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, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. LIVINGSTONE. Herald Special Report from London. + British Defence of the American Record of the Recent Exploration in Africa. Savans of the Royal Geographical Society and Their Intended Plan of Scientific Enlightenment. Great Explorer’s Protest Against the Work of “Fancyographers.” The His Letter to Lord Clarendon in July, 1868. How His Own Written Facts Had Been “Desecrated.” ‘Strict Personal Guardianship of His Observa- tions and the Reason Why. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the ‘Henatp has been received from our corre- spondent in the British capital: — Lonpon, August 31, 1872. The Standard newspaper of this city pub- lishes an article in its issue this morning which is evidently inspired by Lieutenant Dawson, defending the latter in his action, attacking the Royal Geographical Society and corroborating Mr. Stanley, the commander of the Hznaxp search expedition for Livingstone in Africa. The press writer shows, also, that the Geographical Society wanted less to help Livingstone than to obtain hold of the narra- tive of his discoveries, in order to manipulate the papers so as to suit themselves, the mem- bers of the body. * LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER TO LORD CLARENDON— HIS FEAR OF FANCYOGRAPHERS. The Siandard gives an extract from q letter of Doctor Livingstone, addressed to Lord Clarendon, which reads as follows: — Jury—1863. I will, after all my care, risk health—even life. It is not very inspiriting to find 200 miles of lake tacked on the northwest end of Nyassa; then 200 miles perched on an upland region and passed over some three thousand feet higher than tho rest of the lake. We shall, probably, hear that the author of this feat in fancyography claims, therefrom, to be considered the theoretical discoverer of the source of the Nile. My im- perfect longitudes sketches led some persons to desecrate perfect ones from the Observatory, thus I received only a giggle. Golunga Alto, in Angola, was fixed by seven sets of lunar distances. Six sets showed, from one to three minutes each; Sidi longitude fourteen degrees east. The seventh showed a few minutes to the west. The six were thrown aside and the seventh adopted because a Portuguese said he ‘thought that the spot might be about midway between Ambaca and the sea.’’ Ambaca he had never seen. The folly of intermeddling is apparent in other freaks, one specially immoral where performed, and my gentle remonstrance against the desecration which my positions have suffered is, probably, unknown to the council; but that is all the more a reason why I should adhere to my resolution to be guardian of my own observations till publica- tion. LIregret this because the upsetting of a canoe or anything happening to me might lead to the entire loss of my discoveries. ENGLAND. Artistic and Literary Notabilities Embarked for America—Another Advance in the Price of Coal. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, August 31, 1872, Among the passengers by the steamship Cuba, which sailed from Liverpool to-day for New York, are Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, Mlle. Pauline Lucca Herr Rubinstein, the pianist, and Wienidwski, the, violinist, The iast two are for Grau’s concert troupe. Edmund Yates, the English author, is also a passenger on the Cuba. THE PRICE OF COAL AGAIN ADVANCED. ‘The price of coal has again been advanced, not- withstanding the recent heavy importations of the article from Belgium. FRANCE. The Ambassador of the Republic on His Reception in Washington—Miss Nellie Grant in the Capital. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, August 31, 1872. The Duc de Noailles, Minister of France to the United States, telegraphed from Washington to the French Foreign Office that he has met with a most cordial and friendly reception from the American government. MISS NELLIE GRANT'S Visi. Miss Nellie Grant, President Grant's daughter, ar fived in Paris to-day. . GERMANY. An American Frigate in the Elbe—Arrest of Na- val Deserters. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALDS. HAMBURG, August 31, 1872, The United States steamship Wabash, Admiral Alden’s flagship, steamed down the Elbe to-day, A Qumber of sailors who deserted from the Wabash ‘were arrested by the police and returned to the vessel. THE COUNCIL OF THE CROWNS. Austrian Cabinet Exposition of the In- tent of the Imperial Assem- blage in Berlin. A Hapsburg Reassurance to the Interests of Democracy in Franee, Solicitude for the Sultan and People of Turkey—New Light for the Paling Sheen of the Crescent. