The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1871, Page 5

FRANCE, Werrific Fire at Rheims, Causing Great Loss of Lifo, MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Mhe Explosion at Vincennes Cansing the Death of Six Persons, Requiem for the Late Arch- bishop Darbo TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Juiy 17, 1871, A great fire was occasioned at Rncims to-day by the explosion of a quentity of petroleum. Fifty persons were killed and wounded by the explosion, nd many buildings in the business portion of the Aity were burned. THE EXPLOSION AT VINCENNES. ‘The Oficial Journal states that the explosion in the works of St. Maur, at Vincennes, was accl- dental, and that six persons were killed and thirty “wounded. SOLEMN SERVIOR FOR ARCHBISHOP DAREOY, A solemn requiem service will be held in the Ca- ‘thedral of Notre Dame on Tuesday in honor of the martyred Archbishop of Paris, Monseigneur Dar- boy. THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS, The announcement that the Archbishop of Tours #ucceeds the late Monseigneur Darboy as Arch- bishop of Paris is confirmed. DELIVERY OF THB GERMAN INDEMNITY AYED. Owing to the delay caused vy certaia technicalities the delivery of the first half iilliard of the tadem- aity to the Germans has not yet been consummated. HEALTH OF PARIS. The bealth of Pans 1s now good. BEWARE OF THE BONAPARTES ! The Salut, a new weekly journal which supports President Taters, utters a cry of warning against in- 4riguing tor the restoration of the Bonapartes, ENGLAND. A Meeting for Promotion of Emigration Dis- persed by the Police—‘Our Fritz” Expected at Osborne—Murder of the Chief of Polica of Dublin—Loss of a Ship in the Indian Ocean—Thirty Lives Buried in the Desp. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOXX HEAALA. Lonpon, July 17, 1871. The police of London have dispersed a meeting in Hyde Park, the object of wnich was the promotion ‘o1emigration from the United Kingdom. ‘This ac- Uion was rendered necessary by the noise and con- fusion incidental to the proceedings. The crowa dispersed, protesting action of the police, but withont an; tion, WHE CROWN PRINCE AND CROWN PRI MA ——- * against the Violent opposi- Ss OF GER- The Prince Imperial, Frederick William of G many, and his wife, the Princess Victoria, are ¢ pected on Saturday next at Osborne, Iele of Wight, on & visit to the Queen. Their Imperial Highnesses will cross on board the royal yacht Victorta aud Albert from Portsmouth to Osborne. DEATH OF THE DUBLIN CHIEF OF POLICE. ‘The Chief of Police of Dublin ated yesterday from the wounas received a few days sinee by a pistol shot at the hands of a supposed Fenian, The mur- derer is under arrest, but he retses to say anything asto the motive which led him to the deed or as to whether he has any accomplices, Several persons, itis said, vre imphieated in the deed. They will be arrested as soon as sufficient evidence to warrant thelr being pul on trial accu- mrulates against them. f DISASTER AT SEA, ) The ship Nahmon, from Bombay bound te Penang, has foundered in the Indian Ocean, Thirty lives | were lost. GERMANY. | The Crown Prince of faxony Mad: a Russian Field Marshal—The Catho\ic Bishops of Germany Officially Rebuked. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD DnESpPN, July 17, 1871. The Emperor of Russia has seut a flattering tele- graphic despatch to the Crown Prince of couy, conferring on him the honorary title of Field Mar- shat, Tho Catholic Bishop fhavged wi te Bung, Joly 1%, 1871, The imperial government Las for some time past Yooked with great disfavor upon the attempt of the Catholic bishops to carry out the dogmas of the ‘Ecumenical Council. The oficial journals say that (he members of the Catholic clergy are acting in defiance of the evil Jaws, aud that they sink their duttes to the govern. | mient In their allegiance to the Holy See. The North German Gazelle In pariie reproves the Catholics of Germany croachiwents on the ct a Ev croache jar sharply | tor their en. THE CHOLERA IN POLAND. Appearances of tho Terribic Arrost Its P: TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOi4 HERALD Lonposx, July 17, bth. It ts oMeially announced that ihe Astatle cholera ‘has made its apnearance In several places iu Poland, and is spreading with alarming rapidity. Tne Russian government has taxeu measures to check the disease, to lives have aiready fallen victims. ( Nodeaths nave as yet occurred in Warsaw, and the oMlctal circular of the government expresses a rope that the spread of the terrivie malady will be arrested ere it take more @larming proportions, easures to | | energetic which eeveral EUROPEAN MARK =TS. Loxpon MONEY MARKET. LONDON, July 76 P. Yeonsola closed at 98% for money nud ihe securities closed :—Five-twenty boud 1887, 9114 ; ten-forties, 9174. PARIS MONRY MARKET.—Panin, July 17.- oiosed S61. (2c. P FRANKFORT MONRY MARKEY, “United States five-twenty bonds O AVERPOOL COTTON MARAT. M.