The New York Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1871, Page 3

v WASHINGTON. St. Domingo Affairs---Cabral Ceases His Opposition to Annexation. Commissioner Pleasonton Recommends the Abolition of the Income Tax. The Haytien Minister in Disfavor— His Recall Determined Upon. WaAsHINGTON, July 22, 1871, Our Trede with St. Domingo. In the report of the commercial relations of the United States with other nations, which has just ‘been printed, there appears the following statement of the navigation and commerce of the United States ‘with St, Domingo for the year ending September 30, 1870:— The number of vessels entered was thirteen, of ‘which nine were from New York, two from Boston and two from Baltimore. The value of cargoes sent to St. Domingo was $145,742, and the value of the exports was only $84,258. It is reported that Cabral has in fact ceased his ‘opposition to the annexation measure, but will not consent to act in conjunction with Baez to accom- plish that object. Probable Recall of the Haytien Minister. The Haytien Minister, Mr. Stephen Preston, who Js now absent from Washington on a leave of ab- wence, will, in all probability, be recalled by his gov- ernment, and some prominent Haytien sent here ‘whose sentiments are more in accord with the views of the adininistration. The Washington Water Works. Major Elliott, the chief engineer of the Washing- top aqueduct, to-day completed the specifications and plans for laying the new water main from the Gistributing reservoir to Capitol Hil, It will be ‘three feet in diameter, and the proposals call for 9,000,000 pounds of iron, The work will be done under the superintendeuce of Major Eliott, and bids tor furnishing the new main will be invited from all parts of the country. K{vjunction Against the Board of Public Works. To-day, on suggestion of Thomas J, Durant, Judge Wylie fixed Thursday next as the day for hearing an application for an injunction to restrain the Board of Public Works of this District trom complying with the recent Improvement law of the Legislative Assembly. No bill has yet been filed in the case and no statement of tne grounds of tbe bill stated in the court. The Aunual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. In order that the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by law, may be far- nishe.! in time to Congress at its opening next ses- slon the reporis of the different officers who report on financial matters have been called for, and the Secretary requests that they may be furnished promptly. It is also announced that the heads of departments will this year take special pains to pre- vent the publication of any report until the same has been sent to Congiess, unless special permission 1s given through the authorized channel for furnish- ang 11 in advance to the press. Commissioner Plearonton and the lucowe Fax. Commissioner Pleasanton has already commenced his report, and will make @ vigorous onslaught on the income tax, recommending its immediate abo- ition. Important suggestions in reference to the distiliation of spirits will be incorporated in nis report. Paymaster Washington. Paymaster Washington, of the navy, whose sen- lence of suspension by court martial has been re- mitted, will be ordered to the Worcester, now fitting out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Reduction of the Internal Reveuue Force. During the past week the services of twenty-nine ‘assistant assessors in New York districts have been dispensed with, and furiher reductions will be made without delay. Vessels’ Registers. The Register of the Treasury has received from the United States Consul at St. Thomas the half register of the schooner Julla E. Arey, of Boston, which came into St, Thomas in distress on a voyage from Philadelphia to Martinique. She was con- demned and sold at puoiic auction on the 3d inst. Currency Statement. The shipments of notes during the week were $1,041,386; shipment of fracuonal currency, $649,766; receipts of fractional currency, $353,500. The United States Treasurer holds as securities for circulatang notes and depostts of public moneys $376,937,550; national bank circulation at this date, $315,761, Interont Revenue Receipts. Internal revenue receipts to-day were $358,577. Total for the month and fiscal year, $10,649,309, Personal. Governor Cooke and fumily leave here this even- img to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jay Cooke, who aied last night near Philadelphia, TAXES ON INTEREST COUPONS. Decision of Solicitor Banfield the Liability of Coporations to Pay Taxes Withheld Under Devision ef Commissioner Pleasenton, WASHINGTON, July 22, 1971. ‘The following important decision of the Treasury Department is made public to-day .— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, | OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21, 1871. Sin—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d ult., transmitting one from ‘the auditor of the joint railway companies of New Jersey, and one from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1n relauion to claims for taxes under the act of July 14, 1870, made on said companies by the Internaai ‘Revenue * Oftoe. It ap- pears that on the 27th of February, 1871, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue decided, in respect to the Habillty of corperations to atax ou incerest coupons under sections 120 and 122 ef the act 01 July 80, 1864, as amended by the act of July 14, i570, that no tax should be withheid from inter- est or coupons representing tuterest falling due and payable witoin the period of five months from August 1, 1870, to December 31, 1577, and that in- wres! falling due on or subsequent to January 1, 1871, 1s taxuble at the rate of two and a nai per cont. If such interest accrued either prior to August 1, or subsequent to December si, 1870, from go much of it as accrued Within the last five months of 1870 no tax whatever is to be withheld. Acting im accordance with this decision, the joint geowpanies of New Jersey, on the let of May, 1571, having a coupon Interest falling dué, deducted irom the holders of the coupons one and two-thirds per cent tax only, being the proportion of the two and a naif ber cent accraing in 1871. On the 11th day of May, 1871, the Attorney General, to whom this question bad been referred by the Secretary of the Treasury, baving decived that the tax on interest or coupons, tmposed by the fteenth section of the act of uly 14, 1870, Is applicabie to interest paid suvsequentiy to August 1, 1870, aud prior to January), 1571, the Comunssioner of Internal Revenue, on the 14th of May, 1871, in accordance with instrucuons from the Secretary of the Treasury, revoked his former de- cision and made one in conformity with the opinion Oi the Attorney General. When the companies who, by the filtcenti section, above