The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1871, Page 3

—_— THE NEWARK TRAGEDY. Fifth and Last Day ef the Trial of Botts, ‘Closing Scenes of Judicial Solemnity. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, Prosecutor Titeworth’s Summing Up—'Charley” Spencer's “Theories” Put to Flight by Thr: ing Feets—Rotts’ “Basoless Fabric of Vision” Fast Fleeting—Judge Depue’s Charge—Waiting for the Verdict— o Dreadfnl “Guilty” Dissylle- eee ble—Motion for a New Trial— Argument to be Heard Two Weeks from To-Day. Guitty | ‘This Is the one short dissylable which ‘com five days of arduous labor on the part of one Of the most ably conducted Courts in New Jersey. ‘Tis was the terrible result reached between four and five o’clock yesterday evening in the trial of George Botts for the murder of Oliver Spencer Ralstea, Jr., and which commenced tast Monday Morning at ten o'clock. From beginning to end there is no case like it on the records of New Jersey's crimtnal jurisprudence, from otner causes as well as the very extraordinary dissiml- Jarity between the murderer and the murdered, and it is not surprising, a8 was remarked by counsel in Wonrt yesterday, that tho entire country should almost wait with bated breath for the announce- ment of yesterday’s finality. ‘The proceedings yesterday, as might be expected m view of the probable termination of the case, attracted, as usual, a large audience, including the irrepressible CORPORAL'S GUARD OF WOMEN Who could not be shamed or bullied or put down by the expression of an outraged sense of public de cency. They came, about half a dozen of them, and down they sat im the seats they had filled so often that tney called them their own, The Court opened punctually at half-past nino o'clock. The prisoner, looking cool, unmoved, in- different and stoical as ever, was marched In and wok his seat alongside his brother and sister. The County Clerk, Mr. H. J. Dusenbury, proceeded to tall the list of Jnrors, and, the other routine con. vluded, the prosecutor, Mr. Titsworth, proceeded to SUM UP FOR THE STATE, Me began in alow tone of voice, and, addressing the jury, said he approached them m the case at first with deep emotion, but now as his duty drew to a vlose his emotions were Geeper still, LHe had hoped, he said, that the defence would have been abie to offer some extenuation of the crime of which the prisoner stood charged; out after tive days of careful examination nothing had offered, You are, said he, men of feeling, and no man can sit in the jary box to judge of a man on trial for his life and not have trying moments, There have been lessons set forih in this triai—tessons that may be drawn trom scenes of debanchery and dissipation. This trial has given ® remarkable illustration of the fifth chapter of Vroverbs, in which is depicted the strong man belnged to hia death py the woman, He was not here, he said, to make an apology for the dead | man and hia faults, but yet he could not help sweourring to the fact that Oliver Spencer Hal- sted, Jr., was his (counsel's) friend, Mr. Titsworth then went on to speak of the mtcliectual capacity of ihe murdered “Pet,’? touched generously on bis marked abilities, Ms culture and hs education, The only essential “Pet” lacked to become a really pons mau was tuat singleness of purpose which formed the distinguishing feature. of the success of all truly great men in the world’s history. The Pros- . geutor then proceeded to describe the sensation oreated in Newark on the PRACAFUL SUNDAY MORNING which witnessed the terrible tragedy in the house of the wretened woman, in South siveet, and then sald atthe simple question before the jury was, Did this man, George Rotis, willingly and with malica aforethought cause the death of O. 8 Halsted, Jr. ? As long as three years ago, counsel said. we find the prisoner full of anger aud jealousy of Mr. Haisted on account of LOST WOMAN. A HAN, Yhis jeslousy grew upon hin; it strengtnenea with ais years. She had kept house jor hin; she then re- moved and said she wanted nothing to do with hi (it Was at this time that we find ar, Halsted in Mrs, Wilson’s house, always ready to receive him, because she wanted his money. She wanted Halsted’s money, and, 1ike all lost women, she was readyto tke any man’s money, and so she songht a secret retreat in South street, Mr. Titsworth continued in an exhaustive review of the evidence, dealing 4 series of powerful and withering arguments to the accidental, insane and irresponstvie theories advanced by the defence, He reazoned that all the avidence went to show most conclusively that jealousy Was the motive, that the killime was deliberate murder, and that so far as the social rela- fon of the two men bore to the woman mey had tm the eves of the law equal rignts with her, and when Halsted was in possession of her Botts had no right what- aver to break open the door, As for the insanity sheory the Prosecutor claimed it was TRIFLING WITH THE JURY to advance anything of that sort in view of the plain, simple racia in tng case. At this point the Prosecutor continued:—I say again, genticmen of tme jary, that Lider nithoge 3 such a plea of insanity to you m a trial for a captial offence, ig tritting with your time anu that of the vours. I take It, gentlemen, that Me other side admit the act; they admit that this prisoner took the pistol into ‘nat honse to commit the deed, and where’s the ex- cnse? Insanity | of proving should succeed With you? [would have been gind If the learned counsel could have shown avy reason for and excuse for this man’s crime, Your verdict will, tirough THE POWRRYUL AGENCY OF THE PRESS, be Wafted to the ends of the earth and will have its influence everywhere; and that is not insanity where a mun voluntarily drinks and drinks in order to nerve himself up to the committal of this horrt- | oie crime, The counsel urges on the other side a coarse nature, a weak mind and strong passions, 4s there any excuse in that? If heis an ignorant man 4ve is bound just as much by the law of his country to stay his hand from shedding the blood of his fel- tow creatures as the most learned and intelligent man in the universe, Now, gentlemen, you taw of tue State in such @ case as this, and any de- viation from this law will be a disaster to the State. The law says that a man committing a crime wader ane influeuce of drink cannot be excused on that plea, but when a man cots drunk on purpose to come | «mit the deed, wiat do you say to that? Why, itag- | gravates, and deeply aggravates, (ne effect of the crime. Towards the close of his abie, exhansiive and forcible speech, which Jasted just three hours, Mr. Vitsworth satd:—There ts a witness here who Knows ail abont the breaking tn of the doors, the Intent and ali, and that is HE PRISONER HIMSELF; bt he does not take the stand. No: he, throuch his counsel, accounts for the crime by high-syun tneo- ties of irresponsibility, and by it might be an accident, and thns seeks to blind you and lead you into giving an unjust and improper verdict, And with ail the things against him he the shooting, does not take (he stand himeselfto explain this matter ' as only he could, No; he seeks through the astuteness and ability of counsel to befog your minds by sheories that cannot be sustained. “His connsel do moteven say that le knew nothing of the occur. rences of the morning, or else why did they not put him on the stand and let him swear to that fact; out no, George Botts knew that he could not take hat Holy Bibie in bis hand ana swear that he knew nothing of the commitial of the terribie crime with which he is charged; and so lie sits where he is, and does not daro to place himself tn such a post 4ton, He closed by saying:—The responsibility of amis conviction is not with you, gentlemen, not wirh | ame, not with the Court or his own counsel, but with nimself, who is accountable for the stubbornness of “hese facts, TAR STOIC STIRS. Ag Soon as the speaker concluded tie 4Botts) manuested some emotion—the firs apening ot the trial, After a brief pa siding officer of the Court proceoded aharge. JUDGE DEPTHS CHARGP, The docnment was written and quite lengthy, he defined the legal sense of tne varioas ita and §=theortcs $ of =the case, showing ib was & ple® that challenged me Most careful investigation, ‘Tie insanity would Khngy 29, pe such to show that the prisoner dd not ht “tA Fight trom wrong, said His Honor, The prac- wa a adopted by the Jaw on tnsupity is this: My ied it has been clearly proved to your satisface jon that the prisoner did nor Kuow the serionsness prisoner oe Ne tie pres vetiver his of ihe act witich he commitied, Voluntary intoxt- pctat was no excuse for erime, "he cone pie as | NO power 10’ reduce had homiette from “murder “in th i first to the rer jg or lower degrees, The-evidence was reviewed and she point that Botta iad left nis pastol in a witness’ cate as contained in the woman Wilson's festimeapy, Wax dealt upon Parther on ne said ihe provacation given by the deceased was No bror yoouvon wr he erie of mupder; the commer ye been | Botts’ jealousy merease}; she was | Why, gentiemen, where would be | che safety of the people of this Stare if such atrempts | ow the | his counsel says that | In) aw | L was informed that I snould be arrested, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, That both of these men bad with the woman was equally unlawiul. The portion of the deience set up, that the deceased first assaulted the prisoner upon his breaking into the room, ia no excuse, be- cause the deceased was not vound wo wait for the act of the prisoner before he should commence to defend himself. He closed in the following Janguage:—"'l have now, gentlemen, decided all te questions of law, and tv 18 for you to decide upon the facta of tue ca: and it 18 your duty, if you have any reasonable doubt on your minds, to acquit the prisoner; but that doubt must be one of reason and judgment; and if you find, after patiently re viewing and considering the facts in your minds, that neither of the two pleas of the defence have been established, and the prisoner committed this murder with malice and premedication, 1+ 1s your duty to find a verdict of murder in the first degree.” A few minutes after one o’clock the case was GIVEN TO THE JURY, which consisted of a most intelligent dozen of citt- zene, a8 tollows:—John L, Pattmore, Enoch Plume mer, William H, Spear, James Durie, John Avery, Pe Eee otwan G wink, wien rene ania On, » Reilly, William Schwara, | Gharies alinck, . AITING FOR THE VERDICT, vel Ww. Thi crowd t ehow realized that a verdi Beavis ee ine nly to to the chambi is tl t id Ba twelve judges nad retired, and they, too, for | refreshments. The prisoner re, remanded the serie ¢ hore himeelt again with the ol His Hianner Ig accounted for 1088 wi nd conversed with him by either of the terrible position in whic! i he 16 n or gige from a natural and consiltu- | oni > : BOITS AND HIS MOTHER, Daring » conversation between a reporter and one Of the prisoner's brothers, who ts quite a respectable citizen, Mr. Botts testified to the same want of feel- on the part or his unfortunate brother, saying that the only time when he seemed to be moved was in bidding goo. by to his sister after the retirement | of the jury, and even then his expressions were con- to the remark, ‘Tell the old woman, my mother, not to worry.’ THE CLOSING SCENE. By three o’clock the courtroom was almost cleared of spectators, After that they began to drop in. Then we lawyers commenced to file in by ones and twos, and presently the pressmen. At four o'clock { ine hury room opened, and a messenger was | despatched to summon the Judge, the jury ; having agreed upon a verdict. Everything conducted = with the utmost © quiet on the part of the Oourt onicers, who sought to eacape any more crowds; but, neverthe- ; leas, by the tine Judge Depue appeared and took tus seat the court room was weil filled, the irre- ressible feminines being still present. As the judge through the Court there was a loud buzz of expectation, At half-past four he took his seat. The sound of his vel instantly slienced the buzz which prevailed, and a painful | stiliness pervaded the vast chamber which but 9 few momenta before was a@ scene of such excite ment. With the usual formula of the Court the prisoner and jury were marched in. Tne former ‘was provided with a chair fronting the seats hereto- fore occupied by the jurors, while the jurors were | strang out along the railing directly in front of the | bench. They ail stood bolt upright, supported at either end by a constable, armed with green and white pointed staves. ! BOTTS STOOD. TP, too, when ordered, The jurors looked at him and | he looked at the jurors. Court CLeERK—Gentlemen of the jury, are you | agreed upon a verdict, and who speaks for you? A Jczox—Our foreman. CuuRK—What is your verdict? ForEMaN—Guilty, ‘The Court instructed the foreman to explain what the prisoner was guiity of, FoREMAN—Guilty of marder in the first degree. At this point Mr. Spencer jumped to his fect and called for the polling of the jury, Each man then, commencing with the foreman, pronounced his ver- | dict in the words used by the foreman. ‘The scene just then was solemn aud painful in the extreme, fhe prisoner twitched his tngers and looked at last | completely overcome. His counsel, Mr. SPENCER, moved the Conrt to | grant the hearing of an argument for a new trial. ith the dignity and courtesy which has throughout marked the trial tais was granted, though the popu- lar verdict 1s already out endorsing that of the jury, ' Saturday, November 11, two week's from to-day, Was set down for the hearing of the motion, THY LAST FENJAWN RAID. Interview General O'Neill. iFrom the St. Paul (Minn.) Ploneer, Oct. General O'Netl arrived last mght on the stifle road and was immediately taken to the county jail | by Deputy United States Marshal Cleveland. ‘The | General looks to be in splendid condition, physt- cally, and so far as recent events are concerned they do not seem to Wear very greatly upon dis clastic and hopetul mind. The following 1s the substance of a conversation held last evening with tne noted General by a Pioneer reporter:— General O'Neill left for Pemoina last Wednesday, ; the convoy of the leet up the