The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1872, Page 8

- THE COURTS UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS! couaT. Charge of Embezzling Money. q Before Commissioner Osborn. Mahlon Anderson, alias Ahland, arrested on board the steamer Arndt shortly after her arrival . at this port, was taken befofe Commissioner 0s- born yesterday afternoon to answer s charge of embezziitig money from one of the government of- fioes in SWeden where he had been employed. The arrest Was on the afMidavit of the Swedish sul, ites that he Was informed by unt r of Foreign Affairs in the len and , that An- wy from Si and was his to New York, that he had cel moneys Le ayy to the gov- ernment which had _ bee committed to te Rakes, A mandate author! the arrest of accused was issued by the at Washington. On being arraig: he was not ready for an examination, an ‘was accordil Ao pene for one week. The pris- r was ki ified by means of @ photograph, bat denies his guilt. Stabbing Affray on the High Seas. Before Commissioner Shields, Vincent and Dominick Valentine, passengers on the British steamer Denmark, which arrived here yosterday from London, were charged with ‘tabbing Lewis Bome, a fellow passenger, during fe voye . The Commissioner decided that he jurisdiction, inasmuch a8 the offence was committed on a British stip, and he Bont ali the parties to the British Consul’s ofice, $ SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisions. By Judge James 0. Smith. Theodore Martin vs. Ann Lowenstein.—Motion to Speasodeme it, &c., granted unless plaintiff strikes it the extra allowance of $913 65, and if he strike out the same motion denied. sncrey. ee me ere rere Modon to vacate Judgmen jenied costs, In matter of petition of Theodore Kriewolf.—Order Samuel G, Hull vs, William J. Hyland et al.—Order appointing recelver granted. tie E. Campbell vs. William E. Campbell.—De- cree granted. Martin Kean vs, Archibald Wurren.—Motion Gees on condition that defendant pay within we renty days the costs of the inquest, including plain- 6 actual and necessary expenses of travel from residence in Vicksburg and attendance a9 a ‘wilness, and $10 costs of opposing motion. Clarence Buel vs. Garvey Baker et al.—Injuno- tion continued, with $10 costs of motion to abide even James M. O'Donnell vs. Michael Martin.—Motion deniod, with leave to renew it in the Court in Which the proceeding in bankruptcy is penulng. Miles O'Donnell vs. Same.—Same, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. A Lawyer's Pleadings Viewed from a Judicial Standpoint. Before Judge Freedman, » George Jones vs. William W. Niles.—This is a suit for $60,000 damages lor alleged defamation of char- eoter. The plaintiff was employed to prosecute a sult brought by a Mr. and Mrs, Hilderbrandt against liam B. Ogden. The defendant, who was Mr, jon's counsel, characterized a letter written by the plaintiif to Mr. Ogden as an attempt to blackmail, and hence the present suit. Mr. Jones prepared @ voluminous complaint, portions of which the defence moved to strike out. id Freedman yesterday decided the motion by stiik- ing out the whole complaint. His reasons @ ‘The complaint in ques- pleading here referred to 60 many instances, and contains 80 much argu- ment and mere evidence of facts, instead of the su stantivo facts, and so many inferences, legal co! matters of description and irrelevant aSverments, that it cannot be permitted to stand. | ‘My time will not permit me to particularize all the Objections that may be properly urged against it on | that account.” r. Jones, however, allowed | to serve a new complaint within twenty days, on | payment of $10 costs, Decisions. William Watson ye. David L, Gardiner.—Motion denied, with $10 costs. Isidor Altchul et al. vs. Hugh McNulty et al.— me. Liewyllen G. Estes et al, vs. George F. Wilimore.— Order appointing receiver granted, | Maria W. Anderson vs. Henrietta Gower.—Motion granted without costs. Thomas W. Pittman vs. Teresa W. Papy.—Motion Aenied, with $10 costs to abide event. Lewis L.. Squire vs. Louis A. Degan.—Motlou de- nied, with $10 costs, Harriet Cannon vs. John M. Cannon, Jr.—Ref- erence granted. Joseph Spitz vs. Nathan Fack.—Motion granted, with $10 costs to abide the event. See momoran- | dum. y Steinfleld.—Reference or- 0 Conrad Muller vs. dered. Sec memo! im. William B. Newbury vs. Charles Walloder.—Mo- tion denied, with $10 costs to abide event. | He George A. Miller vs. Andrew P. wn ‘Tuyl et al.— Order appointing receiver granted. Elizabeth Kennedy vs. Thomas Kennedy.—Extra allowance of $500 granted. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. c By Judge Larremore. | + Inthe Matter of James Mulcahy, an imprisoned debtor.—Papers insufficient. Lee vs. Hopkins.—Motion denied, but order modified nting $10 costs to plaintif® to abide event, and issue to be of original date. Muller vs. Schmidt,—Motion denied, with $10 costs to defendant. Wickham vs. Smith.—Motion denied; $10 costs | to abide event. Groom vs. Wolff.—Motion denied on payment of ol i costs by appellant within five days. iter v8. Kenny.—Motion dismissed; $10 cos! to plaintiff. ash vs. McKinney. —See memorandum for coun- | % Nelson et al. v8. Groocock.—Same. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Before Recorder Hackett. Grand Larcenties. ¢ The first prisoner disposed of yesterday morning | ‘was William Jones, who pleaded guilty to burgia- riously entering the premises of James H. Hubbard, 124 West Broadway, and stealing $8 worth of paints. State Prison two years and six months was the sen- tence. John Clarke, charged with stealing eight coats, valued at $120, on the 26th of June, the property of Englander & Myers, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny. mos J. Blicher, @ youth, pleaded guilty to the same grade of crime, the Indictment against him charging that on the 24th of June he snatched a pocketbook containing $206 out of the hand of Har- Tiett J. Greenleat, These prisoners were each sent wo the Penitentiary for two years. . John Brady, indicted for stealing a watch valued it $20, on the 24th of June, the property of Alexan- ler W. Hodge, Pleaded guilty to an attempt at id larceny. He was sent to the State Prison for Wo years and six months, Ellen Joseph (a young girl), charged with stealing a yee watch worth $125 and $35 in. money, on the 26th of June, from William H. Merrick, pleaded Guilty. She was sent to the House of Refuge. An Acquittal, § Julia Wall, the keeper of a boarding house, was tried for stealing $55, on the 17th of May, from John McGarry, a Pennsylvanian. Mr. Hummel calied a | Dumber of witnesses, who proved that the com- ‘plainant was very drunk and did not give a correct Version of the transaction. The accused also proved @ good character, and a verdict of not guilty was gendered. Forgery. Jullus Lesser was indicted for forgery in tho third dogree, he having given a forged check upon the Pacific Bauk for $65 to Joseph Gutweiller, 57 avenue | A, on the 20th of April, !n payment for furnishing goods. There were other checks found upon him ‘hen he was arrested, He pleaded guilty to forgery | fn