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WASHINGTON ‘Instructions of the Secretary of War to General Buchanan. The Reply to Governor War- moth’s Appeal. Probable Early Return of Gen- eral Grant. WASHINGTON, August 10, 1868. The Result of Governor Warmoth’s Appeal— Instructions to General Buchanan from the Secretary of War. The following is a copy of a letter of instructions sent from the army headquarters to Major General Buchanan, commanding the Department of Louisi- ana:— ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WasHINaTON, D. C., August 10, 1868, Brevet Major General B. C. BUCHANAN, commanding Department of Louisiana, New Orleans:— GENERAL—The follow! instructions from the Secretary of War are furnished for your government ‘to the end that the necessary aid may be rendered by the United States as promptly a8 possible in any case of insurrection or domestic vio- jJence in the States embraced in your tary department. You will keep yourself in- mued sf the conaiiion of affairs in said es and communicate promptly by telegraph to the War Department, through ne, end arters of the army, any facts which may make it the duty of the President, under the constitution and laws, to employ the military force of the United States. You will also maintain such disposition of the troops under your command that they may be r to act without delay on the receipt of the ‘president ‘8 order stationing them at, or from time to time moving them to points where ro may have reason to appre- hend necessity for their use. ‘The following extracts from the laws and consti- tution of the United States indicates the conditions under which the military force of the United States may be employed to suppress insurrections against the government of any State. The constitution, article 4, section 4, says:— The United States shall HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, mili- tee to every State in this Union a republican form of goverament, and” shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the ture or of the Executive, when the Legislature cannot be convened, against domestic violence. Pits act of Congress, approved February 28, 1795, Srori0n 1. And in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof it shall be lawful for the Presi. dent of the United States, on appl ation of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Legislature can- ‘not be convened, to call for such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufictent to suppress such insurrection, Seo. 3. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the Presi- dent to use the military foree hereby, directed to be called forth, the resident shall forthwith by proclamation, com. such insurgent perse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time. . ‘The act of Congress, approved Mai eee mngress, app! rch 3, 1807, is as Be it further enacted, &c., That in all cases of insurrection ‘or obstruction of the laws, either of the United States or an; individual State or Territory where 4 is lawful for the Presi- dent of the United States to call for the militia for the pur- ows of suvpretsing such inaurrection, or of causing the inwe be duly executed, it shall be lawful for him to employ for the same purposes éuch part of the land and naval forces of States as shall be judged necessary, having first Observed ail the prerequisites of the law in that respect. By command of General GRANT, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. General Meade’s Order Assuming Command of the Department of the South. General Meade, recently appointed Commander of the Department of the South, in his order assuming command of the department states:— The post and disposition of troops in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina will remain for ‘the present as now ordered, and the commanding officers of posts will report direct to these headquar- ters. The departmental statf will for the present be the same as the staff for the late Third Military Dis- trict. All general staff oMcers and others on staff duties not especially assigned wy the War Depart- ment will report by letter to these headquarters through their chief of statf. ‘General Buchanan’s Order Assuming Com- mand of the Department of Louisiana. General orders No. 11, from the Department of Louisiana, dated New Orjeans, the 4th inst., have been issued by General Buchanan, announcing that the command of the Fifth Military District, to con- sist of the State of Texas, is transferred to Brevet Major General J. J. Reynolds, commanding the Dis- trict of Texas, The records pertaining to the Dis- trict of Texas will be transferred to the headquarters of the new Fifth Military District. The States of Louisiana and Arkansas, in pursuance of orders from army headquarters, are organized into the Department of Louisiana, headquarters at New Orleans. The sub-district of Arkansas until farther orders will be known as the District of Arkansas, and will be commanded by the senior oMcer serving therein, headquarters at Little Rock. The Commanding General serving therein will 1n- mediately make the necessary return of troops serving in his district to the headquarters of the De- partment of Louisiana. The Coming Circular of Instructions to the Southern Commanders. From the frequent visits made by Secretary Scho- fieid to the White House within the last two or three Gays it is inferred that he has something gravitating upon his mind of a more ¢erious and perplexing character than any of the knotty points of recon- struction he had to deal with in the Old Dominion. Every day since the Cabinet session of Friday last, Sunday not excepted, the Secretary of War has been closeted with the President. This unusual display of restiessness and anxiety on the part of the General ts explained by those who are in positions that enable them to learn something of his official occu- pations as arising from the delicate nature of the in- structions he is preparing for the guidance of de- partment commanders. These instructions, it is said, are tobe given to each commander, and are to cover all future cases of applications by Governors for military aid. The Secretary will have the order prepared in season to submit it to the President at the next meeting of the Cab- ‘met. As the instructions in question, according to report, are intended to confide to the keeping of military officers the authority hitherto exercised in time of peace by the Executive only, and as one com mander will probably show greater willingness to grant military assistance on the slightest intimation from a gubernatorial carpet-bagger than another, owing to the difference of political opinions existing among our present department commanders, a rule that will restrain one from too projnpt compli- ance and oblige another to respond when ne y demands it, is very dificult to hit upon. Depart- ment commanders, it is understood, will be directed to come to the aid of Governors of States when called upon, under certain conditions, which are to be specified in the circular. These con- ditions are designed to prevent the co-operation of Governor and military commander in enforcing upoa the people any unjust or unlawful measure, and one Of them is said to be that the