The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1872, Page 7

WF anthority whey the story of the times is repeated for posteiity—a wonderful improve- on such a quaint >1d fraud as Froissart, Hore in these pages tne immortality will rest unmoved, like Homer's mighty spirit, by the babbling of the crowd who claim this spot of clay or that heap of rocks aa the place whereon the hero whose memory they revere first saw the promise of his future an the light of day. A Great Oceanic Survey: ‘The government is now planning one of the most important and comprehensive oceanic surveys ever undertaken. Under authority of ecent Congressional legislation the Bureau of Navigation is arranging the details of an expe- dition whose mission will be to examine and survey the waters of tho Pacific and to furnish materials for accurately charting its vast sur- face and countless islands. It has been but little more than three cen- ‘taries since Vasco Nunez de Balboa, with rapt admiration, first gazed upon this wondrous ea, and Magellan navigated it and named it from the fair weather that he met with on his great voyage. But the time that hag inter- vened has not served to acquaint maritime na- ‘tions with the “Great Occan,” and already, in this comparatively early stage of the world’s commerce, we find so urgent a demand for a better knowledge of it that the prin- cipal European Powers have insti- tated extensive explorations of its immense waters, its winds and currents and its innu- merable but ever-changing archipelagoes, In the projected expedition of our own govern- ment the first step will be to survey all that part of the Pacific running from the coasts of Lower California to the northwestern boun- aries of: the United States, off Alaska and tlong the Aleutian group of islands, and thence southward to the Sandwich Islands. ‘One of the interesting and important phy- -sical phenomena that will be brought under scientific review in this preliminary explora- ‘tion will be the Sargasso Sea of the Pacific, which lies to the westward of the Lower Cali- fornia coast, and is almost as distinctly marked as the famous Sargasso crossed by ‘Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage. The “expedition will also have unequalled opportu- nity for a fall investigation of the great ocean current known as the Kuro Siwo, and which pours its immense volumes of super-heated -water on the Pacific coasts of America, afford- ing them the best and most delicious of Ameri-~’ an climates, tempering alike the heats of summer and the colds of winter. 5 After the more general survey of the North Pacific it is proposed that the expedition shall return to Honolulu, and thence continuo its labors over the entire ocean, taking belts of lati- ‘tude of five degrees at a time and covering the rea between the fortieth parallel of north lati- ‘tude and the fortieth of south latitude. The time likely to be consumed in the whole work ‘will be necessarily protracted over at least ten years. But this long period will afford great sdvantages for the study of numerous practical physical problems in which the maritime world is now so deeply and materially interested. ‘The Hznaty, some months ago, suggested the importance of the Navy Department keeping one or two vessels constantly on such service in the Pacific, owing to the well-known changes that are continually occurring in its bed. Of this we had last year a signal illustration in the sudden disappearance of Aurora Island (in the New Hebrides group), which sank without leaving the smallest trace of the spot of its submergence. : The arrangement of plans and adits for this great survey is well Tasted to Captain B. H. Wyman, the viet of the Hydrographic Office, by "nich the results achieved will all be ‘elaborated and charted. The credit of urging the importance of such researches upon the government, and of obtaining through Con- gress the means for prosecuting them, is mainly duo to the energy of the New York un- <derwriters and shippers. .") PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Colonel -J. ©. Beaumont, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Astor House. Colonel J. L. Tait, of Alabama, is at the Clarendon Hotel; as to fature movements W se fait, General G. W. Darien, of Cincinnati, is staying at ‘the Sturtevant House, with neither Pa-nor-ma. Colone) Henry W. Frost, of Charleston, 8. 0., is a8 ‘good as an iced drink to the New York Hotel. Governor Henry P. Baldwin, of Michigan, yester- day arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Governor Hoffman and family yesterday arrived at their apartments at the Clarendon Hotel. General 0. E. Babcock, of “Ours,” has returned ‘from Boston to Long Branch. He made a short stay sat the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. ‘me Count and Countess de Pourtales, of Paris, have arrived at the Hoffman House. They have ‘been in this country for some time, making an ex- tensive tour and visiting the father of the Countess, ‘Colonel Ben Halliday, of California, the well ‘known proprietor.and manager of the “Pony Ex- ‘press’ across the Plains, ere the time of the Union Pacific Railroad. Senator Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, the Vice Presidential candidate, was at the Astor House yesterday. He remained there only long enough to imbibe a