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ENGLAND. The National Budget Submitted to Parliament— Chancellor Lowe's Statement—A Balance of 860,000,000 Anticipatced—The Cost of Coal an Item of Consideration—Half of the Alabama Damages To Be Paid from This Year’s Revenue— The Sugar Duties Reduction. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, April 7, 1873. {n the House of Commons this evening the Dudget was presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The benches were well filled with members and the galleries crowded with spec- tators. Mr, Lowe, en rising, was greeted with cheers. He proceeded to make his statement of the budget, of which the following are the primcipal dtems:— FINANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH an bs £71,881,000 70,714,000 Reduction of the debt during the year... 000 SSTIMATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1874. Expenditures.... seeee £71,871, 000 Decrease from last year, notwithstanding the enhanced price of coal, &c. the year After making this flattering treasury exhibit, which put the House in great good humer, Mr. Lowe sald the government had some propositions to make. It had to provide for the Geneva award, and proposed to pay balfof the smount out of the revenues of the present year, without the addition ofa penny to the taxation. He next surprised the House by announcing that the government was ‘enabled to propose a reduction of fifty per cent in the duty on sugar, and to take off a penny frem the tax on incomes. These proposals, if adopted by Parliament, would change the estimates to the fol- Jowing figures Reveaou expenditures. . ‘Thus a heavy payment’ would be met, @ large re- duction made in the taxes and @ satisfactory sur- plus shown. Mr. Lowe was frequently cheered while making his statement, and at the close was loudly applauded. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then moved, in Accordance with the. recommendation of the budget, that the income tax be reduced one penny on the pound, Several members criticised the budget. Sir Wilfrid Lawson remarked that the government held on to the malt and spirit taxes, and it was evi- dent that habitual drunkards were the sheet anchor of the British constitution, Mr. Fawcett complained of what he termed a cowardly way of partially paying the Alabama claims by borrowing from the income tax and from sugar and other duties, The budget was approved pro forma, and the House adjourned over the Easter holidays until April 21. FRANCE. Parliamentary Payment of City Contributions to the War—Legislative Adjournment— Republican Triumph at Elections. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. . Paris, April 7, 1873. The National Assembly to-day passed a bill re- Ambursing the city of Paris its war contribution of 28,000,000 francs and granting indemnity on tne same account to the Departments to the amount Of 24,000,000 france. At the close of the sitting to-day the Chamber ‘adjourned until May 19. BEPUBLICAN, ELECTION TRIUMPOS AT CENTRES. ‘The republicans have carried the municipal elec- vtions at Nantes and Marseilles, ROME. IMPORTANT His Holiness the Pope Feeble in Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Roms, April 7, 1873, Although His Holiness the Pope is recovering from his iliness, he is still very feeble tn body, and ‘his physicians forbid him from leaving his apart- ments, WEST INDIES. EWS EVI ‘Severe Visitation of the Horse and Cattle Disease in Jamaica—Shipwreck Suc- ceeding to Drunkenness and Suicide— Government Changes and Port Charge: Krvoston, Ja,, March 22, 1873, A mouth and throat disease has broken out among herses, mules and cattle. Two hundred animals have been afflicted with it on the “Tulloch Estate," the property of Mr. McRhail. It prevails in St. Catharine, Clarenden and St Ann. It yields to @ treatment of one part of pure carbolic acid -and to jorty parts of water, but where it spreads to the throat it is fatal. DRONKENNESS, SUICIDE AND SHIPWRECR. Tho British bark Bina was totally wrecked off Plumb Point Lighthouse, 100 yards distant from the light, on a bright moonlight night, on Saturday, the 15th inet., at half-past nine o’clock. She belong- ed to Glas; and was in ballast irom 5t. Thomas, The captain stabbed himself in a fit of delirium tremens in Brazil, and the mate (Jones) was in command. There is likely to be an oficial investi- gation of the case by the government at the solici- tion of Lioyd’s