--Cotton closed easier; midditrg upland: ind. ‘The sales of the day export and speciation, Te MARKEY, Lav ERPOO red spring, W aa Cheese, eat — e By red winter, Ls. Corn No. 8. LONDON SUGAR MARKET. y 17-5 PM. ugar afloat closed Bs, a 50s. 6 NTWERP PRODUCE MAKE). -Aveweer, July 1%,—Pe- troleum, 40}6f. for etandard wie. AVEWPOO! PROVE On, July 7 Evening. Bacon, MU | Loxnox Pronuck MAK daly VW bven- fog. Spirits tnrpentine, 438, per ew MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS Hostos, July Ui, Us7t. General Butier's expressed readiness to accept the ‘nomination for Governor of Masucausetis is nob favorably responded to by the leading Boston papers. The Advertiser thinks tt rather carly fo acee nations io be made so far ayead, and HTN ‘Governor Claflin may be induced, 1 the poll fit uation demands it, (0 ran ay The Journal says there 1s NO ques Tepublicana in convention wili 3 inal ical the ereuon nominate for ‘who will strepg(hon the party and coutuine its bene ficial rule, NEW YU EVANGELIZATION. Prince Gortchakoff Expressing to the American Evangelical Alliance the Sympathy of the Czar for the Movement—All Oppressive Laws Against Protestants to be Abolished in Russia TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, July 17, 1871. According to a despatch from Stuttgart Prince Gortchako#f, who is temporarily in that city, has expressed to the deputation of the American Evan- gelical Alliance the sympathy of hs sovereign, the Czar, with the object of their petittion—viz., the advancement of the cause of 1eligious liberty in Russia, Prince Govichaxom said that the Czar will, on his return to St. Petersburg, attend to the request of the deputation, and Introduce religious reforms throughout Russia, It Is the intention of the Rmperor Alexander, added the imperial Russian Chancellor, to placo the Protestants on eqnal footing with the members of the Greek Orthodox Churen by repealing the coercive laws existing against the former. All penalties, including the penalty of deportation to Siberia, prescribed by the imperial code against Russian converts to Protestantism wiii be abolished, and no obstacles made to American milssionarics as long as they keep within the bounds of moderation. In conciusion Prince Gortchakot thanked the de- putation for their prayers and good wishes for the Czar and the Russian empire, and alluded in a com- blimentary manner to the great American nation, and to the friendship existing between the United States and Russia. * YACHTING. Preparations for Three Days’? Racing at At- lautic City—$3,500 in Prizes to Be Cone tended Vor—The New York Yacht Club to Be Invited to Participate. PHILADELPHIA, July 17, 1871, Preparations for a yachting contestona grand Scale are being made at Atlantic City, Iv is the in- tention of those having the affair m charge to have three days’ racing, to begin July 27. The frat day for catboats, the second for boats of a larger size and the third for yachts of the largest class, open to all comers, A meeting will be heid to-morrow even- ing, and Commodore Bennett will be officially in- vited to attend the races with the New York Yacht Cinb. ‘TWo thousand dollars have already been sub- seribed, with a prospect of $1,400 more. A proml- nent feature of the carnival will be a grand mas- guerade ball, to be given on the evening of July 23, atthe Sea View Excursion House, ‘Twenty-eight boat? of all classes have been entered thas far, Yachtirg in Massachusetts. It has already beep announced that a grand yacht race of Nantasket beach carly in August was talked of, The Boston Evening Gazette say All the guests atthe Rockiand House, the resi- dents along the Jerusalem road and many citizens of Hingham are deeply mterested in the atfatr, preparations will be commenced forthwith, Friday evening a meeting of boarders, property owners and residents was held at the Rocklaud House for the purpose of appointing proper comunittees, It is certain that most tf not ail the New York Yacht Clab wil participate, while our own and oth wil swell the neet to more than sixty sail, The prizes will be of the highest class—more valuable, in fact, than have ever been raced for in Ainerican waters. The ficet will start from oft Nantusket beach and make @ triangular course of tnirty or forty miles, the whole of which can be witnessed the beach, from the Rockiand House and along ntive Jerusalem road, AQUATIC. {he Race Between the Atalantas, of Now York, aad the Harvards, on the mnecticut River, To-Morrow—Coadition of the Cre ws— Thursday's Races. INGLESIDE, NEAR HoLyvose, July 17, 17h The population hereapouts is increasing quite percepubly, in consequence of the influx of visitors to witness the grand aquatic coatest on the Con- necticut River to-morrow, between the Atalanta crew, of New York, and the Harvard University crew, of Cambridge. The general confidence is on the side of the New Yorkers, but there are, never- theless, many who indulge in the fond hope that the colleginns will win, and all unite in agreeing that the race will 9e an exceedingly close one. Both crews were out for practice nearly ail the afternoon, and their evolutions were witnessed by alarge number of visitors. The drawback to the University crew in the stcxmess of one of their origina! crew and a personal injury a few days since to another of their number is partially offset by a timely or untimely carbuncle upon an inconvenient portion of one of the Atalanta's crew, and this cir- cumstance nas given the Harvard stock a litte rise in the market. The six and four-oared races for Thursday will probably be abandoned on account of the with- { drawal of some of the crews which had signtied thoir titention of competing. The single-scuil races anne ed for the same Gay will take place, and wiil prove one of the chief features of the week. ‘The entries thus far are Gilbert Ward and Eilis Ward, of Cola Spriug, N. ¥.; Michael Huriey, of Chicago; ‘Thomas Butler, of Boston, and Paudeea Harrigton, of Springfeld. There is much grumbling all around about the course, and it is predicted, with good reason, that either the shallow Water or Weeds, or both com- bined, will bring about some accident or foni, which Will seriously interfere with the desired sac the oecasion. The Atulanta’s Story. New Youk, July 17, 157!. To Tue Eprrox oF Tite HERALD:— Au artele in to-day’s L&RALD, from’ your § ing ficid correspondent, mm reference to the Atalanta and Harvard six-oared shell match race for the ¢! piouship of American amateur oarsmen, does tn tice lo the Atalantas, probably unintentionally Narvards requested a postponement lor oue Cay— from the 18th to the 19th. and stroke of the Atatant, plied that his crew had been