The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—One Wire, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Mth st. and Broadway.— Tux Bytuss or mux KircwEx, &c. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.—Rowin Hoop. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 21 Bowery.— Jocum—Biack Evxp Susan, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Yacur—Tas Rivar Dorcaurn. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtleth st— Kir, Ti: Ankavsas Traventer, Afternoon and Eve ning PARK THEATRE, opposite City Hall, Brooklyn.— Dan Bryant's MinstRets. GRNTRAL PARK GARDEN. Concent. ee 4 TRRRACE GARDEN, both at, between Third and Lex ington ava.—Sumaer eMNG CONCKRTS, Gaupen Insreumentan TRIPLE SHEET. SSeS New York, Wednesday, CONTENTS OF T0-DAY'’S Salar Nees: HERALD. Paag. Advertisements, ) R—Advertisements.. °* nm Acres of + Fearftil Oil Confagration at Hunter’s Point; Nearly Forty Thousand Barrels. of Oil Destroyed ; A Bark, Two. Brigs, ‘Three Canal Boats, Two Lighters and Two Scows Burned—iixtensive Wire: iu Forty- seventh Street:One Life Lost ‘and Great , Destruction of Property. 4—North Carolina: Carl Schurz, Walker,. Vance, Ransom and ‘Tipton Making a Last Great Pull; the Warlike. Candidates; . Election Agents and Oftice-Holding Candidates “Spy- ing” Every County; Party Hawks Swo "9 Down on the Books of Registration: Symbo's Imitation of Tammany; Republican Registers Holding . Conservative Voters on Tenter- hooks; Belligerent Blacks Hooting Horac:’s Protégé Standard-Bearers; General Review Retore Election—Polities on the Prairies: The Situation in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and. lowa—Presiiential Headquartars— Flashes of the Campaign—The Bullalo Trot- ting Meeting—Horse Notes—English Racing Notes—Meeting of Erie Directors—The Na- tional Gnard—Important Arrests in Brooklyn. 5—Barnard’s Battle: Important and Damaging Evidence’ for the Prosecution; The Effect of Barnard’s Orders of Court; Something About the Hroseodings, of the Tammany Society and the Doings of the Tammany Hinds Analy J. Garvey Tells What He Knows; e Great Plasterer and Proprietor of the Big Bell Ex- pitas Why He Left the City; Revelations interesting to Good and Citizens—The Discovery of Dr, Livingstone—House of Refuge: Official Investigation by. the State Commissioners; First y's Proceedings— Jetferson Market Yesterday. 6—Editorials: Leading Article, ‘Senator Sumner and the North Carolina Election—A Presi- dential Campaign Without a Precedent”— Amusement Announcements, T—Tie French Loan--The Alabama Claiins—The Guelphs and the Bourbons—The United States Naval Fiag—Central and South America— Shipping Intelligence—Business Notices, 8—A Pest House Afloat: How the City ts Girdicd with Poisoned: Air; « Rose-tinted Report to the Authorities—Another Leaf from tory: How Rebel Emissarics and Northern Demo- Riley Plotted in Canada—Brooklyn Affitirs— a tha, 9—Financial and Commercial: Continued, Quict in Wall Street; Remarkable Success of the French Loan and Its Relation to Our Funding Schemes; Why France Can. Borrow Money So Fasily; Gold 115; The August Tarif! Demand Beginning to Tell; Governments Firm, South- ern Securities Steady and Railway Mortgages Unchanged; Foreign Exchange: Firmer and Money a, Shade Harder—Work of the Coro- ners—Sunday Liquor—Tweed's Water Me- ters—Advertisements. 1€—Sumner to Sambo: Counsel for the Massachu- setts Demosthenes to the “Gemmen ob Cul- ler;” Subject, Grant and tae A Terribie Broadside Aimed at the White House Incum- bent; Antecedents of Ulysses and Horace— Swinging Round the Border: President Grant on His Sentimental JQ) pney. ne Dolly Var- den Party—Senator Wilson—Advertisemenis, (1—No. 48, B 5: Dr, Houard Tells the Story of His Life to a Herald Correspondent in Cadiz; An American by Birth; How He Was peneeet from His Honse at Midnight and Thrown Into Prison; Denied a Trial tor Months; Spanish Ciueity Exemplifed in Their Treatment of Prisoners; Branded and Ironed; Shipped Across the Atlantic Heavily Ironed in the Hold of a Vessei; The Jail and Jailer of Cadiz; Eighteen Months and Twenty-six Days of Cruel, Unjustifiable and Mlegal Imprisonment ; Free by Order of the King. 12—Advertisements, Tue News rrom Centra and Sour AMER- tca, by was of Aspinwall, Havana and Key West, is of later date, but not of. special im- portance. The steamer Edgar Stuart was still held in custody of the United States ship Wy- oming—the commander of the war vessel wait- ing orders from Washington, and the Panama authorities teasing him as much as possible in the execution of his present duty. Lighty Chinamen were at work at Aspinwall. The South American republics appear to be peace- able, and consequently progressing profitably. Indian tribes were in conflict on the Darien Isthmus, and all about the matter of marrying white ladies and the probable effects of an ad- mixture of blood. Sympatny and Goop Sense in Hicn Praces.—-It appears from our cable despatches | that Her Majesty Queen Victoria has tele- graphed a letter of sympathy to the Due d’Aumale, on the occasion of the death of his son, the Duke of Guise. In the letter the Queen says: —'I have sufferedas a wife, and I suffered as a mother when the Prince of Wales was in a dying state. I know, then, what your grief must be, and, believe me, I share in it greatly.’’ These are noble words. They are in every sense worthy of Queen Victoria, who has proved herself a true and devoted wife and a good mother. When we remember that the Duke of Guise was born at Twicken- ham, and that he spent almost the whole of his short life in England, living on intimate terms with the royal family, we the more ad- mire the kindly sympathy which the Queen extends to the Duc d’Aumale in the hour of his sorrow. It is pleasant to find such senti- ments as those which the Queen expresses pre- vailing in high places. The example is worthy of imitation in all ranks of life. ; Kina Awapevs axp His Tour Tunoven Sparn.—King Amadeus hos completed his otur in the Northern Provinces. His re- turn to the Spanish capital was looked for yesterday, and preparations on a scale of unprecedented grandeur and magnifi- cence were being made for his reception. At is now no longer doubtful that the at- tempt to assassinate the young King and Queen has turned out to their advantage. ‘This was tho view we took of the ease at the uteet, and every hour which has élapsed since has justified our prediction. Tho would- be assassins have to all appearance defeated their own purpose. ‘They havo secured for the King the sympathies of the Spanish peo- ple; they have converted many cnemics of the King into fast friends, and there is strong presumption that they havo estab. lished the Savoyard dynasty on strong and enduring foundations. It argued the posses- sion of no small amountof courage on the part of Amadeus to undertake his tour to the North in the peculiar circ found himself, but the result his just gourage, stances in which fid THHHS WIT | Senator summer and the North Caro- pose. of directing public attention from in- lina Election—A Presidential Cem- paign Without a Precedent. The North Carolina election comes off to-morrow, and as a.closing up of the contest we have two very striking incidents ; the one the appearance of Senator Sumner’s reply to certain colored citizens who have askéd his opinion of the relative merits of the Presiden- tial candidates, and the other the publication of a singular letter in thé administration organ in this. city giving up the State and declaring the conviction that it would be carried by the democracy by an organized system of fraud. When we come to discover what this system is we find that “it consists of o determina- tion on the part of the democracy to challenge negro voters in certain dis- tricts on the north and south borders, where | there is alloged to have been extensive | colonizing from Virginia and.South Carolina. | This challenging, it is said, will prevent the | republican vots from being fully polled; but | as challenging is a legal right, an‘ as it seems | impossible that it should prevent the polling of all honest votes, we are disposed to regard the cry of alarm aso false one, raised for the pur- tended ‘frauds on the part, of ‘those who raise it. “We still belicve that North Carolina is cor- tain for the r-publican ticket by a large ma- jority,and’as'the republicans have all the ma- chinery of the ‘¢loction in their own hands we regard their defeat about as probable as would have boon. the defeat, of the regular democracy in this city in the palmiest days of Tammany, when’ registers; inspectors, canvassers, poll Clerks, police, ballot-box stuffers and repeaters | vere all in ‘the service of that famous organ- ization, tne If Senator, Sumner ,-has, been, slow, in ,an- nouncing his position:in the present struggle, he speaks now in no weals or'uncertain voice. He declares’ for Greeley agathst Grant, and he gives the reasons for‘his choice in a character- istic manner. He, contrasts, the past career and present position.of the two candidates, both of whom he regards as republican, ‘so far ‘8 they intérest and concern the colored race ; and the letter is no doubt made public at the present moment inorder that it may affect the North Carolina election. The Senator's argu- ment as to the past careers of the contestants is certainly powerful and conclusive. It is an easy task to show that Greeley, a life-long abolitionist, has been a better ‘and truer friend of the negro than Grint, a life-long, pro-slavery democrat. But. the Senator is not so happy, we think, when he gets upon the subject of the present posi- sion of the candidates, and his plea that the democratic party, which supports Greeley as a unit, will have no influence upon his adminis- tration if ‘he should be‘élected seems to be a little overstrained. He makes a good point, however, when he declares that as the supporters of Grant mako‘n great glorifieation whenever an individual democrat or a single democratic organ declares for their candidate, he does not see why the ‘supporters of Greeley should be debarred from rejoicing greatly over the adherence to their nominee of nearly the whole democratic party and press. Senator Sumner commits the error of allowing his