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. i Vienna, August 31, 1872. His Excellency Count Andrassy, Minister of For- eign Affairs, has issued a circular lettor, addressed to the Austrian Ministers at the European Courts, conveying the assurance that the approaching meeting at Berlin of the Emperors of Austria and Germany and the Czar of Russia is not directed against the interests of France, and vouching that the Emperor Francis Joseph sympathizes heartily with that nation. He also states that Russia and Austria alike de- sire “the prompt development of the civilization and wealth of Turkey.” THE PLAN OF A BUROPEAN CONGRESS. It is alleged in trustworthy political. circles in Paris and London that during the meeting of the three Emperors at Berlin the assemblage of a Euro- pean Congress will be proposed, with the threefold object of giving sanction to the territorial changes in France and Germany, to the occupation of Rome by Italy and for revising the Treaty of Paris of 1856. Emperor William Preparing to Receive His Guests. BERLIN, August 31, 1872, His Majesty Emperor William arrived in this city from his visit to the country to-day. He will imme- diately commence to make preparations for the reception of his imperial guests, their Majesties the Emperors of Russia and Austria. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Careful Progress Towards a Conclusion of the Arbitration. A Multitude of Potty Details—The National Coun- sel Absent from Court. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YCRK HERALD. “Gennva, August 31, 1872, Nothing has transpired with regard to what was accomplished during the session of the Court of Arbitration in the Alabama claims case yesterday. ‘The tribunal discussions turn daily upon a multi- tude of petty details which require close attention and slightly retard the reaching of a decision. But thebusiness of the Court is advancing satisfac- torily. ARBITRATORS AND COUNSEL RELAXING AFTER TSE GREAT EFFORT. The Right Hon. Sir Alexander Cockburn, arbi- trator on the part of England, did xot assist at yesterday's sitting of the Court of Arbitration, having been indisposed. The counsel of both nations were also absent. Mr. Waite, of the American counsel, has gone to Chamounix, JAPAN AND CHINA. Landing of a Valuable Cargo and Passengers in California. The Kioto Exhibition To Be Reopened—Fendal Rights of the Japan Executive—Progress of the Telegraph—The Relations to Corea Becoming Critical—Execution of Murderer Policemen—Death of Reforming Prince. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. San FRANCISCO, August 31, 1872. The steamship Alaska, from China and Japan, arrived here to-day. She brought 21,385 packages of tea and 675 packages of silk, bound overland, and the following passengers :— For New YorK—H. W. Dreckman, S. Yaura- Use R. Gebser, Captain D. Partridge and six R BOSTON—Captain W. P. Simes, Everet Fraser, wife and child. J. Roberts. For Omati For Evrors—F. Hashanato, Captain George Robinson, Royal Navy; Mr. Littie and Mr. Helms, The Alaska supplies the following news report :— Japan. YOKOHAMA, August 7, 1872. The Kioto exhibition will reopen on New Year's Day. The passport system will be adopted with a security of $300 that no foreigner will carry on any business whatsoever while there, peddling espe- cially, which is most objectionable, until Japan agrees by treaty to open up the country. The above rule will be strictly adhered to, and visitors will be treated and considered accordingly and no impedi- ment will be made to their expenditure of money. FEUDAL CLAIMS. The Governor of Yokohama has notified all land holders that they are not allowed to rent or sell any land to Japanese, nor lease any building, with- out the permission of the Japanese government. SCIRNCR. A meeting has been held to found a branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in Yokohama. The line of telegraph between Nagasaki and Yo- kohama, some six hundred miles, has been com- pleted, and when the new instruments are re- ceived communication with San Francisco will be opened. THE RELATIONS TO CORFA THREATENING FOR WAR. The Japanese trouble with Corea is rapidly be- coming critical, and China has declared that in the event of @ war she will side with Corea. The Japanese government is without a policy, but with energy and a liberal credit abroad she could cause Corea to regret her insulting letter to the Mikado. Foreigners are eager to ald Japan, and upon the return of the Mikado with his feet of eight vessels from the tour of inspection of tne Southern pro- vinces some definite action will be taken relative to Corea. Meanwhile America and France will have an opportunity of offering their moral sup- port to their young brother, DEATH OF THR PRINCE OF TOSA. Prince of Tosa, of the League of Chosin, Satumsa and Tosa, who broke down the Tycoonate, died lately. Since the war Chosin died, leaving Satumsa the only survivor, MURDEROUS POLICEMEN EXECUTED. ‘The policemen who murdered the eleven persons at Jeddo have been captured and executed, MARKETS. Silk.—A large business has heen done the past fortnignt; the settlements were 2,100 bales, against 1,300 for the same period last year, at prices $30 lower. Teas.