bay as far as the Bat { and arrived here on his return last, ‘ht, when he Was immediately arrested by Deputy United Staves | Marshal Cleveland, Nothing of special interest hap- pened on the trip from the fort to this city. | The General saya that It has been erronconsly stated by the press that this movement was a Feman Movement. He declares that he 1s not at present connected with the Fenian orgaulzation at all, offi. ctahy or otnerwise, He baa always sympathized with people st ing for independence, und par Ucularily when these people were British subjects, Tha services, w. ver they may be worth, are always at (he service of these people struggling for lberéy, especially against the British government. He is not conscious of having violated any of the laws of the United States government in anything | he hag done in this matier, As an individual he fel at perfect liberty to offer his services to any people straggling for independence, particularly waen these people are Britisn subjects. He dia not take any { men up tothe tort or that vicinity, Alter ne got there, and was on British territory, he felt that he had aright to do just what he pleased. He denies | tnat ne organized any force of inen for a raid upon | British territory while he was in the United States, ‘After you got upon British territory did y e any force to overtiirow the British authors itt “When I got on 6ritish territory I felt that 1 had a right to do just as I pleased.” Farther than this the General declincd to answer this question, 2 Wuar did you do, General, after you got on to ri i territory 1? do not desire to answer that, further than to tay that I had a right todo just as I pleased,” “How many men had you with you ou British ter- ritory ?” sR to Not feel disposed to answer that question. T desire 1o state thatit Thad not been Interiered with by the United States authorities J would have had { fully one thousand men with mie”? “What for?” “For anything 1 chose to do with them, They would have been subject to my commant for whal+ ever L chose to do.” “When you went up there did you expect to Mid these men there?” i “Yea? “Then they went hi “1 didn’t say so. there or were there.” | “Do you know as a matter of facy that they Ilved there” | “Ldeeime to answer that question, “Do you not know that they did not tive there ?? (Smiling.) “You put we in mind of an attorney y. Ido not wish to answer that quesiion.”” When you were arresied how many men did you | have under your command (7 “Ldo not wish to answer that question. apswer that question, though, in an indirect { Ehad enough men vy resist Colonel Wheaton nad [ desired to ight United States soldi Thad fougat too long under the Stars and Swipes to want to fight United States troops, whether they nad crossed the line jegally or Meguliy, Coelonei Wheaton hi thirty or forty men. Colouel Wheaton went over in person.” “F desire to state the intimation has been thrown out that the men were arrested without a show of resistance. The three men—myseli, General Curley and Colonel Donneily—-have as good a record for bravery as Colone! Wheaton. The only reason wig resixtace Was not made was because we respected | the United States authoritues. We had made as | good a record as Colonel Wheaton in the late war for all that constitutes soldiers. Whtie we were in | Colonel Wheatou’s charge we were treated in a very | gentlemanly manner, Instead of wearing the Uniiel States untform he would act with more propriety if | | he should wear the British untfurm, As a prosecut- jug attorney, thongh, he made # perfect ass of him \ | | arrangement i”? dian't say whether they weut T will # seit and showed & complete ignorance of the law, “General Curley came dowa With me as lar as the | crossing of the Red Kiver, where he stopped. Most of the men Who were arrested with General Carley, | Gvlonei Donnelly and myselt remaimed at Fort Pem- bina in custody, Dut were expected to de released { the day Lief go to the Red River and scek empioyment. ) As Lunderstand it there is a good denl of dis- satistaction up there with the British government. ‘The @issatisiaction exists Pumeipally among the pa ba sg an 1 believe they are in te may-rity, The Brisish governm v om bed ie ae Ae Territory. bt ‘The General thinks that notwiti \ do | notiike the british government sehen ety people js to remain apparentiy loyal, The true state ol artairs up there cannot’ be made known at present. i : “I velieve the action of Colonel Wheaton to be en- tirely anautnorived in crossing into Briush territory | and arresting any one. Nordo I believe his coti+ duct will be sancttoned cither by the department commander or at Washington, He went upon British territory and ordered his men to fire, aud { they did fire several volleys, It is surprising tat some one was not killed. It was no fault of his that | there was no one killed. Had there been any kilied | t have no doubt he would have been gulity of anurder.”? “There was no invasion at all. There was no Fenian raid. We were pot acting as Fenians, { and ad po connection whatever With that orgaul- “i ratement that a body of men were secon with a Fenian tag Byte near the fort or on British territory 13 not true. The statement that Donnonue knocked & tan Of a horse and rode away with the horse ts also untrae, “Tam not aware that IT have violated any law of } the United States. Hefore I arrived i din did not fear -any arrest. I have fought and bled for the United States government. ‘The United States form tov large a country for me to try to hide in, and I do not fear anythidg the Jaw can do to me for apy recent action of mine.”” This ended the Interview, amy we left the General 4 to bis megitanon, ‘They Will probably, when released, | « THE EASTERN PRINCE. The Labors of the Executive Committee Com- | puilter could suggest, and wili be pleted—Waiting for the Arrival of the Grand Duke-General Mulitary Orders from Headquartere—Order of March and Formatien of the Special Es cort—Governor Hoffman Un- able To Be Present. ‘The committee of citizens appointed to receive the Russian Prince have at length Gnished their labors and given the finishing stroke to their very claborate programme of amusements, They hi ee vexing dificulty in the way since he ae they entered upon thelr dutics, and that ts the gtorious OCTOBER 21, 187] one } i fest > accompanying them, The latter bcdy will namber about four hundred, The carriage ordered for the Duke is @ magnificent Vehicle, linea with maroon-colored satin, repleve wita all the elegances which the modern coach drawn by four horses, driven by the same man who drove the Prince of Wales, the late President Lincoln and other notavies, Van Ranst, of Walker strect, 1s ordered to provide tis carriage and the team. it may be somewhat interesting to the young ladies of New York to learn that after General MeVowell has completed ts tour of inspection of the forts and harbor defences he will give a bali on Governor's Island, where the Prince 13 to have an opportunity of seeing as many as can he accommo- dated and of dancing with as many as he desires. Major Jaiies Montgomery desires that ail parties interested