The New York Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1872, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York Hera. Volume XXXVIL.. AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON ANB EVENING, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st, and Righth ay.—Kor Canorre. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Broadway, between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth streets. —AGyes. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Orena Bourrs—La Granor Ducuesse. WOOD'S MUSEU TaaKe Mus-KE-TEERS, rner Thirtieth st.— |, Broadway Alternoon THEATRE COMIQUE, 614 Br Powerex or Music. Matinee at FIFTH AVENUE THEATER Diawonna. WALLACK’S THEATI: street.—P'vemarion axp G roadway and Thirteenth KA. 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To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE SAN JUAN BOUNDARY AQBITRATION! A NEW TROUBLE U "R THE WASHING- LOCATING THE LINE! THE SAN JUAN BOUN- DARY REPORT ONLY AWAITS THE GER- MAN KAISER’S SIGNATURE! SUCCESS OF {| THE UNITED STAT ENGLAND IN- TRIGUING! THE WASHINGTON TREATY IMPERILLED! A FULL HISTORY OF THE DISPUTE—Tairp Pace. THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY! A MAP SHOW- ING THE LOCATION AND THE TERRITORY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE—Tuirp | Island, as claimed by our government. OCTOBER 23, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, The Sam Juee Soundary Arbitration— A New Trouble Under the Washington Treaty. The Hexauo special cable despatch from Berlin, by way of London, published to- day, brings the intelligence that the San Juan boundary dispute, which, under article thirty-four of the Treaty of Washington, was submitted to the arbitration and award of the Emperor William of Germany, has been de- cided in favor of the United States ; that the written judgment has been prepared and awaits only the signature of the royal arbi- trator to render it complete and final; but that delay has arisen through the efforts of the British Ambassador at the Court of Berlin, Mr. Odo Russell, who, aware of the nature of the decision, endeavors in the interests of his government to prevent its consummation, and either to modify the judgment or to defeat a settlement. These efforts of the Minister, we are told, are seconded by the influence of the Crown Princess of Prussia, the eldest daugh- ter of Queen Victoria, and a lady of superior ability, as well as by the assistance of a wealthy banker, an ‘intimate associate of Prince Bismarck” —a fact which we presume we are to interpret into a hint that the Ger- man Premier himself is in sympathy with England in this matter. The situation at Borlin can be readily under- stood. The San Juan controversy having been referred to the Emperor William for a decision between the claims of the contending parties as to tho proper boundary between the territory of Great Britain and the United States, the Emperor referred the subject to the most eminent jurists he could select in Germany for their examination and opinion. While he is himself the sole arbitrator and is under no compulsion to accept the conclusions of his chosen counsel or advisers as his judg- ment, it is not within the bounds of probability that he would act contrary to their decision. The duty was assigned to them in consequence of their éspecial qualifications to discharge it ably and impartially, and in confiding it to their hands the Emperor at once yielded his judgment to theirs and gave proof of his desire to render a just and impartial verdict on the merits. These jurists have agreed that the Canal de Haro is the proper boundary between the Continent and Vancouver's They have written a judgment in accordance with this opinion, no doubt setting forth the fact that under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington the Emperor is called. upon to decide between two boundary lines ; the one, the Canal de Haro, the channel nearest to Vancouver's Island, thus leaving San Juan and the less important islands of the group channel was alluded to, and if that is the Canal de Haro to-day it was the Canal de Haro on the day the Ashburton Treaty was signed. We claim that between these two lines alone, the Canal de Haro and-the Rosario Straits, the Emperor William must decide under the terms of the Treaty of Washington. As ho has vir- tually rendered his decision in favor of the former, the English government, through Mr. Odo Russell and the London Times, seems to have raised the quibble that the Emperor was not confined to these lines, but could have chosen some middle or compromise channel. A glance at our map will iliustrate the disin- terestedness and magnanimity of Engiand by showing that no middle line could be drawn that would not leave San Juan Island, the only valuable one of the group, to Great Britain. But let us dispose at once of this new English special plea. The words of the article of the Treaty of Washington submitting the boun- dary dispute to the German Emperor, after re- citing the facta in the case, are as follows :— And whereas the government of