away from New York since the 6th of July ud had been rowing once a day on the Pagssate | Rayer for six weeks previously, and as thei bust | ness suffered daily from thelr absence 1 was aa pergive for them to return to New Yerk af tue edriesr possible moment, day's delay could not in ail probability affect a w's palling sufficiently to make them wh arace. Two of the Alalanta’s crow, Messr i ward Smith and Alexander Handy, have been “under the weather’? since the Yule race, Mr. Smith, especially, being amMicted witht bolls, so that he has uot peen able to do any manner of jus to bis oar since he has been in Springfield; yet the Atalantas have not made or desired any publication respecting their crew. Severat journals of New York and Boston have pronounced the pres- ent Harvard University erev to be “the best and most experienced ever placed upon the Charies Riv We siacerely believe this to be the case, w jad itis 80, as the Atalanta Boat Cind, of ‘kK, have too good a record and have won y Victories during the twenty years of their re to Commence rowing with any but first class crews, particwariy in a contest for the ama- teur championship of the waters of the United States. In this race and also that with the represen- tative crew of Yale College the Atalantas were obliged, as the challenging party, to meet thelr rivals upon thelr own waters and course. To this they do nor object; but they do object to any publication cal- culated to cast the slightest shadow upon their un- blemished and tme-honored rowing escuicheon as gontiemen amateurs, ATALANTA, FIRE IN BOSTON, Extensive Conflagration—Severni ‘Tenement I es Destroy ed—Lons $50,000. Boston, July 18th. ‘This afternoon a fire broke out in the tenement house corner of Firat street and Dorchester avenue, South Boston, owned by John Hennessy and occu. pled by some twelve families, entirely consuming It, Loss estimated at $20,000; no insurance. The fire extended on First etreet, destroying | several wooden buildings, and crossing the street partially consumed the biacksmith and wheelwright snop of Patrick Lally and Thomas Lebanan, whose loss is $2,000; insured in New York offices, On Athens street six houses and on Green’s alley two liouses Were damaged $500 each. On the op. posite side of the alley two vlocks were damaged | to the extent of $1,000; also tour houses, occupied by sixteen ged Were damaged to the extent of $2,500. Other buildings were aiso damaged. Total Toss estimated at $60,000, Aman named MeGann has been arrested on sus piclou oF Causing the fire, GOLD NINES IN TENNESSRE. st gy July 7, ls7l. discov red th t county, Tennessee, General Vaughan calls 1 100 hats tO Work (ue mines, bie gold mines have been R a 33 OF j Dr, Withers, the captain | He also suggested that a | i kK TR AWAENS. LOW They Demand the Release of Their Women from Lumberton Jail. LICT IMMINE A CO T. Desperate Character of the Gang. Witminaton, N. C., July 17, 1871. Since that recent conflict with the Sheriff and his posse in Robeson county, In which four citizens were killed and a number wounded, the lawlessness of the Lowrys and their gang knows no bounds, With the capture of their women as aiders and abettors, these negro outlaws have become more desperate thau ever, and now they threaten to deluge the county in blood if the women are not released at once, Besides the women, Pop Oxendine, one of the most notorious of the gang, has been captured aud lodged in jail here for safe keeping, as the jail of Lnumber- ton, the county seat of Robeson, has never held any of them as prisoners longer than they desired to remain. A few mornings since filteen of Lowry's gang emerged from the swamps armed to the teeth, and went to the house of Mr. John MeNair, and demanded breakfast, which was speedily furnished them. At dinner time they visited the house of Mr. Bridgers, where they dined in like manner, Houry Berry Lowry, the leader of the gang, whose wife is now a prisoner at Lumberton, ordered both of these gentlemen to inform the Sheriff that if the women were not instantly released he would devastate the county and deluge it in blood, The Sheriff, having obtained a supply of arms and ammunition from the city, re- fused to liberate the women, and returned a deflant answer to Lowry’s threats, This morning Lowry and his band of negro out- laws waylaid and killed Daniel Murdock McLean, a prominent citizen, and Hugh McLean, bis brother, a youth only thirteen years old, They also wounded Archibald McCollum, These parties were riding along the public road in a buggy and were fired on from a thick piece of woods. Astateof terror exists among the women and children in Robeson county, ‘The Sueri has 8 posse of 150 men in the field, but taeir efforts thus far to capiure the outlaws have been utterly fruitless, The most intense excitement prevails in the county, and a bloody and deadly conflict is hourly expected, as it is now a maiter of life and death with both citizens and outlaws. THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO FORT HAMIL TOV. LONG Branen, N. J, July it, (871. President Grant and family, General Porter and wife, Hou, A. J. Drexel and family and Generat Ingalls visited Fort Hamilton this morning. Upou arriving at the fort a salute of twenty-one guns was fred, After inspecting the fort and {ts surround- ings the distinguished party participated in a grand hop and banquet given in thelr honor, The visitors returned to Sandy Hook in the steamer Henry Smith. On hoard were also the band ol the fort, Reneral Vodges, Colonel Hamilton and all the ariny omicers statloned in the harbor fortificatious, On arriving here the President proceeded to his cottage. Surveyor A. B. Cornell and family are stopping at the West End Hotel. Colone: John W. Forney, the Collector of the Port of Philadephia, {8 the guest of Collector Thomas Murphy. “RALD. TUESDAY. JULY 18. 