per- sonal dislike of the President to © lead him into some extravagance in his denun- cintion; but otherwise his letter is, beyond doubt, a very valuable aid to the Greeley cause. There aro some who may suppose that it is calculated to weaken the liberal republican candidate with the demo- cracy ; but the democrats know what they are about, and they are quite willing that Senator Sumner should express his own views as to their conversion. The ietter shows at least that we are involved in the excitements and uncertainties of a Presidential campaign which is without a precedent in American his- tory. Heretofore, in every Presidential con- test, from Jefferson to John Quincy Adams, from Jackson to Tincoln and from Lincoln to Grant, we have had, in the results of a series of preceding elections, some data to guide us in estimating the probable results of o pend- ing Presidential struggle, State by State, In the present contest, if the conditions of the two parties were essentially the same as in 1864 and 1868 there would be very little diffi- culty in predicting from facts and figures the triumphant re-election of General Grant; but the convictions of the two contesting parties | are essentially changed, and the first election, | which if not a test of their respective strength under the new conditions, is interesting, as the earliest. skirmish preceding the battle, will come off to-morrow in North Carolina. Up to the present time, from the ap- parent strength of each of the two parties, the victory in North Carolina hag been gener- ally conceded to the administration, although, from the doubts and apprehensions expressed by the administration journals within the last two or three ays, they would seem to be hedging against an unexpected reaction and the chances of a defeat. Victory in North Carolina to the administration is absolutely necessary to save itin the State elections next to follow in their order, and especially for Penn- sylvania, Ohio and Indiana in October, for a Grant defeat in North Carolina, under the cir- cumstances, settles the whole question through- out the Union against the administration. On the other hand there will be nothing decisive against the democrats and liberal republicans if they fail to recover North Carolina in this election, because the democrats had shaped their plan of battle in advance of the Balti- more Convention, and without reference to a | coalition with the anti-Grant republicans on 4 new departure. Nevertheless, there appears to bea hearty and active co-dperation between the democrats and Greeley republicans in sup- port of the democratic ticket everywhere throughout the State, and it is possible that the results may sound the alarm of an impend- ing revolution. We must await the results, at all events, as a basis for the estimate of probabilities in the State elections next to come, with this proviso, that while the loss of North Carolina by the regular republicans in August will signify pretty clearly the defeat of Goneral Grant in November, tho loss of the State in this election by tte opposition will not affect the ultimate chances of Mr. Greeley in November. Meantime, as we have said, we have no precedents upon which we can rely | | in reference to this election in North Carolina. | | Of all our Presidential contests, that which most nearly resembles this of 1872, in the approximation of the two parties to the | same general principles, is that of 18% In INT—LT2I ai tA pation of the government, and the democratic party, contending for their restoration to Power, oocupied the same platform on the vital question of Southern slavery, the platform of Henry Olay's compromise adjustment of 1850. That adjustment embraced five measures of compromise—a territorial government for Utah, on the basis of no: slavery, Utah being free territory, acquired from Mexico; the ad- mission of California as a free State; the re- affirmation of the Missouri Compromise east of the Rocky Mountains, whereby slavery was in- terdicted north of 36 deg. 30 min.; the aboli- tion ‘of ‘the slavé-trading pens of the city of Washington, and the concession to the South of the Fugitive Slave law. This platformasa settlement of the slavery agitation was adopted by whigs and democrats in 1852, General Scott being ths whig candidate and General Pierce {a general of volunteers under Scott in tho Mexican war) the democratic candidate. The people wantel peace, and they had manifosted everywhere their satisfaction with Clay's ad- justment os a basis of peace; but the conser- vatives distrusted the whig party because of the strong opposition within its, ranks to the stringent Isw for the restoration of fugitive slaves, and so Scott was overwhelmingly de- fented and the whig patty was so completely overthrown that it never rose again. Had Pierce adhered to his pledges the demo- cratic party might haye been in power to-day; but.we need not here repeat his bad faith and ita terrible consequences toall concerned.. We Have ‘cited’ the election of 1852 as somewhat resembling this of 1872, in the occupation by both parties of the same platform on the lead- ing