—Nine thousand piculs arrived and were settled, but the quality 1s inferior to the for- mer receipts, being mixed with the second crop, Prices are firm. SOUTH AMERICA. The Priesthood Becoming Unpopular in Perua—An Apology Demanded from the Governor of Callao by the United States Consul— * Festivities on President Prado's Inauguration Day. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Al Via Kin@ston, so tigate 18h, | All quiet in Peru, Confidence is restored and the Prospects for the future are bright. President Prado is very popular. The priesthood are becom- ing unpopular, Large loans without interest are being made by the banks to the government. The United States Consul demanded an apology from the Governor of Callao for the firing into the United States Consulate during the late revolution. The Governor made reply in an apologetio and pa- cific tone, President Prado’s guration. CALLAO, August 2} Via Kinasron, Ja., August 22, 1872. President Prado was inaugurated on the 2nd, The festivities of the occasion were continued for two days, The enthusiasm of the people was very great. A priest has been sent to the calaboose for using obscene language. The house of Dreyfus & Vo. has been ordered to Present their accounts with the government, that a strict examination may be made of them by the authorities, The German corvette Hertha is at this port. Bolivians in Lima have protested against the Bolivian representative there recognizing Gutierrez as dictator. Mr. Root, the United States Minister to Chile, has had the smallpox, He is convalescent. Chile. VALPARAISO, August 8, Via Kinaston, Ja., August 22, 1872. ‘The English steamer Dover Castle was burned to the water line at Coquimbo. She had on board a large cargo of cotton from Callao, ail of which was lost. No lives, however, were lost, Argentine Republic. The Indians made a raid upon the whites near the city of Rosario, «illing twenty persons, and carried off many white families. Over two thou- sand horses and cattle were driven off also by the Indians. CENTRAL AMERICA. PCIE Ee A Battle Between the Allied Forces and Medina at Santa Barbara on the 26th ult—Me- dina De‘eated—Important News from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Isthmus of Panama. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALB. CoMAYAGUA, August 5, Via Kingston, August 22, 1872. A battle was fought on the 26th ult. at Santa Bar- bara between the allied forces and Medina. Me- dina had 600 men, and after six hours’ fighting was defeated. Nicaragua. MAnaava, August 5, Via Kingston, August 22, 1872, The government of Costa Rica will not in future interfere with the free navigation of the Colorado River by Hollenbeck’s steamers. The relations be- tween the two Republics are amicable. SAN Jose, via KINGSTON, August 22, 1872. A monopoly for ten years has been granted to Marius Garnet for the culture of silks, Congress has approved the acts of the govern- ment against the Jesuits, Isthmus of Panama, PANAMA, August 16, } via KINGSTON, August 22, 1872, Whalers are active in the Bay of Panama. Eight or ten vessels are busy all the time. Whales are abundant. Tabion ts still raging at Carthagena. The United States steamer Wyoming is in port at Aspinwall; all well. Heavy rains have prevailed. AN ALLEGED INDIAN MASSACRE. ——-+- A Government Mule Train Attacked, Burned and Robbed by Arrapahocs— The Wagon Master Skinned Alive. Torexa, Kansas, August 31, 1872. + The following startling Indian news comes from Colorado :— “E. H. Stanley, of Fort Larned, arrived in this city last evening from Denver, He reports that on Monday last @ government train, consisting of thirty s1x-muled teams, loaded with army supplies for Fort Lyon, was proceeding along Dry Creek, between Carson City and Fort Lyon, Colorado, un- der the command of Steve Bryan,wagon master, and while in the valley of Dry Creek the train was mired in sand. While thus detained a band of 200 Arrapaho war- riors, under the command of their Chief, Little Raven, made an attack which equals in outrage and ferocity any annals of Indian massacre. The wagons were burned and all the contents that could be carried off were taken; the mules were run off and fifteen men belonging to the train were left wounded or dead on the bloody fleid. Mr.