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fhimself. It is no longer possible, therefore, to tresist the conviction that a fresh revolution is @t hand. Would that we could say that, with ® change of dynasty or with the establishment iof the rephblic, Spain would see the end of her les. The internal condition of Spain is ‘as pitiful as can be. If possible, the foreign trelations of Spain are worse; and what adds |to the gravity of the situation is the fact that she seems determined to alienate from her the wympathy of the one Power which, in the pros- that lies before her, would be likely to ‘render her any service. If our news of this jmove proves to be strictly correct Spain is doing her best to bring herself into actual con- flict with the United States. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. United States Senator William M. Stewart, of ‘Nevada, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Commodore Mullany, of the United States Navy, jhas a berth at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Bishop Wilmer, of New Orleans, sojourneth at ithe New York Hotel. Congressman Frank Morey, of Louisiana, has arrived, with his carpet-bag, at the Fifth Avenue (Hotel. Professor Samuel Longfellow, of Cambridge, ‘Mass., is on a short stay at the Astor House. ' Captain Hamilton Perry, of the steamship Re- public, turns in at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Judge McRae, of California, is stopping at the New /York Hotel. , Major J. E. Beach, of Louisville, Ky., is among ‘the late arrivals at the Grand Central Hotels General H.W. Carpentier, of San Francisco, has pitched his tent at the Sturtevant House. M. de Westenberg, the Minister from the Hague, 4s at the Albemarle Hotel. James Russell Lowell, the poet, will soon start for Europe, to remain two years, George B. McCartee, Superintendent of the Print- ing Bureau of the Treasury Department at Wash- ington, makes the Fifth Avenue Hotel his present ptamping ground. {| Speaker James G. Blaine, who was not nominated t Philadelphia in place of Grant, yesterday arrived it the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor B. Bradbury and J. ©. Madigan, of e, and Professor R. E. Rogers, of Philadelphia, jare at the Astor House. Judge A. McLearn, of North Carolina, is acquiring Iknowledge at the Grand Central Hotel. John Derringer recently died in Indiana at ‘ne age of one hundred and seven years—an An- \cient Pistol who ‘went off” at last. Secretary ih yesterday left this city to attend ithe meeting of the Trustees.of the Peabody Edu- \ecational Fund, in Boston, to-day. This isa “blind,” junder cover of which he will hear Gilmore’s mighty jpanjandrum. General William Callow, of Pennsylvania, is at }the Hoffman House, not, it is to be hoped, acallow general. - Admiral Polo de Barnabé, the Spanish Minister, esterday returned from Boston to the Clarendon lotel. He would rather go ona six years’ cruise ‘than to hear that noise again. President Grant arrived from Long Branch at the Wirth Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon. He was, ‘ofcourse, accompanied by Generals Babcock and ter, The party made a short stay here and then started for Boston, where Ulysses will meet the frustees of the Peabody Educational Fund to-day. To-morrow he will accomplish the real object of his ‘iste, namely, to hear the big drum. What a handy ‘excuse that Peabody Fund is! George Peabody,was Present at the Jubilee of 1869. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT, LonG BRANou, N. J., June 24, 1872. , President Grant and wife and General Porter left Wor New York this morning. The President leaves this evening for Boston to attend the meeting of ‘the trustees of the Peabody Institute Fund to-mor- ow and the Jubilee on Wednesday. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA. RALEIGH, Jpne 24, 1872, AGreensboro’ special to the Daily News says:— “A fire broke out in that place last night at two ‘o'clock in Porter’s drug store, burning the Court House, Caldwell’s bank, the Southern Hotel, Men. den Hall and Staple’s law office and other buildings. Loss $50,000 or more, the only insurance being $5,500 on Porter's drug store. The Court House ‘was the finest in the State, and was worth about thirty thousand dollars. The records of the Courts ‘were saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. A NEW YORK BANK SWINDLER. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 24, 1872, Last Saturday a middle-aged man, presenting a good business appearance and giving tne name of Joseph Phelps, presented himself at the First Na- tional Bank of this city, purporting to be from Evans, Wharton & Co., of New York city. He repre Bented that he was here to made some investments and desired to make some deposits which could draw interest. Upon learning that the bank paid no interest on deposits he Pagtenten @ check on the Fulton National Bank, of New York, apparently drawn by Evans, Wharton & Co., for $5,000, Upon this he desired to draw a few hundred doilars, which the cashier declined to advance, whereupon the man departed and has not since been heard from. The New York firm was at once informed of what thad occurred and replicd that