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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

We published yesterday the main features Of
the new Haytien constitution. We should be
all the more disposed TO applaud Its demo-
cratic and liberal terms II we were not pain
fully aware that in HayH, as ia France, the
most elaborate constitution, being only skill
full device and not the outgrowth Of national
experience, is so often speedily superseded by
another and then another, - 10 afford little
guarantee Of enduring advantage. Who can
tell how soon the republic Of Hayu may be
overthrow BY another Soulouque, VINO snail
exhibit 10 the world . second parody q
French empire Ia minathre' The presidency
for life 10 abolished BY the present constitution
but II Il not impossible that smother slscs
emperor, with retInus Of dukes and duchess.
rejoicing IN % odorlfsrous and polysyIss'e
titles ~ uosa N0Sa bI Va ssnstan "a 0eS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10
THE YACHT CLUB SQUADRON.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD

Tho Fleet In a F0g-Ciambuke In Narruxnos.e
Bay-Race Around Block Island.
NEwPonr, r. l.. August 0, 1867
The New York Yacht Club Squadron left New Loudos
ysstsrdsy corning sailing through bank Of heavy fog
Crowds OF ladies' and gentlemen. notwithstanding the
unpleasant nature Of the hour for leaving. throngsa
the dock to note ito departure. The dark cloud
curtain that hung like pail tbs Sound materially
retarded tina progress Of several OF the leading sscht
and under the directions OF the they ancAofed
opposite Stoningou while the rest Of the set not OBJ
serving hs signal 70 'coms to-" continued on thor
course
Tho arrival OF the Phantom Palmer Flour de Las and
Dauntless was noted amid the booming Of cannon and
the scresches Of Whistles creating most barbsre
din To-day there will be o cismbake up Narraganset
bay gwen at the residence Of e. A. Dodge To-~ousw
the grand race around Block Island will take place.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

The Albany Convention, in pursuance Of its
great mission of leaving undone those things it
ought to have done and doing everything it
ought not to do, has taken up the question Of
aboIishiug the death penalty in this State. In
view of the alarming prevalence OF crimes Of
violence this motion is about as ill-timed as IL
could well be, and is equally absurd and inju-
dicious. The substitution Of the State Prison
for the gallows in cases Of murder would prac-
tically defeat the ends Of justice. Nobodys
life would be safe except tho murderer's; and
for him the ward politicians, the straw bail
mongers the rowdies ana the local lobbyers
would never cease to work until they had
obtained remission of his sentence the instant
the horror excited by his crime had died out
of public recollection. Depend upon it whom
Bill Sykes, in the exercise of his sportive fancy,
murders his Nancy, the best thing society can
do to Bill Sykes is to hang him out Of the way
az quietly and as quickly as possible. The
man Jerry O'Brien, whose execution is reported
in to-day's HERALD, unquestionably merited his
fate. There are two other men now under sem
tence in Pennsylvania, also for the murder Of
women, who should be served in the same way.
The evil is not in the death penalty, but in
its accompaniments-in the crowd Of plying
parsons and philanthropic old women, whose
conduct practically teaches that the hangman's
rope is sort of Jacobs ladder leading straight
up to Heaven, and in the false glamour Of
heroism which the advocacy of humanitarians,
like the mover Of this resolution in the State
Convention, throws around the prisoner. Jerry
O'Bren, in honest poverty, might have lived
and died or hanged himself, and no one would
have troubled much about his spiritual welfare;
but Jerry O'Brien, the woman murderer, be-
comes an object of interest to all the phian-
thropists Of the country, from Horace Greeley
down and upwards some one to be dis
oussed in State Conventions aud prayed
over and pampered. The pernicious sympa-
thy thus excited is increased by the mode Of
conducting executions at present in vogue-.hat
is, by the melo-dramatic and unnecessary pro-
cess of building scaffold in the hearing of the
condemned, and by the inefficient mechanical
appliances now in use for putting an end to the
culprit's life. The English drop system, which
seldom fails to dislocate the neck Of the crimi-
nal and cause instant death, would be an
immense Improvement on the present plan Of
hosting man into eternity as gradually as a
bale of goods Is hoisted into warehouse.
Such prolonged struggles as those witnessed at
the execution Of O'Bren yesterday are only
calculated to drown detesta alton for tho crime
in sympathy for the criminal. Let the authori-
ties shorten the interval between sen tcnce and
execution, improve upon the existing mode of
hanging, and shut out the maudlin humanita-
rian sympathizers who surround every scatfold,
and we shall hear of fewer murders and fewer
executions. There will be no need then for
engrossing question OF canals in order to dis
cuss topics Of criminal jurisprudence.
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louque, may again sweep across tho stage Of
Hayden history. One feature in the new con-
stitution-the adjustment of the death penalty
for political offences-we can heartily RECON-
mend, although with very feeble hope that our
recommendation will be needed, to the Jaarez
government in Mexico. But thus far we have
no. sem much in the experiment Of self
government by the negroes of Hayti 10 en-
courage the antic, .oatiOns of our American
radicals that surrenGering the balance Of
political power to the negroes of the South
will date millennial era in the history or the
United States.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

