The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1872, Page 4

° | 4 WHW 1.UKK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. LRN SL All business or news letters and telographio Gespatches must be addressed Naw Youn AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WALLACK'S THEAT! Broadway aud Thirt street.—Rovrx Hoop. en ‘g gene TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE. No. 201 Bowery.— Ou Guanv—Jack Suxrranp, &c. Matineo at 235. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Scuxmipen’s Co var sui, £0. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Brondway, corner Thirtleth st.— Kir, Tux Anxaxsas Travecuen, “Atlernoon and Evening ‘OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—One Wire. * UNION SQUARE THEATRE, lith st, and Broadway.— Tur Buiues or mus Kitouen, &c. PARK THEATRE, opposito City Hall, Brooklyn.— Daw Burast’'s Minstrets. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Ganpuy Instrowenta, Concent, TERRACE GARDEN, 58th st, between Third and Lex. ington avs,—Suxuzr Evanine Concerts, “NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Brosdway.— Sormnce anv Art. ms WITH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Friday, August 2, 1872, CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD. Page. ' ImAdvertisoments, R—Advertisenents. B—-House of Refuge: Continuation of the State Commissioners’ Investigation—Amairs in Cen- tral America—Emancipation Day—Oalifornia Hall's at Fleetwood at Monmouth sident’s Prog- bassy—The Contract Diamona Excitement—Trotting at ww Park, L. I—Trottin Maryland—Tired of Sing Sing. 4—Exlitorials: peaing Article, “The North Caro- lina Election—Is It a Deluge *'—News from Washington—The Mexican Freebooters—News from Switzerland and Cuba—The Weather— Dutch Celebration Last Night—Amusement Announcements. orth Carolina Electlon—Glorions Good- : The Race for the Goodwood Cup; vonlus the Winner; Hi ry of the Great English Turf Event and Its Peculiar Charac- teristics In the Past and To-day—Business Notices. 6—Long Branch: Notes from the Summer Capital, Political and Otherwise—Governor White: The Chief of Maryland on the Presidential Contest—The Reform Democracy Emeute— Tammany Hall General Committee—Political Outlook in California—Flashes and Dashes of the Campaign—Kilpatrick’s Forces Heard From—Male Shoplifters, T—Advertisements, he New Tarif: Rush of Inspectors to the Custom House—Yachting: ‘The Challenge Cup for the Inside Course—The Harlem River Boat Clubs—Proceedings in the Courts— Coroners’ Work Yesterday—The Oil Fire—The Mentclair Murder—Ground to Death on the Ratl—Smith, the —Blackmatler—Barnard’s Trial: General F. P. Blair Ventilating the Pacific Railroad Business, 9—Barnard’s Trial (Continued from Eighth Page) — Financial and Commercial: The Features of Wall Street To-day; Gold Up and Erie Down; The English Syndicate Said To Be Getting Out of Their Heavy Burden; The Tariff Ke- duction; Kush of Merchants at the Custom House to Take Goods Out of Boud Upon the Ten Per Cent Abatement; The Largest Cus- toms Recipts in One Day in the Dlstory of New York; Money Active and Firm; Foreign Exchange’ Heavy; Governments Duil and Southern Securities Quiet—Domestic and European Markets—The Public Debt—The Shipping Act—Department of Do: of Audit—Sunday Lager—Keal Esta rd ‘otes— The Fat-Boiling Nutsance—Acvertisements. 10—Gloriot joodwood (Continued from Fifth Page)—The Alabama Claims—The United States ) England ping Intell. Flag—Cable Telegrams from nee, Germany a | econ 3. Tuz Race ror tux Goopwoop Cur.— The grand event of the English turf, tho race for the Goodwood Cup, came off over the usual course yesterday. The prizo was won by the horse Favonius, in good time, from four competitors, after a very exciting struggle, which was maintained with a great degree of animation just previous to the close. The victor was received with plaudits, as is most ponerally the case after the issue of contests which have been doubtful in the balance for a season, and his rider and owner had an ova- tion, which was rendered still more agreeable by the concomitant receipt of very substantial recompenses. The scene, from the opening of the day to the closing of the sport, is described at great length in the Henaxp special cable report which is published in our columns. It was a brilliant scene, one in every way worthy of the transatlantic setting which we accord to it. . Tae Srnatecy or Duren Hervarcus.