The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1872, Page 3

————————— ry NEW YORK, HERALD, MONDAY, MAY ‘6, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. « feeling and FTER THE FIGHT paarerwe / ‘ iy! their objec- ee Baal Gree- |. ‘Grant? Gineinnatl Convention Minois Demotrats Thundering | %,.°C,Corwara the best mpm that is surely o> Over Defeated Hi The and above Seancuter in Aneteas ba Jom, er a Opes. ae ae eeira ie baat tao bom a aloper weer ta ts had, and then no other resource re! 8 fol but POLLY OF THEIR DELJsGATION. / They Will Have a Separate Nomina- tion---Hendricks or Groesbeck. The Modern Demosthenes Behind the Curtain. HOSTILITY OF THE GERMANS. CHwado, May 6,°1872. ‘There is abou equal quantity of profanity and /ievity/ mere, r the result of the Cincinnati Comventioh, Net more than ‘half of the forty-two devegates; from Minos will vote for the ticket. Senator and a few other democrats ori with wry faces, but'the large majority of d@emocr, repmdiate it, and declare they will not ‘wote for two of the most radical abolitionists in the Yepubgican party, and demand a democratic nom- “4natiobn. They are already canvassing for a candi- * das who will be more conciliatory, and » der to nominate a ticket for which the liberal republicans can vote, such ag Adams ard Doolittle, or Davis and Cox, in case Greeley withdraws in favor of Grant, as they be- lieve he will. The more aggressive democrats de- mand a straight nomination, such as Hendricks or Groesbeck, There is no disguising the fact that the regular republicans are perfectly satisfied with the Cincinnati nominations and platform, and do not believe Grant will lose five States, whether the ticket is withdrawn or not, WHE ILLINOIS DELEGATION DENOUNCED. ‘The nomination of Greeley and Brown is charged by the ‘liberals upon the folly of the Illinois dele- gates, who are furiously denounced in conseqnence, ‘There ‘ts no doubt that either Davis or Trumbull could ‘have been nominated if Illinois had been united, Cassius M. Clay, for Kentucky; Warmoth, for Louisiana, and ‘Julian, for Indiana, besought Swett and White to heal the Illinois division, and promised ‘to vote their States solidly for either in such case. HostiNties had gone too far; both sidew -were angry and vociferously declared they ‘would divide to the end. After the withdrawal of Brown Missouri would have rebuked his treachery by voting solidly for Trumbull or Davis if Mlinois had been united. Davis, in Washington, has checked for $75,000'to cover the expense of the canvass, Neticss than fifteen hundred men went to Cincin- Rati at nis expense from this State. AW INSIDE VIEW—SCHURZ’S PERSUASIVE ELOQUENCE. ‘Phe Post correspondent here makes the following exposé of the manner in which Schurz tried to ounteract Brown's influence with the Missouri dele- gation before the second ballot was taken. Brown tsa cousin of Frank Blair, and both are jealous of ‘We attainments and prominence of Carl Schurz. ‘The feeling is cordially reciprocated. At this junc’ ture, and: before the second ballot was taken, Car Sehurz vacated the chair and called George W, Julian to occupy it. He followed the Missouri dele- gation ‘into a side room, and a vigilant reporter fofiowed Schurz, He addressed the delegation at some length and with great earnestness, in opposi- tion to the transfer of their vote toGrecley. He told them that Greeley was a thoroughly impracticable man; that the Germans would mever vote for him, because of the tempe- rence principles which he had made £0 e@onspicuously ogfous; that, though he was a warm personal friend of Greeley’s, and though he re- gpected him highly and esteemed him, he knew that Greeley had personal eccentricities and idio- syncracies which would make his nomination ter- ribly lndicrous and absurd. He besought the dele- gation'to cast their votes for some statesman who would not only win their votes, but who would dis- charge in an able manner the duties of President if elected. ‘The Missourians then went back to their places and cast twenty out of their thirty votes for Adams ‘and Davis amid loud cheers. ‘GERMAN HOSTILITY TO THE NOMINATIONS. “Mr. Schurz’s estimate of the hostility of the Ger- mans seems to be confirmed, at least by the senti- ment of the Chicago Germans. Governor Koerner, ofsthis State, chairman of delegation, like Judges Hoadicy and Mathews, of Ohio, repudiates the ticket, and declares that it isincomprehensible how convention of so many distinguished men could prove such a failure. Ali the signs in this city indi- cate that the democrata will repudiate the ticket, | amd that it has demoralized and scattered the re- pablican instrgents. THE CHICAGO PRESS. ‘The Pimes sneers at the ticket and ridicules all | thenght of the democrats supporting it. The 7rib- | ‘une ofthis morning reviews it favorably at length, butrthe article is noticeabie for not saying a word faverable to either of the candidates. It merely denounces Grant’s administration and proclaims the certainty of Greeley’s election. It adds:—“The only hope that the present administration has of defeating him is in the democratic party; that that party.will.nominate a candidate is improbable and irratéonal, as it will not aecomplish the purpose. Though: there be a democratic candidate, the whoie | country .of) democrats and republicans will under stand the game, and they will know that the the comparatively better. The Democratic National Convention. Baurimons, Md., Bay 5,-1872. ‘The Gazette this morning urges the Democratic National Convention to select Baltfmore as the place of mecting for the next National Convention, and says in such an event a buildiag of such mag- mitude as proper for the occasion will be erected sand appropriately decorated. Congressman Voorhees’ Despatch—-The Democrats Wilk Meet in Convention and Nominate ity Candidates, TERRE Havre, Ind., May 4, 1872. The following telegram has been received here :— Wasuinaton, D, C., May 4, 1872. EDITOR OF THE TERRE HAUTE JOURNAL:>— ‘The democracy will meet as usual in National Con- vention, and through its authorized delegates nomi- nate its candidates and declare its policy. Until then no man has the i cd to commit the party as to its futare action. its organization and prin- ciples should be maintained at all hazards. D. W. VOORHEES, The Mberal movement has no perceptible strength here, both partues repudiating it wih almost entire unanimity. The Press of South Carolina Endorse the Platform and Ticket. CHARLESTON, May 5, 1872, The conservative press of South Carolina heartily endorse the Cincinnati ticket and platform as emi- nently acceptable to the South. MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL NOTES. esis mS " First ANAGRAM (copyrighted),—Read in different ways we find the initials of the liberal nominees to produce the same results, thus:— HH. G.