The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1872, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. and Speculation as to ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Oct. 21, 1872. -@ ts probable—noon—that an advance in the Fate of discount of the Bank of England will be made “QMITED STATES COMMERCIAL POLICY TOWARDS " CANADA, . The metropolitan press generally praises the *pfforts of the American Board of Trade to procure *Reoiprocity of trade with Canada, and are of the Opinion that the success of the Treaty of Washing- ‘Won has led to this action. A FREE PRESS IN FREE POSTAL CIRCULATION. ‘The government has restored the right of regis- “tration for transmission abroad through the mails + Mr. Bradiaugh’s journal. STEAMSHIP COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE. ‘The steamer Batavia, while en route from Black- ‘wall for the River Rhine, collided with an unknown ‘veasel, and was so seriously injured that she soon -@fter sunk. All on board were saved except two persons, who went down with the steamer. ALARMING ACCIDENT AND A DANGEROUS PANIC. ‘The gallery of acircus at SheMeld gave way to- Might while Milled with spectators and was pre- cipitated on the heads of tose below. It is “weported that seventy persons were injured by the ~ accident and during the panic which ensucd. Lonpon, Oct. 21, 1872, Mr. William M. Evarts, late Counsel of tue United ‘Btates before the Geneva Arbitration fribunal, and ‘Miss Neilson, the actress, satled from Liverpool for New York last Saturday on the steamship Java. FRANCE. Political Triumphs of the Radical Reformers at the Election Polls. ” TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Oct. 21, 1872, ‘The radical candidates have been elected to the Assembly in the Departments of Colvados and Indre-et-Loire. OOLONIAL BALLOT CONTESTS WITH UNIVERSAL TOL- BRATION ON THE FRONT BANNER, The election ballot returns from Algeria of the voting yesterday to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly are very incomplete. Those that have been received show that M. Cremieux is ahead of all the other candidates. SPAIN. Flight and Dispersion of the Insurgents After the Retreat from Ferrol. fi TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mavi, Oct. 20, 1872, ‘The insurgents who escaped from Ferrol fled in @lldirections. They were pursued by the troops and about five hundred were captured, without ‘the shedding of blood, as they offered no further Peslatance. The remainder have disappeared in the moun- tains, PORTUGAL. The United States Fleet at Sea from Lisbon— Farewell Compliment by the Mon- ‘ arch to the Flag. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lisson, Oct. 21, 1872, ‘The vessels of the United States fleet sailed from this port for Cadiz to-day, under command of Ad- miral A‘den. Their Majesties the King and Queen Maria Pia, of Portugal, visited the feet on Saturday and fuoched on board the flagship. On Sunday Admiral Alden and the captains of the squadgon dined at the palace and were most cordially entertained by the King and members of the royal family. THE WEATHER. —__-+___ War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—1 A. M. Synopsts jor the Past Twenty-four Hours. On the northwest and thence southward to Dli- mois, northerly to westerly winds and rising barom- eter, cooler but partly cloudy and clearing weather prevail, with cloudy weather in the Mississippi and the Onio Valleys. On the Gult and South Atian- tic coast, partly cloudy weather and northeasterly winds. On the Lower Lakes and over the Middle States and New England, southerly. winds and generally fair weather. Probabilities, In the Northwest, extending thence over the Upper Lakes and to the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, cooler and clearing weather, with oc- asional light rain and northerly to westerly winds; fn the Gulf States and South Atlantic, winds mortherly to easterly, with considerable cloudiness ‘and occasional light rain; on the Lower Lakes the ‘winds will continue southwesterly, with clearing ‘weather and rain, extending to Western Pennsyl- vania; in the Middle States and New England southwesterly winds, clearing aud warmer weather ‘will prevall, with occasional rain. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours 1n com- ay esa with the corresponding day of last year, as ica! ted by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Poar- macy, HERALD woe — 18 1871, 1872, 44 3:30 P. M. 6 68 43 «6P. 62 50 OP. M. 58 2 60 12P.M. 53. Average temperature yesterd: wae OOM Average temperature for corresponding date BASE BALL, ‘Zhe Atlantics Beat the Eckfords by a Score of 8 to 3—A First Class Game. The fourth game of the series between the At- ‘antics and Eckfords came off on the Union Grounds yesterday afternoon. The ground was in good con- dition, the attendance large and the play excellent. If these two clubs do not expect to finish the Scores on ice they will have to wake up and finish the five remaining games before the Winter sets in. ‘The yesterday was well played throughout, witn the exception ofa few excusable errors’ Ap: jgended will be found THE SOORB. fz RABT. 4 oid 4 000 1 100 1 000 9 000 1 go 9 1 -O1 2 [Lad 1 1100 15 333 ENINGS, 2d. 84, Mh, Sth. Gd. Th. BOR, Oth, og Te 2 8 8 ag 0.3 1 5, 0 0-3 RARNED RACH 1 2d, Sd. Mth, Sth, Gh. 7th. BiH, 9th. o 1 0 9 o O-1 20000 0 0-0 0 0 Ow Mills, of the Mutual Club. Game—1 hour and # minutes. About eight o'clock “Jast evening an employé of ‘the Erie Railway, named William Sheehan, at- tempted to jump off a train at the Grove street crossing, in Jersey City, when he fell under the cars and his head was crushed toa jelly, The body ‘was taken in charge by the keeper o1 the Morgue, Mr, Brady, who conveyed