tho fourth degree, aud was gent to the Stato | nm for two years. Petit Larceny. James Williams, an employé in the box manu- facturing establishment of the Messrs. Youngs, in Worth street, pleaded guilty to petit pal the harge ee | that on the ist of July he stole five fe 8 Of nails, valued at $27. He wus sent to the iteutiary bor three months, moray mnell, joinuiy indicted with Williams, ‘was tricd and acquitted. Discharge of tho Grand Jary. The Grand Jary brought ina bundle of indict. Ments early in the day, and the Foreman having med tne Court that hen had finished their usiness, they were discharged for the term. John Burns, an unfortunate looking wretch, yes tertlay afternoon went into a lager beer satoon, at 617 Third avenno, and called for some beer, He the barkeepor, Anthony Hrtig, got into a "THE GREELEY HEADQUARTERS. Movements of the Philosopher—Visit of Grats Brown to Headquarters—The Colored Vote— A Letter from « Greeley Colored Man. Mr. Greeley remained studiously at hone in Chappaqua yesterday, taking the rest he so much needed. A number of visitors called to see bim at the Lincoln Club, who were referred to the Glen- ham headquarters and thence referred back again to the Lincoln, Mr. Greeley will certainly return to town this afternoon. Governor Brown dropped in at the Glenham headquarters during the morn- ing, much improved in health, and had some con- versation with Colonel Anderson, of Missourl. The Colonel in speaking of General Benjamin, of Mis- souri, one of the Grant members of Congress, said he was one of the Missouri State militiamen who still believe that there are bushwhackers ia the woods. VISITORS AT HRADQUABTERS. Among the visitors at headquarters yesterday wore Marshal Murray; James Breslau, of Troy; Hiram H, Post, of sing Sing; Charles W. Blew, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Hiram P. Crozier, of Brooklyn, and others, In the evening Judson Jarvis and the blooded colts of the Sherif's office came in hila- mousy, and informed the headquarters that the Twenty-fiist ward was going for Greoley. is to speak at a grand ra ification meeting at Tar. is rt - Tytown to-morrow night. f TOE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTER has not yet opened its headquarters, but negotia- tions aré in progress for securing rooms on Fifth avenue, near the Glenham House. ‘THE COLORED PEOPLE FIGUTING NOBLY. Edward Wright is the Steward of the Blossom Club, He is a bright, inteiiigent colored’ man of Northern birth. His father was a North Carotinian born, and the two, father and son, are strong for Greeley. The day of the nomination of Greeley at Baltimore, it wilt be remembered, Edward hoisted the Greeley Hag over the Blossom buildings without waiting for any formal vote of the club on this mat- ter, Now comes Colonel Harlan, the colored mi of Cincinnati who so ably interviewed the Pr dent for the Western papers at Long Branoh last summer, and he belng at Saratoga on receipt of this information strongly condemned the course of Edward in the matter, “Why,” said Harlan to a friend of Edward’s, “ho has no right to vote for Greeley or to work for him.’”’ This coming to Ed- ward excited his tre,and he responds to the Colonel in the following letter :— EDWARD WRIGHT'S LETTER—A “‘FLOORER”’ FOR COLO- NEL HARLAN. New Yorx, July 16, 1873. test amount of pleasure to lift m: in vindication of the Cincinna’ Colonel Hartan, Sari It affords me the gr yolee among thy peopl nominees. my duty, as well as right guar- anteed to me as a man, trrespective of race or color, Under this tree fovernment to earnestly expross my ¥ understandingly and fearlessly, in bohalf of tho candidate of my cholce, In my hun! le opinion Horace Gresley hasdone more to tnerit my suifrage aud the suf of the colored people of this country than General Grant. Posterity owes him a debt of gratitude it will never be able to pa: for hig fidelity in the manity cause of hu nd equal rights, and when reconstructed America, lik Jornelia of old, shall gather toge will dignity Horaco Grocley, the agriculturist of Chappa- qua and Nestor of metropolitan journalism, the bright em glittered in the diadem of her greatness. b-ver} hin, fair for the election of the people’s choice and bids the downfall of. the presont administration, and. on th eve of the 6th of Noveinber, when the great people shal have declared their choice, may the American eagle bo again arouxod from his state of somnolency, expand his wings and mount the extreme stunmit of éxcelsior, and, elevated on that foity, pedestal, rend the air with one grand triumphal shriek for areeey Brown and victory. EDWARD B, WRIGHT, Steward of the Blossom Club. Negotiations are in progress to secure Edward's services in the North Carolina campaign. It 18 sugely concluded by the Greeley headquarters men that Edward’s rhetoric would “knock the socks oif”” even Boutweill’s “hole in the sky," and Morton's didactical reusoning. Tho arrangements, how- ever, aro not yet consummated. ‘GRATZ BROWN. SDE RRES The Governor's Occupations Yesterday— His Views of the Political Situation. Governor Brown called yesterday at the Glenham Hotel, where the headquarters of the Liberal Re- publican Exetutive Committee is located, and whore he was attacked with his recent {lness, drove there in a carriage with his physician, Dr. Steele, and remained about halfan hour. From thence he drove to Goupil's, corner of Twenty-second strect and Fiith avenue, where he stayed a short time. “During tho drive he | also made calls upon severalof hia friends and rela- tives, including the family of the late Rev. Dr. Mason. Early in the evening he returned to the residence of Dr. Steele, in Great Jones strect, and at ten o'clock retired for the night. The Governor is much Improved in health, though still quite weak from the shock to his nervous system, and will leave in a few days for the resi- dence of a friend on the seaside, where he can enjoy the advantages of the ocean breeze and bathing, with retirement. In regard to the campaign, Governor Brown called attention to his telegram from St. Louis to | the peoplo of Cincinnati assembled in mass mect- ing. It will be found by reference to the despatch alluded to that Governor the young men of the country new Issucs in place of the dead ones buried by the war. The bone of contention gnawed by loco-focos and barbarners, silver grays, Know Nothi a whigs, democrats and repubitcans has, in his opin- ion, been for along time food for the worms. Be- fore a new population open up new questions, which in turn demand attention and must be decided, the young mem of America ask that their voice may be heard in the questions decisive of their destiny, as their fathers’ opinions were consulted in the settlement of the difficulties surrounding their time. Parchments should not fence round the action of the living, and a dead past should bury its dead. As the country expands in wealth, popula- tion and commerce it expands in ideas, and these must not be bound by the narrow prejudices of bitter and obstinate factions, laboring under the obstruction of a ia founded upon a single idea, Men imbued with