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6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. = Volume XXXVIL..... — cress NO. 2529 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and leecker sts.—Rxp PockeTBoox. THEATRE COMIQUE, 514 Broadway. —New Yoru Ex- Pressman, &c. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadwa: and Thirteenth Btreet—Ix1on; on, Tux Maw At THE MEKL. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Twenty-fourth street— Diamoxps, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth strect.—Mzrcmaxt br Venice. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. and Eighth av.—Ror Carorre. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street. corner Six th avenue.—Tax Brits; or, THE Pouisu Jaw. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery Diamonn. WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Cuow-Cnow. Afternoon and Evening. ‘ne Gauestsr—Roven PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.—Kit, tae ARKANSAS TRAVELLER. WHITE'S ATHENZUM, 58 Broadway.—Nzaro Muy- BIRELSY, &C. BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st., corner @thav.—Nxcxo Mixstuzisy, Eccenteicrry, &c. 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Wew York, Sunda: CONTENTS OF TO-DAY’S HERALD, pbs REE oats 2 Paar. 1—Advertisements, 2—Advertisements. @—The American Reds: Condition and Prospects of the Indians of the Southwest; Poor Lo as a Farmer and as a Warrior; Civilization and Barbarism Struggling for the Mastery; No Signs of Improvement Among the Fullbloods and Halfbreeds; The Peace Policy a Failure; Wholesale Murder and Robbery in Texas; The Weakness of the Government and the Audacity and Insolence of the Kiowas; Another Grand Council and Powwow—Re- bellion in the Creek Nation—Indian Council in Utah—Murder as a Fine Art—The Alleged Nathan Murderer: Bitlty Forrester, the With Many Aliases, Arrested in Washington; His Remarks About the Murder—The “Put- Up-Job" by New York Detectives; The Con- fession of the Real Nathan Murderer—Trot- ting at Fleetwood Park. @—Religious: Programme of Church Services To- Day; Interesting Correspondence on Reli- [evel Topics; Greeley and Catholicity; The jarbarous Roumanian Outrages Against the Israelites; Ministerial Changes and Move- ments—Thirty-fourth Street Synagogue—The Greek Church—The Mayoralty—Aquatic— Pigeon Shooting —Marriages and Deaths. 6—Deaths (Continued from Fourth Page)—Ad vertisements. 6—Editorials: Leading Article, “Our Indian Ter- ritory as a Civilizing Experiment—Report of Our Special Commissioner’—Amusement An- nouncements. Y—The Internationalist Congress—The Alabama Claims—Cable Telegrams from Germany, Eng- land and Switzerland—Smuggled Cigars— News from Cuba and Porto Kico—The Metis Investigation: Fourth Day; Important Testi- mony yA a Passenger—The Campaign in Maine—Miscellaneous Telegrams—Business Notices, 8—Advertisements, 9—Advertisements. 40—Financial and Commercial: The Cotton Crop of 1871-72; an Early Estimate Reduces It to Lese than Three Million Bales; a Quiet End- to the Week in Wall Street; Gold Dull and Firmer, Closing 113; the Specie in the Banks Three Millions Less than Last Week; the Bank Statement Unfavorable; Salling Close to the Legal Limit of Reserve; Recovery in Government Bonds; Money Easier, 4 a 5 Per Cent; Stocks More Active and Strong, New York Central Leading—Shipping Intelli- gence—Advertisements, Ml—advertisements. 1a—Advertisements. Tae Axapama Cuams SerriemMEnt.—The Geneva Conference, it appears, excepting some concluding formalities of signing papers, &c., have settled the question of indemnity to the United States on those troublesome Alabama claims, and it is understood that a gross sum of fifteen millions of dollars is the award. . If we mistake not the sum of our bills presented for direct damages, in consequence of the depredationg of those Anglo-rebel cruisers—the Alabama, the Shenandoah, the Florida and others—was over thirty millions of dollars; but with this lumping of the award, even of fifteen millions of dollars, the Ameri- ean people will be content, as a good riddance of a profitless controversy. Now, with the decision of the Emperor of Germany on our Northwestern boundary dispute, and with some little formalities with the New Dominion settled, touching the Northeastern fisheries and the reciprocal navigation of the St. Law- rence and Lake Michigan, &c., the Treaty of Washington, after all,'as a great example of the peaceful policy of arbitration in the settle- ment of international disputes, may be re- corded as an encouraging success. Conprrion or Arrarrs iN Cupa.