—(Horace Greeley.) G, B.—(Gratz Brown.) Now, take the initials to the left, up and down, and you have again H.G. (Horace Greeley), and then take initials to the right and you have again G. B. (Gratz Brown). The fates are at work. The next Presidential election will be held for the first time under the new basis formed from the census of 1870. The total number of electors is 320. Necessary to a choice, 161. The Cincinnati Bnguirer (democratic) thinks there can be no doubt that if the Cincinnati Convention make a judicious nomt- nation, endorsed as it will be by the Democratic Convention, it will carry the following States :— New Hampshire. New York... Pennsylvania. Maryland... West Virginia. - 10 Georgia... 4 12 i“ 6 6 8 Total... ” on +268 This will give to Grant sixty-seven electoral votes, Majority for the Cincinnati nominee, 186, The Baltimore Sun thinks that Illinois seems to be ina fair way of succeeding to the position for- merly held by Virginia, of being the mother of Presi- dents. In 1860 beth the leading candidates, Lin- coln and Dougias, were citizens of that State. In 1864 Lincoln was re-elected, while his adversary, MeClellan, had resided for a considerable period in Illinois, In 1868 Grant, a citizen of Illinois, was elected. In 1872 Grant is the prospective nominee ef the Philadelphia Convention, while three citi- zens of Nlinois—Davis, Trumbull and Palmer—were prominent candidates for the nomination of the Cincinnati Convention. . ‘The Utica Observer (democratic) remarks that the Pemocratic State Convention, which meets in Réchester on the 15th of this month, may fore- shadow the course of the Democratic National Observer, that decision will be accepted. other course shall be deemed wise the democracy will gird up its loins for the.great fight. dudge Silas L. Bryan, of Marion county, is an- nounced as acandidate for Congress in the Six- teenth Illinois district. The following republican papers in Pennsylvania are named among those that repudiate Hartranft :— The Press and the Inquirer, of Philadelphia; the Gazette, Chronicle and Dispatch, of Pittsburg; the Enterprise, the Express and the Jnquirer, of Lan- caster; the Comet, of Pittston; the Republican, of Scranton; the Citizen, of Honesdale; the Tioga Agitator; the Mechaneshy Journal, and the Chester Republican, The Richmond Enquirer says the Cincinnati Con- vention has presented the strongest tickct that could have been selected. The Detroit Free Press (democratic) thinks it is not forthe democratic party to interfere with this playful little ¢meute in the radical ranks, The Hartford Times (democratic) says that “showid the Democratic National Convention name Hendricks and Hoffman, or either of them, with Cox, or even Curtin, or some ticket of high talent ; and commanding influence, it would rally many of the conservative voters who long for peace and a return to constitutional government; while Greeley would still take off a slice of republicans in every State. The exigency of the times demands thought- ful consultation and deliberate action. A brighter day has dawned. Grantcan be defeated and cen- tralization overturned by the friends of free gov- ernment, After the laugh is over, let the people reflect.” SONSECRATION OF A BISHOP. Rev. E. P. Wadhams Consecrated Bishop of Ogdensburg by Archbishop Mc- Closkey. ALBANY, N. Y., May 5, 1872. NEXT PRESIDENT MUST BE.GRANT OR GREELEY. Rey. E. P. Wadhams, for the past twenty-two Council. Ifit shall be decided to make common cause with the republicans who have declared in favor of decentralizing the government, adds the If any {From the New Haven Courier, May 4.) ‘The New York HERALD Das 9 right to fee) proud of the success of its expedition for the rescue of Dr. Livimgstone. Many papers have felt disposed to dowbt the genuineness of the attempt, and to attri- bute the letters of Stanley to home manufacturers, bot the return of the expedition to Zanzibar, after at was lost sight of for months, with Livingstone himself in its train, proves the reality of the effort and the energy and success with which it has been prosecuted, It is another lesson to John Bullof the capabilities of American pluck and enterprise. At the time of the English expedition to Abyssinia the British government and all the London newspapers were indebted to the HERALD for the first authentic intelligence of the battte and the triumph of British arms. And now an English savant, who has been for years lost to the world, and whose safety had long been talked of with the view to taking steps for his release, has been restored to his friends and a sympathizing world by a private expedition fitted out in far-off America. [From the Hartford Courant, May 4.) Dr. Livingstone has been so often discovered since he lost himself in the interior of Africa that it isditMcuit to enlist public faith in a new report of his safety. Yet the last one has the elements of truth, The steamer Abydos, which went to Zanzibar with the Engliah expedition in search of the great ex- plorer, has arrived at Bombay from Zanzibar with the news that Livingstone is safe with the Ameri- can, Mr. Stanley, who was sent out a year ago by the New YorRK HERALD. The Doctor and his rescuer were yet in the interior, but the report is so direct that the strongest hopes are justified of its truth. The expedition which was organized at the sole expense of the Hk&RALD, under Mr. Stanley, who had before had experience in African explorations, is as creditable to the enterprise of American jour- nalism as it is to humanity. 