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‘TUE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA Herald Special Report from London. Queen Victoria’s Speech---Refer- ence to the Traffic on the East Coast. British Opinion of the Influence of the Livingstone-Heratd Despatches. American Press Enterprise as an Agency in the Royal English Council. STANLEY'S MAIL AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALD, The following special despatch to the Heaatp has been received from our corre- ‘gpondent in the British capital :— Lonpen, August 12, 1872. The London Times, in its issue this morn- ing; comments editorially on that portion of the royal speech—which was delivered for ‘Queen Victoria by commission on the occa- ion of the prorogation of Parliament last Sat- urday—in which reference is made to the East ‘Coast of Africa slave trade. The London Times republishes the words of ‘Her Majesty the Queen, in which she an- nounced :—‘‘My government has taken steps intended to prepare the way for dealing more effectually with the slave trade on the East ‘Coast of Africa.” Tho press writer then goes ‘on to say :—‘This paragraph is the most sig- nificant part of the throne specch, and we sup- pose it is not an error to connect the an- ‘nouncement which has just been made by Her SMajesty with the recent discovery of Dr. Liv- ingstone and the despatches to the Foreign Office brought by Mr. Stanley, of the New Yous Henato, from the great traveller.”’ THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The British Counsel Bar in Geneva Reinforced— New Light Invoked from the Temple in Lon- don—Outside. Surmises Relative to the Damages Award—A Strong Point Made for the United States. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW .YORK: HERALA. Ganeva, August 12, 1872. Mr. Conen, the English barrister, who drew up the report for the Crown on the subject of the American claims for losses sustained by the mer- canttle marine of the United States, has been sum- moned here from London. This fact gives rise to ‘the conjecture that a decision has been rendered ‘by the Board upon the general question of England's responsibility for the direct losses claimed by America, and that Mr, Cohen is called in to assist the British counsel in arguing upon the amount of damages to ve as.cased by the Board, { One of the many reports which are still current here concerning the proceedings of the Board and the present position of the arbitration is that after the cases of the two governments were presented counsel on either side went into a lengthy discus- sion—as has been stated already specially in the HERaLy—regarding Engiand’s responsibility, the argument turning mainly npon the questions ‘Whether the British authorities had exercised duc Ailigence to prevent the Confederate cruisers from escaping out of ports, and whether any such re- sponsibility as America claims followed upon the permission to said cruisers to take coal at British stations. Sir Roundell Palmer opened the discussion on these points, and spoke at great length in support Of the position taken in the British case, Messrs. Waite, Evarts and Cushing replied, the latter clos- tng the argument on behalf of the United States. In his summing up Mr. Cushing strongly urged the point that the same diligence upon the pert of the British authorities which afterwards served to detain the Confederate rams would have been equally effectual in preventing the escape of the cruisers had it been exercised with reference to them. Newspaper Reassurance Against Dire quicting Reports. Lonpon, August 13—6 A. M. ‘The London Daily News discredits disquieting rn- mors about the progress of the arbitration at Geneva, ENGLAND. General Sherman at Aldershott Camp—Insubordi- nation on Board an American Yacht—Com- pliment to American Enterprise. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Lonpon, August 12, 1872, General Sherman visited the camp at Aldershott yesterday agri had a very pleasant reception from the ofiicers. INSUBORDINATION ON AN AMERICAN YACHT. The crew of the American yacht Sappho have been dismissed in conseqnence of insubordination. AMERICAN PRESS EVTERPRIS® COMPLIMENTED. The representatives of the London press enter- tained Mr. Stanley at the Garrick Club last night, A JUVBNILE MONARCHIST. Tho Princess Hetena, wife of Prince Christian, thas been (August 13—A. M.) delivered of a daugh- tor. SWITZERLAND. Serious and Destructive Fire in Geneva. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, GBNEVA, August 12, 1872, One of the most oxXtensive cotton factories in this city was destroyed to-night by fire. The loge 1s es- tunated at ten million francs, Eight hundred operatives are thrown out of em- ployment. SPOTTED TAIL’S PARTY. Omxcrnnati, Ohio, August 12, 1872. Spotted Tail and party arrtved here at 7 o'clock ¢his evening, and will remain for a few days, MORE INDIANS COMING East. Cricaco, I, Angust 12, 1872, ASloux City despatch says about sixty Indian chiefs and representative men from the different trives on (ho upper Missouri, under the charge of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Cowan and Commissioner Brunot, will arrive here about the 20th inst. on their way to Washington, Little Bear chiefs, Who have been on the war path in Western Dakota and astern Montana for two years, are of the party. These men represent all the tribes who have shown jostility to the building of the Northern Pacific Kaiiroad, and it ts hoped this trip to Wash. au. pacify thom 80 that hostilities may be ry and the Unkapapa | | the hope NEW: YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1872=+WITH SUPPLEMENT. GREELEY’S TRAVELS. The Sage on a Tour Through the Granite State. Speeches at Railroad Stations—What I Know About My Mative State—Comparisons—At Home and Abroad—Hints to Apple- Growers—Politics Eechewed for Agricultural Pleasantries. Concorn, N. H., August 12, 1872. Horace Greeley arrived at Concord ¢his morning trom