issnes'of the time. The opposition, demo- rats and liberal republicans, now stand on the same platform with the administration on the iasnes settled by the war, including negro civil equality'and negro suffrage. On the question of a gencral:amnesty, however, and the com- plete restoration of the South through a policy of conciliation and fraternal confidence, the opposition alliance is in advance of the ad- ministration; and the broad proposition of a change in the national administration in order to putinto practice this policy of Southern con- cilintion is evidently taking a strong hold) upon the public mind of the whole country.” And yet, again, upon the general merits and specific demerits of the administration, there is un- questionably 2 growing popular desire for a change, and even upon the hazardous adven- ture of ‘anything for a change’’—the irre- sistible opposition war cry of 1840. Our Presidential elections since the time of General Jackson teach us another very im- portant lesson, and it is this—that the pattonage of the general government is upon the whole rather ao deadweight than an advantage to the party.in power. To. every friend gained by an appointment to office the President makes two, three, four, five, or ten, twenty or a hundred enemies. He cannot help it; but he must take the consequences if, in appointing Smith to ‘the Johnstown Post Office, he arrays against him the disappointed applicants, Robinson, Thompson, Jones and Brown. And so, since the time: of General Jackson, excepting Lincolp, “our Presidents have keen limited to one term, Lincoln was triumphantly re-elected, not because of the of the war for the Union to a successful issue. General Grant was elected in 1868, as the great soldier who had fought through the war for the Union to a glorious triumph, and as the proper man to carry out the policy adopted by Congress and endorsed. by the country for the reconstruction. and restoration of the ex-rebel States. But all this work which General Grant was appointed to do being accomplished and in the main accepted by all parties, the real issues of this. contest are nar- rowed down as we have defined them, and upon these issues, though the results may be much or little, we await the results of the North Carolina election. The Great Fire at Hunter’s Point. Another of those terrible conflagrations which of late occur so frequently broke out yesterday at Hunter's Point. For some time it appeared as if the flames would wrap the whole river front in destruction; but fortu- nately, owing to the exertions of the fire de- partment and the promptness of the inhabit- ants in removing inflammable matter out ot reach of the, flames, the district was saved from being enveloped in ruin. The fire broke out on board of a canal boat which was en- gaged taking in a cargo of oil. Owing to the position of the boat the fire was soon commu- nicated to the shipping, which unfortunately was lying to the leeward, and to the build- ings on shore. Three vessels and three canal boats were completely destroyed and the Standard Oil Refinery reduced 3 a rin, ‘There was 9 large quantity f oil on board the re ah the ‘time the fire broke out. In view of 3 circum- stance, and the immense quantity of inflammable material stored in the refineries, it is wonderful that any of the adjacent facto- ries escaped. Owing to the efforts of the fire department the adjacent buildings were saved, with the exception of Coo’s guano fuc- tory, which was destroyed. The loss is estimated at one million dollars, which falls principally on the Standard Oil Company. On account of the dangerous nature of the business it hag to be carried’on qlmost entirely at the man Bh Kinny he Not more than one-fifth of the present loss will be covered by the insurance. Fortunately no lives have ns Tue Czan Atexanper anv Emperor Wir- L1i4M.—It ig reported that the Czar Alexander will leave St. Petersburg towards the end of August on a visit fo the Emperor of Germany. The Czar is expected .to arrive in Berlin on the 6th of September. .We have been accus- tomed to bode evil from the meeting of Em- perors. Such meetings during the course of the present century have, on several occasions, disturbed the peace of Europe. Since the celebrated meeting ot the Emperor Napoleon I. and Ozar Alexander I., on board the raft in the river at Tilsit, these meetings have been of evil omen. In the present condition of things on the Continent of Europe happily there is nothing which lends any importance to this approaching meeting. Uncle and nephew have a tight to meet when they think proper. The only lesson which seems to be conveyed by the affair is that Russia and Germany are on good terms, and that in the event of wnex- pected war they would be found ou the same ‘that campaign the old whig party, in ggeu- side er Waa th “NOW! YUKK” HERALD, WEDNESDAY, “JULY. 81," 1872+TRIPLE Setkiny: rs ‘and Baltimore no notice was taken of GiIAHSH The Labor Reform Convention—Who'll Buy? The nomination of Judge Davis at the Co- lumbus Convention of the labor reformers completely disarranged the programme of the men who had hoped to