they knew nothing of check, letter or man. The man’s deportment and appearance were well calculated to deceive, A SQUATTERS’ FIGHT. One Fractures the Other’s Skull with a Cart Rung. On Sunday afternoon John Perry and Christopher ‘Walsh, squatters on the rocks in Fifty-sixth street, ‘between Sixth and Seventh avenues, got into a dis- pute with each other about some trifling matter. The parties being under the influence of liquor they soon proceeded to a settlement of their quar- Tel by a resort to physical force. During the fight which followed Walsh picked up a cart rung, with which he struck Perry on the head, fracturing his Skull. The injured man was removed to the hospi- ‘tal, where he now lies in such a condition as to make it doubtful ifhe can recover. Justice Bixby, at the Yorkville Police Court, committed Walsh to ‘await the result of his victim's injuries, Late yes- ‘terday afternoon information reached the Coroners’ office that Palins lying in @ very critical condl- tion. Coroner Schirmer will take Perry’s ante-mor- ‘tem statement to-day should he be in a condition Ao make it. THE LATEST INSULT TO OUR PLAG, To Tae Eprror or THE HERALD :— The pride of every American citizen must sink way down into his boots upon perusal of the latest vile insult to the starry emblem of our nationality, published in your great journal and standard of national honor and integrity. I refer to the das- tardly indignity perpetrated upon the flag of the ‘Union by the captain of the Canadian cutter Stella Marie, who continues to ny the Stars and Stripes, union down, beneath the Dominion rag, and laughs ‘to scorn, under advice and pas: appeals of our unsustained Tobresentetives to desist from such an outrage upon the feelings of the peo- ple of the United States. What a fearful spectacle ofadministrative torpidity is here presented! AS & soldier of the Army of the. Potomac. who fought under General Grant, 1 rotest against longer submitting to such gross indignities tb the hands of this “tadpole” of nations—the ominion of Canada. Away with such a Secretary of State as Hamilton Fish! Such fish, instead of being a fertilizing agent to promote the vegetation of Uncle Sam's mighty farm, will surely cause the last blade of that patriotism and honor which has fourished since our forefathers made a clearing to wither and die, By all means let President Grant ut his foot down here. Kick decayed Fish over into the offal trough of public execration, We will then be no longer “accustomed to such insolence,” Let your wholesome advice be carried out. Senda sufficient force to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to _pro- tect our vessels and to check the insolence of up- start commanders. A VETERAN, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JU. THE GREAT ENGLISH STRIKE. Herald Special Report from London. General Lock-Out by the Masters Against the Men Connected with the Building Trades. Twenty Thousand Operatives Idle in the British Metropolis. The Workingmen Resolved and Hopeful and the Masters Firm. History of the Industrial Movement During the Past Twenty Years. Triumph of the Engineers and Caution and Combina- tion of the Masters. What Labor Has Gained and What It Now - Wants. Aristocratic Arbitration Refused by the Artisans. Complaints on Both Sides to a Herald Commissioner. eed Crisis in the History of British Production and the Price Rates of the World. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following despatch to the Herap has been received from our correspondent in the capital of Great Britain: — Lonpon, June 24, 1872. The great strike which has occurred in the London building trade is the result of twenty years’ agitation of the subject of the relative rights and demands—as to wages, hours of work and the binding effect of artisan society rules— of the masters and workingmen. HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT. The movement was commenced in the year 1853. In 1858, in accordance with a demand of the men, the quostion of a reduction in the time of a day’s work from ten hours was con- sidered. A memorial, numerously signed, was presented to the employers, but, after a short struggle, the masters obtained a victory. Mr. George Potter then appeared on the scene and proffered his services as a leader, or, ‘as may be said, the leader, of the working classes. He commenced agitating actively, according to pre-arranged rule, and within tho limit and line of the law. He was successful in the country towns, and, as a result of the general effort, founded the Trade Union organ- ization pretty much on its present existing basis. THE STRIKE OF 1871. Last year, 1871, as the readers of the Hzratp recollect, the engineers all over the country sturck and held a general conference, or indus- trial convention, in Newcastle. Sir William Armstrong's firm was made the special object of attack. The masters fought stubbornly, but the men conquered in the end, and the nine hours a day movement was conceded by the employers to the engineers everywhere in the kingdom. Encouraged, or emboldened, by the tri- umph of the engineers, the carpenters and joiners determined to follow their. example, and adopt their system of operation