In the shape OF wisdom or patriotism in the
White House after the death of Lincoln, or with
anything in the Congress Of the ensuing De-
oembsr rising above the base calculations Of
party, the restoration OF those rebel States
would have been simple and easy. But while
LincOln's successor from the outset proved a
vain, conceited, ignorant, obstinate, selt-willed
and aspiring backwoods demagogus. be came
into collision with equally conceited, selfwiiled
and stupid demagogues in both Houses Of Con-
gress and in both parties The ignorance the
noisy violence, the vulgsrity, the presumption
and the trickeries which for the last two years
have thus marked the conflict between President
and Congress and between republicans and
democrats have been disgracefll, expensive
ually tending from bad TO worse. They have
been on the scale of the petty plots and coun-
terplots of the rings Of spoilsmen and grog-
shop political managers Of our New York Cor
poratiOn elections.
Where can we look for rescuei The re-
naming Northern rump Of the old democratic
party, from its odious record of the war, has
given free rein to the radicals, and they
are marching on without resistance. President
Johnson has become more an object of deri-
sion and contempt with both parties than was
John Tyler in bis worst estate. In this condi-
ton of things a Southern negro political
balance Of power, covering ten States, is loom
ing up before us in bold relief. Is this to be
tho settlement? II will be unless that con-
trolling public sentiment Of the North which
carried President and Congress through the
ordeal of the rebellion shall interpose in this
work of reconstruction. We believe that public
opinion can be so expressed in our coming
fall elections as to be felt in Congress, and we
believe that general popular movement, re-
gardless of existing parties or party managers,
in the name of General Grant, will meet the
case Grant for the succession, and new
Congress under Grant to settle this work of re-
construction, is the programme upon which
counter revolution against radical excuses In
the South may be carried through TO decisive
victory It will be better to wait two years or
ten years longer for Southern restoration than
to push it through on the basis of controlling
Southern negro balance of power.
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Tho Tenure Of Once BiII-Aboiitiou OF the
Executive.

Tho Tenure Of Once BiIl-AboIitiou OF the
Executive.
The people Of the United States are just
beginning to understand the intent and posi-
BILE effects Of certain bills, particularly Of the
Tenure Of Office BILL passed by Congress over
the veto of the President Until very lately
the President was supposed to be master, at
least of the choice OF those constitutional
advisers who form his Cabinet. Not only was
this supposition favored by special clause of
the constitution, which, by inference, left the
nomination Of those superior officers in bis
hands, but by the traditional custom which
has hitherto never been violated, even amidst
the most violent exctements OF partisanship
No Senate has ever withheld its confirmation
members Of his Cabinet. But now il is obvious
that the Tenure of Office bill was expressly de-
signed to interfere with the Presidential
authority, which we see openly defied by Stan
ton. the Secretary of War, who counts upon
being sustained by Congress in the discour-
assumed towards the Executive. In fact that
bill, with others, must have been specially con-
trived for the purpose Of virtually abolshing
the Executive authority. 1t cannot be defended
as constitutional; for the constitution definitely
recognizes the Executive, which it is the whole
drift and ultimate purpose of these bills to
abolish. The radicals, indeed, do not pretend
to defend them as constitutional, but are sails
fed with claiming that they ara necessary
part OF the revolutionary movements Of this
revolutionary period. As such it is expected
that the people will accept them and their con-
sequences, even if it should appear that there
is no longer any constitution or any law, and
that the vast majority Of white free born citi-
zens of the United States are henceforth to be
governed by four millions Of emancipatei
negroes, who, Notwithstanding their ignorance
and degradation, arc to be intrusted With the
balance of power. The survivors of the brave
army that fought four years in defence of the
Union may we'll ask, SIS it for this result tina!
we fought and sacrificed the lives of our fallen
comrades" Aud all may ask, :" Is it to this
complexion that we must como at las!?'
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Rx.seuasor Harris on the New Cri.i,.

