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lHgly garrnlous and could furnish point
I les arguments enough for several con
( stitueaces. Like most little folks, he l.
always demoustrativo, aud IA very King
\ Pepjn in the Senate.
TIE MTs>IoS1o RUSSIA.
I SINCE the publication of II. A. Pollard'S
/ letter, giving an account Of Ais connection
with the New YorN Custom House. Henry
I 4. Smythc stands very poor chance Of
/ being confirmed a. Minister e. Russia.
I Pollard. although regarded a u great ra>-
/ cal, probably gave the correct version of
7 Smythe's action relative to Iii. appoint
meut and resignation, aud null crcJence Is
/ given his story by almost every member
OF the Senate. Pollard Is AZ present en-
gagged In wiring for monthly periodical, ii
/ hi. home in Virginia.
pK. MCpp TO BE rARnoNLp.
Dr. Mndd and spausicr confined on
/ The Dry rortuga>, tor completely III tie
assassination OF President III plm. will 30
| par1oned Ia President johnson in q few
T days. Great pressure ha. been brought
\ ~ bear on the President III Jhc.c eases.
7 ANA tue whole cvtIcnce ha, been reviewed
before him ~ Mr. MctricN, one ofthc first
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% reconsider The vote Is which they L.
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GEN. GRANTS CsBINEr-We are able In 10y
before our readers the very latest news from,
Washington in relation TO the Cabinet OF Inc
new President. 1t Is n follows:
Gen. Grant, said a distinguished lady 10
the General the other day. rather contiClentiiily.
II am Just dying 10 know who the Cabinet are
10 BE-" Are you, thought said the General
II am. indeed, said the lady last dy ing OF Gu
liosity.' Then the General in q low VOICE re-
piled; well, madam, that IS just ,chat Mrs.
Grant says
The weather is mild again, and the snow
recedes from the effect Of the midday sun.
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r. % that fehurohl and the building is
'nilt n brick Stone and iron, three stories
Travel tout twenty five feet. IN the
oct. ~ 3Dhilding l. an open space up
13pi1sfs. The freight Of this Depot
Oct. q 5ncredihle millions of dollars
anGh 10 and 20 out every month aud
'o'' ~ /; thousands often every day.
nov. 70 i. ~ fire proof. hnt Tile freight
H., the most inramable.
II Wednesday Eve. ami we will
Tspolytechnic, at the Cooper Iu,Ji-
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EtlsnoRrn 81 rfu- 10Th. l-6'
, 1869-06-15

Britain and Denmark. One of these has
been already completed. A line has been
laid from Newcastle across the North Sea
by Jotland and Copenhagen, thence by
land to Stockholm. From this it extends
across the Gulf Of Bothnia to Abo, where
it meets the Russian line, which skirts
the Gulf of Finland and proceeding on
ward to st. Petersburg. Another line
which connects st. Petersburg with Liban
on the Baltic coast, is met by the Danish
Norwegian-English system, which crosses
the Baltic to Copenhagen. By the Sc
cond scheme it is contemplated 10 sub
merge a line from Peterhead, in Scotland,
to Egersund. From Egersund the line
would proceed by Arendal to Christiania,
thence on TO S~iockholm, ultimately join
ing the Newcastle sytem. Both these
lines will be connected with another which
is to cross the Skagerrack to Hj0ring.
From this point it will extend across
Jutland to Frederick, and join the New
castle connexion. The line from New
castle to Copenhagen and Liban has, as
it has been intimated, been completed.
The distance from Peterhead to Egersund
is about 900 miles. A land line from
Aberdeen will be in communication with
the system.
, 1869-06-15

NRVINGERNE efter afgangne
III Mary Owen, navnlig B0rnene
efter hendes Soster Anna Owen, gift
Tatem, en- Son af hcndes Soster Jane
Owen, gift MacKahn, we'd Navn Will
liam MacKahn,o g en- Son af hendes
S0ster Fanny Owen, gift Thurland,
we'd Navn George Thurland, indkal-
DIES herved med Aar og Days Varsel
at melde sig for undertegnede Ret
og legitimere deres Arveret paa
navnte Mary Owens Bo.
Christiansteds Skifteret den lode
Juni 1869.
G.. SARAUW.
, 1869-06-15

advances shall be repaid with 6 p. CT. indemni-
flying interest in 8 equal instruments, on the 1st
OF February, 1st Of March and LIST ofApril 1870.
The Government will OF course endeavor, as
far as possible, to avoid using the whole amount
SO calculated, and to confine the advances TO
those cases where they are urgently. necessary
and where they at the same time will be afford
ing some lasting benefit but the Government
reserves the right, whenever it deems fit, to
submit individual cases to the Colonial Council"
(To be continued.)
, 1869-06-15
THE ATTEMPTED PURCHASE OF
THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS
BY MIR. SEWARD.
From the London Daih NeaUs J.