support of the United States army shail only be accorded to Governors of States, with the approval of the Secretary of War. Your correspondent has it on reasonably good au- thority that the foregoing are the main features of the circular in its present inchoate form, and they will doubtless be found in the instructions when issued, although rany modifications of the details may be made in consequence of the deliberations of the Cabinet upon the question on Tuesday. It is understood that Colone! Deane, of Governor ‘Warmoth’s staf, was-assured by both the President andjsecretary of War, that the instructions to Gen- eral Buchanan, a copy of which waa farnished to him, were intended and expected to cover the grounds presented by his chief and the Legislature of Louisiana. Visit of Tailors to the President. Acommittee from the journeymen tailors of the International Union Convention, which is now in session in this city, waited on the President, and an arrangement was made fot a reception of the entire Convention at the Executive Mansion on Wednes- br Movements of General Grant. Information has been. received at the army head- quarters in this city from the General-in-Chief to the effect that he will leave Galena, Il., on the 16th inst., and come east. Progress of the Union Pacific Railrond. The Commissioners of the Union Pacific Railroad have cxamined the twenty-fourth section of twenty NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, miles of that road, commencing at the six hundred and eightieth and terminating at the seven bun- dredth mile post west from the initial point on the Missouri river, near Omaha, Nebraska, and have forwarded their report to the Interior Department. ‘The President of the United States has approved of the report and directed the lssue to the company of the bonds and patents for the land due on the com- pletion of said section, Army Assignments to Duty. By direction of the President Brevet Major General William 8. Harney (Brigadier General in the United States Army), retired, will report in person for duty to Lieutenant General Sherman, at St. Louis. First Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, of the Corps of Engineers, has been detailed for duty on the staff of the Commanding General of the Department of California. Navy Orders. Captain George F. Emmons has been detached from the command of the United States steamer Os- sipee and ordered to return to New York, and Uap- tain L, C. Sartori has been ordered to command the Ossipee, which 1s now stationed in the North Pacific squadron, POLITICIANS AT SARATOGA, The Democratic Nomination for Governor—A Dinner Given to Henry C, Murphy and His Friends by Hon, John Morrissey. SARATOGA, August 10, 1868, ‘The Mayor came back yesterday to Saratoga and found that the friends of his rival, Senator Murphy, had been very hard at work canvassing every poll- ticlan in the State who happened to be here during race week. Tne feeling for Murphy has gained strength every hour. The Mayor looks sad over the prospect, but his Tammany friends console him with the boast that the Tam- many machine will run the Convention and that the Tammany slate cannot be broken. Yesterday the Hon, John Morrissey gave a dinner to the friends of his candidate, Senator Murphy, at Moon’s, on Sard- Lake. ‘Among others present were Judge Curtis, Coroner Flynn, Senators Norton and Geuet, Stephen Dunn and 'S. Ward. The honorable John made his company a speech, in which he sald that he wished it understood that he was @ friend He been said by some To show his friendship for Hoffman and that he milan no longer be a drag on him, he was going for lurphy. CITY POLITICS. Banner Raising in the Seventh Ward. The democrats of the Seventh ward raised a Sey- mour and Blair banner last night in Catharine street. . James Godfrey and David Moss acted as masters of ceremonies. “ The German Republicans of the Twenty-sec- ond Ward. There are two organizations of German republicans of the Twenty-second ward, and although both claim to be regular and the Simon Pure adherents of repub- lcanism, still there seems to be a difference of more importance than a mere distinction between them. Last night both held meetings—one at what is called the Wigwam, on West Forty-sixth street, near Eighth avenue. Here Mr. John Wachter presided, and Mr. H. Helmenich was secretary. The principal question before the meeting was how they could unite with the other organization without wronging them- selves. One speaker mentioned ft as an especial grievance that “the other club” was Dr. Water- man’s creation, and was originated for the purpose of giving, Dr. Waterman an opportunity to play first fiddle. A member of the meeting seemed to be displeased with the personal character of the debates, and so expressed himself in very emphatic terms; whereupon it was resolved that “the other club” be invited to jom “this” organization, andthen the meeting adjourned, This “other club’? met at the same time, also on Forty-sixth street, near Sixth avenue, Mr. R. Textor in the chair and Mr. G. Strippel secretary. The same question as at the other meeting was the prin- on point of debate—namely, the proposed union of the two clubs. Dr. Waterman was the head speaker at this meeting, and from his remarks tt may be inferred that, although on the Presidential ques- tion the German republicans are a unit, yet on State matters the Excise law still divides them; because he assumed that no one was a republican and en- titled to recognition as such unless he endorsed Gris- wold for Governor and whomsoever the republicans may nominate for other officers. This meeting finaliy agreed to inform the “other club” that they are ready to unite with them; but it was understood that Dr. Waterman’s idea was to be the principal point, that “the other clit” should recognize the binding force of all nominations of the republican party, without any reterence to the Excise law. Whether a union can be effected on this basis remains to be seen. Seventh Assembly District Association Grant and Coliax Ratification Meeting. A mass meeting of the electors of the Seventh As- sembly district was held last evening at Dodworth Hall, Broadway, under the auspices of the Seventh Assembly District Union Republican Association. Cornelius Van Cott occupied the chair, The room was appropriately decorated with the national colors and the arms of ali the States, and an audience of about three hundred persons was present. The meeting was addressed by Hon. F. A. Conkling, H, N. Twombly, Mr. Watkins (colored), of Tennesste, and others. Mr. ConKLING fn opening his remarks said that the republican party was the party of free government, of liberty, of justice, of equal rights to ail men, with- out reference to race, grade, lineage or color; the party that had through a long and exhaustive war successiully maintained the Union of all the Sates and stricken the shackles from the limbs of four millions slaves. He then stated that he would give way to Mr. Watkins, and that gentleman at once ascended the platform. Mr. WarkINs (colored) then addressed the audience briefly and facetiously, and stated that as a@ free Southern negro he had in early life been taught to love “Old Hickory” Jackson, and to Lol eg with