The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1872, Page 5

Analysis of One Day’s Par- tisan Exchanges. THE BALANCES ABOUT EVEN. Grant Circulation (104 Papers) .. 637,000 @recley Circulation (90 Papers) . . 413,000 CURIOUS FACTS AND FIGURES. We make the following analysis of the politics and circulation of the partisan papers received at the HERALD office yesterday by one day’s mall. re give the claimed daily circulation, with some exceptions. Newspapers tor Grant and Wilson, Name of Paper. 0 ition. Annapolis Gazette..... 2,000 Poughkeepsie Eagle.. 2,000 Cincinnati Times. . 18.000 New Haven Palladium 4,000 Indianapolis Journal... 4,000 Columbia (8. C,) Union 1,100 Washington Chronicle. 4,200 innatl Gazette... 22,000 ladelphia Presa... 20,000 ‘Trenton Ww.) Gazette. 1400 Jacksonville (Fia.) Union 1,500 Woodvil Publican 1,000 fouston Union. 1,000 San Antonia Express. 1,000 BayCity (Mich.)Chroni- ne Fi 1 1,200 Tro; ; ew 1000 Newark Cou New Bedford Standard 81000 Utica Herald. . J.) Pras. 1 Paterson (N. ay £00 Bteubenville in Jose Patriot....... 1,000 Herald... Milwaukee Wisconsin. 7,000 Norristoy Mail... 8, me ow 000 lew sees wis” Cai.) “Aj tio if his Trib 2000 I inneapo! aine.. 2 nereneae ‘Wheeling Intelligencer 2:40 (Tenn.) Portland Press. 8,000 800 Bath (Me.) Tim 1090 jens Bangor Whig. 2,000 ubenville 0.) Ke: Little Rk Republican, 2.500 ie Gindiana) St. Pant Preag. +--+ 2,500 Burlington (ows) Hawk Eye... jew Haven Courier. Jos, (Mo.) Herald. . 2200 Harrisburg Journal. -- 3,000 larrisburg Telegraph. 5,000 Washington Stai 13,500 Manchester (N.H.) Mir- Ir Oommercial 8,000 rst prangisld (il) Jour | Konwomery Journal ... elan Cleveland Heri rtise eo Minneapolis Ne’ iter Democrat.. 8, Sacramento Record... 8,000 Philaaelphia Tele- Worcester Spy.... 5,500 yh. 12,600 L. City Qlinn.) Leader. 1,000 Providence Journal. 5,200 fashington Repub! Pittsburg Gazette. ....1 Concord GE) Monitor Newspapers for Greeley and Brown, ame of Paper. Circulation. Name of Paper. Circulation. Albany Argus. +4700 Vicksburg Herald. 100 ston Post... Thomaston (Ga.) Her- hicago Tribune 40,00 ald. ae aseeee 1,000 idence Hera ‘t rgtleld Repub 000 4.500 fartford Times. $900 Memphis Appea Bichmond Enquirer.. 2,500 Kansas City Times... 800 Norfolk Journal....... 2000 Rochester Union 3000 Butfalo Oourier. 6,00 Burlington (Lowa) Gaz. 1,000 Knoxville Press....... 2000 Gallatin (fenn.) Ex- ‘Wilmington (W.C.): 2,000 aminer.. 1 Cincinnati Enquirer. .18,000 s Cmeinnati Commer: St. Paul Pioneer. Doylestown (Pa.)Dem- New Haven Rogister.. 2,500 Summit (Miss.) "Times. 1,500 ‘au: Macon Gu.) Telegraph 2,600 ‘Wihningt N. 0.) Schenectady J St. Lonis Dispat Lockport Union Louisville — Courier: 1 Journal.......... Atlanta Constitution Bowling Green (iy: (probably)... Democrat. jum lex: Col'bia (8. 0.) Phanix 1,000 Selma (Ala.) Times. St. Louis Kepublican..23\ Charleston Republic'n. Wilmingen (N.C. Star. Mobile Registe N. 0. Republica: Mobile Tribuns Washington Patriot. . Elmira Gazette.. Poughkeepsie Pr Indianola Bulletin. Galveston Bulletin, Baltimore Gazette Houston Telegraph Louisville Ledger. Utica Observer Li Philadelphia “alexandria ( zette .. (Va.) v lika (Ala) revep’t (La.| Columbus (Ga.) Su Cleveland Plaindealer. ringtield (iil.) Regis- OE isscs3 2,000 Nash 000 Nashville Union Philadelphia Age. Cairo Bulletin. Wheeling Registe: Total circulation of ninety RECAPITULATION. Total circulation of 104 Grant papers. 587,200 Total circulation of ninety Greeley papers 413,000 Aggregate circulation of prominent party papers 950,200 Independent Greeley papers. Papers Outside York. Boston Herald (Greeley tinge) Philadelphia Ledger. Philadelphia Kecor Baltimore Sun (Greeley tinge) New Orleans Picayune... ot New Anti-Greeley Democratic Papers. Week. The Chicago Times, which might have veen classi- fied among the anti-Greeley papers, as well a8 sev- Daily. Brick Pomeroy’s La Crosse Democrat #0 eral other old-line democratic journals, will Probably acquiesce in the Baltimore nominations, mow that the ticket has been received with such general acclaim among democrats all over the country. ' JUDGE DAVID DAVIS. An Informal Interview with the Asso. ciate Justice of the United States Supreme Court—His Views in Brief on Greeléy, Grant and the Presidential Election—What the Great Woodchop- per’s Policy May Be=—Free Trade, Pro- tection and Finance—Personal Aspira- tion Out of Sight. Of all the public men of the present age none have figured much more conspicuously in great events than the Hon. David Davis, of Illinois, Asso- ciate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Strolling into the St. Nicholas Hotel on Wednesday morning, @ HERALD reporter found the Judge seated in the reading room puffing his cigar and ‘writing @ letter. The distinguished jurist and practical statesman grected our representative ‘very cordially, and the interview, though entirely unexpected and informal, was agrecable, and, at least, entertaining. “Well, Judge, how are you to-day?’ exclaimed the HERALD reporter. Judge Davis, rising from his seat, expressed himselfas happy to meet a newspaper acquaintance in New York, though he had once had occasion to avoid them as much as possible. He had just re- tarned from a judicial tour through Indiana, and ‘wished to know what was going on in the metro- Politan city, especially among the Greeley and Grant politicians. He had had but little oppor- tunity to feel the public pulse, and felt, as other Citizens do, some interest in the progress of events. Judge Davis—Did the Baltimore Convention nominate Mr. Greeley yesterday? REPORTER—No, sir, Not yesterday. done to-day, Judge Davis—Ah, yes; they didn’t complete their labors, then, in one day; really, I haven’t read the morning papers through yet. And, by the by, tell me—what do you think of Mr, Greeley’s chances a3 the opponent of Grant ? REPORTER—Well, Judge, I must confess that Iam but little of @ politician, but think they are very 00d; and there is no doubt about his nomination by the Baltimore Convention. That was conceded Jong ago. Jadge Vavis—I hear some of the democratic lead- ers are threatening to put a straight-out ticket in ‘the field—are they men of much nee, or ps What can hope to accomplish by such RePORTER—I should like to hear your views, Jadge. Ei Davis—Well, I am averse to talking much £ . Tt will be on political subjects. I think, however, J] he re: REPot Jud, ‘an opinion prevails as I capitalists ed RTER—No, sir; certainly not. Davis—I would like, to know if such i—are the have Snggente arrayed against Greeley RTER—I think they are, in & degree, Judge. What do you think of Greeley’s ? Judge Davis—Well, it seems that Mr. Greciey: is anxious for the Presidency. It is the old man’s am- bition, no doubt, that has caused him to the nomination at Cincinnati, and will cause him to accept the endorsement of the democracy. Why, sir, ree with you; he seems wi to abandon everything in order to be electe for protec- tion—God only knows what he i do on that score when elected. There’s the doubt and @imcuity. Many are afaid to support him on this score. 