in the proceedings will look in the morn- ing papers for bis adveriisement announcing We arrival of the Prince, AS an evidence that Admiral Rowan now believes the Russian feet w be near at hand, acting under nt orders, the K: nd no) atorday | Tf fet? tng Wich tab Rat ok te Wega fleet in the Horseshoe, aud have gone dowa to fle off shore, near the telegraph station at Sandy Hook, 80 £8 ie grape the fleet immediately the Russians oaVe In Kight. Kversthing on board the fleet is in Again and again it has been rumored that the Rus- | Perfect readiness to revelve the expected strangers. siana would be here within thirty days from the date of their departure; but calculating the distance they are supposed to have travelled under steam the; Naperacs trawh thesé Iniportant draw’ king away, as they did, the foundation on which thetv operations should be based, everything from frat to last has been cone sidered, almost every probability provided for, and if the royal visitor comes within sight of the Ameri- can continent to-day, as the majority of the commit- tee expect, all will be in readiness to receive him on Monday. A few slight alterations were spoken of yesterday in the reception programme. Mayor Hall was ex- pected to appear as one of the Reception Committee, but he has signified to the Exeottve Comunitree that ho will only assist, if he does at all, as a citizen like themselves, GOVKRNOR HOFFMAN HAS ALSO WITHDRAWN from the affair, He yesterday stated to a HERALD representative, wlio waited upou him at the Ciaren- don Hotel, that he had notified the Executive Gom- Mittee of his inability to attend and receive the Grand Duke from the hands of Vice Admiral Rowan, ‘Much as I should like to have taken part in this affair and shown my appreciation of the movement, as I at first intended to,’ said the Gov- ernor, “the uncertainty of the time when the flect will arrive prevents my making the necessary ar- rangements, Again, the mempers of my staff are scattered all over the Siate, and I could not with any degree of propriety call them together and detain them for an indefinite period; while, on the other hand, to make any preparations myself and only call upon them at the eleventh hour could scarcely meet with their approbation. 1 am as much interested in the movement as auy one can be, and for many reasons should have been pleased to do what I could to assist to make it go of! smoothly, but the obstacles | have named and the | pressure of business engagements altogether ex- clude me from apy participation in the reception.” There are ma'ters, 1t appears, that require his at- tention, and which are of far greater importance to him than recetving the Prince, although it is im possible to imagine on what ground the citizens could claim his time for this purpose except courtesy on his part, Many persons will probably be disap- pointed at this result, but as the Governor said, “the affair will now be left in the hands of the citizens.’ ‘yhe bay reception will therefore be contined to this, The steamer carrying the reception committee will godewn just outside the Narrows, and there join tery, when line yine Guys. Despite The Tradew $, AWERICAN INSTILUTZ FAIR. at Work—An Exponent of the Nation's Industr¥. The American Institute Fair is still attracting crowds of visitors, all day ana every evening, anid no one who has once visited this great national ex- bibition will wonder that such 1s the case. Up and down the spacious hall are arranged the ultimates of the brain process of thousands of artists and artisans, whose thoughts, combined and re- combined, . and wrought out in tangible good, here walt for recognition. Looked at a8 the exponent of the Invention and mdustry of a great nation, the fair is wonderfuily interesting as @ whole; and, viewed in detail, it would take days of study to even get a hint of all that it has to tell of artand mechanics and agricuiture, The fair has been # Success this year, and, in spite of Tammany and the Chicago fire and the “nasty weather’? more people have visited it than in any previous year. It is estimated that since the opentug of the exiibi- tlon, on the 7th of September, about THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS nave availed themselves of the opportunity to see what the American Institute isdoing. ‘The delicious music heard at the Rink every afterncon has some- thing to do, no doubt, with this iInerease of visitors. Saturday night is the mechanics’ hour, and at that time hundreds of working men study the models, look with longing admiration at the perfect spect- | mens of the:r craft and watch the mavellous power of the machinery. Who can tell as they look and | think what snbdtie work is going on in active brains that will by and by result in some great good for men? A new and special feature of the present exhibition, is labor mm process. No one can fall to see the great alvantage of such a de- partment since, however Interesting may be finished works, the process is Jar more fascinating and more valuable. Many a useful thought may be suggested tothe young visitor as he watches the transforma. tions going on unaer the workm - that the perfect product would never given, and the Institute cannot be too higit- { Jy commended for thelr enterprise in bringing together the machinery and the men necessary for such results, The visitor at the fair tb ar ina | see wheat grocnd and made into bread, wood | carved, glass engraved, rocks groups are constantly we : articies that they had all their lives used with luile or no idea of now they were made, PETER COOPER, or Rev, Dr. Deems in the background amd Mrs. TAR GAY YOUNG LIRUPENANT will be pace in their hands with asimple recom- mendation by the American Vice Admiral to take care of him, unless the Chatrmin wiil welcome him in a set speech, Which might be made appropriate and left asa record for the friends of the young sailor. There is also some difference In the military arrangements as regards minute details from the original programme pubhed, It was at firat thought advisable that the troops should deploy on the west side of Broadway and break from the left. This, vowever, has been changed in accordance with the general order, and the regi- ments will now form in a deployed line on tne south side of Battery place and the east side of Broadway, the left resting on West.street and the right resting, it is expected, on about Duane street. in advance Of this line at Duane street will stand the Twenty- second regiment in line of battle, and the Twellth, Eleventh and Seventh regiments, respectiveiy, in advance of this again, AS soon as the police arrive at the point where the right of the Seventh reghaent terminates, near Canal street, it will form and failinim advance of the leadmg Vinnie Ream in the foregrouna, changing a big Jump of clay into good likenesses of these gentie- men, all make an attractive centre every atteraoon to a crowd of | itis themselves that Vinnie makes busts, Some of these sindents of sculpture, however, make eneeks of both sitter and modeiler tingle with thelr loud and free criticisms, } One of the moat interesting of the