sectionalisms, both North and South, have sought to opi out their particular schemes, regardiess of the harmony of the whole country; but the Governor believes that a day has dawned when all these petty lines will be swept away and men will be understood, notas loving their own section blindly, but as lov- ing their great country well. Since the tsaues of 1861 were decided by a bloody war a genera- tion of young men have stepped upon the scene, before whom open questions of vital importance and fraught with an interest charged with hopes for the future of the nation, Itis these men who will bear the burden of the coming contest, and, entering it with the uncalculating enthusiasm and fervor of youth, they will sweep the wrecks of old issues away and guide the people to a great, proud future. THE JUVENILE REPUBLICANS, Meeting at Headquarters—Appointment of Officers=Speeches, The Young Men's Republican Central Com- mittee met for the purpose of organizing at the republican headquarters, Broadway and Twenty-third street, last evening. Mr. Theodore P. Kelly acted as chairman pro tem. When the Secretary had fluished qalling the roll a@ committee of three was appointed to decide | who were the proper delegates to represent the Second district, as two sets of them had entered an appearance. r. JAMES CUMMING then moved that a committee of one from each Assembly district be nominated to appoint permanent oMcers for the organization. A recess of fifteen minutes was taken after the chairman had selected the committee, at the termination of which period the committee pre- sented the result of thelr deliberation he following list was accepted by universal acclama- tion :—President, George B, Deane; Vice Presitent, George W. Cregier; secon President, John Kh. Lawrence; Recording Secretary, John Cooper, Jr.; Corresponding Secretary, John FP. Tobin ; Treasurer, ALF. Pater; ergeant-at-Arms, F. Brady, President DEANE, upon assuming the chair, made abrief speech, in which he explained the motive the organization has in view. hat waa required was unity, and tl oung men of the republican party should band themselves together in solld phalanx in order to secure a victory next No- vember, Three cheers were then given for the chairman and three for Grant and Wiison with @ hearty good will, after which speeches became the order of tho evening, Colonel oration. He was followed by @ number of other Members of the organization, aftor which the mect- | ing adjourned, : ah BUMSTED'S SUCCESSOR IN JERSEY OITY, Mr. Androw Clerk, of Jersey City, was appointed yesterday by Governor Parker to fill the vacancy in the Board of Public Works cansod by the convic- tion and imprisonment of Wiliam U. Bumsted, The Governor declined to appoint tho nominee of the Hudson County Contral organization, on the und that the taxpa “have suffered o much already at hands of poll- ticlans.”” et Among the gentlemen designated the The Police Commissioners have not been appointed. an one of these Commissioncrs is Mr. Henry Gacdo, member of Assembly, but that gentleman {nformed the Governor that ho would not accept the oMice under any consideration. The Governor replied that he Foaeiied this refusa! very much, aa no wore upright and pore-minded man ever sat in the Legisiature than Mr, Gaede, Tho Central organiza. ity, during which hoe wua bwily beaten on the with 6 alt shot. Mutlg held for trial Burns wae ta he Mouse of Doteation, tion laid before the Governor the names of some of their membora for the Vacancies, but aii save two WH be rejected, Brown claims for | organ leading off with a spirited | A TALK WITH STOKES. —— His Opinion of the Evidence and of Judge Ingra- ham and the District Attorney—He is Desir- ous to Know Where “Jenny Turner” Has Been Taken and “Eddy” Morse—He Denounces Thomas Hart asa Per- jured Witness and States that He Was to Get a Thousand Dollars for His Evidence. On a hot day the Tombs Prison is not a relief to the eye, The flery sun glaring on the granite walls reflects the heat, and it strikes the faces of the passers-by with tenfold effect. To get into the Tombs you must apply at the entrance in Franklin street, Mark Finley, the keeper, is one of the best fellows in the world, and when @ reporter calls he unbends himself and takes the visitor all around to ee the sights. The lion of the Tombs just now is Edward 8, Stokes. His trial, which has lasted for go many days, has made him famous, and the de- fence made by John McKeon has been traversed by all the journals in the land. “ask Mr, Finley fora ticket and then I'll bring Stokes out in the room to see you,” said the good- looking and even-tempered man at the gate, who does not look like a human being who has been confined in prison walls; his face is too jolly look- ing for that. ‘You can’t sce him in his cell, but you can see him in the room right back here.” An old man, with a white beard, went back in the prison yard to look for Stokes, and the reporter for a fow moments sat down, Stokes came out in his shirt sleeves, wearing white striped trousers. His mustache was shaved om. This made a great difference in his appear- ance. Stokes looked like an actor with his clean shaven face, and people who saw him sald, “He looks like John Mortimer.” He shook hands with the HgRraLp reporter and sat down to make his statement. Paper and a pencil having been produced Stokes spoke in his peculiar manner, full of earnestness and vigor. He was in excellent spirits and talked fizely, He said, “Mr. ——, there is one thing I wish to say to you. I shall not give any interview to any person but a HERALD reporter. Some people come im here and say that they are reporters, and en- deavor to speak to me, but stillI do not desire to talk to them. I have been misrepresented so much that Ihave to be careful. Therefore, what I tell you is the only true statement that will be made; all the rest is false.’ RerorTER—What is your opinion of the jury which tried your Stoxes—I think that they were a very respoct- able-looking and intelligent body of men. I must thank them forthe fair maoner with which they examined the evidence, RePorTER—What do you think of Mr. Garvin, the District Attorney? Stoxes—He made a most desperate attempt to secure my conviction. I find considerable fault with him for attempting to attack my personal character. He endeavored to prejudice the jury against me in his summing up. If he wanted to attack me personally he had an ample opportunity to do it when I was placed upon the stand to speak in my own defence, RePortER—How about his treatment of the evi- dence of Hart ? Stoxes—I think he acted justly in his summin; up in ignoring the evidence of Thomas Hart. He knew that from beginning to end Hart's testimony was of the most murderous description, That young man’s testimony was more than infamous. RErORTER—Do you know anything of Hart's character? SToxEs—His testimony was positively contra- dicted by the evidence of a very respectable geatle- man who was called by the prosecution, RerorTeR—What witness was that? 3 STokes—I refer to Mr. Charles G, Hill.. Why, he awore that he was in the corridor at the time of the