The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1871, Page 6

b NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. SAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Brondwar, corner 80th st. —Perform- sauces afternoon and evening—Ti0KkeT oF Luave MAN. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery,-Taxoven Br Day- Lieut—Tar DEAv SHor. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— ue Mountain King—DUTOHMAN’S Ghost. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—SOWNIEDER—NEW GONG AND Dances. {WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and USth street. Bir. xRIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Acnoss THE Conti. LINA EDWIN’S THEATRE, No. 720 Broadway.— & Leon's Miner REL, ee emer MRS. F. B, CONWAY'S PARK THEATRE, Ciganerre, Brooklyn.— CENTRAL PARK GA! eo ’ SUMMER Nicurs’ Gonorere we ee WITH SUPPLEME \ New York, Menday, July 31, 1871. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. Pics t—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements, 3—Egypt: Misrute of the Khedive; A Horrible Case of Crueity and Extortion—Military Chit- Chat—The Wickedest Minister—More Lynch- ing in Nevada—A Man Shot im Brooklyn— Playing Euevre in Church—Martlages and Deaths—Advertisements. 4—Religious: Summer Doses of Christianity; Plain Talk for Plain People; Practical Deser- Uon of the Churches by the pper Ten; An Apology for the Orange Riot; Pulpit Ex- changes and the Benefits Thereof—The Cos- mopnolitan © Hepner 5—The Cosmopolitan Conference (Continued from. Fourth Page)—United Italy's Sons—News from Washington—The Conference of St. Vincent de Pawl—The Ravenswood Insanity Case—News trom Mexico, Cua and Calfornta—W itchcraft Revived—Spinitnalism aad Free Love—Music and we Drama—Distressing Accident at Islip—The Juvenile Homicidd Post-Mortem— The Attempted Suicide of Mr, Beall—Crushed to Death—Financial and Commercial Reports— Domestic and Havana Markets ‘fhe Explosion of r out’? —Telegraphic News from Europe—Obituary—A (airs in South Caroliua—Miscelianeous Telegrams—Amuse- ment Announcements, ‘7—The steamboat Horror (Continued from Tenth Page)—Siipping Intelligence—Business No- tices. Boller at Whitehall Ferry; Fifty ; Over One Hundred Wounded: Men, Women and Children Hurried Into Eterniiy; Harrowing Spectacles at the Hospl- tals; Narratives of Survivors and Eye Wit- nes 9—The Terrific Explosion at the Battery (continued from Eighth Page). AO—The Terrific Explosion at the Battery (con- tinued from Ninth Page)—Advertisements, Waton will make the heaviest mortality pill—the riot or the Westfield massacre ? Governor Horrman is acting the part of NEW YURK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 31 The Explosions of the Staten Island Ferryboat. The city was startled with a new horror yesterday. A sensation like an electric shock passed through our people as the first news of the disaster on board the Staten Island ferry- boat Westfleld found its way to the public. There has been no calamity go replete with horror, with so long a list of casualties and of such direct woful interest to the dwellers in our own city, as the present since the bloody riots of 1863, The Staten Island ferryboats are practically excursion boats, and are more crowded on Sundays, and especially at about the hour when this explosion occurred, than at any other time. been at least four hundred people on board, most of them pleasure seekers going to pass the warm hours of the genial Sabbath afternoon in the shady groves of Staten Island. With this crowd of cheerful hearts on board the boat was just ready to steam out of her slip at Whitehall, when sud- denly the terrible crash of an exploding boiler broke upon the air, and the boat was rent from stem to stern and from upperworks to keel, and the throng of merry hearts became suddenly a struggling, mutilated, bruised and dying mass of humanity. Some were thrown in the water, some on the piers, and some were pinned by the splinters of iron and wood to the wreck, while others—how many remains yet to be seen—were buried at once under the dcbris and beneath the troubled waters in the slip. Without a moment of thought or an insiant of preparation forty- five persons were sent to their account, and probably a hundred more were bruised and mutilated. The last steamboat explosion at all approaching the present one in its direct There are said to have reference to our own citizens was that of the Albany steamer St. John, just as she was rounding into her dock in the upper part of the city, in October, 1865, but it did not begin to approach the present one in the number of its victims, There were only twelve persons killed on that occasion and about fifteen