—This noted individual, as he asserts, though wholly guiltless, was the victim of circumstances to such a sad extent as to be convicted of an un- authorized operation in Wall street which tho law classes asa felony. City Judge Bedford, who ‘could not appreciate the spotless purity of the (prisoner, sent him to serve the State in Sing i But innocence is brave. Heinrichs up under his misfortune and went up the river with the Sheriff smiling, though incom- oded with steel bracelets. But the realities f prison life were too much for a mind of such delicate sensibilities. Heinrichs was soon ‘reported as insane; he forgot how to eat, was ‘altogether a maniac and likely to die. Yester- day the method of his madness developed. Hoe sprang upon a horse and bid a galloping ‘adieu to the attractions of Sing Sing. His horse was shot and the crazy man captured. He is not likely soon to have the second chance for equestrian exercise, Faraurmms =o by = Fania. —Yesterday's Hienaxp, in its ‘Work of the Coroners,’’ had a list of seven deaths, all the result of falls from roofs and windows and down stairways. Strange that so many people should thus lose their lives through disregard of that law of mature which first forces itself upon the notice ‘of infancy. It proves that, though man has ought out many inventions for overcoming gravity, still that great force by which, as Sir Ssaac Newton demonstrated, the universe is governed in the harmonious movements of its infinite systems, exacts its penalty with even eater promptness than New York law punishes murder. Of these seven four were men, one a boy and two women. Allof them well knew the natural result of falling, yet , they fell, ‘like leaves in wintry weather,”’ making a windfall for the Coroners and labor for the reporters. Under these aspects dis- regard of gravity becomes a grave matter, re- quiring seven graves from tho city, Like most summer mishaps, these casualties aro attributable to the heat, which in- luces our crowded citizens to seck cool air in lows and on roofs in spite of danger from od bricks or rotting railings. Moral by the Coroners’ juries, ‘Better breathe hot air pron visk a The North Carolina Election—Is It a Deluge t The election in North Carolina appears, for- tunately, to have passed off peacefully, so far at least as is known up to the present time. The result is yet in doubt, although the indi- cations point to an increased conservative vote over that of 1870, when the democratic candi- date for Attorney General was elected by nearly fivo thousand majority. The counties where the heaviest negro vote is polled, and whero facilities exist for frauds such as have been charged as in contemplation, have not yet been heard from. At the same time, some of the strongest conservative counties are still wanting, and with the meagre returns at hand it is unsafe to hazard a prediction as to the result. It seems incredible that the ad- ministration republicans can have suffered dofeat in a State where every advan- tage has been on their side; whero they have concentrated gigantic efforts to ensure success; where they have held majorities ever since the close of the war, with a single exception, varying from nine to twenty-three thousand. Yet, as wo have said, there appears to have been a steady increase thus far in the conservatives majorities over the vote of 1870, and hence it is not im- probable that the State may have declared itself in advance in fayor of the reform move- mont in November. If this should prove to be the case it will no doubt be regarded generally as settling the Presidential contest. Indeed, the republicans, by tho vigor and bitterness of their canvass, have signified their conviction that a defeat in North Carolina at this time would render their ultimate success hopeless. Senator Wilson himself has admitted in his speeches that the election of the republican State ticket was es- sential to the cause of President Grant; that without it there would be.little hope for the administration, Under these circumstances, and in view of the fact that the whole ma- chinery of the election, the entire federal and State patronage, the courts, the military, the police and the United States marshals were in the hands of the republicans, we cannot think that the administration has been overthrown. To credit such a calamity would be to believe that the Presidential election is destined to be a deluge, sweeping away tho existing powers and making a complete revo- lution in the government. If, however, the result should be as foreshadowed from the general tone of our despatches, it will be due to the unfortunate policy of the political imbe- ciles who surround and control President Grant; due to the refusal of the administra- tion republicans in Congress to allow the country to return to peace; due to their attempt to crush the white citizens of the Southern States under the heel of military power and negro rule; due to the incendiary appeals of Boutwell and others to the passions of the negrorace; due to the unfortunate foreign policy of Secretary Fish ; due to the financial blunders of the Secretary of the Treasury, who has forced our credit in Europe, depleted the country of gold, and kept up imaginary balances in the national Treasury