referred to, are au- thorized to deduct the tax in question made a return of the amounts retained for the government to the Collector of the district they were tnformed of the revocation of the decision of February 2, snd a demand was made for @ return of the two and a half per cent. Upon Wau car to the Commissioner on the 26th of May, ulluno, requesting that, a3 they comphed with the dpstructions of tue Department in making a return of one and # hail per cent, they be permitved to make such return to (the assessor, they were informed that he could not accede to the request unless authorized tu do so by the Secretary of the Treasury. Upon this state of facts my opivion is asked whether the companies can be legally or equitaply held to account for the deficiency that has vecurred in evnseynence of the action Of the proper officer of the government, Such beng a f Nistory of the question in- volved in this case, I vave to say that the Com- m@iinsioner of internal Kevenue is tne recognized wathority uuder the law ant in practice, througa whom decisions npon questions arising under tne Internal Revenue laws are promulgated to the pav- fic, His decision of the 27tn of Fepruary was one, Wherefore, upon which te applicants in this case had a right to act. The joint railway companies of New Jersey did act opon it, #0 far as to adjust the Interest due upon their coupons and pay the same to the hoiders tiercof, The compautes can only be rded, under the jaw, as the agent of the gov- erpment in reserving the tax irom their bond+ holders aud fgin § the same into the Treasury. ‘They acied in this case under the direction of ibe principal, in the Aral. instance, and by reason of that proper action have become involved in the Srevent controversy, itis perhaps, fair assume WEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET, —~ that, owing to the charge of ownersnip, which 18 constanuy omits. in this form of property, the would be unable to enfores ihe collection of the balance #f the tax now held to be due from was and from whom, due, and it could not legally be injury of any persons from whom tax due. deem it unfortunate for the government that the question has assumed an attitude where the alter- native seems to be to compel the Department to forego the collection of @ proper tax in the simple manner pointed out by the statute, or expose it to the charge of working a iter or less degree of injustice upon the companies or their bondholders. Under all the circumstances I am or the opiaion that legally and equitably the Department is under the necessity 01 yielding to the present request, and of desisting from enforcing the collection of the tax in question from the companies who prefer the ap- Plication. Enclosures retarned. lam, very respectfully, E. (. BANFIELD, Solicitor of the Treasury. To Hon. GEORGE 8S. BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury. THE TIMZS OUL OF JOINT. {From the Leader of July 22.] It {8 @ saying in the legal profession, “Don't waste time on the statements of a-witnessif you can show him to possess a bad motive against the side which his testimony assails.” This maxim we propose to apply to the 7imes regarding its persistent vilifica- tion of members of the city government. The books of the Finance Department show the following sums to have been paid to the Times for Corporation printing daring the p ast ten years:— Clty. County. Total, « $1,748 85. $1,748 85 120 40 $458 70 1,579 10 6,130 83 = 683 26 6,814 90 8,058 21-799 95 8,858 1 1,807 14 2,143 40 4,040 6,151 14 1,442 62 6,593 66 6,578 27° (92 8 6,669 12 + 8,3¢0 60 587 00 3,887 60 20,828 83 372 60 21,201 43 + 20,756 78 8,340 91 29,097 69 « 4,225 00 4,225 00 Total........+ a 94,715 24 A claim in dispute, 13,764 36 $108.479 60 * Tosummer. During that period the city government was de- fended by the Times as pleasantly as it 1s now (to use @ mild word) unpleasantly attacked; indeed, while papers like the HBRaLD, Wor/d, Sun, Tribune, Express, Commercial, Post, &c., &c. (who also pers formed Corporation publication, but at their own usual prices to advitisers), would sometimes boldly criticise the municipal doings, the Times was con- spicuous for its silence at one time and its plaudits at another, During the summer of 1870 the city authorities withdrew advertising from the Times, Immediately its tone towards them changed. The men whom it had extolled and the municipal system it had re- joiced over only a few months before began to be condemned, and almost every day since some editorial or “minor topic” or anonymous commu- nication has appeared, heaping charge upon charge and piling epithet upon ‘het touching municipal officials, and at times descending to personalities upon such private unofiicial gentlemen as Messrs, Cooper, Taylor, Astor, Roberts, &c., Whom it alleged were “in with the ring.’? Like an angry husband in a divorce sult seeking vengewace upoa a wile whom he knows to be, from her position, quite powerless to parry his venom, the 7imes has not scrupled to employ 10 its hunt much keyhole evidence, many disappointed claim- ants ana several dishonest servants, ‘The Times knew that the ofiictals had no news- paper at their back; aud the latter knew that an at- tempt to answer @ malicious newspaper in its own columns was like a child fighting a beehive—for every bee that was killed the very promised honey would supply @ hundred fresh stings. Recently the Times has found a clerk who was dis- charged from the Comptroller's office for dishonesty, and who, Claiming afterwards to have keyhole in- formation to sell, Was politely shown the door and mentally. kicked out by at least three severat of- ficiais. He tound, however, ready purchase money in the 7’mes office, and from that tainted source comes the publication of immense claims which the Times says have been divided between tie Mayor and the Comptroller! It is enough for the friends of chése gontlemen to know that they cannot pay any claims unless these have been first audited by either the Board of Supervisors or Jorn it Boards of Audit, and that they never Hive paid claims wi:h- out such statutory audit, and that both of them d the charges of the Times of Friday in the ranguage of the old answer in chancery, and say they are a3 false in substance as they are scandalous in form. There was, however, one claim never audited or paid, in which the Tes is more deeply interesied than it 18 im alleged frauds against the city. Just before its attacks began it presented a claim for the sum of $13,764 36. joubted, 1t was put into suit. Juagment was obtained. Up to this time tue Mayor had only been ceneralized upon tn its col- umns. Butin perhaps au impolitic, yet in a proper official method, he assumed the personal responsi- bility of directing the Oounsel to the Corporation to reopen or appeal the judgment, Immediately he who had been