wounded. The Westfield explosion has heaped up a holocaust in comparison. The cause of the present explosion seems The accident upon the Rockaway steamer the other day induced us to ask the question of the officers of these steamers, collectively, What are your means of preserving life in case of an explosion, a colli- sion or fire? Have you fully com- plied with the regnlations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats, re- cently issued by the Secretary of the Treasury? Had the explosion on the West- field occurred twenty minutes later she would have been out in the river, two or three hun- dred feet from shore, instead of being moored to her dock, and wholesale drowning would have added most fearfully to the mortality list. Was she provided with the lifeboats and life pregervers required by these regulations, and are all the excursion boata fully supplied with the same? These are questions that ought to be answered at the coming investiga- tion, We cannot help the catastrophe that has just occurred—we can only mourn that— but catastrophes like this are always required to warn us of a general danger that may be impending, and we may at least benefit by the warning, Ku Klax Outrages the South, The very virtuous radicals of the Congres- sional Committee who are pretending to inves- tigate the alleged Ku Klux outrages in the South, are ready, it appears, to report a sto- pendous budget of horrors. They are already issuing semi-official statements to that effect. True, they have not had much time to investi- gate the matter; but party and political necessity urges an early, thrilling report against those villanous, incurable white “secesh” of the South and in favor of the poor negroes. This is evident from the hasty action of the committee of the republican party in Washington, which bas already put in circulation a campaign document, which is a digest of the pretended facts brought to light by the Congressional Investigating Com- mittee, and has requested the republicaa news- papers to serve their cause by publishing the document in full, We see, then, what a farce, and, at the same time, what a gross imposi- tion upon the country, this radical Ku Klux report of the Congressional Committee is likely to be. But is it not playing with fire? Is not such a one-sided inflam- matory report made for party purposes calcu- Negre Mobs ia to have been a patch on the boiler; one of those ecomomical devices that save the ex- pense of replacing entirely a boiler that a sensible man. During his recent excursion, In response to serenades and other compli- mentary greetings, he entirely esch ewed poli- ics in his remarks. Dw Axy One Dim last night at Bellevue from over-dosing of morphine or opium? In- formation is wanted. Mr. Jzrrerson Davis has exhibited so much acerbily of temper lately, especially against railroad conductors, that the latter, asa clasa, whenever they have him as a pas- senger, have resolved to give him a ‘‘wide berth.” : Over a Hunprep Kitiep aNxp WousxpEp is the battle roll of those whom the boilers of the Westfield sent into eternity or disfigured for life. Anybody to blame? Ir Was a Sorry Staent to look on the poor, suffering woman, Adelaide O'Connor, last night, as she lay on tho hospital pallet, crying in her agony to the‘ surgeon, Dr. Alex- ander, “Ob, Doctor, give me something to stir my heart! Doctor, give me something to stir my heart!” AocorpiIve To THE LovisvitLR Courier- Journal, Senator Morton, of Indiana, thinks that Governor Hoffman will be the democratic nominee for President. The worthy Senator does not seem to like the popularity of Mr. Hendricks, of his own State, although of a different stripe in politics. A Lirtrz Basy, not more than eight months old, the upper part of whose skull was con- verted into a pulp, was tearing and scratching its face with its tiny little hands at midoight last night. SPEAKING OF THE Numser of aspirants for the democratic nomination for the Presidency, the Louisville Courier-Journal says ‘there is a curious similarity of strength all round, and a blanket might cover those who have been entered thus far.” And another thing is, if the democrats do not cease their internal com- motions the blanket that will cover the party in 1872 willbe a wet one. Taere Has Been Noraie to Egvat the Westfield horror in our waters since the burn- ings and explosions of the Henry Clay and Armenia steamboat, many years ago, on the Hudson River. Ben Bourier Likes To Be INTERVIEWRD.