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“ 8 consider its *political r : lati i oo CENTRAL AMERICA Seinen ri oom) ‘ the case of Cuba, are summ= 2 Ooo Seorermpnnarccecen resume with which then temas we in judes :— a “ The Government of Colombia and the |‘. The cau tt 4, SOI e9 report On" Subject of Education. etree oF oan parang a ame fr vere Earthons*- Rie eee almage hare bad asd anne the Republy ted Bislen cannot serve as x guide FEO BOE as ag Oy cere ee tee ttn eran dromov beens ish we sonut America’ tho poaltion to which, ake ie He rina RAR HEY {shes Se opograp hic! iui ber atonal raion, Proposed Coalition of the South BY serican Re- publics to Aid the Spanish A” Jertean Colo- nies to Secure I>? pendence, The Pacific Mail steamship Rising Star, from Aspinwall July 19 arrived at this port yesterday. Bhe brings the ¥ ,tost news from Central America. Purser Smith will accept thanks for favors re- ceived. COLOMBIA, . Pasee/;e of the Canal Treaty Through the ease of Ropresentatives—New Altera- VYrons—Educational Mattersy-The Lato Fire "tm Aspim wall-—A Scheme to Aid the Spaaish American Colonies. Panama, July, 1870. There is but little of interest to communicate from the isthmus by this mail. On the 6th inst. I forwarded by way of St. Thomas full details of news from the interior, the most important items of which were that the Canal treaty had passed the House of Representatives with such altera- tions or amendments as General Hurlburt, the United States Minister at Bogota, desired, and had been returned to the Senate for approval; and that the bill to form a “‘Pacto Americana” (South American Confederation) to free Cuba, Porto Rico &c., from Spanish rule had passed the third read- ing in the House, where It originated. ince then no news whatever has been received here from the capital. A New York paper of the 29th ult. publishes a letter from its Panama correspon- dent, in which it is stated that this latter bill “was enthusiastically passed by a large majority”’ in the Colombian Congress. This is entirely in- correct. On the 17th of June, our latest date from the capital, the bill had onty just been sent to "the Senate. There is, therefore, no ground for stating that it had become a law. The.President has sent a very able message to Congress on the subject of education—a subject too much neglected in these mis- governed countries. The Honse of Repre- sentatives having approved unanimously the ftem in the budget appropriating $100,000 to found normal schools in the republic, the Presi- dent compliments them on the act. The follow- ing is the pith of his remarks:—The unanimous vote of approbation given in the House of Repre- sentatives appropriating $100,000 to found normal schools in the republic shows the good disposition of all political parties to labor harmoniously for the advancement of the republic, which fact, while honorable to the nation, will be accepted with favor by all the friends of constitutional liberty. In taking for a model the United States and adopt- ing their institutions to these republics the com- mon school system was left out. This the Presi dent deeply regrets, and says that it is impossible to found a repu blic without forming first the citi- zen,and that the electoral arm and the school must be the base on which rests every republic: A country is neither republican nor free because the constitution says so, but because the amount of intelligence and the social condition permit it to be so. The continued revolutions of Spanish America and the low state of industry are due en- tirely to the ignorance of the lower classes. The minority govern and the majority suffer. The President asserts that the condition of the labor: ing classes is not any better than under the Colo- nial government. The question of the interven- tion of the government with public instruction he considers definitely settled fn the affirmative, and thinks the system of education should conform in all the schools, as tending to unite the States themselves. The best mode of doing this would, in his opinion, for the government to take upon itself the forming of the teachers, leaving to the States the primary schools. He then recommends the pene of a law making public instruction a ranch of the administration and independent of the University. The President thus reasons very sensibiy—while the people are ignorant they will not be industrious, and if they are not indus- trious the country must remain poor, so that any money advanced to remove ignorance tends to enrich the country and conseqnently the Trea- sury. When once Gilightet civilization and progress will go on of themselves. The document, as I have said, is a very able one, and does great credit to President Salgar. Although the amount appropriated—$100,000—is but a drop in the bucket, yet it is a step in the right direction, one which, it is to be hoped, will be zealously followed up. ‘The State of Panama, probably the most enlightened in the republic, may be taken as an example of the state of public education in this republic. The report of the Treasurer for the last fiscal year shows the income of the State to be $203,175. Of this sam $114,000 were ex- pended in Keeping up a military force, while only $3,122 were devoted to educational purposes. ‘The army expenses of the State amounted to fifty cents per head of the entire population. The case of Messrs. Clement and Muylin, the two French citizens who were arrested by the arbi- trary order of President Carreoso, on suspicion of having set fire to the Aspinwall House, and paceby caused the late conflagration, is attracting muc’ attention, and the newspapers here have taken it up very warmly, and denounce the auihorities for their action in the matter. The two unfor- tunate men are still confined in a filthy prison, with the lowest criminals composing the chain- ang as companions. The have been deprived of fiberty since the 6th of June, without having even the shadow of a trial. This is republicanism with ® vengeance. The U.S. steamer Nyack, Capt, Eastman, sailed hence for Callao on the 6th inst. Some uneasiness was felt here about the steam- ship Rising Star, which arrived two days behind the usual time. The passengers, &c., by her left for San Francisco, per Montana, on the 16th inst. The steamers from the Central Ameriean coast have not yet arrived. Tho Bolivar is expected on the 20th and the Salvador on the 26th. the Constitution, which arrived on the 17th, we have later dates from Guatemala, with an interestin; account of the earthquakes recently experience: in that republic. Proposed Coalition of