The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1872, Page 6

THE BOURBONS. A Day in Colonel Blanton Dun- can’s Study. RUMMAGINGS IN HIS MAIL BAG. Ominous Letters from the ‘‘Pig- headed” Undercurrent. Startling Discontent and Dissatisfaction in the Democratic Ranks. ANYTHING TO BEAT GREELEY. Why the Unterrified Got Slaugh- tered in North Carolina. DON'T LET THE OLD PARTY DIE. Charles O’Conor and Blanton Dun- can the Coming Ticket. Lovisvitig, Ky., August 17, 1872, Tam going to tell the story of the “straight-out” Movement. I am going to show its present stand- dmg and its latent strength, and when my tale is tenn the people of the country may take the facts ‘@ad the fancies and the fallacies, and from the heap gure out for themselves whether or not the thing $e an idle fancy of foolish politicians or an honest effort of earnest democrats or a league with Grant, ‘and whether or not the September Convention is ‘to be 8 success. fHE BOURBON HEADQUARTERS. Notwithstanding all that has been sald about ec- eentricity and instability and chimerical vauntings, it eannot be denied that Blanton Duncan is the ¥ecognized head and front of the offending move- ment, and that he has sounded the watchword and Faised the banner around which the discontented ere rallying. COLONEL DUNCAN isthe Chairman of the National Bourbon Executive @oemmittee, with headquarters at Louisville, lealied yesterday at the interesting spot, and had a long talk with the man who is just now un- @eubtedly attracting much of the attention of the Uberal leaders and not a little from the other side. The Bourbon headquarters are established in the private study of Colonel Duncan’s elegant Fourth Btreet residence. He himself isone of the most princely gentlemen of the place, and his ‘mansion 1s furnished with all the comforts @f taste and the most refined culture, Hie is the possessor of immense estates, which were confiscated by the federal government when he abandoned all and ‘went into the confederacy, but which have been restored to him since the close of the war by ‘@nact of Congress. I found the Colonel in his study lounging in an easy chair, with his body three- fourths of the way under hiswriting desk, busily ‘wading through a mass of correspondence from all parts of the country relating to the political situa- tion and the situation of the “straight-out” move- ment in particular. He received me cordially ag he would an old friend, and got up to place me one ‘fthe most comfortable chairs in the room except his own. He was in the middle of a letter to Benator Bayard, and asked me to amuse myself @mong a file of exchanges that lay on the table until he would finish his writing. 4 PENCIL SKETCH OF Img, Oolonel Duncan is a little over six feet high in his pilppers, is somewhat swaggering in his gait and ‘wears his clothes loose and comfortable, He isa ly blonde, with a clever face, and is just turn- aa first half-century. His forehead ts high and his face physiognomically fine, rather large bluish- pray eyes, a well-set Roman nose that is neither Jarge nor smal, a well-cut mouth and a full beard ‘that does not look full because it is naturally light ‘and sparse and is studded with gray and is not worn long. His general appearance lacks a little of being imposing and his talk is free, decided and felf-confident. He is inexorable with those who iver with him in matters of mere opinion and @tates his own opinions for facts. In physical en- ergy he has few superiors, and once thoroughly in- terested in a cause, as he isin the Bourbon move. ment, he is one of its most indefatigable workers. Buch is a bird's-eye view of Colonel Blanton ‘Duncan. TUE INTERVIEW. “Well, sir,” said Mr. Duncan, signing hia name to ‘the letter with a vigorous flourish at the end of the word “Chairman,” ‘I am at your service now.” CoRRESPONDENT—Colonel, I believe you are rec- ognized as the leader of the Bourbon movement, Colonel DuncaN (interposing, with a smile of endorsement at the compliment) —Yes, sir. CORRESPONDENT—Your movements have com- Mmenced to attract the greater part of the attention ‘of the Greeley organs, I believe, Colonel. Colonel Duncan—Yes, sir (with another smile), yea, sir, they have been calling me “pig-headed,” “obstinate ass,” “mendacious defamer,” etc., but they are beginning to be scared. They thought they were safe; they didn’t believe anybody would Gare set the house on fire—they didn’t believe I ‘would set the house on fire. But they were mis- ‘taken; now they see it-beginning to tumble tn and they are frightened. They find that it won't do to ignore me any longer. THR BOURDON CORRESPONDENCE. OornREsPonpENT—I have called, Colonel, for the purpose of obtaining from you some facts concern, ing the situation, the expectations and the pros- pects of your party. Coione! Duxcan—Well, I don't know what I can give you. The country is alive with the subject, and names are pouring in here every day by the bushel. Every State in the Union, except Califor- nia, Nevada, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island, has responded to my circular, and some of them will send tremendous delegations. There ‘will be the biggest and most enthusiastic Conven- tion here in September, sir, that has ever been held 4n this country. They don't believe it; but it is so, sir; and you'll find it so. See here the letters have come to-day. (Here he jumped out his comfortable chair, and, going to & took down out of a Digeonhole Mabell “Fresh” 8 great of papers which he dumped vigoronsly on the broad le in front of me. The fall jostied them out over @ square yard, and they covered it ail.) This Is only one 4 lot of them, remember. Examine them yourself and you'll find out more than I can e you about the Bourbon movement, as they call I commenced to examine them, the Colonel keep- ing up & running and enthusiastic talk at the same time it he ed out for me the most important ones and the ones from the most distinguished pub- lic men, A FORMIDABLE LIST OF NAMES, ‘The Colonei also showed me a book wherein he had inserted the names of all who had written to him declaring themselves in favor of a straight-out mination, It was @ fol le, and, to me, I most say, a surprising lst. He had them div! (i Texas to take the | then New York, Indiana, lilinols, Missouri, Ke: tucky, Georgia, esota, Wisconsin and others followed, the ones named having the longest lists. OMINOUS LETTERS. For the sake of having actual fucts I will give you some of the letters that Iread. The names ure ‘withheld by bat Icam vouch for the genu- A vein of doubt and timidity seemed to run through the whole of them, and the question ‘Will tuere be # convention / was often asked. I give these