Bradford at ten owilock, and took aspeciatcar or Lancaster, accompanied by a party of about fifty persons. Arriving at @ilton @ iagge crowd had assembied, and Mr. Greeley appeared upon the platform of the ear and addressed the people as follows:— MR. GREELEY'S SPRECH. FeLpow Crrizens or My Native State or New Hampsare—A few words, which necessarily be hasty, may be acceptabte to some of you. It has been said that our Americans are a little too fond of going abroad to Burope; but [ am sure that he is a Americ wi not come back @ better American then. when he went— who-does’ not appreciate America when he returns. Kurope may be in many respects better than America; her poputation ts more thickly set- tled, her arts and sclences more thoroughly devel- aped. and her a) trees, I have noticed, haye less ad limbs on them than they have in New @uire. But the American who travels th: a nds reason to appreciate the freedom, the cuportunity, the hope merican youth, hope that the more peorme that go abroad the maore Will come back to appreciate the lakes, the skies, the air, the fruitlal seil, the gorgeous Bcenery and glory of our own country. Ido assure you, as one haa travelled im Europe, that I could see there no such thimg as a People gathering to consider any question of public importance, except of a retigious character; and [ rejoice that I was born and have been per- mitted to live here, where the people have every- thing to say in the mi ment Of our institutions. In the hope and belief t our country, free from some entanglements and some embarrassments, 1s nse dearer to all of us, I take my leave. A general band-shaking followed the apeech, after which the train proceeded, TO THE PROPLE OF LACONIA. At Laconia an immense crowd was gathered, and Mr. Greeley’s appearance was greeted with cheers and music. On being introduced by the Hon. E. A. Hibbard, he spéke as follows :— FELLow Ci During the half century that Thave been absent—not a restdent of the State of New Hampshire—I have frequented almost every part of the State, the south and the west, where I have relatives, and the north, attracted by the beauty and fame of its scenery. I have often wished’ and rejoice now to find myself in this tne great central rt of the State, which I have long desired to visit. e other day I climbed to the summit of Kearsarge Mountain, somewhat of an effort for one of my weight and years, and from it | saw a grander and bolder country, so full of smiling fields, fruitful orchards and houses such” as laborers in no other country live in, because ther cannot afford it. These evidences of general thrift grow from steady industry, be- cause what must be won must be worked for; and that Is a fact not to be deplored, I nevor saw chil- dren who were better taught and people who lived better than those of New Hampshire. Attracted, as some of you may be, to the more yielding soil of the West, to in, California and Toxas, in time to come, you all agree with me that there is no better in which to live and die than the grand old Stato of New Hampshire. bid you farewell. THE PHILOSOPHER AT PLYMOUTH. At Plymouth Mr. Greeley was received by a com- mittee, and a@ national salute was fired. After @ speech of welcome from Joseph W. Howe, of New York, Mr. Greeley responded :— ‘ FRLLow Crrtzzns—An absence of half @ centar: from my native State has made me acquainted with many scenes, and & participant in many incidents Of the time, I find that when two men of opposite convictions and sympathies start from the same int, say New York, and find themselves in don, yy nearer together; at Paris, still Gye amet Fame ‘eA et. AL? me reach Alexant in Egypt, the he duffer- ences of the past, and edie themasives only a3 friends and countrymen. Like a contemplation of the carth when near at hand, and the scene is bounded by a small area, the inequalitics appear great and the whole surface d; but when we view the whole planet at a distance it seems at once as smooth and round a8 an orange. So it is 4s we grow older, as our years increase upon us and we come into the decline of life ag I have done, we feel more kindiy and charitable towards the views of those ve differed, One of the most. beantifal Prospe 8 Of old age is the kindly and charitable sentiment towards old enemies. So, friends, glad am I to greet you and forget tue storms and contentions of the last forty ycars, and remember only that | amin my native State and that we are all Americans, Mr. Greciey was met at Plymouth by a committee of ten to accompany him to Littleton, leaving for the lattor place at ten P. M. At stations along the road—Warren, Woodsville, Lisbon, &c.—crowds of people had assembled to greet him, and Mr. Creeley appeared apon the platiorm of the car and took them by the hand. AT LISBON 0B sat :— Fe.tow Crrmens—I have not the time to meet, as I would gladly do, this expressiom of your inter- eatin me. Ihave been oiten in my native State, Bot pee tn this spot, however, and have met in al aud ancestors. I have always received at their hands a cordial welcome, ani have met them as brethren, rejoicing that although we may have dif- fered in othor matters we wore unaltered in a love of our own State, When time, iu years to come, may be more abundant with boy hope to visit my Native State more frequently and reunite the bro- ken links of friendsh Jo that hope I now bit you adieu. On arriving at Litticton @ committee of re- ception awaited him, and he was driven ina car, riage to Thayer's Hotel. <A large procession fol- lowed, and his approach was heralded by the firing of guns. At the hotel John G. Sinclair, of Little- ton, welcomed Mr, Greeley in brief but well-chosen remarks, and MR, GREELEY RESPONDED AS FOLLOWS. Ift make no response to the political sentiments expressed by my friend, Mr. Sinclair, you wili not regard it as implying disrespect to him or to you, or as showing 2» want of in- terest On my part in the subject; but a can- didate, especiaily a Presidential