1871.—witi | order, it being na KILLED BY LIGHTNING. An Ohio Farmer Struck by Lightning and Killed While Loading Hay. Crncrxnatl, July 17, 1871. Frank Roe, a farmer, while loading hay three miles east of Norwalk, on Friday, was killed by lightning, which came from an almost cloudless sky. The pitchfork in his hand was shivered to atoms. A man on tie wagon was knocked to the ground and nearly Ki Great Sterm in Cenreciient=—Pamn by Lightuing - Oywerman Killed Danien, Conn., July 17, 1871. The house of Vincent Colyer, tn this plece, was i struck by lightning on Saturday. Mrs. Colyer was ; sligntly stunned, but sudered no permanent injury. | A young oysterman, named Mills, was Killed im} Dis boat by the lightning, end Stephen Matms' i barn was struck and burned and a team of 0: ny The | from the despatching ofiice, killed by the lightning in the same storu. crops were also much ¢ seside ed Koectisg in Prayer. duty 17, 187 ‘The St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazeite of Saturday gives the following particulars of the death Ly lightning of dire, Lovell and Mr, Blakemore @urtug the terriple storm in that viciuity on Thursday last. The house in which the two persons named were killed fs situ. ated about five miles southeast from St. Joseph. It is three stories high, with three principal rooms and Ahalioneach Moor, When the storm commenced Mrs, Lovell was up stairs in a back room reading from the Bible to her Jittle daughters, The windows | of the room having been bDiown open, sie took her children, ran down stairs, passing from the hall lito a bedroom, put children on the bed and kneeled at the pedside, {this position the lightning struck her, causing instant death. Mr. Blakemore was tn { Moar F wh A the hail, and the samo bolt Killed him. Several | other persons weré more or less injured, Mrs. Lovell Was the wife of Joon S. Lovell, of Warren county, Virginia. Her husband ts now in Virginia City, Montana, The two daughters with whoin she was kneeling at prayer are aged respectively nine ant SIX years. ‘They were uninjured. THE MACKE-COBURN LIBRO: 10. Maco=He Throws Down the tet. LONG Braycu, July 17, 1871. To THF KooOR OF THT HRRALD:— With your permission I would like to aay a fw words to the public regarding my match with Mr. Coburn, The ref- eree has given itis decision in my iate match with that gentle, ian, and has awarded me the stakes; butas it 1s not so much the stakos T want asa fight Iam still willing to meet Mr. burn aud sight for the money. If Mr. Coburn should desire, wai stated the other evening, Lam willing to increase the ‘amonnt{as conyovtently high as Le would wish—from tive ta ten thousand doliara a side—and the fight to come of wi one hunared miles of New Orleans, where we can i fair fight wituout being interfered with by the authorities or artisan friends, This ie my first letter to the press, and if i js successful in bringing about a settlement of tnis dispute TV shail not regret it, and it will be the last on matter nected with ‘the prize rin, Tam as anxlons to fight Coburn as to get the after fight, rather — than Deen won in take it, even thongh i has been awardei! me by the referee. Mr. Coourn will bave every chance to meet me, and sixo the riority of call, Bat tf be should stil remain silent I shall {hen clam the stakes and make arrangements to accommo- date the numerous friends of Mr. Ned O'Baldwin, who ap eur to be anxious to eet on @ match, but | prefer Mr. Poburn first. Hoping that be will either fight like a man, or hold bis tongue and no longer lay claim to # mythical cham- pionship, E remato yours, reapectially, JAMES MACK, DROWNING ACGIDENT IN JERSEY. Yesterday @ carpenter named Andrew Johnson, anative of Sweden, met with a sad death at the Deavrosses ferry slip, Jersey City. While driving some pues into the earth he lost his balance and fell headforemost lito the river, froma which he never coup live, Deceused had been tn the country only about six Weeks, and leaves a wife and four children ja Atlantic street, Hrooxlyn. The remains were takon {o (he oftiee of Coroner Wantle, where an ta. quest Will be hela Card from Jen | Wansmit to the British office for entry EE SUP YS. WASHINGTON. Text of Posial Money Order Convention With Great Britatu. The Stolen Treaty—Another Act in the Senatorial Faree. Resignation of Indian Commis- sioner Parker. Boutwells New Loan--Payment of the August Intercst. WASHINGTON, July 17, L671. Text of they New Postal Convention with Great Britain. ‘The text of the convention recently negotiated In London by Dr, Macdonald, Superintendent of the Money Order Bureau here, establishing an inter- national money order system between Great Britain and the United States, has been received from Lon- don, It now only awaits the signature of Post- master General Creswell in order to go into efvect, ag provided, on the Ist of next October. It will be observed that the rules laid down in the articles of this convention are substantially the same as those which govern the system of postal money order ex- change between the several States of the Union, The following is the exact text of the convention between the General Post UMce of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post OMice of the United States of America:— ‘The General Post OMice of the United Kingdom of weat Britain and tTretand and the General Post GOillce of the United states of America being desir- ous of estadlishing a change of money orders be- tween the two countries, the undersigned, duly au- thorized lor that purpose, have agreed upon ure fol- jlowing arlicles:— ARTICLE 1, There shall be a regular exchange of money orders petween tho two countries, she maximum of each order 18 fixed at £10 when issued in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and when