tabor processes is the “sand blist process’ of cutting hard sub- | stances. A stream of sand 18 Introduced tuto a | rapid jet of steam or air, so asto acquire a high | velocity, and is directed upon apy hard or brittic i material 80 as to cut or wear away its substance, For rough work a steam jet of from sixty to 100 pounds is used as the propelling agent. ‘The sand 1s TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. Appointment of the Brazilian Member of the Geneva Arbitration. Manner of Conducting the Work of the Conference, Government Ald for the Wis- consin Sufferers, DECLINE OF AMERICAN SHIPPING. WASHINGTON, Oct, 20, 1871. The Braziiian Member of the Geneva Con ference. Inteltigence has been received here to-day of the appointinent of the Baron Itaguba, at present Bra- zilian Minister at Paris, to be memoer of the tribu- nal of arbitration under the Treaty of Washington on the part of Brazil, This completes the tribunal, as follows:—Sir Alexander Cockburn, Chief Justice , of the Queen’s Bench, of Great Britain; Charles | Francis Adams, of the United States; Jacques taempii, of Berne, for Switzerland; Frederick | Sclopis (frequeutly misspelled Selofis), Count of Solerapa, for Italy, and the Baron Itaguba, for , Brazil. Various erroncous statements on the sab- | ject have from time to time appeared m the public joarnais: of = this country in addition to the frequent misspelling of the name of Frederick Sclopis, who has sometimes’ been called De Lofis as well as Selotts, Thus it has been sald that the meeting ofthe tri- | Dunal bad been postponed on account of the delay | of the appointment by Brazil, which is @ mistake, posed arhitration at Geneva and the Clatms Com- mission now sitting at Washington, the latter being often erroneonsly called the Alabama Commission, and the newspapers have more than once sent the agent and counsel of the United States to Geneva go until March. On all these points the course of events is definitely fixed by the Treaty of Washiag- ton. According to the treaty the arbitrators are to meet at Geneva at the earliest con- | treaty, needs to be as early as the 16th of December, i | 1 venient time after their appointment, which, by the effect of another article of the fo the tribunal im writing or print a statement of its vi and others, equipped or harbored iv the ports of Great Britain, In four months from that day—that ig to say, on the 16th of April following—each goy- ernment is to deliver to the arbitrators in writing or in print its counter statement in response to the respective previous statements. In two months rushed by machin. } ery, newspapers printed, bricks pressed, wood , each government Is to present in print or writing eared Fae p eo Le Lap earn eres | a fina’ argument or summing up of the en, Wool carded sin id clay |.) 3a90, or ‘i modelled, Around ail © specimen industries | Whole case, and after that the — tribunal lag tie slow growth of | | I arious people who like to know how | the | imtroduced hy a central tube of about one-eighth inch bore, and the steam Issues from an ananiar { passage surrounding the sand tuve, of the steam then drives the @ steel tube, three-eighths ir sand h bore and six luches The impetus through long, and the sand sirikes upon the stone, To pro- dnesornaments or inscriptions on stone relief or intagiio, astenct! of iron or ca tehouc is either ta | held or cemented to the stone and the sand jet is moved with @ sleady and even motion over the 1 whole surface, 80 (hat the exposed parts may be cut | to the same depin. sand driven by an air blast of { the pressure of four inches of water will completely grind the snriace of glass in ten seconds Tals in- vention can be applied in multitudinons ways to j architectuce and ornamentation, and must —-, The fei Sp ines eth m colnmns of WORK A REVOLUSIC jours and march on one side with the heads of tueir | jn many departments of mechanical art. The most columns — slightly in advance of the horses | AF eee sare produced on giass, and 1 of the foremost carriage. the Twelfth will | qui ogreab strcich of tie imagination to see march in like mapuer on the other side, while the | american homes filied With aruicies of beauty made Twenty-second will form the guard of honor ia the possible i men of wil Means by the sand blast, rear of the las’ carriage, The following 13 the general order for the rade:— HRAnQvanrens Fest Divisto: New Yo ‘The organizations of thin division pa- N,Q i r ignated in General Ordera No. 7, C. 8., and the troops from Brooklyn and New- ark, who have mtimated a desire to take part in the recep- tion of His lraperial Highness Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, willbe formed on the day and at the hour to be hereafter an: nounced in the daily papers in a deployed liue on the saith wide of Battery place and the east side of Broadway, the lett | resving on Weat street, in the following order, viz: - First brigade, First division, Brigadier Ventral Ward, com: mani Second division, Major General Woodward, commaniting, Second brigade, First division, Brigadier General Funk, commanding. New Jersey brigade, Brigadier General Pinme, command ing. Kirst diptsion, Third brigade, Prigadier General Varian, commanding. | ‘As. soon as the line §s formed two men from each company willbe posted in their respective fronts, to Insire. the uuode Rructed use of the carriageway from cirh to curb. As the Grand Duke approaches these sentinels will fave ward aud salute without orders. "The commanding ofllcers of the First, Second and Third brigades, First aivision, will exch detail ong regiment trom thetr respective brigades-to serve as an escort (o His Imperial Highness and snite, The cominaniing ellleers of the rei- ments on this detail will report to Brigadier General Ward, commanding First brigade, who ts hereby assigned to the command also of the escort, These regimenia. will be formed and posted as follows, vie. One Fosiment Ta line of battle on the east side of Broadway, its left resting on the right of the general ine-—one regiment in line of battle on the west side of Broadway, ils left opposite the night of the regiment just loeated—and one regiment. 1 open ‘column of companies right in front, the rear of the column a Nttc in wi- Fance of the flauks of tho two resimonts in tine iast name, The mriic of these two regiments in line will take post in ths rear of the regiment in columu, and on inareh will play alter. nately, The Grand Duke and suite will land at pier 1, North River, As he moves along tho line each regiment’ will in turn pay him the compliments due to a major general, re- main at present arms until the rear carriage has parsed, then break into column of companies and joln tue rear of the moving column, When the leading right of the iine the two regiments 0! escort, in line after saluting, will break into columns of foure, and the whole escort move forward under the orders of the General of the First brigade, ‘The two regiments on the flanks, marching in columns of-fonrs, will keep the heads of their columns abreast of the leading horses of the fore- most carriage, and #0 open or clone their columns as to keep the rear close to the regiment in rear of the carriages, which regiment forms a part of the escort, The Coloneia of the | two flank regiments with their staffs, will march in one line | just ahead of their respective columns. ‘The ling of march will be up Broadway to Fourteenth street | and Fourth avenue to the Clarendon Hotel, at Eighteenth | street. Upon arriving at the His Imperial Highness | wii receive @ marching nainte, the bands remaining in co!