letters to show that there isa deal of discontent and disruption after all, and that am iba Cae * that has been talked of & dangerous discontent that th | nny Col It ig ominous and it is ROReTOUs = = ees cos, A] Justify and encourage lead ere are mauy heart; Jers from the South. sarah ILLINOIS, Here is one from an old farmer near Chesterfield, Ti, It was written in @ rustic hand and bore the evidence of earnestness and honesty on its face :— Jo, this part of the country cannot sup. re! We ergiratrad Port that life-long abolitionist, Uorace Greeley, ter Prepi- we My avon “Cree! css eat walter nad FAILED boy J CAROLINA. ‘The edit 3 lectin writes that that State becanse five thousand democrats ré- fused to vote with the party indorsing Greeley. ; MR, CHARLES RERMELIN, of Ohio, who has been claimed by both the Grant and Greelcy parties, is for neither, and will support the Segeemmnes movement, though he will notat- tend the convention, W, P. WILLEY, & son of the West Virginia Senator, and the only delegate at Baltimore whose voice was heard say- ing ae writes, repudiating the whole thing, and saying that he ts anxtous to do anything in his power to aid the straight-out democratic move- ment THE TIMID DOUBTERS. The following letter is one among a number show- ing that there is really a doubting undercurrent that is only waiting to be heard and to be led. It is from Taylorville, Ill. :— Coronet. Banton Duncan :— Dean Sin—In the Missourt Democrat of the 7th inst. there is an article purporting to be a call for a Convention of true democrats t the Farposs of nominating a President gn 4 democratte ticket, to be held at Louisville, Ky.. Be tember 3, aski of the democrats that elegates to that Convention. ite ad aipotat he the gonuinences \ oh i the democrats re as a8 the call, th mo fate Greeley egncera\ fenyine It, ‘while we claim 4 me th to at it Is gonutl lease write and state r Such & call, dated “Louisville, Ky, “august 6, there is such a call, Ky, and signed by “Blanton Duncan, Chairman,” an 1 pit Chliges “THE UNTERRIFIED OF EGYPT.” A letter from Southern Illinois, signed by a num- ber who call themselves ‘The Unterrified of Egypt,” says that they want a straight-out ticket. INTENSE DISGUST. A letter from one of the most prominent and in- Huential citizens of Douglas county, Illinois, says that the feeling there “ig one of intense disgust with the action of the Baltimore Convention.” And that “the nomination of a straight-out democrat would be hailed with delight by the mass of the democratic party here.” MICHIGAN, Colone) William M. nd hd Michigan, & brother of the Senator, and who always been-a demo- crat, closes a long and serious letter as follows:— “In the belief that an opportunity will be afforded by the action of the Louisville Convention for dem- ocrats throughout the Union to vote as demo¢rats and maintain their integrity, 1am,” &c, ‘There are many other earnest letters from Michi- gan. A VICIOUS BOURDON from Salem, Mass., writes this way,in & great sprawling hand :— ket to the country! it @ straight democratic Se Grant ix bad cnough, but Greeley is the scum of all ras cality—the most Infernal lar, ie most Gangerous cuss, adi redound to tho intere: whose whole course in life democratic party and its oe win jeaees fe sar ne has anythin wi \. of straight dems here and in Mar: ve a chance to vote a true demo. OONNECTICUT. A New Haven (Conn.) letter asks for a large package of circulars and promises delegates. AN OLD EDITOR OF TEXAS. Texas is one ric! the strongest States, and a Pica econo old editor—writes from Whitesboro as follows :— Dear 81n—Being in full accord and sympathy with the movement to preserve the organization and integrity of the democratio party, 1 address you us the accredited leader of the true men of the nation by whom this pur- pose Is to be accomplished. 1 rovard it aa almost Impossible now to send a dele- ation to the Convention which assembles in your city on he 2d proximo; but can assure you that if your Conven- ion should sort ate i a worthy, capable and policy and measures, a gyery party tha has P. 8.—There are plent }, and hope to onest, Texas will give him a majority. greater than any State in the Union in proportion to population, In Texas, as in other Btates, we got started wrong. The Greeley movement was started by designing, ambitious men, Who were shrewd enough to engage the co-opera- tion of Influential, good men. This, coupled with the fact that the people dla_not dream of 40 grave a fraud betn ised upon them at our State Convention or xt Balti. ore, accounts for the very strange part Texas has borne in this very unnatural nce with the enemies of emostacy and the South. Tn this fanatical rush “with anything to beat Grant” the press of the State was carried down with the current, which leaves the people without any medium through which to express thelr utter contempt for this unholy alliance, while the intolerance of the press and the lead- ing Greeley democrats will soon drive them to resistance and defiance. So you may rest assured that if Louisville gives us a ticket our present candidates of the Grocley and Brown combination must either alter their creed, quit the ficld or suffer an ignominious defeat. ‘And in designating our candidates we shall need no pominating conventions. We will nomiuate them in the arvest field, in the shops and at the desks, and can beat Grant and Greeley both together. I have a little political experience in Texas, and at one time edited the leading journal of the State, and therefore claim to know something of the sentiments of the people. T wish your movement the greatest, success, and If my humble help can be made available let me know how to bestow it. Very truly, &c. MINNESOTA. Acandid letter from Minnesota says that the democratic press there is committed to Greeley, and the leading politicians have carried off the mass of the people, but there are still some stanch democrats who stick tothe faith, and many who would return to it if they had a certain-sounding bugle and a rallying point. other letter from Winnebago says a large por- tion of the democrats there will be with the move- Ment as soon asit gets fairly in motion. “In this vicinity they are wholly dissatisfied with the pres- ent position, We desire somebody to vote for this Fall other than is now before the people.” MISSISSIPPI. A prominent Mississippl lawyer writes from Oko- lona as follows Colonel Buaxtow Duxcan :— Dean Sin—We will hold a district convention at West Point, in Colfax county, on the 24th mst. We hope to have a full convention of good and true men. I think this dis- trict will be we'l represented at the Louisville Conven- tion. The people are with us, in my opinion, and only await an organization to attach themselves to It. But we can only succeed on a platform of sound principles, with a good and reliable standard-bearer. Send me prospectus er and I will gcta Ist of subscribers. Please palgn documents We want the record of and especially his endorsement of General rder No. 28. 