the South American Republics to Free the Spanish Antilles. on the Panama Mail, July 6, 1870.] On the 17th June the House of Kepresentatives, now in session in the capital, passed a pill which, if approved by the Senate, as it almost certainly will be, will be equivalent to a declaration of war against Spain. ‘The bill. was introduced in the ‘ouse on the 12th May, and was enthusiastically received. It proposes the formation of a solemn compact between all the Spanish-American re- publics for the psn sired of obtaining the inde- pendence of the Spanish Antilles from the domi tion of Spain and the creation of republics in those islands. No doubt can exist, therefore, that the converston of this bill into law would be tantamount to declaring the republic at war with , and as such it would be considered by that Eingdom or republic—we hardly know which term would be the more correct at present. That a war—either active, as in the case of Cuba, or passive, as in the case of the Southern epublics—wilk really exist from the moment this jaw be passed, bas been foreseen by some of the Colaba statesmen, who have already vividl depicted the woes which they believe will befal this republic if it dare the wrath of Spain and the terrible straggle in which it will be involved for what they consider a Quixotic iden. But, on the other hand, there are men who have spoken nobly, boldly and well on bebalf of those principles (be- jevod in and respected by many and sneered and laughed at by others) which have correctly been termed American, but which, unfortunately, in nine cases out of ten, are not acted up to with thas purity which their real aspirations demand. The Honse committee report on the bill presents . a frank and expiicit declaration of the principles by which some of the leading men of this country Tn this clause we find “‘manifest destiny” brought into play, and in the fourth we learn that the policy of the United States cannot be recognized as that of Colombia. For the present, however, for the question presents a tar more serious side, we merely allude to these two “axioms,” which may be also considered ‘‘symptoms.”” t side is presented Ly the fact that Con- gress is acting with very little prevision in thus jeclar! a war in which Colombia may stand alone. fore the promu! jon of such a law as this, commissioners should have visited the other governments to have learned whether they would enter the coalition, and with what amount of money, men and ships they were prepared to com- mence defensive, if not aggressive, opera- tions, immediately upon the protocols being signed. Although we are here blaming Congress for the manner in which this de- cisive step has been so suddenly taken, it must be borne in mind that we are o1 blaming the manner in which the measure has been adopted, not the measure itself. Any one who knows the state of diplomatic relationship at pre- sent existing between Spain and her former colo- nies, cannot but readily understand that this step which Columbia has taken will lead not alone to the freedom of the Antilles, but to the arrange- ment of such treaties between the South American republics and Spain as will set at rest forever many long disputed and much debated questions which have remained pending since the Indepen- dence was gained. Commerce and agriculture may suffer for a while ; but we still see room to hope that this re- public may benefit by the crisis through which it will have to pass; and we believe the war, if com- menced, will terminate with slight loss of blood, though at a large sacrifice of money, and leave old party rancors forgotten, from Colombians having again become brothers from having served ou the same field and against the same common enemy. GUATEMALA. . The Mexican Boundary Disputes—Severe Shocks of Earthquake—Immense Destruction of Property. Panama, July 19, 1870, The steamship Constitution, which arrived here on the 17th inst. from San Francisco, brings dates from Guatemala to the 13th inst. The news is interesting. The dispute between this republic and Mexico in regard to boundary lines and terri- tory continues, and further outrages are reported, On the night of the 10th inst. party of fifteen brigands, under the command of Manuel Auyon, a friend of Rufino Barrios, entered the territory of Guatemala from Soconusco, and, arriving at the village of Rosario, assassinated in cold blood a mer- chant called Wenceslao Jabalois, robbed and then set fire to his house. The brigands escaped and took refuge on the estate of Barrios. The authori- ties of Chiapas seem to take no steps whatever to prevent these disgraceful outrages. Severe earthquake shocks had been expe- rienced in this republic during the month of June, some with destructive effects. The shocks had been of such frequent occurrence as to occupy public attention to a great extent; many towns and villages had been severely damaged, Sab- joined is an official account of the most severe shock.as felt in the town of Cuaginiquilapa, in the department of Santa Rosa, on the Pacific coast, in NEW YORK is@RALD, FRIDAY, — ANOTHER Large Confagration im the Highland Distr’; — Five Tenement Houses Burned—Narr’ yw Es- cape of the Inmates, Lor Boston Evening Transcriy,¢, July 27.) 8:50 A.M. to-day three alarrys in quick suc- cession were given from box 2", followed imme- dietely by another from box %g, for the purpose of ine every availabte firo engine to the High- r ? nd trict. rience of Monday led many to think tha’, di threatened a large and inflammable d¥,trict, and thousands of persons wended their sasty way southward to view what a dense smok% prot |—an extensive fire. They were by m4 means disappointed, as what follows will shew, and an opportunity was afforded in addition of witnessing the heroism of the fire- men, which has never been displayed to better advantage since the fire department was organ- The fire first appeared in the centre of a long wooden building situated on Hunneman strect, running parallel with a row of wooden tenement houses facing on the east side of Harrison avenue. The building was formerly known as Webber's Ropewalk, and was occupied by Joseph Nicker- son & Co., sbinghandlerts for manufacture of cordage. There was @ great deal of tarred material in the structure, which is supposed to have become ignited by friction in the ma- chinery. The flames spread to both ends of the lightly built senaiare with lightning-like rapidity, and the inflammable nature of the stock fed them at a rate that put all idea of checking beyond human com- rehension. To add to the dismay of the inhabi- ‘ants and the crowds