by fictitious returns, The Hrratp has warned President Grant that he could not adhere to these incompetent and dangerous advisers and hope to retain that support which the people have hitherto been glad to extend to him. When chosen to the Presidency four years ago he received the votes of a large majority of the citizens of the United States, because they believed that ago, and may secure ZWetory. But if he per- sists in remaining under the leadership of his present advisers, and in carrying out their un- popular policy, he will find that he hasa doubtful contest before him in November, even though North Carolina, through its solid negro vote, should be yet made to give him a ma- jority. ey More Wonderful Discoveries—The New Golconda of the West. And now we learn that among the inex- haustible wonders of the West a new Gol- conda has been brought to light, a district in the Territory of Arizona, abounding in dia- monds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds; and this is what we have from San Francisco on the subject: A company has been formed in that city with a capital of ten millions to work these recently discovered Arizonian diamond fields near the head waters of the Rio Colorado Chiquito; and it appears that the company has been very secret about its operations hitherto; that they have in the Bank of California one hundred thousand dollars’ worth of large dia- monds, a dozen of which have been cut; that they have a rough diamond of one hundred and two carats (a regular Koh-i-noor) anda quart of small diamonds (they measure thom by the quart), and rubies and sapphires and emeralds of no small value, And then we are told how the Aztecs, away down in Mexico, before the time of Cortez, were, according to tradition, supplied with these precious stones from the north of tho Gila River, meaning these diamond fields of Arizona; and lastly, that quite an excitement has been created in San Francisco by tho exhibition of these aforesaid large diamonds, an excitement which is perfectly natural and does not surprise us at all. What are woe to think of this wonderful story? It may be a hoax; but it may be true. Everything else in the mineral world having been found in our new Western States and Territories, except fields of diamonds and washings of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, why should they not also be found in those wonderful regions? We have out there mines of boundless wealth in coal, iron, copper, lead, silver, gold, sulphur, salt, saltpetre, soda, borax, bitumon and what not; and why not, therefore, diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds? Wo say that such have been tho tremendous volcanic upheavals and aqueous abrasions and chemical tran sformations in all those wonderful regions west of the Rocky Mountains that we are strongly inclined to be- lieve that the precious stones of all descriptions exist in the western divisions of Colorado and New Mexico, and in the eastern sections of Utah and Arizona; and we are the more in- clined to this belief because the vast region in- dicated within these limits is comparatively unknown. We know from the official reports of the ex- plorations of Fremont, Gunnison, Sitgreaves and other government explorers, and from the reports of mountain trappers, that within this indicated region, embracivg considerable por- tions of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Ari- zona, there are beautiful elevated plains, gently rolling and fertile, with fresh water lakes and timber; that there are boundless fields of grasses, including wild wheat and oats, within this extensive district, and the most wonderful mountain buttes, ranges, cliffs and valleys, and the most awful river chasms or canyons in all tho world; antl we know from Captain Sitgreaves that for miles and miles down the valley and in the wild canyons of the Colorado Chiquito (a branch of the soldier who had displayed so many good qualities in the field could not fail to be guided in civil life by principles of straightforward honesty and genuine patriotism. The people thought that the gen- eral who had held on his steady course in defi- ance of the politicians—whose impudent inter- meddling had nearly made the war for the preservation of the nation a failure—would be equally firm as President in resisting their narrow-minded policy. They were not pre- pared to see General Grant yield him- self into the hands of these men and suffer them to falsify all tho past record of his life. If North Carolina has really rebuked his administration, it is be- cause he has suffered it to be controlled by the political adventurers who have reversed all the principles he cherished before his elec- tion, He promised peace to the South- ern States; his political adherents have given them the rule of negroes and carpet-baggers and the law of