candidate, stands in a pecullar light, Wheatver he says is liable to be misinterpreted. Those who are not bis friends read him rong. They read what he says upside down, crosswise and then diagonally, to extract that from it which never was there. The people are considering tuese subjects and will, So, iriends, [ in a short time, pronounce upon them, without rd the aspirations or hopes of enuer of tho candidates, They will take their own view of what concerns their own interests. It has been charged that the greatest native of this State, Daniel Webster, said that no country ever lost its liberties which | had a cascade 150 feet high. it is. true in all ages and all countries that mountains and mountainons pects have been the birth places of haman liberty. ¢ Tells, the Wallaces and the Hofera sprang forth from the mountains to lead the masses to triumph and freedom. In mountain regions men never lose their rights. Regions like these are regions where | men think independently, For us, whose ii spent in the stifling air of the city, is to break away And spend days and weeks in the mountains, to drink in inspiration, not only from the air but from the men. 1 am glad, not only for the first tume Bor for the second, to find myself among tie mountain air of New Hampshire. L wonld gladly have been here often if my ie had not been so Dusy. Tam glad to find myself here even for a day or two, and will go away braced and encouraged. A brief reception was held, and at 5:20 P, M, Mr. Greeley teft for Lancaster, AT WIITEPIELD @ short stop was masie, and !n answer to the cheers of the crowd, Mr. Greeley appeared and said:— Fe..ow Crrizexs—I do not know that ! was ever uite so far north as this before in the State of New # ire. I believe all of those who have gone from among the granite Hilis North or South, are roud of lier history, and are themselves the better for breatl the pure air Rit poy hilis, With Imay be permitied to visit you again some future day with more time at my disposal, for es are Toud uu farewell. ¢ At the other stations immense crowds were present to catch o passing glimpse ofthe candidate for the Presidency. At half-past six P. M. the train arrtved at Larcas- ter, and crowds of people had gathered at the depot to receive nim, A procession was formed and Mr. Greeley was escorted to the Lancaster House amid the booming of cannon and the ringing of bells, He was welcomed to Lancaster by Colonel Henry 0. Kent, whose’guest Mr. Greeley is to be while here, in brief remarks to which Mr. Greeley re- sponded as follows:— my visits many who have known my parents | Pen | r State. I have often remembered more than half a century opportunity and possibiy fy that I have — a of important remarkat some of them my name has lett by eet “fortune elsewhere, The from it have becn events, and with been somewhat connected, as possi it may be in the future with other Senta. I can on say that from the beginning to the ehd [have to pursue that course which sect to me consistent with eternal Justice, and therefore calculated to advance the wospertty of my country and its je. Erring often, doubtiess—for human wisdom ls at best short- — sometimes harsh when it would have beca juster to have been temperate and kind— ¥ cae. cals Oe ee ee ee eee oe entered upon the discussion 0 nee Rot much preted rp conaidler- party always simply & means to an end ten times more important ” the well-being and the ry it conduct of our government, of our people. ways acting — that conviction, I have some- times alienated mda on this side and friends on that side, now here end now there; this wap indispensable to an ndent and hon- eat ical conviction. Noman has ever yet pur- @ thoughtful, observant, manly and indepénd- ent course without sometimes offending and alienating friends tere and there. He must 40 #0 if heteto bo entirely and rightly faithful to fis it convictions, ell, friends, there is much said about aspiration and ambition in this country of ours, and it is welt that they should be aspiring and it is not ill that ambitious. The grand , is croated by nd out, by the jay than their fathers (Applause.) I can the class of whom who are said to be times when @ man 13 rbing ambition he has been think- ing not of the plau: of the multitude, not of the chances or the prospects of personal elevation. Very often his mental cye has been fixed on some cottage in the land of his boyhood, where aits an motuer, widowed perhaps, Fite , Wrin- and tottering, dividing tion between that wherein are gath- ered up all her hopes of blissful immortality and those journals or records wherein she reads the story of her son’s etiorts, possibly achieve- ments, and ho for the day when he may re- turn and “fiud her still living to greet and honor him as no shouts of an spplauding muh titude ever can do. So f say that tens of thousands, who are misjudged as: looking for grand opportunities for themscives or advancement for themselves, are thinking only of some it where fond | affection loved our countrymen should be were day befo1 scaterday re re G fam arep = catty ine resentative, agitators, this:—That’ man; accused of ahed, at least the hoe moet Friends and neighbors, I am in the deoline of life, I have passed my sixtieth year. Many of the renee years have been years of agitations and trouble and deapondency sometimes, or, rather, of the failure of the sunlight of hope. ‘These years have made their impress upon me. Lam older than I was when our late terrible trial began, much older in feeling and in Pte but, old as I am, I have an ear still, think not deaf to the call of duty; I have a heart which I trust does not fail to beat responsive to the impulses of patriotism, therefore I am glad to sec this company of people here to-night. Many of them doubtless disagree with me in the present or have disagreed with me in the past, or may disagree with me in the future, for we cannot read the future, but 1 trust the most of them be- live that whatever I have