se¢' an out and out labor platform adopted by that assemblage. It was certainly a heavy blow to this cause they had at-heart, that a man who was himself a great capitalist should have been se- lected as standard bearer in a fight against capital. It was, of course, impossible to regard him as devoted to a cause so antago- nistic to his own interest. Accusations of treachery were loudly made by the disap- pointed, and the party which had come together. with great flourish of trumpets retired disheartened and chopfallen. To add to their discomfiture, Judge Davis and Gov- ernor Parker, the Presidential and Vice-Presi- | dential nominees of the party, declined | with thanks, and left the reformers in a some- what ridiculous position. Very little interest | was felt»in the action of this experimental | party, and when..the National Conven- tions met at Cincinnati, “Philadelphia what had transpired at Columbus. The faction of agitators who originated the move- ment were resolved, however, not to accept defeat with a good grace, and so they issued a call to the faithful to. assemble in New York yesterday. The result was a gathering of some forty delegates, who ‘seemed incapable of agreeing on what course should be taken. An effort was made by a section in the interest of Mr. Day to force a nomination, in the’hope that they would be able to force their favorite on the Convention.’ A stormy scene ensued, during which ,the speakers addressed the Convention by the dozen. The attempt to force on the nomination, however, failed, as the majority were in favor of leaving the matter in the hands of the National Labor Committee. Finally it was agreed to instruct that. body. to. call another Convention at Philadelphia in August for the purpose of putting an independent Presidential ticket into the field. During the contest considerable imprisonment, he 1s not wholly through the intercession of the government to which he owes his allegiance and which should have seen at least that justice was done him, but through the clemency of the Spanish King. A pardon was graciously accorded, though he was not fairly and justly charged with the committal of any crime against Spain or Spanish or Colonial laws. The record is nota pleasant one for Americans to study. Dr. Houard tells his own story to the Hznaip correspondent, and as he tells it we give it to the American public. More Confederate Papers. We print to-day another of the papers re- cently purchased by the government from Colonel Pickett. As furnishing confirmation of the generally believed and in fact undis- puted statement of the negotiations for peace at Niagara Falls in the summer of 1864, it has its value to the writer of history. So far, how- ever, as it goes to effect the object for which it appears to be used, that of a campaign docu- | ment, itisa failure. It attests what all knew, that Mr. Greeley was anxious for peace, and willing to make strenuous efforts to bring it about; but‘it fails to’ show that he proposed conditions unworthy of the federal government. Mr. Greeley ised ‘‘a free and untram- melled conference.”' It also shows that there was in the Northwestern States a widespread spirit of ‘dissatisfaction, which only lacked daring leaders andan opportunity to blaze into open insurrection. It gives the names of several gentlemen, who were at that timo known. and influential .democratic oppo- nents of President Lincoln and of the war, as having been in. communication with the Confederate Commissioners on the Cana- dian border, and details at considerable length the ‘attempted negotiation with Mr. Greeley, his procuring a safe conduct for the Commis- sionérs to visit Washington to confer with the President, and their failure to do so for the reason that they lacked proper authority to act for their government. Nota new fact is established by this paper, which has been pub- {fished at Washington and forwarded to all temper was displayed on both éides and accu- sations of corrupt motives freely exchanged. The opponents of Mr. Day alleged that he had made a bargain with the adminis- tration. to. put a third party in the field. in the hope of throwing tho election of the President into the hands of Congress. Charge and countercharge of this nature were freely bandied about between the opposing delegates. Early in the day a bolt was made by some discontented spirits, who organized down-stairs in close proximity to the beer barrels, This circumstance was fatal to their steadiness, ‘and they wound up their proceedings by a burlesque inquest, which was presided over . by \ Coroner Young. It'is questionable whether the corpse can be resurrected at Philadelphia, unless some parties behind the scenes may want to use it fox some political purpose. We do not think, however, that after the burlesque of yes- terday any party will ‘be likely to make much effort, to, use..the labor, reformers. They are. evidently a set. ot the worst kind of shams, who are looking out for some simple-minded ‘person to buy them up. The Kindo winfineess »unowevsey ocmtiteh bathey, PUaGE Te’ hover: worth, purchasing’ sand we féel confident ‘that’ both ’ parties ‘will, let the: new Philadelphia Convention severely alone. There is no. mistaking the object of the assemblage; it is a plain invitation to purchase; but the market is crowded with the same sort of material, and no one but a fool is likely to invest in it. If these men had had any tact they would have concealed their weakness. Only some half dozen States were represented nominally in the Convention, and for the most part the men present in reality only represented them- selves. It need not, therefore, alarm much either of the Presidential candidates that the reformers solemnly announced their want of confidence in both Grant and Greeley. We do not think that either will be much affected by the announcement, or influenced by the repetition of the burlesque’ convention of yes- terday, with. which we are threatened in August, The managers of these shows have something to sell, and, like Cheap Johns, they hawk their wares from convention to convention in the vain hope that some one may be foolish enough to buy the “Brummagem’”’ ware which they offer. The sham is, however, too trans- parent, and cannot deceive any one. Under these circumstances we would strongly ad- vise these soreheads to return to their legitimate business, if they have any, and cease troubling the publig with theig noisy and empty pretences, Just now the pea, ple *- too serionsly engaged on the great question of the hour to have their attention distracted by mountebanks. _ The Case of Dr. Houard, In anotheF page of this day's paper we pub- lish an interesting letier frou: the Hnay cor. respondent in Cadiz, who went thither to in- terview Dr. Houard on his release froni his Spanish jailers. Some time since we printed a letter detailing a previous interview with the Doctor while he was still in prison, but this interview was held under the eyes and within the hearing of his keepers. As a matter of course, it was brief, reserved and cautious. In the present instance the released Doctor was at perfect liberty to speak freely and unreservedly of the treatment to which he was subjected by the Spaniards, It is, in all its details, a tale of intense suffering. We find, from the Doctor's own account, that he was dragged from his home at night, from the bosom of a family whose sole protector he was, cast into prison, subjected to a trial of the most unjust character, branded'ss a criminal, treated as a felon, manacled, weighed down with irons which ate into his flesh, flung into the hold of a vessel and shipped across the Atlantic with less attention than civilized beings bestow on beasts of burden. His treatment in Spain was little better.- He describes his treatment in the jail of Cadiz and by the jailer as some- thing which men are accustomed to regard with horror in these days. For nearly nine- teen long months this unfortunate man, an American by birth, in sentiment and in feel- ing, suffered these cruelties, solaced by no more consoling reflection than belief in his own innocence, which in a measure was eoun- terbalanced by the thought that his nation’s flag was unable to shield him from indignities or mitigate the brutality of his treatment. At length, alter suffering these weary months of parts of the Union to operate on the Presi- dential canvass. . Now, is the purchase of such documents a legitimate duty of the adminis- tration?, Have the executive departments at ‘Washington merged into a committee to carry on the re-election of President Grant? We were told by Pickett that those yellow trunks, whose contents, ‘he says, rightfully belonged to the United States, and for which Mr. Bout- well paid seventy-five thousand dollars, held vouchers and lists of rebels, which would save the Treasury from the risk of paying dishonest claims. Possibly there may be such papers in the batch. We have now the second sample, and so far can see nothing which has the least value to the nation. : These papers, if honestly purchased forthe, government, cannot prop- erly be in the custody of the Republican Cen- tral Committee,..If they were bought for the ‘use of that party let its committee honestly pay the nation for them. The people will not annction the iden that the federal gdminintrae tion an Gentral Executive Committe are identical. Let that committee carry on its own business, procure and publish its own. papers. If jt eae t for the to pay Pic F partisan documents it would be just as proper to pay the party printing _billls from the federai Treasury. President Grant should know that his Washington subordinates are seriously injuring his cause with the peo- ple by their political plottings. He is the constitutionally elected chief of the nation, and he.should at once send to the rear under arrest those of his subalterns who degrade the action of his administration to execute the be- hests of a party cabal. This Confederate archives job is a gross outrage upon the peo- ple, a burning disgrace to the administration which permits it. These papers have been in the market for years. General Rawlins would not buy them without examination. Mr. Seward would not have them at all. Their authenticity is