shooting, and he knows that Hart was not present there. REPORTER—What have you to say in regard to other witnesses ? Srokes—Well, there was Henry De Corley, the parlor man. He was a witness tor the prosecution. And what did he testify to? He was almost frightened to death by the intimidation of the lawyers who examined him. But he seems to be an honest man, and, although he did not speak the English language perfectly or understand the cross examination, yet he manfully told what he knew, like an-honest man, He was with Mr. Hill, He was directly behind him, and he swears that Thomas Hart was not there, and the prosecution had made all their dependence upon this one wit- ness, whose character is very bad. REPorRTER—Was his testimony different on the trial from that which he gave at the Coroner's in- quest ¢ STokes—Why, you were at both places, and you know yourself that it was contradictory, And, be- sides, the hall boy, Redmond, swore at the Coro- ner’s inquest that Hart was not at the head of the stairs, Brennan, an honest lad and very truth- ful, who was a companion of Hart's at the House of Detention, swears positively that Hart confessed to him that he was not present at the shooting. John McKeon examined him to see if he was a truthtul boy before he was summoned. fe LORTER—W hat was the result? Srokrs—I suppose John McKeon is well known In New York, Why, he would not tella lle to save my life. That is my firm belief. The District At- torney sald that Mr. McKeon procured Bren- nan as a witness, Well, he bears a decent character, and though he was on Randall's Isiand, behaved so well that and he was a witness for the another case, RerorreR—What were the points in Brennan's testimony ? Srokes—The principal point and the one that cannot be gotten over is the fact which he swore, that Hart told him that he wa’ to get $1,000 for his testimony, and that he had the biggest people in New York behind his back, Now let the honest citizens of this city ask, when this trial comes on again, who these “biggest people” are, and for what purpose they wanted to purchase this poor, uneducated young man. hi REPORTER—What do you think of Judge Ingra- am ¢ Srokes—Jndge Ingraham, in his charge to the Jury, insinuated that this false-swearing young man | should be bejieved. He said that this young man, Hart, was not contradicted by a single person, and | he charges that Henry de Corley, whom Idd not | know and never saw before thai day “Might be | mistaken.” The Judge does not say that he is a liar, or that he had sworn falsely, but he throws doubt | on his evidence by saying that he “might be mis- taken. REPorTER—What have you to say in regard to | | the trial generally? | KES—Well, I think that there never before was such an organized conspiracy against any man, then, perfectly, piling to stand my trial again, ‘he people of New York may be excited occa- sionally by false and manufactured reports, but | they are honest people, and when they know how I have been hounded and misrepresented and ursued, I am sure that they will listen to my story, tis & more wonderful one than I ever read of, and | no one who could know the real truth would per- secute me as Ihave been persecuted, It is cruel and dishonest. 5 Rerorren—Were any witnesses missing on the trial? Srokes—A good many, When they tried to de- | stroy me in the Yorkville Court, Richard King, whose atidavit was read and admitted, could not be found. He was spirited away, And how is it with the girl Jenny Turner, who waited on the Morse family ¥ She saw Fisk that night. Where ls Eddy | Morse, who, it is said, stripped Fisk and took the diamonds out of his shirt and gave them to Powers | to put in the hotel safe? He ts in Europe, Lam told. ag he was so much liked and e Was Sppointed a monitor; strict Attorney in | He 1s not rich enough to go to Europe. Neither is | Jenny Turner, ® poor girl, Who furnishes all this | money to hound me down? It must come ont on the next trial. Then look at that | trick of bringing the clothing of Fisk in as evi- | dence. Who had the enstody of Fisk's clothes for months? The clothing was in the possession of Fisk's friends — ant relatives, and = woul is not bo easy for them to punch holes or shoot holes in them. Evidence with Fisk and the Erte gang was a commodity to be bought and sold like any other article of com- merce. If it was bought at any other time by Fisk or Gould, is it not reasonable to thin ltnat it would be bought now to take my life? And people are fvollsn enough | to belleve that the power of Tweed and his | Ring {8 departed and dead. Soon they will find out thelr mistake, said Stokes as he closed his re- marks, The reporter, finding it was the time for shutting visitors out, bade Stokes goudby, and he went back to his cell. LONG ISLAND OITY APPOINTMENTS, The following is a complete list of the new oMcers appointed by the Mayor of Long Island City :— Corporation Counsel—John B. Maddan, Second rd. "Commissioner Of Public Works--Aloxander Mo- ran, First ward. “Cbrnmitastoners Health and Poltce—James Davren, First ward; James Locko, Second ward; John EB. Lockwood, Fourth ward, Aasessoré—John Blieridan, First ward; D. A. Witcheben, Third ward; Paui Rooney, Fifth ward, These appointments ‘have been mato with the viow of satisfying the wholo people, and the new Mayor, Mr. Henry 8, Debevoise, hus succeeded In going bo by distributing the patronage throughout the diferent wards of the city in proportion to thelr population aad democratic vote, DR. LIVINGSTONE. Foreign Press Comments on the Discovery of Livingstone by Stanley, the Herald’s African Explorer. beds, {Prom the London Standard, July 6.) Closely following upon the feeling of profound Satisfaction and thankfulness which will have stirred the public mind on reading the good news about Livingstone, there will have risen the wish that the life of brave old Sir Roderick Murchison could have been preserved till now. It is with no common regret that we have to add that closely following upon the burst of enthusiastic congratu- lation which Mr, Stanley’s letters, published a few days since, elicited, a suspicion as to the nature of the evidence which they constitute will necessarily suggest iteelf to the public mind, In the first place, the geographical portion of Mr. Stanley's narrative seems inaccurate in more respects than one; in the sécond place, why did not Dr. Livingstone take the opportunity of his meeting with Mr. Stanley to despatch private let- ters to the friends and relatives at home who have #0 profound and personal an interest in his wel- fare’ Itis possible that the former of these sus- picions may be removed by citing the obscurity and uncertainty in which the entire question of the geography of Central Africa ts involved, and that the latter may be disposed of on the hypothesis that private correspondence may yet be forth coming when the edge has been in some degree taken off the welcome novelty of its contents by the communications of the acute and enterprising American who has been fortunate enough to find Dr. Livingstone. Meanwhile we may hope there 1s no expectation heid out to