done, unwisely it may be, harshly it may Le, L have done in faith and love for the best gvod of my country and her ple. In that I trust. Friends of my native State, I greet you in that ti ~ 1 hope you will follow me in the future ‘ou have followed me in the past. Judge me kindly if you may, If sometimes you are obliged to condemn me, judge me ktndly and believe that whatever of human error or im. perfection | may have exhibited in the past and may cxhibit in the present, [ still rejoice that here, in my native State, [ am appreciated— that if my lot should bear me back to this, my na- tive State, to spend icre my latest years—if such future should befal meT shall spend them among those who have looked upom me, many of them Kindly, from boyhood, and who will be glad at least to welcome me am them whenever T have adittie time to spend hy and rejoice with me that through my efforts and their efforts or in spite of my efforts or their efforts our country is great, prosperous and free, and our people, I may HG are destined in the Inture to mark out a mag- nificent destiny, Which shall be a guiding light for the nations of men through all coming time, The reception accorded Mr, Greeley has been More enthnaiastic here than at any place since he left Concord. Men, women and chiluren crowded the streets, waving Mags and headkerchiefs and struggling to get near his carriage as he passed by. Mr. Greeley was met at Plymouth by Alvin J. Johnson, of New York, who is to accompany him as far as Gorham on his trip to Maine. Mr. Greeley proceeded from the Lancaster Louse to the house of Colonel Kent, where he held a levee this evening. Senator J. R. Doolittle made a speech here to- night. Mr. Greeley leaves here to-morrow morning for Gorham. e. MEXICO. Murder of a Prominent Texan Merchant by As- sassin Maranders Over the Rio Grande. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, August 11, 1872. Anotuer atrocious assassination has occurred about forty miles above this place, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Simon, prominent frontier merchants, left here in @ carriage last evening for Rio Grande City. About daylight three notorious Mcxicans passed them, one of whom fired into the carriage, killlag Mr. Alexander Instantly. Mr. Simon escaped by leaping to the bushes. ‘The assassins fled to Mexico. | Great excitement prevailed when the corpse of Mr. Alexander was brought in. An inquest was immediately held, the verdict being that Mr. Alexander was killed by an oficer of Cortina’s troops. A strong ‘celing is manifested to organize a force and pursue these Mexican murderers, Tho Depredations Commissioners were all pres- ent at the inquest. IRELAND. enHeesene meee The Repeal of the Anti-Processions Act a Cause of | Joy—British Policy Toward the Native Parties. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dvir, Angust 12, 1872. The Roman Catholics of the island are making | preparations to celebrate the anniversary of the Par- | liamentary repeal, by non-renewal on the part of | the Legislature, of the act forbidding party proces- | sions. The leading Orange officers advise Orangemen not to interfere with the celebration. The Policy of the English Executive. | ‘The present policy of the English government in | Iretaud in reference to its mode of treatment of | public or party processions appears to be to per- mit all parties to parade, s0 long as they observe the peace. Just previous to the past Twelfth of | July a number of Orangemen addressed the Crown oiicers in Dublin on the subject. The Lord Lieu- | tenant made use of the foliowing expression in his . reply :— iy roposing the repeal of the Party Processions act, Her Majesty’s government have shown their | apxi to remove, wherever possible, all excep- | tional legislation, and to rely upon the common law of the land for the suppression of illegu! as- | sembiles, It will ever be the earnest desire of the Lord Lieutenant to administer the jaw fairly and | justly; and it would be to him a subject of sincere | ere ke if all ties in Ireland couid be in- juced to forget ir past dissensions, to act towards each other in a spirit of mutual forbear- ance and to abstain from all displays and iemon- strations, whether processions, bands or drumming parties, which ate calculated to give ofence to any portion of their feiiow-countrymen. A First and Most Excellent Result. Dustin, August, 12, 1872. ‘The anniversary of the rellef of Londonderry was celebrated at thatcity to-day. There was no dis. turbance. DEATHS PROM SUNSTROKE. Jobn Ridge, aged nine years; body at residence, Martin Fessnuer, aged fifty; body at Vellevue Roaptt Jol in Forbes, of 242 First avenue, died on Sunday, It is supposed of sunstroke. Frederic Wardenpfohi, aged fourteen years, of ANOTHER SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS AND FELLOW CrTrzeN8—It has never before heen my happiness to visit this beautiful village, aud yet a native of this 150 Eaet Fourth street, died yesterday. flensy Martin, a cooper, fella distance of fort; throngh the scuttic of a store ALS Broad strve', vesterday'morning, recely ing probably fatal iniu foct ou, | whole adair. WASHINGTON. THE KU KLUX PRISONERS AT ALBANY Colonel Whitley Recommends the Pardon of Eighteen. Astonishing Frauds in the Texas Quar- termaster’s Department. FRED DOUGLASS NOT INSULTED. ‘The Japs Return Thanks for Amer- ican Hospitality. WASHINGTON, August 12, 1872. Colomel Whitley's Report on the Ku Klux Prisoners = Kighteen Pardons Recom- mended. Colonet H. 0. Whitley, Chief of the Secret Service Division, who at the request of the Attorney Gen- eral recently visited the Albany Penitentiary for the purpose of reporting the names of such of the Ku Klux prisoners aa, in his jadgment, are worthy of executive clemency, has submitted his report to Attorney General Williams, and {it covers eight pages of legal cap, closely written, and gives a gen- eral account of the condition of the political pris- oners confined at Albany. Gerrit Smith was first induced to visit Albany by the representation that there were among the Ku Klux prisoners some whose cases deserved imme- diate attention, He saw proper to recommend to the President only three names—Hezekiah Porter, who died recently; Samuel G. Brown, of York, York county, and David Collins, of Spartanburg, 8. 