it to the house where the unfortunate man boarded, in Thirteenth street, between Grove and Honderson streets, The gounty vhvsician waa notided. SPANISH INDISCRETION. | WASHINGTON. The Arrest of Mr. Henderson, the Herald Correspondent. (From the Boston Post (democratic), Oct. 21.) Hardly has Dr. Houard returned to the United States with the scars of Spanish fetters upon his limbs when another American citizen takes his vacant place in a Cuban jail. The reported circum- stances in the case of Mr. A. Boyd Henderson mark this offence as even more flagrant than the for- mer. While, a8 prima fucte evidence, Dr. Houard's long residence and business connections in Cuba gave color to the claim that he was a subject of the King of Spain, there is nothing alleged concerning Mr. Henderson to justify his arrest by Spanish authority. The gentleman, so far from being a Spanish subject, has mever before set foot on the soil of Spain or its colonies, He is an American citizen, travelling in Cuba for his h and that of his wife, where, upon mounting only to a senseless suspicion, aving communicated with sympathizers with the Cuban insurrection, he has been arrested by the Spanish authorities and thrown into prison. ‘This is in brief the story that comes irom Cuba to illustrate still further the practical workings of the foreign s polloy of the Grant administration now on trial. Dr. Houard was released, not in justi the demands of a government eat that which committed the otfen¢§ Or his arrest, but 88 an act of royal clewericy on the part of Kin, Pa se & specie’ favor tossed with undisguise indifference t@ 4 nation whicn Spain considers her- gelfin io way bound to respect. And, as if to enforce the lesson, the same Power hastens to chain up another American citizen, with as little regard as before for the rights of the United States, he mapaterions influence in the State Depart- ment, which has made itself felt in all our relations with Spain under the Grant administration to the humiliation of the country, will doubtless be ex- erted to smooth over this outrage, as it has so thes others, with especial care for the feelings of the nish government. With the popular senti- ment strongly in favor of extending a moral sui port to the Cuban patriots, Mr. Fish has not only withheld every expression of sympathy from epape struggling for liberty, but has eeed in favor of on every pone tA hen the freedom, the property and even the lives of American citizens have been taken, the State Department has assumed the position of counsel for tne Spanish government, and has stoutly opposed all efforts to obtnin redress until, a8 in the case of Dr. Houard, an indignant public compelled tardy action. The natural result is seen in the contempt with which American authority is treated in Cuba, of which the imprisonment of Mr. Hender- son ts an illustration. Even with his abject subser- viency to Spain, in the matter of the Cuban insur- rection, Mr. Fish has not succeeded in avoiding en- tanglement. A war cloud is Eeshering: and a second Geneva Conference is talked of to estimate the amount of damages inflicted upon Spain by the government that has for years humbled itselr to do the behest of the Dons. Incompetence and pusil- pet have distinguished the whole course of this administration in its relations with Spain until we find no ek for American citizens ype Spanish soil, Where there is no respect for their govern- ment, Yet, with the memory of the pride and se- ously of citizenship under Marcy and the honorable position of the American flag under a democratic goverainens this administration has the effrontery 0 demand praise for its conduct of foreign aifairs, and to embody in its platform the declaration that the rights of Americans shail be maintained abroad, (From the hale mols (administration), ct. 21. Cuban affairs are again coming into prominence, and the recent unwarrantable and outrageous arrest of Mr. Henderson, an American citizen, at Havana, seems to draw public attention once more towards the terrible condition of affairs on the island. The American quotes a portion of an editorial article on the subject from the columns of the HERaLp, {From the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin (administra- tion), Oct. 21.) Another Dr. Houard case is threatened in Cuba, According to Havana correspondence one Boyd Henderson, of Pennsylvania, who arrived in that city with his wife on the 11th inst., has been ar- rested on some charge not made known at the date of the correspondence; but it ts said he has been under suspicion ever since he arrived, and has been seen in communication with suspected sympathizers with Cuban insurgents. Iv is turther reported that he is @ Cuban by birth. He claims to be a native of the United States, traveiling for his own and his wife’s health, (From the Phildelphia Press (administration), Oct. 21 Mr. Boyd Henderson, of Pennsylvania, during duty for the New YoRK HERALD in Cuba, was arrested in Havana on the night of the 15th on suspicion of being in league with the insurgents. He has been released, but the authorities refuse to tell what ground there was for his incarceration. (From the Boston Advertiser (administration), Oct. 21. An American newspaper correspondent has been arrested in Havana on suspicion of collusion with the insurgents, but was subsequently released, (From the Providence Journal (administration— telegraphic), Oct. 21.) A special from Havana says that Boyd Hender- son, of Pennsylvania, who came to Havana Octo- ber 11, acco ied by his wife, was arrested at that ag cause of the arrest is unknown; but it is said that he had been under suspicion ever since he arrived, and has been seen in com- Mmunication with suspected sympathizers with the