1 have recently been in several counties in tis district, and everywhere I find plenty of our best citizens who tell me that they cannot and will jot Sagpart Creeley, and nowhere do I find any enthu- hatever for him, It Is impossible for our people phort Greeley when they consider bis record, ic. of your send cam) Greeley, Butler's VIRGINIA. A letter from Culpepper, Va., say: I feel inclined to favor your plan, especially since hav- ing read your highly patriotic clrcular. Tow any life. long democrat can now endorse Horace Greeley is beyond my comprehension. As for myself I will not vote for him, and many of my friends ent opinion. Give us one of our own party. MISSOURI. Here is a letter from a rather profane Professor of Latin in a Missouri college : Duan Sin_—Can Ido anything to ald you In the good cause in this region? Our democrats, are snpportin Greeley because they have no one else to vote for least they think 90). Iwas in the Confederate servico four years, @ ui and I'll be damned if I vote for any such man as Horace Greeloy, Missouri 1s not lost. Gratz Brown is not over-popular here, as he is a regular (runkard. If we could only get up some good indepen- dent move {t would do much good, Let me hear from you. Yours, truly, ~ A CONTRIBUTION. One earnest individual sends a dollar “to help along the good cause.” EXCESSIVELY 80. A Kentucky red-hot writes that under no con- sideration will he support Greeley or any other ticket that endorses the several so-called constitu- tional amendments; and that he will “work of nights” to get money enough to pay his expenses to the Louisville Convention, A REGULAR STRAIGHT-OUT. An unpunctuated individual writes from Ne- braska a8 foliows:— Mr Col blandon duncan chairman of the committee Joulsville kentucky dear gur belng a democrat and a sub; scriber of the Noo Yor! took sir $ cannot surport H Greeley & thar is plenty of Democrat here that wont gou to the Election a tal If we Democrats Dont git a strait out & out ucket sir Tam a tennesacean and shoultered my musket in the cos of Freedom & right & fought four year fer Davis & Company & will give you afew Names @ you Can Organize our County Now I will gave you the names of a few good democrats, n KIve8 @ good long list of names). ‘ooley, ertain the same _ NEW YORK CITY, A Bourbon Wall street merchant writes a long letter, hoping, for the sake of the preservation of rineiple in America, that the Louisville Conven- jon will name the next President. A New York “Attorney and Counsellor at Law” writes that he does not mingle much in politics, and consequently s sorry tosay that he is not well posted in the present crisis, but thinks “the Gree- hy tide has reached its full flood.” GEORGIA CERTAIN, A letter from Senator Bayard, of Delaware, en- closes a despatch as follows :— Artaxta, Ga., August 12, 1873, We can carry Georgia with Charles O'Conor. Will he accept Louisville nomination? Large straight-out meet- ing to-unorrow. Answer at once. (Signed by a number of prominent Georgians.) j To which Senator Bayard says he replied as fol- jows i— Tam informed and believe he will. WHY 1H® TUING HAS BEEN KEPT SO QUIET. “Why, Colonel,” I ventured to ask, “lave you been keeping this matter so quiet? Don't you be- eve, from the general run of all these letters, that the people are held back by doubts of its strength, aud that if you were to keep the real facts elore the country it Would give your cause charac ter and force’ Colonel Duncan—Yes, that {9 80; but we have thought it best to work away quietly aud let the September Convention come like a clap of thunder upon the country, CoRRESPONDENT—But don't you think the publi- cation of the facts now would assure the timid and strengthen that Conventiony Colonel DuNcaN—Yes, you are right about that; but we are strong enotigh ulready to make the movement @ sucecss, and ont policy is to take the country by storm and sweep it with a whirlwind of enthusiasm, Besides, we are hampered now by the WANT OF A PRESS, The democratic organs have ail gone over to Gree- ley, but after the Convention campaign papers will spring - all over te country. 1 have already re- ceived advices of campaign papers to be started in different sections, and they say that if wo make a good nomination & new and unsubsidized press will spring up fresh from the Reonle Prommulgetins tue ideag and speaking Wishes bly | ceive tl and will prove 8 powerful and crushing foe y and» con- gern tat as sold pot F the ra have begun to see it, and that have’ sense enough are beginning to tone already. ‘ai HIRES AM AMANUSWAIS. ‘ea this Cay rang, @ rether gawky, aquint-<yed youn; low was shown In, nd, aker being tatechized by Colonel Dunean and announcing that he had done some copying once in the County Clerk’s office, was employed as an amanuensis to the chairman of the Bourbon Na- tional Executive Committee. After being in- structed to return at cig o'clock next morning, and be expected to write steadily from that time until five in the after he retired, “My correspondence is Increasing go rapidly,” re- marked the Colonel, ‘that I find the employment of an amanuensis absolutely necessary.” THE AVTERNOON MAIL, Just then the bell rang San, nd the servant going to the front door returned with her arma lull of ietters and papers, “This is my afternoon mall,” said the Colonel. He then went to work tearing open the wrappers while I dived again into the already examined pile coe that lay spread out before me on the le. “Ho! hol? suddenly exclaimed the Colonel, rear- Ddack and throwing his legs up across his desk. “Here is one from Vermont,” CoRRESPONDENT—Ab! He then proceeded to read it, saying, at the same time, ‘‘There are devilish few democrats up there be Vermont, but what there are are mighty good es, le handed me the letter to read. It was from an influential local politician, who declared himself heartily for astraight-out nomination, and gave the names of apumber of Bourbons in the State who might be relied on as correspondents. This reduced the number of States which had not responded to five and Colonel Duncan, turning to his list boo! found a blank page, made a vociferous ‘V.,” an then wrote down “Vermont,” to which he ap- Eppes the lust of names which the letter con- TIE 19 NOT THE CONVENTION. He then resumed the undoing of che mail. Pres- enrly he fave vent to something which