0. Porter was wasting with disease when Mr. Smith visited the Penitentiary two weeks ago, and he saw that he must soon dic, His pardon, he said, would only be a humane act. The cases of Mr. Brown, an intelligent old gentleman, highly respected in the county in which he lived, and David Collins, an illiterate, simple-minded man, struck Mr. Smith as such as could be safely recommended for Executive clemency. It had also been represented to the President that there were others confined at Albany equally amenable to pardon. In order to get at the facts it was necessary to send some responsible person who could not be easliy imposed upon by the re- cital of the prisoners’ stories, Colonel Whitley was selected as beat qualified for the task, He knew somewhat of the history of all the cases, and his Une of duty, it was thought, required him to deal justly with all classes, while he could not be easily deceived, It was deemed that the President could safely rely upon his recommendations, Colonel Whitley reports against the pardon of Brown, believing the evidence and his own confession the best reason for so doing. He reports in favor of the pardon of Collins and seventeen other cases analagous to his own. In the rematning forty-stx cases Colonel Whitley makes no recommendation, While some of them are men of intelligence; like Shotwell, whom Mr. Smith believed to be deserving of the punishment adjudged against him, and Brown, whom he recommends for pardon, others are ignorant men, yet quite capable of mature judgment upon their acts, and whose complicity in the midnight raids and outrages is not only well established, but is justly to be regarded as @ wilful defiance of law and order or ® voluntary participation with leading Offenders. Colonel Whitley could not see his way to any recommendation in behalf of these prisoners that wonld not apply itself to the cases of all, and he therefore confined himself to those especial cases where there was a greater latitude for doubt of the moral responsibility of the culprits for their acts, and where it was reasonably sup- posable that fear and the influence of superiors were largely responsitie for the offences committed, The report. will be handed to the President by Attorney General WilUams when the former returns to Washington, and itis understood that it will be immediately followed by the release of the prisoncrs recommended for pardon. The friends of Mr. Brown will exert themselves in his oehalf. The commendations of prominent republicans are in his favor, notwithstanding Colonel Whitley's state- ment to the contrary, and they will urge his pardon on the ground that he never took an active part in the organization, and his only reason for attending the meetings was of a personal nature, and not to injure anybody. The report of Colonel Whitiey is regarded by the Attorney General as entirely eatis- factory, but he 1s willing to receive statements in favor of the pardon of others, Extensive Frauds in the Quartermas- ter’s Department in Texas—An Inquiry Ordered. The War Department, through the Department of Justice, has referred to the United States Dis- trict Attorney for Western Texas for the institu- tion of criminal proceedings under the statutes relating to frauds upon the United States, the papers in the case of H. J. Thompson, of Jacks- borough, Texas, who presented a claim for 3,200 trees, allegod to have been cut and used by officers of the United States in the construction of Fort Richardson, one of the large military posta estab- lished to protect the northern boundary of the State from incursions of Indians located in the Indian Territory, The claim was for $20,000, and had the certificate and. approval of various military ofMiciais in the Department of Texas, in- cluding that of General James A. Ekin, the chief Quartermaster; but Quartermaster Gencral Meigs, who had but just returned from a tour of inspection of the Texan posts, declared the claim to bo in- iquitous at once, and refused to allow it to be paid until it had been specially investigated and reported on by a board of survey appointed from the roster of officers on duty at the post, This board, to the astonishment of the Quartermaster General, re- ported the claim to be correct and just and recom- mended its payment, which recommendation was endorsed by Chief Quartermaster Ekin, who added a warm eulogium of the personal and offictal in- tegrity of General Oakes, the Post Commander, who had joined in approving the claim. General Meigs, who knew approximately the quantity of timber used in the post and the value of standing timber in that part of Texas, was ob- stinate in resisting the efforts made to secure the payment of the award, and at his suggestion the War Department sent Inspector General Absalom Baird to make @ personal investigation into the ‘That oMicer has reported that the number of trees actually cut from the claimants’ Jand was Dot over three hundred, instead of over three thousand, and that their value was not more than one thousand dollars, instead of twenty thou- sand dollars. This report, which is conclusive upon | the subject, placed the officers composing the Board of Survey—the Post Commander and the Obief Quartermaster—in a very questionable position, from which they have attempted to escape by plead- ing culpable but not criminal reliance upon Captain Potter, the former quartermaster of the post, who now happens to be dead and = un- able to explain or controvert anything. But as Captain Potter was, during the many years he was in the service, one of the most trust- worthy officers of his Department, the War