Cuban insurgents. It is further reported that he ts aCuban by birth. He claims to be a native of the Hei States, travelling for his own and his wife’s SECOND DESPATCH. A. Boyd Henderson, the Hera.p's s-ecial corre- spondent, commissioned to visit Cuba for the pur- pose of collecting information regarding the state Of the insurrection in the island, and imprisoned by order of the Chief of Police on suspicion of being in league with the insurgents, was yesterday exam- ined by several officials, He was released to-day by order of the Captain General; but the authorities maintain a mysterious silence as to the cause of his temporary detention, aud refuse tosay what ground there was for his being suspected aad incarcerated. Henderson was aliowed to enter upon his tour through the isi NATIONAL INSURANCE CONVENTION. Adjourned Meeting of the Convention— Arrival of Delegates Yesterday—The Sessions to Be Held at the Hall of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters. The National Insurance Convention, composed of the executive oflicers of the various States who are charged by law with the superintendence of all insurance corporations doing business within their respective State limits, met at noon yesterday, pursuant to the adjournment a year ago. Of the thirty-seven States of the Union, thirty-two are already in official relations with this Convention, South Varolina having quite recently given notice that her Comptroil meral would take part in this present meetin; At the bour appointed there were present the following delegates :— Albert W. Paine, Insurance Commissioner Maine; Hon, Gustavus W. Smith, Insurance Com- missioner of Kentucky; Oliver Pillsbury, Insurance Commissioner of New Ha: ire, and William H. Finch, Examiner of Corporations, of North Carolina. Henry 8. Olcott, of New York, Secretary o1 the National Convention, being the oniy officer of that body present, called the meeting to order, after which he read a letter from the George W. Savage, President of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, extending the compliments of that to the National Convention, and offering it the use of Underwriters’ Hall during the session. Mr. Olcott then stated that he had advices irom a@ number of del tes who were on their way to the city, amo hem the new Insurance Com- missioner of California, Mr. Foard, who le{t San Francisco on the 11th inst. for New York via Baiti- more and Washington, and Mr, Khodes, Deputy In- surance Commissioner of Massachusetts. Mr. PILLSBURY, of New Hampshire, moved that, in view of the circumstances 01 the case, the meet- ing adjourn until eight o'clock that evening at the ‘St. Nicholas Hotel, which was carried. MORE ABOUT THAT PORTY-FOUR MILLIONS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 21, 1872, The Philadelphia Board of Trade passed tue fol- lowing resolution to-night :- suc! proposed in the deissue oF $44,000.00 of legal tenders and would Advocate every sultable means tor the resuinpuva of specie payments. INDIAN THIEVES, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 21, 1871. The latest advices (rom Idaho represent a gen- eral Indian outbreak as imminent. Recently large numbers of stock have been driven off and many | Tauchers shot at, PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF WESTERN NEW RocuESTER, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1872. The Synod of Western New York, which includes the western counties of the State, met in the Pres- bytertan church at Le Roy this evening. The open- ing sermon was delivered by the Rey. J. E. Nassau, D. D., of Warsaw, N.Y. A large number of dete- gates from the Presbyteries aud distinguished cier- gymen are present, Cuban Antipathies and Sympathies in Oficial Quarters. THE PRESIDENT’S POSITION. Preparing for the Next Con- gressional Session. Balm of Gilead to Ala- bama Claimants. ARS BLS UTAH’S INDIANS PEACEFUL. WasuInaron, Oct, 21, 1872, The President and the Houard Case— Cuban Affairs in Government Circles. On the 23d of last December the President re- ceived an appealing Ictter from Mrs. Dutton, the gister of Dry Houard, then imprisoned in Cuba, and Teferred it to Secretary Fish with the following au- tographic endorsement :— I hope the Spanish government will give Dr. louard his immediate please. The atrocities alrei inflicted upon American citizens have turned the whole country against Spanish rule in Cuba to such a degree that the people are scarcely longer capable of judging impartially in matters between Spanish and American citizens, Mr. Rob- erts must sec this himself and the danger to his government, unless more moderation ts shown. U. 8. GRANT. The President certainly intended Sefior Roberts, then Spanish Minister at Washington, should see this endorsement; but it was carefully kept from his view by the State Department, and through the personal entreaty of Mr. Fish, who made & hasty trip to the White House for the purpose. The President, ata later date, was turned from his purpose of publishing his opinion on Cuban mat- ters by sending the endorsement to Congress with the rest of the correspondence on the Houard case, called for by the resolution of the House, and was thus left in a false position before the country as to his attitude on the ques- tion then at issue with Spain. The gradual dis- closure of the bold personal stand taken by the President at a time when the official policy was most obsequious to Spain and dissatisfying to the ceuntry has induced some of the more sanguine partisans of Cuban independence to hope that the President might find occasion, in the continued inability of the Spanish govern- ment to crush the insurrection, for tuking in his forthcoming message more advanced ground he did a year ago in