—The flespatch from Havana which we publish to- day goes to show that there exists a conflict of interest between the local governing authori- ties and the mercantile community of the island with respect to the payment, or rather the evading of the payment, of the excise duties onarticles of commerce. It looks, indeed, as if the Intendente suspects the merchants very strongly of being engaged in smuggling, to the vast detriment of the treasury of His Majesty Amadeus. A shipload of Chinese coolies, or rather what remained of it in life, were landed. The wretches who survived the voyage were in a most horrible condition; so much 0, indeed, that people may reasonably inquire, Is the slave trade done away with while the Spanish traffic in coolies remains ? The financial and labor rights questions agi- tated tne Cuban population considerably. The crops were in most magnificent condition. Graxp Anmy Parape mm Bentiy.—The Emperors of Russia and Austria witnessed a grand parade of the North German Army at Berlin yesterday. Emperor William, o fine old soldier, appeared at the head of his own regiment ; his imperialist brethren serving with him in their capacity as chiefs of regi- Pot a) ‘, ‘ ment, honorary commissions in the Prussian service. The military display was very brilliant, and the people attended in immense force to witness it. The Czar Alexander decorated the son of the Crown Prince of Germany with the Order of St. Andrew, a very great honor to the youthful scion of the House of Hohenzollern, and promoted two of the more adult Princes of Germany to the rank of Field Marshal in the Bussian army. 3 NeW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SHPTEMBER 8, 1872—TRIPLE SHEEY, Our Indian Territory as a Civilizing Experiment—Report of Our Special Commissioner. From a Hznatp commissioner accompany- ing the two special commissioners of the government, detailed by the President to in- quire into the condition of affairs in the In- dian Territory, and into the causes of the present troubles therein of our red brethren, we publish this morning very interesting report. The conclusion drawn from our commissioner's observations in this Territory is that the experiment therein of elevating the red man to the systematic labor, arts and usages of civilized life is a failure, and that a very different policy must be sought to achieve that end. Whether we look backward for a sign or forward for a hope, the situation is not at all cheering. Our treatment of the Indians has been simply dictated by the force of uncontrollable circumstances which have wrought out woe and extinction for them. The pressure of white settlement, which drove them ever westward, has been stayed at last by the presence of a refluence of civilization from the West; and the Indian, shiftless, lazy, revengeful and depredatory, finds himself hemmed in—a savage at bay. Were this the only feature of the approaching end it might appeal to our sentimentality just feebly enough to make us regret the necessity of blotting out, under the sulphurous cloud of a musketry volley, the last vestige of the un- mixed blood of human beings who owned this Continent for ages before Columbus trod the soil of San Salvador. Were the policy one of blood only against the Indian he might ere now have turned to a mere historic regret; but we find ourselves, in the midst of a humani- tarian age, trying to patch up a peace with him and save him from his worst enemy—himself. The Indian Territory was the result of this ex- periment tried years ago, and the report of our commissioner, published to-day, will tell its utter unsuccess, So aa The Indian Territory. covers an immense area of land, well wooded and watered, and of great fertility. The tribes located there aro principally Choctaws, Chickasaws, Croeks, Kiowas, Cherokees, Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Senecas, Wachitas and Quaapas. The govern- ment given into their hands binds them chiefly to the ‘‘laws’’ of their Nation and confines them in theory to their respective reservations. With this a certain encourage- ment has been furnished to agriculture, with the slimmest results. The United States has established a quasi blockade, with an embargo on whiskey, and certain well-meaning mis- sionaries supply a limited quantity of Gospel to them. All this created a semblance of well- doing and advancement which was perpetu- ally belied by accounts of heathenish outrages from the Gospel-fed Indians and sad stories of drunkenness from these tecto: tallers of Uncle Sam. The truth of the matter is, that the Indian never ro- ceived the idea of civilization with anything more than secret derision. He rejoiced at the idea of having a country four times the size of New York set apart for him, rations tolerably sure, hunting not bad, and enough corn and vegetables to be had by making his squaws cultivate a little patch. He knew it would not be difficult to procure firewater and firearms so long as he had anything to give in exchange for them. Accordingly, when hunting did not yield peltry he organized a border foray in Texas or anywhere of easy reach, and soon got all he wanted from Mexicans or bad Ameri- cans. This was a pleasant prospect enough for the red man, and would have satisfied him until borrowed vice, intemperance and disease had extinguished him. But he