was half grunt and half laugh, and when I dropped my letter and looked up he smiled a broad smile and said :— “Many of these fellows write to me making sug- ations as if I was the Convention. I always have 0 write back ering that the Convention will make its own They want to leave it all to me.' TRYING TO CONVERT HIM, biheaptb sd YN) vent to the same kind of sound again and handed me a pamphlet with this title :— PONE LOIANEDDNIDI DELS LODE DEDEDE DE. : THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, TOR STANDARD BEARER or CIVILIZATION ik NATIONAL PROGRESS, ies “Them fellows think they can convert me,’ he sald with alaugh. “They do. Always sending me such as that, ink they can convert me.” The next letter was from a Texas town and con- tained alist of the names of seventeen democrats who would support the September Convention. “There,” he said, “you see, there are seventeen from one town. at is seventeen. Sometimes there are @ thousand; but suppose there are only seventeen in every town, that makes 850,000 dem- ocrats in the country—enough to beat Greeley to smash.” And he took his list-book, hunted out the “Texas” pages and put down the seventeen names. “But,” ventured the correspondent, “Colonel, if you do beat Greetey with your 860,000 votes, you don’t elect your nominee; you simply elect Grant.”’ Colonel DuNcaN—No}; you don’t understand us at all. We only want to show that it is impossible for them to elect Greeley and then the democrats will all come back to us. (Colonel Duncan firmly believes that the united democratic party of the country is able to elect its candidate without the aid of any outside votes.) “We have beat them already,” said the Colonel, “Why, Phil Doern said to me the other di Phil Doern is the proprietor of the Louisville Anz¢ * the German democratic organ of the State]—that they were beat, and that I had done it. And he is right. If I had not made the break they would have gone on and had a nice, easy time. But I set the house on fire, you see, and now see them come tumbling in. They didn’t think anybody would do it, but they were mistaken,”’ HIS INTIMACY WITH NAPOLEON. At this juncture the conversation flew off at a tangent and landed plump on the other side of the Auantic, He reached a photograph of the ex-Em- peror Napoleon with the royal autograph, which he said I might mention. It would give spice and variety, he thought, to my letter. “You see,” he sald, “I have a right tobe at the head of @ great pouluteat movement. I associate with the crowned heads and the royal hidalgos. Here he got down a photograph of the Grand Duke Alexis, which the royal Muscovite had presented personally to a member of his family. THE FIRST GUN. The Colonel, ee me to admire the crowned head and the royal hidalgo, plunged again into the mass of correspondence that still lay a foot deep upon his desk, Presently he pulled out from the heap an impos- ing document, which he eagerly opened and de- voured, with such exclamations during the process as a-ha, ahee, aho, a-hoo, and various other expressions that might have been classed among the dialects of the Unyanyembe. When he had got to the end of the document he went back to the first of his exclamations and_ hurriedly re- eated them in an excited manner, He then turned 0 me, and, holding the ponderous paper aloit, tri- umphantly exclaimed :— “Here's the first gun! Boom, she goes!’ “What 1s It, Colonel 9? “The first gua, sir. Gee—boom !’ He explained in a way that the science of chirog- raphy would be vain to attempt to express that it was the proceedings and resolutions of a meeting of the straight-out democrats of Trimble county, Kentucky. “These resolutions are strong,” he said, “and it ‘Would be well to get them into your letter to the HERALD. They are the first gun.” Whereas the Baltimore Convention in adopting a plat- form abandoned the principles of the democratic party and accepted such a8 are conflicting and irreconcilable with them; therefore be it Resotyed, That we democrats of Trimble county do de- clare and say that as the Baltimore Convention aban- doned the true principles of the democratic party, the acts of said Convention are not binding on us as the action of the democratie party. Resolved, That we hold to the doctrine of State rights and a strict construction of the federal constitution, be- Heving their recognition to be indispensable to the main- tenance of free political institutions and the perpetuation of, povular liberty tn this country. solved, That we will 6° no quarrel with our : it Ki friends who have deserted us, but will cling to the time- honored principles of the democratic party. The following named gentlemen were appointed as delegates to attend the Convention to be heid in Louisville on the 8d of September next:—C, C. Holmes, James Gill, F. A, Adams, Jacob Hawkins, Jacob Zeager, J. Y. Newkirk, J. W. McCain and A. W. Bartlett, and all other democrats of the county op) d to Grant and Greeley, e meeting was largely attended and was com- posed of some of the sturdiest and most influential citizens of the county. ‘The Colonel was a ec while in getting over his delight at having the frst gun fired, and he read the resolutions over and over again, often breaking forth in some exuberant comment, “These are strong resolutions,” he exclaimed again See ae “fla, ha, ha! How Dawson will feel sorry when he sees this, the jackass!’ (Dawson is the editor of the Loutsville Ledger, once the organ of the Bourbons, but now gone over to Greeley.) “How sorry he'll feel when he sees this!” said the Colonel, half mumbling to himself:—"T told him at Baltimore not to go over; to stay on the fence awhile. Now he'll be sorry he didn’t take my advice. Compels me to start a paper, too, the jackass, Spend my money, too, I knew he'd be sorry for it.” “And all other democrats in the county opposed to Grant and Greeley,” laughed the Colonel as he read over the resolutions again exultingly. SOME ADVICE ABOUT BETTING. “If you have any money to bet,” said the Colonel, turning to me suddenly, ‘bet 1t against Greeley, t have a ens bet $2,500, alll had to spare. It's a sure thing though. I’m betting on four aces. You mustn't bet on Grant, you know, but bet against Greeley. You'll win it then sure.” THE SEPTEMBER CONVENTION, Coming back to the subject of the September Convention, the Colonel reiterated that it would undoubtedly be the grandest aifair of the kind ever held in this beta He intended to see to the ar- rangements himself personally, and those who are aware of his indomitable energy will be satisied that if he does take hold of that branch of the affair the arrangements will be complete and ample, and that there will be nothing wanting. “All the correspondents are coming,” he Bait, be hey will crowd around me, too, Ine. They all know WHO WILL BE NOMINATED, It is generally understood eiinng the leaders of the movement that Mr. Charles O'Conor, of New York, is to be the nominee. It is knowm that he is willing to accept. Colonel Duncan says the Vice President has not been decided upon yet, and there fs no telling who {t will be, Twould like to make the humble suggestion that it {s nothing but just and bn that Colonel Duncan himself should re- at recognition of his really earnest and un- tiring services In the Bourbon catise, CONCLUSION, And now my story is told, It is comprised of a deal of the Judicrous and the chimerical, with a very alien admixture of serious and certain fact, it is frue; bat, as you see, my inipressions of this semi-serious symposiac have been obtained from a comfortable seat overlooking the very limb of the tree upon which hangs tne nest in which this Bourbon egg is being hatched. 