1 met & prominent republican in Tiinois a few di me who was very much dissatisfied with Grant's administration—te says to me, “Mr, Davis, we don’t like Grant, and we don’t like Greeley, but we prefer the former to the latter. Of the two evils we accept the least. I shall vote for Grant.” REPoRTER—Well, Judge, what are your views on the subject of the tariff? Judge Davis—We have got to pay our debts aa individuals and as a nation. I — think tariff question one of easy solution. is better to have a tariff than this internal revenue system, People will not think their taxes so heavy if they have to py, fifty cents extra on @ coat or a luxury. It will incidental; they will not feel it so. This question must from necessity agitate our peopie for a time yet—at east until this debt is paid. Had we no debtt it would be a different matter.” STATE ELECTORAL CALCULATIONS. The Judge chatted a few moments longer in his usual pleasant way, but seemed averse to express- ing his own preference between Greeley and Grant as candidates. He conceded, however, that the eleo- tion in Pennsyivania and New York would decide the contest. North Carolina would, no doubt, go for Greeley In August, and he would Posalbly carry every Southern ‘State except South Carolina and Missi my cicd He could not hope to oacry Paeslaeiny), unless Governor Alcorn was ip his favor. As to Pennsylvania, the Judge thought Forney was doing the Grant party there harm in his fight against the Hartranit icket. He thought Forney was un- decided yet as to Whom he would support for the Presidency. Certainly Forney would support Greeley if he thought he would be elected. ‘there is no question about that,” said the Judge, with a merry twinkie in his eye. WHAT MAY FOLLOW. As to what the general result would be in case of Mr. Greeley’s elevation to the Presidency the Judge could not say. It might, and he supposed it would, produce more amicable relations between the Northern and Southern people and the whites and the blacks. If the Southern secessionists could stand My. Greeley, it 1 oked as if the republicans should do so, provided they-could trust him. ‘The HERALD reporter expressed to tffe Judge his own humble regrets that he {the Judge) did not re- ceive the nomination at Cincinnati. NO PERSONAL REGRET. Judge Davis replied that he thought Mr. Greeley woul res more votes than he himself could. He seemed to appear entirely indifferent as to the gene- Tal result, and betrayed no regret or disappoint- mene at failing to receive the nomination at Cincin- nati, FOR HOME. Judge Davis left the city last evening (Wodnes- day) for Scranton, Pa., in company with a sister who arrived in New York by the steamship Scotia. THE ICE PANIC. S mala * Why the Supply Was Stoppod—Breaking of the Companies’ Engines—Nearly One Million Dollars’ Loss to the Meat and Fish Dealers—No Fear for the Future. Forced in upon the general alarm occasioned by the remarkable prolongation of the season of exces- sive heat, and the continuation of the daily record of an alarming number of deaths by sunstroke, there came yesterday the really appalling declaration that the supply of ice had been CUT OFF FROM New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and there was altogether too much ground for the declaration to enable any one to lessen the general fear in that regard, so far as the day’s developments were con- Lcernes, During several of the days last past many of the hotels, dining rooms and larger boarding houses had been very seriously incommoded by the late ar- rival of fee each day, and by the decreased supply when it did arrive. This condition of very general scarcity and delay continued until yesterday, when, instead of an improvement in time of delivery and quantity delivered, there was, in a multitude of cases, NO DELIVERY OF ICB AT ALL. At first, and until nearly noon, the in- quiries as to the cause were confined to ascer- taining whether neighboring slaughter houses, hotels, dining and drinking saloons and pri- vate residences were in. like predicament, and when it became generally known that nearly all were in trouble from the same cause anxiety grew to positive alarm and the cry for information as to the cause increased. Reporters for the HERALD were sent to the various central depots of the more extensive ice companies, and the following facts were made known :— ‘The officers of the Knickerbocker Company were found perspiring freely over their ice, and as time would permit they gave the following account of the FAILURE TO DELIVER so far as their establishment was concerned. In answer toa general inquiry the principal officer said, “The fact that the extraordinary heat, continuing as it has for so long a time, had very seriously depleted our stock here, in the city, and Also in Brooklyn, before the Fourth of July. On that day we had, of course, calls for extraordinary quantities, but, despite all the inducements held out to them, a very large number of our men positively declined to work on that day. Had they been ling to work, as we expected to have been able to induce them to do, we should have been able to deliver on the Fourth 7,600 tons, which, because of their refusal to work, we did not even receive from the up-the-Hudson stores, This, of course, very greatly lessened our city supply, and that is what has occasioned the searcity and delay of the past few days, so far as this company {8 concerned. Then, this morning, instead of the arrival of the expected number of barges with ice, we received iniormafion by tele- graph that the tug by which the barges were to have een brought down the river to the city in time for the morning deiivery haa BROKEN HER ENGINE, and, therefore, twelve barges laden with tce were unable to come to our aid, ‘This, of course, placed us in & position of inability to deliver, and the con- sequence is the alarm which has spread through- out this city, Brooklyn and Jersey City. As soon, however, a8 the disabling of the tug was known we sent up TWO ADDITIONAL TUGS; and now, so far as this company is responsible for the supply of this and the other cities named, we feel comident that the day after to-morrow (Fri- day) will find us equal to even the present most ex- traordinary demand. We had stored between BIGHT AND NIN® HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS, end have all the supply that can possibly be re- quired, The late scarcity and delay and the almost entire stoppage which occurred to-day were beyond our contro! at not occasioned by any scarcity, either existing or leared, at the storehouses up the Hudson. In fact, the extended term of extreme heat and the accident named has already caused a Joss of more than $25,000 to the company, for the reason that what we cail the cash or street sales have been almost Kabat d cut off; and then another in- jury has been occasioned by the fact that we have een obliged to Work our horses from three A. M. until midnight, which has broken down many horses and sickened many