a twenty-year-old friend of the living proprietor of the 7:raes, equally long an intimate associate witn the deceased partner, aud one of the latter’s pail-bearers; he who had been once re- garded as a valued correspondent of the paper; he who had penned, at the request of its editor: through a loug series of years literary criticisms ani editorial paragraphs; he who had received pleasant and often undeserved praise in its columns for ora- tory or published volumes—he, this once-bepraised Mayor, began, after his legal act, to grow dally into a monster. Each day’s editorial added something to his hideous proportions. He became, after his legal interference, @ man of low associations; his humor was now puerile; his wit was now feeble; his style was now inelegant and ungrammatical, and even the dramatic effervescences of his pen that had been time and again fulsomely praised in the Times were raked over, in order to furnisn aparkle for the Times’ ridicule of the individual who filled the office. The animus being now exposed, what other than a joke becomes the suggestion of the Zribune (who bas no animus) that the city officials should bring a libel suit against the Times? If the latter paper has criminal charges let them be put into the form of afidavits and presented to any criminal magistrate. Bat even without exposure of the animus the offi- cials.are not to be caugat in the trap of aiding the 7imes vo make a sensation in order to sell its copies to the public, In like manner as it has tried to sell its “public virtue” to the city authorities, or, with sub- orned statements against them, to sell its sub- scribers, Moreover, the public men who in this age cannot live down attacks without resorting to the masty weapon of a libel suit are too chicken-hearted vo serve the peopie, But let us add an important bsedett as to audited claims. ‘he audit system isa bad one. It has always been forced from Albany upon the local authorities, But George Jones of the Times is re- sponsibie for the operation of this bad system. The Legislature of 1868 had passed a tax ievy one sec- ton of which directed the Comptroller to settle claims, and it was before Governor Fenton for action, He disapproved of the section. So did the Comptroller, The clause nad been Inserted by the power of lobby jon. bery. Governor Fenton, however, agreed, rather than that so important a measure should fall, and imasmuch as the islature had adjourned, to sian the tax levy provided the Comptroller would pledge himself not to exercise the claim settlement power. The pledge was cheerfully given. But the Times bad a claim which could come under tne section, and Mr. Jones, contendl that the pleage was illegal, successfully invoked the manaamus power of the Court upon the letter of the statute in favor of his own », and thereby gave precedent 10 and responsinly invited @ score of claimants as hungry as nimeelf. Hus action has cost the city hun- dreds of thousands of dollars, and, in fact, by his own selfish greed, Mr. Jones becomes himself that raider on the public treasury whom he so trucu- lently denounces ! After these expositions our contemporaries can understand how the 7imes is out of and so understanding will serve the cause of true public spirit, and not of its malictous assumption, by re- publishing our article. And, above all, dare the Times copy and answer it; or will li, ay usual, ¢ py without answering ? 3} JOURNALISTIO NOTES. Senator Schurz will soon sever his connection with the Westlich Post at st. Louis, Dr. George 1. Miller, of the Omaha Hera/d, will probably be the nominee of the Nebraska democrats for Governor. Mr. H. P. Gillespie will soon commence the pub- lication of a weekly democratic paper at Hearne, ‘Texas, called the Weekly Press. br. Schoolfield died in Petersburg, Va., on Wednesday. He had been for some years con- nected witi the /udee of Unat city, The Scottish American Journal has donned a new and beautiful typographical dress. [tis pleasant to notice this evidence vi prosperity in so popular a contemporary. A Meriden paper employs a Chinaman named Lusee Andrew Yeanun as pressman, and report him one of the most willing, capavle men ever employed Wo till that position. Colonel John C. B. Novle has sold the Bourbonte Paducah Heraid establishment to the progres ive democratic Kentuckian, which is now the ouly paper printed in that city, ‘The editor of the Arkansas City (Cowley county) Traveller was visited by a large bull snake, which crawled upon his desk while he was writing. The snake died soon alter, (L. 1) Herald ia @ oleverty con- eet recently commenced in the above lace—Charles W. Smith, editor. It speaks favor- ably of Whitestone as a yachting rendezvous, Mr. James Gorden, formerly city euitor of the a ut Times, has been appointed editor of the Cincinnati Eniwirer, view Mr. Albert Sutiidt, who resigned WO take @ position on the Chicago He- publican, Juvenite journalism should be encouraged. The Cornucopra ie the title of @ prettily printed amateur journal just commenced in this city by Will 8. Bill- yer, Jr. “The doy of the period 1s the coming man,’’ | a8 well as the coming journalise. EXPLOSION AT THE WASHINGTON | ARSENAL. The Signal Corps Magazine and La- boratory Blown Up. Terrific Force of the Explosion—Fearfal Scenes in the National Capital—Washington Bom- barded—Hundreds of Bombs and Shells Flying Through the City—Houses and Workshops Demolished—Narrow Escape ofa Mother and Children from a Horrible Death—A National Loss—The Army Museum Destroyed. WASHINGTON, July 22, 1871, Shortly after three o'clock this morning a terrific explosion occurred at the Washington Arsenal, located on a peninsula in the southern part of ths city and jutting into the Eastern Branch. The shock ‘was so severe that it awakened people throughout the District. Windows were rattled with a greater vigor than ever Boreas dreamed of, while startled sleepers were prone to believe that Washington, in the march of improvement, had been treated to a YOUNG EARTHQUAKE, Immediately following the concussion was an alarm of fire followed by @ general alarm, sum- moning tne Fire Department from all parts of the District to the scene of the confagra- tion, This, with the brilliant illumination, brought thousands of people into the streets, and in the still- ness of the night the bursting of bombs and the discharge of small arms could be distinctly heara throughout the city. General Dyer and Major Edie and other officers, with the men of the post, were soon out, and finding thata magazine and small laboratory had been destroyed by the explosion, and that a storenouse immediately north of the site of the destroyed magazine was in flames, as also No. 2 Storehouse, the two story bullding immediately south of the office, they nad the hose attached to the fireplug and a stream of water thrown on the burn- ing