Her Britannic Majesty claims that such boundary line should, under the terms of the treaty above recited, be rum through the Rosario Straits, and the ernment of the United States claims that it should be run through the Canal de Haro, it respective claims of the Britannic Majesty and of the th United States shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of His sty the Emperor of Ger- many, who, having regard to the above-mentioned article of the treaty, shall decide thereon, finally and withont appeal, which of those claims is most in accordance with the true tuterpretation of the treaty of June 15, 1846. It surely needs no argument to prove that the judgment of the arbitrator must be ren- dered distinctly upon the two specified lines ; must decide which of those two claims—that made by England or that made by the United States—as distinctly set forth in the text of the above article, is most im accordance with the true interpretation of the treaty of 1846. Any decision that might be rendered contrary to this interpretation would be null and void ; any suggestion of a compromise would be instantly rejected by the United States, for, as our map shows, no middle course could be adopted that would not give England all at which she grasps, and deprive the United States of all of any value that our government claims—the coveted Island of San Juan. The American people will now understand better than ever the worthless character of the Washington Treaty with a government so exacting as that of Great Britain. In the Geneva arbitration we were out-manceuvred and disgraced, sacrificing our manhood and our reputation, and sneaking off, like a baffled impostor, with about as much money in our pockets as would suffice to build another New York Court Houw. Now, in another phase of our profound di- plomacy, we see ourselves threatened between the Gulf of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca in possession of the United States; the other, the Rosario Strait, the channel nearest to the main land, which would transfer those islands to British jurisdiction. The efforts of Mr. Odo Russell are directed towards preventing the acceptance of this decision by the Emperor William as his own. To thisend he urges that the arbitrator has the power to decide upon a third or compro- mise line and that hence the basis upon which the German jurists have acted is an erroneous one. The London Fimes, on official inspira- tion, advances the same argument. No doubt with the overthrow of a just and tighteous verdict, because it promises to be cast in our favor. We tell President Grant and his adminstration that this trifling with the national honor and the people's patience must cease ; that we must have an immediate and thorough change in our foreign policy ; that England and Spain and Mexico must be taught that, while we ask nothing that is un- just of other nations, we will suffer nothing that is unjust from other nations. So far as Englandis concerned we believe her policy to be unwise and dangerous. The constant carp- ing and snarling of a neighbor who holds under a doubtful tenure is not likely to be al- Mr. Russell presses his point with a vigor and PAGE. LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER TO HIS DAUGHTER AGNES! HIS “TWO LETTERS" TO THE HERALD EDITOR AND ENCOMIUM OF AMERICANS—SeEvenNTi# PagE. SEVEN THOUSAND HORSES STRICKEN WITH CATARRHAL FEVER IN THIS CITY WITHIN THE PAST T' 'TY-FOUR HOURS! NO FATAL CASES Y THE TREATMENT AND SPREAD OF THE DISEASE—SevEntu | PAGE. AN EASTERN RAILROAD “SMASHUP!” TWO TRAINS COMPLETELY WRECKED! TWO KILLED, TWENTY INJURED! LIST OF THE VICTIMS—SixTH PAGE. INTERESTING CABLE TELEGRAMS FROM ENG- LAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, DENMARK AND SPAIN—TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICA- TION ESTABLISHED BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA—SEVENTH Pace. INDIANS “TALKING” WITH OFFICERS OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT! SENSIBLE BRAVES! THE NEW INDIAN POLICY BOLDLY ANNOU D—SIXTH PaGE. PIMLICO RACES! EXCELLENT TIME: DETAILS OF THE RUNNING—SEVENTH PaGE. TERMINATION OF THE PROSPECT PARK TROT- TING MEETING : GAZELLE THE WINNER IN THE GRAND EVENT—TROTTING AT HALL'S PARK—FovurtH PaGe. THE “BATTLE ROW” MURDER! ROGERS, THE MURDERER OF POLILEMAN DONAHUE, TO BE HANGED! HIS CONFESSION— Fourta PAGE. THE MAYORALTY: MR. HAVEMEYER ACCEPTS THE REFORM NOMINATION—SEVENTH Pace. ON 'CHANGE! STOCKS DECLINE: CASH GOLD SQUEEZED: A SPASM IN MONEY—ART AND ARTISTS—ARRESTS BY DETECTIVES— FirTH Pace. THE WORK OF THE NEW YORK AND BROOK- LYN LEGAL TRIBUNALS—THE CIVIL SUITS AGAINST TAMMANY RING—SUIT ON A STOLEN CHECK. MR. FROUDE AND MISS FAITHFULL VISIT THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS—AUTHORS AND NEW BOOKS- Fourru Page. SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO THE NEW SWEDISH KING—E1guTi Pace. Paooress or Cuntsttanrry m Asta.