was not left to 80 easy a fate as living in the lap of luxury and finally dying drunk. Dishonest agents irritated him and swindled him. The white man, restless under the smallness of the rest of the world, crowded in upon his reservation, and sent him on the warpath with settlers’ scalps down his moccasins. The border ruffian met him, if he made a treaty and laid down quietly again, with cards and smuggled whiskey, and robbed him to the tune of everything movable, with a bowie knife accompaniment. Then the Indian wanted the border ruffian executed, and when he failed in this set out and murdered inoffen- sive whites in return, and solemnly acquitted his braves according to the laws of the “Nation.” If this exhibit be multiplied twenty times, with varying circumstances only in degree, and we add thereunto a thousand intestine feuds between the tribes, some vague idea may be formed of the complexity of the Indian Territory difficulty to-day with even the settled tribes, With the nomads taken into account, who preserve their independence of all such entanglements by the simple pro- cess of taking all they can get from the gov- ernment and murdering and robbing for the remainder elsewhere, the situation can be better understood. When the eminently humane idea of a nor- mal school for teaching Indians to be civilized on such an enormous scale was first put into effect, it was hoped that by the time civiliza- tion walled them in they would be fitted to assume relations with the outspreading whites on grounds of nearly equal intelligence. How this vision has faded away the facts tell, and how inefficient the present peace policy of the administration is to mend matters 4 glance at the position of affairs generally will explain. The difficulty which our Commissioner ex- plains as existing in the Indian Territory will be borne out by the condition of affairs in other directions. The Utes are on the verge of war, and will be bought off with a year's rations; they will then be ready for another war, having nothing to do but prepare for that event while subsisting on the government stores, The great divisions of the Sioux may not even be bought off in this way, so as to allow the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Apaches and Arapahoes in Arizona take the provisions, but murder all the same. The wild tribes along the Rio Grande, with their retreat assured into Mexico, defy all at- tempts to buy them off and answer the induce- ments held out to keep them quict much as any civilized highwayman would scorn to be- come an agricultural laborer while booty was plenty and immunity from capture almost cer- tain. By way of companion picture to this, o bloody fight is reported from the Creek ‘Na- tion,’ in the Indian Territory, between two factions, growing out of the alleged rights of ized negro mixes with the savage red blood their progeny loses any good quality the Parents may possess and drops into a semi- savagery as irreclaimable as ever. Neverthe- less, this does not endear them to the full bloods, who look upon them as upstarts and carpet-baggers and treat them accordingly. There are two cures used at present for the Indian disorder—the old one of the bullet and the new one of bread and blankets. In all humanity we would prefer the latter if it accomplished anything; but its failure is self- acknowledged by its continual call for an application of the leaden remedy upon its refractory patients. Now the facts we have noted cannot be gainsaid, and these unmis- takably point to a rigorous extermination of all Indians who will not submit to civilization. We are not dealing with the simple Indians whom Heinrich Hudson was friendly with at Hoboken, but—we may even blush for our- selves in saying it—cruel, vindictive, cunning and treacherous savages. With these there can be no argument save that which General Sheridan knows how to deal. While fireside philanthropists are talking home- steads aro being burned, peaceful set- tlers scalped and their wives and daugh- ters ravished beside the mutilated corpses. Where the Indians agree to settle there must be no alternative left them of working for a living or going on the warpath, as they list. The power which puts them there must be kept strong enough to force them to stop or take the unfailing consequence of rebellion— namely, destruction. A poorly mounted, scanty force at the few outposts cannot accom- plish this. It must be a strong force, an army, if you will. The Indian nomade murderer must be made to feel that he has an enemy which will bring him to its terms or kill him. The Indian, once located, must be forced to regard the idea of warin the future as hope- lessly as any ‘Dead Rabbit’ might contem- plate his chances of success _in an open plun- der of the wealth of Now York. The problem is to be settled by the strong hand or not at all. It will be cheaper and more humane in the end. A genuine civilization may then be allowed to dot the Indian countries