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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11

The PosT OFFICE BUILDING TO Go On
The Secretary of the Treasury has just ap-
proved of all the contracts for granite work on
the new Post Office building. He has extended
the contracts to the entire structure as the
most favorable way for the government. There
is nothing now to prevent the work going on,
as long as the appropriation holds out. We
hope, therefore. that the supervising architect
will 90 ahead at once, and let us see the top Of
the present structure above the fence as soon
as possible. It must be remembered that win
ter will soon be upon us, when the inclement
weather must retard all outdoor labor.
There has been too much time lost already.
The supervising architect, Mr.. Mullett, and the
supervisor of the work, Mr.. Hurlbut, are both
men Of energy, and we trust to them to push
forward this important public work
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Arc King william and Napoleon Allies -
Does Prussia Fight for the Empire, and
Not Against lts
1t is reported on satisfactory authority that
the King Of Prussia has directed that his
prisoner at Wilhelmshohe shall be treated In
all respects as the sovereign of France, and
1t is given out that he will make peace only
with that parsonage, and will recognize no
other authority. 1t is natural enough that the
King, having picked up in the baggage Of Q
beaten army what seemed great treasure,
should dislike to see his treasure turn out
worthless trash. Having begun war with
one government 1t is, perhaps, embarrassing
to see 1t dwindle away under his very eyes,
and to find himself suddenly without the good
moral cause he had at the outset All that Is
not what he would choose but does he take
the right remedy? Is his present position
tenable before Germany If he wants to
make peace with Napoleon why does he 60
to Paris? Napoleon Is at Cassel Why not
60 there? All, Napoleon left all to the
regency. Well, the Regent is, perhaps, in
England. William. in fact, recognizes in his
fighting that there is dc jacto power In
Paris, and he will have to make the same
recognition in bis negotiations. Otherwise 1t
will come simply to this He is lighting to
restore Napoleon to his throne, in order that
he may have the power to make peace. He
Is using the might of Germany to restore to
power in France the man that Germany
regards as her greatest foe. How will Ger
many like this?
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BUILT TO SNK.-In the construction of
Nmen-of-war the naval architects have gone too
far in the direction Of making their structure
floating battery rather than ship. They have
left the sea and it's dangers too much out Of
thousht and have too rigidly considered battle
as the only test. This is the real cause of the
disaster that England mourns to-day in the
loss Of five hundred men and the iron-clad
Captain. It was the cause of some disasters
ON this side the water also, though our govern
ment kept its eyes tolerably well open to the great
pecessi'y that the iron-clad, whatever else she
was, should at least be ship and be sea-
worthy. In this point the Captain was clearly
most disastrous failure.
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WALL STREET-THE COTToN CRoP.-The
past week has beena very dull one in financial
circles, and yesterday closed on stagnant
markets at the Stock Exchange and Gold
Room. The commercial and financial COM
munity will be interested in the statistics of
the cotton crop, which we give in our money
article. The crop for the cotton year just
closed was 8, 154, 946 bales, the largest for any
year since the end of the war, and almost up
to the average in the decade Of 1S5O-1S6O.
No wonder the gold ''bulls" wonder what the
matter il,
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State and City Politics.