the democr: ut, in 1840, he examined for himself issues of the parties and then saw good reason why the he should be a aemocrat no longer. He was told that he was not alowed to vote becanse the exampie of a free negro voting might create a desire among the élaves to vote also, and he came to the conclu- sion that it was a curtous kind of justice that de- prived one man of a privilege for fear some one else might want the same privileges. He was born in 1818, but last August was the first time he got to the age of twenty-one—the first time he had ever recorded his vote. In conclusion Mr. Watkins assured his hearers that in Tennessee almost the whole colored vote—at least nineteen-twentieths of it—would go for Grant and Colfax. (Cheers.) Mr. TWOMBLY next addressed the meeting briedy, and having concluded Mr, CONKLING then resumed and proceeded to dis- cuss the financial issues, stating that at the close of the Revolutionary war, which left the two and a half millions of peop'e then comprised in the thirteen States in a condition of bankruptey, in everything save their honesty and trustin God. The debt of “the colonies,” as stated by Alexancer Hgmiiton, was on December $1, 1704, a little over 76,000,000. OF this sun $25,000,000 was for the compensation of the in- dividual States for debts contracted by them for the war, wiich it wasthe duty of the general govern- ment to assume. It was equally now the duty of the government to say that the debt of all the States in- curred in trampling out the late rebellion should be assumed and paid honestly by the whole govern: ment, as that debt of $76,000,000, principal and in- terest, was paid, dollar for dollar, in coin. Paying our present debt in legal tender, as had been, he was sorry to say, advocated in Congress by some recreant republicans, was merely exclianging one promise for another. Thad Stevens had recentiy said in the House of Representatives that if there was any party in the country in favor of making its consiituents pay debts t t they did not owe, for the benefit of bioated speculators, he would vote for Frank Biair, even if he had & worse man than Seymour on the ticket with him. The savings banks of this State have now in hand over $140,000,000 on deposit, over $100,000,000 of which was invested in United States securities. 487,479 citizens were the depositors in these banks. In this city there were 100,000 citizens who had invested their money in savings banks, and he had ascertained by tfuiry from the secretary of one of these banks having 9,000 depositors, of which number 2,600 were married women, 1,800 singie women and 800 widows. The larger proportion of the remainder were artizans and laborers. Were these the “bloated speculators” to whom Mr, Stevs alluded? In closing he called upon the people to true to the example of their fathers, and take care that this fair fabric of the people's [yD shail not be unfaithful to its pledges and trust reposed in it. The meeting adjourned with cheers for Grant, A DIFFICULT SURGK TION.—Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster, of this city, who has for two years suifered from @ dropsical affection, u tion of “ovariotomy”’ on the 30th ult. She was Placed under the influence of ether, and the time consumed by the operation and dressing Was some twenty-five minutes, when she was unconsciously re. moved to her bed. The ht of the morbid mass and its contents was ive pounds. There was @ very trifling loss of blood. In about one hour after the ion she awoke to consctousn' rallied from influence of the anesthetic and operation genus ~ a sealant be nausea, &c. She still juent aul juent resu! dontinvies 10 a’comfortable condition, with favorable tor t of lete recov. try,” Mer frends anictpate her restoration to com- plete health aud a return to her former life of active useful frem which she has been wit! by Spy, Auguat 10, NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Charge of Murder on the High Seas. Before Commissioner Bette. ‘The case of Henry Robinson, Captain of the Ameri- munipaw abattoir, and the natural tendency of the can ship Columbia, trading between this port and Liverpool, which was set down for further examina- tion yesterd: was adjourned till this morning. The defendant is charged with being accessory to the death ofa boy named Henry Gunther, belonging to his vessel, who, it is asserted, died from injuries he recelved at the hands of the first officer of the Colum- bia, the captain assenting to the tll u: and not interfering to prevent it. There is noth in the charge against the captain so far as the evidence already taken shows, but the ends of justice require the arrest of the mate, and it was deemed desirable to continue the case until the officers have a further Copernaiay given them to arrest and produce the principal accused. CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tne WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, 218 Broadway, Hera.p Buildings:— THE PRICE OF CoAL.—Those posted in the trade say that coal will be no cheaper this year than it is now. Many persons think it will be dearer. TAKEN I11.—Mary Thompson was taken to the Ninth police station house last night, sick, and was subsequently removed to Bellevue Hospital. ‘SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last night Charles Whitezler, Henry Zetch and Danuel Euhl, masons, employed at No. 142 East Fortieth street, were ona scaffold, when it gave way and Li Per them a distance of thirty feet to the ground. e men were seriously injured and were taken to their homes by their employers. NINETEENTH WARD GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL Pron1o.—The parents and children taking an inter- est in this school had a summer excursion yester- day at Landmann’s Hamilton Park, on Third avenue and Sixty-seventh street. As everybody, from the qonneekt ‘to the oldest, enjoyed himself, and as all yk delight in the rollicking amusements provided for all ages, it is but just to say that the entertain- ment was a success. ALMosT AN AccIDENT.—Yesterday forenoon, about eleven o’clock, @ horse just run away from some stable rushed up on the sidewalk on Third avenue near Fifty-fifth street, and was about running over @ woman bearing a child in her arms when Mr. F. W. Erleben Gon BY the animal with one hand by the nose and with the other by the mane and brought it to a sudden stand, saving the lives of at least two, and perhaps more, persons, at the risk of his own. But Mr. Bergh, 80 anxious to take care of the feel- ings of the dumb brutes, will take no notice of this. Fire IN Division StTReET.—Shortly after eight o'clock last night a fire occurred in the basement of No, 2233¢ Division street. The premises were occu- pied by Joseph Rosenthal as a residence and jewelry store. The Fire Department report that the fire originated in a room in the basement and that there are suspicious circumstances attending it. The building is a three story and basement, and is owned by Jacob Levy, of No. 234 East Broadway, who is insured in the Stuyvesant Insurance Com- pany for $4,000, Mr. Rosenthal’s loss was not ascer- tained, but the police report it at $100, upon which there is an insurance of $1,200 in the Pacific Insur- ance Company. FirB MARSHAL’s REPORTS.