1 have endeavored to give what I have se€n as I found it, and, as I promised in the outset, have givea the barren, un- varnished facts, and leave the country and the liberal party to make up their mind as to the real importance and the prospective strength of the September movement, One thing is certain, it {s not being laughed at by the whole people. There is a strong ele- ment that is undercurrent. which, being unable to comprehend and cope with the new, prefers to stand by that which Is old and has been tried and which has been handed down to them from the fathers with their endorsement of its righteous- ness. There are few intelligent men who believe that Mr. Blanton Danean’s movement {is stron, enough to accomplish what he claims for | has bie) but that strength is only capatle of defeating Greeley, It cannot defeat Grant, except, posaibly ‘by co-operating with Greeley. This fro1 i very nature 18 Lnpossible, Arrival of the Prince Augustus Coburg and His Brother, Prince Philip, at the Brevoort House Yesterday. Interesting Interviews with the Royal Brothers. A Bapid Survey of the Present Aspect of European Politics, Including the French and German War, and the Future Prospects of the Empire of Brasil. Reminiscences of the Visit of Prince Alexis. The Future of America, and Her Political In- stitutions as Seen from the Stand- point of Royalty, THE PLAN AND PURPOSE OF THE VISIT. A Nimrod Prince and His Exploits in the Kill- ing of Bears, Crocodiles, Ostriches, Wild Boars and the Projected Tiger- Shooting in British India. Yesterday morning at six o’clock the Prince Augustus Coburg, son-in-law of Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, left the steamer North America, in which he had arrived a few hours pre- viously from Rio Janeiro, Numerous and cordial were the handshakings which took place ere the handsome young Duke had left the deck and taken @ carriage in company with Herr Carl Fleischman, a tator, his only attendant, and who is about to leave shortly for Europe. In person the Duke is talland of a commanding presence, His features are regular and well formed. He wears a blonde beard and mus- tache, and the general impression formed upon seeing him isthat he is possessed with great frm- ness combined with great good nature. Quickly the carriage rolled over some of the narrow streets leading from the North River to Fifth avenue, which must have reminded him, by the jolting pro- duced, of travelling through some of his Brazilian ravines, As the last whoop of the retreating milkman was heard in the neighborhood of the Breevort House the Duke alighted and with an elastic step was seen under the portals of the hotel, and a few seconds later had inscribed his pame in the hotel register. A substantial breakfast followed, after which our royal visitor started alone on an exploring expedition away up to the Central Park, walking the whole time at rapid pace in spite of the sun’s almost trop- ical rays, and @ casual observer might have thought him to be engaged, to quote a well-known expression, “ef taking it out of himself.” After along walk he returned from the Park, passing down Broadway, gazing with interest at the magnificent stores which are to be seen at either side, Arriving at his hotel once more he entered his sitting room, lit a cigar and commenced to read the HERALD. While reading the history of his life, his pedigree, his services in the Brazilian navy, and such collateral matter, his meditations were interrupted by re- ceiving the card of the writer. The colored boy who had carried the piece of paste- board soon returned, and sald that he would be glad to see the HERALD’s representative. Thinking, perhaps, that the Prince might not be familiar with our vulgar tongue the writer opened the interview in French, and commenced the con- versation In French with a courteous “BON JOUR, MONSIEUR LE PRINCE; but, after a few moments’ conversation, Prince Saxe stated that English was as iamiliar to him as French, and accordingly the language was changed. The following is the conyersation which took ace — ReEroRTER—This is your first visit, I believe, to the United States ? Prince—Yes, it is; and I look forward with great eh to my journey across the Continent San Francisco, also am much interested in this city of “Gotham,” as Washington Irving termed it in his “Salmagundi,”” for I consider its growth and prosperity simply marvellous, and the modern name of Empire City is well earned. THE PRESIDENT. RerorTeR—You have not yet decided what towns you will visit on your way to the Pacific slope? Prince—Well, no; 1am waiting for my brother by the Java from Liverpool, and then my first visit will naturally be to President Grant, for whom, in common with the Brazilian people, I entertain a very high respect. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. I may say that there is a great deal of sympathy in Brazil with the States, and our commercial rela- tions are developing themselves from day to day with astonishing rapidity. Perhaps you are aware that this country takes three-fourths of the coffee we export. In addition to this our trade in cotton, India rubber, sugar, hides, &c., is in a very flourish- ing condition, and the country at large is becoming more and more cultivated, HORRIBLE WINE. We are also growing wine, but hitherto it has been terrible stuff and as sour as vinegar; but some of the Brazilians declare it excellent and swear by it, but, for my own part, I think it execra- ble as & general rule. However, matters may change in respect to this production if we get more European cultivators of the vine to settie among us. THR DEATH OF THE DUKE OF AUMALR’S SON, Reronter—You have heard, I suppose, of the deatn of the Duke of Guise, your cousin? Princk—No, not a word. I am truly grieved, however, to hear it, as it will be a terrible blow to his poor father, for he fairly doted on his son, The lad, however, always considered somewhat puny and delicate. Iam very, very sorry to hear it. THE TRIP ROUND THE WORLD. RerorTen—Might [ask if you have formed your programme for your trip round the world? Princk—Well, the skeleton route is already agreed by oe but, of course, a good deal of filing inhas tobe done. We propose to see as much of the country as we can in TWENTY-FIVE DAYS previous to our departure for San Francisco; then we proceed to Japan by Pacific Mail steamer, thence to Shanghae, then Pekin, whence a visit will be paid to TNE GREAT CHINESE WALL. Leaving the land of Confucius we shall proceed to Australia and will visit ar Melbourne and bbe principal cities; thence to British India, where nave SET MY HEART ON TIGER SHOOTING, for I'm a most enthusiastic sportsman. I have hopes to get some buffalo shooting in this country before I leave. By the way, I remember seeing at Rio a cartoon in a New York comic paper of ALEXIS FLYING UP A TELEGRAPH POLE and General Phil Sheridan, surrounded by a cordon of cavairy, protecting him from the ‘infuriated buffaloes on the Plains, and perhaps I may have something of that kind of tuck, REPORTER—I see you are an enthusiastic Nimrod, Princk—Well, you have not misjudged me, and [ am passionately fond of my gun, RerorTER—Your experience, I have no doubt, ex- tends in that matter over many lands, PRince—Well, yes. A COSMOPOLITAN HUNTER'S TALE, Thave shot partridges and pheasants in England; Ihave tumbled over in the highest peaks of the Styrian Mountains forty-two chamois. It was the most exciting and dangerous sport I ever had, I have killed bears in Hungary, seals in the Baltic, when I was there in my ship !n the war of 1866 when Iwas tn the Austrian service. Ihave passed many on hour at deer stalking in Germany. T have shot countless capercailzies there; Lhave shot os- triches in the plains of South America, tapirs in the dense forests weighing often 900 or 1,000 pounds, wild boars or peccaries, and last, but not least, FIFTY CROCODILES at a place called San Fraucisco, situated in the centre of Brazil. REPORTER—That is a notable record, Princk—And now I want to get a shot at the buffaloes and the tigers. THR PRINCE AS A LINGUIST, RePorter—Since you have been in so many lands you are, doubticss, somewhat of a polygiot? Prince—Yes, I have acquired several languages, Tadmit. My mother Lal} French and my father German, these are two languages to commence with, In addition to tl having resided a great deal in England, I speak English. For that coun- try I have the nighest affection and admiration, for many reasons, which are doubtless palpable to. Be I speak also “ia lingua bella;” also Magyar, or Hun- wraiNck—By the way, speaking of Hungary, are HERALD, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT THE TWO PRINCES, 9|7iee ae sacmeton AUTHOR, REPorTER—You ‘are known, I believe, somewhat teal have only written some light one, seel t ve only written works on own travels, which were Printed for private circulation. MY FATHER-IN-LAW, THE EMPEROR, and myself also are admirers of your Ameri- can authors and poets—fmerson, Bancroft, the historian, and Oliver Wendell Holmes—while among the poets William Cullen Bryant’s majestic rhyme and Whittier’s lines of rhythm and melody are fa T to us as household words. Dom Pedro has mi aoe ited a pos deal oe Lon; pions sores jomcea, marly those derive “Sagas foreman th THE VIENNA EXPOSITION, Prin er Ireturn from may tip round the world Thave to represent the Brazilian govern- ment at the Vienna exposition, which Cece from all 1 hear, to surpass the Paria exhibition o! 1867. I saw in your paper to-day a letter from Min- later Jt Suggesting pI ety of the govern- ment of the United States naking Pant a money in favor of American exhibitors at Vienna. WHY THE PRINCE TRAVELS WITHOUT A SUITE. REPORTER—You are not in favor of having the inconvenience of a large suite when you travel ? NO FOOD FOR THREE DAYS. Prince—No, Too many people around you while travelling are a n ce. I remember thinking this when I rode across from Rio to Pernambuco during the drought. As it was, we had to go without food for three days—that was during the dry season. e had sufficient ood only for our own necessities. If our party, had been larger we should have perished, dition to this it ig agreeable to be without people elbowing you constantiy, ASSASSINATION IN BRAZIT.. REPORTER—The country in Brazil is now in a peaceful condition and there is not so much assas- sination going on as there used to be. Prmucz—Well, it is merely in the seaport towns thatso much murder is committed among foreigners. In the country murders are ever committea for the sake of money. Women and politic are the great causes of trouble! WHAT BRAZIL WANTS Brazil is @ magnificent counter, and I think that the beauty of scenery at Rio Janeiro far exceeds thoge celebrated Tnndacape marvels of Naples and Constantinople, with both of whichI am familiar, All Brazil wants is a greater population to cultivate immense resources. THE PRINCE’S EUROPEAN POLITICS. REPORTER—With a French mother and German father, what were your sympathies during the late Franco-German War, may I ask? PRINCE—My sympathies were German, but I think it was wrong of Germany, after Cees the French provinces, to exact such a frightful Geannt of tribute money as three milliards of francs, Thanking the Prince for his courtesy the reporter withdrew.’ The Prince Philip. Last evening the Cunard steamer Java bronght to our shores Prince Philip of Coburg- Gotha, Duke of Saxe and Lieutenant Colo- nel in the Austrian army. The Prince comes here to join his brother, Prince Augustus of Coburg, mentioned ~ above, on his tour round the world, which is to terminate on the 1st May, 1873, at the opening of the Vienna Exposition, when both brothers will have their respective functions to fulfil, the one as Brazilian representative at the Exposition and the other will have to resume his military command, Prince Philip bears but faint resemblance to his brother, being of dark complexion and short and, further, somewhat addicted to a stoop. He is also remarkably short-sighted and constantly wears spectacles. He is accompanted by @ military officer, an old friend, in the Aus- trian army. He also brought with him an Italian valet. The Prince was in_ this country four years ago, and has already visited the principal cities in the Union. He has not seen his brother Augustus since they met at Vienna last Winter. The meeting between them