—From India, under date of Calcutta, September 10, we are informed that Mirza Sulaiman, a grand- son of the ex-King of Delhi, has been con- verted to Christianity and baptized at Bom- bay. He is a young, poor, and, in a worldly point of view, hapless scion of the once famous imperial house of Tamerlane and Akbar. He was despoiled of his earthly pos- sessions after the great Indian mutiny, but may eventually come to shine as a grand Christian light in the East. Mock Census Takers.—Persons are apply- ing at various private houses in the city, demanding the names, ages and occupations. of male inmates. On being asked their reason they reply that they have the commission of the United States, and are “taking a census,"’ This is not trae, as no census is authorized. | persistency calculated, as he hopes, to induce the Emperor to refrain from rendering a final judgment. From the experience of the past we may even conclude that he resorts to the Geneva tactics and threatens on quibbles and technicalities to refuse to abide by the verdict after going into Court. Whether the rumor of the direct interference of the Crown Princess and the indirect intermeddling of Prince Bismarck should be true or false, we have no idea that the efforts of the British Ambassador will succeed. The Emperor William is not likely to be diverted either by threats or entreaties from meeting a responsi- bility he has accepted. Ho will pronounce his decision, doubtless in accordance with the opinion of the able and impartial jurists to whom he has referred the case, and England will be compelled to accept and respect the judgment, however unpalatable it may be. In order that this important subject may be fully understocd by our readers we present in the Heratp to-day a carefully prepared, con- cise history of the boundary dispute, and a valuable map showing the lines claimed by the ways patiently endured. The American people have no passion for conquest or annexation. Our territory is large enough for the present, and we are willing to abide the time when our neighbors of other nationalities will come to us of their own volition. We are in no hurry to grasp the American possessions of Great Britain. The hour will surely come when, in the decay of the parent tree, the limbs will drop off without violence, and then wecan gather them and protect them at our will. We are anxious to live in peace and good fellowship with all men, for in peace is our strength and the certain fulfilment of our manifest destiny. But when we find a nation whose presence on our soil is an offence to republicanism seeking every occasion to embroil'us in controversies and to encroach on our rights, the question forces itself upon us whether the irrepressible con- flict had not better be settled at once, even at the risk of war, than left as a legacy of danger to our children. We trust to see from this time forth such a firm tone in the foreign policy of our administration as will prove to England and the rest of the world that this is two nations and the compromise line at one time proposed by the British. The argument in favor of the Canal de Haro boundary is, from our point of view, unanswerable. By the Ashburton Treaty of 1846 the forty-ninth parallel was agreed upon as the line of division between the two countries; but it was found that if carried out to the Pacific Ocean this line would cut off from England an important portion of Vancouver's Island. By a conces- sion on our part it was deflected, after strik- ing the Gulf of Georgia, sufficiently to leave the whole of Vancouver's Island within British jurisdiction. Hence we claim that the attempt of England to deflect the line still more, until it draws into her net all the islands lying between Vancouver's and our main land, is as ungracious as it is absurd. Bat, apart from this, the words of the Treaty of 1846 and the geographical po- sition are conclusively in our favor. In the article bearing upon the matter the boun- dary line is made to continue westward along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude “to the middle of the channel which separates the Continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of said channel and of Fuca Straits to the Pacific Ocean."’ The Canal de Haro is admittedly, as our historical account shows, the main channel between tho Gulf of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. But the British claim that in 1846, when the treaty was made, the vessels of the Hudson Bay Company were accustomed to pass through Rosario Strait, and not through the Canal de Haro; hence they insist that Rosario Strait was alluded to as the “‘channel.”” Apart from the fact that this claim is disputed, the British not mere bluster, but the earnest determina- tion of a strong and resolute people. The Latest Railroad Disaster. The season for railroad ‘‘accidents’’ seems now to be fully inaugurated. Yesterday morn- ing one of those periodical blunders of a switchtender resulted in a collision, the wrecking of an express train and loss of life. A freight train was ata depot on the Eastern Railroad waiting for a passenger train to pass by. It was the old story of neglect on the part of some official, and the trains came in collision, some of the passenger cars being telescoped into each other. By some interven- tion hardly short of a miracle the greater num- ber of those in the telescoped cars escaped what would seem inevitable death; but the disaster resulted in the loss of two lives and the maim- ing of about fifteen persons, many of whom will probably die. As usual, the cause of the “accident” is shrouded in mystery, and there is little hope of any change from the old white- washing verdict, ‘‘Nobody to blame."’ It is to be feared that these dire calamities haye now only commenced, to excite at the time of their occurrence a brief outburst of indignation, without any proper measures being taken for the punishment of railroad officials, to whose carelessness or indifference they are due. There isa deal of cant about a rigid investi- gation and a severe example after one of these railroad “accidents,” but it ends there. Until the strong arm of the law is brought to bear on the directors as well as the employés of a railroad the lives of the travelling community are at the mercy of an ignorant switchtender, an incompetent engineer, a careless conductor They are not employed by the general govern- ment or anybody else for any such purpose. Why, then, shonld they prevaricate and act in such suspicious manner as to justly lead to the belief thot they are simply burglars recon- noitring for robbery? Possibly they may be deputy assistant marshals verifying the election registration. If so their conduct disgraces their position. Householders upon whom they may obtrude demand proof of their authority, Ma if*H BF HOt promptly shown should call in the police at once plea will not stand the test of argument. The words of a treaty are not carelessly chosen. The main channel between the Continent and Vancouver's Island in 1872 must have been the main channel in 1846. If any other than the main channel, although one in general use, had been contemplated by the treaty of 1846 it would have been designated by the name it bore or specifically described. The text of the treaty, ‘the channel which separates the Continent from Vancouver's Island.” is conclusive proof that the mein, or & parsimonious corporation. Here is a good opportunity to make an example. Tae Prussian Treasury Bupert, which was submitted to the members of the legislative Diet—not the North German Parliament—in Berlin yesterday, estimates an exact equaliza- tion of the government income and expendi- ture forthe year 1873—-an extraordinary inci- dentin the history of Cabinet finance. The totals aro heavy enough to satisfy all loyal subjects of the Crown of Germany, notwith- standing; and there remains to them the consolation that the revenue income of 1873 will exceed that of the current financial year by several millions of dollars. ‘The Horse Disease in New York—Five Thousand Sick Animals. It is a startling announcement which will reach the readers of the Hzxaxp this morning that, at the lowest computation, there are five thousand horses in this city afflicted with a disease which, from its alarmingly sudden appearance and no less alarming spread, threatens to leave New York for some days without the means of equine travel. It seems to be an affection which veterinary surgeons denominate catarrhal fever, and com- mences with a cough. In a period of about thirty-six hours a running from the eyes and nose is developed and the horse be weak. If relief is not soon afforded he Wi succumb. This epihippic, for it seems so to have attacked horses only, is traced in its origin to Canada. Accounts now reaching us from points of connection between that country and New York tell of its gradual approach, It was reported from Boston, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse before reaching here; but whether it has been spread by actual con- tagion or is due to some: atmospheric cause travelling this way is not yet quite clear. In another column will be found the result of an inspection of the large rail- road stables, with notes on the treatment adopted. We also publish the opinion of a learned veterinary surgeon, which will help those owning horses in guarding against the malady, or treating it when it makes its appear- ance. There are some fourteen thousand car and stage horses in New York, and with the terrible result before us of two days of the dis- ease, it is not at all out of the reach of proba- bility that before a week there may be few lines in the city able to run their cars. The injury this would cause to business at this time of the Fall would not be very light. ea Arrival of the President’s Daughter from Europe Yesterday—How the President Hed Two Trips Down the Bay and Only One Disappointment. President Grant, accompanied by General Porter, General Arthur, Mr. Childs, of Philadelphia; ex- Collector Tom Murphy and several other gentle, men, went down the Bay yesterday in a revenue cutter to meet Miss Nellie Grant and Secretary Borie, who were passengers by the Scotia, The wiseacres of the Custom House, who affect to know all about THE INCOMINGS AND OUTGOINGS of the harbor, had the night previous informed General Grant that the steamer