speaking to the American people with respect to the fruitless devastation going on in their immediate neighbor- hood, {t will be remembered that in his last an- Dual message the President said that the existence of a protracted struggle in such close proximity to our own territory without the prospect of an early termination was a matter of concern to our people, who desire to see every country in the enjoyment of peace and liberty, After assuring Congress that our naval commanders had been instructed to pro- tect American life and property and maintain the dignity ofour flag, he closed with the hope that pending questions with Spain might be adjusted in a spirit of peace and conciliation. It was freely remarked at the time that neither style nor sentiment was typical of the President, and when the substance of his endorse- ment of Mrs. Dutton’s letter, a month later, began to circulate among Cuban sym- pathizers in Congress, it was perceived with bitterness that the only line of policy consistent with the dignity of our government at the time had been sacrificed to the exigencies of the State De- partment. But though the President in treating of Cuba this time will say what he thinks in his own way, regardless of what Mr. Fish may have to urge in modification, there is no probability that the hopes of Cuban sympathizers and partisans will be real- ized. The feeling against Spain has unquestion- ably abated materially in government circles since the settlement of the Houard case and the recall of Valmaseda from Cuba, while the mismanage- ment of Cuban interests in this country, apart from the apparent sincerity of the existing Spanish government in its efforts and promises concerning reform, have largely alienated sympathy and inter- est from the insurrection. Getting Ready for the Short Session of Congress—The Appropriation Bills. General Garfield, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, has been making circuit of the de- partments to push forward the preparation of estl- mates for the next fiscal year. He expects to get advanced sheets of the estimate book by November 10, and bas issued a call for the committee to meet on that day, with the intention of naving the bills all ready to report at the beginning of the session- The session lasts only twelve weeks, of which halt must be given to appropriation bilis, The Committee of Elections, which is a privileged committee, wants a great deal of time, and there fre many bills made special orders for specified days. As all unfinished legislation dies on the 4th of March next persistent efforts will be made to put through the special interests which have made any progress at all. No dubious appropriations are to be re- ported by the committee, nor any corrupt or weak measures to be allowed to be put on as riders to general appropriation acts. Movements have already begun for ratsing salaries; but the com- mittee will insist that salaries shail be fixed by specific law and not increased piecemeal in appro- priation bills, The brevity of the session will pre” vent any change in tariff or internal tax legisia- tion, except some simplification and retrenchment in the mode of collecting internal taxes. Soothing Balsam for Impatient Alabama Claimants. It is ascertained from inquiries received here that some of the Alabama claimants are fearful of sharing the fate of the French Spoliation Claimants, whose claims against France were used many years ago by our government to balance accounts with the government of that country, and the claimants left from that time to the present without any com- pensation. The two cases are, however, so differ- ent that all such fears are groundless. The govern- ment here recognizes the fact that in the transac- tions attending the settlement of the Alabama claims the United States acted in a trust capacity, and are bound by fair construction of the Treaty of Washington to account to the claimants for the proceeds of the Geneva award. No doubt whatever is entertained at the State Department that Congress will promptly provide for the disbursement of the money to be paid by England, and, as already mentioned in these despatches, & commission to sit at Washington and adjust the claimson oral testimony, or upon deposi- tions taken under rules to be prescribed by the commission, will be established shortly after Con- gress shall meet. There is no disposition any- where, so far as leading men in Congress have been heard from, to delay or evade the payment of these claims, As the Secretary of State makes no general annuai report, the President will make the necessary recommendations in his Message. The $44,000,000 Legal Tender Reserve Not to Be Roeissued—The Financial Policy Not to Be Changed. It Is stated at the Treasury Department that the policy of Mr. Boutwell is not to issue one dollar of the $44,000,000 reserve, although it hasbeen decided that he has aright so to do it he chooses. Leading New York bankers have entered their protest against disturbing the financial situation. The delegations announced to visit Wasn- ington from the Western cities to urge a aigerent policy will be referred to Congress for re- et, It is understood that Mr. Boutwell had no knowledge whatever of the purpose of changing his financial policy for the month of October in sell- ing the $6,000,000 in gold and purchasing $5,000,000 in bonds @ few weeks ago, but tuat it was done by order of the President through Acting Secretary Richardson. This, it is now contended, saved the country froma Gnancial embatrassmeut, but Mr, Boutwell has wever criticised the act. The Utah Indians Not ou the War Path. ‘The report of the newly returned President and Gegretary of the Board of Indian Commisstoners, that the widely-publisued