-Bryan was skinned alive from head to foot by the savages. Besides these, fifteen men were missing. They are supposed to have been carried into captivity. The train was under escort of Lieutenant Mc- Farland, of the Sixth United States cavalry, with 100 men, but being nine miles in the rear at the time of the massacre no protection could be afforded. Mr. Stanley was with the escort, and when it arrived at the terrible scene the savages were just retiring over the hill beyond whirling their tomahawks and shouting in mad glee over their ill-gotten gains.” A PRIZE FIGHT. Mecting at Eastport, Me., Between Kelly, id Timony,of Rhode Thirty Min- Island—Ten utes—Kelly the Victor. Eastport, Me., August 31, 1872. Aprize fight took place to-day at Campobello, about half a mile from Wilshpool, opposite East- port, for $500 a side, between Kelly, of Haverhill, Mass., and Timony, of Providence, R.I. Several boats left here this morning at three o'clock for Wilshpool, where, upon arrival, were found a large party of sporting men from Portland, Boston, St. John, Providence and other places, wno had come over from Eastport during the night. Among this party were Soil Aaron (brother of Barney Aaron) and Shephard Brown, of St. John. The ring was formed at half-past five, and imme- diately about one hundred ons Gres around, but it was seven o’clock before the fight. Keily’s seconds were Jim McKay and John iker; and Timony had for seconds Pat Shepard and James Gallagher. ¢ fight lasted about haif an hour, during whieh time ten rounds were fought. In the first and sec- ond rounds Kelly went down, Timony obtaining the first blood. In the third round Keily claimed and was allowed first knock down. In the fourth round Timony in drew the blood from ig ‘The tenth round and tight was finished by Kelly hitting Tim- ony & straight counter blow on the eye and a cross counter on the jugular, knocking him to the ground senseless. When ‘time’ was called for the cleventh round Timony was still insensible aud Kelly was deciared the victor. Kelly then went among the crowd and collected a handsome sum for Timony. Immediately after this fight there was another for a purse, between Marcellus Baker, of Bangor, and James Hayes, of Portland. Only one round was fought, lasting fifteen minutes, baker badly punish- ing his opponent, There Was no disturbance and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. The principals and their followers left in the steamer for Boston. The prize fight was a new sensation jor Eastport, but the generally expressed opinion is that an- other is not wanted. nar, near Boston, ing, at his boarding king laudanum, . evel house, on Sargent street, Cohoes, The act was caused by family troubles. ANOTHER CATASTROPHE. The Steamship Bienville Burned at Sea on a Voyage from New York for Aspinwall. NINETEEN LIVES LOST. Arrival of the Survivors at Nassau. NAMES OF THE RESCUED. HAVANA, August } Via Key West, August 31, 1872, Captain Jefferson Maury, of the steamship Bien- ville, arrived here this morning from Nassau and reports the burning of the Bienville at sea. The steamship Bienville left New York on the 10th of August for Aspinwall. When in latitude 45 12, longitude 74 15, at a quarter to four o’clock on the morning of the 16th instant, fire was discovered among the cargo. Steam and water were imme- diately turned on; but the steam pumps, after a few revolutions, broke down and could not be worked, Captain Maury then ordered the hatches bat- tened down, hoping thereby to smother the fire, and at the same time the fire extinguishers were used between decks, and the steam kept on. The fire gained rapidly, however, and at six o’clock Captain Maury, fearing an explosion from powder stored in the hold if he remained by the ship any longer, ordered the Aix boats launched, and the passengers and crew began to emopark. At 7:30 Captain Maury was forced to leave the ship, being the last one on board. One of the boats was capsized on leaving the ship, and from seven to ten of the inmates, including two women, were drowned. After sunrise a fresh breeze sprang up, the cap- sized boat was righted and balled out and reached Cat Island in safety. The other boats, except one, reached Eleuthera Island, distance 150 miles from the scene of the dis- aster, The missing boat has not been heard from, but it is supposed ft was picked up by a passing vessel, as an empty boat was seen adrift near Eleuthera Island with a life preserver in tt. One of the boats in attempting to land at Eleu- thera Island was capsized and nine were drowned, including Mrs. Brander and her three children. At half-past one P. M. the Bienville exploded and immediately sunk, When the fire was first discovered it was sup- posed to be in the forehold, where a large quantity of powder cargo was stored; but it proved to be between decks, over the boilers and among the cargo. ‘The passengers and crew lost all thelr baggage and saved nothing except the clothing they had on. Captain Maury reports that the people of Nassau treated the shipwrecked kindly and administered to their wants. Vice Consul Saunders has cared for the seamen. Anna Brahn, one of the res- cued, became sasane and was left at Eleuthera be- cause she could not be found when the party left for Nassau. The steamer Anna and the schooner Dandy were despatched by the American Consul to search for the missing boat. Out of 127 persons on board the Bienville thirty-four are unaccounted for, including the nine lost at Eleuthera, The bodies of six per- sons were recovered and buried at James Point. The schooner William McGee took thirty-four