men.” G, Leonard, President of the Washington , having largely the supply of slaugnter nd establishments other than hotels, in which large quantities are used, sald SEATEMENT OP PRESIDENT LEONARD. “The supply in the storehouses is amply sum- cient, and the means for ite transportation in our control and in that of the other companies are, under ordinary conditions, — suMicient for fur- nishing all tue ice required, th MEN AND HORSES ARE BROKEN DOWN. Our loss in horses alone is more wan $5,000. In order to supply even the quantity we have sup- plied we have been forced to use the express com- panies, A gentleman was here a few minutes ago to say that if he could not secure an extraordinary quantity of ice he had FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS’ WORTH OF MEAT that would spoil, and there are a very large num- ber of others in the same businesé who now re- juire eight, ten, twenty, forty, fifty and some of fem even one hundred tons per day, or they will lose @ proportionate number of thousands of dol- lar, and at present they cannot get it; therefore the loss to them is enormous.” ae ey of ice gathered for this season ‘was from one lion to ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND 3ONS. Only r cent of the quantity gathered, how- r, can be 4 ting and ovat delivered, 80 great is the loss through me! present condition and prices compare with the season of 1870 & follows, Baa there 1s no occasion for int Price thi fear of scarcity :—In 1! $16 per ton; in 1872, $2 50 per ton. to ies, 36 yt ind; to trade; % cent per pound: to hotels, 1-5 cent per Firm Demand of the United States for the Immediate Release of the Doctor. Minister Sickles Returns to Spain on the War- path—President Grant Puts an End to the Policy of Fear—Our Relations with Spain on a New Footing—Honard To Be Set Free, but Not as an Act of Span- ish Mercy or Clemency. Maprip, June 23, 1872, ‘There te some excitement here as to the demand that has been made upon the Spanish government for the release of Dr. Houard. The Doctor is now in prison at Cadiz under the observation of the American Consul. The circumstance that such a demand has been made indicates a new policy with Spain on the part of our government, and answers the multitude of inquiries and speculations as to whether General Sickles really meant to return to Madrid, to remain as Minister, or to go home again im a kind of Catacazy disgrace at the request of the Spanish government, It is amusing fo see how these stories find currency here. One journal assured us that the General merely came back for his family; another that the Span- ish Ministry had intimated to Mr. Fish that a new Minister would be more acceptable to Spain. The Spanish mind rapidly arrived at the conclusion that America was in a fine stute of terror as to Cuban affairs; that the earnestness of Gencral Sickles upon the subject Was not welcomed at Washington, especially to an administration that dreads the power of Spain as keenly as that of General Grant. On the other hand, we can readily understand how any Ameri- can in active employment, especially with political purposes and ambitions at home, would hesitate before giving an unusual fragment of his life to Madrid. At its best, and with all ‘the color and grace and harmony and vivacity that we sec in the Spanish character, there is a monotony and reserve in, Spain, a stagnant, dormant, anxious feeling, that reminds you of what a convict col- ony might be with the population in a state of penance. I can see how Spain would be tempting toa literary man full of romance, and impressed with the poetry of the race, like Irving, or toa politician out of employment, and well on in life, like Hale. But Carl Schurz went home as soon ashe heard the cannons firing in our rebel war, andican fancy that with the uproar and uncer- tainty of our coming Presidential canvass, and the keen zest which the true political soldier feels for a well fought campaign, only an unusual reason ‘would keep General Sickles out of the fray. Tt may be safe to assume that this unusual reason does exist. General Grant means to fight one of the battles of his Presidential campaign here in Madrid, gpd General Sickles has refiirned to begin it. r . DR. HOUARD, The battle begat With the case of Dr. Houard. You have heard a!! about the case—how a doctor pretty well on in years, and in practice at Cienfue- gos, Cuba, was supposed to have taken an active part with the rebels, and was tried by a Spanish court martial, which in the most tinaccountable manner did not put him to death, but pronounced a sentence of imprisonment. There was really no ev- idence implicating the doctor in the rebellion, but he was persecuted because of his family, most of whom—the active young men, at least—were in the rebel Cuban army. One nephew was the famous Frederic Fernandez Cavada, who was the Comman- der-in-Chief of the Cuban forces, Cavadahad served in our army as a colonel, at Gettysburg among other places, and at the close of the war was made Consul at Trinidad de Cuba by Mr. Seward. Here he resided when the rebellion broke out. He resigned, took command of the in- surrectionary forces and did what fighting he could, until upon one occasion he was captured and next morning shot through the head by order ofa Spanish court martial. There are other Cava- das still in active rebellion, and beyond the reach of the Spanish authorities. So Spain has dealt with the Doctor, because of the sins of his kinsmen. The authorities have been encouraged to do this by the attitude of Governor Fish, who, in all of his cor- Trespondence and utterances on the subject, has seemed to think that Houard was somehow right- fully arrested ayd imprisoned, or, at least, that he had no claim of citizenship. No one doubts that the Secretary holds such a position honestly; but upon the Spanish mind, which is not apt to be severely honest in its political views, the hesitation of Mr. Fish was regarded an expres- sion of our fear of the e@normous poWer of Spain. | While General Sickles was absent on wedding tours and campaigns against Erie we have been mildly seeking gentleness to Houard, making requests, throwing out hints and hopes and gently intimated desires that Spain in its infinite mercy would re- mand the Doctor to his family and ffiends. So far as Ameftica is concerned, the Spanish mind thinks that our administration {sin terror of its arms and prestige. So far as Cuba is concerned, Spain has no abundant mercy. THE SPANISH ESTIMATE OF THR UNITED sTATES. As I have said, the average Spanish mind believes that nothing has prevented the United States from taking Cuba by force of arms but a dread of Spain. We have been regarded, and are now, as something like a nation of filibusters. Our whole course during this revolution, our patience under ieceelees our silence in the presence of atrocities which disgrace civilization, the meekness with which we have sub- mitted to interference with our commerce and the Tights of our citizens, come simply from