seriously denied. In spite of all this Mr. Boutwell pays Pickett seventy-five thousand dollars for storing them, and after their purchase they seem to be only used for party purposes, and valueless at that. Com- mon honesty demands that the republican party pay for those trunks of rubbish, and the good name of President Grant demands that the federal government and that party should have separate organizations, and each carry on its own business, : Tae Geveva Court or Arprrration in tho Alabama claims case met in session yesterday. The members were at work during thyge horns. They adjourned to thect again on the 5th of Auons:. In the meantime the arbitrators are to read up their notes*and consider the special questions which have arisen during the prog- ress of the investigation. BLACK RIOTERS IN SAVANNAH. pSmeareire Raat A Terrible Riot at & Republican Meet- ing—Firing Upon the Cars—Negroes and Whites Wounded=A General Politi« cal Emeate. SAVANWAN, G8.) July 90, 1972. A riot Occurred at a Grant j2¢eeting last night, during which several persons wer’ stabbed and beaten with clubs, Henry Bogarde, ® itl zen, was shot in the shoulder while posing by; Henry Entress, a constavle, was shot in th” arm; Benjamin Morgan was shot in the breast and Thomas Wilson was slightly wounded. George W. Wilson was beaten, The Mayor has issued a proclamation inviting all citizens to assist in preserving the peace. The riot was occasioned by continued attempts of the negroes to ride in the “white cars.” The railroad company took no action against the sev- eral negroes ejected by the young men, At one o'clock in the afternoon two negroes were expelled from the cars. The excitement increased, and to- wards night 2,000 negroes lined the street; many white persons were also out. About eight o'clock a car was fired into by ne- groes, and the white men im the car returned the fire. Every car that passed after that was fired into. The fire along the réad became general, and was kept up for about an hour, the negroes shoot- ing in all directions. About eleven o'clock two ladies and two chil- dren were shot by roaming negroes while standing on the steps in front of their houses, The police were armed with muskets, and ordered out by the Mayor, but the cars stopped running and the dem- onstration ceased. To-day everything is qutet. Three young men have been arrested, charged with ejeciing negroes from the cars, and their cases have been postponed by the United States Commissioner until Thursday. The following is a list of the casualties:—Mrs. Barber, two painful buckshot wounds in the breast; two children were shot in the body and one in the temple; Mra. Cohen, shot in the stomach; two | children slightly wounded; H. F. Segar, shot in the wrist; Henry Suberb, shot in the foot, Several negroes were wounded, but nono killed, MEXICAN OUTRAGES The United States Commission Taking Testimony. ‘ 2 kek SS t ) GENERAL M’COOK’S STATEMENT. Cortina’s Soldiers in Uniform Driving Branded Texan Cattle in Mexico, Culpability of Juarez’s Gov- ernment. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, July 30, 1872. The United States Commission to. Texas. assem- bled at Fort Brown barracks to-day, T. P. Robb, President; R. H. Savage was Recorder. Your cor- respondent was given every facility by the Com- mission. General Alexander McCook was the first witnesa called. After undergoing a rigid examination of four hours at the hands of the Commission FP. J. Mead followed, giving highly important testimony, touching the condition of affairs on the frontier. DEPREDATIONS BY MEXICANS. During his command at Ringold barracks ho heard of depredations to an alarming. exteat. Ho reported to General Clitz, who ordered: them to keep the river patrolled by cavalry. This in a great measure prevented further depredations. Then he heard that cattle had crossed between Ringgold and Laredo. On May 18, 1871, Genera: Reynolds withdrew all the cavalry, and then the cattlé dep- redations Increased. Having but a small infantry force, it was impossible for him to prevent {t. Gen- eral Cortina then arrived on the line of the Rio Grande as commander-in-chief, The depredations multiplied tenfold. CORTINA’S SOLDIERS STEALING CATTLE. General Palacios told me in an official interview that he had seen Cortinas’ soldiers, in uniform, driving cattle on a highway in Mexico, bearing Texas brands. In no instance, to my’knowledge, have the Mexican authorities tried to stop these deprecations; I believe the Mexican government was fully cognizant of all the facts of these depre- dations. FEARS OF A PREDATORY WAR. August, 1871, Isent an official commanication to the United States Consul at Matamoros, informing him of these depredations, telling him if they were not stopped a predatory war would ensue. Ihave no knowledge of the number or of the value of the cattle stolen, {believe the number to be large and the value great. Ihave been informed that cattle bearing Texas brands were sold in Mexico for $T which were worth $15 in Texas. Ihave, andI be- lleve that all United States officers in the command have also, done all in our power to stop these