with set- tlements, instead of the spurious article they have hitherto seen, a mixture of border ruffians and isolated missionaries. If these influences cannot tame him he will take his doom upon himself; but we believe that the firm grasp, never relaxed, first taken, and the influx of earnest, industrious settlers after- wards admitted, make up the only salvation for the Indians who are at all amenable to civiliza- tion. With all the others it is a question for “Little Phil.” The Alléged Nathan Murderer. The arrest in Washington of the alleged murderer of Mr. Nathan is the most startling news of the day. More than two years have passed since the victim of one of the foulest crimes on record was found weltering in his blood at his residence in one of the most frequented streets of this city. A dark mystery has ever since overhung that terrible tragedy. Our baffled guardians of the peace had apparently given up all hope of finding the author or authors of the murder. Nor does it seem, after all, that the arrest of Billy Forrester, the man with numerous aliases, has brought them nearer to the end; for there is a strong ground for the belief that the police have, on the merest shadow of sus- picion, rashly fastened the murder upon Billy Forrester. An unwillingness to acknowledge themselves beaten might have had something to do with this. Billy Forrester’s record is certainly bad enough to convict him of almost any crime merely on appearances—‘‘ comme capable du fait,’ as they would do it ina French criminal court. The fact that he has been hiding ever since the night of the mur- der is so far the strongest evidence against him. It should be remembered, how- ever, that he is a fugitive from justice for vari- ous crimes, burglary among the number— crimes numerous. and heinous enough to consign him to the tender mercies of a State prison for life. Without being necessarily guilty of the murder of Mr. Nathan he had, therefore, the best of reasons to keep out of the way. Hunted down like a wild beast, he has lived a life of constant dread, wandering about the country to evade capture, which has been accomplished at last. Whether it will be possible to convict him remains, how- ever, yet to be seen. Waste of Infant Life. An interesting and curious exhibit of infant mortality statistics has recently been made by a distinguished Washington physician. The author, Dr. J. M. Tover, deduces from the earlier census returns the fact that nearly forty per cent of the total deaths of all ages is found among infants under five years of age. The mortality in the great cities of the coun- try has risen to a much higher rate, the high- est being in Chicago, where it increased from & percentage of .28 in 1843 to .62 in 1869. In St. Louis, in 1871, the percentage of deaths under five years was over .51, the number of deaths under five being 3.409 to 6.670 above. In Philadelphia the percentage varies from 1853 to 1870 between the figures .51 and .44. In the year 1811 the infant mortality in New York was over .77 per cent and in 1869 only .51. From 1835 to 1853 it ranged from .51 to .567; in 1866 it was only .47; and the in- ference is that the death rate is diminishing instead of advancing. Cincinnati has a per- centage near that of Philadelphia ; New Or- leans less than either of the two, and Provi- dence, R. 1, enjoys the minimum rate of only .36. These figures are, however, startling, and justify the excellent plan of the gentleman who collects them to establish, in the rural or montane districts, free parks, where hundreds of lives might be saved from the annual ravages of cholera infantum and the more than decimating power of the heated term. Scattered all along the Atlantic seaboard, within easy reach by steamboat or rail, are the beautiful and verdant spurs and valleys of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, which offer just such retreats as are needed. No expense is spared to preserve the shattered constitutions of adult invalids and to secure them every comfort of art; and, certainly, in merely economic point of view, the interests of humanity and civilization demand equal provision for the infant classes of society. the minority to elect their chief. This tribe is very much mixed in blood, the negro element being particularly strong, It seems generally to be the fact that where a white man or civil- Every effort should be made to reduce the waste of life to which they are subject, as, in the lowest view of the case, a loss which no society can afford to sustain, Government Investigation of the Late Steamboat Disasters. We are glad to notice that the has promptly ordered investigations to be held into the causes of the late terrible steamboat disasters, The loss of life and property has been so great within the last few weeks as to convince’ the community of the necessity either of adopting new and more stringent regulations or enforcing those at present in existence. The proceedings of the