terror in- spired in American minds by Spanish valor. There is another party here—a party of politicians in desperate circumstances, one might say—who see no better remedy for the misfortunes of the country than a war with the United States. With the dismal outlook that spreads before the Spanish stateeman— anarchy; almost bankruptcy; money borrowed for the Exchequer at thirty-eight per cent, poverty, idleness, intrigue, maiversation of the funds, insur- rections in the South, rebellions in the Basque re- gions, high taxation and constantly increasing budget deficiencies, kings and pretenders warring upon each other—there is no better relief than a war with the United States. [t would postpone the evil day; It would stifle sedition and unite all par- ties; it would strengthen Amadeus on his quick- sand throne; it would summon into new life all the dormant chivalry of the Spanish character and revive the glories of Charles V. Revolution would be silent in the presence of war; and revolution now advances with such menacing aspect that we question whether even war will awe it into silence. A PEREMPTORY DEMAND FOR DR, HOUARD’'S RE- LEASE. When General Sickies returned here from his wedding tour and Erie campaign he found wit is called a “Cabinet crisis.” A Minister had been found with his armsin the treasury. A hundred thousand dollars had been taken out, abstracted from the fund that is set apart for the uses of the army—a kind of sacred savings-bank fund—and de- voted to “election purposes,” very much in the man- ner of a certain political manager in New York. It made a great scandal, Ministers resigned and gov- ernment was inthe air waiting for the return of Marshal Serrano, who was in the Basque country putting down the Basque rebels, AS soon a8 Serrano returned and the new machine was put into operation a note was panaet at the Spanish government by our Minister of a character far ditferent from the former mild and muddy communications, which did little more than intensify the Spanish in their belief that we were afraid of their power. In this note General Sickles called attention to the case of Dr. Houard as one which had excited the most serious apprehensions in the minds of the President and the people. He showed that Dr. Houard was a native of Philadel- phia, of French parentage; that he studied medi- cine there and graduated at Jefferson Medical Col- lege; that he took up his residence in the island of Cul practise his profession; that he never waived his citizenship, but, on the contrary, regis- te his name as an alien resident, as pro- vided by the municipal laws of Cuba, at the office of the constituted authorities; that his family continued to reside in Philadelphia, one of bis sons being at this time a practising physician in Penn- pe ior and that in all res he was a citizen of the United States and entitled to the protection of ourflag. This being the case, as was shown by documentary evidence, General Sickles proceeded to show that by the treaty of 1795, between Spain and the United States, no American citizen, no matter what offence was charged him, could be legally tried in Cuba, or any Sp pos. session, except before the ee. constituted tribunals, So, without considering the question of Dr. Honard’s guilt or innocence, the General showed that beingan. citizen, under the protection of this treaty, and having been tried and sentenced by a court martial in direct violation of its provi- ions Spain was comeeies to release him. After reciting these facts at length the General concluded his not bp saying that he was instructed by the — make @ peremptory demand for the release. PROMPT ACTION OF SERRANO IN THR MATTER. In the ordi ‘ note of this PE ry gtr ty al ta enge with ‘the Spanish acthoritics: Nas general been of this ide, senpumantal character. im this now case aid | admit of an delay. l. The ministers were informed that the demand was earnest and that we must have an answer before adjourned, as in the even’ of @ refusal to rel Dr. Houard, the Presi- it have s comanioiee 0 Ley to aul Ir. Sagasta had re- mained in IN “Tateinter whet Te the siner day, Boca ot the mye na of rious pear. ance of the 2,000,000 reals “election purposes.” there would probably have been mail Ho uspension of diplomatic =. the Houard case—ai tions and no end of bother. For so far as [ un- derstand the character of Mr. A truculent, ambitious, unscrupulous man—the worst quanee of the worst type of Spanish states- the nce of Sagasta has done more harm the new dynasty which is striving to find root here, than can Well be imagined. Mar- shal Serrano succeeded him And more could be hoped from the plain, blunt, large-minded soldier, who had the courage to pardon the Basque rebels and deny Spain that blood, for which she stood panting and impatient, than from any of the men now in power or apt to gain power. As it is, there- fore, the effect of the new policy of the Prestdent as expressed by General Sickles, Was seen in the con- duct of the Serrano omer tes ly Instead of waiting for @ month and permitt the note to drift through the bureaus and translation clerks of the office, a8 s00n as it was known that the President was in earnest. That he meant what his Minister said, and a deal more, perhaps; that he had asked for Dr. Houard and meant to have no refusal ; that in fact if there were any complications inthe matter @ man-ol-war would be around at Cadiz, where Houard is now in prison, to assist General Sickles in simplifying matters as soon as the Ministry had really comprehended the fact that an earnest word had been spoken at last—the note was taken up and considered in Cabinet. Within three days from the delivery of the note, the Gen- eral was informed that it had been under debate, and that there was no doubt that the Doctor would be released, GENERAL SICKLES AND THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, The Spanish government, through M. Martoa, * the new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, informed General Sickles that the Doctor, who is now at Cadiz, would be released. Consider- ing that Martos las only been one week in office, the promptitude with which the demand of the American government was conceded is as gratifying asit is unusual. Several reasons it is felt here conspired to hasten the demand, General Sickles’ note demanding the release ts sald to have been peremptory in its tone, and indicated that his visit home had been followed by a new policy in Cuban matters. In adition to the note the General is reported to have lost no occasion to press upon the Spanish Minister the absolute importance of settling the matter at once. Serrano, as I have already mentioned, had proinlaed to release the Doctor, but he was whirled out of his ance almost before he was warmly in it, and could not carry out his intentions. ‘Then came the American fleet to Gibraltar and Lisbon, within an easy sail of Cadiz. And suddenly the yymor spread that the American ships had cdtiie to take the Doctor, that they were under the command of