De- partment is not satisiied, and has put the matter In train for a thorough judicial investigation; and it is not improbable that the general inquiry mto the military udministration of pubilc affairs in Texas, which has been for some time in contemplation by the Department here, may be hastened by the reve- lation just made, It was but lately that General Auger was trans- ferred from the command of the Department of the Platte to that of Texas, and General Ekin removed from the charge of the Quartermaster’s Depart- ment for the purpose of ending the scandals and irregularities which had become notorfous tn the State and at Washington, owing to the centraliza- tion of nearly the whole of tho vast army business in that great Department in the hands of the orm of Adams & Wickes, who monopolized tor four years the army freighting, contracting, trading and sutiering for the numerous posts, and so virtually controlled the fnancfal and political tnterests of the State. The responstbility for this state of atfairs is held to rest chiefly with General Ekin, whose relations with the frm named were of the most intimate character, as attested, in some measure, by his alleged acceptance of a carriage and elegant pair of horses at # nominal price, paid in part by a promissory note, In one instance, now on record, efforta were made to compel General Mackenzie, a post commander, to receive 5 BUTLER ANS BOUTWELL. The Two Grant Champions on the Stump at Lowext. BN GENERAL BEN’S SPE.‘CH. \ . 1,600,000 pounds of corn from Adams & Wickes, Grecleyism fn the Gotiery'-Hissing when he only needed 500,000 pounds to last till the time when a new gontract at a lowe rprice should go into operation. Mackenzie positively declined, im spite of the pressure from wmeadquarters, and wrote to Washington, boidly denounging- the whole thing as a fraud. This ted ¢o the inter ference of tne Secretary of War, but before his action could be made effective the corn had been and Groanfug. BOUTWELL’S HAPPY MEDAN. forced upon the temporary commander during a | Comparing Grant and Greeley-— brief absence of Generat Mackenzie tn tho fletd. This one affair cost the government $30,000, but @muoh greater loss took place on a transaction directly at the chief quartermaster’s oMoe. Pro- posals were invited for supplying various kinds of forage and though no bids were tnvited for furnish- ing oat, which, by a prior arrangement were to be procured at New Orleans and shipped to Texas as &@ matter of economy, Texas being a poor market for oats, Adams and Wickes were found to be un- Invited bidders on the sealed proposals for oats, and contracts for large quantitics of oats, without any show of competition, were awarded them. The Pen vs. the Sword. Lowen, Mass., August 1%, 1472. Tho basy B.'s, Butiey and Boutwell, Inve ex. preased thelr well know# political opinions ‘béfore an audience of unprecedented numbers in titih city to-night, Where was scarcely a day's notice of their coming, but notwithstanding this tho spacious Huntington Hall was crowded with a concomrse of humanity approdching-titvee thousand, ind#iii- ually speaking. The occastow was the organization of aGrant and Wulson club. / Shis ceremony, how- Meanwhile the quartermaster's department at New y ever, was very bnef, conststtag mainly in the elec: Orleans had made large purchases for shipment to Texas and these latter were leit on nand with no alternative but to resell at a great loss. or hold them for future use at a heavy tf not total deprecia- tion in quality. The papers-in this case ot the management of the uartermasters' business in Texas ynder General Kin, who was@ prominent offictal and? politician at Washington during the war, are voluminous and contain many such exposures a8 are herein given. Fred Douglass and the Sumner-Whito Letter—Acquits Grant of Insult. Fred Douglass ia reported to have said, in com- Ment on Senator Sumner's letter to Mr. White about the alleged discourtesy of President Grant in not inviting him: (Mr. Douglass) to dine with the St. Domingo Commissioners :— The truth ts, I had been insulted while on tho mail steamer com! ng. up the Potomac to Washington with the Com in; and when I learned that the ‘esid had entertained the Commissioners at dinner I felt that by not inviting me to dine with them an opportunity had been lost for rebuking that insult. I never believed that the neglect to invite me to the White House was intentional on the part of the President, or that it was anything more than mere thonghtlessnoss, and I acquit him of the charge of having purposely neglected to send me an invitation. That I San are py regret at not having been invited I admit; but I don’t be- lteve Lover said “{ feel it keenly,’’ as reported by Mr. Sumner, Whatever I may have snid in private to personal friends, there ts nothing to jnstify the parading of such fugitive remarks in print, as Mr. Sumner has taken the liberty of doing. So long as I don’t complain of President Grant, and acquit him of any intentional forgetfulness, I don’t see why Mr, Sumner and other persons should find fault with him for alleged want of courtesy to me. The Thanks of the Japaneso Embassy. ‘The Japanese Embassy white in Washington tre- quently spoke of the distinguished attentions pai to them by the government and gentlemen o pying prominent public positions, and gave a num- ber of costly entertainments in acknowledgment of the courtesies, Betore their departure for Europe they formally expressed thelr feelings in the fol- lowing letter :— OFIICE OF THE JAPANESK Embassy, Boston, Auguat 6, 1872, Str—We cannot leave the shores of your most hospitable country without again returning you our sincere thanks and hearty acknowledgements for the great kindness shown us, both in your private and official relations with this Embassy, while in Washington. Since our departure we have received the generous hospitality of the city of Philadeiphia and kind attention in New York. The city authorities of Boston