would be in the lower bay by ten o'clock in the morning. Prepa_ rations were made accordingly by the President and his party; but, fortunately, some common sense somebody, who took upon himself the right to bring order out of chaos, suggested to the Presi- dent that it would be far better not to start for the lower bay until a despatch should be received announcing the Scotia’s arrival off Sandy: Hook. The suggestion was adopted, and the Presi- dent waited patiently until half-past twelve o'clock, but no despatch came; so he finaljy made up his mind to start, come what would. This once set- tled, the entire party were soon on board the rev- enue cutter Catalpa, and in less than two hours afterwards she was laying off Sandy Hook: The President remained in the “cabin” (?) of the cu@ter during the trip, and only came out on deck after the Hook had been reached. The captain brought his glasses to bear upon the ocean that stretched out to the east—to the very horizon—but THE SCOTIA was nowhere to be seen. Once, indeed, a steamer hove up in the distance and everybody rushed to the bow of the boat, under the impression that the long-looked-for vessel was at last in sight; but the craft turned out to be a coaster from Savannah. It ‘was now five o'clock, and the keen breeze that swept over the waters made the deck a by no means comfortable place tor a | sherebea Party, so all hands turned inside, the President ‘occasionally venturing out to take a look through the glass to see if the Scotia was yet to be seen. Another hour passed, and still another, and then came the darkness of the night; and, reluctantly, the President gave his consent to head the cutter for the city. “I teli you what it is,” said one of the sailors to one of his fel- lows, as the bow of the boat swung round and she began to steam toward UPPER QUARANTINE”? “I tell you what ’tis, a President can’t have things his own way always. Ef he could, that Scotia been 'long here five hours “ee We is all human, even if we 1s President.” e trip up the Bay was barren of inciaent, and a little after eight o'clock the Battery was reached, and the President cA into the carriage that was awaiting im, and was driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He had _ hai reached is room, however, before a despatch was placed in his hands announcing the arrival of the tia at Sandy Hook. Without delaying one instant, even to take supper, he at once called General Porter and once more the “party” that had started down in the morning were whizzing down Broadway in their carriages. As luck would have it the Catalpa was still at the Battery with steam up and inafew minutes the President and his friends were on board and scudding down the Bay, juarantine was reached about quarter-past nine o’clock, and after the Scotia had discharged her mails the cutter was run alongside. The welcome accorded to Miss Grant and the Borie party was a very cordial one. Nellie looked AS BRIGHT AS A SUNBEAM after her sojourn in Europe. By permission of the quarantine authorities the Scotia came up the Bay, with the Catalpaacting as tender. The Cunarder dropped anchor Off Fort Columbus, and the bag- gage of those who wished to spend the re- der of the night in the city was transferred to her consort. Then President Grant, Miss Nellie and her brother Jesse, accompanied by ex-Secretary Borie, his wife ‘and two daughters; Mrs. Goddard, son and daughter, Messrs. Charles Bowle, W. M. Friess and —— Law- rence and the gentlemen forming the Presiden- tial party went aboard the cutter, which at once headed for the Battery. An easy jandiny , it being high water, was effected at the stone pier, where @ number of carriages and the huge lumberin; hotel stage coach were waiting. The distinguishe party landed with alacrity, and, though the ladies declared that it “felt so STRANGE TO WALK ON LAND” atter asea voyage, the preparations seemed to meet the appara ofeveryone. The President, his son and fas fost and Mrs. Borie occupied the first carri hat started and in it they proceeded at once to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Soon all those who had come from abroad and those who had been down the Bay to welcome them home had driven away to their various abodes, ving the solitary policeman uj the pier to draw deduc- tions between the radiance of Miss Nellie’s eyes and the Loy lag of the many lamps that illu the Battery Park. THE OONDITION OF MRS. GREELEY. Mrs. Greeley still lies in a critical condition at the residence of Mr. Alvin J. Johnson, on Fifty-seventh street, Her disease is consumption, and she has been suffermg from it for over ten years. She went some years ago to Nassau, and more recently to Europe, for the benefit of her health, but the trips gave her no material advantage, and in the most delicious climates of Southern Europe she longed for the alr and water of Chappaqua, About two weeks ago she asked to be removed to New York, where she could be in closer communication with her friends, and, in accordance with that request, she was conveyed to Mr. Johnson's residence. Mr. Johnson and his wife