at all places of fashionable re? sort, and attracts cosmopolitan assemblies to its courses. The races at Saratoga, like those at Long Branch and Jerome Park, have been largely attended by the. better classes of peo? ple and made the occasion for much display of genuinely-fashionable costumes and equipages. Among the spectators have been such repre? sentatives ot widely-separated "circles" as Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. John Morrissey, who is one of the most elegantly-dressed ladies at the springs, and Mrs. Jones, the pres? ident of the Cook County Woman's Suffrage Association, of Illinois. The New York re? ports are hedged in with a descriptive pot Eourl of chantilly lace, tarlatan, ruches, oulllonce, French muslin, Valenciennes, lav? ender silk, chambery. gros grain, lawn, serge and other bewildering matters appertaining to the ball or promenade. The ladles are in high spirits and the season is at its height. As a contrast to the prevailing extravagance, notice is made of the old Kentucky farmer, John Harper, dressed in a plaiu, long drab coat and a shabby hat that would not bring twenty-five cents in Chatham sireet. That he is abundantly able to pay his bills, however, may be inferred from the fact that he owns 'Longfellow," and has refused $60,000 for him -which is about $5 an' ounce. COMING CONTESTS. Saratoga dispatches say that Mr. Harper will start Longfellow for a four mile dash on the last day of the August meeting, to beat, If possible, Lexington's time. General Buiord says he will bet $20,000 Iiis four-year old bay colt Enquirer, by Leamingion. dam Lida by Lexington, can beat his half-brother Longfel? low at that distance. Should ihese two horses leave together in the dash of four miles, with Kingfisher and other fast ones doing ihe push? ing, lhere will be one of the finest races ever ran In this country. TBE BREAD l'ROSJPECT. July Report of the Agricultural Depart? ment. The July returns of the Statistical Bureau of the Department of Agriculture show a marked increase in the acreage of corn, amounting to fully three millions of acres, of which two millions are due to the determination of the cotlon Stales to supply themselves with bread and meat. It ls assumed that the area In corn equals forty-two millions of acres, or more than bali the total acreage of all tilled crops. The only States failing to Increase their area In corn are New York, the New England States, and the Pacific States. The percentage of In? crease in other States is as follows: New Jersey, 2: Pennsylvania, lj Delaware, 3; Mary? land, 1; Virginia, 5; North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 12; Georgia, 10, Florida. 7: Alabama, ll; Mississippi, 14; Louisiana, 15; Texas, 15; Arkansas, 24; Tennessee, 7; West Virginia' 5; Kentucky. 3; Missouri, 10; Illinois, 6; Indiana, 4; Ohio, 3; Michigan, 3; Wisconsin, 7; Minne? sota, ll; Iowa, 15; Kansas, CC; Nebraska, 30. The condition ot winter wheat, on the lat of July, was somewhat above ah average. The spring variety presented a worse appearance than has been reported tor several years at the same date. The ripening ot winter wheat ?as been fully a week earlier than usual, and a large proportion had been cut at the date of the return. Never bas there been a better promise in early spring, and the comparative prevalence of insects and local injuries from drought have been the principal drawbacks. Alter allowing tor the increase in the acreage, ann the large yield of winter wheat in good wheat districts, the- IOSB in the spring variety must reduce the aggregate yield somewhat below an average. The hay crop will-be a comparatively small one. Potatoes promise an average yield If they escape drought and rot in the future, nocwith-, standing the prevalence ot the Colorado bug.; Continual vigilance has partially arrested loss. A TALK WITS JOBN Q. ADAMS. His Views on the New Departure, Negro Suffrage and the Ivu-Klui Bill-The' Democratic Candidacy- and the Trne Isaacs of the Campaign. . A reporter of the Boston Post has had a talk with John Quincy Adams on the general po? litical condition of the country. Reporter. To Bpeak of platforms, I suppose you give your adhesion to the Bo-called new departure ot our friends in the Western and Middle States ? Mr. Adams. Why. yes, sir; but the new de? parture is a very old departure with me. I think'it was two years ago that we Democrats in Massachusetts at Worcester "departed." I remember making a speech there which is doubtless deservedly forgotten, of which tbe only part I can recall was an express accep? tance of the situation. The resolutions, if I do not mistake, were explicit lu that sense. In tact I see nothing in the amendments them? selves, apart from /their