or active strategic combination. They just lately for- warded an ultimatum, as to rules and wages, to the London masters, and applied the screw of a cessation of productive power by the act of withdrawal from the yards and outside jobs of two large firms, The masters, in reply, threatened a general lock-out if the men did not return to work. The men refused. EMPLOYERS’ PROPOSAL FOR ARBITRATION. After the endurance of a vast amount of in- convenience and very heavy @sh losses, the masters proposed an arbitration of the sub- , jects at issue between themselves and the tradesmen, and nominated the Right Honora- ble the Earl of Derby with the Marquis of Salisbury to represent capital in the Court. The men refused to accept the plan of the masters. A GENERAL LOCK-OUT ENFORCED IN RETALIA- TION. A general lock-out was commenced last week in consequence. Twenty thousand men, all, or the great ma- jority of them, carpenters and joiners, have been thrown out of employment. The masons and bricklayers have been ejected also. HERALD SPECIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE. The Herap reporter has just had a special interview with a master, Mr. Plunkett, a mem- ber of the firm of Messrs. Cubitt, with refer- ence to the more immediate difficulty of the lock-out and the matter of the trades union movement generally. The old gentleman has seen three strikes in the course of his profes- sional career. He employs three thousand men, masons, bricklayers and carpenters. WHAT HE KNOWS BY EXPERIENCE. In reply to my inquiries he said he would not deny that trade strikes tended to raise the existing rate of wages; but he knew that NE 25, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. the result was to throw many hands out of steady employment. He said he thought that the cost of building and labor had advanced fifteen per cent durimg the last twenty years. The men’s demand is for fifty- one hours, instead of fifty-six and a half, inthe week, at wages one shilling more in amount per day. The masters, he says, view the subject simply as a question of supply, and he believes the demand of the men. is not war- ranted in justice under the existing condition of the building trade. ge reckoned and cal- culated pretty confidently on being able to prove this assertion to the arbitrators if the court was appointed. He dislikes a lock-out just as bad as he does the strikes, but is com- pelled, generally, not to objeet. The men’s unions and masters are stilt determined to uphold their resolves. WHAT THE MEN’ SAY. The Heraxp reporter, having bid Mr. Pkin- kett adieu, met three operative masons.’ They were seated in a small public house. They declined t@give their names, as they were afraid of the consequences of communicating to the press. They said that in the year 1853 their wages was five shillings sterling a day; in 1860, six pence a day more; in 186! it was seven pence sterling an hour, and in 1865 eight pence an hour. The reason of the present strike, they added, is the dear rate of living in London, the long way they have to travel to outside jobs, and the cost of conveyance, unless they choose to walk in their own time for work and thus incur a loss. RESOLVED "AND HOPEFUL. There is no fear, said the masons, of men being brought into the city from the country, as the operatives are better off in the rural dis- tricts than are two-thirds of the masons be- longing to the society in town. The men are sanguine of success. Their organizations are financially strong, and helped from the treasuries of the other trades. They demand nine hours a day and nine pence an hour, and have adopted the motto, “No Surrender.” PRESS OPINION. The London Times, editorially, considers that the result of the trade disputes will be an in- credible increase in the price of the products with which England supplies the world, and a yast loss to Great Britain. It will make coal and iron dear, and, as a consequence, England loses her present advantages in her resources for industrial production. GENERAL SHERMAN. Herald Special Report from Geneva. The American Commander at the Seat of the Alabama Claims Arbitration. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Heratp has been received from our -cor- respondent in Geneva: — Geneva, June 24, 1872. General William T. Sherman has arrived in Geneva, from Zurich, and Lieutenant Frederick D. Grant and Miss Nellie Grant are expected here within a day or two. ENGLAND Progress of the Prince of Wales Through the Me- tropolis—Severe Storm and Serious Losses— The United States Naval Flag. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, June 24, 1872. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is at this moment (twelve o'clock noon) passing through London, en route for Bethnal Green, where he is to open the Museum this afternoon. Crowds of per- sons, almost equal to those which assembled to witness the royal thanksgiving procession last Feb- ruary, throng the streets and enthusiastically cheer him as he passes. SEVERE LOSSES BY A SUDDEN STORM. A heavy storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and remarkably vivid lightning, was experienced in London and various other portions of England this afternoon. A cotton mill at Bolton, near Man- chester, was struck by lightning, and some of the operatives were stunned, though none were se- riously injured. The Lord Nelson Tavern, at Dover, was also struck, and, taking fire, was burned. Many of the inmates were injured. THE AMERICAN NAVAL FLAG. Rear Admiral Alden, commanding the American fleet in European waters, paid a visit to the Mayor of Southampton to-day. GERMANY. Emperor William’s Compliment to the Germans in America. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, BERLIN, June 24, 1872. A Mr. Seibert, a resident of New, York, has pre- sented the Emperor William with several tame stags. His Majesty, on accepting the gift, took oc- casion to thank the Germans in America for their patriotism. FRANCE. a The Cabinet Vacancy Not Yet Filled and Official Consolidation of Duty. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, June 24, 1872. No appointment of a successor to M. Larcy in the Ministry of Public Works has yet been made. The Minister of Commerce will act as Mintster of Pub- lic Works also until the vacancy Is filled. THE GOVERNOR'S ISLAND ACOIDENT, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— DeaR Str—In your report of the accident off Governor's Island, by which the boy James Hast- ings was drowned, it is stated that my schooner, S, J. Gurney, ran into the small boat of which the un- fortunate youth was angeccap: As myself and son were sailing the S. J, Gurney at the time, will ‘ou please state in your next edition that the small boat was handied by a very per tne erson, and that instead of our running over them they ran into us, and that I did all that was ossible to avoid the catastrophes BR URNEY, (THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Herald Special Reports from Geneva. American Request for an Immediate Re- assemblage of the Arbitration Court. Important Despatches from Washington to Geneva. THE QUESTION OF INDIRECT DAMAGES President Sclopis’ Summons to the Members. Prompt Obedience and Reopening of the Proceedings To-Day. British Speculation as to the Probable Result and Existing Influencing Causes. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Tho following special despatch to the Heratp has been received from our cor- respondent serving at the seat of the Alabama claims arbitration, in Geneva, Switzerland: — Geneva, June 24, 1872. The contents of important despatches received here since last Saturday mght have induced the American agent acting before the Alabama Claims Arbitration Court to request His Excellency Count Sclopis, President of the Court, to summon a conference of the council, Count Sclopis immediately on re- ception of the application made in behalf of the United States telegraphed to all the mem- bers of the Court to meet in session here at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, on ‘Tuesday, the 25th instant, instead of Wednesday, the 26th, in the afternoon, the period of adjournment first declared. It is not known whether the American claim for indirect damages has been withdrawn. Arrival of the Arbitrators. Geneva, June 24—8 P, M. All the members of the Alabama Claims Arbitration Court have—eight o'clock, even- ing—returned to the city, in obedience to the call of the President, Count Sclopis. BRITISH PRESS REPORTS. Indications of a Brief and Harmonious Session— Government Despatches from Washington and London—American Hope of a Satisfactory Conclusion—Secretary Fish’s Final- ity—English Inferences from the Presidential Canvass. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Loxpon, June 24, 1872. A special despatch from Geneva to the Daily * News of this city denies that there is anything in connection with the Alabama claims arbitra- tion to indicate a prolonged stay of the English and American Commissioners there. Mr. Waite, of the counsel for the American government, has gone to Paris, where his wife ‘is lying ill. Baron d’Itaguba, the Brazilian arbitrator, has left for Frankfort, having been summoned thither by a despatch announcing the death of his daughter in that city. + The Americans are hopeful of a most satis- factory termination of the arbitration. CABINET DESPATCHES, Both sides have received many letters and despatches from their respective governments since the adjournment last Wednesday. Mr. Bancroft Davis, the agent on the part of the United States, got an important telegram from Secretary Fish yesterday, which the Lon- don News correspondent has reason to believe is the final reply of America. BRITISH SPECULATION AS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY. The London News, in commenting upon the present status of the arbitration, says it thinks Horace Greeley’s improving prospects for elec- tion to the Presidency of the United States have spurred President Grant to vigorous ef- forts to save the treaty. SHERMAN’S MARCH. General Sherman, of the United States Army, who is now at Zurich, is expected in Geneva. GENERAL SHERMAN IN THE ANCIENT CITY. General William T. Sherman has arrived in Geneva and Lieutenant Frederick D. Grant and Miss Nellie Grant are expected within a day or two, THE QUESTION IN WASHINGTON. Chances of a Satisfactory Ruling at Geneva—The