— With all his vagaries General Ben Butler appreciates the power and usefulness of the public press, and he is never afraid to ex- press his views to correspondents who seek an interview with him. He went over a wide field of political questions, domestic and foreign, in the report of our correspondent’s interview, which we published yesterday, all of which is interesting. In fact, like Bis- marck, Von Beust and other prominent public men, he seems to like this mode of conveying his opinions to the public. ‘‘Well,” said the General to our correspondent when asked for an interview, “you may ask what you please.” Only he preferred to have all taken down in shorthand, as he could trust better to that than to tlie memory of his interviewer. We commend the sensible example of General Butler to those public men who are afraid of giving their views to the press. pita TRESS Ovar Oxg Huxprep Surczons volunteered their services yesterday to aid the suffering. Has not New York o big heart in a terrible emergency like this? Tox Avpany Beening Journal gives cur- rency to a report that E. D. Morgan will be elected President of the new General Repub- Jican Committee ia New York. It is expected, we suppose, he will prove a “good enough Morgan until after election. iJ has already served its time. The boiler that exploded had been in use nine years, accord- ing to the testimony of the engineer, and we should think that it had endured considerable The engineer, who appears to be an honest, straightforward man, states that he had tried the cocks only a few moments before and found plenty of water in the boiler, it being full up to the top cock, and the gauge showed that there were only twenty-seven pounds of steam on. Ere a good boiler, he said—even the patch, which he had examined on Thursday last, seemed to be in good con- dition. The bofler had been overhauled last winter, and had even passed the examination of the United States Inspector as late as last With the exception of the patch where the explosion occurred the boiler seems to have been all right, and the engineers seem to have been careful men. The theory of the explosion must be sought for in an imperfect patch, unless further particulars of the terri- ble disaster give more satisfactory clues to the cause. The Coroner's investigation may set the question at rest, and if it should be shown either that a penurious disposition on the part of the company owning the boat or careless- ness on the part of the engineers has served to produce the catastrophe, the Grand Jury bave their sternest and strictest duty to per- form in the matter, and the people will see to it that they perform it to the full extent with- It is stated by the engineer that, although he has his regular certificate, he has never shown it to the company’s officers, because the company’s officers did not require 4 certificate on that ferry. Here is a point that must be investigated. The safety of the numerous excursionists who take their only breath of fresh sea air on the Sunday excursion boats—and their name is legion—require the fullest investigation into the cause of this woful disaster, There were, probably, a hundred thousand people of this city and Brooklyn afloat yesterday on the numerous excursion boats that ply in every direction about the East and North rivers and the waters of our Bay, and to any one of these excursion parties this fearful accident may have happened as well as to the recrea- tion seekers on the Westfield, These excur- sionists are not the drones or the roughs of our population, They are usually the bone and sinew of the city, the workingmen, the skilled mechanics, the well-to-do people of the metropolis, who, without the means or the inclination to pass the summer at the great seaside resorts, take their summer holiday in morsels by means of these short Sunday trips, They take their families with them; and the list of casualties in the disaster yesterday, in its numbers of children and wives and mothers killed and wounded, and even whole families killed, shows that the excursionists on the Westfield were composed mainly of the domes- tic and thrifty classes. Justice to these classes, therefore, calls not only for a atrict investigation of the direct causes of this calamity, but it requires also an immediate overhauling of all the excursion steamers that are entrusted every Sunday and to a great extent every day with the lives of our vegnle. wear and tear, month, out fear or favor. lated to do much harm? Will it not make the negroes, who are already in the ascendant ia some parts of the South, and who are com- mitting most diabolical acts, more presump- tuous and disorderly ? Who has not heard of the atrocities of a band of negroes in Chatham county and adjoining counties, in North Caro- lina? And yesterday we reported a fearful, bloody and drunken riot by a body of five thousand blacks at the Republican