buildings. In the meantime engines of the Washington Fire Department reached the scene of the fire and were soon in service. While the fire was in progress there were @ num- ber of explosions from shell, and loaded muskets, and at times the rattle of small arms and BURSTING OF BOMBS WAB APPALLING, but the men stood their ground, bravely battling with the flames, and fortunately none of them were hurt. The flames were not subdued until long after daylight, and the Navy Yard engine and other engines were kept in service until near noon play- 15g on an immense pile of blankets, &c., which continued to burn. It is not yet determined whether the explosion took place in tne small magazine, situated a few yards east of Nos. 1 ana 2 storehouses, about on a line with the south end‘of No, 2, in which were SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF POWDER, or in a small frame building about one nundred feet northeast of it, which was used by sergeant Flint as @ laboratory in which to make signal rockets for the United States Signal Corps. In this small building the Sergeant was at work yesterday afternoon, put he reports that all was safe when he left, At any rate, not a trace of either of these buildings was visible alter the explosion, with the exception of a few feet of the wall of the magazime. The one-story storehouse north of the magazine ‘was entirely destroyed, and in it was a large num- ber of ola shot ana shell, which were unloaded. In No, 2 storehouse there was an immense quan- tity of cavalry and artillery stores and accoutre- meni in the Jower portion, and in the upper story was located a VERY VALUABLE MUSEUM in which were many relics of the militgry art in ancient and modern times, including ancient wea- Pons of warfare, armor of the middie ages, shot and shell and colors from our Revolutionary War, and specimens of the uniforms and arms of almost every nation of the past and present, forming a col- lection which can never be replaced. Of the curtosi- ties stored here but few can be found, There were also models of guns, shot, shells—in fact of nearly all the weapons used in war in our own times, No.1 storehouse was in great danger of burn- ing, as also the photograph gallery north of No. 2 house; but, through the effrts of the firemen, assisted by the officers and men of the post and a company of marines commanded by Captam Haycock and Lieutenant Harrington, they were saved. The roof of tnis building was raised and many openings were made by shot, shell and musket balls, and several of the heavy girders were broken in two by the explosions, one of them being split for forty or fifty feet, The concussion near the scene of THE EXPLOSION WAS FRIGHTFUL, and in nearly every building in the grounds panes of glass were broken, while in some doors were blown off their hinges and heavy furnttare upset. A Piece of scantling, supposed to be from the maga- zine, was blown a distance of 400 or 500 yards, and fell outside the enclosure, The entire actual loss will Not exceed $100,000, and probably, with the excep. tion of the museum, $75,000 will cover it, In the house occupied by Sergeant Cameron, about one hundred yards north of the magazine, a bed in which two children were asleep was over- turned, and they were thrown out and stunned. The doors and windows were smashed, and but littie of the plastering was left. Tne MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE, however, was that of Mrs. Heningsey and two chil- dren, who were asleep in her house, about one hun- dred yords south of the magazine. A brick from the baflding was forced directly through @ window and knocked two knobs from the posts of the bed, while @ piece of glass from the windows slightly cat her on the throat and one of her legs was hurt. The two children were unharmed. A burean 1m this room was overturned and the glass smashed, and the door was driven square through the hall. The house was also otherwise injured. In the garden pieces of brick ploughed up the vegetadies, and potatoes could be picked up this morning with- out digging. One piece of brick was forced through the roof of the blacksmith shop, a distance of nearly three hundred yards. All the windows were snat- tered, not only in this, but in other neighboring structures, The ice houses were levelled nearly to the ground, and the trees near by stripped of thetr bark, their branches broken and their life, perhaps, destroyed. Fuses, cartridges, &c., in profusion, were scattered all over the ground. One of the guards, living about a fourth of a mile from the scene of the explosion, states that the con- cussion was so severe as to throw mm from his bed and to break open the doors of nis dwelling. Although several families live within sixty fect of the site of the magazine none of them sustained any injury m person. They were, however, con- siderably alarmed by the pelting of the fying brick against their frame tenements, beyond the eastern branch, in the neighborhood of Anacostia and on the heights about Uniontown, window panes were demolished by thousands, plas- tering was ripped from ceilings and walls as neatly as if done by sharp instruments, All the glass in the windows of the Government Insane Asylum was broken. None of the valuable ordnance stores were de- stroyed, but some inconvenience may be expe- rienced by the Ordnance Department in providing for the destraction of the pyrotechnic works, as the appropriation is qaite limited. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG, At an early hour yesterday morning the bagging factory attached to the ropewalks of William Wail’s Sone, Bushwick Boulevard, Brooklyn, Eastern Dis- trict, took fire, and stock and machinery valued at $10,000 were destroyed, including @ recently im- ported picker, worth deus The property was partiaily insured in the Williamsburg City Company. DisTRESs IN MINNE8OTA.—It 1s stated that the re- cent storms in the vorthweatern counties of nesota were #0 destructive to the crops that ty. numbers of farmers who had been relying wholly upon the crop of this season for the means of sub- sistence have been obliged to appeal for ald to their more fortunate neighbors to save their families from great suifering, if not from absolute starvation, and to obtain the means of living through the com- ing winter, and of resuming their farming opere- tone in the spring. THE LATE RIOT.