us by the narrative of Mr, Stanley which events will not veut Deeply interesting this narrative unquestionabl is, an ea atimony it constitutes in eac minute Particular to the marvellous accuracy of Sir Roderick’s conjectures, Englishmen were sad- dened with the taretigen oe that the brave explorer of whom they were al! lovingly proud as a com- patriot had been overtaken by Geath in the midst of his labors, and had fallen a victim to maglinant disease or equally malignant treachery. bat not fora moment did Sir erick Murchison alicW himself to yield to the influences of the preventing despair, The Johanna men, said Sir Roderick, by whom the story of Dr. Livingstone’s death was first set in circulation, had lied. Nothing more or less. Seeing that Livingstone was surrounded on every side by imminent peril—peril which they dared not face, they had _ base! fled; an then to invent a justification of this cowardly fight they had devised the fiction that the great traveller had perished. Such was the thesis which Sir Rode- rick Murchison proposed, and which, notwithstand- ing the sinister auguries of authorities so expe- rienced as Sir Samuel Baker, he resolutely main- tained. Such, too, are the facta—as we now hope to learn from Dr. Livingstone’s own lips—we know them to be. It was in December, 1866, that the Doctor, with dangers and diMfculties of every kind confronting him, determined to complete ex- lorations at the “heel’’ of the Nyassa Lake, that @ was abandoned by the greater portion of his retinue and escort, and that the Johanna men, ashamed to‘acknowledge the true cause of this abandonment, returned to their -people with the falsehood on their lips that Livingstone was no more. ‘The entire account of Livingstone’s doings and of his discovery by Mr. Stanley, the special com- missioner of the New York HERALD, whom the pro- greets of that journal had despatched in quest of he gallant Englishman, seems, as we read It, more like an extract from the narrative of some bygone period—a scrap, as it were, from the journal of some Marco Polo, between whom and ourselves there lies a long interval of time—than the record of severe nineteenth century fact. All honor to the corer spirit which induced the managers of the American newspaper to send forth Mr. Stanley on his adventurous mission; all con- gratulations to Mr. Stanley himself on the success by which, as he assures us, his mis- sion has been attended, Yet while these will be the sentiments animating every English breast, 1s there one among us who would not desire that the first white man that met Livingstone might have been English too, and that the first friendly hand from a distant shore which wrung his might have been, at least, that of a fellow countryman? We do not grudge America her triumph—and a triumph it really is—yet we cannot but wish that it might have been ours. We cannot but regret that our government did not long since do, as all Eng- lishmen desired they should do, organize for the parnoee. of discovering, or, it might have been, of helping Livingstone, the expedition which in America private enterprise readily suficed to equip. It is rather more than @ year ago that Mr. Staniey, the special commissioner of the Nrw YORK HERALD, arrived from Zanzibar at Unyanyembe. To his disappointment he was prevented from aaiimects ing, as he had purposed, immediately to te in consequence of @ feud between Mirambo. ° Ujowa, and the Arabs, the result of which was that the monarch declined to allow any kind of caravan — through his territory except over his dead body. Mr. Stanley at once made up his mind to make a league offensive and defensive with the Arabs, the result of which arrangement was so far successful that after a few vicissitudes King Ml- rambo beat a sudden retreat, and Mr. Stanley got off in the direction of et ay. a rather more northerly route than he had first contemplated taking. On the &d of November—or rather more than four months after his arrival at Un- yanyembe—Mr. Stanley came in sight of the out- jying houses of Ujiji, which he determined to enter with as much éclat as possible, ‘“dls- pouty his little band in such a manner as 10 form a somewhat imposing procession. At the head was borne the American Bag next came the armed escort, who were directed to discharge their firearms with as much rapidity as possible; follow- ing these were the baggagemen, the horses and the asses, and in the rear of all came Mr, Stanley him- self.” This unaccustomed spectacle seems to have been viewed in a light comical rather than formida- ble by. the inhabitants of Ujiji, who rushed out to meet it with sundry droll gesticulations, and at- tempted to drown the report of Mr. Stanley's fire- arms in the noise of thelr own ‘“‘anearthly musical instruments.” A moment's inspection satisfied Mr. Stanley that he had gained the object of his quest. In ihe midst of the native procession was ‘‘a white man, clad in a red woollen jacket and wearing on his head a naval cap, with a faded gold band.’ This was Livingstone, and a more dramadic meeting, or inthe midst of accompaniments more fantastl- cally pleturesque, it would certainly be dificult to imagine. “Th Septet good health, stout and strong, quite undismayed by all that he had gone throug! and eager only to finish the task he had imposec upon himself.” Such is the satisfactory a which Mr. Stanley gives of Dr. Livingstone, much of this task has been accomplished, and how much does there yet remain todo? The narrative of the brave explorer’s adventures and discoveries, his reverses and his triumphs, will be read with almost breathless interest aud excitement. More than six long years have passed since Livingstone left us, bound on his great African tour. With some of his experiences we are already acquainted, through the medium of the meagre despatches which have from time to time reached us. Directly Livingstone left Zanzibar, in March, 1866, he determined to push his way aa far inland in a northerly direction as he could, and finally to solve what there still remained to solve of the great problem which had baMed so many centuries of effort—the exact spot whence the River Nile took its origin—and also to investigate to what extent the lakes of the African continent might be con- nected with each other by means of rivers, and might thus offer a continuous passage for naviga- tion. We now know what we did not know before, | the series of diMculttes, all but overwhelming, and any | of dangers which would have discouraged heart less stout, that Livingstone had to en- counter, As he travelled up the left bank of the Rovuma River his men commenced to grow disaf- fected and frigutened. By degrees they left him, and on their return to their homes spread the first reports of hia death. Then the eepors who were with him mutinied. Afterwards the to their heeis, ti!l Livingstone was left, for all prac- tical purposes, alone. The first great point to which he directed his attention was the course of the Chambezi River, Portuguese explorers had de- acribed it as a tributary of the Zambesi, but the de- scription was discredited by Livingstone, Wp had