who gathered at the firat alarm, the entire neighborhood—every building eo of wood and of cheap construction—even to Washington street, seemed doomed, as a stron; easterly breeze sent the flames in an almost hori- zontal direction towards them. Every family to the leeward of the burning mass at once turned their attention to the removal of their effects, and the streets and vacant lots in every direction were soon filled with every con- ceivable article of household furniture, which were surrounded by hundreds of men and women and children in every stage of frantic excitement. Such was the condition in which the firemen found the neighborhood when the first engine ar- rived upon the scene. The ropewalk was almost entirely consumed, and the fire had firm hold upon the'tenement houses that separated it from the avenue. The first companies to arrive placed their appa- ratus directly in the face of the fire, on Harri avenue, and though the heat was intense, by the display of great fortitude under every difficulty bravely maintained their positions and battled the flames with almost unexampled paerey. They evi- dently had East Boston in their minds, and knew that what was to be done must be done quickly. Their exertions for the time, however, were un- availing. The five tenement houses—three of which belonged to Dennis Mullane, one to James Ryan, of Jamaica Plain, and one to Thomas Noo- nan, who resides near—were quickly consumed and the flames several times caught the block be- longing to Mr. Mullane, on the opposite side of the avenue, corner of Hunneman street. The safety of this block was mainly due to the activity and heroic conduct of the company at- tached to Eagle Engine No. 3, who maintained their stand at the corner of Hunneman street, de- spite the roaring flames and enveloping smoke at hovered over and about them. The hosemen alternated their stream between the fire and their engine, first playing upon one and then on the other to keep the machinery from overheating, the engineer during the time being compelled to use his cotton waste in order to handle his valves. At this juncture the department was heavily re- inforced from South Boston, Dorchester, East Bos- ton and the city proper, and long lines of hose were soon laid to bear upon the tire from every direction. In tact, in travelling over the district, it seemed as ifthe hose that tripped the pedes- trian at every step formed a complete network, 8o frequentiy did the lines cross at every couceiv- able angle. But even the most strenuous endeavors of this large force were unequal to the task of saving the large stone Lic, § on the opposite side of Hun- neman street, on the southeast corner of Harri- son avenue. It belonged to Nickerson & Co., and it was well known by all in the vicinity that ithad been recently refitted with much valuable ma- chinery, besides being heavily stocked with hemp and other similar material. the south of the republic: “This series of shocks date back as far as the 14th of April last, since which it may be said a day has not passed without them. On the 3d of May, after a very severe shock there was an in- termission for three days, when they commenced again. On the 12th of June the most severe oc- curred. The day dawned dull, cloudy and calm, with a suffocating sensation of heat. At three P. M. there occurred a dreadful shock, with a move- ment from southeast to northeast, preceded by a hollow, rumbling noise. The church and chapel were nearly destroyed. The principal parochial and municipal buildings, the prison and Custom Hoase fell in ruins. All the privatn houses having tiled roofs suffered, especially those built of adobes. Only the miserable straw huts escaped. The Bec on the coffee farms also suffered, along with the fences and ditches with which they are surrounded. Reports from various other parts of the country are still more serious and show an extensive area of volcanic action. The hills inthe neighborhood of Dusginiqais a exhibit extraordi- nary effects. The earth openéd in deep rents, the most promipent of which run down from southeast to northeast. Some of the shocks hada mulous otherg. 2 oscillating Hotion. fhe shocks whic! rafned the town lasted from ten to fifteen seconds. Some beheve the central cause is in the volcano Tecuamburro, others in the Moyuta, which appears probable because in the vicinity of these volcanoes eat rocky precipices, covered with trees, have een thrown down, the rivers dried up and the roads rendered impassable. But one life is re- ported lost, that of a child.” The alcalde who gives the description of which the above is the translation, is of opinion that the cause lies under the Pacific Ocean and is the re- sult of terrestrial electric excitement. This corps of English engineers who have been engaged in Guatemale making surveys for differ- ent lines of railway, one from the capital to the At- lantic by way of Lake lzabal, had returned to England with the requisite data and are engaged in preparing their report. The general impres- sion is that the report will be very favorable. THE MURDER OF COLONEL BUELL. Cowardly Assassination at Fort Leaven- worth—A WDeserter Shoots and Kills His Commanding Officer. {From the pee ron ey (Kansas) Bulletin, uly 2 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel David H. Buell, the Ordnance Department commander at Fort Leavenworth, was shot by an unknown assassin, at about eleven o’clock last night, while he was walking from the arsenal towards his home. His wife and child were with him. General Sturgis was also in the locality of the dark and horrible tragedy. The ball missed his heart, where it was aimed, and entered the lower pores of ‘his right breast, coming out at the back. The weapon used was a pistol, and it must have been aimed by a hand that rarely trembles. The assassin fired from a cluster of brush and at once fied and escaped. As there was no moonlight the escape was made with little difficulty. The entire garri- gon was roused into great excitement and per- sistent efforts were made to discover ‘the mur- derer; but up to a late hour this afternoon no arrest is known to have been made. It is thought that the colonel was killed by one who is now a deserter. The suspected person had been at the fort till very recently, and it is thought that he and the colonel have some personal difficulty. A watch has been Kept up at .all available points to-day, and we hope to announce the capture of the murderer in our next. A number of our medical men went to the fort this forenoon and an inquest has been held ere this. Colonel Buell is said to