of the survivors on the 24th to Baltimore. A subscription was started in Nassau for the aid of the sufferers, . List of the Blenville’s Passengers. The following is the list of passengers who left New York for Aspinwall in the Bienville :— William B. Wood, H. Anthon, Mrs, Barker, A. D, Temple, . W. Rea, G. W. Baffey, Mrs. A. 8. Barry, E. Cooper and sister, Nora Sullivan, W. 8, Wilson, E, H. Watker, Rutus Mead, ker, 5, Ortega, illegas, William Berry, ‘ap P. Rosaada. M man, ‘Thomas H. Woolrich, As neither the names of Mrs. Brander or Anna Brahn appears in this list, it casts a shadow of doubt upon the accuracy of the despatch, and at all events strengthens the surmise of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's people, that if any mishap has befallen her it was durtmg her return voyage. The Bienville was on her second trip for the com- pany this season, having sailed before on the: 28th of February, and this time on tne 10th of August, She was due at Aspinwall on the 20th of August, Names of the Saved. PASSENGERS, Arthur D. Temple, Wm. Chapman, J. B, Woods, John Thompson, George W. Batto Carlos Leger e or, . G jos ‘a, Thos H. Woolrich, Julius Franklin, P. Stokes, E. H. Lawler, Mrs, ie Barker, Metacevonen . B. Albistone, joseph Branner, Aaron Branner, Kate Dalton, Margaret Ryan, A. Goldwater, Ellen Ryan, J. Oliver, Fanny Beatty, Alexander Williams, Rufus Mead, H. Apthon, Nora Sullivan, Christobal Ortega, Aurelius Villegas, James W. Re: W. Berry, Pat. Daly, A. Burroughs, Pio Rosada. Chas. Erichthen and wife, OFFICERS AND CREW. Captain, Jefferson Maury. — Hodges, first omcer. — Gough, third ofticer. Also the purser, surgeon, chief, first and second engineers, Quartermasters Tighe, Howland, Logan and Chris- topher. Westfall, Grimn, Barry, amen—Williams, McMullen, Walsh. Firemen—Holywood, Grant, Bell, Stanton, Gor- don, Flaherty, io porters—Robert Crosby, J. McCarty, Shields, Gar- rison, Trompson, Walters, Stewart, Tyler, Ww, Johnson. The steward, second steward, stewardess, pantry- man, steerage steward, second and third cooks and second pantryman are also saved. Passengers Lost. Among the passengers believed to be lost are:— W. S. Wilson, E, H. Walker, J. Cooper and sister, Mrs. Brandon and three children and Mra, A. S- Barry. % The Acc cy of the Statement Doubted by the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany. A HERALD reporter called at the office of Messrs. Livingstone, Fox & Co,, the owners of the Bienville, yesterday afternoon and asked for further particu- lars than those the above despatch contained. No one in the establishment, however, had even heard ofany disaster to the vessel, ana when requested to state the amount of insurance upon the Bienville, resoiutely refused to afford the re- quired intormation until they were assured of the loss of the steamer, A visit was then paid to the oftice of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, who are the charterers of the Bienville, which they are pi Ay place of the Ocean Queen. The clerk to whom the reporter applied for a verification or de- nial of the despatch said tersely, but politely :— “We have received a telegram similar to the one you have there, but, no private advices having Teached us from Havana or Key West, we are in- clined to consider the whole affair a mere stock- jobbihg operation, similar to the case of the Henry Chauncey last year. You see, sir, the telegram says she was burned on the 15th of this month, and it seems very singular that sixteen days should elapse without our hearing a word about the a ci- dent.” : Rerorter—Can you let me have a list of the passengers ? CLERK—Not @ reliable one, for we suppose the steamer must have been upon her way ftom Aspin- wall to this port when the disaster occurred, if it ever did, e have no advices from Aspinwall, so cannot tell who took passage in her. THE LOUISVILLE CONVENTION, Blanton Duncan Still Fighting Bravely for the “Straight” Cause. GOSSIP IN THE CITY. Charles O’Conor Will Certainly Be Nominated for President. Vice Presidential Candidates and Supernumeraries. Lovisvinie, August 31, 1872. A few delegates have arrived to attend the Blanton-Duncan Convention. Friday night a straight-out meeting was held at the Court House, Duncan being present, but, as previously stated in the HERALD, when the delegates were made up to the State Bourbon Conven. tion Duncan’s name was omitted. The only arrival of importance is that of William Ferry, of Grand Haven, Michigan, who is a brother of United States Senator Ferry, from that State. He repre- sents that about three persons will be present from Michigan. THE WISCONSIN DELEGATION comes chiefly from Tomoh. In all there have been about sixty rooms engaged at the Galt House, the chief hotel here, Mr. Dnncan was seen walking through the streets to-day with one boot and one red slipper. He said that Charles 0’Conor would undoubtedly be nominated for President, and that there was no other