Convention in Goldsboro, in the same State. Of course these horrors will scarcely be noticed by any radical Congressional committee, because they are perpetrated by the “poor negroes”—by the allies and supporters of the radical party. It is the pretended white Ku Klux that is made the bugbear to alarm Northern voters and to give the administration a chance to exercise a military despotism in the South, The radical carpet-bag and scalawag public men—and among them was a Congressman by the name of Thomas—and wax’ the President of a railroad, seem to have been the abettors of the riotous negroes at Goldsboro. Well may we despair of peace in the South while the party in power makes misrepresentations of the state of things in the South for political objects, while it gives all its support and sym- pathy to the negroes and endeavors to crush the native white people of that section. Tar Crowns streaming up to the doors of the Morgue until midnight, to gaze on the dis- figured faces of the dead, brought back the memory of the masses of people who passed through the gates of the City Hall, seven years ago, to look on the face of Abraham Lincolo, Mexico continues in uproar over its late Presidential election. Juarez's chances are decidedly the best; but troubles may arise on the assembling of Congress which will cause that body to declare Diaz President. Juarez will not oppose Diaz, but is certain to cause a rebellion in case Lerdo should succeed in car- rying Congress, All parties are accused of practising the most barefaced frauds every- where, and the election appears to have been a most disgraceful burlesque upon popular government. Commissioner Isaao Batt was on hand yesterday at the Morgue and in the hospital, seeing to the comfort of the wounded and dying. Tue Hyvr Park Demonstration against granting an annuity to Prince Arthur, who but recently came to his years of discretion, has, according to our special despatch, proved ® pitiful failure. Only about a thousand people could be got together, who treated the matter asa joke and whiled away the weary hour by a free exchange of friendly chaff. Mr. Odger, the leader of the. movement, is notorious for his justification of all the atroci- ties of the Commune. Yesterday he signalized himself by a speech which created no great stir. If the English Reds can make no better show of strength the Queen of England may rest securely on her throne, Warprn Brennan of Bellevue took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and did not cease his exertions during the entire dismal slaughter night, Such 9 Warden is invaluable, Snovutp THE MiuitaRy Have Firep Berorr Tur Riot Aor was Reap ?—In response to an inquiry whether the military had the right to fire on the 12th before the Riot act was read, the Louisville Courter-Journal aptly re- marks :—‘‘We certainly think so; for, if they had consented to read the Riot act, the chances are that the mob would then have de- manded the reading of the Declaration of In- dependence, the constitution of the United States, and perhaps a few chapters from the Congreasional Globe.” Mobs in the fature in New York will understand that after overt acts have been committed the best reading of any act will be the act of riddling the ranks, of the rloters with bullets, Hutchings—Halsey—Wardell. One of the most plain, practical and direct preachers in the Brooklyn pulpit is the Rev. Hiram Hutchings, pastor of the Baptist church in Bedford avenue, over which he has watched with paternal care and affection for more than twelve years. Mr. Hutchings isa native of New York, and is about fifty-eight years of age. His sturdy and uncompromising pa- triotism, both privately and publicly, at the outbreak of our civil war brought bim promi- nently before the public and gathered audiences which crowded his church every Sabbath, and hundreds of the young men of his church and of the neighborhood were in- aspired by his eloquent and patriotic appeals to leave home and friends and march forth in those terrible days in defence of liberty and justice and truth. As a theologian Mr. Hutch- ings is not excelled hy any of his brethren in the ministry, and he always preaches extempore. His sermons are didactic and elaborate essays upon the most prac- tical issues of everyday life and the relation of religion to those issues, and his illustrations are often so quaint as to be almost ridiculous, but at the same time they are fall of the pith and marrow of his sub- ject. He is as thoroughly conversant with the Bible as children ordinarily are with their primers, and he can recite text after text and chapter after chapter upon any doctrine or duty with an ease and volubility that is