issued in the United States at $50 per currency of the latver country ‘The Britisn Post Office shall have power the rates of commission on all to ix mioney orders issued in the United Kingdom, and the United States Post Office siall have the same. yower Inregarad to all money orders issued in tne hited States, Each ofice shall communicate to the other iis tari of charges or rates of commit sion which shall be established under thia cor tion, and these rates shall in all cases be paid in ad- ce by the remitter, and shall not, i s is understood, moreoy ofmice is authorized to suspend, poriril change of money orders in the conr: change, or any other circumstance, should gt To abuse or cause detriment to the posial revenue, ArT, 3. Hach country shail keep the cominission charged on ail money orders issued withm tt, bub shal pay to tue other counizy one per cent oa the total amount of such ord Arv. 4. No money orde: part of a penny or of & ct. Art. 5. The service of ihe postal money or tem between the two countries salt bo ormed exciusively by the agency of offices of exchange. | ‘On the part oi the United States the oftice of ex- | { , that eac hall inelude a fractional ler sya- change shall be New York, and on the pare of the United Kingdom London, A i. Any person in the United States desiring to remit to tue United Kingdom a sum ol money within the limits prescribed by ariicle L may pay 16 luto aay post oillee in the Untied States designated ; for such purpose from time to time by the Posiimas- ter General of that country ch person shall, at tue ee tiie, give the name and address of the person to whom (he amount is to be paid in the United Kingdom, and his own name and ad- ar Any person in the United Kingdom desing to remit to the United States a suin of money within Ute same lmiis may pay it into wy money order Mce in the United gdom, giving, at the same the name and exact address of the person to Q his own name and address, The receiving Post } master in either conntry shall, in accordance with i db © posal adiniuistration, which you fave had aw PLEMENT, shall be anthorized to adopt any additional rutes, tf not repugnant to the forexoing, for the greator security against fraud or for the better working of the system yeneraily; all suen additional rile, however, must be promptiy communicated to the Post Ollce of the other country. Any, ‘The presont convention shall take eect on the Ist day of October next, and shall continge in force until twelve mouths after the date at which one of the contracting parties shalt have notiied to the other its intention to terminate it. Done im duplicate and signed in London on the —— day of —, inthe year of our Lord 1871, and tn Washtagton ou the — duy of ——, In ine year of onr Lord 1371. ‘The alphabetical forms mentioned above as being annexed are those preseri for the settlement of accounts between the two counties, Lmporiaat Decision by Commisiouer Please outon. ‘The decimon of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the case of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Westerm Railroad Company, respecting their iiablisty to pay five percent penalty for failing to pay (ax assessed On Coupons of the Last five months of 1870 within the time preserihed by law, {3 one ot vast impertance ad affecting railroads, banking and insurance Compaties throughout the whole country, lt will be remembered that 18 was upon the order of the Commissioner that coileetora were instructed not {o collect the tax for that period, Subsequently Secretary Boutwell overruled the order of Commis- sioner Pleasonton and directed him to collect the tax for that period, Now the Commnitsstoner decides that in all such cases the penalty should be remitted in collecting taxes assessed under the ordev of the Secretary or the Treasury. Resignation of Indinn Comminsioner Parker. The tollowing is the correspondence consequent on the resignation of General Parker as Commis+ stoner of Indian Affairs:— WASHINGTON, Dy C,, June 29, 1871. To 71" D ‘Ihe edteci of Congressional legislation since I havo had the honor to hoid the position of Commissioner of Indian Affairs has been to almost wholly divest the Indian Bureau of all its original linportance, duites aud proper responstbiitics. The Conunts- sioner of Indian Affairs, oder Lie present arrange- menis, is merely a supernumerary onicer of the government, his principal uties belng simply those of a clerk tow Vourd of indian Commissioners oper- | ®Ong wholly outside of and almost independent of the Indian Bureau. anything in my p mounyg toa snc T would gladly aud willingly do wer to aid [a forwarding aud pros ‘atl isane the Presilent’s wise and beneficent’ Indian poll but ft cannot in jus tice to myseil longer continue to holt — the ambiguous postion of Commissioner of indian Amairs, ( therelore must respectiully but drmly tender my restynation ot sata onlce, Ke effect the Ist of Ajeust 3) ne you, Mr. President you have aly and sbaile nd Constile Lon’ Brancu, N. J aly 18, ISTL. lotte f the wei OF Juno tendering sioner of Indian Attairs, Augst, Isl. was duly Sin—Your take cilect on the ist da received. Accepting it severs | ont relations waich have existed between us for eight con tiv: years without cause of comptaiut entire fitness for citi the impor x that time, eeau las been ta enét which I hope wilt tend ty the civilization of the Indutn race, It has also been able and discreet, Ia Joaving the public sev- to pursu more independent course of Lie uke wiih you my sineore wishes for your pros- berny and my hearty commendations to all with Whom (he acctieats of life may brun ness relations tor mtegrity aud abilty. gement of the Tha harmony with my pol nb yours, Us. ‘To General B.S. PARKER, Comunissio Adare. Phe Pi ature Publication of the Treaty. The Grand Jury lave found tdietments