—Fire Marshal Brackett has submitted to the Board of Metropolitan Police reports respecting recent fires as follows:—July 12, No. 155 East Houston street; cause undiscovered. July 16, No. 634 Water street; caused by the explo- sion of a kerosene lamp in a show window. August 1, No. 70 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn; originated near a furnace and was caused by a burst of flame from the back draft igniting some shavings in the immediate vicinity. August 3, No. 8 Water street, Brooklyn; defective chimney. July 17, Noa. 134 to 140 Powers street, Brooklyn; caused by the explosion of a kerosene ae July 25, No. 142 West Thirty-fifth street, undoubtedly of incen- diary origin, but no clue to the perpetrator yet as- certained. July 26, No. 1,249 Broadway, supposed to have been caused by children lighting matches, Au- gust 5, 423 West Seventeenth street, originated from a stove. August 5, 23 Chambers street, sup} to have originated from match carelessly thrown aside, August 1, Harlem Otl Works, sup} to have been caused by the intense heat occasioned from the use of cotton seed hulls for fuel. August 4, No, 146 Fourth street, incendiary. July a Eighth avenue, between Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth streets, incendiary; Wiltielm Abel, one of the occupants, arrested and held to bail in the sum of $1,000. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Too MucH BerrR.—Michael Sullivan was arrested yesterday and arraigned before Alderman O’Brien, at the Tombs, on a charge of stealing a barrel of ale from the office of Wm. B. Marsh, agent for Taylor’s Albany ale, No. 334 Greenwich strect. As the prisoner was found in possession of the ale he was remanded for trial. VIOLATIONS OF THE Excise Law.—James Higgins, No. 10 Vandewater street, and Louis Pansitte, No. 3 Rivington street, were yesterday brought before Judge Mansfield, of the Essex Market Police Court, for alleged violations of the Excise law. Their cases were disposed of in the usual way—each giving bail in $100 to answer at the Court of General Sessions, Excise VIOLATIONS.—At the Tombs yesterday, Christopher Muck and Louis Scharpitrow, of No. 153 Chatham street; John O’Brien, of No. 395 Washing- ton street, and Claus Douzelmann, of No. 83 West Broadway, were arr ed before Alderman O'Brien on @ charge of selling liquor without license and vio- lating the Sunday law. All of the accused were held to bail for trial. SHOPLIFTERS.—On Fri last Thomas Clements porter for Williams, Witti¥sey & Co., of 372 Broad- way, missed twenty-five hate, valued at $25, from the door of the store, and was informed by a boy that two young men had ron off with the same, He — Charies Edwards and arre-ted him with the hats in his possession. The alieged confederate, Charles Johnson, was arrested yesterday, Both men were arraigned before Alderman O’Brien at the ‘Tombs and fully committed. Tur Deata oF Tomas Casky.—An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Flynn, at the New York Hospital, over the remains of Thomas Casey, the boy who was killed by a car driven by Murs Malone on Thurday Jast, as already published in the HERALD. Mr. Gordon ©, Affey’s statement was taken to the same effect as recorded yesterday, and the inquest was laid over until to-day to procure more witnesses, Tue CHARGE OF BiGamy.—The complaint brought by Miss Lena Gumporte against Leopold Bloom, be- fore Judge Shanley, of the Essex Market Police Court, as reported in Sunday's Hera is alleged to have been brought for the purpose of malicious pro- secution and annoyance, ‘he accused, as shown by @ decree of divorce, was divorced from the complain- anton June 14, 1867, in an action brought for adul- tery before Judge Daly, of the Court of Common Pleas. The case will be thoroughly investigated be- fore Judge Shandiey. AFFRAY BETWEEN GERMANS AND IRISH IN BOSTON. (From the Boston fieraid, August 10.) Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night a party of Germans and another of Irish met on Tremont street, near Milford pi; Southern dis- trict, and after a preliminary contest of words in- duiged in a general fight, during which a young man named Daniel Shea, about twenty years of age, was fatally stabbed, the weapon entering the side of the nose near the eye and penetrating deeply. Subse- ar he was tuken to the Ninth station, wher: the removal of the injured party to the City Hospital, Ateam was procured, and with the assistance of oficer Morse and the physician Shea was taken to the hospital, where he died in about fifteen minutes after arrival. Information of the progress of the fight was conveyed to the Ninth station befoi finished, and Lieutenant Hastings at once organized @ squad of officers and hurried to the scene. By dint of perseverance and promp'itude this force suc- ceeded in arresting ten of the brawlers, some of them being hunted up and taken from their beds, whither they had gone in hopes of security. The names of the arrested parties are follows. james Corbett, Wm. Lavender, Thomas Conley, George F. Rehm, Thomas Ealloy, Michael and John s ‘kK, Patrick Ryan, Rodolph Burger and Frederick Pistariur—aill of whom were committed. DEATH OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS,—Wau ne-pe-wink e tg a iter of “Dandy,” the head the Winnebagoes, died on the 4th inst., of injuries sustained in the rescue of her child at the La Crosse depot, in Wisconsin, Her injuries ren- dered amputation necessary, but as she would not Submit to the operation her life could not be saved. Four days of mourning ceremonies were held by the Winnebagoes over the remains. Bricgam Youne on'Fast Youre Msy.—Brigham Young is evidently “down on” young men of imino- Falheblea: “tn a recent sernion’ he 5 ke of having refused several young saints the of visitin, {ors beenune they were fa the ‘nablt of profening fre name of Dotty, and then added:—‘ tenor wis ay pe gg i hn na a TS to AUGUST 1], 1868—TRIPLE THE CATTLE DISEASE. Precautions Taken at Commuanipaw— Slaughter of the Infected Steere—Resume of Operations—Important Action ef the Board of Health. ‘The suddenness of the announcement that dis- eased cattle were being slaughtered at the Com- public mind to suppose that the markets of the city were liable to be supplied from that source, even under such conditions, with the indispensable article of beef created a good deal of alarm. It is satisfac- tory to be able to announce that the Board of Health, liberally aided by the superintendents of the abat- toir and Governor Ward, of New Jersey, have made such arrangements that no infected cattle will be allowed knowingly to leave Communipaw; and that instead of, as in times past, working up tainted cattle for the palates of the poor, each diseased car- cass will be consigned to the rendering tubs. It is true, indeed, that one unprineipled butcher had the hardihood to otter at the abattoir seventy dollars for a side of beef, which, if ithad been sound, would have brought one hundred, but his overture was met with a proper rejection. The diseased cattle at Communipaw are now quarantined several yards away from the healthy droves, and are taken out, slaughtered and rendered up as fast as possible. ‘They comprise 141 head and were consigned to the