indian war in Utah is mainly if not purely visionary, confirms the information @iready in possession “f the military authorities, who had already fully investigated the subject. ‘The whole affair is attributed to intrigues of a sub- ordinate commander in Utah, whose political am- bitions connected with the erection of the Mormon Territory into a sovereign State of the Union would gain material advancement trom distribution of supply and transportation contracts with one hand, while the other was raised in assumed pro- tection of the people from suppositious savages. The Stumping Cabinet. Secretary Robeson left to-night for Now Jersey to devote the next two weeks to speech-making, Attorney General Williams also leit to-night for Richmond, and will proceed southward as far a8 Savannah, making speeches at different cities. An Investigation Into the Bristol Col- lision, The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has ordered Super- vising Inspector Low to direct the local Board of Inspectors at New London, Conn., to institute an investigation as to the conduct of the master and pilot in charge of the wheel of the steamer Bristol, of the Fail River line, at the time of the collision and sinking of that vessel on the 10th of August last. This investigation wilt be for the purpose of de- termining whether the hcenses of these officers shall be suspended or revoked. It has been neces- sarily postpoygd oy account of the investigations Of the Metis, Bienville and Dean Richmond, All tho «material facts in the case can, however, be obtained, and it is believed that the Board will be able to gain all evidence of importance bearing upon the con- duct of the licensed officers. The Discriminating French Dutics. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed that the circular recently prepared for the guidance of coliectors, imposing a discriminating duty on French bottoms in retaliation for the new French law imposing differential duties on foreign bottoms, shall be cancelled. The French Minister has repre- sented to the State Department that it was not the purpose of his government to so change the law that it should be construed as imposing ditferential or discriminating duties, The subject will at once be diplomatically considered and despatches ex- changed, If, however, in operation, the French en- actment is found to impose discriminating duties on American bottoms, the President will by procla- mation at once put French vessela entering American ports on the same footing. Lighthouse Keepers Dismissed. An order was issued to-day dismissing the light- house keeper and his two assistants at the High- land Light, Navesink, N. J. The Inspector and Engineer of that district are directed to select their sucessors from among those most competent in the district. Complaints have been made of the assistants neglecting their duty, and a few nights ago it is reported that the light was abandoned and would have gone out had not the neglect been accidentally discovered, There is also trouble among the employés at Fire Island Lighthouse, which is now being investigated, The Conscicnce Fund and Unclaimed Bond Interest. General Spinner is busy on his report. Among other good things it will contain is the following :— The conscience fund has been increased during the year in various sums aggregating $2,977 40, This fund has swelled to the sum of $129,124 77, These contributions have been made by persons who have not only acknowledged their indebted- ness, but have been willing to pay the government what they owed it. On the other hand, the Unitea States is indebted to individuals on various ac- counts, principally for unclaimed interest on bonds, The government should set an example of honesty to the people. The withholding of an honest in- debtedness is as dishonest and more mean than an absolute refusal to pay. it is, therefore, recom- mended that there shall be prepared and pub- lished after the close of every fiscal year a list of all unclaimed balances due from the government that have remained on the books ofthe departments for two years or more, said list to state names to whom moneys are due and the amount due to each individual. Treasury Balances. The following are the Treasury balances at the close of business to-day :— Currency. + $4,826,974 Coin... + 78,463,875 —Including $23,586,000 of coin certificates. Special deposit of legal tenders for redemption of certifl- cates of deposit, $22,570,000. The Deseret National Bank. The Acting Comptroller of the Currency to-day authorized the Deseret National Bank of Salt Lake City to commence business under the National Banking Act with a capital of $200,000. Brigham Young Is President of the institution. Postal Treaty with Switzerland. The President has authorized the Secretary of State to aMfx the seal of the United States to the postal treaty between this country and Switzerland. Court Martial Sentences. The Secretary of War has issued a general order that a sentence by court martial adjudging a dis- honorable discharge to take effect at such a period in a term of confinement as shall be designated by the reviewing oficer is contrary to law, as being a delegation of a portion of the judicial power to de- termine the measure of punishment. It is, there- fore, directed that hereafter no sentence in such a form shall be confirmed. Award of Contracts for Naval Supplies. The contracts for furnishing clothing, hats, groceries, paints, olls, glass, dry goods, slate, steel, pig iron, ship chandlery, belting, machinery, tools, stationery and various other supplies to the various navy yards during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, have been awarded by the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the