procurement, which need distress any Democrat. The fair purport and upshot of them is merely to give equal civil rights and impartial political privileges to all men, irrespective of color. NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Reporter. You don't, then, consider giving the biackB equal privileges with the whites as un-democratic? Mr. Adams. No, sir. When the war closed upon our enfranchised black people-freed, i you must remember, by u stress of circum? stances brought on as much by their masters as by us-we had either to accept them as citi? zens or hold them in some nondescript condi? tion of pupilage. The latter would have result? ed in a far more dangerous extension of the paternal powers of government than anything in these amendments. Besides which, lt was more consonant to Mr. Jefferson's favorite definition of Democracy, "the right of each to pursue happiness in his own way, provided only he respected his neighbor's equal right." Reporter. But you do not consider the ne? groes fit for suffrage? . Mr. Adams. Certainly not; and I was very sorry that lt waa forced upon the poor crea? tures in tbe wholesale way it was. It endan? gers their losing it altogether. The misgovern? ment in the Southern States ls a fearful Im? peachment of the attempt to found Republican. government upon undiluted ignorance. But lt has been done, and I would not undo lt. I would modify it. THERE'S THE RUB. Reporter. But there's the rub. Will not ac? ceptance of the amendments prevent any modification ? Mr. Adams. Why, no; I think not. It must be applied impartially, but any reform In that regard which is possible at all is as possible with as without them. Wein Massachusetts disfranchise, they tell me, filly thousand voters by constitutional prerequisites, such as taxpaying and reading and writing. Surely such requirements "abridge" very seriously a a man'* right to vote. Their adoption in South Carolina would reduce the constituency there to a very manageable shape; I can tell you. Their adoption in any slaveholdlug Stale would insure good government. Now, the respect I have indicated, although it was urged that these two qualifications were in? fractions of the fourteenth amendment, and it must be presumed that a legi sh ture which had only about forty disloyal men in it, must have so acted only because the party that made the fourteenth amendment did not think that either of these requirements in our constitution at all Infringed its provisions. THE KD-KLUX LAW. Reporter. But about the Ku-Klux bill of the last Congress. Isn't that measure a long step in the direction of a torced construction of the amendments in favor of the Radical party ? Mr. Adams. Ah, now yon touch the nub of the whole matter. Just as the R>- ublican party can? not see anything unfriendly to their own amendments In the constitutional restrictions upon suffrage in this State or in Rhode Island, so they regard that revolutionary bill known as the Ku-Klux law as a legitimate exercise of power under some ot these new amendments. In fact, we have now got far enough in tbe trial of written constitutions to see that they are in fact just what they are construed to mean. Now, this is Inevitable. There is no sense in crying over lt. The Ku-Klux bill, for instance, seems to me AN ABSOLUTE SUBBENDER of the whole principle of free government. Indeed, as a bald truth, and between us, the election bill and the Ku-Klux bill together, ac? tually place In tho President's hands every le? gal power that any man who had the will could desire to raise himself to empire. Tou look surprised, but lt is literally and precisely as I say. Control over the army to regulate elections, and absolute power to imprison by military force- without habeas corpus, is su ?reme and unlimited despotism in possibility, et a great mass ot honest men see no harm in this, and regard lt merely as a proper exer? cise ot delegated power under the amend? ments. THE WAT OUT. Reporter. What, therefore, is your inference from this view ot the subject? Mr. Adams. My Inference is that any party In this country which really desires to resume the moderate method of government and lone down from the dangerous rate at which we have been going, should not be greatly dis? tressed by any ameudmen:s to the constitu? tion which have yet been passed, lor by any fair construction they need never be known by any Stale which would be content to deal with absolute Impartiality between mau and man. And that is Democracy. - THE TK?E DEMOCRATIC POLICY. Reporter. But what would be your policy toward the newly-enfranchised race of the South ? Mr. Adams. The Democratic party should have no negro policy any more than a German policy or au Irish policy. There can be but