Sickles and that they meant to bombard Cadiz, So when our minister made his formal call to-day up- on Martos the question of Houard came up. ‘The Minister, according to the most authentic narra- tives in circulation, said that he trusted our govern- ment would change the tenor of its demand for the delivery of the Doctor, and instead of arguing a question of .citizenship or the right of the two nations in ths premises, to make the request on é *Ouitid Of mercy and as an act of grace, asa personal favor from the King Amadeus to President Grant and there would be no trouble. Our Minister said he had made his case and he wanted it consi- sidered upon its merits. The reuien Secretary replied that he understood that instructions had been sent out from Washington directing the appli- cation tobe made upon the ground of clemenc that the Spanish Minister had so instructed. Gene- | ral Sickles replied that of course his instructions could gal appear in his note as written; But at the same time M. Martos could not exaggerate the gravity of the situation; that the President was very mitch in earnest about it. M. Martos suggested that under the treaty, and even conceding all that the American government set forth in behalf of Houard, the Spanish had power to scnd him back to Cuba for trial before the civil courts, All that the American government complained of was that he had been tried by a military court. The right of trial by civil court re- mained, and unless the Americanswould make the application for release tipon the ground of mercy, there might be a danger of his returning to Cuba, In that case the General is reported to have said he would demand a copy of the record of the Doctor's conviction, and show that even upon the record there would be no ground for remanding him to Cuba, and that he could not but think the result of the remand would be to increase the seayity of the situation, M. Martos then replied that tiere was no {dea of remanding the Doctor, that he would be released, and that he merely threw out this idea to show that the Spanish ground was . not altgether untenable, It is expected the order for release will be seut to Cadiz without delay. A NEW AMERICAN POLICY REGARDING CUBA. So ends the Houard case, and so begins our new policy with Cuba. You willno doubt hear of the ~ release of the Doctor before you receive this letter. As was said in the beginning, General Grant means to fight atJeast one of his Presidential battles here in Spain. If he wins the Houard case—and I think it has been won--the whole Cuban question will be reopened. and America will remonstrate as she has not done before against the whole course of the Spanish policy in that colony, The cruelties of the voluntvers, the shooting of the students, and, above all things, the circumstance that slavery is permitted in Cuba, will be brought to the attention of the Spanish government. A deep interest is felt here as to the policy of the President, and unless everything should be submerged in a new revolu- tion, with another king or pretender coming over the border and Amadeus in flight for Lathel or going down to a ditch as poor Mexican Maximillan did to meet his fate at the hands of @corporal’s guard— unless this burning shame of shame and follies and misrule should break into a new eruption, the most interesting question to Spanish and American men for the next six months, will be the develop- he initio Lc Coroner Herrman was yesterday calied to 180 Essex street to hold an inquest on the body of Mena Weimler, a German woman, twenty-eight years of age, who commitd suicide by hanging herself. Dece: had been very despondent of late in consequence of the death of her son, and bony is supposed to have tempted her to commit the act, : Comptroller Green will pay to-morrow to the laborers on the big pipes along the line of the work the wages due them to the Ist of July inst., amounting to the sum of $27,500, Commissioner Van Nort arranged with the Cet for the immediate payment of em ployés and laborers on the Boulevard and avenues north of Fifty-ninth street, transferred to the De- bbe of Public Works by an act of the late gisiature, during Two youths, named John Reilly and Thomas Barry, broke into the premises No. 304 East Forty- second street, on Tuesday night, it is alleged with the intention of stealing lead pipe. They were de- tected, however, and taken into custody by the police of the Twenty-first precinct. Yesterday they were arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court, where Francis Rudel, the owner of the house, made a complaint against them, and they were committed without bail for trial On Tuesday evening Michael Madden, a lad fif- teen years of age, was almost instantly killed, on the corner of Fifteenth street and Ninth avenue, by being run over by an ice wagon driven by Mi- chael Farrell, living at 500 West Forty-stxth street, who is said to. have been driving at a furious rate of speed. Farrell was arrested and locked up to await the result of an investigation before Coroner Keenan. The deceased lived at 95 Ninth avenue, whither the remains were subsequently taken for interment. James Ward, 406 West Seventeenth street, and John Boenken, 985 Ninth avenue, were witnesses to the occurrence. A meeting of the Park Commissioners was held at two o’clock yesterday afternoon, Messrs, Olm- stead, Fields, Green and Dillon being present. The only business before the meeting was Mr. Fields’ resolution for the discontinuance of the work upon Riverside Park. After discussion the resolution was put to vote and lost, the Board being equally divided, aria a majority being required for its pas- sage. More than twenty remonstrances against the adoption of the resolution had been presented from fob gig citizens, several of whom had no in- rest in real estate near the Park. By request of the Corporation Counsel the Commissioners of the Riverside Park, who were to have submitted thetr report to-day, were given until the 23d Inst. to complete it, as it | require until that time to revise, THE HEAT STILL UPON US, < — ‘The atmosphere was yesterday quite oppressive in the city, and it wes quite evident to those who walked about in the sun that the heated term had not ended. Soda fountains and fan venders were Nberally patronized and the car and stage horses neverely, Below is the record of the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s in the Hara Building. The po] that fell in the evening sent the morcury down 9, July 10, July 10, rr 1872. 1871. 