last night at the Brevoort House was a joyous one, and plans will doubtless be laid to-day ores into effect their proposal to visit the antipodes anc to go round the world. DR. HOUARD. His Arrival in New York Yes- terday from Cadiz. Nineteen Months in a Span- ish Dungeon. He Telis the Story of His Imprisonment and ‘What He Knows of Secretary Fish—The Cruel Treatment He Was Subjected To—His Claim Against Spain and What He Thinks Will Come of It, After days of anxious watching Dr. John Emile Houard, who has obtained during the past year more than a national reputation, arrived here by the Alexandria, of the Anchor line, running be- tween New York and Cadiz. As the steamer's arri- val was telegraphed from Sandy Hook a number of friends and sympathizers met together at the wharf to give the exile a welcome home. These were mainly Cubans residing here, but among them were mixed some Americans, though no one of an oficial character. When finally the steamship neared her dock a rush was made for the gang plank, and before Dr. Houard had time to appear on deck he was almost submerged, as it were, ina sea of congratulations. 1t seemed a tussle as to who should have his hand first. The stranger in his own land was quite overcome by this affection- ate welcome, and his voice almost fatled him as he attempted to answer the thousand questions which were put to him at the moment, . HIS: APPEARANCE, Dr. Houard is a man of apparently about forty years of age, of medium height. His hair is dark and no gray fs visible in it, while his beard, which he wears long, is of a somewhat lighter color. He wears no mustache, which gives him a somewhat singular appearance. His face is exceedingly brown from tanning under the hot sun of the south of Spain, and his eyes have a thoughtful, somewhat solemn look as of a man who had suf- fered much. This look is carried out by his ges- ture, which is stately and slow. Every movement indicates the gentleman of refinement and culture. He was dressed in a suit of black. After mutual congratulations had been exchanged” for some time, Doctor Houard drove from the steamship with a couple of friends to the Astor House, where he registered his name, taking room 128, During the afternoon a large number of friends, mainly Cubans, called in to see him, A reporter of the HERALD was despatched to look after the distingulshed gentleman, and after some diMculty in tracing him up to the city finally met him at the Astor House itself, where he called in later in the afternoon. An introduction was ob- tained through a distant relative of the Doctor, and the reporter stated the object of his visit, Dr. Hou- ard expressed himself as VERY MUCH GRATIFIED atseeing the representative of the HeraLp, and said that before he communicated anything he wished to thank the press of America for the man- ner in which it had befriended him when apparently he had no friends, He stated that he attributed his release to the etforts of the American press, and particularly the New Yor« HERALD, which had advocated his cause from the first in the strongest manner, and he had no doubt had finally succeeded in making Congress take the matter up. REPORTER—What do you think, Doctor, of the ac- tion of the American government ? Dr, Hovarp—I knew so little of what was going on outside my prison walls that, indeed, I hard; like togive an opinion against’ the government. Suil it seems to me their action was very dilatory and long drawn out, I think Secretary Fish might have acted more promptly. In this way, I think, I havea ae to complain. The government had all the proofs before tt that I was both an American citizen and totally innocent of the charges breught against me, and T think, under the circumstances, ight have abbreviated, or atleast alleviated, my erings somewhat. However, when once CONGRESS TOOK COGNIZANCE of the matter things went along with considerable swiftness. General Sickles in particular acted promptly as I could wish, and as soon once received his instructions from the Jost no time in seeing me berated, I have also in particular to thank Mr. Duffy, the American Consul in Cadiz, for his uniform kindness to me, @ total stranger to him. He sympathized with me so deeply that had I been his own brother I could not pay have been treated with more consistently ind feeling. ReporTer—I_ presume tee intend presenting your claim immediately to the government Dr. Hovanp—Certainly. I shall repair to Wash- ington in a day or two and present my claim. Iam not quite certain as to what sum J shall demand. But] am entitied to @ pretty round sum, not only mi su! it, in have killed ve me. They freely REPORTER—How long wi prey Dr. Hocano—Auouether uluetsed ong, j month in Havana, fourteen ‘ths See ay aie ae ‘"Or HovaRp—The treatment difterea Ah ir, Hoval reat vary in different places. In Havana I was aimpiy a, TREATED BRUPALLY. ‘ re " ings. Then when taken back to Qlenfue; though enough, pay hea’ at were called the poor prisonera were in & tful condition—had to lay on the ground, eat anything they could get hold of, aud alto- gether passed a wretched existence. For me, who could pay, things were somewhat better. We were allowed beds to sleep on and to eat anything we were willing to pay for, which was brought. us from outside, ley made me perform no labor of - kind, though this was because bribed the jailer s0 as to get out of it. ‘They seemed to make no distinction between ordinary convicts and it feul prisoners, This existence was heaven Itaelf compared to what I suffered afterwards. of the order of transfer to Cadiz with dismay, then actually thought I should have to serve oute the eight’ years I was condemned to, -We were taken on board the transport ship and LOABED WITH CHAINS which were attached to both ankles and ran thence to the waist. We were lodged down in the ! When we wanted water we to go on dragging our chains after us. ‘was alm y impossibility and required our utmost serene Finally the Sxertions had to the quality of the food which I paid for, as it was Ta pORAD IG Fo eat the beans amd hard crackers which were given the soldiers, me the d pe Ne to bribe a cabin to let me down’ water on the sly, which I used to hide bencath clothes, This experience was the worst of all, and! I was actually glad when we reached Oa We were speedily transferred to the prison, and then long course of sufferin, began, je. command: of tho prison, Juan Castillo, was a brute and & thief, Here, again, the food was 80 that the prisoners actually aled from sotne it, 1 to Bend out and get my food. As the com! b had all my money he used to pay for tt and CHARGE ME DOUBLE and in the bargain used to cut my meat and bread to pieces under