Dead Supplemental—Secretary Fish and the Treaty Correspondence—A Letter from Bancroft Davis—Spurious American Opinion—Cablemen’s Patriotism. WASHINGTON, D, C., June 24, 1872, The State Department yesterday telegraphed to Bancroft Davis, our agent at Geneva, a carefully prepared statement of the object of the United States in presenting the indirect claims to the tribunal and the reasons for not asking a money award, and why they should not be taken as an element of consideration in the gross award to be determined under the seventh article of the treaty, or brought forward under the tenth article in case the tribunal should make reference of the claims to the Board of Assessors, as they are empowered to do by that article. This statement is IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE FORM, and our agent ts instructed to press it, acceptance 7 and consideration on the triunal, that a decision EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS CLASS OF CLAIMS may be arrived at and the matter disposed of Mr, Davis telegraphed to-day that he believed that a majority of the Board would accept the view taken by our government, and the question would be dis- posed of in a manner entirely satisfactory to us, Contrary to reports from Geneva, it is ascertained from an ofictai source that no negotiations are in progress for a new supplemental treaty. Such a course is considered unnecessary, in consequence of the alleged decision ruling out of the tribunal the claims for indirect damages. During a recent con- versation with President Grant he said that every- thing which has been done by Secretary Fish rela- tive to the Treaty of Washington was with his ull concurrence, and therefore the responsibility of the diplomatic action did not entirely rest upon that oifcer—in other words, they were in accord upon the subject. The following letter belongs to the correspond- ence published this morning, and is expressive of the views of the agent of the United States at Geneva:— MR. BANCROFT DAVIS! LETTER, Paris, May 22, 1872, Str—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No, 28 of the 8th inst. I shall not be aston- ished if the present efforts at settlement [In Wash- ington are not successful. If they succeed and are cepted in London our way at Geneva will be Plain. If they fail a practical question will be pre- sented for solution, namely—whether we are to be at Geneva on the 15th of June, ready to proceed, whatever notice England may have given to the Tribunal. I find that there is some ditference of opinion on that point, My own judgment is decided that the interests of the United States, as well as GOOD FAITH TOWARDS THE NEURAL POWERS, who have appointed arbitrators at our re- quest, require us to be there. If the question were between the United States and Great Britain only, it would be a matter of little consequence, because whatever the Court might do could not an- ticipate that England would pay heed to it, and we should run the risk of an award which England might set up against us, without the chance of an award which England would listen to our setting up against her, But Great Britain is not alone with ‘us in the arbitration, and it seems to me that we owe it to the neutral Powers to let them see that we do not admit the right of either of the litigants to retire from the arbitration without first consult- ing the other Powers whom we have for this pur- pose and to this extent made parties to the treaty. In face of the neutral Powers ENGLAND CANNOT RETIRE from the arbitration, and if she attempts to retire on the 15th of June a correspondence with the neutral Powers must ensue unless we stay away; also 1 propose to act on this theory unless I receive from the government instructions by telegraph or otherwise to the contrary. But, as 1 have already said, there is a difference of opinion as to the policy of doing as I propose to do, and I therefore think it right to say what has been said on this subject. The Joint High Commission grew out of a previous correspondence between the Secretary of State and the British Minister at Washington, That corre- spondence made provision, among other things, for the submission to that body of the differences be- tween the governments growing out of the acts of the cruisers, generally Known as tne Alabama claims, At the first conference of the Joint Commissioners, in which the Alabama claims were discussed, the Secretary of State, in a written paper, DEFINED THE CLAIMS which were referred to in the correspondence. The British Minister listened to this definition without objection or cavil, Long negotiations en- sued, which resulted in the submission of these claims nearly in the language of the correspond- ence and without any limitations. This statement, 80 made by the Secretary of State and assented to by the British Minister, was incorporated verbatim into the case, as the only authentic statement which had been passed upon by the framers of the treaty. Independently, therefore, of the over- whelming PROOF OF THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF GREAT BRITAIN of these national claims and of her acquiescence in them as presented, by delaying for several