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tion of the election of NJ E>qoiro>.
Al half past two NJ Schneider took bis
seat and opened the sitting.
The process verbal w, 5 read and adopted,
after some ~unimportant REMARKS, then
the turn came 10 the Minister OF State 10
speak, who mounted the rostrum and read
the following letter addressed by his
NJ ljesty the Emperor to the depu'ieS;-
"By the declaration of the 26th uIt. l
announced that | should submit at the
ordinary session of he Chamber HE reso-
buttons and plans which seemed most fit
ting to realize the wishes Of the country.
However. as the Legislative Body APP
pears DESTROYS TO learn Immediately what
reforms have been decided upon, | blink
it right to anticipate its wishes. Qlcar,
hear) It is my firm intention to give TO
the powers OF the Legislative Body that
eXtention which is compatible with The
fundamental bases Of the Constitution.
Inow lay before you by this message The
decisions which have been taken al the
Council. The Senate will he couvoked
as soon as possible to examine the follow
ing questions, VIII
81. The powers to be- accorded to the
Legislative Body, including the right of
laying down the regulations relating 10
its proceedings and the right cf elecliug
lis bureaur.
90. This simplifca'ion of the mode of
presenting and considering amendments.
go make it obligatory upon the Gov
ernment to submit to the Legislative Bo-
dv all notifications of the tariffs in inter
national treaties. cloud applauSr)
"a. The voting of the Budget by chap
ter in order TO render the controI Of the
Legislative Body more complete.
IS. This suppression of the incompati-
bilitY hitherto existing between the posi-
ton of Deputy and the assumption of
certain public functions, particularly
those of Ministers. (AppIause)
sc. The extension of the right of inter
pelIation. The Government Will also
deliberate upon questions relating to the
position Of the Senate and the more
efficient solidarity which will be esra-
bllshed between The Chamber and the
Government, the faculty OF exercising
simultaneously the functions of Minister
and Deputy, the presence OF all the Min
listers in the Chambers, the discussion Of
affair of State in the Council, the estab-
liShment of a real understanding with the
majority elected by the country, and the
creation of all those guarantees which we
seek in our common soIicitude. have
already shown several times how much
I am disposed to relinquish in the public
interest certain of my ~prerogatives. The
notifications which I have decided to
propose constitute the natural develop
ment of those which have successfully
been made in the institutions of the En-
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TRANSATLANTIC IN THE NIGHT.-A gen.
tIeman anxious to ascertain the effect of
transpIanting in the night, instead of by
day, made an experiment, says B0w Bells,
with the following result:-He transplant
ted ten cherry-trees while in bloom, COM
mencing at four O'Clock in the afternoon
and rranspIantiug one each hour until
one o'clock in the morning. Those trans
planting during the daylight shed their
blossom, producing little or no fruit,
while those planted in the dark maintain
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THE ''AVTS."

S4rj5tto4ate3, ~. Sroi4,
TUESDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 1869.
HIS Majcsty's Steam Corvette Thor,
Captain Schmidt, 10 guns, go horse
power, arrived here this noon from Copen-
hagen, last from Madeira, and exchanged
~SaIutes with Fort Christiansv9rn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

Swiss TREATIES WITH THE GERMANS
The cable kilograms inform us that the gov
eminent Of Switzerland has ratified new treaties
and conventions with the ZoIlverein, tho
North German Confederation, and with the
kingdom Of Wurtemberg. This feature Is
another indication of the approaching fusion
of the great German family, and the Teutons,
once 30 powerful, may yet be called upon TO
be tho rulers of Central Europe Count
Bismarcks great idea Of German empire,
although surrounded by so many difficulties
at present, is not improbable, and many of us
may yet live 10 see it realized
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