1t contrasts somewhat with the English lethargy in the matter, and is one of the most conspicuous private benefi- cent undertakings of the age. ‘The Engjish, who had naturally the strongest interest inWhe rel ie of Dr. Livingstone, have let year after year of un- certainly pass without an effort, except of talk, until last fall, when a somewhat cumbrous expedt- tion was got under way. It has been left to an American to show the Europeans that the only way to do a thing is togo'and do it. The HERALD has been a little laughed at for what was called the Quixotism of its expedition. But the result justi- fies its sagacity, and covers the press with so much honor that no ope will now hesitate to congratulate it most sincerely upon its splendid achievement. [From the Salem (Mass.) Observer; May 4.) Telegraphic advices from Bombay state that Dr. Livingstone, who has been lost in Africa for the last six years, has been heard from at Zanzibar, in charge of Mr. Stanley, the commander of the Ameri- can expedition of search, It is an extraordinary fact that this expedition was sent out by the New York HERALD at its own expense, and as an in- stance of journalistic enterprise it is withouta paralicl. It has completely eclipsed the English expedition sent under government auspices. How great the expense has been to the HeraLp may be inferred when we state that Mr. Stanley has drawn 7,000 through a Salem house alone, besides what he may have done elsewhere. {From the Lynchburg (Va.) Republican, May 4.] Under flaming capitals the New York HERALD, through a special despatch from Bombay, announces the safety of Dr. Livingstone, the great African ex- plorer, whose fate for years has been a question of anxious interest.. More than six years ago he went forth to penetrate the unknown wilds of Africa, and since 1866 not one word of an official character has been heard from him until the present account of the safety of Livingstone, which has reached Bom- bay, and was instantly transmitted by cable to London. Coming as it does through the officers of the Abydos, it may be accepted as the most likely to be authentic of any that has yet been received. It the great traveller should escape the dangers by which he has been beset, and which perhaps even now obstruct his journey to the coast, his greeting will be a cordial one, and the heart of more than one nation will respond sympathetically to the plaudits that will welcome his return, {From the Boston Transcript, May 4.] Says the Salem Observer, the vast cost of the Livingstone may be estimated from the fact that one Salem house in the Zanzibar trade has paid drafts to the amount of $7,000, Why not send Stan- ley next in search of the North Pole or of an open passage out of our Alabama troubles ? [From the Cohoes (N. Y.) Cataract, May 4.) Thursday's New YORK HERALD published a special despatch from London, which states that Living- stone, the African explorer, is safe with Stanley, the chief of the HERALD’Ss corps of search, at Zan- wbar. 1 credit American enterprise with a brilliant triumph. {From the Worcester Spy, May 3.) that Dr. Livingstone is safe, and that he has reached Zanzibar. This news has been telegraphed from Bombay, with the additional statement that it was carried from Zanzibar to Bombay by the “English Search Expedition” which left England February 25. The circumstantial evidence indicates that ‘this report is true. The rescue of Dr. Living- stone from his difficulties is attributed to the New YORK HERALD’s correspondent, Mr. Stanley. The Bombay despatch says:—‘The great traveller is safe with the American, Stanley.” It is not in the highest degree creditable to the English that they neglected effective search for Dr. Living- stone until he was found, relieved and brought back to the coast by American enterprise. sympathy has been dull and their movement slow, and finally they organized an expedition which ‘vent to Zanzibar and found tts work already done by another. * * * Mr. Stanley left Baga- moyo, on the eastern coast of Africa, April 1, 1871, with supplies anda sufficient retinue, intending to Everywote-given for Hancock will bea vote for ycarsa priest.in Albany diocese, was consecrated | find Dr. Livingstone, and expecting to find him at Grant, and there is no demecrat so obtuse as not to know this fackénd vote accordingly. There is not | @ demoonatic leader who does not know that in no , event will a democrat be elacted. The republicans will effectually , prevent that, so that in whatever , condition of affairs the choice is Greoley or Grant, | ; provided the latter is not set aside at Philadelphia. Gowerner Palmer's Estimate. SPRINGFIEL®, Ill., May 5, 1872, | ‘The Springfield State Register, in a hwading edi- | torial, heartily endorses the platform and nomi- neces of the Cincinnati Conventien. Governor Pal- pan ct nh ren and Brown will receive. 75,000 re- Ppupilcan votes ih Mlinots. ‘A ratification meeting by the liberal republicans andgemocrats will be held here to-morrow evening. (Will the Democratic Con vention Endorse the Cincinnati Ticket? Sr. Louis, May 5, 1872. ‘The. fmes says % will support the Greeley and: Brown .ticket cheerfully by laboring for an en- dorsement of their capdiklacy by the democratic National Convention, believing they can be ond expresses the belief that not the Demecratic party endorse the ticket. rough their Nation: Gonvention withant dissent or diviaion, ‘but that it will require new and unexpected strength and finally be rati- fled ty the largest popular and electoral vece given to any candidete since 1852. | The Missourt Germ: Emdorse the Cin- ¢innati Ticket. ‘St. Louis, Mo., May 5, 1872. The Weatliche Post, the organ.of Senator Schurz: @nnounces to-day its support of the Greeley and | iBrown ticket in the following words :— After the anxious surprise that was felt here with | regard to the Cincinvati Convention, it is by no means surprising that the result is not-entirely sat- isfactory to many raons, it is true that Gregley isknown throught the lamd as an hone and — well-meanin; man, and Germans must, especially appreciate the really noble position which his Tritune assumed In contrast with all the other English papers during the French and German war, but these very same Germans ennnot help, after all, being alienated to some extent by some of his notions, which, | avenne, during which Kelaher struck Brady, must be admitted to be not altogether liberal, and | knockell him down and then stated him in the thing the question whether a more popu- | thigh, He was arrested by Captain Cameron, of ay head might not have been given to | the Kightecnth precinet police, and will be brought the | available spot the round trip. Mahon, Thomas Kelaher and Jarnes Brady got into an altercation at Twenty-second street and Second Bishop of Ogdensburg at the Roman Catholic Cathe- | dral to-day ly the Most Reverend Archbishop Mc- Closkey, of New York, assisted by the Right Rever- | , end Bishop J.J. Conery and several other bishops from various sections of the country and a number of deacons and sub-deacons. Every in the Cathedral for sitting and standing room was occupied by a con- gregation embracing citizens of all denominations ,of faith, The ceremonies lasted four hours, during which the Rey. Clarence Walworth, pastor of Sf. Mary’s church, delivered an eloquent and ap- propriate ser from the text, L Timothy, chapter vi., verse 20: a, Ro Keep that