| Interesting Letter from Gen. McQuade, ‘of the Governor’s Staff. The Facts Relative to Governor Hoffman’s Action. Urica, N. Y., Jaly 22, 1871. The following letter from General James McQuade is published in the Daily Observer this afternoon:— Urica, July 22, 1871, To THE EprroR or THE UTICA DAILY OBSERVER:— My attention has been called to numerous edi- torial articles in the New York Tribune connecting my name with the assumption that Governor Hoff- man was informed of the order to prohibit the Orange procession and antagonistic parades of self- styled target companies on the 12th instant, and that he failed to assert the principle of equal privi- Jeges to all citizens in the occupancy of the public streets until impelled to such action by the unfavor- able criticisms of the press upon the order in question. Thave a great disinclination to publish cards to correct the misstatements of newspapers, for the in- dulgence of the habit would require more time than 1 can afford, and if this matter were personal to me alone I should not deviate from the rule by which I am governed, But the 7ridune not only addresses me repeatedly through its editorial columns, but at- tributes to me, erroneously, the inspiration of an article which appeared in your paper a few days since, Its thirst for knowledge sends it to the 0d- server for information, and in pursuit of truth it fol- lows me to my home. The pertinacity of the 7ri- bune compels me to reconsider the resolution I had formed to refrata from any pubhica- tion and decline to be interviewed formally in Tegard to the lamentable occnrrence of the 12th of July. Continued reticence, however, al- thongh creditable to the discipline which withholds fire under any provocation until the receipt of orders from the superior officer, involves reiterated expla- nations, which test the most patient endurance, and persistent refusal to answer a question put respect- fully and evidently in good faith, as it is by the Tribune, might be construed into the acknowledg- ment which silence sometimes implies, The calamitous 12th of July has been made the occasion of inflammatory appeals to partisan pre- judice and the biind passions of race and creed, which unfortunately prevail in this enlightened country as well as in the nations of Europe, which, never having enjoyed the advantages possessed by this favored land, are steeped in irremediable igno- rance. I appreciate the futility of any effort to stem the torrents of bigotry and hate, which, fed by mendacions editorials and fierce invective on either gens with the potent aid of the filthy caricatures of illustrated newspapers, sweep away the common sense of the people. I do mot desire 10 be regarded in the hght of a disputant in the de- lorable controversy which agitates the public mind. ie this (I trust) brief epoch of unreason I appear simply as a respondent, or rather as a witness, in the case made by the New York Tribune, I assame that the Tribune is actuated by @ sincere desire to learn the truth, in order to publish A to the world, Ishall, therefore, answer its quéstions folly and unre- servedly, giving. without an attempt at prevarioa- tion or the slightest suppression of truth, a full statement of my slight connection with the occur- rence upon which the 7r/bune bases its charge. I shall make the statement with the greatest par- ticularity, in order to affurd every opportunity for refutation should its perfect accuracy be quesiione: I appear as a witness called by the New York Tribune, 1 extract from one of the Tribune's articles the following, which contains the charge, specitica- ton and name of the witness:— low, Governor Hoffman was in this city on Monday, the Ni 10th, when the Orange parade of Wednesday was the rulln, fople.'and General Mequade was sent by him to confer with Mayor Hall, a8 was eminently proper. The Mayor saw Gene- ral McQuade, though denying himseif to others, and there in no reason to doubt that the apprehended Urange riot was the subject of their conference. Most certainly if it was not Governor Hoffman was culpably regardless of blo and bis own highest duty. Did Governor Hoffman, Through Genera! McQuade or otherwiss, ascertain on Monday that Mayor, Hail intended to forbid the Orange parade ? and did he leave for Albany without overruling the M. pose hat fs the truth inthe premises? We wish to pro- eiaim it in justice to whichever it excuses, Will General McQuade tall'ail he knows ? I answer unqualifiedly that Governor Hoffman did not learn through me on Monday that Mayor Hall intended to suppress the Orange procession. The only grain of truth m the mass of falsehood which hay deen nubiished in this connection is the fact that Governor Hoffman was tn New York on Monday for a short time. 1 accompanied the Gov- ernor from Newport and reached New York by the steamer Providence Monday morning, the 1otn inst. The Governor had an engagement in Albany whioh he wished to fulfil, and to this end was de- sirous of faking che eignt o'clock A. M. train on the Hudson River toad. He telegraphed from Newport for @ carriage to be in waiting to convey him to the railroad siation as s00n as the boat arrived at New York, and took the additional pre- caution to have his trunk in his stateroom on the boat, so as to avoid the ordinary delay of the baggage room. The boat, as ts usual on Monday morning, Was about an honr late. As soon as the boat reached the dock we went ashore, a porter fol- lowing with the trunk, found the carriage, which had been passed through the gate by a policeman, waiting, and entered {t mtending to reach the eight o'clock train if possible, As it was questionable whether the train could be reaciied in time the Wov- ernor decided 10 breakfast in New York and take the fast train at ten o'clock for Aibany. We went to tne Clarendon Hotel, where the Governor rematued. and I was driven to the Gilsey House, directing the coachman to return at ten o'clock to take the Gov- ernor to the railroad. I did not see the Governor again until after his return from Albany the next bight. While conversing On our way to the Clar- endon the proposed Orange procession was aiscussed. hatever the people, wise beyond their generation, may now, alter the affair is over, I believe there were few who anticipated any serious riot on the 12th until Monday morning, when the peopie learned that the Archbishop of New York found suiticient cause for alarm to in- duce him to warn his flock not to molest the Oran; procession. Even then the pubic supposed that nis admoni tions and those of Ms priests would prove efectual in restrainiug violence, people generaliy forgetting that rioters and raMans are not habitual chureh-goers. I say this because 1 did not myself appreciate the danger. I told the Governor that I did not believe a lew fanatics would have influence enough with their countrymen to induce them to molest the procession, and that 1 was confident there would be no serious disturbance. The Gover- nor requested me to learn what i could about the matter and telegraph him at Albany the same after- noon. About eleven o’clock I went to the office of Super- imtendent Kelso, He was closeted with the Coim- missioners and I waited for him some time. He said that a serious riot was threatened from the col- lision ol the Orange procession and the so-called target companies of the other side, wno were drill- ing to parade on the same day with the Orangemen. L asked him whether measures had been taken to suppress any disturbance, and he said that the potice and mitary were both prepared. He said, however, that he was not at liberty to communicate @hy particalars to me; that General Shaier had charge of the military. 