We take the liberty Of publishing to-day
letter from ex-senator Harris on "The New
Crisis" believing, as we do, that IL expresses
the sentiments and apprehensions entertained
by avery large body Of our intelligent readers.
At all events, we commend it TO their perusal
as embodying the opinions Of q clear-headed
and dispassionate observer Of the political
developments Of the day. The results Of the
Tennessee election are bringing this thing of
negro supremacy in the South so prominently
before the public eye that IL cannot fail soon
TO become the absorbing political question Of
this new crisis"
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THE CONDITION OF Ex.ALDERaAS FOX
SPECIAL rElrsaAn 70 Tine HERALD.

VIZ oCl0ck r. II.
Rf-Aldsrmaa Fox frssidsas Of the southsds Rail.
road who was injured hs the railroad lass Monday,
10 still IN . prscarious condition. He 10 ccaddsHoy
bruised about the body but ID thought thss be M.
received no internal injury, and hopes are entenS
Of his recovery The accident hss 6sen uafcrsune aoI
the Soushslde Railroad, which wAs about oommesc.ns
operations ", Fp bsiW Va chlx papM~ @ w
sntsRgss
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

BANvARD's NEW YORK MUSEUM. Broadway and
Tbtrteth srects.-THs BEAR AND THE MLDks-DAf AsfkR
uas WEDptNc. Matinee at O'Clock
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TERRACE GARDEN Third Avenue Fifty eighth and
Fiy.ninth sireetsMUsicAL SoRKE or ThE AXIOM VOCAL
6ooIErY. commencing at eight O'Clock.
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woRRELL SISTERS NEW YORK THEATRE, oppo
Site New York Hotel-NoBODv's DAUGHTER. OR Tux BAL
LAD SINGER or WAITING Matinee at O'CLOCK
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

: HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.-ErHIoPrAN
AtssTREIsr, BALLADS AND BUBLEsoUEs PROGRESS
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GRIFFIN CHRrSrY's MINSfRELS corner Of Broad
way third street-ErHOfAN SONGS, BALLADS,
DANcnsa, BuELxsaUEs. &c.Lo rHE Poor INDIAN Matinee
nj gk o CLOCK.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10

NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 61s Broadway
HsAp RIGHT Arm PRoBsr-THR WASHINGTON
IwnNs-woNpKRs IN NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND Arr
I,EorUREs DAILY Open from 3 A. NJ TIL 10 +. NJ
LEEDS ART GALLERIES Sl7 and sls Broadway
ExuBIrtoN OFT PAINTINGS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-10
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

THe weAIusR.-The weather during the past few
days has been, taking into consideration tbs season OF
the year. quite extraordinary and the oldest inhabans
he may be understood to have stated that tbs
rainfall the greatest that has occurred for the last
tury The sky has been almost perpetuaily overcast.
and we have enjoyed every conceivable form OF atuos
phsrc MOISTURE from the feeble drizze 10 the drench
Jag iownpour In fact. tito weather lately has been
generally recognized as natural phenomo-
unn aud OF as IS usual IA such cases- a
largo class OF persons who concern themselves With
everything but their immediate business have bean
racking their discover plausible theory on
winch accouat for it, The most popular belief Is that
the shower which was TO como last night or IS
TO sht ia closely connected with this extraordinary
mucous condition OF things but many other causes.
less probable anu more or less ludicrous, arc
assigned for it. According TO seaiaring men, the Guf
Stream has recently becniextremey cratic and has de-
waited considerably from its usual course winding It's
way much closer 20 the land than usual This il
by many considered to have created IN some
inexpcaDls manner the plentiful rainfall with which
have becu aud stilL 10 the present writing
undoubtedly certain that the weather during tho past
week has been aonormaliy moist An Engi'shman.
lately arrived, that on the other side he was fre
quentiy that in America the sky was AS rule.
bright aud clear and weather altogether different
from the ucessan alienation Of clouds and rain to
which he had been accustomed in the tight little
island" but hitherto no thinks the weather here hsa
been English IA this respect than IN England, ana
that somebody has been telling an immonse wuopper
about tue American climate.
Music AT TIE PARK To-DAY-E the weather be 6n1
this afternoon there will be music by the Park band
the Mall. under the leadership OF IL B Dodworth com
M snciny a. four O'Clock Tho following Is tho pro.
gamma
+.
Salutatory--Park March. -.
l. Overture Alessandro Stradeia' FiotoW
. sons-"or in the Silly Night
wdner msfca.
A .CoslA
nrar,,,,r sZamna,, ......... fIeroll
W,,tr-Sni. Ersten Cnrenn Strauss
Grand selection from "Ja SonnAmhula' be'iuh
u-.,g., rratsch poIRa ............... Strauss
a =, POI, a ousdrue ................. Laurent
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A M
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BROADWAY OPERA HOUSE, 800 Broadway
NORIGfAL GEORGIA MINsrRELs. GREAT SLAVE TROUPE
at
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BROADWAY THEATRE Broadway corner Of Broom
street.-CAsrE. Matinee at ~ o. Clock.
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hAvsinlcriered at tho White Hosse.-
Now | Wanlit sionnAh. 80