which is rust." je music, by a very large orchestra, in addition to 4 numerous selested choir, was the most elabo- rate and effective ever listened to on a similar eccasion in this city. The new Bishop was, a few days Le made the recipient from his friends of an emerald cnoss, With chain, Btied for use as areliquary; a Massive crosier, exquisitely wrought, and a mitre; a which were breught into service on the ouca: jon. spneatee pam ees be Reaneiral as it was » passed off to the satisfaction of b participators and the spectators. ee ARMY REUNIONS AT CLEVELAND. New York, May 5, 1872. General Hooker, President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac; General A. E. Burnside, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and stef; General H. A. Barnum, Com- mander of the Department of New York Grand Army of the Republic, and stad; General A. 8. Wil- | yoy liams, of Detroit, and other prominent members of both organizations, leave i@morrew morping for Cleveland, to attend the annual meeting of these societies. The Society of the Army of the Potomac meets on | Tuesday and the National Encampment of the | Grand ‘Army of the Republic meets on Wednesday, The Erie Railway Compeny have placed a special car @t the dispo: of the distinguished party for At three o'clock yesterday afternoon Philip Me- ring, encireled with diamonds; a peetoral | Ujijl. As he proceeded he heard reports of the lost explorer, some of them indicating that ne had visited the Manyema region and discovered the | great lake which he believed to be there. Where Stanley found him is not told. | given, but ifthe report sent from Bombay is true we shall soon have the whole story. FRANZ ABT. | The Great German Composer at the Liederkranz Concert and His Reception by the Sacngerbund. to takea drive through Central Park and call upon some of his German friends. In the evening he at- tended the concert of the Liederkrauz Society, given at the club house, in Fourth street. Here he was formally introduced to the society by the | President, Mr. Louis Kammerer, and was received | with all the honors, the members singing the well- known student's song, “Ecce quam Bonam.” The | concert was one of rare interest, the saloists being Mesers. S. B. and W. F. Mills, E. Boehm, Fred Steins and J. Brandeis and 4 large chorus and orchestra, consisting of the principal members of the Society | The programme Was as followe:—“Symphonie Milt’ | tare, Mo. 11," Haydn, orchestra; “Am Traunsee,” | Thierrat, baritone solo, with ladies, chorus and string; Etude, for bass-clarinette, Chopin, Herr Boehm; Ninety-first Psalm, eighth part, chorus, with organ, Meyerbeer; grand “Duo Rondo,” Chopin, 3, B. Mills and W. F. Mille; “Friedrich Rothbart,” ypfer, male chorus and orchestra; Ouverture to “Jessonda,”’ Spohr, orchestra, After the concert Herr Abt was the recipient of a grand festi- val at the Germania Assembly Rooms, in which twenty-two societies of the New York Seeng- erbund took part, They several of Abt’s pop- ular quartets «nd lieder, and welcomed the re) sentative song writer of Ge in tee most pitabie manner. The proceedings at the Germania eae. noone J en oe of the mature sf a 7 ree’ @ reguiar Programme, rr Abt starts for Washington this morning, amd on hie return here will be xerenaded and feted with all the a that Germag enthusiasm is capable of be- si ra FIRE IN GREENWICH STREET. At halfpast four o'clock yesterday afternoon a reform = wevement which certainly origi } belore Judge Soost this morning, New York HERALD enterprise in seeking out Dr. | If this is true the world will Tejoice, and | A despatch from London, dated May 2, states | Their | No particulars are | | Herr Franz Abt left the Belvidere House yesterday | THE WASHINGTON TREATY. The Arbitration Question Brought Up in the House of Lords—More About Those ‘In- direct Claims’—General Schenck’s Letter to Barl Granville. Lonpon, April 23, 1872. Last night the vexed Alabama claims subject was brought up again in the House of Lords by the Duke of Richmond, who gave notice that he would this day ask the Foreign Secretary whether the government was prepared to give an as- surance that further proceedings in the arbitration at Geneva would be suspended un- Jess the claims which were termed “the indirect claims” were abandoned or withdrawn by the gov- ernment of the United States. The noble duke added that he did not intend to raise any discussion on the subject. . Lord ORANMORE moved for copies of any corre- spondence which had taken place between Her Ma- jesty’s government and the government of the States, or with the Minister of the United States in this country, relative to the presentation of the counter case by Her Majesty's government to the Arbitration Tribunal at Geneva, or, if no correspond- ence had taken place on this subject, for a minute of the conversations on this head referred to, by Her Majesty’s Bearosagy. of State for Foreign Af- fairs in his speech in this House on Friday, the 12th inst. ‘The noble lord complained that the corre- spondence wasgo confused that it was one of those things which no fellow could be expected to under- stand; that Her Majesty’s government had shown an amount of vacillation about the presentation of their counter case that had degraded the country, and that its humiliation was complete when the noble lord confessed that he had not been able to take a step without the leave of the American gov- ernment. Earl GRANVILLE—The noble lord who has made this motion states that he is very much in the post- tion of “Lord Dundreary;” but | will give very shortly my answer to the’ specific charges which he has made against me. One of them is that the va- cillation of Her Majesty’s government has been dt grading to the country, and that its final humilia- tion was reached when we avowed that we had not ventured to take any step without first obtaining the permission of the government of the United States. With regard to General Schenck’s actual letters, allow me in the first place to say that I should not have the slightest personal objection to produce them if it were necessary to do 80, and I should think that General Schenck would, on his part, also consent; but there is an obvious inconvenience, unless there is a necessity for doing s0, in producing letters of a private character. Those of General Schenck, I may state, were in the first instance marked “private,” though it is true that he subsequently gave me permission to divest them of their confidential character. As to the vacillation we are said to have shown, it is perfectly true that Her Majesty's government