candidate, He gave the follow- ing names for Bourbon CANDIDATES FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY :— Samuel J. Bayard, of New Jersey. Mr. Duncan appeared to have no clear comprehension of the point whence Bayard came, and he was promptly offered a bet of $100 that Bayard did not come from the State of Delaware. He thought Bay- ard was a Jelawarian. He refused to bet on sight that the Bourbon ticket would get 3,000 votes in Kentucky. He is writing letters to busi- neas men through Louisville, asking for means to pay the expenser of this Convention. The men of Louisville do not seem to think it {8 any part of their business, nor will they help pay the expenses of the nobodies who will come here at Duncan's invitation, with their fares reduced or presented by some railroad princes inGrant’s interest. Mr. Duncan was chal- lenged to-day to give some names of persons who would bo nominated at Louisville for Vice- Presidency. After some demurring he named the following persons a8 probable to come before the Conveation—first, 8, J. Bayard, of New Jersey; second, Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky, Next appeared the names of J. J. Davis, of West Virginia, and J, Proctor Knott, of Kentucky. Mr. Knott's friends allege that he will have nothing to do with this gathering. He took the shoot of opposition to Greeley’s nomina- tion. under any circumstances, and because of his arrogance in this respect was defeated for Congress, Unless his soreheadedness prevails over his Fudeient he will not come to the Louisville Burlesque Convention, Next Mr. Duncan named for the Vice President Sydney Breeze, of Illinois, This old gentleman appears to have been in the United States Senate at about the time Illinois was territory. He also named Governor Paine, of Massachusetts, and investiga- tion failed to go back as to know when Paine filled that position. He says also that Governor William Witte, of Pennsylvania, is ready to be a can- didate to be offered up. Governor Witte was one of the last democratic Governors of Pennsylvania and a stalwart advocate of Bu- chanan and Breckinridge for the Presidency. He formerly owned some real estate in the environs of | Philadelphia, but took his money and invested 1t in an fron furnace in Kentucky and is now poor. Another candidate for the Vice Presidency is E, P. Edgerton, of Indiana, formerly a member of Congress, who still runs periodically for the place which he vacated. Still another candidate for the Vice Presidency is ex-Senator Fitch, of Indl- ana, This gentleman had for bis main mo- tive during his public life an absorbing hate of Stephen A. Douglas. He waa selected by the fire-eating democracy of the South to call out Douglass toa duel. His courage failed in the decisive moment, and his constituency re- fired Ln ig be the nonentity which he jas remained up until Duncan rediscovered and brought him to the surface. Finally, Henry A. Wise is named for the straight democratic Vice Presidenoy. A.S. Stephens will noj ippear here at all, and few think Wise will come. The aptitude of the press to make the most of a new fone will account for the Rroportion of fanton Jn can’s Cofvention. Duncan was preseut last hight at the Court House, when an attempt was made to get up a State Bourbon or- anization in Kentucky. One Gelger, a cooper, nielligent enough, but always full of the fluid indi- hoes to this State, presided. The people say a TRE LARGEST ASSEMBLAGE OF DEAD BEATS ever seen in Louisville, made up of ninety persons resent. About two weeks ago Blanton Duncan rought suit against the Chicago Tribune for the sum of $100,000 for & libel, based upon an editorial, in which he was charged to have over-issued confederate money, for which he had a contract for printing. The proprietors of that paper set to work expeditiously to ascertain the truth of the charges which they had made from the testt- mony of Louisville people. Jet? Davis responds that, according to his memory, the fraud was in an over- charge for printing for the said currency rather than in the issue. Duncan was asked to-day what position his Ubel suit had assumed, and he replied that his lawyer in Chicago, a Mr. Harrison, had dissuaded him from following it up. He sald that he could afford to expend $10,000 for the prosecution of the suit and would be able to compel the newspaper corpora- tion to monies an equal amount; but that he sought vindication and not revenge, and would probably not attempt to take the master further if the paper avoids inciting him. The best men in Louisville say that if Duncan should bring this suit a bigger burlesque would come of it than its Convention now proposed, The people of Louisville say that if Blanton Dun- can were to be @ candidate for the City Coun- cll under ordinary circumstances his nomination would raise a laugh, and they also say that if the said libel suit was ever to come to that, he would be ridiculous. In the absence