inspectors charged with eliciting all the facts: which led to the deplorable loss of life will be watched with anxiety by the public and preas, and any failure to carry out the instructions in the fullest sense will not fail to receive general censure. No feeling of commiseration for the men who may have neglected, ta take every precaution demanded by the safety of the vessels and their precious human freight must be allowed to cover up the responsibility of the guilty parties. Recklessness in steamboating has reached that point where the safety of the travelling public demands that it shall be sharply and effectively checked. If men are indifferent to their own safety it is no justifi- cation for their being careless of the life and property that are confided to them witha tacit understanding that they are men whose character justifies the important trust reposed in them. On the ground of public interest, therefore, we demand that the investigations at present ordered shall be made as stringent and searching as the law will permit, and that the guilty parties will, in all cases, suffer the severest penalties of the law. We have to deal with a dangerous evil that must be outrooted, and the only way to do this successfully is to make the responsible steamboat officers feel that in case of neglect of duty they will be punished with severity. This is the only way to assure public safety, and that must be the chief aim of all investigation. If we are simply to be informed how the ac- cident occurred, without fixing the responsibility on tho "proper parties, there can be no need of governmental interference, as the newspapers can be trusted to give the fullest and most satisfactory his- tory of all accidents. Something more, how- ever, is needed, and we look to the govern- ment action for the establishment of a strong check to discourage the reckless indifference which so markedly characterizes the conduct of steamboat officers at present. Had exam- ples been made on previous occasions we would not have to deplore the awful loss of life of the past few weeks. But as the acci- dent to the Bristol, which was the warning prelude to the Metis disaster, was treated with levity because by the merest chance no lives were lost, so if the present disasters are al- lowed to pass without the punishment of the guilty parties we may look forward to the con- tinuance of the present reckless system, which renders travelling a serious danger to life. Harmonies and Discords of the ligious Organs. The Independent defends Father. Hyacinthe in his recent marriage in defiance of the Cath- olic rule of clerical celibacy, and concludes that the church of Dillinger, Friedrich Mi- chaud and Hyacinthe is to have a separate organization from that which acknowledges the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff. Presi- dent Grant gets a most decided and sturdy support from this organ of the Congregation- alists. It alludes to the attempt to identify the handwriting of Stanley, as recently shown by fac-similes, with that of the Living- stone letters, and says:—‘“‘It is evident to us that the two are not written in the same hand. And the complete satisfaction expressed by all Dr. Livingstone’s relatives, by Sir Bartle Frere and his other intimate friends, and by all the whites and blacks in Zanzibar, is enough to convince anybody.”” In another article it shows its journalistic judgment by saying, ‘The Heraxp, with its expensive Liv- ingstone expedition, is just now beating all the possibilities “of its contemporaries,” and proves its assertion by pointing out several unsuccessful attempts at imitation. The Observer considers our prison system, urging forward the cause of reform to keep our prisons from becoming schools of inhn- manity to those in charge or universities of crime to the prisoners, yet cautions against theories which fail to discriminate between crime and misfortune or tend to soften the justice which, under humane and divine law alike, punishes transgression. The Christian at Work advocates open air preaching. “A warm Christian heart and a dry goods box’’ are named as the requisite stock in trade, and all who love their fellows are exhorted to assist in the work. Church and State exalts the office and mission of Christianity in the State as being the Pole Star to guide the mariner, the finger-board to direct the traveller, but draws a distinction against State Church establishments as blind leaders of the blind, apt to conduct both to disaster. Democracy—the freedom and equality of individuals—is evolved from the Christian idea, and to ennoble men is the proper object of the State. The Church Weekly discusses, without very clearly settling them, certain questions of “saying, singing or reading’’ parts of the Episcopal ritual. The Freeman's Journal maintains that to be the organ of a prelate or of more than one, in this country, as in France, is to kill the Catho- lic newspaper; that journalistic prosperity