In another column is presented to our read.
ers graphic and interesting epitome of the
opening events in the first scene of the stormy
political drama that is to be enacted in
this State and city during the campaign in
augurated on the part of the republicans, at
Saratoga on Wednesday last. The curtain
closed on different scene on that occasion
than was expected at the first opening of the
performances. It appeared that the election
of delegates to the Convention was controlled
in the interests Of two rival factions-the
Fentonites and Conklingites. Fenton, at the
start, had the control of the State Committee,
large majority of his friends comprising it,
with his factotum, Hamilton Harris, as chair
man. At the opening Of the Convention Fem
ton had a majority of the delegates pledged to
him, and he thought that there was nothing but
plain sailing in reaching the control of the Gen.
trail State Committee. But as the 'best laid
schemes O mice and men gang aft a-gley, 80 il
was with Fenton's anticipations. He had over
looked the fact that a bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush, and in moment Of
false security the Custom House patronage Of
this city, with federal patronage in prospective,
was unmasked, and his adherents fell off in
the night from him
Deserted, at his utmost need
BY those his former bounty fed.
Fenton, on rising on the eventful morning Of
the 9TH September, found himself and the few
of his followers, faithful among the faithlcss
found, placed in a decided minority. Conk-
ling, the agent of the administration, und
Murphy, the present dispenser of Custom
House largess, had seduced the bulk of his
followers, and he found himself in the humii-
ating position Of having to play second fiddle
to Conkling in a role he had scored" for his
own leadership. How all this was brought
about, and the ends subverted on the one hand
and the objects to be accomplished on the
other, will be found fully set forth under our
political article previously referred to.
The result, however, of all this scheming and
counter scheming was the nomination for
Governor of Brevet Brigadier General little
bat Titmosse Woodford, who has as much
chance of occupying the Executive chair as the
ill-treated and discarded candidate, Horace
Greeley, who has been once again shelved to
make room for one not fit to loose the latchet
of his old shoes or to attempt to smooth the
nap Of his battered white hat. But Of such ia
the gratitude Of republicans, and Greeley,
being one, and leading one at that, must
only grin and bear it. He is used to 1t, too,
and ''practice makes easy"
The democratic programme is also laid
down, and the divisions of the party, or rather
the suicidal efforts of faction to create
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ho Proclamation for Constitutional
Assembly.


Assembly.
Tho provisional government OF the French
republic at Paris has issued call for the cleo
ton, at the usual polling places, on the 10th
of October next, of Constitutional National
Assembly of seven hundred and fifty members,
the election to be held in conformity with the
law of the republic Of the 18th Of March, 1S49.
The provisional authorities, as their reasons
for this call upon the French people, say
" Europe wants to be enlightened; it is neces-
sary that she should learn by unexceptional
evidence that the entire country is with us.
The invader must meet in his path not only
an immense city, resolved to perish rather
than surrender, but people on their feet and
organized, and representative assembly be-
sides which can carry everywhere, in spite of
all disasters, the living soul of the country"
This has the look of deliberate act of pre-
paration for long war. We presume, how
ever, that Europe is now satisfied that the late
plebiscite, by which the French people voted
for the empire and the Napoleonic dynasty,
five millions against two millions, was farce
which signiied nothing, and we hope that the
election appointed for the 18th of October
will be preceded by treaty Of peace with s'the
invader" This proclamation, nevertheless, in
exhibiting the perfect confidence of the provi-
sional government issuing it in the suffrages of
the French people, must have good effect in
satisfying the neutral Powers that the repub-
lie is fairly established in France, and that, as
now organized, it may be treated with, as re-
presenting the will of the French people and
the manifest destiny of Frence.
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Victor Hugo AZ blower may defy his
rivals and his imitators. He beats them all.
He has issued manifesto to the Germans
regular Chinese flaming dragon manifesto
In which he warns them of from Paris. He
tells them, 'sYou may take the fortress, You
will find the rampant; you may take the
rampant, you will find the barricade; you
may take the barricade, and then you will
find the sewers mines Of powder, ready to
blow whole streets into the airs" that, In
short, the Germans will find, If they try 1t,
that the "city which yesterday was Sybaris.
tomorrow may be Saragossa.
This Is the stuff which Victor Hugo, as a
defender of the new French republic, is wisely
permitted to publish to the German columns
advancing upon Paris from their crushing
operations at Sedan. Could Hugo, for q
moment, suppose that those German columns,
after marching over cuirassiers, cannon, mi
trailleuses, trenches, ramparts and mines of
powder, were to be frightened by Chinese
paper dragon, with glazing eyeballs
Of terror and destruction, lighted by
fish oila Where was that famous
devil-fsh, which has the appearance
of dozen muscular and knotty sea serpents
branching out from fabby head and pair
of devilish eyes, and which has in those
muscular arms O set Of suckers that would
drain the life blood out of rhinoceros in five
minutes3 That was the chap for Hugo to trot
out against Won Moltke. ~
We have no idea, however, that Victor
Hugo supposes that he will scare away the ap-
preaching German armies by his silly mani
festo. Nor was it intended to frighten them.
Hugo sees that for the time being blowing is
the fashion in Paris, and this suits him exactly,
for he is the crown prince, nay, the king, of
blowers. We think, too, that this blowing is
good thing for Paris. It carries off the gas
of self-conceit which has poisoned too long
the moral air Of the city, and will make room
for the wholesome oxygen Of common sense.
Paris will not become another Saragossa, be-
cause if Paris, with its million and half Of
people, can be cut off from its supplies of pro-
visions, Paris will come to terms Cut off
Victor Hugo for two days from his poached
eggs and mutton chops and he will pronounce
Saragossa q humbug that can't be repeated in
Paris against fire and bombshells.
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PLAY Or PAY.-Paris property will not
escape the burden of the defence of the city.
All the rich men who leave will find when
they return that there is a heavy account
scored against their estates for the support Of
the defenders. No one named Rothschild will
take his place ~ the trenches; but the price
he will pay for the support Of his substitute
will likely seem to him dear rate, even for
his own precious life.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11