FROM me London Ddaly NeWS).
The delay which has attended the at
tempt to pass through the United States
Senate a ratification of Mr.. Stewards
purchase Of the Island ofSt. Thomas from
Denmark is certainly embarrassing to the
latter Power and its DEPENDENCY, but it
is doubtful whether a contemporary is
correct in attributing it 10 "the enmity of
The Senate towards the ex-Presilent and
Mr.. Seward" 1t is hardly the fault of
the American Senate if Danish Ministers
read the constitution of the United States
carelesslv, and ascribe TO a Secretary of
State powers which he does not possess.
During the late civil war il seemed neces-
sary that the Washington administration
should be permitted certain quasi legis-
lative functions under what was called
the .'war power" but the complaint of
the Congress is that Mr.. Seward con-
tracted in those days certain habits not
quite consistent with the normal functions
of the government. When President JEFF
ferson purchased of France the vast ter
Iitory of Louisiana at a trifing cost he
acknowledged to the Senate that he had
done what was unconstitutional, but ap-
pealed for the approval and indemnity,
which were cordially conceded on the
ground that he had thereby secured what
all held to be a great advantage. When
MIR. Seward purchased from Russia the
territory of Alaska the act was none the
less extra constitutional, while the ad-
vantage was more doubtful, and nothing
but a friendly disposition toward Russia
availed 10 overcome the reluctance of the
Senate in confirming it. It is probable
that similar considerations may avail to
secure the ratification Of the more val
liable West Indian station /; but if it shall
prove otherwise, it will be at least some
compensation for the disagreeabIe features
of the case that the world will be remind
ed that America is d republican govern
ment, and that no administration has au-
ihority 10 conclude treaties with foreign
powers without consultation with the Lee
gislature.
Recent events have shown that Den
mark is not the only country which re-
quires a better understanding of this fact.
For example, here in England, when Mr..
Reverdy Johnson agreed to a treaty for
the settlement of the American claims. a
leading conservative organ insisted, day
after day, that his action was in itself
final, and that the Senate had nothing to
say about IL. If an English newspaper
could make such q mistake, it is hardly
, 1869-06-15
c. sARAUW.

ALE og Enhver der have Noget
III at fordre paa Boet efter afgang-
ne Adam MacCutchin og tidligere
afgangne Hustru Jane MacCutchin
iodkaldes herved til at anmelde og
beviisliggjore deres Kray for under
tegnede Skifteret linden Udlobet af
sex Maaneder efter denne Indkaldel-
ses sidste Acknowledgements.
Arvingerne paa nRynte Bo indkal-
des herved med Aar og Days Varsel
til at melde sig og beyiisliggjore deres
Arveret for undertegnede Skifteret.
Christiansteds Skifteret den lode
Juni 1869.
c. sARAUW.
, 1869-06-15

binding, and should have deemed its re-
lection by the Senate as an act of peculiar
dlscourtesy. 1t certainly would have
been SO had it been France or Prussia
which had similarly rejected the action
of its W Minister. But there is no trace
of any consciousness in America that the
country was at all involved in the proceed
ing of Mr.. Reverdy Johnson. 1t is mani
testify desirable for the mutual good un-
derstanding Of all parties that the fact
should he recognized that The traditional
standard of diplomatic intercourse has
been materially modified in America, and
that the action of Cabinets at Washington
and their Ministers abroad should be view
cd in more strict accordance. with their
partial powers as limited and defined by
the constitution of heir country
The fact to which we have adverted is
a very grave one, as the complications
which have arisen from the failure to
weigh it Suff GENTLY show. We hear
from time to time Of u parry in America,
including some eminent statesmen, which
maintains that the spirit of their consti-
tutlon and people is Inconsistent with the
retention OF the ordinary form and mac
hinery of Old World diplomacy. They
hold that the acts of an America Minister
In a foreign country cannot mean what
is meant by the acts of a similar agent
from a monarchy. and that their ~inttrna-
tional intercourse should he conducted ex-
cIusively By special envoyS for special
purposes. This opinion found considera-
BILE expression during the discussion in
Congress some time ago concerning the
wearing OF court costumes by American
representatives abroad, the late President
of the Senate and others declaring that
In any dress the American Ministers could
only appear in false characters at foreign
courts. Recent experience shows how
easily an American inister..may, Innocent
ly on his part, be invested by many peo-
pie in the country to which he is sent
with an Elusive authority, which, when
it disappears, may subject him to imputa-
tons really unwarrantable. And so long
as Cabinet Ministers at Washington are
not directly responsible to Congress that
which is the real Limitation Of their pow
er is liable to be understood as the absence
OF any check to their authority, and when
their dealings with other governments
come to be questioned or sit aside by the
Senate it is but natural that the govern
ments in question should feel as if they
had been imposed upon. Of course such
feeling could not arise were the American
constitution more attentively perused, as
it is very likely to be after such practical
illustrations of its bearing on other coun-
tries as have been-furnished by the Incl
dents to which we have referred.
, 1869-06-15
c. SARAUW.