the bayo- net. He promised universal ammesty to those who had laid down their arms and accepted the consequences of the war; his administration has kept them, as long as it dared, proscribed under pains and penalties. The Henatp, as an independent paper, has supported the administration, as it will always support the government chosen by the major- ity of the people ; but it has pointed out these fatal errors fearlessly and persistently, and if President Grant had heeded its warnings and followed its counsels he would not now be awaiting in fear ond trembling to learn whether a State with an average republican majority of fifteen thousand has really arrayed itself on the side of his opponents. It is possible that all is not yet lost, but that the large negro counties may after all give North Carolina to the republicans. It will be of little value to them row, for the people will feel that it is a black victory, due to igno- rance and prejudice and not to reason, and won, it may be, by fraud and not by a legiti- tate vote. Yet it will leave a plank to float on, and will not cast the republican cause helplessly into the waves of despair. In such an event, will President Grant remain deaf to the voice of reason, or will he adopt the bold policy we have so frequently commended to him—cast off the men by whom he is being dragged down to political rain, and stand once more before the people on his own merits asa soldieranda man? He may yet have time to win back a support that he must now seo will be refused to such politicians as Fish, Boutwell and the administration Senators and Congressmen. If he will put into the State Department a competent American statesman, place the finances of the nation in the hands of o financier who is something more than a theorist and take the federal bay- onet out of the heart of the suffering South | he will give practical assurance to the country of that change of policy it demands and will have, cither at his hands or at the hands of an- other. He will then stand again before the the great Colorado), there are numerous Aztec ruins, including the excavations in the cliffs in which those semi-civilized people lived, and that those cliff houses are wonderfully pre- served. We know, too, from the soil, climate and means of irrigation that this valley of the Colorado Chiquito can even now be made to sustain a large population; but we have as yet no official or specific reports of these al- leged discoveries of diamonds, rubies, sap- phires and emeralds in said valley or basin of the Colorado Chiquito. We shall not be at all surprised, however, if this San Francisco report shall turn out to be substantially a true bill; and ifso, then we may expect a ‘‘rush’’ to the new diamond fields very soon which will eclipse the rush to the gold fields of Cali- fornia or Australia, and reduce to a more bagatelle the rush to the diamond fields of South Africa, Narrow Escape of Prime Minister Glad- stone from a Fearfal Death. A cable despatch, which we print this morn- ing, informs us that yesterday afternoon Mr. Gladstone, the Prime Minister of Great Brit- ain, very narrowly escaped with his life. The circumstances were as follows: —Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Ayrton, Chief Commissioner of Pub- lic Works, were witnessing, with others, cer- tain experiments with gun cotton in the gar- dens attached to the Treasury building. Sud- denly, and without any warning, a quantity of that material exploded. The report is de- scribed as being terrific. The wildest con- fusion prevailed, and fora time the gravest fears were entertained regarding tho safoty of the Prime Minister and the Chief Commis- sioner of Public Works. Happily, when tho smoke passed away, it was found that no one was injured. Ono hundred windows in the Treasury building were broken; but this was all the damage which was done, It might have been far otherwise. The loss of Mr. Gladstone would have been a serious loss to the British empire at this particular juncture. He has done his country already many and most important services, But his work i not done, nor is he sick of public duty. We con- gratulate the people of Great Britain that the life of their greatest living statesman has been spared to them; and to Mr, Gladstone himself we express our warmest congratulations that he has so happily escaped a sudden and pain- ful death. The Park Commissioners and the Art Museum, The Park Commissioners have at last made up their minds to hasten tho erection of the Art Museum. Much time has elapsed since the act of the Legislature authorizing the build- ing of the museum has passed, and we hope that no further delay in beginning on the work will occur. It is not creditable to the metropolis of a continent that it is without any public building devoted to the interests of art, In this respect we are as