THE INQUEST in the First ward murder,
wherein private Waterman named Valentine
Rickel shot and killed young man who,
waltzing with girl on the sidewalk, CHANGED
to brush against the gate Of the factory which
Rickel was employed to watch, was concluded
yesterday with verdict charging Rickel with
the murder. The prisoner at the inquest
appeared to be stolid and supplemented
sort of person, and most likely will plead
insanity in his coming trial with
more truth and probably as good
effect as in cases of more noted criminals.
But private watchmen should be men
of discretion and intelligence. They should
not be entrusted with the care of property and
its protection against fire and burglars, or be
clothed with the half official authority of
private policeman, having arms and the right
to use them at their own discretion, if they are
insane or if they are ill-tempered or unthink-
ing. The employers who gave an insane man
the authority to use firearms on peaceful
citizens should have been censured in the
verdict.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11

THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PRESS ON THE
WAR. We give few extracts from the col
umns of our religious contemporaries in regard
to the pending war in Europe, as furnishing
some insight into the opinions of our religious
brethren regarding the frightful havoc now
going on in the Old World. These extracts
will no doubt be read with interest.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11

''MANLY HABITS. 1t was reported in Paris
that Prince Pierre Bonaparte wept when he
saw the Emperor. He retorts that both his
friends and his enemies know he. has more
''manly habits" Considering the present
state of France it is unwise for him to keep
reminding people that he shot Victor Noir.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11

GREELEY FOR ENGLAND. Wal
bridge having failed to secure the nomination
of his righthand man, Greeley, for Governor
of New York, is there any reason why the dis
appointed philosopher should not be sent to
England as messenger of peace? Where can
General Grant find man more devoted or
more faithful to the great cause of peace than
the philosopher and the philanthropist, Horace
Greeley? Is he not sound, too, as cham
pion of the French republic against Louis Ma
poleon Bonaparte, and all the family of the
Bonapartes, including even the American
Bonapartes, as aspirants for the empire
Furthermore, is not our radical contemporary
of the Tribune believed to possess the conf-
dence Of the Partisan reds, while esteemed as
great philosopher by the British reformers of
the school of John Bright2 Why may not
General Grant, then, try the bold experiment
of this universally recognized radical republic
can and peacemaker, Greeley, as our Minister
to England, in view not only Of peace in
Europe, but peace in New York; We throw
out these hints to our practical republican
President in behalf of peace. 'Let us have
neaca"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-11
The Maine Election on Monday.