have been unu- sually Led pig with the soldiers of his command. It is evident that some mystery shrouds this tragedy, yet we suppose the former immediate associates of the deceased are in the possession of Borie acts which: will, ata proper time, be dis- josed. The following reward is offered by the military officers at the fort:—The officers of the garrison arantee that a reward of $500 will be paid for arrest Ce delivery at headquarters, or for such information as may lead to the arrest of the murderer of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Buell, United States Army, at the Fort Leaven- worth (Kansas) ersenal, about eleven o’clock P. M. on the 22d inst. His murderer is supposed to be a deserter from the United States ordnance de- tachment, named John M. Malone. His descrip- tion is about as follows: © about thirty-five years, five feet ten inches high, apeaks glow in common conversation; had on, when he deserted, black pants, linen coat and citizen boots; has an pines on tne side of his left knee and sores on his and. Confession and Death of the Murderer. Sr. Louis, July 28, 1870, J. M. Malone, the murderer of Colonel Buell at Fort Leavenworth, died yesterday. He confessed the crime, the cause of which was that Buell had compelled him to saw a cord of wood as a punish- ment for absence af roll call. Every stream that could be spared from the work of preventing the spread of the flames to the hundred or more wooden buildings lying between Harrison avenue and Washington street were di- rected to save this structure, with its valuable contents. The roof, from exposure to the hot sun for days and even weeks, was in the best condition for quick combustion, and the fire soon made ita complete wreck, despite the large volumes of water that were poured upon it. It fell in witha crash, carrying the crackling flames to the hemp on the upper floor. At this oage of the fire, it having then burned less than half an hour, the enginéers felt assured that they had effectually checked the flames from again crossing the wide avenue, andthe whole force at their disposal was directed to the stone building. * But the hemp was well on fire, which soon worked its way through the floor. Not many minates elapsed before the floor fell through, and the red hot mass of hemp and burning timbers were mingled with the costly machinery, which had been but a short time betore in full operation farts monpfacyare of material similar to that in e room above. * All the water that could be obtained—and t] supply was by no means short—continued to poured in upon the fiery heap; but all hope of saving the engine and numerous machines from total disablement was gone. Another hour’s hard work sufficed to extinguish the smouldering ruins, during which time the hook men were busily engaged in tearing down the few wooden walls that kept their perpendicular and overhauling the debris that showed signs of re- kindling. Nearly all—landlords, tenants and spectators— breathed sighs of relief when they became aware that the danger was over and realized the narrow escape the neighborhood had had from what ap- eared at first certain annihilation. Praises of e Fire Department for their promptitude, good judgment and efficiency were heard from every tips and the mutoal congratulations among the fortunate and commiseration with the unfortu- nate denizens of the vicinity were numerous and heartfelt. The losses cannot amount to much less in the aggregate than $75,000, of which about $65,00 will fall upon the cordage company. They havo recently put in a large amount of the latest im- roved machinery, which, together with that on faua previously, is worth $30,000. The new stock of hemp, the principal portion of which was stored in the stone building, was valued at be- tween $15,000 and $20,000. The stone structure was of considerable value. The walls are standing in good condition, but the rebuilding of the interior will probably cost $10,000. The long rope-walk was of compara- tively slight value—the highest estimate placing -it at $1,000. Nickerson & Co. are insured for about $40,000, divided among the Hide and Leath- er, Independent, Tremont, Firemen’s and New England offices of Boston, Sun, of Cleveland, Merchants’, of Chicago, Fame, of Philadelphia, and others, in various amounts, The loss falls severely upon the firm, as it stops their work in the busiest season. Mr. Dennis Mullane’s loss on his three tenement houses is not much less than $6,000, and his in- surance will not more than half cover it. They were ‘thar by CN families besides his own, including those of Michael Barrett, Michael Fitz- ‘erald, Jeremiah Flynn, Hans Gotleib, James Sul- ivan and Patrick Murphy. The two houses next north, owned by Messrs. Ryan and Noonan, were yalued at about $2,000 each, and were artially inured. They were occupied by six families, who, with those in Mr. Mullane’s houses, lost all their effects. Many other families, even those located several blocks away, experienced more or less damage to furniture, which was generally removed from their houses at the first alarm. A rumor that three children were leftin the tenement house first burned oan be traced to no trustworthy source. “f A centennarian—an old man named Daffy, said to be 100 years of age—was taken from one of the burning buildings ip an insensible state and con- veyed to a place of safety. THE CAWTON INFANTICIDE CASE, Postponement of the Coroner’s Investigation. Coroner Rollins yesterday intended to have made an examination in the case of Miss Esther E. Caw- ton, charged with causing the death, by strangula- tion, of her illegitimate child at 248 West Thirty- seventh street, as fully reported in the HBRALD, but owing to the deplorable condition in which he found the unfortunate woman it was absolutely im- possible to take her testimony. She was bordering on insanity, and ner physical and mental sufferings were of such @ character as to excite the greatest sympathy of all wbo witnessed them. Ali the cir- cumstances considered, Coroner Rollins postponed the official investigation indefinitely, Dr. John Beach, who made a post-mortem examination, found that the child was a female, of full growth ‘ana had been born alive; death, doubUess, was the seoult of strangulation, JULY 29, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE COURTS. The American Anglo-Erie War—The Troubles of # Divorced Husband—The Anti-Gamblers’ Case—Another Divorce Suit—Decisions. — SUPREME CRUNT—~UAMIERE, =F" The English Brockholders Gain a ‘An Injunction Dissolved—Opinion by Ji Wyce vs. The Erie Ratway Company and Heath & Raphael.