Natick cobbler, and then, cool as a cucumber, left for Boston. { Oolonel Vanderbilt Allen, who has recently left ‘the service of the Khedive of Egypt, has received ‘the following official testimonial of esteem on his ‘wesignation :— Oarno, Fay 1872, April 5, 1872, | Covows—femay be a source of prauitcatlon for yourself ‘and friends to know that on the occasion of one of my interviews with His Highness the Khedive he spoke ‘of youin the highest terms, both as to your zeal and ability as an officer, and your gentlemanly, dignified con- duct while in Egypt ‘our ‘determination to leave his service, and said 4 your resignation ‘with regret, and as'a testimony of his great appreciation p34 rour service and ability he should confer on you the i ‘and honorable order and decoration of Commander jidie. cere] ours, &c.. eda POR aTAMHING, Bpectal Agent U. 8. A. To Colonel VANDERBILT ALLEN. Colonel Allen graduated at West Point in the “Clase of 64, entered the army immediately there- after, and on the staff of General Sherman greatly He regretted accep! distinguished himself, Colonel Allen is now re- siding at Florence. The Earl of Clancarty has presented to the House Lords a petition claiming a right to vote at the ~elections of representative peers of Ireland. Mr. Gladstone, it is stated authoritatively, has re- plied to the memorial of the Irish members of Par- hament in behalf of the release of the irish political prisoners, declining to accede to their request. ‘More injustice to Ireland! ‘The Shah of Persia intends to visit England short- ly. Oonnected with this visit of the ruler of Persig— @ sovercignty of 4.000 years’ historic interest—is the organization of a mighty enterprise that with the « adoption of Mr. Fowler’s international communica. tion scheme will enable a traveller to go from Lon- don to India without change of carriage. He will be ‘the first sovereign of Persia who has ever visited the English shores. He is related to the Irish-Ame- Tican family O'Pshaw! The Emperor and Empress of Russia are still at ‘Livadia, and the health of the Empress continues to be satisfactory. The Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievits, with the Grand Duchess Olga Feo- dorovna, sailed in the early part of the month for » the Caucasus, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNF » THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Herald Special Reports from Geneva and London. Highly Important Proceeding and Mo- mentous Decision of the Arbitra- tion Tribunal Yesterday. Indirect Damages Ruled Out of Court. GRAVE POINTS FOR NATIONAL PRECEDENT, | The British Case Presented ond fae \and Amenable to ‘io / t fad an Legal Consequences © ‘ue Plead- ing of the Crown Individual Opinion of the Arbitrators on the Indirect Claims Case. Consultation, Judicial Deliberation and Twenty-four Hours’ Adjournment. HARMONY AND CONTENT ON ALL SIDES Granville’s and Gladstone’s An- nouncements to Parliament. Cabinet Chronology of the Case to Its Conclusion. Disraeli’s Opinion of the Diplo- matic Crisis. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, The following special despatches to the Heratp have been received from our corre- spondents in Geneva and London: — Gxwxva, June 27, 1872. The meeting of the members of the Alabama Claims Arbitration Court in this city to-day was the most important assemblage of the tribunal which has been yet, held in Geneva. The members met in the Hotel de Ville, at the hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and adjourned at two o'clock in the afternoon. THE BRITISH CASE SUBMITTED. The proceeding was signalized by the pro- duction before the arbitrators of the Eng- lish argument in the case pending for issue of settlement between the governments of Great Britain and the United States. How much progress has been made since the first organization of the tribunal in or towards the final solution of the many difficulties which surround and encumber the troublesome inter- national negotiation miay be inferred from this small fact. LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLEADING OF THE CROWN. It of course follows that England is now fully in Court, and it may be taken as an equal and necessary consequence that the famous indirect claims of the American government, if not distinctly withdrawn from the cogni- zance of the arbitrators and Cabinets, are so far neutralized by agreement of either side that they are practically out of Court. The difficulty which existed in regard to in- direct claims was in truth overcome before the English agent having charge of the case on the part of Her Majesty Victoria con- sented to lodge his argument in plea of reply. INDIRECT DAMAGES AND THE ARBITRATORS OPIN- IONS, The exact point of the effect of this solu- tion of the difficulty is that each one of the arbitrators shall give a written opinion on the subject of the indirect claims, which will thus be formally and judicially shut out from consideration. It has already transpired, as a matter of diplomatic and press understand- ing, that the several members of the Arbitra- tion Court held views afd opinions incon- sistent and at variance with the maintenance of the American case for indirect claims com- pensation; but it becomes certain to-day that with the written opinion of the five arbitrators on record there would be, on