aston- ishing. He isa man of highly nervous tem- perament and exceedingly earnest in the en- forcement of the duties and obligations of the Gospel. He isa man of fine physical frame and appearance and can stand as much hard work and does as much of it in his pastoral and ministerial relations as any other minister in Brooklyn, Mr. Hutchings possesses a very sympathetic nature, is exceedingly fond of children, and all the little ones in and around Bedford avenue cling about him and kiss him as affectionately as if he was a father unto them. Heis a man of large and liberal ideas and frequently exchanges pulpits with his Methodist, Presbyterian and Reformed brethren around him. The Rev. Mr. Halsey, pastor of the Walla- bout Presbyterian church, in Franklin ave- nue, near Myrtle avenue, is a worthy succes- sor of the late Dr. Greenleaf. Under Mr. Halsey’s ministrations during the past few years the membership of the church has largely , 1871.—WiITH SUP PLEMENT, Peculiar Political Dt The political situation in Fratee does day after day become more and more complicated. The discussions and the combinations are equally mysterious and incomprehensible. The Bourbons, after making a show of agree- ment, disagree. The moderates and extrem- ists of the left in the Assembly make an at- tempt to harmonize their views and act to- gether, but they do not succeed. But M. Thiers succeeds in all that, in these trying times, he attempts. He courted Gambetta, and Gambetta has become bis sworn friend. He proclaims himself an imitator of George Washington, but clings to the Grleans Princes with the fondness of a father. Either the President feels himself very strong at the head of the republic or he is very determined on a restoration. The dinner given in London on Saturday to the Count de Paris by the Duke de Broglie, French Minister at the Court of St. James, means one or other of these two things. Then, again, there is the astounding announcement that Gambetta and Faidherbe, and Chanzy and MacMahon, and the Duc d’Aumale and the Prince de Joinville are all working together harmoniously for the recon- struction of the French army. If M. Thiers means to maintain the republic he is daring. If he means to restore the House of Orleans he is daring. But, whatever he means to do, we must admit that as a reconciler of conflict- ing parties he is a wonder-worker. OBITUARY. John Slidell, A telegram from London apprises us of the death of this prominent politician of the late so cailed Confederate States. It is singular that his demise should follow so soon after that of iis former fellow Commissioner, Mr. Mason. Though identiNed so completely with the lost cause, Mr. Slidell was a native of the city of New York, where he was born 1n the year 179% AS & young man he was an actor in an adventure rather gallant than respectable, and which resulted in a duel with Mr, Stephen Price, of the old Park Theatre, Price was wounded, but Sil- dell was forced to fly, and landed with Scarcely @ dollar and not a single friend tn New Orleans somewhere about the year 1820. He had already studied law, and he now went into prectice, His skill, diligence and acuteness soon brought bim conspicuous success, He also engaged In politics, and under Jackson's administration was appointed United States District Attorney for the State of Louisiana, and soon after was elected to the lower House of the Legislature, Tn 1843 he was elected United States increased, and the church edifice has been re- built at a cost of over twenty thousand dollars, The Sunday school has also increased in num- bers and in usefulness and interest, and a mis- sion chapel has been established and main- tained on Park avenue with remarkable suc- cess. Probably the largest male Bible class in any church in the city ig sustained in this mission, and very many of the mem- bers are young men who have been converted from Catholicism in the neighborhood. The Puritan Congregational church, on Lafayette and Marcy avenues, is also an offshoot of this Wallabout church, Mr. Halsey invariably writes out his sermons and reads them from his manuscripts. They are generally plain, expository discourses, which present in a simple and practical light the people's relation to God and to each other, and they are backed up by strong and persua- sive arguments based upon human conscious- ness and obligations. Mr. Halsey is a man of medium size and build, an earnest and effective pastor, though not brilliant as a preacher or theologian. While his church was in process of renovation his congregation worshipped in and with the DeKalb avenue Methodist Epis- copal church, and Mr. Halsey alternated in the pulpit with the pastor of that church. The most social Christian relations exist between the two churches, and, indeed, between all the differing churches and denominations in that section of Brooklyn, and, by the mutual interchange of pulpite, a strong desire for church union is being fostered and a great ad- vance toward that desired end is made. The Rev. W. H. Wardell, pastor of the DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal church, is a young man of slight frame and about thirty-seven years of age. He is a native of New York, but was reared from infancy at or near Long Branch. He has been in the Church from boyhood, having been at the age of sixteen years licensed as a local preacher. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and has been eleven years if the itinerant mivistry. Until the present year he has been stationed in Connec- ticat, and at the last session of his Conference he was transferred from Waterbury to Brook- lya, .His appearance indicates and his ser- mons prove that he is a great and attentive reader, not only of the Bible, but of ecclesias- tical and contemporaneous profane history. His sermons treat very largely of doctrinal subjects, and are designed to fortify believers against the insidious machinations of ration- lism and materialism and the other isms of the day, which are playing such sad havoc among the Churches of our land, Mr. Wardell’s forte seems to be to build up and strengthen the Church in the faith of the Gospel rather than by threatenings and denunciations and appeals to drive sinners to repentance. But he does not at the same time leave the latter undone. Nevertheless his appeals to the impenitent are made from the only true standpoint of Christ's great love to them and their obligations of duty toward Him. He has looked at the love of God in Christ Jesus as manifested in the redemption of mankind until the subject has become part of his own nature, and shows itself in all his words and actions, Asa pastor and Sanday school man Mr, Wardell is unsur- passed, and before he had completed his firat month among them he had sought ont and visited at their homes every member of his church, He has also established a children’s prayer meeting, which he superintends bimeelf every Wednesday evening, and which, under his affectionate pastoral care, is eminently suc- cessful and promises great good in the future, Mr, Wardell is greatly beloved by his Church and congregation, and evidently deserves the best they can bestow upon him, DeKalb avenue church itself has two thriving children in other parts of the city, aod manifests’a good degree of zeal and activity in the cause of Christ. Tae Orntuent placed on the faces and bodies of the wounded at Bellevue Hospital is compounded of gum arabic, gum tragacanth and molasses, and is used to create a ‘new skin and prevent the air from touching Aho raw surface made by the scald or burn» Representative in Congress for the First Louisiana district, and was re-elected, but did not serve out this second term, as le was appointed by President Polk Minister to Mexico. Mr. Slidell in Congress distinguished himself more by his adrotiness than his eloquence, but when fully roused he was a fluent and pointed speaker. Ideas and facts dowed*vf his tongue in abundance, but he did not take particular pains to present them in a very attractive form. Vigor rather than elegance was his distinguishing charac- teristic as an orator, Mr. Slidell remained in Mexico until the breaking Out of hostilities, soqaiine himself with singular skill tn the delicate duties which fell to lis charge. In 1858 President Pierce appointed him Minister to Central America, but this post was declined. He was next elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Soule, who had accepted the Spanish Mission. He was re- elected, and from this time took a conspicuous part In the stormy six years that preceded the great re- bellion, He was among the first to leave the United States Senate and throw tn tls political fortunes with the seceding States, He was soon afterwards ‘Appointed representative of the Jet Davis govern- ment at the Court of Napoleon UI. In his efforts to reacn the shore of France there occurred that noto- rious “Trent” trouble which nearly threw us into & war with Great Britian. Siidell sailed from Charleston in the ‘Theodora on the ‘26th October, 1861, and in dué time arrived at Ha-+ vana, He was here, in company with Mr. Mason, Jéted by the Uuban Captain-General. After a short stay tue two Commissioners set sail in the British steamer Trent for Europe. Captain Wilkes, in command of the San Jacinto, followed this vessel, overtook it in the Ba- hama Channel on the 8th November, carriea off the Commissioners