have inIcriered at tho White HoSse,-
Nov wantit stopped
Slill pacing ths room. he repeated
several times what he had before said
concerning Mrs, Cobb-lhs,sho bail as
much right to visit The White Hopso as
any other respectable person. Walking
mp 10 me like . pngilbt, he shook his
tstin my Geo mud again repsalea; =
How dare YOU presume to exorcite any
control over the moDngemeal IL The
White House then said: M Pres
idenl, when such vile characters ID Mrs.
Cobb can visit the White House al all
times OF night and day; when shs can
procure pstdous Os she has dOas IA The
cdse of Capt Howell and debFeF them
in person incomplete, or wiitaut Hcing
recorded; when sho boasts publicly in
tho streets, holelai and sAlooas pf Ills
Guy thai sAail apnrdon broke apalIhe
Itftsideht dAt iiot s5iase chgl u lefop
plicalions, but she has the President Of
the Uoted States 10 her power, I think
II is high lime that somebody interIerad,
The President replied. How dare you
talk to me in that way, Sit? Now, Sir,
| tell yon once for ALL You must not iu-
tcrfefo with any person who has business
Of the White House. started 10 leave
the room, when he. followed me 10 The
door, aud, with his Ct clinched, said
Now, recolecl what + have told YOU
You can so and tell your friend Stanton
all | have said. say, you can 20 now
and tell your friend. Stanton. all | have
said. With this lcft the Presidential
mansion, and have never entered it since.
y ~ -
In one of my cun"ersatlons with tho
President, he repeatedly accused me Of
being tool OF The Radicala. He said
he had been informed that l was in the
employ Of the Radicals, and had heard
that | had detailed detectives to Watch
the Presidential mansion, with a view to
ascertain an,l furnish a list u The ptor.
inent Copperheals and rebels, who WerO
visiting the White House.
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RdpINs AGAIN.

There's call Upon the housetOp, an answer
from the plain,
There's a warb IL in the aunshihe, a sWitterii
the rain; ~
And through my heart, at sound Of these,
There comes a nemeless thrill,
.As sweet rs dacFto the rose,
Or verdurelc the hill
3 And all these iosous mornings
Ny heart pour. forth this straih-
"God bless. tho dear old robins, =
Who have come back again"
For they bring, thought Of. spmPer, Q
dreamy, LUSCIOUS days
OF king.cuns IL Inc meadow making col
- den hRrc
. AlOnsiag for he Clover blooms,
For roses al aglOv,
For fragrant otthards, whcrS,the bees
witEdrodiis m6fuiufs 50.
] dream Of all ths beauties
OF summet3 golden reign,
And 'siag-"Go,l keep the robins,
Who have come back again"
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.0vTnTrsTNs RATEs.