did not finally decide whether they would present their counter case till the 9th of this month. But that delay did not arise from any vacil- lation. We could not till the last moment tell what would be the circumstances under which we should find ourselves at the time when our decision must be taken. The circumstances might have been such as to render it dificult, if not impossible, to present @ counter case at all. Circumstances, on tie other hand, might have rendered it totally unnecessary to Bro aay, the presentation of our counter case with any declaration on our part. As it happened, circumstances at the last moment were such as to justify the course which has been taken, namely, that of presenting our counter case, accompanied with the declaration of which all your lordships have knowledge. And here I may just mention that there is a technical error in the statement made by Mr. Fish to General Schenck, because we are not bound by the treaty to present a counter case. Even if there had been no inisunderstanding atall it would have been perfectly open to either government or to both, if they thought it udent, not to present a counter case all, It appears obvious to me, however, that unless the presentation of a counter case would have affected the position which we were maintaining it was an eminently desirable thing to do, Ifthe arbitration was to continue, it would have been madness, after having presented our statement of facts, not to lay before the arbi- trators the arguments by which our case was to be supported. If the arbitration was not to go on I must gay I think it would have been a great advantage with regard to the formation of a sound opinion both in Europe, and still more in the United | States, that an authoritative document of which we were not ashamed should be laid before the public. (Cheers.) The whole difficulty was merely whether | the presentation of our counter case would affect the position we were maintaining. The noble lord says it was perfectly humiliating to the country that we should have asked permission of America before we took any step. I must say I disagree with the noble lord. There might have been an in- convenience, but I do not see how there could have been the slightest humiliation, even if I had said to General Schenck that I should like to know whether his government would consider it objectionable for us to present our counter case accompanied by a declaration. On the con- trary, | say that that would have been a prudent thing for us to do; but, in point of fact, I asked no such question, and our whole action has not been in the least dependent upon the permis- sion of the United States. In a conversation, which we both agreed should be confidential, General Schenck spontaneously stated to me his opinion that we could present a counter case without prej- udice to our position, and that he believed his gov- ernment would accede to the same view. The only uestion I ever asked of him was whether I might ivest that communication of its confidential character. So far from that question being a hu- miliation I think that as a gentleman and a man of honor I should have been unworthy of the position T hold as the representative of this country if! had not asked permission before I made use of a conti- dential communication. (Cheers.) 1 have seen Gen- | eral Schenck since the publication of my report of what took place, and he has not made the slightest objection to its accuracy. As to the reservation | of the rights of the American government, which were put in by Mr. Bancroft Davis at Geneva, I can- not of course give any Sante Tain bound to | take it asit stands—namely, that Mr. Bancroft Davis, not having received instructions from his govern- ment as to our declaration, thought it necessary to reserve the American rights, as we had reserved the rights of England, in the matter. It is perfectly idle, therefore, to talk about any degradation or humiliation of the country arising from the steps we have taken. (Cheers.) In answer to the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Granville added that he had on Thursday or Friday asked General Schenck if he would object to have the American counter case laid before Parl ment. The General said he should prefer tele- graphing to. his own government before giving an answer, and he had not yet replied to the question. The motion was not pressed. Opinions of the English Press on the British Ministry and the American Claims. 4 The London Témes of the 22d ult. says:—“A week | has elapsed since the presentation of the counter cases and the interchange of protests by Lord | Tenterden and Mr. Bancroft Davis at Geneva, and it is worth inquiring how far that week has affected the prospects of the Treaty of Washington. We be- lieve it has left the treaty precisely where it was. ‘The intervening days have been thick with rumors, , and the hopeful persons who always believe in the best have been several times certain that the gov- ernment of the United States have resolved on the withdrawal of the indirect claims. Those who take a gloomy pleasure in anticipating the worst have | been equally well assured that the treaty must at once lapse. The moral to be deduced froin the con- tradictory rumors and guesses which have dis- turbed s0 many people during the last week seems to us very simple. We cannot tell whether the arbitration at Geneva will proceed as originally pre osed or will come to an abrupt termination. ts fate depends upon the Cabinet at Washington, and their conduct probably depends upon the es- timate which may be formed at the White House of the comparative effect which might be produced on the i i bd es rect claims or by an abandonment of the Treaty.” The London Standard says:—‘‘Not only have Her | Majesty’s government 80 managed the treaty that the United States are able to put in ali their moustrons pretensions, but they have so drawn the counter case that they have virtually admit the competence of the tribunal to decide upon th The only excuse that the government can make for their first error is that they dealt with the United States in fatth and expected to be met in the same spirit; that they limited the arbitration to the claims generaily known as the Alabama claims, and that Americans and Englishmen alike knew that this did not include the Sumter and Nashville, the complaints about blockade runners from Liverpool and transhipments at Nassau. European opinion has pronounced upon this point; it holds Lord Granville somewhat simple, and Mr. Fish very much too smart, and we forbear to press either criticism