weeks to take any objection to them, and hold it to be clear on the record of the Joint High Commission alone that it would have been a cause for grave censure if these claims had not been presented as they were. It was not thought necessary, either on the part of Great Britain or of the United States, to discuss the law of damages in the opening cases, The author of the American case, however, suff- ciently indicated his personal opinions in the lan- guage in which the third and fifth classes of claims were presented. In the former the tribunal was asked to estimate the injuries which the United States had suffered, In the latter it was stated that the United States COULD NOT ESTIMATE THEIR INJURIES, and that it would perhaps be impossible for any one to do 80, and the tribunal was asked to deter- mine whether Great Britain ought not in equity to make compensation to the United States. Whether well or ill founded it was, in my judg- ment, ciearly the duty of the President under the treaty to present these claims, leaving it to the tribunal to decide what they were worth, Some of the leading journals in America were CONTROLLED BY BRITISH WRITERS, whose articles in favor of England were quoted as evidences of American opinion, although American rights and Interests were of little account with persons of such hermaphrodite nationalities, LEADING PROPRIETORS IN THE CABLE between England and America hurried to Washing- ton to save thelr property from the depreciation whicl¥ would follow a rupture between the two countries, however remote and improbable, All there sayings were repeated in London and Havre, and served to consolidate opinion in England and to iead the public to think that tnere is a division in America, Thave the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, J. 0. B. DAVIS, To Hon. HAMILTON FisH, Secretary of State. DREADFUL STORY OF A DIAMOND RING. As already stated, among the victims of the re- cent railroad smash-up at Metuchen, N. J., was a Danish couple named Potassen, but two months married, Mr. Potassen being the son of a Danish nobleman. They were on their bridal tour, and were en route to San Francisco, where Potassen’s brother is Danish Consul. When the terrible crash came all was darkness and confusion for a few mo- ments; but the gentleman soon recovered con- sciousness, and his first thought was of his bride. An immediate search was made for the lady, who was at last found beneath a heap of débria, senseless and covered with blooa, Upon raising her up her husband was horrified to find that one of her arms had been completely torn off. The un- fortunate lady was removed to shelter and the hus- band began the sickening task of seeking his wife’s missing arm. He proclaimed that upon one of the fingers was the diamond page ring, @ jewel worth many hundred dollars, and instantly a gen- eral search was begun. Among the prowlers about the wreck was a train hand, who was observed to secret something under his coat and walk away. He was soon overhauled, and on perceiving that he had been detected he threw down his burden, which proved to be the lost arm. It was picked up by the nobleman, who removed the ring and ‘caused the arm to be taken care of. The lady was brought to St. Barnabas’ Hospital in Newark, where she now lies in a fair way of recovery. KIOKED TO DEATH BY A HORSE, James Dougherty, of No. 15 Centre street, a truck- man by occupation, put up his horse last night at No. 204 Madison street, and when grooming him was kicked by the animal in the forehead and received a wound from the effects of which he died in two hours, TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS, The cabinet makers’ strike in Philadelphia having ended, the men returned to work yesterday morning at their former rates and hours. General B. R. Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the, In- terior; John W. Delano and Colonel J. W. Whane, Com- missioners appointed by Secretary Di to visit the Ine dians of Dakota, arrived in Chicago yesterday moran Evidence is becoming stronger daily that a strike is imminent among the Mimerent’ trades organizations in Butlalo, President of the International. Society, with. several representatives of the strikers in New York and Jersey City, are there. Stave Sap ¢ drigaling rain all day there n imeeknin eitlers, arte tani Sasonic procession in Buf- falo, N. ¥., yesterday afternoon, to the si the new iid chunty building, where the corner stone was to Tad.” Fo entire proce tire salty Ws, under the command 6 i Howard, Grand Marshal, and the Seven’ Pr ough which it moved were crowded with spec- ators PROBABLE OVERT ACT. OF WAR.. Spanish War Vessels Ordered to Destroy the American Steamers Virginius and Edgar Stewart. THE VIRGINIUS HUNTED DOWN. Wasninoton, June 24, 1872, Positive information has reached me from an umt~ doubtedly reliable source that the Spanish war ves- sels have strict orders to seize and sink the Ameri, can steamers Virginius and Edgar Stewart wherever they may be found outside of neutrai ports. Thus, if the Virginius were to leave Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, where she has taken temporary refuge, she would be pounced upon and destroyed