6 80 16 81 86 ry 8 8 90 ” ® w THE POPE’S PROTEST. Letter of the Pope to the Cardinal menaced. Secretary of State. The Italian Guarantees and the Desecration of the Eternal City. Ub Eo ae a NO RECONCILIATION POSSIBLE. {From the Catholic Review, July 13.) In the following letter the Holy Father sets at rest for ever all the rumors that have been so in- dustriously circulated regarding a possible recon- ciliation with Italy. The Holy Father reviews in this masterly state paper the whole Italian situa- tion and shows how futile and empty are the ab- surd guarantees. To every Catholic whose ignor- ance has been #0 great as to lead him to imagine that the Pope can be at once independent and a slave we commend these teachings of our Father, Pius IX., Pope. To the Most REVEREND OARDINAL JAMES ANTO- NELLI, OUR SECRETARY OF STATE:— Forced by the sad circumstances which at pres- ent surround us to witness each day the cruel sight of fresh and violent attacks directed against the Chureh, we feel obliged to-day, as an absolute duty, to testify to Your Eminence the profoues, bitterness which we feel on learn. ing the decision recently made by the President of the ministers of the usurper’s government, who has announced his firm resobution to present to the Chambers a bill for the suppression of the religious orders of this our city, the seat of the See of the Vicar of Jesus Christ and the metropolis of the Catholic world, This decision, which reveals more clearly than ever the trne end which they had in view when they first began to despoll the Apostolic See of its temporal. dominion, 18 a fresh outrage inficted, not only on us but on all Catholicity. Who can deny effectively that the suppression of the religious orders or the arbitrary limitation of their existence is not @ direct attempt aimed against the liberty and independence of the Roman Ponti’? Taking, ‘as it does, out of his hands one of the most power- ul and most efficacious means of governing the Universa) Church, All the world knows that as the centre of Chris- tianity is in Rome 60 the religious houses which have been established there for centuries are, 80 to speak, the centres of all the orders and all the con- ‘egations which are spread over the entire Catho- ic world. They are, agit were, 0 many seminaries built by the indefatigable care of the Roman Pon- tits, and enctowed by the generosity of pious donors, native as well as foreign, and are governed He the supreme authority of the Sovereign Pon- tits, from whom they receive their life, counsel and direction, These houses were instituted with a view to furnish workers and missionaries for all parts of the world, and, without turn- ing to history, it will sufice, in order to point out the advantages received by the Christian re- public from the counsels of these evangelical labor- ers, to glance over the various countries of Kurope, the most distant and inhospitable shores of Asia, | Africa, America and Oceanica, where, even in our days, these zealous ministers of God consecrate themselves with exemplary self-abnegation to the interests and good of the flocks, and sacrifice their brant and even their lives in the fulfilment of their uty. Now, if they suppress the religious orders or limit their existence it will be no longer possible for the world to experience, as 1x does now, the benefits of these charitable and pious institutions, It is in Rome that are established the principal noviciates, destined to prepare new soldiers for the faith. It ig to Rome that flock the religfous of the whole world to reanimate their zeal and to give an ac- count of their missions, It {is in Rome and under the shadow of the apostolic throne that all the business, even foreign, of the various committees is transacted. It is in. Rome thats are elected, in the assembly of the religious of different mations, the generals and dignitaries of ail the various provinces. How then can we hope, unless these great centres continue in their present condition, to see their beneficent work continue to obtain tie same results? No, to Bu) ea the religious houses of Rome is to leave without life the various communities dispersed over the entire world, and to despoil them in Rome of their property is to dispossess the entire orders of their rights. The suppression in Rome of the religious orders is not only an act of manifest in- justice against well-deserving persons, but also a real attack against the international right of all Catholicity. Besides, it is our duty to state that the suppres- sion of the Roman religious houses is exceedingly | prejudicial to the Apostolic See, for it is from | among the most distinguished subjects of these houses that are chosen our most useful fellow laborers in the sacred ministry as well as as- sistants for the various ecclesiastical congregations which serve the Church most zealously, either by the light of their judgment in the various inissions | confided to our care, or by giving themselves up to profound studies whereby they are able to refute errors, or again by giving wise councils in matters of discipline to each of the various churches of the Catholic world. It is manifest, therefore, my Lord Cardinal, that ernment in the project of law which they are now preparing is nothing more or less than a continua- tion of the sinister and subversive plaus which they fed Mat haath pursued since the day they took vio- lent possession of Rome, and by means of which they intend not ay to attempt the destruction of our temporal authority, but alsothat of our supreme apostolate, to the greater advantage of which, said they, they undertook the charge of our temporalities by the annexation of the pecimcay, of the Church, a Ul ge (es to the opes by an admirable dispensation of Divine Prov- idence, and which they have possessed for now more than eleven centuries, by the most just and sacred of rights, for the good of all Catholicity. And who can now entertain the faintest iilusion as to the true nature of this plan, which tends to overthrow the authority of the Supreme Chief of the Church, and to degrade the dignity of his august ministry, and to completely upset the organiza- tion of te Apostolic See, which has been in ex- istence for 80 many centuries ? Every day, my Lord Cardinal, you have beheld these usurpations which, now for one reason and now for another, are being perpetrated in spite of all morality and justice; and all these usurpations tend to the carrying into execution of the destroyers’ plans. ‘To whom then, if not these, are we to attribute these decrees, which are being incessantly multiplied, and which have gradually substracted from our authority all the institutions of charity and benevolence, the colleges of educa- tion and establishments of noe instruction in the city, which seemed to be objects of our most par- ticular care as also that of our predecessors?’ To what, if not to this, ought we to refer that ini- quitous law which drives into involuntary service in the army those youths who have dedicated them- selves to God and the hopes of the Church, thus de- priving the cloister and the ministry of a battalion of new and laborious missionaries ¥ To what, if not to this, are we to impute this rage for spreading horrible errors by teaching with impunity every kind of anti-Christian doctrine, either in the public schools, by incredible scandalous lectures, delivered with wicked boldness, by apostates and men who are rebels to the anthority of the Church? To what this relaxation of morals?—this insolent toleration of lewd spectacies?