—This was a suit to restrain the transfer of certain shares of stock on the books of the Erie Rall- Way Company to the names of Heath & Raphael, Who are the agents of the English stockholders. A Preliminary injunction was granted on the ground ‘that this transfer was to be made with a view of ob- taining the control of the affairs of the Erie Railway, ‘and thatthe English stockholders were an illegal combination, Subsequently the defendants moved to dissolve the injunction, claiming that they had no intention of attempting to control the mopany, but were effecting the transfer with a view to obtaining a Voice 1D its Management, Yesterday Judge Brady granted the motion, and states his reasons for so doing in the following opinion:— ‘The motion to dissolve the Injunction granted on this case was made upon the complaint and answer, It was Cy ee the argument that the injunc- ton was too broad, and it was, therefore, vacated in such respects as the concessiom covered. The equities of the complaint are fully denied by the answer an. the es Of unlawful combination and conspiracy refuted. It was not.questioned upon the argument that the answer met the allegauons of the soppeins and denied them fully; but it was contended by the plaintif’s counsel that the verifica- tion to the answer not having been made by the de fendants, but by their attorney and agent in fact, it Was not sufficient to accomplish the same result as Ml ithad been made by the defendants or one of them. The objection cannot be sustained. The code provides that the verification may be made by the agent or attorney, if all the materia: all 8 Of the pleading be within lus personal knowledge; and trom the statements contained in the afl- Mt apy davit made by the agent that he possesses the neces- jualifications within the statute, I have carefully examined this case and entertain no doubt that the injunction should be dissolved. Ordered accordingly. Once Merried and Twice Imprisoned—The Troubles of a Divorced Husband. Amanda Watkins vs. John Watkins.—About three years ago the plaintif@ obtained judgment of divorce and alimony in @ suit for divorce on the ground ol adultery against the dofendant, in July 1869 Watkins was arrested for haireierr of $1,740 alimony due, He gave $1,700 to his counsel to pay this amount, and out of it $800 was given to the plamuf, ‘here the remaining $900 went to ts yet to be discovered. He was then released, but in February 1870 was rearrested under a precept of the court to pay $1,440 additional alimony. A motion was made for his release, on the ground that he was unable to ae the money, and also because of his il) health, This motion was denied, with leave, bow- ever, to renew, which was done. The latter motion was granted, and the prisoner was discharged yes- terday, on giving bail for the limit of the alimony, and stipulating that within thirty days he would apply for the benefit of the fourteen day act. Mr. Kichard QC, Beamish was appointed assignee to his catate. The Anti-Gamblers Remanded to Prison. In re Galway and West.—The decision on the ap- Plication of Galway and West, of the Anti-Gambling Society, for their discharge, which was made on Tuesday, was given yesterday by Judge Brady. He decided to deny their application. Their counsel con- tended that the twenty-five dollars recerved from Mr. Hyde, the complainant, was for services to be ren- dered, and that there were no false pretences. Judge Brady held that the money was received on the pre- tence that one of them was in the habit of visiting frequently the different gambling houses in the city, and that it was not received for acts to be performed. The prisoners were therefore brought back to prison. The Roux Divorce Suit—Abandonment and Adultery. Before Judge Cardozo. Eliza A. Roux vs. Frederick E. Roux.—This 1s & sult for divorce, and in answer to the complaint. in the case the following stalement is made:—On the 25th of September, 1865, Eliza J. Roux, the defena- ant, was married to Frederick E. Roux. A child was born to them in July, 1866, and the: lived together until the 30th of April, 1867. On that day the defendant left his home, and since then has not contributed in any wa: to the support of his family. His wife has lived witi her father since that time. In the months of June and July, 1867, itis claimed the defendant violated his marital vow, at No. 9 Crosby street, and again on several subsequént occasions. Plaintiff claims that she first knew of these facts on the 4th of May, 1870, and that she has not cohabited with him since then. The answer denies all the allegations in the com- Plaint, except that of the marriage and that the child was born to him. The only step taken yester- day was the swearing in of a struck jury. The bear- ing Was postponed, On motion of counsel, till the 8th of August. Decisioi By Judge Brady. Schlessinger vs, Amrein.—Default opened. Judg- ment to remain as security. Maria Sahalka vs. Viiwent Sahalka.—Judgment of divorce granted. By Judge Barnard. Rainey et al. vs, Laing et al.—Amendments set- ed. Lanigan vs. Lanigan.—Judgment granted. By Judge Cardozo. Rubdver Tip Pencil Company vs. 8. D, Hovey.— Motion to dissoive must be denied, &c. Costs to abide event. COURT CALENDAR--THIS DAY. SUPREME CouRT—CHAMBERS.—Held by Judge Brady. Calendar called twelve M. Nos. 126, 127, 143. THE QUAKER CITY AS A GAMBLING HELL. Return ef the Gambling Fraternity to Phila- delpbin—The Gilded Palaces in Fall Blast— A Dangerous Man to Society. (From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, July 27.) Since the departure of Mr. Gibbons from the chair of the District Attorneyship in the Court of Quarter Sessions, the gamblers, who had been cleared away from the city by reason of the issuing of bench warrants for their arrest, and the capture “of the paraphernalia of their establish- ments, have returned,and now walk our streets by day with perfect impunity, while at night they ply their business with the same effrontery that ‘was so apparent afew months since. A prome- nader along Chestnut street can readily pick out the gentleman of the cards and roulet! m the crowd which infests the vicinity of Ninth and Chestnut streets, and towards midnight he can as readily pick, out the gambling hells, which of all abominations are the greatest, and to which par- ticular attention should be paid by our police authorities. But a few months since, by the promptness of a city official, the gamblers were driven from Philadelphia and their places of re- sort closed, and our citizens experienced great relief thereat. There is no reason why the same,state of