have been intimate friends of the family for over twelve years, and at their house, as at Dr. Bayard’s Mr. Storrs’ and the houses of other friends, there are rooms especially set aside as “Mr. Greeley’s rooms.” The large rear parior of Mr. Johnson's house has been devoted to the services of Mrs. Greeley. Dr. Bayard, the family physician, attends her, and her daughter Ida is a never-absent watcbor ai her bed- side. Mr. Greeley himself is copstantly at hand, and for several nights has had but little rest, being awaked frequently during the night by the watchers, with their fears at the threatening con- dition of the invalid, Through her long illness Mrs. Greeley nas become so weak that she cannot raise her head from her pillow, and her sick cough ig not audible outside the door of her chamber, ‘The loss of rest has told somewhat upon Mr. Greeley; but tical disaster and his over: Comes BUD Of the Of DA Wien ANOTHER BAILROAD COLLISION, KIOWA AND COMANCHE. A Pullman Train on the Eastern Rail-.| A Sensible Powwow at the in- road Smashed Up. Two Passengers Killed and Twenty Injured. LIST OF THE DEAD AND WOUNDED. SA The Trains Completely Wrecked. Newsunyrort, Mass., Oct. 22, 1972. ‘The following are the particulars of the disaster on the Eastern Railroad this morning:— The local freight train was at the Seabrook depot waiting for the Pullman train to pass it. The Pull- man train came along on its regular time, about a quarter past four o'clock A. M., and when in close proximity to the switch the engineer discovered that it was wrong. He immediately whistled for “down breaks)’ reversed his engine and jumped ‘from the focomotive. The fireman remained at his post, and the train went crashing into the treight train, telescoping several ofthe rear caraof the freight train and smashing them into slivers, The express car of the Pullman train was next to the engine and was not much injured, The baggage, mail, smoking and one passenger car were telescoped into each other and driven into another passenger car, a solid mass, nearly two-thirds of its length. The only passengers injured were in the smoking car, but a view of the wreck causes wonder how any of the Passengers could have escaped alive. The following is alist of the killed and wounded as far as ascertained :— Captain Richard Norton, of Gardiner, Me., killed instantly. He had on his person $1,000 in money, @ gold watch and papers of value. David F. Howard, of Bangor, tnjured internally, but probably not seriously. George W. Trott, of Barre, Me., not seriously. Captain James M. Blaisdell, of Brunswick, Me., badly, but not dangerously. Ernest C. Holbrook, of Portsmouth, left foot, badly jamured. Thomas J. Sanborn, of Rye, mail agent, leg badly crushed. —Allen, of Bangor, Me., express messenger, badly injured about the stomach and bowels. Thomas B., Gammon, baggage master, bruised, but not severely. The escape of the latter was miraculous, He was sitting in the middle of the baggage car when the accident occurred, and was only conscious of being rapidly borne through a mass of ruins until he found himself at the rear end of the smoking car and among the débris of broken iron and splinters of wood. Captain James Blaisdell, of Brunswick, Me., hip and leg jammed. One man, about thirty-five years of age, seriously injured, is delirious, and talks of George Hayward, Minneapolis and Randolph, Mass. He cannot live. William H. Fairbanks, of Winthrop, Me., has a broken thigh and two severe cuts on the head, He may recover. Charles Estes, a brakeman of the Pullman train, severely injured internally and recovery doubt- ful. He belongs to Elliott, Me. A. B, Howdlett, of Boston, fractured clavicle and slight internal injuries. Elisha Seprill, of Somerville, New Brunswick, right hand badly crushed. Horatio Hall, of Brunswick, Me., slightly injured. A.M, Curtis, of Bowdoinham, Me., fracture of right leg and slight internal injuries, There are from twelve to fifteen persons wounded in all, some Of them fatally. Most of the passengers have arrived in Boston. None of the passengers in the two Pullman cars were injured. The train was running at the rate of about twenty miles an hour when the collision occurred, and was on regular time. The conduc- tor, Mr. Goodhue, was im the last car at the time of the disaster. The track has been cleared and trains are running without detention. The body of Captain Norton was taken to Portsmouth, where an inquest will be held. Up to two o'clock P. M. Captain Norton was the only person dead, The wounded are being well cared for. LATER. Mr. Walker, of Salem, has died of injuries re- ceived at the Seabrook disaster, making two deaths in aul. Atthe Merrimac House, in this city, are three men severely injured :—Henry Fairbanks, of Win- throp, Me., left thigh broken in two places, right leg bruised and cut in the head. Eben M. Anderson, twenty-one years of age, from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, on his way to Providence, R. L, head badly injured, but he will probably re- cover. * Jacob Edwards, of Annapolis, Nova Scotia, twenty-eight years of age, slightly