yet far behind the small provincial towns of Europe. Each one of these has its gallery or museum where the artistic skill and taste of the people arecul- people as the General they honored four years tivated. The great influence which thia kind. ‘NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMEN'. ntl of culture exerts on the material resources of a country is too frequently overlooked by those not conversant with the subject. If our people would pause and calculate how much annual tribute we pay to the art culture of Europe they would see that money expended in encouraging arts that seem at first sight of no practical use is not thrown away, but exerts a direct influence on the development of all manufactures. So clearly has this been recognized-in Europe that efforts to extend art education to the masses are being made with considerable success. Indeed, it is now ac- knowledged that no people can hope in future to take a high place in the industrial competi- tions of the world who do not enjoy the ad- vantage of art culture. Massachusetts has also recognized the force of this reasoning, and is hard at worl endeavoring to introduce art in- struction into all her public schools. It would be well for us to follow the good example. We look forward to the completion of the Art Museum with anxiety, because we believe it will exercise a healthy influence, and hope the work will be pushed on vigorously. The Dock Commissioners and Comp- troller Green. The opposition which the Comptroller has seen fit to offer to the scheme of piers and bulk- heads suggested by the Dock Commissioners has been successfully dealt with. The vote of a million dollars to carry on the much-desired improvement will meet the approval of every citizen having tho interests of the city at heart, Not alone will the erection of the line of quays and bulkheads bea source of beauty, but in the not far distant future a source of profit also. Even if this were not so the money would be well expended in ridding the city of the ragged, repulsive-looking structures that at present disfigure the river fronts of our city. In the shadow of these dark piles the river pirate finds a refuge that the new improve- ment will deprive him of. The result will be a marked diminution of the records of crime, and we shall have fewer river mysteries to clear up. The magnificent river boulevards, which the Commissioners promise us, will not only improve our morals but our health, as they will afford a delightful promenade within reach of the tired toilers of the city. From every point of view the proposed works are necessary and desiraBle, and. wo hope the Dock Commissioners will not pause an instant in their labors until they have trans- formed the wholevriver front as they have the neighborhood of the Battery. Such improve- ments are worth any reasonable outlay, and even the grumblers have not attempted to show that the work already done has cost too much. Besides, the drain on our resources is by no means in proportion to the good effected, as we only pay the interest of the money raised, while we have the advantage of afford- ing constant employment to a large number of the working classes. Nothing serves to ad- yance the interest of a great commercial com- munity more than the wise development of useful public works, and certainly there is no department of the public service more closely wound up in the well being and progress of the city than the Department of Docks. The Missing Girl. Six weeks ago Catharine McGuirk, a tall girl of thirteen years, bright and interesting in appearance, disappeared at Castle Garden, since which she has been vainly sought by sorrowing parents. Sho had been taken, two days before, from tho office, to live in a family at Eleventh avenue and Forty-ninth street, but for some unexplained reason was returned. The lady who had taken her went to the depot with her and reported her return to the matron, who, being occupied, as it is said, with other duties, neglected to see the child. Catharine is supposed to have repaired to the portion of the building where she had lastseen her parents, who in the meanwhile had left the depot, and when inquired for she could not be found. Suspicions are entertained that she has been inveigled away by some wretch for purposes of infamy too base to be named with- out exciting the deepest indignation and shame. If such should prove to be the calam- ity which has befallen this child, her family, who sought in America a refuge where lib- real laws and Christian charity would secure a happy home, have a right to complain of culpable carelessness in the management at Castle Garden. Clearly the matron should have seen the child when she was brought’ back to her custody. To secure and protect her from harm was the first duty of one to whom the Commissioners of Emigration en- trust delicate responsibilities. A search has been set on foot by the police, who will strictly attempt tho discovery of the missing child, Swift and severe punishment. will, doubtless, await the degraded culprit, if it shall be found that Catharine has been stolen to become a recruit in the ranks of crime. Possibly, however, she may yet be found un- harmed. Childish curiosity may have carried her away from the depot without the interven- tion- of any such diabolical flendishness as is feared, and it may be discovered that sho is safe, though lost to those who seek her. All will sympathizo with the beroaved parents and hope for a joyful termination to their sad suspense, A Banquet to Mr. Srantny.