ag Hitram J. Ramsdeil and J. White, newspaper corre spondents, and Charles A, ‘Tin and Joseph Ay Kirvy, of the Western Union ‘Telegraph office, charged with wilfully and nunlawiutly refusing to testify on certain potnts before the Special Vom- mnittee of tue Senate of the United States concerning the premature publication of the Treaty of Washing- ton, This refusal ts dee ared to be against the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, The presentment in exch case is found on the evi- dence of Senators Carpenter, Conkling, Sumner, Trambuil aud Garrett Davis. Precautions in the Purchase of Bonds, payment to the despatching ex ghange office, ‘The Postmaster of New York, upon | receipt of every notification of that kind, shall make | out and forward to the payee in the United Kingdom | a money order, payable in sterling at the Post Oo in that country designated by the reuitter of the | erstood that tie money Orders so | e sent, inthe tsb instance, to the | onice in Londoa, and | reuultt cont shall not be sub) Mee in e change oilice inthe ouner country ® certified Ist of sums payable in that conntry and received since the despatch of the previ- | ous list, As soon as any such Jist shall have reacned the New York odice and heen veritied, this ofice shall make out inland money ocders in favor of the | payees for the amount specified ia the list and shail promptly forward them to the payers or to the pay- 10g oilice, in conformity with the regulations exist- ing in the United States for the payment of money orders. The list forwarded to the United Kinga: shall be accounted by the relative letters of adv. of the orders enteréd there, together with tie orders themselves, as Already settled in article 6, Alter comparison with tie list the advices shall be despatched to the offices drawn upon and tae letters enclosing the orders posted for deliv: ‘The lista, by meaus of which eac! nicates with the othe forms A and B, auuex oflce of exchange comiuu- snail be according to the de Ant. & The lists despatched from each office of exchange shall be numbered with No. 1 at the be- ginning ofeach year, and the entries also im thes lists shall have consecutive numbers, those in th lists from the United Kingdom commencin calendar month witi No, 1. Of each list despate! from New York @ duplicate shall, atier being vi fied at the British otice, be returued to New york, ART. 9 Should any list fail to be received ta a course, the despatcning office shall, on receiving tae jormation to that effect, transmit without dey a duplicate of the fist duly certified as such. ‘Arr. 19. Exch office of exchange shall promptly communteate to the other the correction of any iscover in the verificas 3 shall show irregus yiich the receiving ofic all not be ave , that office shall appiy for an explanation nd Utd explanation to rect shall be afforded without delay. Anv. 11. Dupiteate orders shalt only be issued by the postal administration of the couutry on wiicit the original orders were drawn, aad tn conformity | with the rezulations estabilsie.l or to be establisued | in that country. Any, 12, At the close of each quarter three coptes | of an account shall be prepared and transmitted by the office at London, exhibiting the balance due o7 xchan.es of orders during the quar’ vlauce. ater proper verification, shail, if due by | the United states office, be paid at Lomton; but i | dune by the British office 1b shalt be paid at New | York, and always in the monucy of the country to which the payment ts made. It, pending the seitie- ment of an account, one of the two postal admits. trations stat! ascertain that it owes the other a balance exceeding one thousand pounds steriing, the Indeoted administration shall prompuly remit the anproximate amount of such balance to tie credit of the other. This account, and tne letters Which accompany such intermediate remittances, | shail be in accoraance with the forms C, D aud bh aunexed to this convention. ‘Ane. 13. Until the two general Post OMces shall | consent to an alteration, It is agreed that, in ail mat ters of account relative to money orders, which shall result from the execution of the present con- vention, the pound sterling of Great Britain shail be considered as equivalent to $4 86 of the gold coin of the United State Aur. 14 Each exchange office shall certify ita or- ders to tue other in the denominations of the money | both of the despatching and receiving country at the rate of conversion estan lished upon the pasis of gold by article 15 of this convention, This uonver- ston shall be checked at the receiving olfice of ex- change. Arr. 15, All payments for money orders. whether to orby the public, if not in gold, shall be made to the nearest practtcable equivalent. ‘: Arr. 16, Tie value gold coin of the United States of deposits in r money made in thas country for payment in Great Britain, saail be de- termined atthe exchange office of New York, ac- cording to the rate of premium on gold on the day of receipt at that oMice of notification of such de- posits, On the other hand, the value in United States paper currency of money orders certified in tle lists sent from the exchange office of London to the exchange oiice of New York, shall be deter+ mined also at New York, in accordance with the premium on gold on tue day of receipt of such lists. Arr. 17. Orders whitch shall not have been paid within twelve calendar moaths from the month of issue shall become yotd, and the sums received shall accrue to and remain at the disposal of the country of origin. The British offico shall therefore enter to the credit of the United States im the quarterly ac. count all money orders entercd tn the lists received from the Untied States which remain unpaid at the end of the period specified. On the other hand, the United States office