AUSTRALIA LESSON TO THE CLERGY. Some
short time since Won Bcust, of Austria, was
successful in carrying some important reforms,
the legalization Of civil marriages being
among the number. Bishop Linz became re-
bellious at this overthrow of Church authority.
His wrath found expression in seditious words.
The Bishop was arrested and held for trial
Attempts were made to show that the civil
power had no jurisdiction over bishop in the
discharge of what he might think his duty.
The government was firm. The Emperor, who
was appealed to, refused to interfere. Now a
cable despatch informs us that the good Bishop
has been sentenced to three months imprson-
ment for uttering doctrines subversive of public
order. The Emperor, considering that the
prelate has been, in legal parlance, ''purged"
of his contempt, rendered him a release yes
terday but the bishop refuses to come out,
and is evidently preparing a case of modern
martyrdom for the use Of the coming Council
in Rome. In the first action the Emperor
served him right. We are glad to find that in
Austria, at least priests must mind their own
business or bear the penalty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17
SPLENDID MISERY AT SPLENDID Cosr-Life
at the watering places.

A PROTESTANT BURIAL IN SPAIN.-Itis diff
fcult to realize in this free country what q
vast change of public sentiment in Spain is
indicated by the authorized burial in the gen.
eral cemetery at Madrid, without disturbance,
on Monday last Of Spanish lady who died
in the Protestant faith. Two hundred Spanish
Protestants were present on the occasion.
This is the first case Of the burial of a Pro-
testant in the cemetery which has occurred
under the recent order of the Acalde permit
ting and authorizing such funerals. 1t is not
only a sign of the times, but it is one that is
demanded. Nothing can be more
revoltingly inconsistent with the spirit of the
age than the brutal old Inquisition tyranny
which has hitherto denied to so-called here
tics the right of burial in consecrated ground
in Spain, Italy, the West Indies and South
America. The Spaniards are beginning to
learn that the regime of State religions is
incompatible with liberty of conscience and
with all liberties.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

The lamentable consequences which resulted
from the late disaster on the Erie Railroad
were investigated before coroner's jury yes
terday, the inquisition necessarily taking tes-
timony as to the causes which produced the
collision. 1t was found that the engineer of
the freight train is wholly and entirely to
blame in the matter. Either from fatigue, or
some other reason not perhaps explained,
this man went to sleep at the point of
switch off. Suddenly reused, but not tho
roughly awake, he thought that the express
train had passed and ran his engine ON the main
track, when death was Immediately on his pas
sengers. Anticipating the consequences Of the
sad catastrophe he fed from the scene; but
has been arrested in Buffalo. On his being
made amenable the old question reverts-
What is to be donep The man had no intent
to murder and the dead cannot be restored to
life. The company is legally answerable for
the acts or omissions of its servant; and legal
penalties, in the shape of money damages,
make the only form in which present punish
ment can be effected. Our whole system of
legislation relative to railroads, locomotives
and by horse car in cities requires an impair
tial overhauling and revision. Let the COM
panies bear the cost
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17
The Irish Church Blll-The Commons
Standing Firm.

Great Britain has been passing through q
revolution much bigger and much more alarm
ing than Great Britain seems fully to under
stand. The Lords have interfered with the
Commons a little too much, and the Commons
have said in very emphatic manner that they
are stronger than the Lords and that they will
not be held in check. Mr.. Gladstone's lam
guage in the House of Commons on Thursday
evening was firm and emphatic even beyond
high expectation. 1t is not the intention of
the Commons to yield on any essential point.
This is what the HERALD has always said. Mr..
Gladstone, we know, is man Of strong
convictions-a man who thinks and judges
and comes to conclusion before he speaks.
The stand he has taken on the action of the
Lords only establishes our conclusions that
the present government means to make no
compromise. 1t was cunning device of the
Lords to attempt to put off the immediate
effect of the reform for one year. Mr.. Glad
stone has seen that to yield is dangerous, and
on this initial point he has refused to give
way. Concurrent endorsement has been con-
demned by the Commons, as we believed it
would be condemned. The surplus fund
amendment has shared similar fate. 1t is
now manifest that the bill will be sent back to
the Lords very much as the Lords at first re-
ceived it. If the Lords refuse to pass it they,
and they only, can suffer. The Ministry and
the Commons are of one mind, and the Min
istry and the Commons must win. If the
Lords do not pass the bill before the autumnal
recess all the resulting consequences will be
injurious to the privileged classes in England.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

