The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-20

=, paasord avenue. The boy confessed to the pot
sor,uo but said they had frequently Ill treated nln'
ana he on,v wanted to put them asleep 30 tnAs no
| cou,d rob them OF enough money TO leave On no
/ was locked up TO answer
A delegation from the stock Exchange In this city
v,s,ted Commissioner Delano yesterday and asked
him to reconsider his decision taxing stockholders
| AZ bankers He declined to reopen the subject.
| An emigraut who conceals his name was arrested
on his arrival here recently on suspicion OF being
| parry charged in England with counterfeiting he
was kept moving about from station to station 70
prevent his being released on writ OF habeas COT
pus and then turned out that he was not The man.
| He keeps hts name concealed because ne ID honest
| and breads the fate Of Bob Briefly.
r,, 49," Ahmau me steamship City Of Boston. Captain
,omOr,. WIN leave pier ~ Queenstown and Liver.
eo~mofrow &C..
pool me mails for Great Britain and the Continent
will close at the Post once at twelve NJ on the 2st
instant.
The steamship Pennsylvania, Captain Hail. OF the
National line Will sail at two P. NJ on Saturday, 2st
instant from pier Al North river for Queenstown and
Liverpool
The Anchor line steamship Cambria Captain
Craig win leave pier No. 20 North river at twelve
| H. tomorrow Saturday for Londonderry and
| Glasgow.
| The steamship General Meade Captain Sampson.
Of the Merchants line, will leave pier No. II North
river at three p. M. on Saturday 2lst instant Tor
| New Orleans direct
| The stock market yesterday was strong. and FOR
| the leading Western railway shares active and
higher. Gold again fell TO 1924 but closed ct 1885,
Prominent Arrivals In the City.
j. O. Bancroft Davis, Assistant Secretary Of State
| 10 at the Breev0rr House.
Chief Justice Chase and Senator Sprague are OF the
| Metropolitan HOTEL
TIC. Durant, of New York; Colonel Bennett Of the
United States Army and Senior Cage, OF Cuba are at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General Thomas L. Clingman. of North Carolina,
and General j. G. Kane, Of Pennsylvania, are at the
st. Nicholas Hotel.
Admiral Hor and Lieutenant Commander Hon. of
the United States Navy; General H. ]. Hunt Of the
United States Army; J. II. Ramsay, Hy Smith.
James A. Hendricks W. A. Rice, Israel Lawton and
r. W. Peckham, Jr., of Albany; A. B. Mullett and
General O'Beirne Of Washington, are at the Aston
| House.
Prominent Departures.
| Judge A. Field, for Philadelphia Judge A. Drake
| and H. whitney Boston; Colonel s. Murdoch, Mon
| trea, and s. 8. LHommedieu Cincinnati.
Napoleou's Reforms-The New French Con.
stitution.
A cable despatch which we printed in the
HERALD of yesterday informs us that the Sem
atorial committee and the Council of Ministers
have come to an understanding on all the
points of the Senatus Consultum. 1t will be
remembered by all our readers that when the
Emperor promulgated the new constitution a
committee Of the Senate was appointed to act
with the Council Of Ministers in discussing the
same. 1t appears that the joint meeting has
taken place, and that report has been given
in to the effect that the JOINT body has agreed
on all the points of the new constitution.
We have thus gained something. We can
| not tell how far the committee of the Senate
and the Council of Ministers have differed or
how far they have modified the original
articles; but we do know that they have
| come to some common understanding. This,
as we have said is a point gained. Pressure
has been brought to bear upon Napoleon and
Napoleon has yielded. But how far has he
yielded? He has yielded 50 far, but no
farther than necessity demands. It was
no longer possible to maintain the one man
| government. France was tired Of 1t, and at
| the last elections France emphaically, and in
language not to be mistaken, said so. Ma
poleon has had the pleasure and the honor
Of manufacturing a new constitution, the
twelfth or the thirteenth, we forget which, in
the memory of men still living. This
new constitution, which proclaims the
constitution established in 1852 purely and
Enthusiastically bad, has been hailed by large
section of the French people as gigantic
stride In an onward and upward direction. 1t
is worth observing, however, that though it
has generally been well received, and though
we are now told it has obtained the sanction
of the Senate and the Council Of Ministers, IL
is constitution which has emanated from the
Emperor. and not from the people or their rep
ressntatives. The Senate and the Council of
Ministers have gone over all the articles Of the
new constitution, and they have come to some
common agreement; but as the Corps Legis-
| latif has not been consulted In these reforms,
! and as the Corps Legislatif meets in October,
it is a fair question to put: how will the
peoples house deal with those reformsp
We have already in these columns printed
the text of the Senatus Consutum.
We have no space to 60 over the
articles in detail We have no hesita-
ton, however, in saying that the
Emperor has yielded so cunnlngly that
he has retained all the power Of the State
in his own hands. If the Corps Legislatif goes
with him, good; but If 1t does not it will be the
easiest thing possible for the Emperor to dis
solve the popular assembly and SO appeal to
the people as to make his position seemingly