agent, Mr. Fitch, from the farm of Mr. J. T. Alexan- der, Kentucky. Mr. Fitch, on discovering that a number had died on the journey and that the symp- toms of those living were of an unmistakably ‘Spanish fever character, promptly surrendered the entire drove to be slaughtered for the oil vats, Yesterday four inspectors from the Metropolitan Board of Health of this city visited the different yards near the city, and five surgeons, Drs, Busteed, Lian- tard, Percy, Weisse and Stein, from the Veterinary College, went in a body to Communtpaw_ to observe the symptoms among the cattle. The accommoda- tions were not so complete as that they could make a full diagnosis, but to-day it is the intention of Dr. Liantard to secure one of the infected steers and perform a thorough anatomical analysis. They dis- covered, however, that the Kidney of one that had just been killed was e1 and in a bien state of congestion; the bladder was filled with blood, the spine was filled up with thick blood much darker in color than sometimes found, there was some era- sion of the fourth stomach and the fat part of the meat wore a dull, yellow complexion. ie eX- amination was by no means as satisfactory as the surgeons desired, and until the special one contem- pe has been made it is impossible to determine he exact nature of the complaint. The meat looked healthy, but the cellular tissues may be so engorged with poisonous fluids as to be exceedingly danger- ous to those who partake of it, President Lincoln and Dr. Harris, of the Board of Health, arrived on the ground about four o'clock, and shortly alter- wards Governor Ward, according to promise, made his appearance. The whole party made a tour of in- spection around the stock yards and found all the cattle in @ satisfactory condition, except the drove already mentioned. They afterwards repaired to the hotel to compare notes. President Lincoln, of the Health Board, hoped the Governor would lend all his aid in preventing the deportation of infected cattle across the river. The New York Board of Heaith was but an interloper in the State of Jersey, but he had confidence enough in its Governor to believe the in- terests of humanity found a warm supporter in him. The Governor replied he should do all in his power with reference to the matter, and in the morning would at once set about the work without fail. He believed the laws of the State gave him ample au- thority to act. Dr. Wallis, one of the inspectors, said he had gone over the catile yards at Bergen yesterday morning and found all the catile without exception ina heaithy condition, The average arrival was 2,600 a week, but last week 3,100 had been received. Yesterday there were 1,000 in the yard from Central and Northi- ern Miinois, Ohio, Indiana and New York. The ab- sence of any disease he accounted for on the state- ment of a gentleman in charge of the yards, who in- formed him that the drovers at Bergen go to Buifalo and there select their cattle. Mr. Fitch said he found all the cattle at Communi- paw well except his own, which, as Ifas been already stated, are in process of being slaughtered. Dr. Harris said that as far as could be learned the fever was of a very malignant type, and the time was 80 brief between the outbreak and the discovery that it was dificult as yet to decidejupon its character. AGerman gentleman remarked that he believed the disease originated in some of the Texan pasture lands where the cattle had been grazing. Dr. Busteed thought that only by quarantine and restriction of travel could the disease be properly restrained from Libera B One of the inspectors threw out the suggestion, believing the cattle were diseased before being shipped, that all the yards at whieh they stopped twenty-four hours on the journey be disinfected with quick lime, and this could be easily performed before the next large freight starts from the West. Mr. McPherson stated he had just learned thata droye of diseased cattle, eighty or ninety in number, from Buttalo was on its way to New York and would arrive this morning. Several had died on the jour- ney. The President of the Board signified his inten- tion of attending to the matter. Mr. Freeze stated that the carbolic acid and quick lime for disinfecting the grounds at Communipaw would arrive to-day and be at once lai down. The company next repaired to the supper room and made a brief ast, Yesterday morning Cap- tain Lord, of the sanitary squad, employed his force among the yards on the island looking after infected cattle. Superintendent Kennedy detailed twelve men for special duty in the same line, and will con- tinue to do so within the district as long as there is apprehended danger. The markets are also braced in this supervision. Captain Lord reported at noon that, having found several cattle in the yard at 10ith street with similar symptoms to those detained across the river, he had them promptly The following statement from one of the fticers of the Board of Health isa careful resume ot all that is Known so far about the so-called caitle plague. ‘This officer, as soon as it was rumored that sick cattle had arrived, proceeded to Communi- paw for the purpose of making a private inspection. As the Board had no authority on the shores of New Jersey it was entirely due to the courtesy of Mr. Payson, president of the Abattoir Company, and Mr. Pleese, the superintendent, that he was enabled to give these facts to the public, Mr. Payson said that about ten days ago, in one of the batches of cattle which arrived, he discovered two rather sickly looking cattle, which the agent of the stock cheer- fully consented to throw into the rendering vats, but here was no suspicion that they were cases of Je plague, a8 nothing had been received to tndi- cate that diseased cattle had been on their way to New York. On Thursday a@large number of cattie arrived, which took the usual course of sale, and it Is believed that some of them were falling sick with dis- ease. ‘The officers of the abbatoir were on the alert to discover what might appear on the next train, and they were painfully surprised at Whut they saw on ‘The trains came from Tolona and paign county, lilinols, where upward fexan herds have been pastured, and e proportion of the arrivals on Friday morning rom that stoc! The balance was made up of stock, all of which were pas- y, but only a smail herd 230 great prairie farm of J. T. Alexander, who owns over 40,000 acres of a farm ander culture. ‘Nearly el 1 or were sacrificed befo in left at Pittsburg, Pa., and the 14 that were ward wer 0 be in sound heaith by nen with th valu. A few were sick when the i, and some got sick afierward: from Williamsburg, pure to take them across the Weehawken or ry. Certain it 1s that one died before the ssthe river. Six more were sold but rgen Harris reached Communipaw .» Mr. Paysou had prudenth the sickly and suspected stoc! re night on Friday. On Frida Sot sickly stock had taken such ¢ medical oficers of the Board th to feel anxiety with regard to the stock to be ‘coming eastward, but the Saturday morning of any having immediately went to Commanipaw and w with Mr, Payson, the president and Mr. Plesse, the superintend- rained that Mr. Fitch, agent of the ‘nd there, and whatever sanitary eted would be likely carried out. 