injured, George Hayward, of Ba Me., on his way to Minneapolis, Minn., is lying at the City Hospital fa- tally injured in the spine. The cause of the catastrophe is regarded as a mystery, a8 a freight train had but twelve minutes before passed the misplaced switch that caused the accident. It was, of course, all right then, and there had been no occasion to change it again. An Inquest on Captain Norton at Ports- mouth. PortsMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 22, 1872, Coroner Ryder commenced an inquest to-day over the body of Captain Norton, of Gardiner, who was killed by the Eastern Railroad accident at Sea- brook. After the examination of one witness (Con- ductor Johnson, of Newburyport) the jury ad- journed till Wednesday morning, and the body of Captain Norton was forwarded to Gardiner. THE WEATHER. tetanus War_ DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON. Oct. 23—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, Cloudy weather continues on the Lower Lakes and thence to the Ohio Valley and eastward over the Middie States, with northerly winds and rain in the former sections and increasing cloudiness, with southerly wind in the Middle States; easterly winds prevail, with rain, on the South Atlantic coast; clear weather and high barometer in the Northwest and on the Upper Lakes, extending, with northerly winds, to Kentucky; on the Gulf, as far as heard from, clear weather. In the Northwest and thence to Michigan and the Lower Ohio Valley cool, clearing and clear weather, northerly winds and heavy frosts to-night; on the Lower Lakes cloudy but clearing weather with light rain and high barometer; for the Middie States and New England southerly winds, veer- ing to northerly, with threatening weather and occasional rain; in the Ohio Med ht rain, followed by clearing weather and higher barome- Pain. Neatly all the trans Mississipp! and Gulf re- ports are missing. ‘ The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as eter at Hudnut’s Phar- 1871. 1872, 2 7 Bs 4 66 6 63 12 rature yesterday. .. 589 rf corresponding date 08% Average temperature CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. Nasavitte, Tenn., Oct. 22, 1872. The republicans of the Nashville district to-day Dompated Horace B. Harsison for Cenaress terior Department. —+ Twenty-Five Braves in Full Feather Present. Commissioner Walker Talks to Them Like a Dutch Uncle. PEACE AND PLENTY OR WAR AND WANT. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 1872. Commissioner Walker, of the Indian Bureau, had a final business interview to-day with the Kiowa, Comanche and Arapahoe chiefs and headmen brought here by Captain Alvord, as they had not already closed their business with the Bureau, The party numbered about twenty-five and were accom. panied by their special agents ard imterpreters. General Cowan, Acting Secretary of the Interior, Whose official position was explained to the braves, attended the conference for the purpose of giviby. weight to the straight talk to which they were treated by the Commissioner, THE INDIANS OPENED THE COUNCIL in the usual style, by professing their anxicty to de allthat the Great Father required, and had no other request at present than a petition for the re- lease of their beloved ‘chiefs, Satanta and Big Tree, from the Texan prison to which they were some time ago consigned, in commutation of their death Sentence for murder. Commissioner Walker, in reply, congratulated those present on the good disposition tney had shown in coming to Washington to hear what their Great Father had to propose for their future good; but regretted that one band of the Comanches had positively refused the friendly invitation s@ht them, as their Great Father HAD NOW DONE WITH THEM FOREVER, and when next they heard from him his soldiers would be the messengers; for, though the Great Father's heart was kind towards those of his chil- dren who were obedient, the disobedient would find his hand heavy. The effect of the Commissioner's words upon his dusky auditors was very marked, They exchanged rapid and uneasy glances, uttered grunt after grunt, and shuffled uneasily about, in surprising contrast to their usual stolidity. It was apparent that THE “NEW POLICY” THUS BOLDLY ANNOUNCED took them by surprise, and excited their deepest apprehension for their own future, in case of mis- behavior. On Thursday the whole band are to call at the Interior Department to say goodhy, and on that occasion the following despatch will be read to them by Commissioner Walker :— Colonel Mackenzie's command ‘hada fight: with the Comanches on the North Fork ot the Red fiver killing twenty-three. whose bodies were found, and capturing their Camp and 120 squaws and children, P, H. SHEKIDAN, Lieutenant General. This will be the first news to our distinguished visitors of the death and chastisement of their kinsmen during their absence, and is to be accom- panied by an assurance that the proceedings have met the approval of the Great Father, and that THE SAME TREATMENT WILL FOLLOW OTHER RE CUSANT BANDS, The despatch was not read