shall, at the close of each month, in the quar- terly account @ detailed statement of all orders in- cluded in the lists despatched from the latter office which under this article becomes void. ART, 18, Kepayment of orders to remitters shail not be made until an authorization for such repay- ment shall first have been ovtained by the country of issne fromthe country where such orders were payable, and the amounts of the repaid orders shail be duly credited to the former country ta the quar- terly account. It is the province of each postal act ministration to determine the manner in which re> payment to the remtiter is to be mad Ant. 19. The orders issued by exoh country on the other shall be subject, as regards payment, to the regulations which govern the payment of talund orders of the country on which they are drawn. WE. UW ‘SLO Goneral Post Vitice la cagh gouty | wrote the Assistant ‘Treasurer | cline all bids for bonds above the price of gold. This | The statement that Secretary Boutwell paid more for bonds on ‘Timursday than tei par value in gold 1s not true, No bonds were purchesed that gold fell on Thursday, ¢ lay of the pure three-cighihs below the price it brougbt on Tu day, but did not affect the price for the bonds which on that day purchased at auite a margin below ther gold value. Several mouths ago the Secretary at New York to de- regulation of the Department has been aad will be rezidly adhered to, The New Loan—?ayment of the tovest. The subscriptions to the new loan to-day were 00, Arrangements have already been inade for printing the checks to be used tu the payment of the first quarter’s interest on registered bonds of the new loan, due on the Ist of August next. If is thougit tnat this new system of paying interest will make the new bonds more popular than the five-tw es, the facility for getting the Interest due being its chief recommendation, Tie number of holders of this registered sto is about seven hundred, The checks will be made payable to the order of the party in whose name the stock 1s registered, and the August Ine check will be transmitted by mati to the addres of the holder, when farnish otherwise i will bo sent to tne care of the Assistaut Treasurer or de- pository where the interest 1s to be pata, The Ku Klux Invesiigaiiou. The Ku Kiux Investigating Commiitee to-day amined Colonel W. H. Torney, lawyer, of Alabama, mainly with reference to the vatona disturbances Jast year, when several colored prisovers were taken from jaliand lynched. The witness admitted the existence of bands of armed and disguised men and the perpetration of occasional onirages in thal county, but considered the purpose of thelr organe ization to be to Keep the pow mi prevent negroes from stealing. Sherif Chisolin, of De Kath, Miss., was also ex- amined. He testified that disguised men had com- mitted a number of lawless acts in his county, but they were not now of frequent ocenrrence. A great Majority of the eftizens of botu part him m putting them down and preventing th currence just before leaving for Washington. ever, lie h the democrats were getting up an organization which would control the colored vote and et them to carry all elections. Reletting of Southern Mail Rervice. As much a8 been said recently in relation to the Postmaster General advertising for new bids for matl service, owing to the recent fatlure by straw bidding, in order to cause an undersianding of the subject, It 14 stated that the law provides, section 27, act of 1834, that when the acvepied bidders shall fail to enter into a contract the Postmaster General shali proceed to contract with some other person, charging the fatling bidder with the dimerence be- tween his bid and the amount patil for the service, Section 23, of the same act, provides that the Post- master Gencral may make temporary contracts unt a regular letting can take place; that is, a letting under a new advertisement. Inthe cases in ques tion he has made temporary contracts on tne best terins possible, in some cases with the old contrac. tors, but in many others with other parties, an’ has ordered that the service be readvertised. I is also understood, upon reliable authority, that this action was taken after advising with the Attorney General, and is in accordance with hls constraciion of the law. How- ad been told by loading couservalives that Pacifi: Cort Lighthouses. ‘The oil furntshed for the lighthouses on tie Pacific const has beew found to be Of vory inferior quality, and tne entire amount, 14,000 gallons, nas been con- demaed by the Lighthouse Board, and the question is now how to procure a good supply’ The Secre- tary of the Treasury 1s disposed to compel the con+ tracting parties to furnish the kind of oft bargained for, bul, as the Lighthouse Board cannot afford to wait, new proposals will be calied for without delay. Tae New York Central Dividend Caso. This morning Caleb Cushing, attorney for the New York Central Railroad, was oMiclaliy notified that the scrip dividend case, which had beea taken on appeal to Secretary Bontwell, had been remanded tu the Comuntssioner of Internat Revenue for thiat adjudication, Proposals tor «a Floating tron Doct. Congress at Its last session made an appropriation for the construction of a floating iron dock for the repairs of vessels on thelr stations, and capable of being transported from port to port. The Secretary of tue Navy way catied (gr propoqaly for & agok of ~ anMictent dimensions anit atrongth to cals and sua tain for repairs an trou-clad voxse sixty-lve feet wide and 6,000 ious displ The Late Prone: Muteter, M. Treithard, jate French Minister to Wasting. ton, 1s at present sojourning im Connecticut. He has entirely recovered his healt and will leave for France so s00n 48 h? shail lear that the German have evacuated that portion of the country