On Thursday evening last President Grant
and family, Postmaster General Creswell
and wife and ex-Secretary Of the Navy
Borie left Washington on the United States
steamer Tallapoosa on little summer
cruise, their destination being Long Branch.
The steamer first, en- route, stopped for
few hours at Fortress Monroe, on the west
side and at the outlet Of Chesapeake
bay, known as Old Point Comfort, favorite
Southern summer resort before the war,
famous for its fine fish, soft crabs, surf and
sea breezes. Next, en- route northward by sea,
the steamer will put into Delaware bay, in
order to give her distinguished party day or
or two among the Philadelphians at Cape
May. Thence the ship will head for Sandy
Hook, from which point, we understand, the
General and his travelling companions will
proceed by the Seashore Railway to Long
Branch. After the lapse of ten days or so
from his departure the General, leaving his
family in ga cottage by the sea" will return
to Washington.
We have noticed some objections in the
newspapers to the appropriation Of govern
ment vessel for Presidential pleasure excur-
sion; but all such faultAndings are very
absurd. A government vessel, with its officers
and crew, Sin these piping times of peace"
could not be better employed than in giving
the President and his Cabinet and their fami-
lies a summer cruise for Whit of the sea air
and little shaking up in the ocean waves.
We are only sorry that this excursion is to
stop at Sandy Hook or New York for if it
were extended to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
and
The pitess coast OF Labrador
and if the Secretaries of State and the Treasury
were along much important information for
the government might be obtained in reference
to the French cable, the northeastern cod,
mackerel, halibut, lobster and menhaden fish
cries, and on the reciprocity question and the
more important question of the annexation of
the New Dominion to the great republic. Ac-
cordingly, we would suggest to General Grant
the expediency Of extending this expedition
from New York to the Gulf of st. Lawrence,
and thence say up to Quebec. In every view
we think that such an excursion with the Sec
rotary Of State and the Secretary of the Urea
sury on board, with an eye to business, would
be good thing,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

OUTRAGEOUS IF TRUE. Our Panama cor
respondent, in speaking Of the fact that Cap
tain Creighton. formerly of the bark Three
Bells, who rescued so many persons from the
wreck Of the steamship San Francisco, had at
last received the gold medal voted by Con-
gress, goes on to say that Of the fund sub
scribed for his benefit by our people, amount
ing to some twenty thousand dollars, he had
not received one cent, the same having been
appropriated by the owners Of the vessel, they
claiming that tho money was for their benefit,
not his. II this statement Is correct, and we
see no reason to doubt 1t, 1t would be well,
even at this late hour, TO try and recover from
those who have wrongfuily appropriated this
fund, and have 1t restored to him for whom It
was intended. This certainly was sharp prac-
tice, and If the little confidence game can be
frustrated 50 much the better for all con-
cerned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

Tho Suez Canal aud the Mediterranean.
The great expectations of the French in
view of the opening of the Suez Canal as
new and convenient channel for their COM
merce with the remote East will not be disap-
pointed. Nor is it likely that French ports in
the Mediterranean will monopolize the pros
perity which the untold wealth Of Ind"
pouring through the channel, must ultimately
revive in all the ports OF what the old Romans
called the mare internum The shores of
this sea were for thousands of years the seats
of civilization Egyptians, Pheaicians, He
brews, Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians and
Saracens have successfully aourished there
The maritime power and splendor Of Venice in
the beginning OF the fifteenth century may yet
be rivalled in the nineteenth by some of these
Mediterranean ports. 1t is well that the En-
peror Napoleon III. should elevate M. de
Lesseps, the protector of the Suez Canal. to
ducal rank, creating him Duke of Suez, and it
is not surprising that the Empress Eugene
reluctantly abandons, for political reasons, her
intention Of being present at the Inauguration
of the canal in November. The successful
completion of 80 grand work should be duly
honored 1t may prove, indeed if celebrated
80 soon as November, to be still incomplete, as
the Pacific Railroad was at its recent opening.
But constructively, at least, both these mag
nifcent undertakings may be regarded as
already consummated. Not contented with
the prospective advantages of the Suez Canal,
the French have been busy pushing through
another great canal enterprise, which, if less
ambitious, may be Of equal practical utility
We allude to the canal which will probably be
terminated before the end of the present year,
uniting the Rhone and the Mediterranean
With the multiplication of canals and railways
steamship lines and telegraphic cables. the pro-
phecies of millennium distance shall
be annihilated, and the uttermost parts of the
earth shall be brought into Immediate commu-
nication, and all the forces of civilization shall
be fully developed-bid fair to be speedily
realized.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17
The President and His Cabinet on the
Virginia Election.