cherished the conviction that this stream an¢ nothing else must be the cradle of the mighty Mile. According to Mr. Stanley's account the Doctor has conclusively disproved the theory of the Portu- guese geographers, and has accumulated a nam- ber of facts which point to the accuracy of his own idea of a connection between the Chambezi and the Nile. He has, indeed, already traced the two rivers within 180 miles of each other, and vil now postpones his return to England till he shall have cleared up the whole matter, and have also found out what intermediate channels there may exist between the African lakes. ‘Treachery and desertion were not the only evils which the Doctor had to support. When fifteen days’ march from Ujijl, in 1869, he was attacked with ulcers on the feet, which delayed his progress for ix weary montbs, and ee enn ‘o this he was more than once seriously tl, constitution bure him up through all, and these, we may ron ereay anticipate, blessed by the good Providence of Heaven, will once more restore him to us eafe and sound, Not for two years, In Mr. Btanleys opinion, can wo yet hope to see bin. when he does come what a harvest of knowledge and discovery will he not bring with him! Then, and not tll then, shail wo be able to construct the map of Oentral Africa; then, and not till then, shall we know whether @ vast Vista of trade, such asi{thas never entered into our imagination to conceive, may not be Noe op to us over the watere of tho lakes and rivers of that Cy) con- tinent which we had believed to be arid, barren ind unprofitable, Meanwhile, we know, if Mr. Blaniey's intelligence bo authentic, all that we wanted to know---that Dr. Livingstone ts alive, in excellent health, and full o8 ever of daunticss coura, with every promiso before him left ua to aowievs, ond thas ‘it te suthentio in {ts ie Yo, ry # authentic In Bei potnta. ff wot 1 Cach glaborate 4gtall—the Johanna men, their courage failing them, took | jut his brave heart and his iron | But | | terday inthe room of General McClellan, at tho it notwith- - [Prom the London Lancet.) Greatly as we rejoice to learn, on the authority of Mr. Stanley, that the eminent missionary explorer is “in remarkably good health, stout and strong, quite undismayed by allhe has gone through, and eager only to finish the task he has imposed upon him- self," we confess to a fecling of misgiving when we are also told that he is about to undertake the solu- ton of two more problems in connection with the Nile. Fightocn months (or, a8 Mr. Stanley thin! @ much longer time) are to be devot t Doctor to the task—first, of the 180 miles lying compelled to turn back and the traced ; and enone, of t the tru’ respectti ur fountains, which he has beet supply a large volume of water to tho Li Correct information as to these matters is, of course, to be desired; but we think it be purchased at too heavy @ cost. Why does not the Doctor return ant leave sore = nape with pa Parga pes an rate situa’ e api who went out in search mt hk and who aro, no Sam disappointed at fin task 80 soon over (From the London Globe, July 5.] Dr. Gray, of the British Museum, thinks “It is curious if Mr, Stanley wae with him (Dr, Living- stone) some time, he did not write to some.” After careful examination of the grammar of this curt- ous confusion of personal pronouns, the student of the great geographical question will clearly under- stand the motive of this inuocent, if rather im- pertinent inquiry. What is the private correspond- ence of Mr, Stanley, or of saepoay, else, to Dr. Gray? Dr. Livingstone is not self a vain man, and itis rather hard that he should be used by so many obacurer Pore. As a peg on which to hang their publio and scientific reputations. Mr. Kirk, of Zanzibar, has become a celebrated public character on no other ground than that he has Eappeaad to live at Zanzibar. The sister ot Mr. Kirk's wife has obtained distinotion through being “my wife's sister.” Every visitor to the neighbor- hood of Zanzibar has turned himself into a passing Hon of South Africa by airing some airy ramor. The subscription of a guinea or two to the Geo- graphical Society has given a claim to a share of sensational fame that Leese amateur savant Must have been worth a hui d times the money, What is to become of all those people now Dr. Liv- sooo has really been found by a New York jour- nalist ? Were we not rejoiced at the rece! nega news on higher grounds we should welcome it for the sake of its giving a deathblow to a chronto ex- hibition of impertinent vanity. [From the Inverness Courier, July 4.) The news whlch the Scotsman of yesterday was enabled to publish concerning Dr. Livingstone and his intrepid American associate, Mr. Stanley, adds materially to our stock of geographical informa- tion, and to the noble examples of undaunted courage, patient heroism and calm endurance which adorn the annals of modern discovery, and especially those of African exploration. Mr. Stan- ley himself had in his comparatively short experi- ence his full share of perils, and of marvellous es- capes and adventures. Treachery, desertion and rapacity are the ordinary incidents of African travel, and incessant care end imgenuity are re- quired to overcome them, to say nothing of the harassing effects o1 fever and fatigue. Livingstone Sprones to have struck into the right course— the grand object of search—about the be- ginuing of the year 1867, He then came upgn an obscure and COUR REAL Te! unknown rivef—the Chambezi—west of Lake Tanganyika. For more than two years the enthusiastic traveller followed the windings of this mysterious stream as it rolled on for the enormous mane of 2,600 miles, and at length he established the fact that the Chambezi constitutes the head waters of the Nile—thus fur- nisning the latest, ifnot the undoubted solution of the mystery which has baMed ages and cycles of ages, Livingstone has still about one hundred and eighty miles to traverse in order fully to complete his survey, and he reckons that he has sixteen or eighteen months’ work before him ere he can turn his face towards England. If he succeeds and does return our ‘song and feast’? will undoubtedly flow to his fame; but the grandest banquet in Willis’ Rooms or St. James’ Hall will be nothing to that Christmas dinner in Ujijl, when the two toil-worn wanderers, Livingstone and Stanley, sat down together amid savage scenes and savage people, recalling the past, and no doubt honoring with many a cheer Cancer the Stars and Stripes and national flag of Brit [From the Edinburg Scotsman, July 3.) We publish to-day a deeply interesting narrative by Mr. Stanley, the special correspondent of the New York HERALD, of his journey in search of Dr. Livingstone, their meeting at Ujiji and subsequent journeyings together, and, most important of all, the history of the great traveller's explorations since he started from Zanzibar in 1866, The reports of the Doctor's death are easily accounted for by the repeated desertions. of his followers. The great task in which he was almost wholly occupied was in tracing the-eourse of the river Chambezi, west of Lake Tanganyika, supposed by the Portuguese travellers to be identified with the Zambezi, but which beh abt found to be an rey distinct river,and the varying course of which he traced for the extraordinary distance of 2,600 miles, or within, as he supposes, 180 miles of a leh of the Nile which has already been traced, At this point_he was reluctantly compelled, by the mutiny and desertion of his men, to return to Ojijl. During his explorations he also came upon several lal beside another large river catled the Lualaba, which he found to be a tributary of the Chambezi, During the long period of his wanderings he suffered many privations, and at one time was incapacitated from hodarhae for six months by an outbreak of ulcers on his feet. The conclusion to which he has come ts tl the Chambezi is the head’ waters of the Nile; and it was the final so- lution of this problem that he was about to under- take when he parted with Stanley. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. A Special Meeting—The Hundred and One Court House Messengers—Grecley Fans Wanted. An adjourned special meeting of the board was held yesterday, Alderman Cochrane in the chair, After the reading of the minutes the communica- tion from the Board of Assistant Aldermen, as to re | the salaries of the 101 Court messengers at i per year, ag fixed by the Legislature, was read, Alderman PLUNKITr sald that as there were only ten members present, and as the Comptroller had said that he would not pay these men unless twelve of the Aldermen voted for tt, he would move that the resolution le over, and that the board when it adjourns adjourn to meet to-morrow (Thuraday), at twelve o'clock, when he had every reason to be- Heve twelve members would be present. After a@ short discussion the motion to adjourn until to-day prevailed, THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE. The PRESIDENT submitted a list of committees, to whom the various suggestions in the Mayor's mes- sage were referred. TUE LATE ASSISTANT ALDERMAN HARTT’S FUNERAI. Resolutions in reference to the payment of the expenses incurred at the above funerai, were, ou the motion of Alderman Joycé, laid over, GREELEY FANS. Alderman WILDER moved that the clerk be in- structed to purchase for each member of the Board a Greeley fan, and that the expense thereof be taken from the contingent election fund. Alderman Martin said that as it would involve an expenditure of money, the resolution would have to lay over, he presumed, ‘The PRESIDENT, amid much laughter, said that was so, and the motion must Ile over. ‘The board adjourned until to-day at 12 o'clock. DEPARTMENT OF DOOKS, Meeting of the Comm Fand — Gener $1,500,000 Bonds. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund met yes- mers of Sinking McClellan Wants office of the Department of Docks. General MCCLELLAN submitted details of plans | for the improvement of the dock and bulkhead sys- tem of the river front of this city for the inspection of the Commissioners, Commissioner GREEN was not prepared to com- mit himself until he had consuited and examined the plans of the Park Commissioners for the im- provement of laa Duyvil Creek, and, on this account, the question of approving the plans was laid over until the next meeting of the Commis- sioners. Mayor HaLn move that dock bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 be issued for the purpose of obtaining funds to begin dock improvements in ac- cordance with the plans of General McClellan. General MCCLELLAN sald that if the department was furnished with this amount of money he would show the public, before the Ist of next January, that the money had been well spent. Tt was finally resolved (o postpone until the next meeting the consideration of Mayor Hall's motion, at which time, it ts believed, final action will bo Led peerage it ana the plans submitted by Gen- e cClella! aensssoainalgnpldasst A GROUNDLESS OHARGE. On Friday evening last several panes of giase were maliciously broken in one of the windows ot Samuel Caldwell's dry goods store, 536 Third avenue, From the fact that a few evenings previously John Sheviin, a member of the Farly Closing Assoclation, | had ordered Caldwell to close his store earlier in future, suspicions were ente! who had Fd ona the ou ranted. le Was arraigned ye Yo mle Sahat Ea tS 01 ing to connec wi it Yrould sue for Sales imprisonment’ at the York. the proseou- | Proceedings of the First and Second Days Subjects Under Discussion—The Maximam Nam- ber of Prisoners in any Prison—Classification of Prisoners—Should Prison System Be Rege- lated by Legislative Act 1~Training Schools | for Prison Officers—Oorporal Punish~ ment--Disciplinary Code—Instruction for Reformatory Treatment—Tranm portation—Privation of Liberty Withot Obligation to Work— Short Imprisonments—Im- prisonment for Life, Lowpon, July 6, 1873, ~ ‘The International Prison Congress held its fret conference meeting on the 4th inst. in Middle Temple Hall. : The Rev. Dex Wnems (United States), who pre: sided, sald the'Congress was convoked in tho inter- ests of humanity and of civilization. It was com posed of thinkers and workers in one of the greah departments of social science and soctal reform—~ representative men and women gathered literally from the ends of the earth. There were represem- tatives of governments, of prison socleties, of penal, @nd reformatory institutions, of the governing boards of penitentiary establishments, of high courts of criminal jurisdiction, of police boards, of assoctations of jurists, of the penal law depart ments of univeraities, and of the Academy of Morat and Political Sciences of the Institute of France. The special work of the Congress was to study and, If possible, to solve the problems, as grave as thoy’ Were dificult, involved in the treatment of crime and criminals, The Congross cmbodying, therefore, repregentatively, the knowledge, ea;criance and wisdom of the world on this subject, had a great opportunity before it, great and full of promise, The business of the Congress was not to fritter away its time, strength and seal in minute detalis, and especially not to give expression to a prefer- ence for one penitentiary system over others, bub to agree upon certain broad principles-and prope sitions which might be made to underlie, permeate, vivify, and abovo all to render fruitful any and al systems of criminal treatment. They had come te- gether to give shape, point and practical force to great movement in favor of penitentiary reform—~ he might almost say a great upheaval of the publio conscience throughout the civilized world on the subject. He called upon the ladies and gentlemen of the Congress to address themselves to thoir work with courage, resolution, intelligence, a above all, with a hearty love of truth and a genuias brotherly accord, Most of the foreign delegates, in the ensuing dig, cussion, spoke in their own languages. Dr. Mou kindly and promptly interpreted the Frenol speeches into English and the English speech into French. The German speeches were inter- preted by Mr. Maurice F, Buchner. The first question for discussion was—‘" onght to be