Professional caru$ OF y LINES VI i'9' V"' -
$50 no a.. ~.
gettisements musthRvethe number Of IN
'Sertions marked on the copylor they will DC
kept is ''till forbidden" and charIel accord
ingly. .,...si. 49,. :,
All casual or transient advertisements must
be paid for in advance, to insure their inser'
ton. : r. ,.,r
yearlyin advance. Il: s.
shoh notices Of deaths will be inserted tree
of charge Obituary notices and tributes OIL
respect will be charged half the. advertising
rates. Marriage notices Inserted gratis "a
Loaded editorial notices willbe charged ~
cents a line, and halfprics for subsequent IN
sections
q, .Reli sims noscesnnd short advertisements
Tor beaevolont associations, inserted gratis
Gals upon gentlemen to become eanaaa'eS
will be charged at ADVERTISING rates
phrse-lollars will Invariably be charged LOT
Acknowledgment County Offices, ana
Yen dollars for announcing candidates Tor State
and United States Offices. =,
Z Tile insertion fpepohal cards will be lei
10 4fSSplt6n Of the editor, bDt when lnsefteh
x;iAbe' charged double priceS
AafttNsitsMilf not 6e made TO orders OF
pgBitatioh Or other legal advertisements 'uh-
Ill tlbg.are paid for -
- 4iheteTill.beno deviation from the ABOVE
terms. -
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and have yon mustered our Of serytce,'
/ replied to her: The President will
probably require some other reason for
my dismissal from service ihsn the slate
msnt Of vile creature like YOU
To satisfy mo Of her intimacy with the
President and with the attaches at tho
White House, sha entered into long
and minute statement of conversations
| she had with him, assuring me that he
had informed her that | was to be mus.
tered out Of service on the 10Th of No.
vembsr; that Mr.. Stanton would not be
retained in the Cabinet beyond the LIST
of January; that many Of the Black Re.
publicans Ind Abolitionist office hold.
ers would be removed aud she knew
who they we're; that tho President had
informed her on one occasion, that the
Detective Bureau was 10 DO broken up.
and that Stanlon's friend Baker, would
-yetirc into privateiiis. AFTER listening
for more than an hour 10 conversation Of
this character, decided Immediately to
see the President | took the pardon as
delivered by Mrs Cobb to Capt. Hine,
Mrs. Cobb's written contract with Capt,
llne for procuring the same, the mark.
ed fifty dollar notes paid by Hine to
Mrs. Cobb and by her returned 10 me,
and, leaving her in charge Of one Of my
officers, went to the Executive man,
sion about eight o'clock, | Iound the
President alone in his room, and after
tho usual soulatiOn, said, "Mr. Prssi-
dent, have some papers here, that |
desire 10 show you" He said, take a
seat, sir Immediately unioldcd the
pardon and laid it on the table before
him. He put on his spesiaces, looked
at it, and said: Sir, where did you get
thisY 4 got it rroB Mrs Cobb Then
handed 10 him Mrs. Cobb's written con-
tract for procuring said pardon He
resd It, when | exhibited to him the
marked money, and began detailed
statement of all the facts connected with
the case. lie interrupted me 10 a mo.
menl, and said, Where did you get this
pardon! replied, from Mrs. Cobb,
and was proceeding to narrate the cir
cumstances, when no again interrupted
me, and added, Well, what is this all
about? began third Time to relate
the circumstances, when he interrupted
me with rising passion, this is detect.
i've job, isn't ii?' | answered, yes sir
and il you viii listen to me a moment l
will explain it, Heaised the pardon
from the table and said, But what 6usi
ness baveyo with this parlon?' When
Iagain attempted 10 make ap sxplanu-
ton, he'6tol.s,. " ss y well this
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TSsULTmd,-If your grocer insullP
you, you can rotorl BY calling him 3
"liegor," without tho risk Of an action
but & is not sale TO ask pe-mon how
long be has been "out Of cuslard-Obi'
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A swell, while being measured ioE .
poir Of boots, observed, Make them
cover the calf Impossiblel exclaimed
lhe'asiounled shoemaker. surveying Bic
.silsla@etfrnm .Anad-lo lOolisI have nOE
leaLhet enoughl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-06

When you see man on q moonlight
night trying to conyinee his shadow thai
it is improperlc follow q gentleman, Yoq
may be sure it high time for him q
Join temperance society.
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A Coon HooK.-A lively Hiberniag
exclaimed at q party where Theodor6
Hook shone the star Of the evening. -
"Och, Muster Theodore, but YOU'RE
the book that nobody can bate
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The Emperor Of Russia has signed
audraliitd the Seyard purchase treaty.
and ALASKA 10 ours, An officer Of tho
Russian Legation vas Immediately dss.
patched 10 bear tho international deed
TO Washington.
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Al Itishm,u being asked on a rainy
day what he would take to carrya meoz
sage from the Bull's Head 10 the Bate
~. answered: '"SurS I'd taken coOch,i