—these frequent pcereneoe of things holy, and this diabolical and persistent derision of the most sacred and inviolable of things, and, in short, this systematic persecution of all honest per- sons who are faithful to the Church and to the Pope ? You know, my Lord Cardinal, how each day our heart has been torn We the sight of the sufferings of the Church. Reduced to a powerless condition and unable to, in any way, stay the progress of these misfortunes, we can only bemoan them; but, at the same time, we publicly raise our voice in protesta- tion against the evils of which ‘the Chureh is the victim, so as to convince the whole world of the miserable condition te which we have been re- duced. It Is true we could have saved ourselves in part the pain of drinking daily of this bitter chalice, and of witnessing in person such sad sights, by seeking an asylum in some foreign country. But if reasons of great religious interest have caused us, in the present state of things, not to abandon our dear city, the seat of the Roman Pon- tificate, it is certainly not without a particular pur- pose of Divine Providence that we have not done 60, provided that we might be able to con- vince the world thereby of the fate reserved to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, when the liberty and independence of his supreme Apostleship are compromised by the change in that condition, which was providentially ordained by God. And, in fact, how, in the new order of ie 4 can the bd be called free and independent? It is not suf- fictent for him to say that for a moment he is free and regards his personal liberty; he must. be, and appear 80 to the eye of every one, inde- pendent and free in the exercise of his supreme authority. Now, the Pope is not, will never be, free and independent as long as nis supreme power is subjected to the caprice of a contrary authority, or as long a8 his subi Tainistry is submitted to the influence and domination of political provisions, as as his laws and decrees can be suspected of Pi itt ngs Mc vee ve en e Pon! ite since the usu of the Church, the confilc tion of the of the two been Inevitable, Harmony, in this sta' ig not dependant on the will of man, for the rela- tion between the two rs being on an absurd system, resulting in elements #0 much at Semakomine? semen , can only end in a per- tual state antagonism. History ftseit is full of the conflicts between the two authorities and of examples of trouble in the Christian , each time ba hay y for an instant, been subjected to the authority ofa Covariance retegr ice a ie great and. powerful. others th fithtul cannot have their Vit the of thi see ney setnara! a Cotsolichy, analsa of Wie jade, re has of affairs, the real object of the ministers of the usurping gov- | of his acts. Bnt how can tl dence Bay if the actions of the Roman Ponti: are cone tinually exposed to party agitations, the arbi! will of governors, and if he is in of seeing’ each step, his peace troubled andthe tr -nqullity counsellors and ministers constantly I the same way the liberty of the sacred con- gregations, to whom falls the duty of resoiving the questions and all the diMeulties of the entire Catho- ile world, is of the highest importance to the secu- rity of the Church, as also for the legitimate wants and imperious necessities of every Christian nation. It is the most important that no man should suspect the freedom and independence of the decisions and decrees promulgated by the com- mon Father of the Faithful, No one should have his conscience disturbed by the thonght that foreign ewe can influence Pontifical resolutions. It is imperative that the Pope, the religious orders and fey ea and the conclave, should be per- be fectly free, as also that this new freedom shoul manifest and evident, and that there should bemo doubt or suspicion respecting it in the mind of any one. — This religious liberty of Catholics havii as an indispensable condition that of the Pope him- self, it follows thatthe Pope, supreme judga and living organ of the faith and law of ail Catholten, not being free, every Catholic is likewise not sure of the independence and freedom of his actions. Hence the doubts and the anxieties which trouble the minds of the faithful; hence those retl- gious perturbations of the «various Sta hence those outward demonstrations of Catholic faith, which are the evident external proofs of the inter- nal disturbance of the Catholle mind, and which, rather than decrease, will continue more and more evidently as they have hitherto done, from the hour that we were violently deprived of our temporal dominion antil that in which the head of Catho- licity shall be retnstated in his rights and restored to his real independence. ‘Tris oeing the case, itis not easy to understan how peopie can seriously speak about a reconcilia- tion between the Pontifical government and that of the usurper. What reconciliation can there be; inthe present state of affairs? It is not asim. ple question which has risen up in the order of poli-, ies, or in that of religion, and which can admit ot @ favorable solution by means of official negotia~ tions. On the contrary, it regards a violent wid tion forced upon the Sovereign Pontiff, and whic! entirely destroys that indispensable liberty and ab. Solute independence which 1s of vital importance ta the government of the Church. In these conditions,; for the Roman Pontiff to lend himself to concilia- tion would be equivalent to a renunciation of the rights of the Holy See, which he has reeeived as a sacred deposit from his august predeces- and to resign himself, by an act of his will, to the frequent encounter of innumerable obstacles in the exercise of his supreme ministry 3 to leave the conscience of the taithful in a condition of anxicty and trouble; to close the way to all free manifestations of truth; in @ word, to abandon spontaneously to the caprice of a govérnment that sublime mission received by the Roman Pontificate directly from God, with the strict obligation to de- fend its independence by every human means in itd power, No! we cannot stoop to approve these assaulta against the Church, this usurpation of our most sacred rights, this culpable interference of civil authority in ecclesiastical concerns. Firm and immoyvahie, we will defend. with honor, and By every means in our power, the interests of the floc entrusted to our charge. We are ready to face the greatest sacrifice, and, if necessary, to shed our blood rather than betray any one of the duties imposed upon us Ld supreme mission we have received from on high. ith the help of God we will never fail to give an example of strength and courage to the other pastors and ministers of the Church who, by reason of the adversity of the times, sustain so nobly so many struggles in the cause of God and for the welfare of souls, for the defence of the sacred legacy of faith, and for tie integrity of the principles of eterna justice and morality. What shall we say, my Lord Cardinal, further about