'y lity was given to the medical officer in the examination of the entire herd, and every informa tion was cordially aud promptly given. Mr. Payson earnestly advised the agent of the stock to sacrifice the whole to rendering vate, but the small butchers were clamoring on every hand with money ready to pay down at $55 @ head, sick and well, and swore they would fet it into New York spite of the Board of Health or anybody else. Dub. ing the evening Mr. William T. Fitch, agent of Mr. Alexander. decided to make the sacrifice, and not a creature was spared. More than that, he re- purchased those sold in Bergen at full price, ana re- warded tne butcher for his trouble. They were also sent to the rendering vats. Thus 161 cattle were sacrificed, and with them $7,000, The President of the com y and the agent of the stock, Messrs. Payson and Fitch, sent immediately for the medical otticers of the Board of Health to inspect the carcases and give any advice they Wished, saying they would bts A follow it. r. Lincoin, President Board of Health, had ar- ranged to Pn Dr. Harris at an early hour on Sunday, but the above invitation led to a preparation to make @ oak ae investigation; so the medical omecers band, viz.:—Dra, Styles, Moreau, and Benjamin Howara—went Temmediatety to Com. mun! animals’ for’ examination, and ommenced a investigation, which was They Rimes! every tissue and mals preserved some imens. The; xamined those which had sickened within the pant rty-eight hours, and made as correct a record as time would permit. Sixty-five car loads of cattle, which arrived from Sangamon county on Tuesday, were examined and found in excellent heaith, the; farm.” Fortunately the ‘Aiseeas's Seppe e diseage ts ech not to have reached this farm, and the Appearance of the stock fully justified the opinion. Fenton to have measures taken Buffalo, Pimira’ and Albany, in this State; to Governor , of Pennsylvania, at Pitts- ber hy wherever necessary. Board of Health have taken of diseased 01 and portions of tissue taken from the cattle which ee Hiled, ‘oeme have been microscopically examined, and an artis has been e! to make drawings from them for the benefit of Public, The Cattle Disease in Chicago. hhirty-one specimens {From the Chicago Tribane, August 8.) The cool weather of the it few days has probably put a stop to the cattle disease, which has undoubtedly been more virulent this ear than usual, in consequence of the greater intensity and longer duration of the summer heat. Whatever scientific men, or those claiming to be scientific, may say, there is little reason to doubt that the cattle disease is, like the “summer com- plaint,” dependent largely on atmospheric con- ditions, and that stock well cared for will escape unharmed. while .cattle suffered to quench their raging thirst from stagnant ponds after an exhaustive hunt after poor food, will die in large numbers. ‘This is probably the true reason why of the thousands of the cattle of the Union Stock Yards only a few have died, and those only when brought in exhausted, while scores have died among those entrusted to the care of ignorant herdsmen outside at so much a head per month, our readers may rely upon it that the con- ditions here indicated have much more to do with the existence and spread of the cattle disease than any of the causes assumed to avoid responsi- bility, Cattle well taken care of will generally be found ina good condition, unless bred from: de- praved stock. We trust that none of our readers will be induced to drink the milk or eat the flesh of diseased animals; by the opinions, so freely given, that they are innocuous, The bad effect may not be immediate. but it stands to reason that the system cannot absorb unhealthy matter without injury. THE LABOR MOVEMENT. Meeting of Master Masons—They Resolve to Stand Firm—Interesting Debates. ‘The meeting of the master masons was held yester- day afternoon, as usual, Mr. John T. Conover presid- ing and Mr. Wm. H. Jackson acting as secretary. Mr. Ross, on behalf of the committee for that pur- pose, reported that on a building in which about one million of brick will be used all work will stop and that the contractor will have all the time he needs to resist the strike. Mr. Tostevin then spoke of a report he heard that one of their members had given in, and he declared it to be false; that although the person referred to had again gone to work yesterday morning it was with men working ten hours per day, and the men came back voluntarily. This statement was corroborated by Messrs. Disbrow and Eidlitz. Mr. Tostevin read from the HERALD’s correspon- dence from Washington about the working of the eight hour law at some government establishment in Maine, and he added to it some remarks of his own, in which he maintained that the law of neces- sity will, as in all other cases, make itself felt. He referred to the strike in Pennsylvania, and he be- lieved that while, according to Governor Seymour, men work four hours per day to pay the taxes and pd have six hours to work for themselves and earn their bread and butter the men will very soon under- stand their own position, The eight hour system has gone up in a balloon, he said, and the men are finaing it out. A majority of the men know it now that they will be worse off if they win and better if they lose. The speaker gave some statistics as to the earnings of the eight hour men, when they undertook to take jobs of their own, and according to his reckontng it appeared that no man could make more than $288 per day. Mr. Tostevin declared that one of the strikers himself had told him so, and the man is, or was, the strongest advocate of the entire movement. Mr. Demarest was reported to have a full comple- ment of ten hour men. Mr. Tostevin then rose and made a remark abont four men “working on his rears,” which gave rise to some humorous conversa- tion between some of the reporters and Mr. Tostevin and others of the master masons. The play upon the word “rears”? and “Mr. Tostevin’s rears”? was for a time quite amusing, but not at all to the honor of those who indulged in it, and especially when it came to the old saying that “Everything looks lovely and the goose hangs high.” Many of those present considered the quotation out of place, although on one side it was provoked by a “Bohemlan,” of whom, as a matter of course, nothing else could be ex . doveral members reported either that they had re- ceived an accession of ten hour men to the force heretofore employed by them or that they had com- menced since the last mecting at the same rate for a day’s work. Mr. McLane and Mr. Ross successively made appeals to their associates to stand firm, claiming that the men are getting to their senses; that It was only some demagogues who tried to’keep them on the strike; that the bosses are resisting the present strike in the interest of the workingman, who would have to pay higher rents if the strike suc- ceeded, which would increase the cost of building or stop it; that those who advocate the cause of the workingman should not begin with him who has the highest pay, but look to the poor widow, who is sewing all day for a dollar or less, and then to the machinist, whose work is more intel- Jectual than that of the