affairs should not be in existence still. These pests of society should be torn out avery night, and finally the gambler would give Philadelphia a wide berth. haan of the professionals have reaped a harvest at the watering places, while others have picked up qonsiderable money from tourists who have made tse of our city as a stopping place. ey eee, a Louisvillian, who was, on his way to Niagara, stopped a gentleman on the street and wanted enough money advanced on his watch to enable him to return to his native city, from which he iad been absent only a. few’ days, hoving really intended to be away for a month. His tale was similar to that which is daily related at the Central. He had met a gen- tleman of elegant address, with whom he soon became intimate. With him he had been induced to take a stroll along Chestnut street, and after hay imbibed pretty heavily of the ardent, had gone into one of the second story gilded palaces, out of which he had come with not enough rene to pay his board bill at the Continental. In addi- tion to the above means of fleecing the people we noticed the other day a fellow with @ barrel stave on his knee at one of our prominent places of amusement, playing three-card monte, endea- voring to get some one of the crowd in his vicinity to venture a small sum. While sitting at the Blue Bell Station, on the Baltimore ad, on Wednesday last, waiting for the train, we were accosted by a fellow, with basket on arm, with the remark, in broad Irish accent, ane ground- nats, sir?’ Noticing that he had 2 cloth covered over his basket a gentleman near by lifted one corner, and there beheld, instead of the nuts, a small roulette board. We afterwards learned that this fellow has for years been engaged in this business, and that he finds ready customers among our Market street merchants. Although for years daily seen on our prominent thoro his basket he has never yet known the inside of a cell. He is an Italian by birth, but makes his brogue suit the assembly and the occasion. To- day he isa German and to-morrow an Irishman, and by his ingenuity has succeeded in laying by quite a fortune. He can accommodate you wi roulette, cards or the “little joker,” and always has with him an individual whose success at either. is a sufficient inducement for a stranger to Se He is one of the dangerous men in Phila- hand. delphia, and should be arrested, as his conviction, by re “of the material found on him, would be a certainty. BASE BALL NOTES. Now that there 1s a prospect of having no more of the fearfully sweltering weather which has pre- during the past two weeks the ball players Tove Thaker ‘om the lethargy wnder which they in common with others have struggled, and to-day wit) commence more sctive OpsERtiend Hh. veel ey ai eS as ce “Dy the Athletics on Wednesday bas created no little. comment hereabouts. The Philadelphians have achieved a great triumph 1n going to the Lege’ ” own quarters and defeating them. Eleven to seven snows that the work must have been good, and Porkopolis stock is, therefore, at a discount, How anxiously the ball players of the metropolis ‘and vicinity will look for the result of the game at Cincinnal to-morrow! THE MUTUAL'S MARCH has thus far been one of most creditable victory, and 98 they are to meet the “‘Sanguinary Howe" lads to- morrow on the same ground on which the Athieucs won, 1t will be too if the “mutes”? do not wind up thew TRIUMPHANT TOUR by taking away one of those Re nl pp seer founda- tion” bails wi are said to use, ich the Cincinnat fol How the Phitamaciinkians must have howled when the word came to them of the viotory of their pets, and how those pets must have have danced with Joy after the game, and then dreamt all night of red ‘stockings scattered through the air, with base balls fying in and out through bats and vase bi must have sunered irom the anxiety af the Philadel- phians to catca them and let them share the [ate of ‘the “thes” sent to the fleld by the Cincinnati mine! The hope is here expressed that the Mutuals may Nave just as cause for dreaming such dreams as the Athletics had and of punishing the Cincinna Mies as successfully. THE HARVARDS have also nad a most succes-1ul trip and as the base ball world well Knows put the Hed Stockings in tight place, from which the nerve of George Wright, oom eam Leap an accident pe hema ey ed Stockings quaking, ug! defeated they were not dugreced. ‘Then the Har- vards went up to CI and foilowed up the Mutuals by whipplog the White Stocking $18,000 nine. On Wednesday they played the Cream ony club, at Milwaukee, and took the cream of them with a score of 41 to 13. THE PASTIMES OF BALTIMORE will arrive here to-day, and at the Capitoline Grounds will have a tussle with the Atlantic’s. To-morrow, atthe same place, they will meet the Star's, On Monday they play the Eckford’s at the Union Grounds, and on Friday they have a bout with the Union’s at Tremont. The grand game NEW YORK VS. BROOKLYN, for the benefit of the Piccot family, will come off on the Union Grounds he Cpe next. The nines Will be carefully seles . @ magnificent contest may be expected. The bail players should not fail to patronize this game, as they all know that they owe much of thew populanty to the gentieman Whose bereaved family is to be benefited thereby. MISCELLANEOUS MATCHES, To-day the Athletic, of Brooklyn, a fine young amateur organization, will play with the Kesoiute, of Euzabeth, at the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, B. D.; the Socials, of New York, and the Unions will play at Tremont, ana, ag above mentioned, the Hastime’s will play the Atlantic’s on the Capitoline. AN ACCIDENT. A day or two ago, a8 some young -men were am themselves by playing bage bali on the rounds at the corner of South and Jobnston streets, lewburg, the man at the bat struck the ball a heavy blow, knocked it about fifty yards, and it struck a woman in the head, knocking her senseless, For a ume it was feared she had been killed, but at length, after @ vigorous use of restoratives, she began to re- vive, and is now, though considerably injured, thought to be out of danger. unlucky strike ended that game of ball. ‘The affair was purely acci- Lad and of course no blame %s attached to the er. CHESS MATTERS. Match Game Between Messrs. Merian and Delmar, This excellently playeq game was one or the five contested last Tuesday in the pending mateh be- tween New York and Brooklyn. Mr. Merian replaces Mr. Rice on the Brooklyn side. His play througnout the whole game gives evidence of a high order of ek) and daring:— Evan’s Gambit. Merian, White. £. Delmar, Black. 