this point, a formal and positive verdict against the United States, ruling out by the adjudication of the Court that portion of the case to the very presenta- tion of which England objected. No fair op- position could be made on the part of the United States to a tribunal adjudication on this point previous to the presentation of the English argument, for the reason because it is the opinion of the counsel acting on behalf of the Washington government that the aforesaid British argument is, after all, only a portion of the whole continuous brief for pleading, which Great Britain may present or not as she chooses. BRITISH LIABILITY TO ABIDE BY THE RULING, In short, England is and has been in Court before the arbitrators all the time, and any judgment which is now made by the tribunal is, and will remain, fully valid and of force on both nations, \ DELIBERATION. This very important point would have been settled to-day but for the existence of a techni- cal issue in regard to the lodgement of the written opinions of the arbitrating judges. To afford time for the execution of this pur pose and duty another delay of twenty-fours | from the present moment, was, after due cor sideration, agreed upon. ADJOUBNMFY The Arbitration Corr therefore adjourned from the afternoor, of to-day (Thursday) to reassemble in session on Friday, June 28, at the hour of eleven o'clock in tho forenoon. TRE JUDGMENT. ms Sormally Ruled Out Avbiiration to Proceed—Both Stdor Contomt with the Decision. Lonpon, June 27—Evening. Afvex the receipt of the Henaup special tele- raph letter from Geneva to-day, which I have just transmitted by cable to New York, I received a despatch dated in the Swiss city at a later hour, which reads as follows:—‘‘The judgment of the Arbitration Court on the question of indirect claims compensation in the Alabama case of the American govern- ment is not to be given to-morrow (Friday), but is given already to-day. The Tribunal of Arbitration has stated in effect that ‘claims of the exact nature of those presented by the United States could not be ad- mitted to competition by argument as a subject for damages between two. nations; the United States sustains the re- sponsibility of bringing these claims before the Court and receiving judgment upon them; England gains the point of having them sol- emnly ruled out; the United States formally accepts this judgment os the valid and unim- peachable opinion of a Court of Arbitration fully possessed of a correct knowledge of the whole subject; whereupon the British agents formally filed the British argument in Court.’” SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE GRAND POINT OF DIFFICULTY. Thus everything of difficulty is most defi- nitely and satisfactorily settled, and the Ala- bama case arbitration goes on, both sides— England and the United States—being content with the present issue of the proceesms. MR. DAVIS’ MOVEMENTS. Mr. Bancroft Davis leaves Geneva for Paris on Friday evening, but contemplates return- ing to the former city in a few weeks. SECRETARY FAVROT, M. Favrot, Secretary of the Court, promises to announce the result of the proceedings to morrow (Friday). A communication was made in close sitting and secrecy agreed on to be preserved for one day. FACTS AFTER FORM. The English representatives reached the sitting to-day with a voluminous collection of papers, showing that a question of fact would succeed a question of form. JUDICIAL DISPERSION IN EXCELLENT HUMOR. The arbitrators upon quitting the council room appeared in excellent humor, and were joking among themselves. The members of the Court who have been hitherto staying at hotels have gone to private apartments. Mh. PALMER'S MOVEMENTS AND POSITION. Mr. Palmer leaves Geneva to-night. It is alleged by some, and in occasional instances on appareatiy good authority, that the Ameri- can nonsuit will be on Mr. Palmer's motion on the indirect claims and not by the arbi- trators’ independent action. ELECTRICITY IN AID OF DIPLOMACY. During the session of the tribunal the telegraph was in requisition almost continu. ally. THE QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT, Indiroce C British Cabinet Announcement of the Pro- gress and Point of the Arbitration. Large Attendance of an Excited and Deeply In- terested Audience—Granville and Gladstone Report the Removal of the Indirect Claims Difficulty—Official Chronology, Leg- islative Debate and Present Conelusion—Disraeli’s Ques- tion to the Premier. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, June 27, 1872. When the House of Lords assembled this afternoon there was a full attendance of Peers, and the visitors’ gallery was crowded, the an- nouncement having been made that Earl Gran- ville would make a statement relative to the Alabama claims arbitration. Shortly after the meeting of the House Lord Granville arose and returned thanks to their Lordships for their uniform disposition to leave the government unembarrassed during the ne- gotiations relative to the indirect claims be- tween the English and American govern- ments. His Lordship then stated that he had just received » telegram from Geneva wherein he was informed that the Tribunal of Arbitra- tion no :longer desired secrecy during its de- liberations. LORD GRANVILLE’S STATEMENT. Earl Granville then proceeded to make the following