at once by the Spanish war steamers Arapide# and Pizarro, which are lymg in wait for her at that port. The instructions of the Spanish naval commanders, it is sald, admit of a wide construction, and the Vir- ginius is Hable to capture as soon as out of the reach of the guns of the Venezuelan fort. The commanders of the Spanish war vessels are only so far limited in their instructions as to avoid armed conflict with neutral Powers, Letter of the Captain of the Virginius The Chase by Spanish War Vessels— The Virginius Leaky and Bound to Leave Puerto Cabello for Repairs. As will be seen by the following letter of the cap- tain of the Virginius, addressed to a gentleman of this city, that steamer is in a leaky condition, and being unable to make the necessary repairs at Puerto Cabello, will, have to leave for some other port where she can be placed in a seaworthy condition :— PUERTO CABELLO, May 23, 1872, My Dear 8,—I arrived here with tue Virginiua about six days azo, having been on a sort of a cruise, &¢., for twenty aays. When we sailed from Aspinwall we were followed by the Spanish war ship Pizarro. We soon left her, however; but upon our arrival at this port we found the tron-clad frigate Arapides, and the next day our old friend the Pizarro made her appearance, having been on the hunt for us ever since. A day or two alter another Spanish man-of-war arrived (the Tornado), but sailed again in a couple of days. ‘The Spaniards ° have been raising h—I generaly on our account. having demanded from the government authorities that the ship should be delivered: up to them, she being nothing but a pirate, &c. Upon the refusal of the government to do this, they then threatened to cut her out of the port. ‘The Governor imme- diately had his old rattletrap of a fort manned and @ guard placed alongside the ship, with orders to fire into any boat approaching the ship. In fact, the poe have behaved in a very plucky manner, as the Spanish fron-clad could have blown both town and castle to blazes in five minutes. The fun of the thing is that we have no coal, nor is there any in this place, and it will take us at least @ month to get any from St. Thomas. Besides, the ship is leaking, and before being of any real use will have to go into dock to repair. The nearest. dock to us is at Martinique, and I shall go there. from this port, but probably not before six weeks, Lam yours sincerely, FRANK BOWEN, THE WAR IN MEXICO. Another Battle Imminent at Monterey. Reported Concentration of Five Thousand Govern» ment Troops by General Rocha at Saltillo— His Alleged Co-operation with General Cevallos Against the Revolutionists. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MarTamonos, June 24, 1872. A courier has arrived in this city with dates from Saltillo to the 18th inst. General Rocha, with 3,000 government troops, had reached that place from Sinaloa, uniting with General Fuero and Colonel Leurilto, and forming an army of 5,000 men, to advance on Monterey, where Quiroga and Trevifio, with the revolutionists, are entrenching. General Ayala, with 400 govern- ment cavalry, has routedVarges at Tulo, who pro- nounced a few days since at the head of a few hun- dred men. Large quantities of supplies and munitions of war left here to-day under convoy of 400 regulars for Camargo to join General Cevallos, who {s pre- paring for an advance on Monterey to co-operate with General Rocha’s force from Saltillo. The revolutionists are supposed not to exceed 4,000 men at Monterey, while the government forces under Generals Rocha and Cevalios, ap- proaching from opposite directions, will amount to about eight thousand, A decisive conflict ts imminent at Monterey, with @ numerical strength largely on the side of the government, under the command of General Rocha. ~~ NAVAL ORDERS. Wasutncton, June 24, 1872, Commander A, W. Johnson is detached from the South Atlantic Station and placed on waiting orders. Lieutenant Commander IH. De Haven Maniey is detached from the South Atlantic Station and grunted three months’ ve. First Assistant EF er Wa tached from the Philadelphia dered to the Boston Navy Yard. rD. Smith is de- Navy Yard and or- A PRELUDE T0 THE FOURTH. A number of fireworks exploded last night tn the basement of No. 26 Thompson street, used as a candy store by Paui Cuenin, who, in endeavoring to light a kerosene lamp, threw a lighted match in the show window. Four hundred dollars’ damage was done, and Cuenin and two lads, who were 1 the store, were severely burned, and were con- veyed to Bellevue Hospital. THE SMALLPOX IN JERSEY CITY. Jenszy Crry, June 24, 1872. To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— This morning, while passing through FourtN street, near Grove, I observed aman who has just recovered from the smallpox burning his bed in the middie of the street. Such a thing is an out- rage. Where is the Board of Health, or is there not such @ thing in existence in Jersey City? We cer- tainly pay taxes for its support, and think that they should take some measures to arrest the spread of the disease. By inserting this in your valuable paper you will oblige many of our citi- zens. W. J.C. Died. 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