1 then calied upon General Shaler, who said that a proper military force had been provided to preserve the peace, but that orders would not ve issued until noon of the next day, Tuesday. J toid him that I wanted to telegraph the Governor, and he asked me to see Mayor Hall, About three o'clock | went to the Mayor's office, which was ciosed. 1 made inguiry ol various owl- Clais in the other offices in the vicinity, nut none of them seemed to know witere the Mayor could be found. 1 leit the building, intending to return to my hotel aud communicate to the Governor what I had learned from Superintenaent Keiso and Gen- eral Shaler, when I chanced to meet a gentieman of my acguaintance, Mr. W. H. Davis, who, upon learning 1 was destrous of seeing the Mayor, said that he was acquainted with one of the messengers, who could provably telt me where | could dnd nim. I revurned With Mr. Davis, and, with the ald of one of the City Hall ofictals, found the Mayor and con- versed = Wilh =o him = @ short =time = about the procession. He substantiated what had been said =by = Superiutendent =Kelso and General Shaler, that proper precaution had been taken to preserve the peace, although be said the affair threatened to be very serious. { left the Mayor about half-past three or four o'clock, and telegraphed to the Governor that I thought everything was rignt, but would write. I wrote him, giving m detail everything that I Nad learned fromthe Mayor, Superintendent of Po.ice and Generai Shaler. The Tribune askaif the Governor did pot com. municate with Mayor Hail through me and then go to albany. fhe vernor Went Ww Albany at hail- past ten A. M, w Mayor Hali at three P. M. of the same day. I have given here every particular of my connection with the alfair. I think the ques- tion of the Tribune is answered fully. 1 am reaay to answer any other reasonable question that tt may put JAMES McoQUADE. Assistant Surgeon W. 1). Jones has been ordered to Pensacola; Assistant Surgeou Howard Smith to the Naval Hospital at Philadelphia; Assistant Sur- geon J. K. Horope is detached from the St. Marys and ordered to return to the United States; Assist ant Surgeon William H. Dickerson irom the James. ordered to returo to the United States. ited States steamer Worcester, Wich car supplies to the suffering French, and which Teturned to Boston on the 20th iust., 18 to be rentted for regular service. The storeship Relief, which went out on a similar Mission, jeft Plymouth, Engiand, on the 2d of July for New York. YACHTING Bayonne Yacht Club regatta, Thursday, July 27. ‘The Qui Vive is lying at anchor off Roslyn, L. L She has just returned from an extended cruise east- ward. The Fleetwing and Magic were in New London harbor a few days since, ‘The Vesta, Calypso, Madeleine and Dauntless are lying off Newport. The Eva and Kate are at anchor near Glen Cove, The Alice was in New Bedford harbor a day or two since, She will visit Boston before her return, On Monday last this yacht made the ran from Ham- fiton avenue ferry, Brooklyn, through Hell Gate, to New London, in ten and a quarter hours. The wind Was west-northwest and blowing frean. The Columbia 18 at anchor off Hamilton avenue ferry, Brooklyn. A balloon jib and squaresail nave been ordered for this yacht. As with the majority of the larger yachts, the Palmer 18 cruising “way down East.” She was in Portland harbor on Thursday last, having on board ber owner, Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesant, lis wife and several guests, Before her return the Palmer will go as lar eastward as the Bay or Fundy. ‘rhe Sappho was taken up on the large screw dock yesterday. While out of water her bottorn will be cleaned, her sides smoothed of and the hull painted black. The Wanderer 18 lying off Greenpoint, L. I. Saturday afternoon next the Americus cia? win have quite an exciting time at Greenwicn, Conn., the occasion being @ yacht race of fourteen miles between the boats Mary Jane Tweed, William M. ‘Tweed and Schemer. ‘The prize to be won is a Club pin valued at $500. The stoop Apollo has been sold to parties residing at Lake Mahopac. The yacht l’hantom, Stebbins, left New York yea- terday for Gien Cove, ‘Ihe yacht Eddie, Sandford, of the Crescent City Club, from New Orleans via New Bedford, on a cruise, arrivea at Vineyard Haven on the 2lat. Yacht Rambler, Banker, arrived from New Lon- don yesterday, and proceeded to Staten Island, and ig now lying off Vanderbilt Landing. Yacht Juliette, Furbush, arrived from New Ro- chelle on 2ist, and will rendezvous at Whitestone for a few days. The schooner yacht Resoiute, to be launched to- morrow at City Isiand, will be furnished with the following canvas:— Mainsail, Foresail. NOTES, Squar Seer. 279 Forestaysall. Flying jib. Jib topsail... Foregatf topsatl, smatl, Maingaff topsail, smail. .. Foregai? topsat e Maingaf? topsail Balioon j1b Balloon sta: The Dreadnau, Brooklyn. THE ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB CRUISE. Commodore Peet has issued the following orders for the annual cruise of the Atlanuc Yacht Club:— I, The fleet will rendezvous at Whitestone Bay Tuesday, August Lat ave o'clock P.M. and aiter arrival of the steam. ‘0 N pe tt i} mater lea See up pn signal gua from flagship, will |. Wednesday, August 2, upon signal gun from the tla ship, the fleet will get under way and | rosced to New taven harbor and anchor In Morris Cove, |. Thursday, August 3, upon signal gun fror the feet wll ua Mt iorktrmonipatt ee Cae eee . uguat 4, Ww! spent in f shall be hereafter decide't by the Club. ert V, Saturday, August 5, Regatta Day.—All yachts not entering in the regatta will accompany the racing lest, and be prepared to receive guests to witness the regatta, for which purpose they will report to @ reception committee to be hereafter appointed. FS = WN. B.