statement:—The Board of Arbitra- tion, under the Treaty of Washington, met at Geneva on the 15th inst, The agent of the United States presented a printed argument referring to the points whereon his government relied. The English agent presented no argu- ment, but made a statement that, whereas dif- ferences still existed between the two govern- ments, England asked for an adjournment of the Board be United States agent was un- TS72 wd (he tribunal adjourned able w a f wodll be i7ca and again until the 19th, | 09 second time because the American rosentatives were still without instruc- At the meeting on the 19th inst. arbitrators made a statement on the ques- | dons at issue between the two governments, carefully guarding themselves. The purport of their statement is that after a careful peru- sal of everything said by the representa- tives of the United States touching the indirect claims, the arbitrators have, individu- ally and collectively, concluded that the said indirect claims do not constitute, upon prin- ciples of international law, a good foundation for awards of damages between nations, and should be wholly excluded from considera- tion, and would have been, even if no dis- agreement had arisen as to the com- petency of the tribunal to decide thereon. The arbitrators informed the agents of both governments of their decision. They asked Lord Tenterden what observations he had to make, and he replicd none. A similar question having been put to Mr. Davis, the American agent, he said he had no reply to make at present, and asked for an adjourn- ment. An adjournment until the 26th was there- upon agreed to by the arbitrators, but the Americans received instructions earlier than they expected, and the Board was informed on Tuesday last that the United States would not further insist on the indirect claims before the tribunal, and that they might be excluded from all consideration. At this point Earl Granville was interrupted wiih loud cheers from all parts of the House. Lord Tenterden (continuing) then asked for an adjournment of one day to allow him to obtain final instructions from London, At the meeting of the Board to-day Eng- land, on the ratification of the withdrawal of the indirect claims, withdrew her request for a long adjournment, and the argument by counsel on the details of the business before the tribunal is now proceeding. Lord Granville, amid continued and hearty cheering, concluded with an expression of hope that the relations of the two great kindred nations would be harmonized and strengthened by the Treaty of Washington. After the excitement occasioned by the state- ment of Earl Granville had subsided Lord Cairns arose and congratulated the House upon the favorable decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration. Had it, said he, been otherwise, the position of the English government would have been awkward. Earl Granville denied that there was any ground for the insinuation indulged in by Lord Cairns. Lord Buckhurst announced that in view of the statement which had just been made by Earl Granville he would withdraw the notice he had heretofore given of his intention to question the government relative to the ad- journment of the Tribunal of Arbitration, PREMIER GLADSTONE’S STATEMENT. In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone made a statement similar to that of Earl Granville in the House of Lords, and in con- clusion said :—‘I am at last permitted to say that the controversy between England and America relative to the indirect claims is ended.”’ The Premier was repeatedly interrupted by cheers during his remarks, and when he had finished the applause was long continued. Mr. Gladstone also stated that she thought a short adjournment of the Tribunal of Arbitra- tion was probable, in order to give the mem- bers an opportunity to consider the arguments of the British and American governments. Mr. Wyndham complained that for the sake of the present temporary convenience the government had sacrificed the future rights of the country touching any kind of indirect claims. Mr. Disraeli put the following question to Mr. Gladstone: —‘“Is the withdrawal of the in- direct claims by the American government limited to their consideration by the Geneva Tribunal only ?”’ Mr. Gladstone, in reply, said the contro- versy between the two nations has been lim- ited to the scope of arbitration on the basis of the Queen’s speech at the opening of the present session of Parliament. The arguments of Great Britain from the beginning of the dispute were invariably that she could not consent to any award or proceedings by the Tribunal of Arbi- tration on the indirect claims. Whether the American government could revive those claims which were now relinquished was a point outside of the immediate issue in dispute for the last five months. If Mr. Disraeli meant whether America could raise them again under the Treaty of Washington, he (Mr. Gladstone) answered unequivocally ‘‘No.” America had not signified nor intimated any such idea. He believed there was no differ- ence of 6pinion among the arbitrators and the agents of the two governments that the Treaty of ‘Washington was an effectual bar against the revival of the indirect claims. This announcement was received with great cheering by the members. In reply to an interrogatory of