too far. For the second error—that of pleading to the irrelevant charges—we can see no excuse. But we wait to hear the discussion of the 29th and learn what Ministers have to say. In the meantime the counter case makes it abundantly clear what ought to be the course of England. It establishes beyond doubt that we never ought to have gone into this arbitration; that in the general scope of their caso the Americans have overreached us, but that in the indirect claims 4 have overreached theinseives ; and that we should rejoice to avail ourselves of the opportunity they have given us to cscape with honor from the trap into which we had fallen.” The Morning Post says ‘it has been stated open! in the United States that the discussion on the ad- missibility of the indirect claims has resolved itself virtually Into a question of whether Genera: Grant shall cease to be President or Mr. Gladstone to be Premer. And ii must be confessed that apprar- ances are very much in favor of this conclusion. fire broke out at 529 Green wick street that cansed & damage of £1,000, Taere can be no doubt in this country, at least, that MMs. Gladatone desires to remain 'at thn heart of ular mind in America by a withdrawal of | affairs he must insist the indirect claima as to proceeding with the arbitration. And on the other side ofthe Atlantic it ia no Jess apparent that it is idle for General Grant to rely on ti pport of the pacaih of the electors if he gives way ona ich point whichis, whether rightly or wrougly, supposed to involve the national honor, Meanwhile, how- ever, we must hope against hope, and, trusting for better things, await with such patience as we can the arrival of the lengthy despatch which doubtless embodies the decision of the government of the United States.” VICTORIA AND NAPOLEON. en Victoria to Napoleon at Chiscthurst. {From the London Standard, April 22.) On Saturday afternoon Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince Leopold and the Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Waterpark and Lord Alfred Paget, proceeded to Chiselhurst, to pay a visit to their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress Napoleon. The royal party left the Windsor station at ten minutes to three o’clock, and were warmly re- ceived by alarge number of people assembled at the different stations en route, arriving at Chisel- hurst a few minutes before four o'clock. For some hours previous to the arrival of Her Majesty the station at Chiselhurst was besieged by a large con- course of visitors anxious to catch a glimpse of the Queen, but so perfect were the arrange- ments made by Mr. Lord, the energetic station master, and the police force in attendance that Her Majesty and the royal party were enabicd to alight from the train and proceed to the carriages in waiting without the least incon- venience, Outside the station and all along the roadway up to Camden House, and up the hill-sides: which line the best portion of that picturesqye thoroughfare, were, to use a common but express. ive term, black with people. It was not a pleasant day at Chiselhurst. The hill upon which Camden House stands was eon innanaly swept by a bitterly cold wind, and it seemed as if It carried with it all the dust of the surrounding counties, After a short time everybody became white with dust and blue with cold; and to mend matters the sun shone pro- vokingly bright; so that between the dust and the sun one’s eyes became perfectly useless, Still people stood for hours along each side of the roadway, and had the satisfaction ofseeing the royal party as many as three times, Her Majesty, the Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold occupied an open carriage,drawn by four gray horses, preceded by outriders, and fol- lowed by another carriage, containing the ladies and the equerry in waiting, The royal party was re- ceived at Camden House by the Marquise de la Grange, Mme. Le Breton, Mile. de Laiminat, the Duc de Bassano, the Marquis de la Grange, the Comte Davillier, the Comte Clary, the Marquise de Bassano, and the Baron Corvisart. ‘The Emperor and Empress looked well. he interview lasted | close upon half an hour. Conversation was carried on in both English and French, The Emperor and the Empress personally saw her Majesty to her car- riage, and doubtless felt gratified by a visit which was all the more courteous and flattering owing to the fact that it was considerately paid on the Em- peror’s iectaey: After the visit Her Malosiy: proceeded with Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice to Frognal, the resi- dence of Viscount and Vicountess Sydney, with whom the Queen took tea, and then drove back to Chiselhurst Station, accompanied by Lord and Lad; Erdney. who had the honor of kissing hands wit! Her Majesty before leaving the platform, The Queen quit Ohiselhurst at twenty-six minutes ey five o’clock, being somewhat hater than was at lirst arranged, and, travelling via London Bridge and Waterloo, arrived at Windsor at twenty min- utes past six o'clock P.M. Her Majesty drove im- Ua to the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales left Chiswick at eighteen min- utes past four o'clock P. M. on Saturday, by South- western train, and arrived at Windsor at twenty minutes past five o'clock, proceeding to Windsor Castle. The Princes, who were dressed in Scotch suits, seemed in excellent health. They will stay with Her Lapel during the absence of the Prince and Princess of Wales on the Continent. Her Majesty is expected to come to London to- morrow, and stay at Buckingham Palace till Thurs- day, returning on that day to Windsor. YACHTING NOTES. The Lynn (Mass.) Yacht Club Regatta is an- nounced to take place on June 17, when, it is thought, what is known as the third course—viz., from Bass Point, Nahant, toa buoy off Winthrop bar, thence to a bell boat off the ‘Graves’ and re- turn—will be adopted, because of low tide at mid- day. The “Green Bay Yacht Club,” in the town of that name (Wisconsin), was formally organized recently. It was the first step of a long-needed movement to A Handsome Young Wife Hacked to Pieces While Sleeping. soceetaacauatae een ANOTHER BALTIMORE TRAGEDY. Mrs. Wilkinson Charged with Conduct Unbecoming a Wife. pS all cei THE MURDERER GOADED TO MADNESS, a He Procures a Butcher's Cleaver and Morribly Mangles Her Head and Hands, THE CORONER’S VERDICT. The Act Partially Justified by the Woman’s Alleged Guilt. Bavrimone, May 5, 1872. Love, Jealousy and revenge have added another to the long list of tragedies which have disfigured, the recora of justice and blurred the