in- cursions, EFFECT OF THE COMMISSION. I think the coming of this Commission had & great moral effect. I know these raids were made on Texas by citizens of Mexico. The raids on the Nueces River were by Kickapoo Indians, who have become Mexican citizens, cared for and fostered by the Mexican government. ‘The Commission will continue sessions from day to day, and much important testimony will be taken. ANOTHER INDIAN RAID. It ia reported here to-night that another Indian raid occurred near Laredo, Texas, on Saturday. Seventeen persons were killed and many raaches and stores were plundered and stock driven off by Yickapoos from Mexleo, om PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Captain R, J. St. Aulger, of the Royal Navy, is at the Astor House, Ex-Congressman Thomas H. Canfleld, of Ver+ mont, is stopping at the Fifth Aventie Hotel, > General John ©. Fremont is at the Clarendon motel. United States, Senator Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota, is Mong the late arrivals at the St. Nicholas Hotel. sie Commodore Calhoun, of the United States Navy, is registered at the New York Hotel, United States Senator William Windom, of Min- nesota, yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House. Judge D. Y. Kilgore, of Pennsylvania, is at the Grand Central Hotel. The Judge ison the “ stump’? tor the Philosopher. General Judson Kilpatrick, of New Jersey, is at the Astor House, He is about to commence a stumping tour of New Jersey in the interest of Greeley and Brown. Judge Amasa J, Parker, of Albany, has arrived at the Brevoort House. General J. T. Averill, of Minnesota, and Judge A. L. Roach, of Indianapolis, are at the St. Nicholat Hotel. JIndge Henry C. Dibble, of New Orleans, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Jay Cooke, C. B. Wright and W. G. Moorehead, of Philadelphia, are at the Hoffman House. Their visit to this city is connected with the business of the Northern Pacific Railroad. There are now at the Gilsey House several English gentlemen who are well known in this country from their connection with railroad matters. Their names are :—Mr, Richard Potter, President of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, of Canada ; Mr. J, M. Grant, Secretary of the same corporation; and Mr, James, Allport, General Manager of the Midland Railway, gf England. The last-named gentlemeas, js reported. to be the shrowdest railway m2fager in the United Kingdom, much better ‘Meriting the title, “Railway King,” than even the celebrated Hudson, This party of capitalists arrived yesterday by the steam- ship Russia, They were joined in th qty by Mr. C. J. Bridges, the Lanes Biceete 4 Z ane © Paci ae of i ja, who will continue witt: them during their stay 9, se Coppnent, Thetr visis tothe New foe com! tose a site and business, ae it is thelr intention, during their tour of Canada, after having inspected the condition of the Grand Trunk Railway, to closely observe the necessity for and the practicability of building those railroads that are now being so loudly called for by the lately awakened ‘‘Kanucks.” The organization of a Cana- dian railway system does not wholly occupy thé at- tention of the visitors, for, as the Grand Trunk Ratlway of Canada is to be in a manner gn adjunct ofthe Northern Pacific Railway, they will apply thomselves to find out the prospects of that institu- tion, and it is understood that @ conference was iim by them with its officers yesterday in this city. HB JAPANESE EMBASSY. shia (his City—A Suggestion te Its Arrival Mo Anthorittes. ‘The Japanes.? Embassy réashed the St. Nicholag hae presente o'clock last night. They have come from Phijas'elphia, where they have been since Saturday last, enjoying the hospitality of the city and of Mr. Jay g700Ke. They number about ‘pal of whom are named :— forty persons, the prime, ')’ rte 7. Spaeand etunior Prime Minister, Ambassador Extraordinary" T. Kido, T. mig M. Yamagutsi, Associate Ambassadors; Y. Tanabe, A. Shrida, First See Tetarles; K. Soogt- woora, Third Secretary ; T. Ando, Lape ab K. Koume, Private Secretary tt’ Ambass dor; M. Tanaka, Gommissiorer, qeounected with the ‘Ambassador Ket ne: N: Tomita, N. Souguiyame,. « Yosio, D, Fukul, officers attached “6s ald, Commis, sioner; Mr. Charlies Walcott — + oe reeetece ‘Tats Iwakuray, 4nd Mr. Villiam F. Parson, Tutor, They were met at the hotel by a number 0 their youthful qantas. who are poring thel? edu. cation in this city and vicinity, his secretaries, G. Fonkontsl, T. Comatz and T. Iwanoto, who, since their return to this Fog om Japan, have been at the Wostminster otef, also cordially greeted their former associates. The Embassy come with memories of cordial welcome in the city of Philadelphia, and it should bo the jan ot New York's author 4 to give occasion for the remembrance by them not only of her places af interest and beauty, but also of her hospitality. ‘There remains but a short time for our authorittes to carry out this suggestion, as the Embassy wilt start for Boston on Thursday night. There they will be joined by the Mayor of Jeddo and hla quite and aall thence for Rurope on Tuesday DOXta