these led guarantees whieh the usurper’s government peanas to have given the head of the Church, with the manifest intention of misleading the good faith of the simple minded, and to offer as an arm to those political parties, who neither care for the independence of tho Roman Pontiff nor for his liberty. Leaving on one side every other argument, does what is now hap- pening in Rome, at a time when it would be most necessary to show in the of Europe the force and efficacy of the 80 much vaunted laws of guaran- tees—does not what now happens daily in Rome rove how futile and powerless they are? ‘Truly, it is well to proclaim the person idence of the Roman Pontiff inviolable, when the government has not the power to guarantee us from @ thousand insults to which our authority is dally exposed; when we are, like ll other honest persons, doom to be sad spectators of the unfair way in which justice Is administered. What would be the use of our not keeping the door of our residence shut, when, if we attempted to #°, forth, it would only be to assist at scenes of revolting impiety, or to expose ourselves to the outrages of persons accustomed to excite immorality and disorder, or run the risk of being'the involuntary cause of con- fict among the people? Of what use is the promise of personal guarantees to the dignitaries of the Church if they are forced to hide in the streets the insignia of their dignity, so as to avoid the danger ol exposing themselves to every kind of ill treatment; if the ministers of God and the most sacred things are made the objects of contempt and ridicule, to such an extent that the most august ceremonies of our holy religion can no longer be celebrated in public; in short, if the saintly pastors of the Catholic world,,who come to Rome from time to time to render up ai account of the affairs of their chutches, can no longer do so without being exposed to insult and even danger ? It is of no use proclaiming the liberty of our pas- toral ministry when the whole legislation, even in its most important points, as for instance in the case of the sacraments, are in open opposition to the fundamental laws of the universal Church, It is of no use recognizing by a law the authority of the supreme hierarchy when, they do not recog- nize the value of the acts which it publishes, and when, with unparalleled injustice, they do not per- mit its members to enjoy the revenues of the legiti- mate patrimony of their churches, or to enter their episcopal houses; to such a state of complete penury are they reduced but for Pe charity of the faithful which sustains us, and which en- ables us forthe moment to share with them the alms ofthe poor. Ina word, what guarantee can be given by the government for the execution of its promises when the first fundamental law of the State is not only attacked with impunity by the first comers, but is rendered null and void by the government itself, which, at each step, as it chooses, upsets or changes, either by decrees or by new laws, its fundamental Nets ager and thus de- stroys all the respect with which they should be observed? All this, my Lord Cardinal, we have explained to you, principally for the purpose that you should make known to those governments who have ac- credited representatives at the Court of the Holy See the pitiable condition to whicn this new order of things has reduced us, to the great prejudice of the Catholic cause. We charge you, my Lord Car. dinal, to protest in the name of the Sovereign Pontift against the attacks committed not only against our- selves but against all Catholicity. Not less inter- ested than ourselves in the tranquillity and peace of mind of their subjects, these governments will take into consideration this want of liberty and ti [alin in the exercise of our apostolic mini ‘om which we are at present Heong ih If e Catholic has a right to demand from his gover ment a guarantee for his own personal religious liberty he has no less a right to invite that govern- ment to see that he who Is for each Catholic the, guide and interpreter of his faith and religion shall also be free and independent. Moreover, it is the interest of all governments, Catholic or otherwise, to restore peacefand tranquillity to the great Catho- lic family and to sustain our real independence, They cannot deny that, called by God to defend and sustain the principles of eternal justice, it is their duty to defend and protect’ a cause which is the most legitimate on earth, assured that by sustaining the sacred rights of the Roman Pontitt they also sustain and defend their own rights, They cannot gaimsay that the Roman Ponti and the pontifical throne, far from being an em>arrassment (0 the repose and prosperity of Europe, or “the grandeur and independence of Italy,” has always served as a link of union between the princes and the people, and that it has ever in all times been the centre of concord and peace. To Italy in par- ticular (it must be said) the Holy Sce has always been the cause of her true grandeur, the guardian of her independence, the defender and constant bulwark of her liberty. Finally, as there can be no better guarantee for the Church and for her Chief than that of prayer addressed to Him who holds in His hand the destiny of kingdoms, and who can by @ sign stay the raging of the waves and calm the storm, we never cease to address the Almighty by con- tinual and fervent prayer for the cessation of all | these evils, for the conversion of sinners and for the triumph of the Church, our mother. Let us unite, then, our prayers to those of all our dear sons throughout the entire Catholic World. We must not neglect, however, to call down upon them, as @ duty of gratitude, a special benediction, which) shall serve to protect them from fresh and mort terrible chastisement, that they may remain firm) in every poe of honor and virtue, so that the may be led by the intercession of the Blessed an Immaculate Virgin Mary, of her spouse, St. Joseph, and that of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to the peace and eeroun of other times. Receive, my Cardinal, on this yn, our apostolic benediction, which we bestow upon P haat from our heart. PIUS, P. P. IX, From the Varioan, thia 16th day of June, 1872, NAVAL INTELLIGENOE, The United States frigate Constellation will re main at Newport, R. I, until the 16th inst., when she leaves on @ cruise to Gardiner’s Bay, Her come mander reports that on the evening of the 4th caughe in’ heavy gale, spit her. foretopsall and cat , “cartied svray ail her weather topsail sheets. She has 100 midshipmen on board, mostly of the first and third classes, from the Naval School, Naval Ordérs. Wasninoton, July 10, 1872, Lieutenant J. F. Meiggs has been detached fromm torpedo duty at League Island; Lieutenant R. D. Hitchcock from Newport on Al t-1_and ordered drographio Paymaster ©. B hompeon a fran tho Plymouth ‘nd ordered ta daty in the Bureau of Provisions and Clo! $ First Assistant inecr B.A. from the Fin. Kata giver Bk Magee om tna Departmen, :