face of society in this community, In the silent hours of last night acrime was committed in the eastern section of | this city, which, for ghastliness and brutality, standal almost alone, A young married woman aged about! twenty-three, of handsome and commanding ap* pearance and most engaging manners, was LITERALLY HACKED TO P in the bed where she sought rest and protection by; her husband's side, With no eye save that of his Maker to see him John W. B. Wilkinson, a respecta- ble man, residing at No. 08 McKlderry street, in- flicted at least twenty horriole wounds upon his wife’s head and person with a butcher's cleaver, almost any one of which would have pro- duced instant death, and then fled from the house. No time was allowed for prepara- tion; not a moment for remonstrance. The poor, unfortunate creature was sent to her last account before she could utter one cry to stay the hand of | the assassin. Her mother and her little daughter, * who slept in the next room, were not even aroused by the sounds of strife, and not until this morn- ing did they discover the frightful crime that had been committed so near and the trreparable loss which had overtaken them. DISCOVERY OF HORRIBLE TRUTH, Atan early hour Mrs. Clark, the mother of Emma Laura Wilkinson, surprised at her daughter's tardi- ness in coming down stairs, visited her room, which was on the second story, front, and only separated, from her own by a narrow passage. There a sight was presented well calculated to curdle the blood in her veins, Her daughter, Mrs. Wilkinson, lay on: her back in bed, with two frightful gashes on the! left side of her face and head, several on the oppo- site side, her throat cut from ear to ear, and her hand hacked to ribbons. The bed was saturated with! her blood, and the cleaver found under the sheets covered with blood and feathers. KISSING THE MANGLED FACE. Mrs. Clark is very near-sighted and at first sup- posed her daughter asicep and kissed her, bat was soon dreadfully undeceived by the discovery of blood and all the other indications of the tragedy. The HERALD’s writer visited the scene of the homl- cide this morning and gleaned the following yar. tieulars :— THE DOMESTIC RECORD. Jonn B. Wilkinson, the murderer, a wood-turner, introduce sailing and steam yachts there. The oM- cers elect are:—Commodore, John C. Neville; Vice Commodore, L. J, Day; Secretary, Oliver Libbey ; Treasurer, Louis Van Dycke; Measurer, Louis F, Beard; Executive Committee, James H. Elmore, W. R. Bourne and M. Reschil. The Eastern Yacht Club, at a recent meeting at Boston, Mass., made several changes in their by- laws and ratiing regulations, the latter now allow- ing any yacht disabled during a race to recover her deposit money; also all yachts must carry fore and aft sails and no square sails, Sehooners and sloops every eighty superficial feet or fractional part thereof. No yacht under twenty tons will be obliged to carry a boat. All over twenty and under fifty tons will sory a boat twelve feet long. No taking in water or ballast or trimming by dead weight will be allowed on the day of the race. No more than the usual anchors and chains shall be carried, and the same shall not be moved for the ‘he last year’s rules in regard to allowance are held in Unt beau for the present season, and in their stead the allowance of one minute for every foot of Jength on the water line for the race—of the usual length, forty miles—has been adopted, The yacht on the stocks at P. McGiehan's yard, Pamrapo, N. J., is being built for Captain Beiling, the owner of the Kaiser William I. It is sixty-one feet on the water line, seventy fect over all, twenty feet beam, and about seventy tons, carpenter's measurement. Mr. Thomas Nye, Jr., of New Bedford, has pur- chased from Edward E. Tower, of Boston, the sloop yacht North Star. She is the largest yacht ever owned in the former harbor, Mr. John M. Forbes, of Boston, has sold Captain E. J. Soule, of New Bedford, the sloop yacht Bonita. The annual meeting of the aay onne Yacht Club will be held at their rooms on Wednesday evening year will be elected and arrangements made for the annual regatta, Captain James L. Cathcart, of Washington, D. C., has recently obtained letters patent for an im- provement In self-detaching hooks, which is highly thought of by those who have examined it, as con- stituting a simple and effective device for detaching boats from vessels or releasing any object froma block hook or any hook in the act of lowering. Foreign. The committee of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, being desirous of offering for a prize at their forth- coming regatta a piece of plate, superior to that usually given for yachting competition, recently subscribed the sum of 600 guineas for that purpose, and a committee, composed of the Marquis of Exe- ter, Mr. R, Sutton and Mr. Theiluson, was ap- pointed to carry their wishes into effect. An in- vitation was forthwith issued to the leading Lon- don silversmiths to tgnder designs for the same, which were submitted at a meeting held last week, the choice ultimately falling on one by Signor R. Monti, well known as the sculptor of the celebrated “Veiled Vestal” aud “The Sleep of Sor- row and the Dream of Joy. ing the mythological deities of tne sea and t those of the earth. The task of production has been entrusted to competent hands, [From Bell's Life in London, April 13.) On Monday, the 8th inst., Mr. J. Ashbury’s new craft was launched by Ratsey, of Cowes. It was quite an unceremonious Dusitiess, the christening and other formal customs being in this instance dispensed with. After launching the Ioua was berthed up the harbor, and is being 80 rapidly pro- ceeded with that she will probably be under way next week. The following are her dimensions, from which it will be observed that she comes over the stereotyped sixty:—Length between perpendi- culars, 69 feet 6 Inches; breadth (extreme), 14 feet 6% inches; draught of water—aft, 10 feet 11 inches; forward, 7 feet 2 inches; tonnage, Thames measure- Ment, 62 tons. She isa vessel of greater displace- ment than the Vanguard, ful water line. The Vanguard’s weak point is her certain Mr, Ashbury’s new craft will not be found wanting; in light winds, however, the Vanguard should be able to “tow her.” A new schooner of sixty-five tons was launched on ae the 9th inst., at Gosport, by Mr. D. Robinson, for Mr. Ash Snooke, R.A.Y She isa very handsome vessel, and has wonderful accom- modation for her tonnage; her main cabin being 13 feet long: owner's berth, & fee’ 6 inches; after cabin, 9 feet 4 inc! in addition to