agents. Antig: Sir Benjamin Pine retires from the government of the Leeward Islands, and has accepted the 4Gevernorship of Natal. It is reported that he is to be succeeded by Colonel Eliiott, M. P. The West India and Pacific Steamship Company intend mak- ing Antigua one ef their places oi cali en their wi to and from Liverpool and the Spanish Main, St. Lucia, Much dissatisfaction is felt at the high rates of port charges here, and particularly at a pilotage charge of tour shillings per foot of draught, for which there is no law. In January last the Captain of the American schooner Fred Smith, of 270 tons, disputed @ charge ef this character Cr tote to $11. ‘The pilot de- clared upon oath that it was due to him and applied to the Chief Justice for a warrant for the arrest of the Captain, who thereupen deposited the amount in Court under protest, “ine case has since been decided against the Captain. The Harbor Masters are only allowed by jaw 23d. per ton, for wiich the Fred Smith paid $13.35. It was the Harbor Master’s duty to pilot her into port for that suin and not make another man do the werk, dnvolving an extra charge to the vessel of $11. THE TAMMANY SOCIETY, In the small hall of the Tammany Society's build. dng there was held last nighta meeting of the Columbia Order, attended by but few members, Mr. Augustus Schell, as Grand Sachem, occupied ‘the chair, and the first business in order was the initiation of Mr. Judson Jarvis, who bore the or. deal in a very heroic fashion. A few gentlemen of no [ages omg rommence in either or society were elected members of the organization. On one side of the sident’s desk was poised ‘pon an uj stick @ rea cap of the Com- | munist pattern, Ey around ite border with tars of liberty. On the other side sat Mr. Joel ftephens. A member pointed out Mr. De Forrest, 4f the Emigration Commission, and Colonel Duniap, | 48 the most important persons present. Then he | Sheri, and, leering et the ansembiage, walspered, , and, leering at the assemblage, w' red, ‘The last hours of the condemned.” Such is life. HORSE NOTES. Major B. G. Thomas has named his colt by Aus- \ talian, dam Dixie, Heretog. | The Dexter Park Association,of Chicago, announce | that they will be governed vy the rales adopted by | the Trainers and Drivers’ Association. The Secre- | ‘ary, ina recent letter, says, “If there should not 1% special meeting ef the National tation | a aalled and these matters harmonized betore the dosing of our entries, we will publicly snmeunce the 4doption of the ruses ar the ‘trainers and Drivers’ association.” ’ WASHINGTON. Wasuineton, April 7, 1873, God-Made Garfield and the Flathead Indians—A Futile Commission. Last year Congress passed an appropriation for ‘the removal of the Flathead Indians trom the Bitter Root Valley, in Montana, to @ reservation some fifty or sixty miles distant, which has been set apart for them and other neighboring tribes. This was done at the urgent solicitation of the settlera im the valley, who already number over fifteen hundred and are rapidly increasing. They desired te be freed irom the Indians, and also to obtain titles to their lands, which could not be done uptil the Indian title was extinguished. Delegate Claggett urgently requested the appointment a3 commissioner of a gentleman belonging to the Pacific coast, who had extensive experience and Much influence among these Indians. Ho was with Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, in all his Indian expeditions, and had drawn up the original treaty with the Flatheads in 1865, Instead of this General Garfield, of Ohio, was selected as the commissioner. It was said at the time that he solicited the peaition for the purpose of avoid- ing an active part in the Presidential campaign, as he was somewhat doubtful which side to take. Whether this was just or not it is very certain that he was but a lukewarm supporter of President Grant, and it is equally certain that he made a muserable failure in the attempted discharge of the duty assigned lum, A delegation from Montana to-day had an interview with Secretary Delano, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs-and the Commissioner of the General Land fice, in which they stated that General Garfield had not carried: out his instructions; that he had simply taken the Chief of the Flatheads over to the reservation on the Iocko River, told him to select the place where he wished his tribe located, and then the General returned East