Navy Department as follows :— Samuel Adams & Co., of Portsmouth, N. H.; Ezra Eames, of Rockport, Mass.; Trickey & ett, and Howe, Jr., of Boston, Mass.; D. Babcock & Co., Woodbury & Rice, Hyatt & Spencer, James Symington, George H. Creed and J. W. Duryee, of lew York; L. L. Rochemut, of Newi ington, N. H.; Hugh Kelley, John Turner, L. H. Fall and Mullett ‘4 Bradbury, of Charlestown, Maas.; R. J. Neeley and A. H, ‘Lina: , Of Portsmouth, Va.; A. McCullough — an Taylor, Martin & Co., of Norfolk, Va.; William 8B. Moore, Joseph L, Savage, ‘Witiam Balantyne, A. P, Brown, Theodore Mosher and George P. Goff, of Washington, D. C.; 8. C. Carll, E. K, Shipman and Watson & Pettinger, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Paul J. Field, J. W. Gaskill Sons, John Lowney, Jacob Reed, J. Cotter & Sons, G. and A, Scheidt, Ander- son & Dunlap, Crippen & Maddock, Thomas McCon- nell, Plaiste icCollin, of Philadelphia; a. B. Roberts and George Pfeitfer, of Pensacola, ¥' la. ; C. McK. Oerling and J. O'Neal, of W: gton, A. Powell, of Vallejo, Cal,; J. E. Delamontan; ., Whittier, Fuller & C i «& we Hodge & Ob, of San Francisco, Cal. OUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS, Important Decision by the Secretary of the Treasury—The Duty on Jute Re- jections Settled at Last. In the beginning of August the HeRap published @ decree signed by Secretary Boutwell, in answer toaletter addressed to the department concerns ing the duty on “jute rejections,” a vegetable article entering largely into the manufacture of paper stock. The rate was then fixed at $6 per ton, special duty. A few days subsequent another decision on this subject appears to have been given, which appeared in the New York press under Washington news, rating jute rejections at $16 per ton duty, In September Acting Secretary William A Hlckardson transmitted an oificial letter to Collector Arthur, in which the duty on this article was placed at $15 per and thus it remained un- til yesterday, when ti lector received the an- nexed official document, which is in response to an appeal of a Boston firm. In this letter the rate of duty 1s entirely changed, as will be seen by readi the lollowing letter from Secretary Boutwell:— Tarasuny DerartMent, } Wasninaton, 872, Str—T am in receipt of re letter of orting further in regar bY hitney oe Roa lon, assessing duty al ral ‘pel Jute jons imported byt em Into that p Upon a re-examination of the matter the department concurs in the opinion expressed by you, that jute re- jections not being similar in quality or the use te whic! itis applied to unmanufactured ders should be classified at a duty of ten per centuin ad valorem, as a non-enume- rated unmanufactured article, and $5 per ton additional, by virtue of the eleventh seetion of the act of July 14, i 3 @ vegetable substance not enumerated. will rofore tice to conform hereto and adjust unliquidated cutrige at that Fate. ain very respectfully, GEORGE 8, BOUTWELL, Secretary, Coutxctor oF Cuntoms, New York. It is hoped that this ast decision of the Secretary will remain final, thasmuch as the importers of jute rejections have had no little trouble in making out their entries, consequent upon the conilicting de- cisions rendered by the devartmenty rat Bos- THE HORSE DISEASE. The Canadian Epidemic Spreading at an Alarming Rate, WESTERN REW YORK AFFECTED. Three Hundred Fatal Cases in Roches- ter and Vicinity Yesterday. Livery Business Suspended and Street Cars Stopped. Rocuester, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1972, The Canadian horse epidemic, a new disease in this country among horses, is now raging with great fervor among all the stables in Western New York. It is a form of influenza and ts classed by veterinary authorities under three heads—viz., the Catarrhal, rheumatic and the gastro-erysipelatous forms, The disease, which has made such havoc in the stables of Buftalo, Niagara and this city, is ofa catarrhal character, its first noticeable symptoms being a flow of tears from the eyes, a watery dis- charge from the nose, general languor, followed by @ cough, L a IN THE BARLY STAGES Of the disease the membranes of the nose are palé, of a leaden color, while the oyes present a reddish appearance. The veterinaries also report some cases which, wherever they appear, prove fatal, as commencing with achill succeeded by a general feverish condition, manifested by heat of the mouth, membranes of the eyes and nose reddened, pulse frequent, though soft and easily compressed, respiration quickened and sometimes laborious. At this stage the bowels may be sluggish, urinary organs inactive and the discharge from the nose often assuming a yellowish or greenish appearance. ‘The disease, which has trequently appeared among horses in Europe, usually runs its course within ten days. There has been GREAT DEVASTATION AMONG THE HORSES here andin Buffalo. Owing to improper treatment and an imperfect knowledge of the disease, over three hundred cases have proved fatal in the past twenty-four hours in this city and vicinity. All the horses owned by the street railway com- panies are afilicted. O'Brien's Circus Company have 200 horses under treatment. It is safe to estimate that over three-fourths of the horses in this city are affected with it, both in the public and private stables. To-day it was impossible to hire a horse of any kind, and the prospect for the morrow does not seem to brighten. The Epizootic and How to Treat It. (From the Rochester Democrat, Oct. ta The Canadian horse disease first showed itself here to any extent on Friday last. It soon at- tacked nearly every animal in the livery and borse car stables, and yesterday we were assured that over five hundred animals were suffering from it. One veterinary