the plea that he was afraid that letters had been placed {n them. Even the rico and milk he would turn over and knock about with the same excuse of letters, that it was quite unfit to eat when it reached me, The Commandant was particularly cruel with me. He would not allow any of the other prisoners to converse with me, though they talked among themselves. He would allow no letters or papers to reach me, and allowe Me to send none unless he had previously examined them and altered them to sult his mind, But m; principal eoerne. was the filth of the prison. was something terrible. Vermin of every kind abounded in such profusion that we had to get up. three and four times a highs and pick them off our body. This and the confinement finally nade me ‘k by fad and the physicians advised that I should TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. The Commandant, however, thought he saw in this some plan of escape,and, for some time after, utterly refused to let me be taken away. Whe) length, mainly through the representations of American consul, Mr. Duffy, who in all this was very, kind to me, I was taken away, I was too weak to walk and had to be carried fn a carriage. At the hospital, through good treatment and the exertions of Mr, Duffy to get me all that could possibly do me good, I gradually recovered and finally heard. of my Telease with a sensation of joy only equalled by that of-a man who has escaped from the very jaws. of death, Iam fully confident that, had it not been for the fact that Mr. Duffy and various other per- Bons in the city, Spanish as well as Americans, be- friended me, I should not have survived the al, Facil eapearte Treceived was simply cruel and dag- iy. ReEPORTER—How long did you remain in Cadiz after your release? Dr. Hovarn—Twent; Sars, until I could complet my preparations for leaving. During this time staves with Mr. Duffy. It was nota of money which made me do this, The EXTENSIVE PRACTICE I had when I was firat arrested was the cauge of i some money outside of the lands I owned. 18, time I have been in a lactis obliged all the time to support my family and myself. EPORTER—W hat family have you, Doctor? Dr. Hovanp—I have # eon in Phi two daughters in Cuba, They are both native. born Cubans, It 1s my intention to have them in prison they have veen INSULTED SEVERAL TU “7 pecuniary want. ReportER—They know of your release ? Dr. Hovarp—I believe 80. I wrote to them bei Tleft echo aa ian tie , EPORTER—How did you enjoy passage over Dr. Hovarp—Oh, very well, considering that wé had head winds pretty near all the time, which made it a long passage. The boat is a slow old “tub. We left Cadiz on the 3d of August, making a passnge of seventeen Gays. ‘ REPORTER—What will be your tuture movements ? Dr. HovuaRp—I expect to start for Philadelphia thie day after to-morrow, and will shortly after 3 on to Washington, to look after my claim, Wh Ishall reside permanently I have not as yet de- clded. It may be in Philadelphia, and possibly again in the South. I have thought of New Oriea where my medical skill would Lnstionyoh A be of mol avail, as the diseases are somewhat like those of Havana. But as yct I am not certain, The HERALD reporter rose to and as he did so’ Dr. Houard wiped bis forehead with his handker- chief and satd, laughingly, ‘This is much hotter ag Cadiz.” Shaking hands, the reporter took s leave, THE JERSEY CITY POLICE WAR, Governor Parker on the Situation—He ‘Will Leave the Case to the Courts—He Didikes Bayonet Exercise. A HERALD reporter called on Governor Parker at the Executive Chamber in Trenton yesterday to ascertain his views in regard to the police conflict in Jersey City. The Governor ia fully convinced that the convicted Commissioners have no right to continue in office, but he does not see how he can place the new appointecs in office. He regards thé case as a contest for office to be settled by the courts, REPORTER—Has there been any circular issued to: the Judges of the Supreme Court with a view to have a special term held for the consideration of, this matter? GoveRNoR—Not that Iam aware of, and if there’ had been, probably I should have heard something of the matter, RerortER—Who is the oMcial to convene the Court in special session ? GOVERNOR—I suppose it is the Chief Justice; but: it 1s something that is so foreign to the regular order of business—something so out of the commom®: way—that I am not prepared to say how they should proceed to convene the Supreme Court in: spectal session. RerorTRR—Would there be any trouble if the Court was in session ? GOVERNOR—None. It is because the Supreme- Court is not in session that the trouble arises, REPORTER—Why don't you act, Governor, and enforce your appointments ? } GoveRNon—Where is my authority to enforce the appointments when it isa “en question that. has to be settled? The Court ia the only place where it can be settled, and I am not aware that any action will be taken before November. Heronrer—But is there no way whereby you can enforce the appointments? GovERNoR—What would they have moe do? Call out the military and place the men in ofice at the oint.of the bayonet. It might be done in that m Bue that would only make matters more dim T really do not wish to give an opinion on the mat- ter, and as it is @ question for the Court, I propose to leave it there, REPORTER—Then you have not heard of ony tere for ‘convening the Supreme Court to consider this matter GovERNOR—No, I have not, and there has not been anything new on the subject within the last. few days, nor do I think there will be anything new until the Court decides, BarostEn— What is your real opinion on the: case GOVERNOR—It has assumed # legal phase. The Commissioners whom my appointmen' splaced. say that they havea right to hold,over, and the Attorney General sys they have no power, that, they forfeited it; and ere there 18 a » adage of opinton the Supreme Court of decide. As Chief ‘Tostios Beasley ony coat from Trenton, No session of te Sopremo eee creas to seversn. present. The HeraLy reportel prominent lawyers and itl who were in politicians, rrenton, on the subject, and the universal opinion {a that Governor Par! ind should rae ee ae his intees by the power ie entire State mnititia if necessary. reat th rey it savo- sd on the question was the eleyuent advo- Seer h Adrain, who defended Bridget Dur- gan in the Coriell morder cage, John Kelly, of Eliza. f i seven members of the Legislature. fo aivof opinion that the Governor should. are all of TAUy at al tain lis aul owever, has been pretty well eaten up in the » Hladelphia and © leeve Cuba as soon as possible. Since Ihave been © and have suffered a good deal, though not from > nm,