—The Ameri- can residents in Paris gave a banquet, on Wednesday night, to Mr. Stanley, the leader of the Henan Livingstone Expedition, Min- ister Washburno presided, and proposed Mr. Stanley's health in some appropriate remarks. In his reply, Mr. Stanley gave an interesting account of his adventures in Africa, The compliment to the energetic manager of the successful expedition was well deserved, and the Americans in Paris aro justified in regard- ing the whole undertaking as a striking illns- tration of American enterprise, perseverance and courage. Tar Usrrep States Furer Orr tux Enc- tsa Coast.—The American flect now serv- ing off the coast of England, under com- mand of Admiral Alden, will be moved at an early day from its present anchorage off Southampton and steered to Cowes, Hero the vessels will be formally inspected by the Prince ond Princess of Wales; probably, and it is just now said that it will be so, by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, The Prince of Wales will entertain Admiral Alden, with a number of the American officers, at w banquet to-day, The Mayor of Southampton will extond a civic courtesy of « similar character to the commis- sioned representatives of our ensign on tho OCCAR. WASHINGTON. Stampede of Republican Con- gressmen. Wholesale Desertions of Officers Ex- pected from Camp Grant. FISH AND THE ARBITRATORS. Twelve and a Half Millions to Com- pensate Uncle Sam. Wasuincron, August 1, 1872, The Effect of Sumner’s and Banks’ Let- ters—Expected Stampede from Camp Grant—Banks’ Colleagues Trembling on the Fence. A few days ago, while Senator Sumner was pre- paring his letter endorsing Greeley, he remarked to friend that it would not be many days before prominent republicans would declare for Greeley. The defection of General Banks, formally announced to-day, was not wholly unexpected; but his létter 1a commented upon among officials far more than the létter of Senator Sumner, and it is freely ad- mitted by the firmest friends of tho Prosident that the avowed preference of Banks for Greeley will have great influence against the republican party throughout the country. Among those in Washington more intimate with Mr. Banks’ status at home, and they are not a few, it is said that hs political pres- tige is declining, and it is doubtful whether he could receive a renomination for Congress. Hence this coup @état on the part of Banks, Yet, while admitting this fact, they do not deny his national reputation, his prominence in Congress; and, what- ever may be bis home quarrels, of these the people at large know nothing. With thom he Is as great agever. It has been known for some time that Mr. Banks was only one of a number of leading Con- gressmen who were personally opposed to the re- election of President Grant. It is asserted that Congressmen Buftinton, Hooper Dawes, and Butler, Banks’ colleagues in the House, are personally op- posed to Grant, and may follow the latter's ex- ample. Garfield, of Ohio, is also on the list of dis- affected, and it is said that he accepted the com- mission to visit Montana to remove the Flathead Indians in order to escape the issues of the cam- paign. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, is among the num- ber claimed for Greeley by the Liberal Executive Committee. The State Department Publishes Its Fishy Correspondence with Schenck—A Sum in Gross tor Uncle Sam—Twelve and a Half Millions Expected. The State Department has published in a pam- phiet of 450 pages the correspondence of Secretary Fish with General Schenck and Bancroft Davis in relation to the misunderstanding with Great Britain over our indirect claims and their final re- moval from arbitration at Geneva. The corre- spondence opens with the telegram from General Schenck of February 2, informing Mr. Fish of the excitement produced in England by the publication of the American case and the alarm of the British Ministry, and closes with the despatch of Mr. Davis to the Secretary, on the 27th of June, stating that the English argument had been filed, the pro- posed adjournment abandoned and the arbitration procetded with. Nothing further is to be