The annual State election in Maine occurs
tomorrow The interest in the canvass has
been principally directed toward the election
of Representatives to the Legislature, for the
reason that United States Senator is to be
chosen in place of Lot NJ Morrill,, the present
incumbent, in case there should be change.
Whether or not bargain has been made
between the democrats and anti-Morrillites, to
secure the elevation of Governor Chamberlain
to the Senate, is not precisely clear, but the
chances are that there has been. Hence the
result of the election tomorrow will be
regarded with anxiety by those who take an
interest in the future complexion of Congress.
The candidates for Governor are Sidney
Perham, republican, and Charles W. Roberts,
democrat The candidates for Congress are
as follows:-
Dist. Republicans. Democrats.
John Lynch. William P. Haines.
2-Willtam p. Frye. Alyah Black.
3-James G, Blaine. Il. Wilder Farley.
l-JOhn A. Peters. MarcelluS Emery.
6-Eugene Hale. Philander J. Carton.
The republican majority in Maine last year
was nearly twelve thousand. Grant carried
the State in 1869 by twenty-eight thousand.
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THE HERALD CORPS OF EUROPEAN wAR
CORRESPONDENTS.

We have special correspondents moving
with each division Of the opposing forces Of
France and Prussia, and news agencies in tho
principal capitals--London, Paris, Berlin. Ma
drid, Vienna. and Florence--so that nothing
Of an important news character escapes our
vigilant representatives.
Our news agencies in the principal cities Of
Europe, and our system of travelling CORE
epondents, have. been long established, fact
the readers of the HERALD have no doubt long
since become familiar with, and as our letters
from all parts of the Eastern Hemisphere for
years past have fully proven. -
We do not pretend that our comments upon
the war, or that our opinions upon the proba-
BILE success Of either belligerent In contem-
plated movements come by the cable. Our
only aim is to give to the public the fullest,
the most reliable, and the most authentic
record of facts as they occur in the grand
operations Of the contending armies.
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AMu:ssENTs TOMORROW EVENING.

kMusssekTS TOMORROW EVENING.
OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.-o OPERA BouyrH-
LITTLE FAUST.
;. BOOTHS THEATRE, zsd st.. between sh ana 9th avs
RIP VAN WISKLE.
NIBLos GARDEN. Brcadway.-rnE NEW DOMESTIC
DRAMA OF HEAR1's EASE.
WOODS MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eighth avenue and
sd st-tRIELLA, demon OF THS NISHr.
lRs. F. B. ooNwAY's PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn
iUSBRR THE PALM.
LIMA EDwIN's THEATRE, 100 Broadway.-A BED IN
HAND Is WORTH Two THE BUSH, &c.
DowERY THEATRE, Bowery-MoLL PIrouER-DAr-
ING DIoK, THE DETECTIVE.
TONY pAsroR's OPERA HOUSE. 2ol Bowcry.-vA.
I1E1Y ENTERTAINMENT.
THEATRE CoMIQUE GA Broadway.-ccmo VOCAL.
ism, MICRO Aors. &C.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL. Sss Broadway
NEGRO MINsTEELsY, FAnoEs BURLEsoUEs, 60.
KELLY LEoN's M1NsrRELs. No sos gro.dway.-
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sTRELsY, BURLEsoUEs, DC.
: NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, SIS Broadway
SCIENCE AND ART
DR. KAHN's ANATOMICAL MUSEUM 745 Broadway
SCIENCE AND ATT
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th av., between 18th and
18th ss.-THropoRx THOMAS PopULAE CONoEETs
TERRACE GARDEN, Fifty-eghh street and Third ave-
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EMPIRE RINK, Third avenue and Sixty-hird street,
FAIR OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
BROOKLYN HALL. Myrtle avenue and Adams street.
: LEEDS ART GALLERIES, GIT md SIG Broadway
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner OF Eighth avenue a
SD ST. RIELLA, DRMoN OF THR NISNT.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.-OPzRA BoUvrH-
LITTLE FAUST.
BOOTHS THEATRE, Esd st.. between sth ana 9th avs
RIP VAN WRINKLE. -pa
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