of any persons of consequence who are to attend this convention, the HERALD correspondent has been compelled to traverse Louisville to find what the current opin- ion maybe. To-day I met Reuben Durrett, Presi- dent of the public library of Kentucky. MR. DURRETT SAYS he was a schoolmate of Blanton Duncan, and that he is a genial, hospitable man. I asked if he had any force. Mr. Durrett replied “nota bit.” Said he, ‘‘ Duncan is a man who never made any money in his life, and who attempts to enrich himseif have all been failures. “Duncan,” sald Mr. Dur- rett, “some time ago got up a Commercial Conven’ tion in the interest of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and had Fillmoré to come out here and presided, Mr. Fillmore was entrapped into doing so, was shown to a great and cruel disadvantage among us, because we respected him, aud knew that Blanton Duncan had made use of him. Duncan has a CORRESPONDENCE WITH THR EMPEROR NAPOLEON, General Hancock and all sorts of magnates at & distance. He is a pretty good writer, and gets peo- le into a fix of which one might wish Charles Biconor were well rid. There is an element in Kentucky epost to Gree- ley’s election, but which will be designated with Blanton Duncan at the head of it and will never show its full proportions, even under aus. pices, Greeley could carry the State by an immense majority, and the Blanton Duncan movement headed by Duncan will be simply con- temptible. He uses peoples names because they write him letters acknowledging the re- ceipt of his. In Loulsville people are as- tonished at even the numerical success which has got. Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, who has just re- turned from the National Scientific Convention in lowa, ar that the great joke in Louisville ig the fact that Duncan has a large number of per- sons under the patronage of a railroad corporation who wish Grant good luck to come out to this city to make themselves foolish, Mr. W. W. Thomas, a prominent merchant of this city, says Duncan has & bet against Greeley, putting up checks against currence, and the sald checks, iustead of being uated at the time the het is made, are dated subsequent to the State elections in October, It is certain ihat Duncan’s bets against Greeley amount to above $1,500, ana this sum is about as much as he can legitimately make in business. If Duncan can disturb Greeley | he will at least recover his money. What- | ever strength the straight-out movement | might have in this State is disturbed by the prominence of this wild-eyed man | at the head of it. The regular «democrats | of Kentcky are hopeful that Duncan may attempt to show himself in other States as the instigator of this movement sufficient to disgust people ubroad, ashe has brought down the proportions of Bour- bonism at home. To close up my despatch, Imay say that the Louis- ville Convention will be as GREAT A FAILURE as the Fifth avenue conference in New York, and that it will have the good effect of kicking out of the democratic party @ lot of dead weights, who extremists in the cratic party. in 1460, while he made speeches for Dor in In- diana. He was out of the country when Leslie was a candidate at a subsequent day. He never cast bat one democratic vote, and that was for Ho- ratio Seymour, He was an actor in the Know Nothing riots of 1865, when the immediate von- stituents of Charles O’Conor were murdered in the streets of Louisville by the bloody Know Nothings, ‘The Louisville Convention is a Grant diversion, and a faiture at that, and General Grant's party Will have to answer for it. A Tale from the Treasury Department How Straight-Outs are Attended To— The Officials in a Sullen Mood to All but the Supporters of Charles O’Conor. Lovisviue, Ky., August 31, 1872 General Fayette Hewitt, Quartermaster Generat of Kentucky, who has just returned home from Washington, where he has been for several months looking after the Kentucky war claim, tells an in- teresting story of an actual piece of electioneering which took place in the Treasury Department under his own personal observation, For severat years a Virginia gentieman, who resigned a gov- ernment office and went South at the breaking out of the war, has been acting as agent Prosecuting a claim against the government amounting to something over one hundred thon- sand dollars, Heretofore he has been subject to the grossest affront, and sometimes treated with absolute imsolence by the officials in whose office the claim rested, and who ts considered by claim- ants to be one of Boutwell's right hand men, He is the same personage to whose influence with Boutwell is attributed the nonpayment of the Kentucky claim, General Hewitt and the Virginia claimant were in the office of this oiicial on the morning the news came contradicting the report that the democrats had carried North Carolina. When it was announced the Virginia claimant remarked that he was ‘glad to hear it.” “Who, you?’ interposed the offici: “Why so?” “Well,” said the claimant, “because it kills Greeley.” “AIN'T YOU FOR GREELEY?" “No, I am opposed to Greeley, but not in favor of Grant. I am for a straight-out democratic nomination.” From that moment the official commenced to un- bend and his claim commenced to move, From dealing with a sour set of evasive oiicials the claimant found himself treated like a prince, and the claim which he had given up all hopes of ever getting was pushed through in less than a wee! and when tt came to the check, which usually to go through the hands of twenty-two diferent clerks, and which requires ten days’ time at the best, the matter was so facihtated that THE CHECK WAS MADE OUT and delivered one aiternoon, in less than four hours. This clever treatment could not be attrib- uted to anything else than the happy expression of opinion on the part of the claimant when he heard the news from Carolina, This whole transaction este under the personal observation of General ewitt, and he is ready to vouch for it at any time, though the above statement was not made on his own motion, but at the solicitation of the HemALD correspondent. He says further that he has heard of numerous such cases in the Treasury De- partment, where the importance of getting O'Conor on the track Cs appreciated. The General, in the prosecution of the Kentucky claim has had ample opportunity to watch the po- litical wire working in this department. He says that before the name of O’Conor was mentioned im connection with the straight-out movement there was a general despondency among the oflicials and all hope of the re-election of Gen- eral Grant had been abandoned, News of O’Conor’s probable — candidacy _ revived matters wonderfully, and changed the manners of the department officials toward democratic claim- ants to such an extent as to completely dumfound them, Now, anybody avowing that he is a Bour- bon can get his claims throngh at his own pieasure; and to such an extent is this flattery of the straight- outs carried that the supporters of the adininia- tration have already commenced to complain of neglect and inattention, THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CITY. The Liberal Headquarters. Among the visitors at the Glenham Hotel lead quarters yesterday were James C. Kennedy, Wash- ington, D. C.; Rev. J. H. Campbelt, of Conneaut- ville, Pa.; R.S. Tucker, of Raleigh, N. C.; Wiliam N. Brush, of Bergen, N. J., and R. H. Schooley, Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Tucker states that North Carolina ts sure for Greeley, even if it has not really gone for Merriman, and Mr. Brush, of Ber- gen, N.J., announces that he started @ list the other day in that town for members of a Greeley club, and received 200 names on tne first day. The Democratic Headquarters. At the Spingler House Headquarters Mr. Scholl and A. T. Gallagher were in attendance all day, Major Banks is still in Mississippi. A number of gentlemen from Louisiana called, and stated that all differences between the liberals and the demo- crats in that State had been amicably adjusted, and the canvass would now be conducted with har- . mony to a successful close. The following is the register of visitors during the day :—Robert Morris, Philadel hia; J. ©. Kennedy, of Washington; Joseph G. Lamb, Connecticut; Edward Schlichting, Hira n Calkins and 8. 8. Cox, of New York, and Kd- win A Jewell, Colonel Levy and Major Ricks, come posing the delegation from Louisiana, = arp ME, GREELEY'S MOVEMENTS. . ‘The Philosopher passed the day on his farm yes terday in quict and seclusion. He returned to the city on the half-past six train from Craaaas and retired to the house of his friend on Fortieth street. J. C. Clinton, of Broadway, has published an ex- cellent lithograph of the Philosopner at home, as Artemus Ward would say, “in the busum of his family.” The likenesses of Greeley and his two dau; iors are very good, the characteristics of cach having been happily caught, especially in the case of the elder daughter. Mosquito Hites.—Burnett’s Kallistom neutralizes the poison almost instantaneously. A.—Gentleme: Hats, Fall Style for 1872, are ready for inspection and salo at BSPEN- SCHELD'S, manufacturer, 113 Nassau street. A.—Herring’s Patent ‘CHAMPION SAFES, 21 and 252 Broadway, corner Murray street. 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J.B, MARTINEZ & CO., Baukers, No.) Wall at, Box No. 4,685 Post oifice, New York. Royal Havana Lottery.—Prizes orders tilled, in ormation furnished, highest rate Spanish Banik Billa TAYLOR & CO, ery Sepia—The Great Cuttle-Fish Hair Dye,’ restores all those heads that turned gray so suddenly on learning the amount of poison contained In their favortia Uair Rest Laces ‘The Finkle & Lyon Sowing Machintwae were never of any consequence until they became Price reduced. Send* * ‘ular. 33 Union square. gopairine days ut vue demoe Bianton-Duncan voted for John Belt 1 '