depends upon independent management, and is not to be secured bya diocesan prop. It highly commends the wisdom and patriotism of Mr. Charles O’Conor in refusing to be the nominee of the Louisville meeting, which, it affirms, did not represent or form a party. Mr. Kernan, the coalition candidate for Governor, is likewise highly complimented. The National Baptist advocates prayer, be- cause it is addressed to a personal God who hears and answers our appeals for help. It calls for improvement in our jury system by an enlarged and more practical education of the people, and the discarding of the old rule which excludes from the panel those who are acquainted with the particular case on trial. A reduction of the number of jurymen to six in ordinary cases and eight in capital ones is sug- gested, and all professional men except prac- tising doctors should be placed on the lists. The Tablet notices the announcement that Bishop Bayley is to succeed Archbishop Spalding as Primate of Baltimore, saying the fact is not yct officially published, and that if it be true the diocese of Newark will scarcely be consoled to know that the amiable and ac- Re- complished prelate who since ite orzanizatiog | average vompe has so tong ted it and watched over its interests is called to a higher ephere of action. Noticing an attack upon the Tablet by the Chicago Ad- vance, it replies by asking why that paper, if free from bigotry, styles its opponents ‘Romish,” instead of ‘Catholic, or Roman?"’ It concludes that the Protestant is bound to be liberal to Catholics, but Catholics cannot be liberal towards those who reject the Church, and must hold them to be enemies of God. The Standard (Chicago) speaks disparagingly of clerical conservatism, which in the Angli- can Church sustains the Athanasian creed, with its curses of all who do not subscribe to its phrasing of the dogmas of Christianity. It censures the practice of infant baptism as un- scriptural and ridiculous, baptism being a sign of belief and regeneration impossible in an infant. ; The Union Advocate discusses and rejects the proposed prayer test. It denies the right or au- thority of Christians thus to put religion upon trial; and, adducing the existence and sway of Christianity as a proof of divine’ power, chal- lenges infidelity to disprove or explain it away. The Christian Intelligencer sees in the recent address of the distinguished physiologist, Dr. Carpenter, before the British Association, evi- dence of returning reason among scientists in regard to the relations of science and theology, and a willingness to accept theology as dealing with man’s moral nature and not incompatible with the investigation of truth in other fields. The Baptist Weekly compliments the Hzranp by copying its abstract of the sermon of Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown at Sea Cliff camp meet- ing, but omits the usual credit. Hardly square, that, with the golden rule by which the Weekly professes to be governed, The Liberal Christian contrasts faith and works, following the apostolic opinion that without the latter the former is poor stock. What is Christianity? is answered by a long article in the Christian Union, whose essence is “faith, hope, charity; but the greatest of these is charity.” Our girls are considered at some length, and the opinion expressed that, like our boys, they should be taught some use- ful and remunerative occupation. The Methodist is very hopeful about the pros- pects of its Church in foreign lands, especially in Italy and Mexico. It has on article on Stanley and Livingstone, considering the ex- plorer’s diary brought back by the Hzraup commissioner and accepted by the Livingstone family as the crucial test. ‘No doubt comes from the family of the great traveller, and none need therefore be entertained by the public.”’ A National Colored Liberal Conven- tion. ‘We have received a circular requesting ‘all negro men of the United States friendly to the liberal republican movement to meet in a con- vention at Louisville, Ky., September 28, 1872." This call for a ‘National Colored Liberal Convention’’ of all who are in favor of the election of Greeley and Brown is signed by William H. Chambers and addressed from the Liberal Committee Rooms, Indianapolis, Ind. It has the endorsement of the Rev. J. B. Winyard and Rev. B. M. Williams, as well as that of William H. Chambers, under the head of Executive Committee. Conventions of every kind and color are cropping out con- tinually at this season, and why should there not be this colored diversion at Louisville, as well as that of the straight-out Bourbon Democrats? We do not suppose the gathering of colored liberal republicans will have much influence upon the great mass of negro voters in the South, but it might have some upon those of the Northern States. The line is strictly drawn in the South according to race. The colored voters are as solidly for Gunt and Wilson as the white voters are for Greeny and Brown. But it is well for intelligent negroes to discuss the merits of the opposing caadi- dates and the principles they represent, though it would be better that parties and convention should not be based upon race. There is, we fear, great trouble in prospect from political parties in the South being divided strictly by race; and if the intelligent negroes of the North can do anything to prevent that and to avert the evil consequences we would encour- age the movement. Tae News rrom Mexico.