in spite of a protest, and safely delivered them at Fortress Monroe, whence they were sent to Fort Warren, Boston harbor. The British government, however, requested their sur- ender, on the ground that they had been taken rom under the protection of a neutral fag, and as the immunity of neutral vessels had long been a settled principle of American diplomacy, Secretary Seward wisely resolved to release ‘his prison- ers, in spite of a ea popular feeling against such @ decision. ‘The Commissioners left for Europe on the 2d of January, 1862. Slidell, how- ever, failed to bring his mission to a suc- cessful termination; and since the war he has remained in Europe, quietly living down the memory of his past importance. Like most rebels of Northern extraction, he was more intensely in favor of Southern independence than Southerners themselves. He was undoubtedly aman of genius, but it ts not too hard a thing to say that his life was not guidea by high principle. His death removes another actor in the stormy drama ot the Davis SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE, ; Wuakecan Aiveiape to Advice from a Demo- cratic Congressman to the South Carolina Chivalry. WasHinaton, July 30, 1871, Representative Stevenson, one of the snb-com- mittee on Ku Kinx outrages, yesterday with the committee, during his visit ts South Carolina, examined particularly into the charges of corruption orought against theState om- cialis and Legislature in defence of the Ku. Klux outrages. The jobs, it was found, were mainly in connection with bills for proper purposes, but that In order to secure tieir passage members of the Legisiature had instituted a tariff of tolls for their votes, the amendment exacted being in pro- portion to the importance of tne bill. He found that democrats as well as republicans were banded together to stop legisixtion unless the members of the “ring” were well paid for their votes, Another source of corruption had been in the purchase of public lands by the Land Commissioners of the State, who were authorized to buy good land, which was to be sold to freedmen and whites on long time. The Com- missioners bought about one hundred thousand acres at an average of $5 per acre, and it was charged by parties interested that in order to make the purchases good they were compelied to buy the votes of members of the Legislature to secure payment for the lands sold. This was the depth of the corruption discovered by Mr. Steven- son, who states that the bills generally introduced were right and proper In themselves, but that the colored members had heen led to believe that it was customary for members of State Legislatures in the North toexact a price for his vote on every occa- sion, and the tactics of Tammany at Albany were cited in proof of the assertion. Judge Van Tramp, the third member of the com- mittee, was disgust and discouraged at the state of affairs in South Carolina. He counselled the most influential men everywhere he went to use their best efforts in suppressing the disorders, and warned them if not promptly stopped that they would certainly get themseives into trouble. WEATHER REPORT, War DSPARTMENT, OFFIOR OF THR CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasHINaTon, July 31, 1871. Synopsis for the Past Toenty-four Hours. ‘The barometer has very generally fallen since Saturday night at the stations east of the Rocky Mountains, and is somewhat lower than the aver- age. From the lower lakes eastward light winds and calms generally prevail, The temperature has fallen slightly on the south and middle Atlantic coast and risen slightly from New England eastward, Rain has been reported from Louisiana to Florida and North Carolina, as also from Louis- tana northwards to Lowa. sourl, Probabilities, ‘The Darometer will probably continue low on the frnreaten- ing weather is probable on the Gulf Voast. The conditions are favorable tor severe Ifcal storms in northern Tlinois and fowa, Rising Aparometer and clear weaver {8 probable for the Upper Lakes, and wleasant weather for New Cog yaa and the Middle South Atiantic States, witn local storms. 1 stares. made the principal speech of the evening. mostly devoted to home affairs; but in the course of his remarks the Premier alladed to the Washingtom Treaty as @ great international recoguition of the Principles of equity and as a most honorable ter- mination of too long existing differences, and added—“We may now future of perfect States,"” of France and concluded with the assurance that England’s relations were friendly with all nations. BRITISH COMMISSIONER VOR THE SETTLEMENT OF who returned here J Gomez to pay the interest out reducing the war budget. ————en ARRIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER, Cloudy weather, with frequent local rain, has been very prevalept tram Maryland to Maine. Clear weather ts at present/re- ported from the lower lakes to Tennessee and, Mis- EURO Herald Special Report from London. posed Allowance a Failure. Banquet of the Lord Mayor of London. Speeches of Minister Schenck and Mr. Gladstone, THE WASHINGTON TREATY. A Bond Which Will Link England and America in Perfect Harmony. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. Imperial Generals Summoned to Testify Bela- tive to the Conduct of the Late War. FRANCE, ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA. The Representatives of the Three Powers to Meet in Versailles in September. ENGLAND. The Hyde Park Demonstration to Protest Against Prince Arthur's Proposed Allcwance a Fizzle, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch has been forwarded, to us from our correspondent In London:— LONDON, July 30, 1871. The meeting in Fiyde Park to-day for the purpose of agitating the subject of an organtzea opposition against the proposed allowance to Prince Arthur turned out a ridiculous fizzle, There was not, all told, More than one thousand persons present, group was addressea by Mr, Odger, but his remarks attracted but little attention. There was no excite- ment beyond that occasioned by the chafing of a few questionable individuals who were evidently out om @ lark and were determined to have some fun. One The Lord Mayor’s Banquet—The Americar Minister’s Respo: to the Toast of the President of the United States=Mr. Glad- stone on the Washiugton Trenty—Eugland and the United States in Perfect Harmouy— A Good Word for France. LONDON, July 10, 1871. THE LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET was given at the Mansion House last night MR, SCHENCK, the American Minister, was present and responded. to the toast to the President of the United states, He sata commerce was hourly bringing England and America nearer and nearer together, Treaty of Washington promised to make the two peoples friendly for evermore. ‘The MK. GLADSTONE Tt was look forward to @ harmony with the United Mr. Gladstone spoke in high terma THE ALABAMA CLAIMS, Mr. Rassell Gurney having been appointed Com- missioner of the British government for the settle. ment of the Alabama clatms univer the Treaty of Wasniogton, will shortly sall for Amertca. FRANCE. Bazaine, Canrobert and Wimpffen Summong Before the Legislative Committee on the Con- duct of the Late War—A Meeting in Ver- sailles Between the Representatives of France, England and Austria—Sup- plementary Credit—Municipal Elections—The Restoration of the Paris Fortifications, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALO. Parts, July 80, 1871, Marshals Bazaine and Canrobert and General Wimpffen have been summoned to testify before the committee appointed by the Assembly to investigate the conduct of the late war. THE COMMUNIST COURT MARTIAL, ‘The courts martial for the trial of the Communists are convoked for Thursday, August 3, FRANCE, ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA TO MEET. The Oficial Journal says an interview has been arranged to take place in September at Versailies between Lord Granville, Baron von Beust and Pres- ident Thiers, when il its bearings will be considered. the Eastern question In A SUPPLEMENTARY CREDIT. ‘The Minister of War has asked the Assembly Com~ Mittee on the Budget for a supplementary credit of 218,000,000 francs. ‘The elections to fill vacancies in the municipal government not filled in the last elections were hed to-day. Twenty candidates of the Parisian Union and twenty-six who were on the Turbig list were elected. THE PARIS FORTIFICATIONS, ‘yhe restoration of the Paris fortidcations Is golng, on at # rapid rate, SPAIN. ey ‘The Interest on the National Debt to bo. Paid ‘tele Decreasing the War Budget. page Mapprjp, July 30, 1871. 9 it is the intention of Minister, cial say’ pocedienen on the mational debt with- CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 187h, ” ‘The United States steamer California, from, New York, via Callao, has arrived, This ts her frst t, and proves her an admirable sea going vessel, Cae. died on the voyage, THE TREASURY PROGRAMME. WASHINGTON, July £0, 1871. The Seoretary of the Treasury has notifed the Assistant Treasuret at New York to purchase one militon dollars worth of bonds on each Wednesday nth of August, or five millions in all, and 1m tad one mulfon dollars gold on the #fat, third and fifth Thursdays, and (wo millions on the second and fourth Thyrudava of Avgust, Or S¢YOu million tn all, he ‘oral Matthew Royle and Private James Shiela, of marines, 2 + ed