without waiting to see the Indians remeved; that the result is the tribe still remains in the Bitter Root Valley, much to the annoyance of the settlers, The Montanians think that Garfield had better have stayed at home and allowed some more competent person the ap- pointment. They insist now that the government shall enforce the order of removal, Labor Claims by the Men on the New York Post Office Building. Apprehension has existed for some time among the friends of those interested in the issue on the Eighv Hour law as it adected the workingmen on the United States Post Office and Court House at New York that the First Comptroller had not all the facts and light to enable him to reach a just de- cision on the claim made for the two hours’ retained pay due them. General James R. O’Beirne to-day called on the First Comptroller to submit a new argument in the premises, and to ask for a copy of the papers already fled. ‘The First Comptroller exhibited interested attention, and signified his willingness to furnish the desired copies, General O’Beirne subsequently called on the Secretary of the Treasury, and will subsequently see the President in order to endeavor to secure an early and favora- ble adjustment of the case. In his last decision the first Comptroller takes the ground that the law of Congress, passed in 1872, does not cover the au. thority to pay these men, and holds, as at present advised, that an apprepriation by Congress will be requisite to meet the demands of the claim. It is believed, however, by those having in charge the interests of these workingmen, that as no new kind of service of a special character is considered: it is proper that they should be paid out of the cur- rent appropriations to pay labor on the above mentioned building. It ts just to say that no pecu- niary interest nor the advantage of claim agents impels the advocates of the payment of the money believed to be due, and it is desired, i1 pos" sible, to obtain redress from the general govern- ment without recourse to the Court of Claims. The Senate Committee on Transportation left this evening for New York, where they will be in session for a few days at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. They will appoint a sub-committee, to visit different places, East and West. Another Walkill Bank Dividend. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a second dividend of twenty-five per cent in favor of the creditors of the Waikill National Bank of New York, making in ail dividends of filty per cent. The Mexican Frontier Commissions. A despatch from Laredo, Texa’, dated April 1, says the United States Frontier Commission were atNew Laredo. The Mexican Commission had held a joint session with the American Commissien on the subject of the disturbances. THE NORTHERN PAOCIFIO RAILROAD, SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 1873. The Northern Pacific Railroad Committee, con- sisting of the Vice President, Mr. Rice, of Maine; Messrs. Moorhead, of Philadelphia; Frederick Bil- lings, of Vermont, and W. Milner Roberts, Engi- neer-in-Chief, will return East this morning, having compléted on favorable terms, and below the esti- ree cost, an arrangement ior the extension of e road northward during the present year te a practical connection between the road already completed and the waters ef Puget Seund. The coutractors on Saturday, by tele- graph, ut men at work on _ the line, itl this ‘railroad connection effected the entire railroad system of Oregon, as well as the lh waters of Columbia, are put im connec- tien hse with the waters ef Puget Sound. The committee deemed it inexpedient to press an im- mediate prosecution of the work on that part of the line between the upper navigable waters of Colum- bia and Lake Pend Oreille—among other reasons, because on that portion of the route it is necessary to make arrangements in the Fall for getting out cross ties and bridge timbers, which can enly be obtained en the mountains in Winter, and must be floated down during the Spring rise of the streams. THE GALLOWS AGAIN CHEATED, Johnny Devine, Alias the “Chicken,” Prefers Poison to the Hempen Cord, SAN FRANCI800, April 7, 1873. Johnny Devine. alias Chicken, who was sen- tenced to be hanged'on May 23, committed suicide in his cell last night by taking poison, A NEGRO SENTENCED TO DEATH, GREENSBORO, N. O., April 7, 1873, George Lee, & negro aged about twentydour years, was sentenced, by Judge Tourgee, to be exe- cuted