—The Commodore would request that one hour after gaye, for ‘fifteen minutes, the yachts will give display of reWwor! VI. Sunday, August 6, at eleven o'clock A. M., Divine service will be held by the Club, under the direction of ono or more of the chaplains, on board the yacht over which the Commodore’s flag shall’ be set. All membera, with their guests, and possible their crews, wiii be present. Vil. Monday, August 7, upon signal, the fleet will get under way for Stonington. VIII. Tuesday, August 8,—This day the Stonington Annual Regatta will take place, to which this Club hus been invited, and in which some of iis yachts will enter. Yachts not entering in the regatta will accompany the racing fleet and be prepared to recelve guests, for wnich pur- they will report to a reception committee to be ap- ointed. POX. Welnesaay, August 9, upon signal the fleet will eet under way for Newport, where orders for the future move- ments of the fleet will be fssued. X. To make the sail from day to day a contest of speed the fleet wili as near as practicable follow the leading yacht. In case of sulllng ater dark the leading yacht will from time to Ume discharge @ rocket. In coming to anchor the captain of the yacht fiat in will appoint some competent person on board to take accurately the time of his own arrival and that of the yachts following, and report the dore the next day, as noon after signal XI. All signals for starting will to prepare; five minutes alterwards a second zun, to start. All yachts must be at anchor, with jib down, at starting gun. Yacht, without permiaion, may take'a flying stuf oF leave the fleet during the cruise. I. The Commodore, from time to time, will inform the Club of the yachts which shall have been ‘invited to accom- pany {t, and oa coming to anchor and on other occasions they will be offered precedence next to the officers of the Club. BASE BaLt. Another Victory for the Evkfords in Penn- sylvania. MEADVILLE, Pa., July 22, 1871, The game of base ball bere to-day between the Eckfords, of Brooklyn, and the Mutuals, of this place, resulted In favor of the Eckfords, the score being 13 to 5. ‘The Eckfords leave for home to-night. The Forest (itys Defeated by the Athletics. Crnctnnatl, July 22, 1871, ‘The Athletics, of Philadelpuita, defeated the Forest Citys, of Cleveland, to-day, on the Union grounds, Score, 181010. About tifteen hundred persona were present. RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE. Sale of the Pennsylvania [nterest in the Atiantic and Great Western Railway—Seu- ator Thurman, of Ohio, the Purchaser. PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 1871, The sale of the Pennsyivania property of the At- lantic and Great Western Raliroad took place at noon to-day. The attendance was slim, the persons present being principally lawyers. General George 8. McClellan and Senator Thurman, of Olio, at- tended to represent the trustees of the road; Reuben Hitencock, the receiver, and @ gentleman named Sedgwick representing the English tnteresis. The sale was made in three parts:— First—vhat portion extending between Sala- manca, in the Stave of New York, and Dayton, in the Siate of Ohio. The terms of the sale were $50,000 cash down. But one bid was mare, and that by Senator Thurman, to whom the sale was made at $500,000, Second—The Franklin and Meadville oranch. This line extends from its junction wita the matn line near Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, to Its Junction at the town of Franklin, in the connty of Yenango, Senator Thurman being the bidder. 1¢ was knocked down at $100,000, $10,000 cash. Third—The Oil City branch. This road extends from Franklin to Oil City. Senator Thurman was also the only bidder for this, The price was $20,000, h $10,000. The articles of sale were signed by General McClellan and Senator Tuurman oa behalf of the trustees. The Southwestern Raitroad of Kansans. » ASTI. CHICAGO, July ‘The bridge of the Southwestern Railroad Company at Leavenworth will be completed this fall and work on the Atchison branch will soon begin. The main line of the Southwestern is now complete except twenty miles in Daviess county, Missouri, which will be finished by September 1, when the whole line Irom Caicago to Leavenworth, via Rock Island, will ve opened. WEATHER R2PORT. Wak DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, July 22—7 P.M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. This afternoon's weather reports west of Omana are not received, owing to a storm, which probably 1s not of very great extent, as the barometer has been rising In that region, The pressure is now falling in Lowa and Minnesota, after rising rapidiy Friday night. The area of highest pressure ix now onthe southern border of Lake Michigan; av area of low preasure apparently exists soutn aud cast of Georgta, and northerly winds, with cloudy weather, prevail east of Louisiana. Am area of cloud and rain has passed from the Middle Atlantic coast northeastward, and is now east of New Hampshire. Cloudy aud cool, pleasant weather has prevailed during the day from New England to Minnesota and southward tothe Guif States. Easterly winds are now reported from Lake Superior to the Ohio River. Probabitities, It fs probable that stormy weather will extend on Sunday from Missouri to Wisconsin, with iresh easterly winds on Lakes Michigan and Superior, Threatening weather, with rain, is also probavle for the Gull coast; partiaily cloudy and clear weather north and east of North Carolina. DELAWAR! Peacn Crop.—The peach crop of Delaware is so abundant that the farmers fear they will not be able to ship them away before they be- come [00 ripe or rotten for shipment. This 18 good news for consumers. THE ORLEANS PRINCES. A Morning Call on a Gentleman of the Old Regime, Private Occupations of the Duc d'Aumale—His Plan for Reorganizing the Army—The Comte de Paris on the Situation—Movements and Character of the Duc de Chartres— Activity of the Old Aristccracy. PARIS, July 5, 1871. To-day I mace @ morning call upon a very distin. guished French family, owning a sumptuous hotel on the borders of the Bois de Boulogne. Ordinarily, perhaps, a visit of this character would be nothing butacold formality. But the excited status of politics and the growing hopes of the old families | render all receptions by intelligent people more or Jess Interesting. 1 found this to be true when I had taken @ seat in the mansion of Monsieur D——, and We opened the conversation on the elections, It 1# | well to say that M. D— is a gentleman of the old | régime, intimate with the Duc de Chartres, the Duc d’Aumale, the Comte de Paris, the Duc de Nemours, aud indeed with all their adberenta. By circulating, therefore, in this social circle, one is enabled to discover THE TRUE TEMPER OF THE ORLEANS PRINCES, and estumate what advantages any one of them may possess if some future movement should call their family again tv power, What ts this “set,’’ as It is called here? It was the old cue which ruled society under Lows Philippe, but which, since 1848, has been socially outlawed In France. During the em- Pire the leading Orleanista of wealth and braln prided themselves upon abstenance from all the f- rore of the Tuileries, and they looked upon any one who was leagued with the glittering court of Na- poleon as etther low caste or an intoxicated parvenu. An American gentleman who has lived many years in France was once reproached by a well known Duchess for allowing bis uaughters to attend court balls. “Why, you, an American gentleman of respecta- bility; vou don’t go to the Tuiler.es?"” “Certainly I go.’ “Vratment?? and the Dachess sunk back in her chair mortified and disgustea. NAPOLEON'S ANTIVATHY TO THE “ORLBANS SET.’? Iremember of once hearing a man, wno had the credit of being Napoleon’s lessee, state that the Em- Peror entertalned great antipathy towards the Orleans ‘set’ of which [ am writing. He conctitated It from policy, but hated it from inclination. Now the first are the last and the last are the first. THE ORLEANIST FEELING FOR THE BONAPARTES. Let not the reader suppose that the Orleantsts have any more tenderness for the Bonapartists than the Bonapartists have for the Orleanists, To-day, in that new machinery of French society, which is undergoiag gradual reconstruction, the imperialists have not even the recognition that should be ac- corded to ability; and, since the sublime faiiure of Rouher, David and others at the polls, they have gone to & social Ostraciam from which they cannot return until Fraace performs one more periodical suicide, THE NEW SET. In conversing with Monsieur D—— I discovered these tendencies; and not alone these, but # broader, more moral plan of social intercourse which will elevate instead of gradually depressing the French people. I believe society has already bettered under this new “set,”’ and I further believe that its tone will improve, until there is no longer any latitude for the accusation that virtue and sincerity are outlaws here, Monsteur D. reterred to his princely friends as gentiemen and men of culture, feeling, and a pro- found love for France. They had lived nearly a quarter of a century in England, uncontaminated by the associations of the empire; and nad, under the institutions of England, learned liberalism and moderation. 1 ventured to ask bis opinion of THE DUC D'AUMALE. “He is aman of refinement, less liberal than the Comte de Paris, but more profound, and adheres wo ihe conservative idea.” “t! suppose he looks to the ultimate restoration of uly #”? He talks of nothing else but the ‘Thts 18 hts nobby. tie wishes it to be thor- ougily reorgaaized, aud he is w really practical | nw. Certainly, Monsieur, you know that from 13 cartes in Algeria. But, even beyond that, he went into the production of wines ou his port estates in the Mediverranean, and worked with uine com- mercial abtiity. Even though of royal biood he did not hesitate to become a commercial man, These Jacts are hopetul.”’ “And what is his plan?’ “That, of course, [ cannot tell; but it means betver discipline, more complete military appoint- ments and @ higher standard for officers.” “He says nothing of the situation?’ “Very little. He is bounden to . Thiers, and 18 & man ot honor, and takes no part in political matters now. Much desuitory conversation followed, illustrating the character ana mentat inclinations of the gifted Duc. Without knowing and seeing the uc d@’Aumaile, of course tt 18 aliticult to analyze him tn any shape. Bui | have copious descriptions of him irom many of lus must intimate personal friends. He is of @ thoughtful turn, given to reading and investigation, and attaches to none of the violent. notions eitler of reformers or crowned despots. He has many of the far-see:ng, comprehensive tacuities of Napoleon JiL, without his boldness ov shaliow ostentation, fis long residence in England has fortified in his mind the Parliamentary forin of government, and all lis friends have one phrase on their lips at the end of every sentence— “cunstitutiogal monarchy.’ Of all men who descend from Kings the Duke is the most approach- able and democratic ia maaner. | do not under- stand that the temporal power of the Pope is neces- sary to his earthly happiness. Upon discussing THE COMPE DB PAKIS it 18 found that be is many shades more lidoral than his uncle. He (tae Count) has lately been writing a series of very brilliant letters to his friend General Dumas, in which he takes a wise aad statesmantike view of the situation; not deploring aloue, bul sug- gesting, planning and looking to a day when Frauce Wil resume her placé among the natioas of the earth. tHe, like ihe other Princes, does bot propose to usurp the throne, but if the peopie desire a re- public le believes in acquiescence, he Orleans Princes are all good-mannered men, is «Hardly now, THE DUC DE CHARTRES particularly i3 finely accomplished. He speaks ail the living tongues of Europe, and is what the world would call alady’s man. The Due d’Auinale ts not fortunate in his son, who is deaf and 1s affected with other disorders. At the present moment the Duc de Chartres has gone to England to visit the Emperor of Brazil, with Whom he is connected by marriage. NO ATTEMPT AL RESTORATION. I aay rest sullsiied, lor the present at he Princes wi!l undertake no movements for their restoration, ‘They are all engaged in at- tending to their personal es:ales, $o long in the care of the trusted M. Edward Bocber, and in cementing and infendship begua in early well RSE OF M. THIBRS. But there is social power arising from their very presence in France which will grow ana become overwheiming. frinces iu France mast rale society, and if they have brains must they not througa this medium ruie the Statey Lf # year from now Freoch society Is defined as the triendships of the Orleans Princes It will be a {ceble force, indeed, which does not propel them (vo the Tulieries. Day by day, from unquestionable sources of information, | can see the domestica es of the aristocracy widening. Every old potitician who was shelved during Napoleou’s régime wii fod a new kindred with the genial exiles, and 1 doubt very much if Frenchmen can resist the duplicate fascination of elegant manners d royal prospects, NEW PUBLICATIONS RECBIVED. rom Roberts Brothers, Boston:—“Pink and Whtte Tyranny,” & society novel, by Mrs, Harriet Beecher Stowe. G. W. Carleton & Co. :—“A Practical Teatise on Law vor,’ by Hendrick B. Wright. From Chick & Andrews, Boston:—Mount Wash- ington in Winter, or the Experiences of a Scientific Expedition Upon the Highest Mountain in New Eng- land.” From George Routledge & Sons :—"The Coolie; His Rights aud Wrougs,” by the author of “Ginx’s Bapy.” enact. PUNISHED FOR STEALING NEWSPAPER FILES.—A jeasant of tic justice is reported irom & Bi oin a. Senae @ young man cailed to! upon the editor of pe a9 in the county aud asked permission vo look the files of shat paper Jor 1869. Jt was granted. While the editor was in bed, waiting til} his wife could wasn his shirt, that young wan carried away the fle, nor was it ever seen again woul his lawyer offered it in evidence dul the trial of an action for $6,000 damages for an alleged libel, which that young man vrougne Inst the editor. It 18 tog to learo that the, xivwas arrested by the euitor on &, charge of and was arre: y ing books, convicted and went to the Penitendary for seven yea”