1—PtoK4 1—PtoK4 2—-K KtwB3 2-Q KttoB3 8—BtoB4 3—-BtoB4é 4-PwQkts 4—B tks Kt P pat? B3 beuue 6—Castles ou I—P © Q4 i-!} tks? 8—P tks P 8—B to Kt 3 9—PtoK6 9—Q Kt to K 2 (a) 10—P to K 5 (b) 10—Kt to Kt3 11—B to Kt 2 (c) 11—K Kt to K2 12—P tke P 12—Q tks P 1 KttoB3s 13—B to K Kt 5 14—KttoKé 14—Q to BS 16—B to Kt 5 ch 15—K toB 16—P to Q6 16—P tks P 17—Kt tks P 1i-R 0Q pra eg 18—B to Q B 2 (d) 19—Qto B2 19—K B tks Kt 20—Q R twoQ 20--Q B tks Kt 21—K tks Be) 21—K tks R toB7 2—Q to K Kt to Kt8 ch pa eg tks Rw) A—B to BS 25—1 en 256—K to K 26—R to 2 toQ 27—B tks B ch 27—P tks B 28—Q Lks P ch 28—K to B (9) 29—PtoKR4 29—-PtoKR4 Hee RtoRS 81—P toBa 8I—P toB3 raaieery 82—K to Kt 38 6ch 8—K toR2 84—1 oere 34—KtwoBs 85—R to Kt 6 (1) 85—Q tks R 86—B tks Q 36—Kt at Kt 3 tke Bi-QwW K2 87—R to Kt3 tks Pch 88—K to Kt toKt4 89—Kt to K 6 wB2 40—Kt tks P ch twoK2 —and white wins. (a) According to the analysis of this opening in Stuunton’s Handbook this is given as the best move, Recent discoveries as to the best line of defence show that Kt to Q R 4 is prefer- able. {) The same authority advocates here B to Kt, but the move made seems stronger. ) He should played, we think, P to K 6. jl arnls wine a plece, but the splendid position obtained by his adversary {s a compensation for the sacrifice. (e) Weil played. Had he played P tks B he would have mn Joss the E 1e. (J) If, instead of this move, he had exchanged queens he would have recovered the pleve by B tka R ch and P tks B, wuperiority in pawns would have probably wou me. (9) Black could not hope to win by interposing queen, as white could have checked perpewally, ene (h) The coup juste, The more obvious moveof PtoB 5 winning a piece would not have been so effective. (@ Threatening mate. SUICIDE OF A NEW YORKER IN BALTIMORE, (From the Baltimore American, July 27.] There arrived in this city a few days since from New York Julius Romke and his wife, and en- gesed two rooms at No. 179 North Eutaw street. mke while in New York was engaged in busi- ness and in a fair way to enrich himself with this world’s goods, and in anticipation of that event Pigtared to himself many years of happiness with is family; but alas for his air castles, in less than one hour @ fire destroyed all his hard earnings and left himself, wife and three small children enniless. Borrowing a few dollars from friends, e came to this city, where he expected to obtain employment, but the fates were against him, and the peongia of his family suffering for the neces- saries of life so preyed upon him that he resolved to commit suicide, and with this view he on Mon- day night purchased @ quantity, of laudanum, ant r affectionately embracing his wife repaired to ® room and there drank the poison. Hislong absence alarmed the wife, and when she entered the room the wretched man was in a deep sleep. the empty bottle lying upon the floor she instantly comprehended @ situation and called for assistance, and in a short time three physicians, several policemen andafew members of No. 7 Engine Company were actively engaged in endeavoring to restore him to consciousness. Emetics and shower baths were freely administered from the hour of half past ba eight o'clock until yesterday pel and at four o’clock it was thought that he would survive, but at half-past nine o'elock he died. Cor- oner Spicer was notified, but after being made acquaioted with the facts deemed an inquest an- necessary, he being satisfied that death had been caused by laudanum. ‘The deceased was regard- ed as a most excellent bookkeeper and of steady habits, but of an exccosingly hervous tempera- ment and easily troubled. He left his family ina destitute condition, the wife and children at the time of his death not having a morsel of food in the house. - Several policemen and citizens in the neighborhood upon learning the condition of the rome. collected a large amount of provisions, clothing and upward of $50 in money, all of which was tendered them. InprANs Naar San Anronro, Texas.—For two months past San Antonio and the surrounding country, in a radius of twenty-five to forty miles, has been entirely at the mercy of the, Indian thieves and savages, who have with impunity driven off horses and mules, and slaughtered peeves, and built their camp fires right under the houses of the suffering people. On Monday morn- ing.the news was brought to town that Indians had been seen only seven miles. from the city, a little way off the Castroville roaq.—San Anionto \( Texas) News, July 29, HS | ~hia tis ean af the Upper Worle” HOWDZ’S CAVE. Four Miles Under Ground—The Romance of the Subterranean World—A Matrimonial Cere- mony in a Novel Place—A Royal Refuce Thermometer 5§° Fahrenheit. on Hown’s Cavs, Schoharie County, N. Y., July 28,1870. f Comparatively few people are aware that ‘within two hundred miles of New York there is a natural curiosity rivalling, both in interest and novelty, the great Falla of Niagara and the Mam- moth Cave of Kentucky. Yet such ia the fact, HOWE’S Cavan, in Schoharie county, New York, if not entitled to be classed among the “wonders of the world,” iss certainly a marvellous illustration of what Dame: Nature has done in some of her freaks. A de- lightful ride of two hours via the Albany and Sus- quehanna Railroad from Albany—a ride from Albany by almost any route or conveyance is. preferable to a sojourn there—brings the tourist to a modest little station or halting place but a few rods distant from a hotel, which is built. directly over the only entrance to the cave. Until within a few years the attractions of this place seemed destined never to have other than a. local reputation; but the opening of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad was the impetus for am effort on the part of the proprietors of the cave to make their property a pleasant place of resort. The hotel was enlarged, the grounds improved and arrangements completed for hospitably enter- taining any who might desire to visit the place. The hotel, had it no other attractions than its: beautiful site on the side of a mountain, facing the South and commanding a fine view of the Schoharie Valley—one of the most fertile and beautiful in the State—deserves to be well patron- ized by health and pleasure seekers. But the cave, of course, draws thither most ot} its numerous guests, and of that we will endeavor to give the readers of the HzRALD some account. It was discovered by fox-hunters in 1842, How: long the foxes knew of it before man did we have no m of knowing, but judging from the num- ber of people who annually visit it, it will never again become a hiding-place for