pub- Ushed, according to the present intention, until the final aajournment of the Tribunal, when such of the very full reports of Mr. Davis concerning the dally sessions and proceedings of the arbitration as are deemed proper will be given to the country, the only reservations being with respect to certain details that are necessarily confidential. Secrecy as to its proceedings had been early enjoined by the Tribunal upon all connected with the arbitra- tion, as conducive to the interests of both govern- ments; and the fulness and accuracy of the re- ports that have appeared in the press have consequently surprised the arbitrators. The several meetings have been harmonious so far, but the debate between the twe agents has been conducted at times with much warmth and energy, giving rise to issues requiring the sep- arate delideration of the arbitrators. On several occasions the situations have even been dramatic, The burden of the proceedings before the Tribunal has rested wholly on Lord Tenterden and Mr. Davis, the respective counsel so far only preparing papers, briefs and references and collating authori- ties. It is known that the British government en- tertained a confident expectation, immediately after the indirect claims were disposed 0° of ob- taining an acquittance of responsibility for the rest, and their chagrin over the contrary result was clearly manifested at the session wherein the decl- sion of the case of the Florida was announced. This decision plainty indicated the bias of the Tribunal upon the question of what constituted due diligence at the time of the occurrences, and afforded an opportunity to both sides to roughly estimate the extent of the pecuniary lability to be inflicted upon Great Britain. It is thought that about twelve and a half millions of dollars will be the extreme limit of such liability, and it is not ex- pected to fall much below that sum. The indica- tions are that the Tribunal will award asum in gross in settlement ofall the claims, and it is hoped that by the next session of Congress the business will be so far completed as to enable the necessary arrangements to be made by our government for the investigation and payment of the tudividual claims. Withdrawal of Three Per Cent Certifi- cates. Tho Comptroller of the Ourrency notified the Secretary of the Treasury to-day that $1,314,210 of circulating notes have been issued during the month of July, under the act of July 12, 1870, and the Secretary of the Treasury has given riotice of the withdrawal of the same amount of three per cent certificates, as provided by that act. THE FRENCH BAND IN BROOKLYN. The Brooklyn Academy of Music was last night tolerably filled, considering the season, by a highly appreciative audience, who had come to hear the artistic performances of the Garde Republicaine, under the direction of M. Paulus. The programme embraced the master pieces of Meyerbcer, Dont- zettl, Wagner and Rossini, and the frequent encores showed how highly delighted the audience was with the efforts of the best trained band in the world. The overture to “Willlam Tell,’ consider ing the absence of stringed instruments, elicited high enconiums from the most critical and the rendering of Molr'’s “Varié Suisse,” by all the soloists of the band, evinced to the multt- form talent of the Garde, “La Marseillaise,” sung by Miss Annie Goodall, in the costume of the Goddess of Liberty, was, however, not a very creditable affair, as the enthusiasm was artificial and the gesticulation too theatrical for our more subdued American tastes, OLYMPIC THEATRE. JULY $1, 1872, To THe EprTor or THE HERALD:— In your issue of the goth inst, there appeared a series of charges against the play “One Wife," now being produced at the Olympic Theatre in this city. ‘Those charges have probably been read by at least two hundred thousand people. In justice to my motives in the selection of the piece, will you favor me by 4 publication of the reasons that have led to my producing it, They are simply extracts from Alexander Dumas’ own defence of it, eae f ated in his preface to the second edition ‘Or tue piece, published by Levy Ae elas to Mise Thompson and myselt L ask this, and delleve you will not refuse a vindication called for by charges whose fag ood is derived from their appearing in the leading fournal of the Ainerican cbhtinent. It is not hig ge oR ya Rs Tras (sald, that forces me) “LORAINE ROGERS. ‘The letter referred to will he found tn our advertisement columus, |THE MEXICAN FREEBOOTERS. Further Testimony Taken by the United States Commission. Criminality of the Juarez Qov< ernment. Wholesale Robbery of American Citizens on the Rio Grande by the Mexican Brigands, CUTTHROAT CORTINA’S FEATHERED NEST. Placid Attitude of the Mexican President—» He Issues a Proclamation of General Amnesty, but is Silent Con- cerning the Kickapoos. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch hay been received from our correspondent at Matamo- ras: — Matamoros, Mexico, August 1, 187%: General Rocha telegraphs from Monterey that President Lerdo de Tojada issued on tho 27tha proclamation of general amnesty, par- doning all revolutionists and malcontents under arms against the government, and a convocation for an election for President. The United States Commission met to-day. The following facts wero clicitedas to Mexican administration of frontier affairs. Cortina was sent to the Rio Grande with full power, and the civil authorities were powerless under him. Palacios, the military commander at Matamoros, acknowledged last year the fact of serious depredations, but was overridden by Cortina. Juarez was fully aware of the studiod misconduct of Cortina, and of his feeding his troops on stolen beef; taking stolen herds from civil authorities withoutaccountability. Seven herds were sold in Camargo and the proceeds applied to school funds of the Mexican govern- ment, Civil law was a mere farce. Cortina’s regular soldiers were receiving cattle on the Mexican side, and organized agents of Cortina wero driving cattle to the bank, there to receive the assistance of the soldiers in crossing. Eightymiles of a rich. frontier is vacant under the scourge of the Kickapoos. Texan rancheros are obliged to fortify and barricade, Well known brands of cattle were and are sent into the intorior and others sold openly in Camargo, Cortina himself has been seen in the corral receiving stolon herds and selling the hides and beef and pocketing the money. Cortina became suddenly rich by the robbery of several well stocked ranches. He ‘has now $300,000 deposited in England. Full copies of the official roports wero in Juarez’s possession, including tho acknowledgment of General Palacios of the disgraceful implication of agents of the Mexican government. SWITZERLAND. Nature More Noisy Than the Alabama Court. TELEGRAM TO THE HEW YORK HERALD. Gayeva, August 1, 1872, This vicinity has just been visited by a terrible storm of twenty-four hours’ duration, Much damage has been done to property and crops, CUBA. Victory for the Insurgents—A Spanish Column Attacked, Defeated and Its Com- mander Killed, Havana, July 30, 1872, The Oubans have defeated a Spanish column con- veying provisions between Gibara and Holquin, killing Alfan, the Spanish commander, Be ths City of Havana, from New York, has arrived, THE WEATHER. OFFIcR OF THE Cutkr SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasunaron, D. C., Aug. 2—1 A. M. Provabitities. From Lake Michigan to Lake Ontario and south. ward to the Ohio Valley clear weather and north- westerly winds, extending on Friday morning east- ward over the Middle and Eastern States; south- westerly winds and clearing weather in the Gulf and South Atiantic States; partly cloudy weather in the Northwest anda Upper Mississippi Valley, with falling barometer on Friday, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- arison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, UBRALD Building:— 1871. ‘1872, 2 6 War DEPARTMENT, | 1 Average temperature yesterday 12; Average temperature for corresponding date last year... erecesenees 8H DUTCH CELEBRATION LAST NIGHT. Hollanders Enthusiastic Over the Arrival of the Steamship Ariadne. The Hollanders of the city formed into line of procession last night, about hall-past nine o'clock, to greet the arrival of the crew of the ship Ariadne, which succeeded in finding out the great metropolis of the West a day or two ago. The folowing members of the New York Musical Association succeeded in getting up a procession creditable to thelr organization. The Ariadne came in at pier No, 3, where the mem 's of the association assembled and serenaded the v; then formed into line and marched up Broad nd Bowery to their place of reception on Third avenue in the fol- lowing order :— Netherland Union Musical Association, bearing & the arrival of the Moon, the first Duch ship, to with a second representation _ of he Ariadne, 1872, Then came the Private Hollander’s, flag representing Association, with a transparency of Hendirk, Hudson, under which was written, — in, Dutch characters, the motto, “In Union taf Strength.” Following this was a jerure with the subscription “Knickerboeker,’? rep- resenting the old Dutchman ol New York, after which came a Stuyvesant transparency, Other societies formed into line of march, and mate the occasion a lively nocturnal festivity, which finally ended in the putling of pure Havanas and quailing of lager beer ‘und gut old Rhine wine. Yacht Mary Emme, ILY.0., Mr. GenwAtt, put into Whitestone yesterday to have hull Soraped, Yacht Halcyon, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. ‘Smita, from New York, pasaed Whitestone vestegday, bound ta New London, ‘y