1t appears that while the President is salts
fed with the results of the late Virginia
election some of the members of his Cabinet,
including Messrs Boutwell, and Creswell, are
not satisfied, and are working in behalf Of
Wells and the ultra radicals of Virginia to
have the good work done in that State upset
by Congress. Now, as this reconstruction
business will admit Of no further triaing or
factious resistance, 1t becomes the duty of the
President to impress this consideration upon
his Cabinet in q way which will not admit Of
misun derstanding He ought to inform the
members Of his Cabinet that he among them
who is not with his chief on this important
matter, but in active opposition to him, must
surrender his objections or his place. Tho
President can do nothing with discordant
Cabinet, and 1t is his FIRST duty, as he
himself has clearly indicated. to secure
Cabinet that will be unit, whatever the
changes required to this great end OF all
things 1t is Of the highest moment to the
President that he shall be the head Of his ad
ministrati0p.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

Tho French CHble-Newspaper Enterprise.
The HERALD had kept its millions Of readers
advised of everything relating to the French
cable across the Atlantic from the very in
ception Of the project until the arrival Of the
Great Eastern of st. Pierre, on the 18th inst.
One of its correspondents, specially detailed
for the purpose, was on hand to report the
laying of the shore end of the Brest cable at
ST. Pierre, Miqueion, few days previous to
that date, the arrival Of the Great Eastern on
the 18th, the cutting and buoying of the cable,
the delay, on account Of dense fog, in finding
and splicing it, and all the subsequent move
ments of the cable feet, consisting of the man.
moth steamer and the Skandarie, the William
Cory, the Chiltern and the Gulnare. The full
account by our st. Pierre correspondent of the
completion Of this great work was published
on the 18th inst, together with the confrma-
tory account, dated at Brest on the 14th and
despatched by the Atlantic cable. The public
would have been obliged to rely solely on the
latter brief account had 1t not also received
the former full and minute report by our
st. Pierre correspondents report which
other journals had enough enterprise to copy,
although in most cases without duly acknow-
Lodging the source of their information.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

MUsTc-NEw YORK AHEAD.-The Lieder-
kranz of New York has deservedIy won the
palm and crown at the Saengerfest in Balti-
more, like Dodworth's band at the Boston
Jubilee. Thus New York is ahead in music
as she certainly ought to be, after all her
years of training under the harmonious intlu-
ences of Italian opera, German opera, English
opera and French op6ra bou6e-to say nothing
of the Philharmonic concerts, which have
done so much to create, stimulate and sustain
musical taste and to develop musical talent in
our great metropolis.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

OF Fl0rida j. NJ. Hutton OF Petersburg and A. w.
Woods, OF Connecticut, are at the Metropolitan
Hotel.
II. A. Risley, of Washington; L. A. Riley, OF Kan
sas; T.. f. Terry, OF Pennsylvania, and ii. r. Good
year, OF Germany, are at the Aston House.
Prominent Departures.
Colonel j. W. owens, for Washington: E. r. Bas-
sett, for West Point W. Dwight for Boston; General
Ledie, for Long Branch, and Thomas A. Scott for
Philadelphia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

A MILLION REASONS why Packer, the demo-
cratic candidate, should be elected Governor
OF Pennsylvania He has planked down that
amount in greenbacks to secure his election;
ergo, he has hosts of friends, and Is regarded
as not 80 bad man after all. No wonder
President Grant Is concerned" about Penn
sylvania, with these million reasons caring
him In the face.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

A REMARKABLE SuMMER-This one, with its
disastrous storms, tornadoes and inundations,
north, south, east and west, and with its alter
nations from cold rains to the heat of the Afri-
can deserts, but most remarkable and glorious
in Its astounding crops and liberal promises Of
all the fruits Of the earth in every section of
the Union.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.