at Yanceyville, Caswell county, on the 6th of May next, for committing a brutal and fiendish out- rage on the persen of a maiden white lady over seventy-two years of age on the 22d of March last. ‘This lady and her sister, over seventy-five years old, resided on the side of tne public road about four miles from Yanceyville, in Caswell couaty. Both of them are invaiids, and their reverence for the Sab- bath day prompted the younger to go into the woods on Saturday to gather wood for Sunday. While thus engaged she was seen by the black flend Lee, who rushed upon her and clasped her in his Sa re a razor and threatening to cut her throat if she gave any alarm er resis' his assault. After the outrage fled, but he was soon after arrested, tried and convicted and sen- tenced as above. THE SUSQUEHANNA RISING. The River Banks Full and the Wharves Covered. WILLiaMspPort, Pa., April 7, 1873, The river is now nineteen jeet high and is rising slowly. The river, sixty miles above, is reported to be still rising, The boom fs not broken, as report- ed. The escape of the logs was caused by their not being pack Figntly, which caused them to pass through ander t) om. is within twelve inches of Tho river in Sunbur; the height reached by the flood ot 1865. Port Depostr, Md., April 7, 1873. The river here has been very high for about ten om It nas risen about two feet to-day. is still rising fast. The banks are full and seme of the wharves are covered. No damage has been done fe but the report m above are and jumbermen are uneasy, FRESHET IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK. BUFFALO, April 7, 1873, The freshet caused by the late rains has covered Ischua Valley, on the line of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad, to a depth of four ‘feet, and carrying away the south abutments of the bridges on either side of Ischua. Large renee ‘iis ettlones fs Sask ane on beyond Ischua in a few days, FIRE IN BROADWAY. At twenty minutes past five o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the vault of 866 and 367 Broad- way, occupied by Diggs & Cunningham, dry goods dealers. age, $2,000; Lully lysured, cummcricur ELECTION. | Q "KELLY. Full Returns of the Gub- ernatorial Vote. Ingersoll (Dem.) Elected Governor by the People by 4,000 Majority. Elected to Congress. Hamrrorp, April, 1813, The following returns for Governor have been received :— Haven Berlin... Bloomfeld. West Hartford, Vernon ..... Nerth Can: BoOlEverEakl i fellial lana n 61 a rT 25 a 0 23 3 118181 e881 2 6 2 2 Congressmen. HaxtrorD, Conn., April 7, 1873, At midnight the Zvening Post had returas from 159 towns, which show opposition gains over last Spring of 7,585, of which 1,857 are for Smith, the temperance candidate for Governor. Mr. Inger- soll’s majority will be about four thousand, In the Second Congressional district Kellogg has 255 majority, with four towns to hear from. These towns gave @ republican majority last year of 145, Jn the First Congressional district Hawley has 1,288 majority, with five towns to hear from, which gave a republican majority last year of four. In the rd Congressional district Starkweather pers by about one thousand two hundred jority. In the Fourth district Barnum (dem.) has 1,249 majority, with two towns to hear trom which gave @ democratic majority last year of forty-seven. Haven, Ingersoll. Bridgewater. 82 104 naan .. 103 172 Cornwall 115 280 Roxbur, 7 119 Stafford . . 336 6 MIDDLETOWN, April 7, 1873, « Middlesex county gives Ingersoll (dem.) a very small majority, Kellegg (rep.) tor Congress has abeut 300 majority in this county. This county elects two republican Senators—a gain of one. THE LATEST. The Total Vote by Counties—Ingersoll 44,101, Haven, 38,585, Smith 2,056. HARTFORD, Conn., April 7, 1873, Hartford county, wanting Hartland, gives Haven 9,007, Ingersoll 9,330, Smith 286. New Haven county, wanting Woodbridge, gives Haven 7,092, Ingersoll, 12,192, Smith 448. New London county, wanting Franklin and Salem, gives Haven 4,645, Ingersoll 3,956, Smith 515. Fairfield county, complete, gives Haven 6,792, Ingersoll 7,922, Smith 205. Windham county, wanting Voluntown, gives Haven, 2,864; Ingersoli, 1,870; Smith, 168. Litchfield county, bea! Sharon, gives Haven, 3,758; Ingersoll, 4,534: Smith, 10v, Middlesex county, wanting Killingworth, gives Haven 2,696; Ingersoll, 2,529; Smith, 191. Tolland county, wanting Union and Willington, gives Haven 1,732; Ingersoll, 1,768; Smith, 134. a ae in, 