wittel includes nis estate. New York Bank Noto Printinc Companies. The report of Superintendent MoUwrtee, of tie Barean of Engraving and Printing, is to tue em that he found all the stock in tte hands of th York bank note printing compares to be obrrect, according to the books of the Treasury Department. Sale of aw American Bark in Valparaiso. The Register of the Treasury has received from the United Siates Cougul at Valparaiso tie dat register of the whaling bart is- Coleord, of Nan- tuckel, Mags., that vessel haying beer sold at Vut paratso, Appotaements by the President. ‘The President has appointed Moses Kelly, Wiliam Gunton and Walter §. Cox, of this Bistrict, Visitors fo the Government (oapital for tie Insane, for pertod of six yearsirom the Ist inst. 7 Jot §. Arm- strong, Agont for the indiema of the New Mexico Aibiquim Agency; Heury A, Eastman, Register of the Land Office at Prescott, Arizona; H. Latham, of Arizona, Commissioner to the Centennial Bxlitbitron at Philadelphia, Another Ghione ty Lack, Probably. Colonet Josiah Given, of Ohio, ts prominently mentioned in conmection with the Collectorship of Internal Revenue, ta case of @ vacancy in that oMice. Colonel Giyen has been for a number of years a Depury Cornmissiones, in charge of a ¢pectal division of the Internal Kevenne Burenu, and 13 backed by strong iniluence, Population of the Uuitod states. The latest revised tables at the Census OMlce show the following aggregate of population of att the States and organtzed Territorics:— White, 33,581,680; colored, 4,809,423; 25,733; Japanese, 65; Chinese, 43, 48,549,987, Tnalan, Hi—tolialy Personal. John Allison, Regivier of the Treasney, has gous to lis home tn Western Pennsylvania, and will be absent three weeks. He proposes to'take an active part in the political eatapaign t that State next fall. Dr. G. W. ering, late examining surgeon of the Pension Bureau, who wis removed by ex-Commis- stoner of Pensions Van Aernam beeaie ho wad & homopathist, has veen appoinred py the pr Commissioner & momber of tne board of Uxamming Surgeons at Miwauk Commander Willlam Miteuell, who was placed om the retired Uist of the navy four years ago, aied ac his residence in this city yesterday. OUR COLLES Witty-niath Commencempat of Hanriltea Cole lowe. Urroa, N. Y., duly 0, 1871, The exercises of the fiity-umih commencement of Hamilton College began yesterday morning with the Baccalaureate sermon by the Rev. 8. G. Brown, D.D., President. In the evening an address waa delivered before the Soclety of Christian Research by Rev. Theo. L. Cayier, D. D., of Brooklyn. ‘The alum are arriving m ereat nambers, and every- ting promises au interesting commencement sem. sO, Yale College freshman Cluss Examinat New Haven, Conn, July 17, 1871. ‘Lhe prospects for the Incoming fresiiman class at Yale are better than ever before. There have been 188 applicanis, of whoin tweive were rejected. The fall examination will bring the total above twa hundred. New York stv iversity. ALBANY, N. Y., July 17, 187, niversity will hold the eighth plat ‘The Rewents of the nual convocation of the Uuiversity im tne Avgost t. RMERGAD MAPLES. Be Hoiween Obi New Railroad to and 4 Cre aGo, duty 17, 1871, Tp regard to the railroad war now in progress bee tween the Milwaukee and St. Pani and Chicago and Northwestern Kailroad, the Baraboo Lepuble, ob the 12th inst,, has the tollowing:— Two weeks ago we gave cn toa statement al undlerta: vin Miiwaukee 10 Lake Shore line | that the St. Pain Bailroad Comp the construction of @ ratiroad f Chicago, in oppostiion to the of the Northwestern Compan: Last night Colonel Van Meeuan, engines of for the latter company at this place, nstructions: by telegraph to institute a survey from such point on the Baraboo extension as migitt be most avat! able for a direct road to Milwauk The ur, of his instructtous may be taferred from the fa: that at this writing, lalf-past eight o'clock A. M the surveying corps has alresdy been organized and 1s now on is Way to its base of eperations at Lod. We believe we may add that the road, With tue branch tndicated, wiil be built beyond peradve! tare, But ove thing will prevent its consiruction— the abandonment of the Miiwaukee and Chicago | line by the St. Pant Company; and of this is, vO, NOL a shadow of hope, | 4, aes a i OBLIRVARS. Captinin Moyers, United States Army. On Tuesday eveuimg last Captam Meyers, Com. pany KE, Seventh United States cavalry, commanding at Spartansbarg, 8. C., died of consumption, in the h yearof his age. He was buried on Wednes- day with military honors 1 the vi uraveyard, attended by a large concourse of citizens. He © tered the army as a private at the age of seveatecu, and hag been mm active serviee ever siuce, workit his Way up by honest ment to the honorable posi tio of captain and brevet colonel. TRIENNIAL REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THR JAMES, | } The hour for the ass f the Ariay of the | James is second reunion, Whicl, as already an- | nounced, will take place ai Apollo Hall ¢ (Wednesday), Is one humber of prominent omic tention of being preset. nor Hoffinan will be pre and will attend the banquet at th tn the evening. VIEWS OF THE PASS. JULY 18, 1870—France declined Earl Granyiile’s suggestion ihat recourse to arbitration suonid be had in her aifienity with Prussia. Dogma of Papal Infallibitity proclaimed by Pope. 1864—The Chinese legitimist troops, under General Gordon, took Nunkin; the Tren-Wang, the rebel Emperor, committed suicide, and his generals, Chang-Wang and Kan-Wang, were cut to pleces, 1861—Figiit at Blackburn's Ford, feated. MAILS F ‘Vhe steamship Vandalia will leave this port o& Tuesday for Plymouth ana Hamburg. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMice at half-past eleven o'clock A. 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