one Democratic policy-the United ??tates Dolley-aud that should be equal and e:;act justice to every citizen. GENERAL GRANT'S RENOMINATION. Reporter. I suppose you think General Grant will receive a renomination at the hands ot the Republican party ? Mr. Adams. Undoubtedly, Mr. Grant will be renominated, and the issue of the -next canvass will be upon his administration. Now the power of the patronage of our govern? ment ls enormous at present, and the disci? pline of the Republican party is generally superb, but it eau hardly carry such a dead weight as that. The dull incompetence and stolid ignorance of the President, his shame? less nepotism and partiality to gilts, bis un? blushing negligence of duty, may all be glossed over for we all feel kindly to the man who ?nisned the war; but the disgraceful in? competence of the financial management ot affairs should be unpardonable by a people supposed to be as shrewd as ours on that head. ., TBE ISS?B OF THE CAMPAIGN. . Reporter. The issue you would make then is one ol revenue reform aud Its kindred sub? jects ? Mr. Adams. The Democratic financial poli? cy must be squarely in toe direction of free trade and a general reduction of taxation The shameful ignorance which bas persisted in wringing such enormous Bums from the public at such a critical time, when tues needed all their energy to rally from the ex? haustions of the war, is far less pardonable lc my eyes than this negro policy. I saw thai General McClellan,ln his admirable letter to tin Tammany Society, gave the cue which ougbi to be.and will be followed. .That letter and the equally admlralbe letter of Governor Hoffman foreshadow the* line to be taken. ' DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. Reporter. What ia your opinion In regard to D?mocratie candidates for the Presidency ? Mr. Adams. It Is high time to- consider that matter. My own view is that tbs locality will dictate -candidates. The: strength of the De? mocracy ls and must be In the Weet and South. New York ls secure and Missouri, for our right and left wings. The. tug of-war will be in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia. I think the candidates upon the ticket should come from those parts. I have myself a high regard for Governor Hoffman, and h? is also a very strong candidate,*probably sure of the succession 1 the party- should prevail-next lime; but I think he is too wise a man to allow himself to be pressed in the neil convention. ? i <m , ? . .-. ?q YESTERDAY rv EUROPE. :? i . -- -. The People of Uetz Asir, a Pardon for Rossel-The Paris Municipal Elec? tions-Communist Criminals will -not fie Allowed to Reside in the United States-The Cession of Guinea to Eng? land-The Army Purchase System to l>e Abolished in England-Thc Impe? rial Brazilians-Prince F rede r I o k William and Wife Snubbed by thc Queen-Gloomy Allocation from tuc Pope-Napole?n in England. PARIS, July 19. The inhabitants of Metz have sent a petition to Thiers asking pardon for Bossel. The Journal de Paris attacks vigorously the circular of the Prefect of the Seine, which de? prives occupants of furnished lodgings of the right to vote if they have not inhabited 'the premises continuously for twelve months. The Parisian press has put forward a partial list of candidates for the municipal elections which appears satisfactory to the public. Bouher announces himself a candidate for the first vacancy In the National Assembly. It ls reported that Washborne, the American minister, has assured the French Government that no person convicted of criminal acta la Paris against the national government during the reign of the Communists, will be permit? ted to reside in the United States. THE BAQUE, July, 19. : The Upper Chamber ol the Parliament ot the Netherlands, by a vote of 16 to 16, has post , poned Indefinitely the further consideration of the treaty for. the cession of Guinea to, Eng? land, itsi? LONDON, July 19.. The Standard says Gladstone will abolish the system of purchases of army commissions by a royal warrant. Several members of the royal family have visited the Emperor Napoleon. Small pox ls decreasing in London. Princess Helena, wife of Prince Christian, ls about to visit the continent to seek relief from an abe alon of the lungs. The Emperor and Empress of Brazil are Industriously doing London. The future Emperored Empress of Germany were snubbed by the Queen on their recent visit to England. Her Majesty refused to take. them la at any of her palaces, and they were obliged to lodge with the am? bassador. .... The . Pope recently declared to the College of Cardinals,: . In a Latin allocution, that "ali. ia lost, and only a miracle can save us." 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