bricklayer, and who only re- ceives from $2 50 to $3 per day. The remarks of these gentlemen were often interrupted by cheers, and after they closed it was resolved to stand firmly by the original resolution to employ none but ten hour men, and then the meeting adjourned, Mass Meeting of the Bricklayers’ Unions. The Bricklayers’ Unions Nos, 2, 4 and 12helda@ mass meeting last night at Bergen Hall, Twenty- fourth street, to hear the opinions of prominent delegates on the progress of the strike and to ap- point an additional committee of conference to con- fer with the bosses with a view to a compromise. The opinion seemed to prevail in the meeting that the committee of ways and means heretofore ap- pointed, with instructions to negotiate a treaty of peace with the master masons, had too much work on their hands, and were consequently unable to give the more important question the required at- tention. A good deal of desultory conversation was indulged in by delegates respecting the powerg of the committee, and some confusion tdok place. While the meeting was engaged in discussing the question of appointments and listening to the experience of members of the Ways and Means Committee in their late en- deavor to effect a settlement with the bosses, a dele gation from the Slate Roojers’ Association was an- nounced and admitted. The Chairman (Mr. R. Gaul) introduced Mr. MCCLEAN, Of the Slate Roofing Association, who said that the delegation was sent there with a small con- tribution In aid the strikers and to express the sympathy of their association with the brickiayers in ther struggle with capital as represented by the master masons. We are with he said, heart and hand. Our interests are identical: we work on yur success 14 Ours, and your failure wate from the short. speech to t a prot al, and Interested ali other | equally with the bricklayers, although, of « burden of the fight would have to be borne by them. ‘The fight should go on to the bitter end. (Applause.) If, unfortunately, the bosses should win in this strug- aie greater tyranny would be cised by them over their men, and other be would emulate their example. The contest must be fought stub- (Loud applause.) nks to the Siate Roofing Association nition and expressions of syinpathy Klay ir trouble was then passed and the meeting proceeded to business, H Pi 7 No. 2, was unanimously Stumf, Presi- xl deal of eagerness was manife: 3s to gain possession of the purpose of Ventilating their opinions on the propriety or impropriety of appointing anothe committee of conference, but after a severe application of his formidable gavei the Chairman succeeded in putting one of the many motions offered to the mecting and ft was carried with acclamation, The motion was as follows :—That 4 special committee of three from each Union be appointed to confer with the bosses with a view to a compromise, After con- siderable discussion and some confusion Mr. John Schwartz and Mr. Martin Kolp were appointed on the committee from No. 12, Mr. Daniel Cail Mr. Peter Cogan from No. 4, Mr. Thomas Munom r. James Black from No 2. The President o} each Union formed the third member in each delega- tion on the committee. Aconsiderable number of those present seemed desirous of giving the committee fall authority to act for the Union in their conference with the boases, untrammetied by instructions, but as there appeared to be more members anxious to speak than there were to listen it was impossible to ascertain the sen- timents of the m: ity on that very tmportant mat- ter. Fol debate was cut off by a motion of the Secretary that the committee confer with the but make no final a without first obtain- ing the approval of the members of the Union thereto, An amendment was attached to this motion that a special meeting of the Union should be called in the event of the committee at in arrang- ing the basis of @ compromise with the bosses, gine han and Hctaimousiy although thers were not Want anin‘ea aman Rat Soe the committee power tiate a peace be- tween Manan and men it ‘ould have Deen more Ha ine of the men dec! who Anda A lared that there could be no might be done in respect have more than two Nevertheless, it wes it that the of the, members pre- sent were anxious to have the matter settled some way. Mier transacting unfinished business of no public importance the meeting adjourned to meet again when the result of the conference with the bosses is communicated to the President of the Union. The Laborers’ Union. A special meeting of the six divisions of the La- borers’ Union was held yesterday evening at Hiber- nian Hall, No. 79 Prince atreet, Mr. Patrick Welsh oc cupying the chair and Mr. Gilmartin oificiating as sec- retary. On the meeting being called to order the chair- man stated that the business of the evening was the hearing and consideration of the report of the com- mittee which had been appointed to confer with the delegation of the Bricklayers’ Union. and he earn- estly exhorted his fellow laborers to exercise ma- ture deliberation before giving their votes on the action to be taken in relation to the straggie now going on between the bricklayers and master masons, Mr. Farreil, the chairman of the special committee, reported that the result of the confer- ence with the bricklayers’ delegation was entirely satisfactory, but on hie giving the particulars of the pcp pom proposed by the latter body consider. able discussion was provoked, and the diversity of opinion was so great that the meeting adjourned without having arrived at a decision. The Varnishers and Polishers’ Association held a meeting last night at their rooms corner of Allen and Houston street. The chair was occupied by the President of the English wing of the society, Mr. Patrick H. Green, who explained the object of the meeting to be of @routine nature. ‘The attends ance Was unusually small, as it always 18, unless special business ison the boards, SERVIA. Trial of the Murderers of Prince sichel= Scene {a Court=The Indictments ard Testie mony—Confessions of a Knife Slan—Motives and Intent—Sad Picture of Domestic Life. VIENNA, July 1, 1868, Servian justice knows little of the “law’s delay.’