have been untiring in thelr great bounties to us, which have been be- stowed with unbuunded' enthusiasm and ap- arent sincerity. We have also to ac- nowledge lite attentions from the towns and cities of Lowell, Lawrence, Providence, &c. ‘These generous expressions of kindly feelings have indeed moved our heart. We especially thank you for your happy choice in appointing so genial and pleasant a gentleman as General Myers in charge of our receptions. His kindness and attentions have been unremitting, and we cannot too strongly | the General express our entire appreciation of his constant courtesies, 80 delicately bestowed. We sai! to-day for England 4 the steamship Olympus, and avail ourselves of this our last opportunity, on the eve of our departure, to express to you our sincere thanks for your nation’s hospitality and renewed assurances of our most distinguished considera- tion. yory, respectfully, T. IWAKUKA, H. ITO. T. KILO, N. ZAMAGUTCII. T. OxvHo. To THR HONORABLE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE | UNITED STATES. An Ice Cream Man Shot, Samuel W. Cheeseman, of Maine, who with his | brother James Cheeseman had purchased an tce business in this city, was shot thia afternoon by a | desperado named Barney Wood, who was formerly | employed in the tce business here. Thirteen buck shot penetrated his groin and abdomen, inflicting proves fatal wounds. Wood escaped, declaring hat he Dever would be taken pep orap he was subsequently arrested after firing a shot from his carbine at Lieutenant Grassford, of the police force, | who made the arrest, The latter shot did not take efiect. Treasury Balances. The balances in the Treasury at the cloge of busi- ness to-day were :— $10,840,583 + 20,671,180 The Jamaica Mat The Pactfic Mail Steamship Compang has notified | the Post Oflice Department that, the authorities of | Jamaica having failed to renew the contract for carrying the mails between the United States and | British government. 10,026,104 | tion of Charles H. Statt for Prestdent and the elec- tion of a regiment of Vice Prestdenta; Secretarica, &o, All these preliminaries were ‘attended with enthusiasm, and the proceedings were oftén tnter. rupted with cheers for Grant, mingled once in a» whdlo with some hurrahs for the respectable Sage of Chappaqua. Of thespeakers of the evching, GRNERAL BUTLER WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, and was of course received with loud applause by * hia old fellow citizons. Ho sald, at the start, that he should not use hard words against his ~politicat: opponents or against any tndividua), bat should rather discuss the issues which now divido the/two parties of the country. Alluding to the democratic party and Mr, Groeleyin an tucidental way, there * was a burst of cheers for tie Chappaqua Sage by @ collection of his feiends in’ the gallery, but! the Goneral aqueicied them > by remarking that there were nob 80 many votces for Grecley as there might be within nis hearing. The claiins and rights of the laboring classes were discussed, the speaker maintataing that the Elght Hour law experimen: aud other measures for tho rellef of the working men were ‘secured by can party, Mr. Sumner being almost al in the republican ranks who voted agai the various bills for the advancement of the lah ing men. Having a second time attributed to his party the credit of protecting. the working classea, sald that ho recognized among some of ‘THOSE WHO HURBAUBD FOR GREELEY men who 4 few years ago threatened to turn of such of their Lo bo} as voted for the Ben Butler Ten-Iour law. He said further that he thought he detected the votces of ono or two of his old Irish clients, at which there was a round of hisses. which . rendered it impossivie for the General to proceed. An at- tempt was mace to oject the offeuders, but It was at once clear that they were too many for the police, and they finally gave up the job. The Gene- Tal then attempted to continue, but he was stall RY WITH GROANS AND TILSSkS, which were continued until the strength of the indignant members of the audience was exhausted, As soon as he could inake liseli heard the speaker poured oll upon the troubled waters by rehearsti he laws which the republican had paased for the protection of Irish and other emigrants who made America thetr adopted tome. He also adverted to the protection of American naturalized cittzena In foreign countries under the republican party,and claimed that tn the Cincinnuatt pa there was a plank ignoring such pro- ection. THE 30-CALLED KU KLUX legislation for the protection of the South was nox referred to, the substance of hig argument being that such stringent legislation was necessary for the protection of the loyal men, both white aud black. The balance of tho General's speech was. chiefly a reiteration of what he has atterea before during the ey the substance of whitch has already appeared in the HeRaLp. SECRETARY GOUTWELJ'S REMARKS, Secretary Koutwell was as warmly received ‘aa and his speech was a8 often interrupted by applause. He indulged frst in a few happy pre- lIiminaries, and then gave ® comparison between General Graut and Horace Grecley, so far as he decmed tt prone, to allude to their public careers. He complimented Greeley as an editor, pug- gent fucisive, and &@ man who been on the best side of public questions, but still he was without the power either orguuize ideas or men; without the persistency of purpose Which marks a trul, Pad mind and a mau who had no clear result of his life's labor. Of General Grant he said he won no special hooors at West Point, but a glimpse of hjs genius a8 a.suidier appeared in Mexico when he assumed a command, took possession of a chtrch, placed a howitzer | the beliry and drove the enemy from a fort | position below. The Secretary, then followed | THE CAREER OF PRESIDENT GUANT | through the late civti war, and told his hearers to has often, | imagine fifty or a hundred ycars hence, and. con- sider whether