those cunning avimals. We had to undergo a total transforma- tion of dress before we were permitted to enter. A woollen blouse, gray overalls, cowhide gun- boats, and a glazed cap, were made to take the place of our travelling costumes. ‘The ladies changed theirs for a jacket, very like a bathing- dress in pattern and made of red flannel, and like us they were provided with pantaloons and a pieree cap. Armed severally with a torch we followed our guide and were soon within the classic precincts of the cave. ’T'wasa very warm: day, but we were very soon in a more comfort- able climate, where the temperature doesn’t vary five degrees in a year; usually it is about fifty-five: degrees above zero. To attempt to de- scribe the _ interesting features of tho different ‘‘Halls,” as they are termed, would require more space than a nould spare in your columns. There are ‘Echo Hall,” “Music Hall’ and ‘(Washington Hall,” alk worthy a page, and many others whose chief in- terest is in their size, peculiar shape and the romantic, not to say difficult means by which they are approached. few hundred feet from the: entrance is asort of alcove, off one of the maim halls, which bears the sentimental name of the “Bridal Chamber.” It is reached by a staircase, well carpeted with choice mud, as are, in fact, the walls and floor of the chamber. Several of Mr. Howe’s children have been married here. Whether they are alive now or not we are unable to say, but unless the old adage, ‘A dark begin- ning makes a bright ending,’’ be verified in their cases they must never cease to be impressed with the “‘awful solemnity” of their wedding day. As aconfirmed bachelor we are bound to protest against young people commencing marned life amid such gloomy associations. A brilliant sun- shine rather than the darkness of a cave, and the music of birds instead of bats, it seems to us, are indispensable in making one’s wedding day at all endurable. Passing through various Tooms, whose ceilings were studded with beantiful stalacties, resembling at a distance, as the light of our torches fell upon them, the elaborate fres- coings of a modern drawing room, we came at length to ‘THE LAKE. This is jastty regarded as the most interesting. feature of the cave. Its waters are as pure as: crystal, and as our boat pushed from the rocky shore a weirdlike stillness pervaded our little: party, which was broken only by the sound of the: guide’s oar, or an occasional burst of enthusiastic admiration provoked by the beauty of the scene around us. Sometimes the rocky ceiling could be reached by our hands, and again it would rise above us to the height of twenty or twenty-five: feet. The lake is about ene-fo of a mile long.. 1t forms the bed of that part of the cave and is. from five to fifteen feet deep. In somo Ri 0288,, however, it is said to be unfathomable. e ir- Toanlanits of its shape adds greatly to its beanty ani Pisharpequentes, In some places it is so nar- at the manner of propelling our boat was: by pushing first against one side and then the other with the pole which the guide used as am The region beyond the lake is called the ROCKY MOUNTAINS, and not inappropriately either, for the rocks are thrown together and apart in such an irregular manner that travel through, over and under is rather tiresome, not to say perilous. Often we were compelled to stoop and sometimes to creep, in order to get through the different passes. A mile of this kind of travelling beyond the lake brought us.to a halt, and the ents. said we were as far as visitors usually went, that there was @ “rotunda” several yards beyond,. but the passage to it was so small that few people ever attempted it. Two of us, however, insisted that as we had come so far we could not afford to return withont ‘‘doing the whole thing.’’ So bid- ding the guide to ‘go ahead” we started. Inan instant that individual had eaeppeared all except. his heels, following which we descended sever feet through a passage very much resembling & woodchuck’s hole. We found the way indeed. “very narrow.” For a few teet we travelled om our hands and knees, but were soon obliged to lay flat upon our faces, and, pushing our torches. (which had a marvellous way of keeping right side up) armslength ahead of us, edge our wa; up to them as best we could. This mode of uavi- gation continued for about twenty-five fect, and: our speed was very like that of a “‘snail going to the poorhouse.”” We at length emerged from this passage, which, by the way, is calle “(PAT MAN’S MISERY,” ipto the rotunda, a room circular in shape, whose walls are of solid rock. Its diameter is about twelve feet and height estimated at three hundred feet. We put our lights out and remained for a few minutes in a darkness like that which hung over Egypt in the. ancient biblical days. The moment was one of indesoribable impressiveness and one never to be- He ea eG. well = = for Ber Are journey igh “Fatman ( be 4 ‘trip back was even, more dificult than the first: one. ‘As to the length of the cave there are various. and, jut yy the time it took us ? concluded he was notfar from being right. The- inquiring mind naturally seeks to know the cause: of such @ phenomenon in pature ; but the only one we are able to give is the mountain in which the oave is situated, being composed! largely of limestone, must have suffered at & pe- riod far back in the past from) @ grand ‘‘upheav-: ing” in nature which so, confused its component. parts that they have never been able to find their proper places, and hence the cave. ‘AN Unportonats Grru.—A girl about seven- teen years of age was found by her father in a house of prostitution night before: last, taken out by him and brought before the Police Judge terday morning, on the charge of incorrigibility. The father has two wives living, the ‘one be- ing divorced from him, and he asserts that it was by her that his wo cae was induced to go into e row oar. house ofjili-feme. The poor girl tearfully appealed to her father to take fer home, re Ms to re- form and make him a good and child, but the old man was inexorable; hé was convinced that his divorced wife was ‘bent on accomplishin, the girl’s utter ruin, and thought the House o! Refuge was the only place where she would be secure from that bad woman’s wiles, Carrie could not be committed to the House of Refuge, how- ever, as she is several weeks over seventeen years old. Steiner, who was determined to have her im- prisoned somewhere, then changed the charge to va Brancy, and the case was continued for a week, the girl being remanded to the Workhouse.—Cimw cinnati Commercial, July 26.