? Prince Miche! was murdered on the 11th; on the 26th his murderers were tried, The trial lasted only one day, and they would doubtiess ere the month was over have been executed but that the passing of the sentence has been delayed in order to obtain from Maritsh, one of the four principals, some further confessions which he has promised to make. As the court house proper was not large enough to accommodate a befitting portion of the public the trial was conducted in an outbuilding, which may be likened to a large barn, profusely decorated with greenery and copsewood. On either side of the Judges a row of seats was placed for the accommo- dation of the foreign charg’s d’affaires and consuls in Belgrade and for Servian statesmen, prominent among whom was the imposing figure of Servia’s veteran Minister—the Cicero of the day—M. Gara- schauin, of him whose son was one of the Prince's party ana of the wounded, and who, by his prompt action, anticipated the conspirators in their plan of revolutionizing the State, and mainly contributed to their being brought to justice. Thirteen prisoners were placed at the bar, namely, the four principals and nine accessories. The four principals are Costa and George Radova- novich, Maritsh and Rogich, The best known among the accessories are Paul Radovanovich and Simon Nenadovich, the governor of the prison in Tapschei- der Park and the brother-in-law of Prince Alexander Karageorgewich’s wile. The bearing of the culprits was defiant and callous, They all evince that con- tempt for death which is a Servian characteristic, and they manifest not the least sorrow for what they have done. Their only regret is that the political part of their plot—that which looked to an over- throw of the Obrenowich dynasty—so miserabiy failed. Costa Radovanovich speaks with the utmost com- posure of the way in which he finished the Prince off with his knife on his finding that the nee still breathed after receiving the shots, and Maritsh’s boast is that he acted, not for money, but from mo- tives of vengeance. He claims the honor ot having fired the first shot at the Prince, because, having been condemned to twenty years’ imprisoament for the murder of his wife, the Prince refused to remit ten of those years. He states with bravado that five hundred gold ducats were offered him for his part in the conspira and that he refused them on the ground that he wanted to murder, not for money, but for malice. Rogich, on the other hand, says: “Lwas a bank. rupt and 'nard up for cash. I received whai | thought ‘was a good offer and I naturally aeceptest 1t.”” Paul Radovanovich was the | z mind of the conspiracy. He alone held in lus hands ail the threads thereof. He confesses to have talked over the subject of the murder of the Prince and a change of government last year, but he was opposed to tie carrying out of the project at that time. Some of the persons with whom he spoke and conspired wert not Servians, but Hungaro-Serb: mgr at Neusaz the chief town of the Serb districts o: Hungary, Soon after new year, however, he thought che tim¢ had come for action. ‘For this purpose te hired men, procured revoivers and laid his plans for a change of government. Ail was ready for the murder, s¢ far as he was concerned, in March last, and the Prince was “dogged” during that month and April. But some of Panl Kadovanovic instruments were troubled with serupies of cor ce, and pre. bably returned his money and declined to do the work, Impatient at this loss of time Panui telezraphed on May 2% to his brother Costa, who was then Living at ‘Szabaz, in Servia, to come to Belgrade and heip him, ‘The reason for calling his brother to t's ass'stance is™ thus rendered in his own characteristic wore wanted fh because I could do nothing with the oid wome! Belyrade.”” Mr. Costa, 0 wing his home 6M the desperate enterprise, revolver and sabre with him, and when his wife asked him what he wanted to do with those w he re- plied:—“The shots of this revolver wii! ccuo far and wide in Austria, France, England and liussia, and if L succeed vou will become a great women.” This deposition is made by Costa’s wit Tn Costa Paul found the determined it he was in search of, and in less then three we! after his arrival in Beigrade Prince Michel was dead man. As to Paul's motive for the at be himself says that his design was to proclaim a ry, With & provisional government for executive. Uf this pro= visional government Paul hiinse First Con: and two other wortiy Senators, who are not in the least implicated in fis ptot, to have been assoctated with him. taut evidently took the first Nap va aes his 1th of June was intended to have be 19th of Bruimaire. As to the part the ¢ of Servia were to have played in thu asserts that he intended to give them th that he used the father and son. KE only as instruments to further th own ambition, Nevertheless, if the proved a fatiure, if pubiic opimion had itself strongly in favor of & monarc then only, he intended to espouse the Prince Peter, the son of Prince georgewich, and, with this conting early this year drew up a model which the power of t very low point, and sent it to Prince signature. This constitation was duly signed, and then only did he to plot effece removal of Prince Michael. neut, Which represents the government sto lave been led dynasty drama, he go by, and pron: ontirms and endorses this | confessto However, as one of them | confesses, they iexander evating etended to banner merely forthe purpose of receiving money and other help from ir hands, This fact Paul Radovanovich himaelf firms, for he expressly admits that it was a matter of no mo- ment to hia who reighed, but what the fo ernment should be; that Was his first care I wili conclude with one more fact concerning the Radovanovicn family. Radovanovich, pére, who now lives at Szabaz, Servia, isa Bosnian by birth and had six adult brothers. Every one of these six were shot for one reason or another, The last of the famiiy migrated into Servia, where he reared @ family of six sons. Four of these are inaplicated in the aforesaid plot and will short piate thetr crane with their lives, A singular re of social life on the frontiers of European civilization, ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS IN INpIANA.—The authorities have made a heavy raid onthe counter. feiters this week. On Thursday Washington Dress. ler, allas W. H. Rogers, living on Frankiin street, was arrested. Dies and plates and bank note paper for making fifty cent scrip were found in his posses- sion. He was taken before Commissioner Payne and bound over in the sum of $2,000, His mother and sister were arrested as knowing to the crime, but were finally released. Dressler was taken to In- dianapoiis yesterday. The first suspicion in regard to Dressier arose from an order for a press sent to Beeler & Co., Cincinnati. They suspected that all was not right and turned the order over to the United States Marshal, who gave the case into the hands of E. ly rgd United States detective. The order ‘was fliled by sending Dresster an old press which had been used by counterfeiters and captured once be- fore. A letter was also sent to the effect that any further orders would be cheerfully flied. Seaeod and his assistant, Andrews, then came to Richmond and set about watching the express office and Post Office, Dressler called at the express oitice, repre- sented himself as W. H. Rogers, signed the receipt, and the press was soon delivered at his house. Dur- ing the night, from a perch in a willow tree, through the back windows, the detectives watched the press eet La the Eo for carrying out the Pendleton greenback theor; 1 in the afternoon of the next day made the arrest, Another counterfeiter, named A. Williains, arrested at Liberty, has beea brought here and bound over in the sum of $3,000. He had $50 in counterfeit scrip on his person and re) 8 that Liverty is a bully place to pass counter- it money.—Richmond (Ind.) Telegram, August 8. Drati or THe LARGEST MAN IN KentvcKy.—Wik Mam G. Willis died at his residence in bullittaville, ane corny at é few days se %. oe exy, in the forty-cighth year of Probably th fargeat man in kentucky, weighing. i ve Famared | yunds. His ave Weight for a namber of years las not been Tot “than eur pony oy ninety pounds, ui sometimes it reached dred and ( ave pounds