- umn, and the troops will immediately therea‘ter be disuaisse After aaluting general officers and thelr stails will whee! out of the column. ‘The division staff will assemble at No, 9 Wont Thirteenth t, one hour earlier than the hour published in the dally wapapers as the time of assembly, | By order ot Major General ALEXANDER SH AL. Ww. A, CHRSPBXOUGH, Colonel, Avsistant Adjutant Gen- ral and Chief of Staff, Tos. FAUrGUERX, Captain and Aid.de-Camp, Colonel Clarke, of the seventh, has issued an order instructing his oflicers that, in accordance | with the division orders publisned several days since, the regiment is te rade in full unitorm, with knapsacks and overcoats rolled thereon, upon we day of the reception; that the assembly will be two hours previous to the hour named in General Shaicr’s division order, and that the commandants must thoroughly inspect the uniforms ana equip- | ments of their compauies on the day of parade pre- | vious to regimental formation. Evidentiy the Seventh will come out in grana array and keep up their prestige, Colonel Porter, of the Twenty-second, has also issued an order warning the men under bis com: in full dvess uniform at their street, at least two hours before the time prescribed in the general order armory, in | ara | \ carriage feaches the | the | of the weather, A ship) pump is exhibited that with the motion of the ship, and we water more etfeciually when the is rolling, While pulping 7 blows a fog-horn and ventilates, ‘Tne process of potterv twenlely interesting, a3 very few persons have least idea how their cups and platters are made, The machinery Of the first sieain propeller is on exhibition, au object of interest to machinists, aad atall gramite shaft, of Malne granite, proves by its beautiful polish what is ctaimed for theequaiity with the celebrated Aberdeen granite. THE COUBINATION PR ‘the combination press is an invention which at- tracts much attention, It 18 so constructed that li a sheet is wrongly feed by ve ng curied or faulty, tor it cannot be wrongly fed by the pressman, it 13 forown of In blank, doubled up, but not soiled with ink, If not fed arail the revolyig cylinder docs not touch the form, thongh it does not ¢ revolving, while the fy remains — station: ary. ‘Ihe Impressions ave always _ periect, and by the use of double ink fountains the work may be instantly changed whenever de- Pages entirely black, and oihers of delicate line a3 & spider's web, ay be printed in one form, wiile the black will be perfect and each hair line compete aid without blenish, Tt is rapid in its € does not wear away the type, and is uniform in its work, ‘This and the zie press WIL be & tho 28th for the benefit of This, the fortieth exhibition of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE CLOSES on the 4th of November, It 1s to be hoped by all who are interested in national progress in th ful and beawifal that the noble edilce propose be built by the Lustitute for its use will soon change trom an idea to a reality, and that the liveral con- coption Will hot dwarf In the process of taking | form. Souls must have bodies, and tho work ot the American Institute can never be adequate to the couutry’s needs (ll this prospective home is estao~ ution, certain im every movement, it PROSPECT PARK FAR GROUNDS. The featnre show and the trotting—lacteal founts, happy wives, proud busbands, condensed imilk, There waa te nsnal attendance, although the day snot so fine as on Thursday, The wind view vi ebm and blastering, and made the track both dusty and bleak, As, however, tt was the last day of the fair and was to be the oecaston of unusual attractions, the rush of visitors was not diminished by the state The baples were exhibited In the club house, and drew the good-natured attentions of a large number of gentlemen, wio, ‘to prove thelr inteyes usally — umaisted upon taking — the hit ar’ in their own arma—a p) edling not always attended by the most felicitous results, the babies ejacniating in most instances Without that discrimimatioa pos- sessed by older folk, While clapping thetr chubby nands, “Dad, dad, dad! much to the discomfture of ihe gentlemen, ‘bhe great event of the day was of course the trotting, Neliher of the trots were tl to-day, When we will give their fail details, The first heat of the first race waa won by Charley Green; the second and third heats were won by Lottery, and the tourth by Dreadnangit. fu the Which will be, published in the morning papers, This regiment will appear in its full strength, and Will parade with their band in the new uniform pro- virled for them by the regiment, After the splendid discipline and attitude of this regiment on the 12 of duly and the great credit it has reflected upon the Notional Guard since its organizaion, General Sualer could do no other than honor it with tne second place in the spectal escort provided for the Russian Duke. Colonel Austin, of the Forty-geventh of Brooklyn, orders all recruiis to immediately fully equip them | selves in dress uniform aud white cross beits, The parade tn honor of the Grand Duke Alexis is to be in that untform. Each infantry regiment which has been ordered to take part in the ae is doing its utmost to outdo its fellows with reference to dress, from which it is to be inferred the affair will be grand and im- sing. iin CARRIAGES HAVE BREN PROVIDED for the Duke, nis suite and (he whole of the mem. perso’ the Recepyon Yopmiitfos, wity Whe Iadjos second trot Beppo won two heats, ani W. H. Alien won two also, leaving the race much mi the result in doubt, A great crowd wil pre be present to witness the finsle, HORSE NOTES. ‘The Fleetwood Park Assoctation have atraugements for @ second fail trotting 1 unree days, he first day being the 2ith inst, the second the 26th and the third the 28th. ‘They will give six purses, two of which will be trotted for each day, The purses are very liberal and well arranged, and no doubt the number of eniries for each race will be large, as nearly ail the trotung horses in this section of the country will be througit their engagements, and this wil he about the jasi chance of the year for them to earn theit wintor's keep. Lhe pureye Wa) gigas gl tae )8bike of the fair yesterday were tie baby | "4 ao | yal, 13 only a civil appolutwe of the Freedman’s Bu compieted, but at the fourth heat were postponed | | sor on the report, but that tnere ts really au excess od and | re- | his career as a man m every way titted for the posi- i ' 1g from 16th of April—that is, on the Isth of June— | So tcere is continual confusion between the pro- i already, or stated that these gentlemen were not to , 187], Unthat day each government 13 to deliver | ws of the controversy avising out of the cap. | | tures made by Confederate cruisers, the Alabama H 3 ES cinae 5 ability to serve them wel, The extra ener iemarenttrnmenet ann ordinary luck which General Bailoeh has had in aecumulauing a handéome fortne since he came to Washington a poor man only five years ago, 18 accounted for by General Howard by the fact that his late disbursing officer kept a boarding house and has been remarkably economical. As General Balloch has now @ fine residence in the vicinity of Howard University, ts the owner of a number of valuable building sites, drives a spanking team and returns $22,009 personal Property, independent, of course, of the jarge j amount of government bonds exempt from taxa. tion which he ig reputed to possess, the co sion is inevitable that he 18 @ model boarding-house | Keeper, Decrease of 4merican Tonnage. 