surgeon alone is treating seventy cases, The disease has prevailed in the Dominion for some time past. According to the Buffalo papers it was brought across the Niagara River by the horses of a gentieman who drove over to Queenstown to attend a reception given by the Governor General. Soon after his return one of his horses was attacked by the epidemic, which In a day or two affected his whole stud, The disease has spread 80 generally since, that from one-third to one-half of all the horses in Buffalo have suffered from it. We see from the Lockport Journal! that the disease has within a day or two become prevalent there. We add & communication from a well known and successful veterinary surgeon of this city, upon the nature and symptoms of the disease, together with recommendations in regard to its treatment: In accordance with a request I give you some of the symptoms which characterize the epizootic that has just made its appearance and is vi; uusly at work viciim- izing the horses of this city, wit ome suggestions in re- ‘ard to the proper care and treatment of the disease uring its course. T think it not be properly regarded asa now disease. It is clearly a form of influenza that has occurred tre- quently in the United State Portions of Europe. Three forms of influenza ure spoken of by veterinary authors ; The catarrhal, rheumatic and the gastro-orysipelatous forin, ‘TREATMENT. The patient should bo excused from all labor and al- lowed complete rest. The stables should be cleanly and well ventilated. Disinfectants may be useful, and in somo stables necessary, Any of the fol lowing will answer :— Carbolic acid, sulphate of iron or bromo-chloralum. The pa- tient should be properly groomed, and the nove and eyes frequently spongea with water, and the limbs, if cold, bandaged. the drink should have, the chill. slightly moved, but not enough to make it warm and unpal able. The diet should be light and of a laxative nature; say spout feed or bran, wetted or scalded, with a little salt added, Hay in limited, quantities may, be allowed. In regard to romedies I wish to say that heroic treat- ment should not be tolerated. Blood-letting, cathartic nauscants and arterial sedatives are all of thom either injurious or uncalled for. Next, whatever medicine: ministered should not be given in the form of draug ‘or drenches, as the animal Is sure to be thrown into paroxysm of coughing the momenta drench Is attempted, and some of the medicine will, in such event, be almost sure to find its way into thé windplpe and bronchial tubes, thus inducing fatal bronchitis or pneumonia, Balls should not be given, ey will be coughed back or o and the irrital attempting to pass them over Powders are well nigh useless, food the patient will usually n ders. Electuarics, slrups oF pastes arc the only, forms tn which medicines may be safely and successfully admin- istered in cases where the throat is tender and ‘irritable and coughing easily induced. Saline medicines I regard as the most useful in ti disease, Any of the following will F Chlorate of potash, muriate of ammonia — or hyyosulphate of soda. an anodyne to relieve the cough, fluid extract of belladonna may be added. The proper dose of elther of these medicines may be rubbed up with two or three ounces of honey or mo- lasses, and these poured in the mouth from a smalt hottie'or placed on the tongue with spoon. | Given in this way the medicines will be readily lapped up and easily swallowed. But little trouble is required to give i ‘and no danger of gettin modicine in the trachea wil be incurred by this method. About. the throat and over the windpipe a sharp, stimulating liniment should be well rubbed in. In cases that prove severe or are com- plicated with other and more serious diseases a competent veterinarian should be employed. Rocuxstxr, Oct 19, ‘The prevalence of the epidemic here will be seen from the following list of horses affected by it in the principal stables, public and private :— as it often has in different , ag they . Mlity of the throat will be increased in ith the hand or fingers. 4) when mixed with the ‘2. 130 87 23 a 13 Austin’s. B Merchants’ Union Bxpress Company’ rT) Dewitt’s Asteam bath has been put in operation, and it is claimed with good effect. Curiously enough, canal horses are not suffering, at least there are no cases in the barns in this city. A number of the horses of the fire department are suffering from the epidemic. The three at steamer No. 1’s house have severe atiacks. The horses belonging to come No. 3 have also been sick, but are how im- roving. * rion Wright's trotting horse Planter is very Martin Burns’ trotter Chet Kell is also affected, but the disease is Le a itsm odified form. It struck Rochester about the first of last week, and it has spread with astonishing rapidity. It is supposed that seven-tenths of the horses in the city are more or less affected by this epidemic, The source of the disease, as we have before stated, was in Can where it has raged with peculiar virulence and its ravages have by no means abated. In Toronto, while the epidemic was at its height, it was almost impossible to secure a horse for any purpose; the street railroads were obliged to suspend operations; carriages, both pub- lic and private, cabs, trucks, and, in fact, all vehi- cles moved by horse power, Were in the same pre- dicament. disease first made its appearance on this side of the river on Friday, October 11, at Magara Fails. FIFTY HORSES BURNED TO DEATH, CHIcago, Oct. 21, 1872. A fire broke out at half-past seven this evening in a large barn belonging to tne West Side Omnibus Company on West Madison street, and, spreading with incredible rapidity, soon destroyed the entire structure and contents,” Fifty horses were burned to death. ‘The fire extended to an adjoining building, three sto pied by market and stores and the upper floor as Tealdences, which was entirely destroyed, the occupants saving a portion of the furniture. The entire loss is estimated at $50,000; insurance, $5,000 in the Home of New York, $2,000 sinaton,ocumluant.” Bight ied bara Amazon of Cincinna' Stables in the rear were also burned. Loss small, THE HARLEM COURT HOUSE. The Commission appointed by the Senate to in- vestigate the alleged frauds connected with the truction of the Ninth District Court House will Sontinue ite easton in the Lib room (No, 12) City Hall, this morning, at ten a OBITUARY. Fe SE ae Hei Merle D’Aubigne. Rev. Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné, the well-know@ Swiss theologian and historian of the Protestan( Church Reformation from Rome, died in the city of Geneva yesterday. He was taken from tife gud, dently in the seventy-eighth year of his age. ; Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné was born tn Geneva on the 16th of August, in the year 17%, He w the third son of Louls Merle, a merchant that city, He was nobiy descended on the side of his father, whose father married the daughter of @ distinguished French nobleman named d’Aubigné.. From this paternal grandmother Professor Merle derived his surname, a’Aubigné, in accotdance with an ancient Swiss custom which has assume@ the authority of law under traditional recog- nition. He was educated in Geneva. Hav~ ing completed his collegiate course in hia mative town he journcyed to Berlin, where he attended the lectures of Neander. He subse-, quently entered the theological class, received or” dination, and was, during several succeeding years, of a French church at Hamburg; and again, r, the favorite court preacher of a late King Holland in Brussels. He returned to Geneva in the year 1830. Here he was appointed to the chair of ecclesiastical history in the theological schoot which was founded by the Evangelical Society im the Swiss capital. He applied himself aa a writer on theology and church history with great force and success, and soon became widely known iu Europe and America as a prominent authority both departments of titerature, but particularly in the latter. He identified himself, by sympathy aa it appeared, more intimately with the Protestant Church in Great Britain—especially in Seotland— and the United States than with that of his brethren at home in Geneva, His published works breathe spirit of earnest devotion to the Aa a ee ae mag 4 of eee ‘0 the Pro fal ula “Histor; he, Reformation of the 5! haath Pas tear and the pub- 2ebod WAEE has ‘had, consequentiy’& ‘most xteu- uent sive circulation, followed by the exercise of a very decided influence on the Christian mind in Europe and America. His other works develop the same general thought, though, perhaps, in a less degree than the book just named. d’Aubigné visited Scotland in the year 185d. He was presented with the treedom of the city of Edinburgh. He was a toilsome worker, and never, it be sald, idle. His health commenced to fail slightly in the year 1858, and his physical condition disqualified him for constant pulpit service soon afterwards, He labored on his great work, ‘History of tha Reformation,” twenty-five years, according to his own declaration, previous to the completion of the sixth volume, and then looked torward to the time when he would finish a seventh and perhaps aa eighth, D’Aubigné accumulated an ample fortune, and lived, in good and hospitable style, in an ele- gant villa situated on the outskirts of Geneva and commanding a tine view of the historic Lake. Forty years since and d'Aubigné established ia Geneva a religious system of Swiss Methodism. To-day the new Church has congregational connec- tions in France, Ltuly, England, Ireland, Scotland and America, The historian, its head, taught ite doctrines in Geneva. When he was unable to go out of doors the students came tohim. The ap- pearance of his face resembled in some degree tiat of the late Daniel Webster. His eyes looked forte brightly trom under heavy, overarching eye- brows. He spoke English fuentiy and correcuy, aud his book entitied “Germany, England aud Scotland; or, Recoliections 0: & Swiss Minisier,’* was printed in that language in London in 1848, d@’Aubigné was twice married, His second wile, the mother of his young family, is an Irish lady, Thomas J. Cochrane, R. N. G. C. B. Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Baronct, Admiral of the Fleet of the British Navy, died in England om Sunday night, the 20th inst,, ata late hour, near midnight, Admiral Sir Thomas J, Cochrane, G. 0. B., waa born in the year 1789, and was consequently in the eighty-third year of mis age when he expired. He was the eldest son of the late Sir Alexander For- rester Inglis Cochrane by his wife, Maria Shaw,’ daughter of David Shaw, Esq., and grandson of. Thomas, eighth Karl of Dundonald. Sir Thomas entered the Royal Navy at an early age, and saw considerable service while engaged in the discharge of the duties of important commissions under the Crown. He served as Commander-in-Chiet of the Royal Squadron in the East indian station; was Governor of the colony of Newfoundland, and, subsequently, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouta, England. He was returned to the Imperial Parlia- ment as Member for Ipswich, and represented the constituency of that place in the House of Com- mons from the year 1839 to 1841. Sir Thomas waa commissioned Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty in the year 1863, and promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Flee! in the year 1865. 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