which she has two si coping caling, &c. The head room fore and aft is 6 fect dinches, Although built for accommo- dation and comfort the important item of speed has not becw neglected. Mr. Ash Snooke Is, we hear, extremely pleased with his yacht, and on the | occasion of the faunch complimented the builder on the very able manner in which he had performed his contract. The schooner was christened the Esperance by Mias C. A., daughter of the Rev. Ver- non Blake, and was most successfully launched. ‘On Wednesday, the loth inst., Messrs. Hatcher & | Co, launched from their building yard at South- aimpton a new forty-ton cutter, named the Norman, She has Deen bailt for Major oe owner of the Gwendolin, R.T.Y.C., and ts intended for racing. | The Norman haa shipped her mast, and will in a few | days be under way. i will be allowed the same number of men in propor- | tion to their measurement—namely, one man to | pee of trimming the vessel during the race. | next, 8th inst., when the oficers for the ensuing | ‘The design chosen is | that of a pair of massive tankards, one Le a pernie | he other | and shows a more power- | cowardice in @ breeze; but in this respect we are | by trade, and a fine-looking man, married Emma Laura Clark, the victim, and the daughter of the late Benjamin J. Clark, @ very well known and highly esteemed citizen’ of East*Baltimore, five years ago last February. The deceased was a remarkably handsome and en-, gaging lady, and very much admired. About @ year, ago last December the wife murderer was taken! | sick with the dropsy, from which sickness he has! never entirely recovered, and which led to a dis- ease of the eyes that has very seriously impaired his sight. He was enabled, however, to distinguish objects readily with one eye, and was by no means totally blind, as has been alleged by many to-day. NATURALLY OF A JEALOUS DISPOSITION, his sickness had tne effect of increasing this frailty. until it developed into a morbid passion, Wilkin- son was possessed of some means, which he had | made over to his wife since ‘his sickness, and ap- | pears to have remitted to her the entire control of | his affairs. Among his other property was a horse and wagon he kept for huckstering pur- | poses, The wagon was driven by a man named | Griswold, a rather goodlooking fellow, who had been employed by Wilkinson since his sickness, an@ who shared in the profits of the business. HER INTIMACY WITH GRISWOLD. Griswold, from the nature of his business, was compelled to visit the house of Wilkinson etd or An intimacy grew up between the former and Wil- kinson’s wife which was of a nature to attract the attention of persons living in the neighborhood, There was no evidence, however, before the Cor- oner’s jury to show that the intimacy had been of an improper charact and the members of the family all agreed that they had never known Mrs. Wilkinson to ve her husband any cause for jealousy or distrust. Wilkinson, ce | his sickness, had become very moody and de- | spondent, and on several occasions had threatened ns wife, and endeavored to extort a promise from | her not to marry again in case of his death, which she invariably refused to give. Beyond this, as far. as the family could observe, the relations of the, parties were perfectly amicable, | THE MURDBRER'S PRECAUTIONS, , Wilkinson on Saturday hight told his mother-in- law, Mrs. Clark, that Ne had been very thirsty the: | night before, and that if he went down to get m. | drink of water during the night she must not be | alarmed, About eleven o'clock, after the house: | closed he went down stairs, a8 Mrs. Clark bn | posed, to get some water, but probably to obtain’ the cleaver, which had formerly belonged to her husband, and which was in @ small cupboard’ on the first door, She heard no_ noise: or disturbance afterwards, and the supposition is that he waited until the inmates were wrapped in | profound slumber and his wife was sleeping peace- ally by his side, and then with 7 THK DEVILISH MALIGNITY AND CRAFTINESS | which appears to characterize all murderers, whictt | result from a diseased imagination, inficted ray ghastly wounds through which passed awa: | that “young life he had sworn to cherish, | and protect, His first blow . must have} been fatal, from the fact that tuere was no outcry, though the hands of his victim were’ | thrown up to ward off the instrament of death, as | is evident from the number of wounds upon them: | HIS ARRRST AND CONFESSION. He ran from the room and betook himself.to the | house of his mother, on Gay street, where he wad arrested this morning by UfMicer Barto: He had already told his family that ie killed his wife and had taken poison himself, He told the officer he had | killed his wife, and When asked how he did it told | him to find out. His statement of his having taken | poison isto some extent corroborated, as @ cup containing a sediment of arsenic was found on tho mantel in the dining-room at his house, and ha vomited freely during the night. He was perfect well to-day, however, and smoked his pipe with th | utmost nonchalance. Griswold was arrested on | suspicion of the murder, but was released this after: noon, there being no evidence to connect him with, the ctime, and the prisoner's own statement re- | him from ali suspicion. | ae CORONER'S INQUEST AND VERDICT. , A Coroner's jury was empanelled this morning, and the case thoroughly investigated. Nothi | was developed beyond what I have already stated, but the verdict of the jury Is probably the most re~ markable ever rendered. The man’s own famil; | testified to his sanity, and there was no evidence to show that there had been any improper intimac; between Griswold or any other person and Mr: Wilkinson, to give rise to such ideas in the disease imagination of the murderer, and yet they came to the foliowing conclusion :— “That Emma Laura Wilkinson came to her deat! by blows with @ cleaver, inflicted by the hand of ber husband, John Wilkinson, superinduced p: = , caused by the intimacy between his wife, uma L. Wilkinson, and William Griswold, thereb; causing @ partial derangement in the mind of d Wilkinson when the fatal deed was perpetrated.” > THIS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY i has caused @ profound sensation in the eastern’ section of the city, and crowds have thronged the house and sidewalks during the day, A most mel- ancholy feature of the affair is, that the danghter ofthe murdered woman, a beautiful littie child about three years old, was sleeping within a few yards of her mother at the time the atrocious criine wag committed, ——