—A telegram, dated in Mexico City on the 1st instant, sup- plies the latest news from the territory of the neighboring Republic. The report is, taken as a whole, favorable to the restoration of public order under the Presidency of Lerdo. The press remained excited over news of a project of American occupation of the States of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. General Diaz demands certain terms from the government— personal, political and national—as part of the condition under which he will lay down his arms and return to his duty of allegiance. Two women, jealous of each other in love, fought a duel, which terminated fatally to one of the combatants. They were armed with daggers, the victorious lady using a weapon made from horn. The general aspect in the provinces was more favorable to the cause of industry. Tue Internationat Concress at The Hague was adjourned yesterday. The meeting of the day was secret. The delegates decided to |° transfer their chief centre from London to New York, six Frenchmen objecting indignantly. The Council transmitted a message in favor of peace to the Emperors in Berlin. The whole proceeding was, no doubt, very interesting to the outside police authorities. THE WEATHER, WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF THR CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasHINaTON, D. C., Sept. 8—1 A. M. Probabilities, Southerly and westerly winds and clear and con- tinued warm weather from New England to Virginia and West Virginia and thence to Northern Florida; southerly to westerly winds and partly cloudy weather from Ohio to Northern New York; laden rami and from Kentucky to Alabama, eral ea” Lousiana northerly to wester!, winds, clear weather and rising barometer prevail over the pore vers and cateee ee Seether tn M0 southern Saisesict io "Ohio, with, possibly, areas of rain. The Weather in This City Yesterday, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- arison with the corresponding day of last year, as Indicated by oe ieee at Mudnut’s Phar- . " ea Mama i 1871, 1872, 76 «70 3:30 ++ 85% 87 70 6P. a3. 74 9PM i” 80 12 P.M. ™ rage ture yesterda: i average temperature for corresponding date aye by Ate 7 verage last ¥ 736 of Public Duty—Duel Combat Between Jealous Women—Condition of Ag- fairs in the Provinces, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB, MEXIOo Crry, Via Havana, epee asia. } ‘The revolution is dying out. The rumors in regard to Cabinet changes are contradictory. PUBLIO SENTIMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION. The political journals discuss the report that American journals are advocating the American occupation of the States of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. The rupture of the Mixed Commission increases the excitement. The press publish the American Version of the rupture, and no paper sustains Gus- man’s course. It ia reported that Lerdo will re- move Guzman. GENERAL DIAZ ON CITIZEN DUTY AND CITIZEN RIGHTS. Diaz demands as a condition to his laying dowm his arms that the government extend the term of amnesty so as to include those who took part im the rebellion and are still holding offices and mill- tary positions, and the appointment of a new date for the Presidential election, so that all parties cam participate in the elections for members of Oon- gress in districts where flagrant abuses against free suffrage have occurred. Diaz offers all his in- fluence among his adherentsin favor of the pacifi- cation of the country. It 1s stated that Lerdo intends to extend the am- nesty term, but refuses to comply with tne rest of Diaz’s demands, DUEL BETWEEN FEMALES AND WITH A FATAL RESULT. Two women at the capital, in love with a ser- geant in the army, and who were jealous of each other, fought a duel. One was armed with an ordi- nary dagger and the other with a dagger made froma horn. The duel was fought according to the Tules of the code, with other women as seconds The woman with the bone dagger killed her antago nist. The murderess and the seconds were ar- rested. PATRIOTISM AND POLITICS. Gomez Palacio, who was offered the Ministry of the Interior by Juarez and Lerdo de Tejada, de- clines to accept, CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE PROVINCES, Matias Romero continues travelling in Yucatam, Numerous complaints are made against Hernan+ dez, Governor of Vera Cruz. ‘The Guerrero insurgents continue to refuse ame nesty, but propose to send a Commission to the capital. The mail from Guadalajara to Mexico has again been robbed, RAILROAD PROGRESS. The public is assured that trains between Vera Cruz and the capital will run by the 1st of January. The English capitalists building the road continue to send machinery and materials in immense quan- tities to accomplish their object. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Gossip at Home. “Kenilworth” is underlined at Wallack’s. Miss Annie Adams sings at the Comique to-mor- Tow night. The San Francisco Minstrels haye a new bill at the St. James. Mr. J. Grau has arrived in this city, after a lengthened absence in Europe. Miss Lillian Hylton 1s one of the vocal stars which Mr. Josh Hart has secured for his variety company at the Comique. Mr. Booth will not appear at his theatre this sea son. He has made arrangemeets for a tour through the New England States. Mr. W. J. Florence is back from Europe, having attained the desired aldermanic proportions, He has lots of new plays. The Fifth Avenue Theatre has been crowded orerh night since the season opened, and Twenty-fourth: street is blockaded with carriages at elght and eleven in the evening. Kelly and Leon, Nelse Seymour, Dave Reed an@ Dan Bryant form a quintet of the most attractive kind at Bryant's Minstrels. Though the Fifth Avenue “Diamonds” are only “Paste,” the Gal much admired by the crowd. Vive la baga John Brougham 1s en; 1 writing a play for Miss Griswold, which willbe puton the aus as soon as “Agnes” is withdrawn. “Olive” is the title of a new play in rehearsal at De Bar's Opera House in St. Louis. Miss Lillie Eldridge will sustain the leading character, Mr. Augustin Daly is reported to be in negotia ton with the Arizona miners for a supply of “dia- Mads" for the entire season at the h Avenue. Ms, Macready, who comes to us with considers able inglish reputation, will make her début on the Amerean stage in the rdle of Shylock, in Shak- speares play. The ‘Red Pocketbook” will soon be withdrawn from th. boards of the Piymnne to make way for “Money.” There was none of that commodity in the “Pockebook.”” Carlotta jattl and Mile. Carefio will arrive by ee pic pavcaitien, and ae Cary any oe a cert season wi openes brilliant artist with unusual éclat. bd Niece Dion Boucicaut and his talented wife will make their appearate at Booth’s this season im “arrah Na Pogue Extensive arrangements are being made to prent the piece with unusual com- pleteness, “The Gamester” iynnounced for Monday at the Hower) with @ i ap man of the noble house of Howard in the title rde, Unless old proverbs have lost their force it will \ a treat, as le bon sang ne ment pas. Miss Keene has jus: imported for the amuse- ment ot the public the entertainment so popular nae ch drama bo, std costume recitals, It c edy, opera, ballad and pianoforte playing. pda Signor Mario has bee) the recipient of ovation® at several of the literary \nd artistic clus of the city. On Thursday wh he was serenaded and welcomed with a heartings that shows the peo- Ee admiration for th great singer has not en lessened by the yeas that have fown by since he visited us last. lis voice, too, is said to be in remarkably good con¢tion, No one would ie Ine east ae CAS YR Sy pig Pmt) by since he first appe stage, has Time dealt with him. DISTURBANCES IN ARKANSAS, Militia Sent to Pope Couny to Maintain the Peace. Lrrr.e Rock, Ark sept. 7, 1872. Governor Hadley has issued an order declaring that the enforcement of the civil @d criminal law is obstructed to such an extent in ‘ope county as to make it dangerous, if not imposible, for the Sheriff to enforce the laws. Major Geeral Upham, of the State militia, is directed to proeed to Pope county with such aid ashe may deem vecessary to enforce the laws. The expense of sutsisting the militia called out is to ve assessed county. Parties from that county boy Bed General Upham has about one hundred and fifty men under his control. Tht main body of :his force ‘was encamped last night six miles south oi Russell- ville, under command of Sheriff Dodson. All the BRR, are reported Pekan and Paynter, whe illed the County Clerk on Saturday, is in the hands of the civil authorities. FIRE IN GOLD STREET. At eleven o'clock last night fire was discoverea@ on the fourth floor of the five-storjbrick building (rear) 47 Gold street, occupied by ve Seal’ Press Manufacturing Company, causing \ damage of $6,000. The fifth floor, occupied by Mevel & Marsh, dealers in builders’ hardware, wa 4d; roof of the adjoining bniiding, . £0°%, took, fire from the roof, causi bap loss 500, ‘The building 88 Fulton street, ied on ine first floor by Norton & Co., gents’ . also took fire, causing @ loss to the abov firm 1,000, The buliding 86 Fulton street, ocqpied sun ‘D, Shom, manufacturer of verinin ‘eterm nator, also took fire, an stock was dai water about $1,200.’ mged by YACHTING NOTE, The yacht Restless, N.Y.Y.0., Mr. Hien, assed the HeRALD tele; ta yeatenag Rrernoon, bound for New Loadep. so