TOR at tage en- endelig Bestem-
melse med Hensyn til Salget af
.Plantagerne GRANARD og OLA
MOND indkaldes Haandskriftscredi-
torerne j Kjobmand j. J. Lunds Fal-
litbo til at mode paa.en Session der
, 1869-06-15
From the London Times.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
WITH DENMARK.

Two projects have been lately promo
Ted for the purpose of establishing tele-
graphic communication between Great
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

DIRECT TRADE BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND
EURoPE.-General Joseph E. Johnston, on be-
half of committee appointed for the purpose,
has presented report to meeting of citizens
of Savannah setting forth the advantages Of
that port as the terminus of the projected line
of steamships from North Germany. There
are several other contestants for this prize, in
Guiding Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston and
other Southern ports. But after all, we
should not be surprised to find that the pro-
iectors of the proposed line should finally come
to the conclusion that the port of New York is
convenient enough for all practical purposes
OF steam communication between the two hem
spheres. However, it is well that every mat
ter Of local enterprise in the South should be
agitated and encouraged at this time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

"WHY THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY INCREASES
is attempted to be shown by radical paper in
Alabama. The writer, however, fails to recite
the result Of the Virginia election, and the
hubbub and disaffection created in the radical
ranks by the distribution of the spells of Office,
the enforcement Of the Prohibitory Liquor law
among the German republicans, and other sig
nifcant incidents that presented themselves
recently upon the political horizon as evidences
going to show "why the republican party in
creases." The fact is, the republican party Is
split essentially upon the question of the
spoils-and it is not necessary to go out of the
limits of the city Of New York to prove the
fact
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

SMoKE.-Parties who have been observing
all the outgoiugs and mornings, and sayings
and doings of the President at Long Branch,
protest that they are no wiser now than they
were month ago touching his views on the
late Virginia election, the approaching Ten
nessee election, Mexico, Cuba, Spain, the Ala
bama claims, the Irish Church bill, the ECU
menical Council, the Suez Canal, the Chinese
question, the French Gable and New York and
New Jersey politics, and that on many other
things of public importance he is equally reti-
cent. They say that every attempt to sound
him ends in smoke-a!ways smoke, nothing
but smoke-and they cant see the Joke.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27
Inter-nretropolitan Travel.

The present period of the year is one Of re-
markable inactivity in real estate transactions.
After months Of excitement, distinguished by
heavy dealings, principally in suburban pro-
perty, owners auctioneers and woHld-be pur-
chasers have each taken rests and while
seeking restored vigor for the fail season at
the numerous watering places an. alike oblivi-
GUS to the value of corner lots Aor the attrac-
tons Of villa sites. The past eason has been
one remarkable in many respects, but in none
more so than the 6clat Of it,, wind-up. The
purchase of Hampstead Plsfins by Mr.. A. t.
Stewart is an event that would at any time
attract attention, but taken in connection with
the remarkable preference shown of late by
New Workers seeking, suburban homes for
New Jersey property over other districts in
the neighborhood Of New York, it becomes an
occasion Of the very first interest And this
interest it derives from its association with the
subject Of rapid and efficient means of subur-
ban travel. It'may safely be concluded that
| Mr.. Stewart IN his plans for the Improvement
Of his new purchase, will not rest
satisfied with the present insufficient
means of communication with the city
afforded by the Charlick monopoly.
Indeed, it is already stated that assurances
have been given by him to the people Of
Hampstead of his intention to build new
double track railroad to some point on the
East river opposite New York, and with the
lesson afforded by tho sales Of New Jersey
property during the last few months on the
different lines of railroad in that State IL ia
impossible that Mr.. Stewart should overlook
the necessity of this action. No Information
has been given as to the precise point to ba
selected by him at this end of the new line,
but we would suggest the neighborhood Of
South Seventh street ferry and an elevated
railroad over the built-up portion of Williams
burg to Maspeth, connecting there with sur
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

SECRETARY boutwell, ON TENNESSEE Poll
TICS. Secretary Boutwell, has written letter
favoring the election Of certain candidate as
Governor of Tennessee Mr.. Boutwell, had about
as well attend to his cash box as to attempt to
interfere with the local elections In those
States where the campaigns are now going on.
The people are capable Of settling their
domestic questions for themselves, and they
should be allowed to do so without interference
from officials at headquarters in Washington.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