the General or Mr, Grecley woult have the better claiin nt Eka yi all this, however, he sald it did not follow that Grant wae a@ great statesman, a& art which he would assert rather th Having enumerated numerous high ee leved President Grant a, he said he re- {rained from any comment upon the marked and often melancholy absence of such high quajitica in the life und character of ir. Greeley. Concerning General Graot and his administration. in con- nection with THE ASABAMA CLAIMS, the Secretary sald:—‘‘After many delays and | through many diMculties he has secured. for Great Britain the concession of our right to the judgment: of an impartial tribunal upon the question of the . Nability of the country to make compeusation for lasses inflicted upon our shipping by vessels dtted in British waters in alleged viola- of the neutral obligations of the Tho Tribunal at Geneva is. mit, we Le- tion that island, no mails will be taken bythe vessels | not — bound to do justice to the United. States r of that line for Jamaica and adjacent isiands alter the 10th inst. The New Tariff Regalations. A pamphiet of forty pages has just been prepared and to the cltizens of tho United States, bas it. wil also make clear the law of nations In reference to and published by the Bureau of Statistics, under | the direction of the acting chicf, Mr. E. B, Elliott, containing the Tari’ acts of May 1 and June 6, 1872, together with an alphabetical arrangement of | | duties of neutrals, The opinions and decistons of | that tribunal will diminish the ovcasions for war, while in its own existence It will ever be @ hiatori- cal Se of the means by which two irees, na- tions avoided the calamity of war. If thejPresident had been trained to the arts of peace only, could he have done more to dimigh the chances of war, Referring again to Mr. Greeley Secretary Bout- these acts and other statutes relative to dutics on | well quoted some of tis editorials favoring secea- imports now tn fol collectors of custo! , Mombers of Congress, and to Copies will bc furnished to | sion, and remarked that while bis errors might be forgiven they should not be forgotten when ho was such individuals in private or business life as way | a cancwWate for office, tavolying an important public ly for them. naa: The Meteors. The meteoric display of Saturday and Sunday nights was, in a great measure, lost to view in this locality, by the cloudy condition of the atmosphere. At the Naval Observatory, on Sunday morning, | Professor Eastman noted the course of forty me- teors, between three and four o'clock, and last | night, between half-past night and cleven o'clock, he noted twenty-seven. A New National Bank. The First National Bank, of Jefferson, Ohio, capi- tal $100,000, has been authorized to commence busi- ness, NORTH CAROLINA. Political Circles Quict—Caldwell’s Prob- able Majority as Now Ascertained. Ratgion, August 12, 18972, Political circles are quiet here to-night. The conservatives are still receiving evidences of fraud in various places. Caldwell’s majority will approximate 1,500. The vote of the State reaches 20,000 beyond the returns of 1871. The conservatives and liberaia will likely have a grand time here on Friday, in anticipation of a national victory. THE CAMPAIGN IN MAINE. Enthusiasm for Grant Down East— Grand Republican Demonstration— Speeches by Speaker Biaine, Gov. ernor Noyes, Congressman Hale and Others. ROCKLAND, Me., August 12, 1872. There was an immense republican demonstration here to-day. This afternoon a large gathering of Down Easters were addressed by Governor Noyes, of Oo, and Speaker Blaine. The theme of their orations was “Administration,” first, last and al- ‘ways, and the apeakers were foudly applauded. ‘This Pane we had a most imposing renens procession. ie Lada pola were mostly of the oMetal typo, but orderly and enthusiastic, Indeed there ia general euthusiasm for Grant. Congress. man Hale addressed the protectionists. General Scofield was expected to take part in the evening's proceedings, but did got come to time, | trust. Having then criticised that ‘tion of the Cincinpatt plaiform which declares tit local solt goremnmen’ was impartial suffrage whic will guardh he rights of all citizens more securely than any centrelised power, the speaker concluded by re- marking that what has been done will be kept, and other honors yet awalt the party that has brought the country out of war into peace; out of chaos Into order; out of slavery into free- dom ; out of discord into untom, whieh, ander the blessing of Heaven, shail be perpetual. The mecting broke up witi cheers for the speak- ban sags candidates whom they eapoused:agd jefended, Died. Harvey.—At Harlem, on Monday, August:12, of: bd em fever, WILLARD HARVEY, aged 43 years. ‘uneral services on Wednesday, August, 1, at two o'clock, at the reaidence of lis father, Colonek Charles R. Harvey, 153 East 127th street. (for Other Deaths Spe Third Page.) Irritation of Scaip=Burnett’s Coccaine cures. AH ng’ 's Patent abesitn’ MAMPION SAFES, | 261 and 262 Broadway, corner of Murtay street. A Saccess KNOWLES’ INSI h nts, plant worms and tree fi sted bj this woodorful powder t ihe uabays Gers bts Ry reads grocers. Depot No. 7 Sixth A Cool, Retreshi CHRVALIER'S LPR TORS THR HALE roa * jens tts growth, oby’ caucia teuse heator suit wate tihng tthe nates Mosquito © lee for Bods wo ROEBUCK'S, nud 6 Pulton street New Yorke A.—Herald Branch Oeies, Breckiya. ' in Corner of Fulton ne and street. 7 omer Gye trom LA. Me Se Me Patent Open Work Political Banners, yee and Portraits, at LOJER & GRAUAM'S, TT Duage street. Roysi Havana Lottery.—Prices Re-« $c04., 1 by MARTINED & O9., Bankers, No 10 ‘Gall st. x No. 4,686 Post rk. oftiee, New Yor . Lottery —Prize, Cashed, eters ined, terver tupnished, hi lit arn i Spans Beak wie FAYLON & Obs, Haega 10 Wall St Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Ahdomting! Su Shoulder Brages, &e., 4 5 v1 we WePereeh saiciatus Hered oaey..” Oe TOM