the maximum number of prisoners or conyicta detained in eed rison ?? The subject was opened by Herr Eker' (eae) who, having been for many years a jon director in Bade! spoke with some authority. His opinion was tha the number of prisoners should never exceed 600, his reason being that individualization was en- tirely lost when too many prisoners were placed im one establishment—a remark that applied to the physical as well as the mental side of tha uestion. Tne debate was opened by Sir Joha jowring, who held an opposite opinion, bellev- ing that money would be saved by gathering to- gether a large number of prisoners under one roo! and that efficiency in organization and disciplin would also be best promoted where the numbers were large. M. Cremieux iva neansang) was rather opposed to small prisons, and considering that labor was, after all, tho great desideratul he was in favor of large numbers 80 long as the; did not exceed 1,000, but mongat for celluar pria- ons 300 or 400 might be found ample. Tho next speaker, M. Stevens (Belgium), held that the ma: mum of 600, or even less with cellular prisons, wi sufficient, because the highest ovject for attainment in prison management should be individual treat-~ meat with a view to reclamation. Dr. Mouatt, wha for many years was an inspector of prisons Indta, regarded the question as one of finance ani control, and that 1,000 was @& oe maxi- mum, because the cost of superintendence would be no more than with 500, Mr. Paterson, for fifteen and a half years governor of the Penitentiary at Christiania, who addressed the Congress in ex- cellent English, said the average number he had to deal with (224) was too little; It should be between 00 and 400 for. prisons based on the ene tem. Judge Nevett (United States) desc: re convict establishment in Ohio of 1,000 ——s where @ most hopeful reformation was progress, and where the experiment of large numbers was cousidered most successful, Colonel Colvill, Governor of Coldbath Ficldg Prison, said he had had 2,200 prisonerg at one time under his charge, and during tho eighteen years during which he had held his ap- pelntmen? he had never had less than 1,600 prison- ers at a time, and had never found the slightest diMculty in controlling them. M. Frey (Austria) ce it was ep to fix a given number, the chief consideration being how far would tl director of a prison be able to come into perso! contact with each prisoner. CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS, “Ought classification of prisoners accordin, character to be considered as the principal baste any pegitentiary system, whether associated or separate *’ This was the second question for the Conference. Herr KE. d'Alinge, in introduce! i] gave itan affirmative answer. M. Stevens, how- ever, denied that moral classification was possible, The Creator alone knew the moral character of the prisoner, Dr. Mouatt also warmly argued thas moral classification was an impossible basis to work upon. Mr. Tallack believed we wanted more classification, and that the highest kind of classifi. cation was t! ellular system, under which every man was a class to himself. Dr. Marguardsen (Bava- ria), member of the German Retchstag, while bellev- ing thatany system of classification was better than none, had not much faithin the principle. Serjeant Cox much regretted to hear from such high author. ity that classification was impossible, having long felt that no administration of the criminal law could be pertect without it. Classification was de.owed impracticable by Colonel Ratcliife, of Bir- imsgham, On the other hand Baron von Holtzen- dord urged that without classification there could be no pre asion. Dr. Biddinger (United States) advocated classification. PRISON SYSTEM AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION. The third question—‘‘Should the prison system be regulated by legislative act ?’—was opened M. Stevens, who said that where legislation been tried it had always succeeded. Baron Mackay (Holland) insisted that the principle, at least, of prison systems should be settled by act of Par- itament. Mr. F. Hill, Dr. Mouatt, Baron von Holte zendorff and others continued the debate. TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR PRISON OFFICERS. “Ought training schools for prison officers to be formed, and for what class of officals? was the next question, and it was introduced by M. Guil- Jaume (Switzerland), who advocated the trainis of prison officials in the same a as army navy officers. Captain Du Cane said the best school of instruction in the world for prison officers, or for army and navy oficers, was the scene of thetr pri- mary and dally work. What a prison oMclal re, ae was firmuess, intelligence and honesty; and these requirements, with others which were neces. sary, could only be learned in & well conducted prison. Baron Mackay, agreeing that efficiency ‘was highly essential, thought special or technical tralning Was scarcely necessary, Sir Harry Verno} said he had always used his influence to obtal: the position of governor of prisons for well- tried officers of the army and navy. Dr. Mouatt agreed with those gentiemen who con- sidered that the prison was the best tralning school for bee age official, and he thought pro- motion should always follow the progress of the oficer, Therefore he was opposed to the principle of sclectiag the governor of a prison from officers of the army an. gs Tt such only. Aiter some remarks trom Major Pulford (Staiford) and Mr, Rathbone (Liverpool) the subject dropped, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. The next was the interesting question of cor- ral punishment—‘Ought it to be admitted In the iseiplinary code of a penitentiary system!” This was the query propounded by M. Stevens and an- swered by him negatively, His opinion was that corporal punishment tended to brutalize the pris. oners. Captain Du Cane at once took the other side of the question, and declared it was the experien from the beginning of the world that co! unishment was necessary for offenders, risoners to whom it was applled, it must be bor: in mind, were not refined. Dr, Mouatt, relating his experiences, also advocated corporal pu! t, sting, as a powerful argument, tnat crit especially crimes of violence, had actually de- creased under the terror of fogging. Mr. Aspinall, &@ magistrate, also thought flo; acted as a de terrent as well as a corrective, and the extension of the punishment had had @ most wholesome ef fect in checking brutalities. Corporal punishment was condemned by Herr Steinmann (Bavaria). Sevoral ladies rose reas the Congress; bud the chairman ruled that no more time could bo voted to tho subject than would be occupied Speakers whose names were already in hie hi eo debate then dropped, on the understand! that it would be resumed at the general meeting o1 Saturday. REPORMATORY TR The next question was, “What should be the kind and limit of inatrnotion for reformatory treate CONTINVED ON NINTH PAGE / 8 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JOLY 18, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. . . a |