A FIGHT FOR CUSTOM HOUsE-RApI-
GAL SCRAMBLE FOR THE SpoILs. The radical
scramble for the spoils connected with
the Charleston Cpsstl T.. House, accounts
,pi,bwhcn we have given, are disgrace
full to all concerned. 1t was simply fight
among radicals for possession of public plum
der, and, no matter who were engaged in It, it
is safe to blame all hands when such pro-
ceedings were allowed to occur at all. The
late Collector Is, we believe, a native of the
South, was an unfllnching Union man during
the war, and the subject of the most virulent
persecution at the hands of the rebel South
Carolinians. he sacrificed fortune for the
cause, and probably at this day has as many
bitter enemies In Charleston as any man who
fought in the Union armies. The new Col
lector's war record Is not very luminous, being
that Of an army sutler from Massachusetts, I;
but It Is just to say that he can, no doubt,
take the iron-clad or any other oath, 80 far az
loyalty is concerned, with clear conscience.
But it is the fighting about the spoils that
stamps the whole affair with shame, and II
such proceedings continue they will stamp the
republican party with dishonor, drive respect
able men from its ranks aud inevitably lead tc
its ultimate and complete disruption.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

1t appears as if the Catholic Powers of
Europe were moving towards the arrangement
Of more general and complete politico-
religious union, with the sanction, perhaps
under the inspiration, of Rome We have
to-day the revival Of a rumor to the effect that
France, Austria and Italy have concluded a
treaty, by virtue Of which the government in
Florence is to support Napoleon with con-
tingent of fifty thousand men in the event of q
war, and to hold the city of Viterbo as a
border point of the Papal territory. We have
also the superadded assertion that Prussia is
to take charge Of the keys Of st. Peter and
garrison Rome with twelve thousand men
should the French forces evaouate the Eternal
City. Victor Emanuel may, perhaps, be alb
solved for his liberalism and some minor pee
cadllos by the coming council in Rome King
William Of Prussia may be accepted as the
representative of his very many German
Catholic subjects the Austrian Emperor will,
perhaps, explain his course on the school
question, with his action towards Bishop Linz
but where does the ''in case of war; apply {?
Who is to be attacked, and whyp The era Of
the council is likely to be an important one.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27

The QUESTION IN A NUTSHELL. Shall Vir-
ginia and the other unreconstructed States be
accepted with the filfilment of the conditions
of Congress, including the fifteenth amend
ment, or shall those States still be kept out in
the cold by an intolerant radical faction be-
cause certain elections do not please them,
thus hazarding the fifteenth amendment In
other words, is it impartial suffrage or only
party ascendancy in the South that is wanted
by this insolent radical factionp This ques-
ton calls for settlement from General Grant.
Delay upon 1t is full of mischief to his admins
tration.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-27
Watering Places and Watering Place Csr.
respondents.

Watering Places and Watering Place Csr.
| Respondents.
In the heat of the dog days We consea. IN
finding the letters of our watering place cor
respondents very refreshing, and sometimes
very tantalzing. Noting short of strong
poetic temperament could describe "a they do
the destinations Of these summer retreats. The
croquet boating, balls, clambakes, youth,
beauty and even love-making to be found there.
are all made to fit before us in kind of
panoramic view, until we feel as the Peri
might be supposed to feel who was lucky
enough to get glimpse of heaven through
the ''half-open portals" So great, indeed, are
the attractions described that the wonder is
that the hotels there are not filed to overflow
ing, instead Of being, as is the case, half
empty. Dull times have no doubt something
to do with this, and the high rate of charges
for living there must prove another drawback;
and, lastly, comes the fact that the tide of
fashionable summer excursions has set in for
Europe, so that we hear of our countrymen
turning up there on every highway and by
way between London and Constantinople
The number of Americans in Europe il
probably not less than fifty thousand, and il
we estimate each ones expenditure at from
five to ten dollars in gold day, we may
form an estimate of the enormous cost of alb
senteeism. They will serve, however, to give
Europeans some idea of the wealth and re-
sources of this country, although for the mere
pleasure-seeker or tourist in search of health
our own watering places might furnish enough
to meet all their requirements; while the
lover of the picturesque and the more thought
full might find nature on grander scale and
more diversified in beauty on this Continent
than anything they will meet with in the Old
World. To return to our watering place cor
respondents, whose descriptions have 80 often
charmed the readers of the HERALD their
anxiety to promote the interests of the places
they represent has sometimes we think,
caused them to strain point in estimating the
influx of strangers to their neighborhood, for
there has seldom been season in which the
fashionable watering places" as they are
styled, were less deserving than now of the
name.