1 | The tonnage statistics of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1471, do not show @ marked in- crease over the tonnage of vessels engaged in that trade the previous year, In the tonnage of vessels engaged in the cod and mackerel fisheries there ia aslight failing off as cempared witn the previous year, while the vessels engaged in the whale fish- ' ery were reduced during the past fiscal year from 299 to 249, @ falling off of over six thousana five | hundred tons, New Bedford whalers are now num- | bered by the score where they were formerly by hundreds, Board of Stenmbeat Supervisors. The Board of Supervising Inspectors of steam boata had a very lively seasion to-day, Mr. Low, of New York, going so far as to assert that he would not enforce the law of Congress tn regard to iife- saving apparatus for,steamboats. It 18 unrierstood that Secretary Boutwell has instracted the Board that they must make full provision for the complete enforcement of the law, and the expected adjourn- ment may not take place a3 soon as was anticipated, Payment of Intersat on the New Bounds. The secon’ quarterly interest on the bond of the new Joan falls due on the 1st of November. Holders of registered bonds of this Joan will receive their checks promptly, as iney will be mailed at the close of this month. There are now 1,209 holders of bonds of this class, and the new method of paying interest, commenced on the ist of August last, has proved entirely satisfactory to all concerned, Not a com- Plaint has been made of delay in sending the checks | or of loss or mnisecarriage by mail, The Peaceably Apaches of Arizonn. It appears that the pretiction already printed in the HeRALO--that Vincent Colyer would not reach ‘ the region of railroads and telographs belore the cunning Apaches, whom he reported as ‘honest, ! peaceable, willing to receive presents and to be sup- ported by the government,” woald be committing depredations—i3 quickly verifiet, The Southern California pape: velved to-day state that since he ) estabiished the yeservation at Camp Grant several murders bave beea commiutied, one United States mail captured and whoily destroyed and a herd of stolen, ail within five miles of the capltat of rritory, by Indians who escaped in the direc: the | thon of the reservauion, and who, there is lttie ' doubt, started from it on their raid, v Kebcliion In Uruguay. Despatches from tue American fleet at Montevideo ' have been received. Commander Badger represents | the state of politica! affairs still unsettled, The outside parity of Blancos appeared to be gaining irength Colored Couv in South Caroline. | str of arbitration may, if they desire farther elucidation with regard to any point, require an oral or written arguinent thereoa from the counsel of the two gov- ermments—that is to say, each government will have to make, probably, four arguments before te tival decision of the arbitrators. Finally, the d cision of the tribunal must, if possible, he rendered within three months of the close of the argument on both sides, If, asis not improbable, the fonrth argument should be called for, itis not likely that it Angust; but during the wiole period of these argu- ments the arbitrators will have been reflecting oa the subject, and it 1s likely thoy will be ready to decide very soon after the final arguments shail have been heard —say in August or | September. 1 | wil! be heard at an earlier time than in July or 'The aypotntment of Baron Ttaguba created some surprise in Brazil, where there was gr among the leading statesmen to secu the place, ‘vhe three persons most prominently named for it were Viscompte Itaboraby, Senator Torres siomen and Baron Rto Grande, It is supposed that ve- ! cause of the strong desire manifested for the ap- pointmeat the Emperor was at last mdnced to ap. polut Paron Ltaguba, as much because he was not identified with parties at home as for other reasons, Baron Itaguba has not been in Brazil since 1334, but he is spoken of by all Brazilians who have watched tion to which he has been nanv Giovernment Relief for Wisconsin Suitere The Se ‘ary of War has again responded to appeal for aid from the suflerers by the great fire: in the West. To-day he direcrea the Quartermaster General to Immediately issue and send to Governor Fairchild, at Madison, Wis,, 100 wagons, 100 sets of harness, 1,000 army overcoats and 100,000 pairs of pantaloons, The Secretary of the Treasury has also | given orders to the commanders of the revenue cue | ters on te lakes tu proceed to such poinis as may { be indicated by the authorities to carry supplics for distribution to the needy. Not a Defuleation=Only a Slight Irregulariiy | wih Governwent Funds. A few days atter the arrest of Major Hodge, the defauiing Paymaster, the Secretary of Wa recied thht there should be an tmmediate inv tion into the accounts of Atsyursing officers con. nected with the War Department. It will be re- membered that several years ago Congressman Fer- nando Wood offered a resdlailon inquiring into the accounts of the Freedmen’s Bureau, which onty in the whitewashing of the adaira of that Bue rean, It appears, however, that the recent invests gation of the accounts of the disbursing oficer of the Freeamen’s Bureau, Geveral G. W. Ballown, auivition | An account of the proceedings of the Colored Cone } vention at Columbu ., Shows that the following ' States are represented— Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, | Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippl, South | Carona, Tennessex, Texas, North Carclina and ‘ pistrict of Columbia, Committees were appointed on the following subjects:—Kducation and labor, ad- dress to American peopie, printing, finance, civil ) rights, emigration, avd outrages im the South, Vens.oa Statistics eldicrs Ealisted in Several Ware of the United States. j The following facts tn relation to the pension | System have been compiled from data prepared for | the report of the Conmatssiouer of Pensions:— The aggregate annual ameant of pensions of widows abd dependent relatives upon the roll June 30, 1871, was less than on the goth of June, 1870. This was owlug to the lessening of invividgal pensions by minors reaching the age of sixteca years, ‘There were 67,623 Revolutionary s0l- diers pensioned for services, 11,308, Bul- a of the Mexican war, snd 103,791 soldiers | of the war of the revellion pens.oned as myalids, | Its thought that the annual expenditures for pens sions for other than the latter class have peariy reached their maximum, ani that during the next | ten years they wil gradually and materially dee crease, | The following is a correct statement, compiled j with great care in the Pension Oflice, of the total | number of soldiers serving in the wars, &c., whi | the nation hasengaged in since 1775. It will appear ! in the forthcoming report of the Commissioner of thes Pensions: — Soldiers of the war of the Revolution , roiders of the war of 13. vert 27,807 Soldiers of the Seiainole war of 1817... 