to-day, because it wag not desired to stamnede the Indians, who had pending matters relative to their reservation and other future arrangements to complete. Satante and Big Tree, the two convicts, are imprisonett at Huntsville, Texas, and, should their bands behave well for the next two or three years, will probably be pardoned by the Governor at the request of the general government; but there is no present dis- position to yleld to Indian presanre. COCHISE PEACEFUL, General Howard telegraphs to-day that Cochise assents to the peace policy and professes to have 300 of his people willing to go with him ona reser- vation, The Indian Bureau, however, doubts that the waning influence of the aged chief can control anybody, and believes that his outiawed followers are more likely to depose him in favor of another leader than to follow nim into the arms of Howard. A NEW POLICY OB NOT. The officials of the Interior Department take ex» ception to a despatch in these columns on Monday last so far as it characterizes the policy now. fairly started by to-day’s proceedings as a change of sys- tem, they claiming that the so-called new policy therein set forth is really the present Quaker policy, with the penal and other harsher clauses kept out of view while the Peace Commission were experi- menting with purely beneficial parts. This state- ment is measurably confirmed by military authori- ties, who allege its existence from one of President Grant's earliest Cabinet meetings of an arrangement by which the Indian Bureau was to collect the tribes and bands upon good regervations and place them in charge of agents nominated by the different religious socie- ties. Those who refused to go upon reserves or who refused to stay after going on, to be left exclu- sively to the military and deait with as the circum- stances of each case it require. They claim that this arrangement has been wholiy disre- ave and that the incorrigible Indians have cD 80 COURTED AND LADEN WITH PRESENTS and promises, instead of punishments, that others who had accepted the situation have been continually tempted toturn out on the warpath and commit rob! and murder for the sake of Rey presents, being feasted and treated well. ‘nis, the army people claim, is well understood at. every military post and on every reservation in the Indian country, and they complain that by a partial execution of policy only Indians are encouraged by Vincent Colyer, General Howard and such men to commit outrages for which the army is held re- sponsible, while at the same time it is forbidden to punish the Indians, or their PUNISHMENT IS DENOUNCED AS A MASSACRE if inflicted. Attention is called to the published statement of the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners yesterday, that the Piegans, Bloods and Black Feet of Montana are thoroughly subdued by the new policy of justice and kindness, while it is notorious in Montana that the once dreaded Bloods and Black Feet were com- pletely tamed by a severe chastisement before the philanthropists got hold of them at all, and that the Piegans were as untamable as the other two bands till Sheridan SET BAKER AND HIS CAVALRY UPON THEM @ few years ago. All these three haughty tribes have since been so abject as to extort pity instead of hate from the whites. The new departure of the Interior Department is regarded as a new policy by the War Department, and, whether new or old in design, is warmly commended in its promised exe- cution. The Indian officials, both of the Bureau and Commission, consider that the public mistake their sentiments in supposing them opposed to the participation of the army in the work of pacification aod preservation of the Indians. On the con- trary, they know that the Indians cam have no tter or more Lele Sere friends than the army officers, and in now setting the whole machinery in operation they Place the fultest confidence tn the ability and dis- position of Generals Sheridan and Schofield, the two division commanders, and their subordinate commanders, Generals Hancock, Crook, Ord and Pope. It is unaerstood that the Secretary of tl Interior, in his forthcoming report, will fully con- firm the tenor of these despatches, reflecting the’ sentiments of the President in carrying out the future active policy, and that the same Will be re~- flected in the Message. THE OPERA TO-NIGHT, “Don Giovanni,” which ia on the bills at the Academy of Music for this evening, is the master- piece of Mozart; but its simple grace and beauty} appeal more to the educated musician than to the profanum vulgus, who prefer the noisy Verdi and the combination-loving Meyerbeer. The cast will be the following:—Donna Anna, Miss Kellogg;| Donna Elvira, Miss Clara Doria; Zerlina, Mme.| Pauline Lucea; Don Octavio, Signor Viazam; Dom] Giovanni, Signor Moriami; Leperello, M. Jamet; Masetto, Signor Ronconi; Commander, M. Coulon. “The Marriage of Figaro,” “rr Fre; yschuta,” “Lew Huguenots” and The Dy 11 are all 10 rehearsal, *e SyRaci Governor Seymour was‘ of the coalition in Coopers s been taken tll, suddenly, 9) 06, eat tne, OC COUTIG, MABE He BOF HAH