Mr. Muntz Mr. Gladstone said the proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration on all other matters connected with the Treaty of Washington would probably be conducted exactly as though no controversy touching the indirect claims bad over arisen, a: ~TRIPLE SHEET. THE QUESTION IN WASHINGTON. \ ‘How the State Department Received the News of the Rejection of the Indirect Claims—Bancroft Davis’ Despatch—The Decision Accepted. Wasurnaron, June 27, 1872. At half-past three o’clock this afternoon a des- patch was received at the State Department from Bancroft Davis, our agent at Geneva, that the British government had acquiesced in the decision of the arbitrators that the indirect claims were notin their judgment in the treaty, and must be excluded from consideration by the tribunal. Secretary Fish, who is in Boston, was immediately informed of the news, as well as of the fact that Dr. Houard had been released by the Spanish government. Charles Hale, the Assistant Secretary of State, who received the despatch, in an erratic fit of diplomacy upset his table, spilling the ink in a big wedgewood inkstand over half a ream of virgin note paper, mingling at the same time the corres- Pondence of Ministers and Consuls in confusion on the straw-matting of hia oftice. A messenger hear- ing the noise thought that he was summoned, and on appearing the Acting Secretary re- marked that he had unintentionally upset his table, but he knew the affable African would pardon him for giving him unnecessary work if he told him the treaty was saved, This bit of information, communicated by the highest to the lowest functionary in the State Depart- ment, soon became known by all of the Department employés. Hale's face was wreathed in smiles. An autumn apple could not have disputed the claim to @ premium on ac- count of color, while his head was enveloped in & cloudy atmosphere of smoke. The cipher despatch was turned over to the confidential clerk, who, in half an hour, returned with a legible copy. It was ALL ABOUT MY LORD TENTERDEN. He said this, and Granville said that. “But what is tht pith of it?’ asked Hale. “Mr. Fish is in Bos- ton, where the Peace Jubilee is being concorded, and what can I tell him immediately? “Well,” sald the clerk, “Tenterden says that Her Britannic Majesty’s government has——” “D——n what Her Majesty’s government has,” in- terrupted Hale. ‘But tell me in a few words WHAT DOES DAVIS SAY.” The despatch was handed to the Acting Secretary, who read as follows:— At the session of the Board of Arbitrators to-day, Lord Tenterden announced that he had communt- cated to his government the decision of the tribu- nal that the claims for indirect damages presented by the government of the United States had been ruled out, for the reason that a majority of the arbitrators had decided that they were NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE ARBITRATORS, and that the differences noted in the protest of the agent of Her Britannic Majesty’s government, filed on the 15th of April, together with the declaration of the agent of the United States, that the claims for consequential damages were within the treaty, had been satisfactorily removed; that Lord Tenterden, in obedience to instructions from Her Majesty!s government, had now the honor, with assurances of distinguished considera- tion, to OFFER THEIR PRINTED ARGUMENT in accordance with the fifth article of the treaty, and recalled the motion for adjournment, leaving the tribunal to proceed with the arbitration as though no question had arisen between the parties to the negotiation. Mr. Hale at once sent a telegram to Secretary Fish, saying that the British government assented to the decision of the Arbitrators, had withdrawn the motion for adjournment and had filed their argument, and that there was NO IMMEDIATE FEAR OF FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. The British Legation received to-day despatches from Granville to the effect that the argument or their arbitrator had prevailed, and that the indi- rect claims were not in the treaty, and conse- quently could not be acted upon by the tribunal. The position taken by Sir Alexander Cockburn was printed in these despatches ot the 23d, as follows :— The British arbitrator maintains that these claims are not in the treaty, and that the tri- bunal, therefore, cannot take cognizance of them in any form; that the motion of the British agent is to the effect to ask the tribunal to reject what the agent of the American government admits is not properly before them under the seventh article of the treaty ; that if the two governments were agreed upon pre- senting the claims for inairect damages tor adjudi- cation before this tribunal there would have been no occasion for the protest filed py the British agent on 15th April last; but the British govern- ment denies in toto that such claims were ever in- tended to be presented for adjudication, and that the decision of the tribunal must be that they are not within their province. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE DECISION of the tribunal with the distinct understanding that under the eleventh article of the treaty the right to present the disputed claims is reserved for future negotiations, whether by a supplemental treaty or otherwise. THE BOARD AND THE DIRECT CLAIMS. The following is from to-day’s Morning Chronicle, of which Senator Harlan, a member of the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, is part proprietor and an editorial contributor :— Despatches from Englana expressing the fear entertained there that the Geneva Board will make an affirmative decision on the American claims for direct damages are known in this city to be well founded. In fact, the administration has for some months past been well satisfied that Mr. Staempfi, the Swiss arbitrator, as well as Baron d’Itajuba, the Brazilian member, are strong believers in the Justice of the claims. These gentlemen, with Mr. Adams, constitute a majority of the Board. Among the claims which are to be regarded as of a direct character will probably be that for the equipment and maintenance of cruisers on our part. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. General Grant Taking Things Quietly After the Jubilee Excitement, Boston, June 27, 1972. General Grant, after the fatigue of Gilmore's Jubi- lee and the ball of last night, found it agree- able to keep aloof from the public to-day. He betook himself from the list of the city’s guests and spent the day quietly. There were many who went here and there to get @ glimpse of the nation’s Magistrate, but none of the curious were able to find his whereabouts. He only received bis intimate frends, and with these he smoked prime Havanas at his ease and talked about the Jubilee in the most enthusiastic manner. During the forenoon he was present at the meet- ing of the trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund and the afternoon he spent quietly at his hotel, and left on the evening train for New York. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Robeson and Mrs. Boutwell dined with Mr. Robert ©. Win. throp, at Brookline, in the afternoon. Secretary Robeson paid an informal visit to the Navy Yard in the forenoon, and later in the day took ® trip down the harbor, stopping for a few moments at Nahant. ‘The Secretary and the ladies of the party will noy if leave the citv until to-morrow. 1 THE WAR IN MEXICO. Herald Special Report from Matamoros. Reported Capture of Saltillo, with Gar- rison, by the Revolutionists. CEVALLO'S RETREAT TO MATAMOROS. Another Siege of the City Expected. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Hxnatp correspondent at Matamoros has forwarded us the following special de- spatch:— Matamoros, Mexico, June 26, Via Brownsviix, Texas, June 26, 1872. f° Camargo letters of the 25th inst. announce the capture of Saltillo by the revolutionists under General Trevifio. The same reports say that the government troops constituting the garrison of the city were taken prisoners. QUIROGA ADVANCING, CEVALLOS RETREATING. The revolutionary General Quiroga is march+ ing on Camargo, which is now occupied by the government forces under General Cevallos. The latter is preparing to evacuate that place and to retire to Matamoros, where he intends to make a stand against the combined forces of Trevifio and Quiroga. A REVOLUTIONARY ROBBER, The revolutionary leader Gomez Porfugal is still operating outside of Matamoros, capturing the mails, levying twenty-five per cent on the merchandise passing out of the city, and com- mitting other depredations. Many merchants in Matamoros are closing their business for the purpose of avoiding the new ten per cent State tax and anticipated forced loan by the government. WHAT DIAZ’S SECRETARY @AY8. = « General Porfirio Dinz’s private secretary, Justo Benitez, arrived to-day at Brownsville, Texas, from Galveston. His object is to com- municate with General Trevifio. He says he anticipated to find Matamoros besieged by the revolutionists on his arrival. Diaz, he states, is in Jalisso, but in all other matters re- lating to the revolution he is very reticent, THE CONVICTS’ REBELLION. The Inmates of the Auburn State Prison Prepare ing for a Fight—Federal Troops Called Upon to Crush the Riot if Necessary. Ausury, N. Y., June 27, 1872. The convicts in Auburn State Prison are in @ state of insurrection. Two hundred of them have been locked up and about nine hundred are moving about the yard refusing to obey orders, Some of them are armed with tools, &c. Three companies of the Forty-ninth regi- ment, under command of General MacDougall, have been ordered to the scene of trouble. It is preba- ble that the insurrection will be put down. Later. AvsuRN, N. Y., June 27, 1872. The convicts of the prison are again at work, an@ are quict and peaceable. About one hundred an@ sixty of the ringleaders are in close confinement, and will be kept on bread and water for some time. Troops are in readiness to march to the prison, but it is not probable that they will be needed, THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the Country. The WEEKLY Heap of the present week, now ready, contains the very latest News by telegraph from All Parts of the World up to the hour of publi- cation, including special despatches from Geneva, giving the proceedings of the Court of Arbitration; Terrible Railroad Disasters and Boller Explosions; the Strikes; Tilden’s Suit against General Butler; the Lowden Abortion Case; Seduction and Shoo ing; the Dead from Gettysburg; a. New Orleans Sensation, and Masonic Appointments. 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