5,018 Soldiers of the Black Hawk war of 1832,. 5,032 Soldiers of the Florida war of 1536 to 184: 29,953 poulers of the Creek disturbance of 1835... 12,453 Soldiers of the Southwestern disturbances Of 1936... sc esessecsccesecescesessrerense 2,803 Soldters of ihe Cherokee country disturb- ances of 1836,.... sisoscesesescece 8,086 Soldiers of the New York fronuer distury- ances... sees 1,838 Soldiers of the Canadian rebellion. 1,124 Soldiers of the Mexican war of 1345, 33,230 Suidievs of the war of he Rebellion ot 2,638,523 Effects of the Chicago Fire. Revenue stamps to the amount of $66,000 damaged im the Chicago fire have been received at the futernal Revenue Ofice, and will be returned to the Bureaw H of Printing aml Engraving for exchange, chi CAGO, Favorable Condition of the Banks—A Work of Art Saved—Keception of New York Cene tribution Rebuilding Commenced—strike of the Bricklayers—Live Murderers in Custody. CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 187L. | Despatches received here from New York state | thata rumor is in circulation there that ail the Chie cago banks are suspended. Nothing could be far- howed, according to the report of the Sub-Lrea- sury in New York, where the funds were kept, thas he was a deiauiter to the amonnt of $250,009, So short atime had elapsed between the report of Pay master General Brice of the suecossfal sqnancer- ing of nearly half a million py Paymaster Hodg and the report of Assistant Inspector General | Sehriver of a deficit in the avcounts of General | i Ralloch, that the Seeretary of War was more than demoralized. He ordered the instant arrest of General Bavloch, who, though | generally Known and recognized hy the ttle of gene- eau, and directed that he should be brought to the | War Department, In tus he was justliled, so far | 4 the law is concerne 8 all the employés of the | Freedman’s Bi a are made subject, by act of ‘oogress, to the rules and regulations of the army, ng the arrest of General Balloch came the \ "8 Bareau, General 0, 0. F head of the Freedmen Howard, who protested Chat his disbursing ofiicer | q had been wrongfally charged with embezzlement, | “Explaln to me,” said Secretary Belknap, “how it | is that your disbursing oflcer shoald huye nearty | halfa million dollars to bis credit and only shows | $260,000 mn the New York Sub-Treasury * Tue re ply of General Howard Wad as astonishing as it was original, “Why, Mr. Secre the amount un counted for has been invested In United Staios bonds, drawing interest at the rate of six per cont; and if General Schriver will accompany me to tus ' safe Deposit Company I will show him that not only is the government secured to the jast doliar caliet | ofthe amount due the government to tts credit,’ General Sentiver did examme the accounts and depostis and found wat every cent required by the government was on hand. At Itregalarity, how- ever, which the War Department couid not 6; ,, was the violation of the act of Congress of Jnue 14, 1863, Which forvida any disbursing oMcer of the | government to wilikiraw government fands trom | designated depositaries or sub-treasurles and invest them im any way whatever, It was plain, | even though the government bad profited by | the speculation of General Balloch, he had viowated an act oof =Congress, and, siricuy ' speaking, should have been — tried under tne act for converting government fands to private use. The War Department dealt lente ntty with him, dismissing him from iis employ and turned him over to the unbounded confideuce of lis copireres ‘of the Board of Publio Works ot tho Disurics of Co- Jumbia, Who months ago recognized bis pecu- | ther from the truth, The banks are not only doing | bneiness as usual, but, as before stated, they are | nearly all receiving large aimounts on deposit, Both the private and national institutions are paying de- positors in fui, Theve has been no run upen any } of the banks, nor any diminution in the feettog of confidence exiibited tu them from the hour of res sumption of bus! Among the works of art savea from the Crosby Opera House, was Colonel Bachelder’a original picture of “Phe Last Hours of Lincolo,’* pauted by Alonzo Chappel. This work waa cut from its frame and brought off as the Qames were enveloping {he building, and was the last picture saved irom tie Opera House gaitery, It has been taken to Boston and will be exhibited (/or tue firss tume in the Last) for the bevel of (ae Chicago suf+ ferers. ‘The fire-proof vault in che 7 dune bu opened yesterday for the first time si fhe entire contents, laciuding @ ilmeu box of matches, were found intact. The 7ritwve company to-day ordered thor arch. tect to commence uilding tie edidea, The front wall will be taken Gown and rebuilt with Miwaakoe brick, ‘The other walig and nearly al! the foors are firoi and secure, Contribntions from New York for tue relief of Chicago ainount to 10,000, of which 445),000 was ia Supplies ant (he rematader la money, ‘The work of aring away the ruins and rebuild ing proves an important oreans of relief io me- chanics and laborers, who filad plenty of employ- ment at good wages, ue average wages for labor+ ers in the ruias are $1 75 per day; for teams, $4 50; for carpenters, #5 to $5 59; bricklayers, $3 Co $3 26. Members of the Chicago Bricklayers’ Union de manded tereased wares, and many of the members strack, the contractors refusiag to yield to strikers, | as there are a large paiwher of bricklayers here from other places Willig dud anxious to Work at present wages. ‘The price of bricks bas risen from $6 60 to $12 and $15, but the supply seems tO be Abundant, and prices will recede. & ‘ ‘the statement whieh has been made, that all pri- soners in the jail under the Court House, includiag five murderers, Were allowed to escape when the Court House was burned, proves tucorrect, At the approach of tho flames fifty of the worst characters in jati were placed in charge of the police for re- moval to the West Madison street police station, Wuring tie transfor (huriy-six Of the prisoners @3- caped. The five murderers are still in custody, ~ ‘fae ‘augregate value of the churches destroyed ts $51,000, teamer Corona, belongti to 3 recently wrecked, and y Jost, 13 untrue; the vessel 1s NOW ), 000, he report that Hoodrieh’s Hine, Vv Jorty-live lives were art here, stne Canal Lion bill, for the reilef of Chicego, was signca to day by the Covernote