The order Of June % designating Brevet Brigadicr
General James A. Ekin to act as Quartermaster
General during the absence Of General Meigs has
been revoked and Brevet Brlgadier General j. q.
McFcrran has been authorized TO act as Quarter.
caster General until further orders
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

A NEW SENSATION IN WALL STpprr-Tbo
panic among the usurers In reference to the
probable action Of the Grand Jury on their
usurious operations. We hope that their
alarm will prove we'll founded.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

JOHNNY ALLEN REDrvIvUs. meet
ings have been revived in Water street dance
houses on the Johnny Allen plan--that is, ''tho
more you put down the less you take up"
Johnny himself is lecturing out West, If he be
not in Sing Sing but the high toned moral
movement he inaugurated still survives him
and his fate, whatever that may be.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

IMPORTANT IF TRUE-That Mr.. Mulett, the
supervising architect Of the government, is
making active preparations for commencing
work upon the new post Office in this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

THEATRE C0MIQUE 6h Broadway.-CAusHr AT
LAsT-Ir TAXES Two TO QUARREL. Matinee at
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-17

NIBLO'S GARDEN. Broadwsy.-ruE SPEcrAoULAR
BxTRAvAGASZA OF SISBAD THE SAILOR.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-18

attested by the signatures of A. E.
Marshall, as Secretary of the Senate,
and NJ. A. Hardin, as Clerk of the
House of Representatives
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
Andrew johnson, President of the
United States of America, in compli-
ance with and execution of the act of
Congress before mentioned, do issue
this, my proclamation, announcing the
fact of the. ratification of the said
amendment by the legislature of the
State of Georgia in the manner here
inbefore set forth
In testimony whereof have signed
these presents with my hand, and
have caused the seal of the United
States to be hereto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
twenty-seventh day Of July,
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hun
TsEALl dred and sixty eight, and
of the Independence of the
United States of America
the ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM FL. SEWARD.
Secretary Of State.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-18
IPUBLIC-No. 10.1

L.
By the President of the United States
of America: A Proclamation.
Whereas, by an act of Congress en-
titled AN act to admit the States of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida to representation in Con-
gress," passed the twenty-filth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty eight, it is declared that it
is made the duty of the President,
within ten days after receiving official
information of the ratification by the
legislature of either of said States of
a proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition, known as article fourteen, to
issue proclamation announcing that
fact;
And whereas letter was received
this day by the President, which let
ter being addressed to the President,
bears date of July sixteen, One'thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty eight,
and was transmitted BY and under the
therein writes himself Governor of
Alabama. in which letter was inclosed
and received at the same time by the
President, a paper purporting to be a
resolution of the Senate and House
of Representatives of the General As
sembly of the State of Alabama, rati-
tying the said proposed amendment,
which paper is attested by the sigma
ture of Chas. A. Miller, as Secretary
OF State, under a seal purporting to
be the seal of the State of Alabama,
and bears date of approval of July
thirteen, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty eight, by William III. Smith,
as Govrnor of said State.
Now, therefore, be it known that I.
Andrew johnson, President of the
UnItes of America, in compliance
with an execution of the act of Con-
gress before mentioned, do issue this
my proclamation, announcing the fact
of the ratification of the said amend
ment by the legislature of the State
of Alabama, in the manner herein
before set forth.
La testimony whereof l have signed
these presents with my hand, and
have caused the seal of the United
State to be hereto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this twentieth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight,
SEAL. and of the Independence
of the United States of
America the ninety third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM I'll. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.