88,585;. Ingersoll, 44,101; Smith, ELEOTION RIOT IN OINCINNATL Cincinnati, April 7, 1873, While attempting to quell a disturbance in a saloon in the Eighth ward, at the ciose of the polis to-night, Officer Gleason shot Luke Leonard in the pens breast. Leonard, it is thought, is _mertally wounded. The erewd quently beat Gleason about the face and ribs, the surgeons fear that he will die. Officer Murray, while attempting to get into the saloon, wis Knocked down and beaten by the crowd. The riot alarm was sounded, which brought sixty police- men and prevented additional bleodshed, OHIO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, CINCINNATI, April 7, 1878. The election returns In this city are coming in very slowly. It is impessible at this hour to inai- cate definitely anything about the final results. The impression prevails among the republicans that sufficient gains cannot be reasonably expected to secure the election ef Davis (rep.) for Mayor. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 7, 1873. At the municipal election ins 4 Charles Otis, the citizens’ candidate, was electea Mayor by about eight hundred majority over John Huntington, re- publican. The balance of the republican ticket is elected. ConumBta, Ohio, Apri! 7, 1873. The indicatfons are that James G, Bull, democrat, was elected Mi MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN MARYLAND, “A ANwarouis, Md., April 1, 1873. The entire republican ticket for Mayor, Recorder and four Aldermen was elected here to-day by ma- jorities ranging from 100 to 350. DUBUQUE (OWA) ELECTION. Dvsvqus, Iowa, April 7, 1973. 6 democrats elected a Mayor by about fifiy- it majerity, and they have @ majority in the Counci. THE NARRAGANSETT STEAMERS, Newronrt, R. 1., April 7, 1873. The President of the Narragansett Steamship Company passed the day here Saturday inspecting the steamers, docks, shops, 4c. He has decided fees to the persistent manner in which the arbor Master and loeal pilots throw ob- structions in the wi of safely handling the and costly steamers of the com} shoring vessels in mid-channel, not to allow his steamers to land at Newport, but will soon Longe oh run them direct to Fall Ri sending the ae boats 1, Se w He also contemplates moving the extensive repair shops which are Low located at Newport to Fall River, PRINTING CLOTH NARKET. Provipence, R. I., April 7, 1873. Printing cloths dull; light saies at 6X0. a 67ec. for standard and gxtya 6-4’ & CONTINUED FROM FIFTH PAGE. Way, and I suppose the leaders of the Fopuptinan government will endeavor to show that they are Dot 80 brutal and cruel as their predecessors used to be.” Revorrer—Have you conversed with many Cubans on the subject? CuBAN Parrior—Yes, with @ great many. The news of Mr. O’Kelly’s arrest has reated @ profound sensation among the Cubans, Well, their unani- mous opinion seems to be that the Spaniards will not dare to shoot him, REPORTER—What would be the consequence if they should? CusaN Patriot—Oh! I don’t know ifthe Ameri- can government will feel disposed to ge to war with ee but there is one thing that will save Mr. O'Kelly—that 1s, the energetic and noble atti- tude ef the HERALD, The HERALD has frightened the Spaniards, and they will not dare touch him. Mr. O'Kelly, f think, has more to fear from the volunteers than from the government of Cuba; the latter is in the hands of the volunteers, and if they get achance they might murder him. Buti think Mr. O'Kelly will eome out all right. He has shown splendid cong and admirable discreti6n. In fuot, 18 deportment in Cuba has beem magnifi- cen The reporter conversed with many of the promt- nent Oubans, ali of whom spoke in terms of the warmest praise of Mr. O'Kelly, and expressed the opinion that the Spanish government would not dare touch him. LOUISIANA. Frightful Condition of Affairs in the ‘State. Four Murders, Two Assassinations and One Riot—Resistance to a Republican Judge— Plunder and Outrage by Negroes, New ORLEANS, April 7, 1873, William Morrimen, aged nineteen years, anda negro man Killed each other in an altercation Saturday night at Dryas Creek station on the Mo- bile and Montgomery Railroad. The assassination of W. McDonald, a republican, at a hotel in Vernon, Jackson parish, is reported, He was shot through a window by an unknown party with a double-barrelled shotgun. Riotous proceedings on the part of negroes in Grant parish are reported. Some whites were or- dered to leave the parish and obeyed. It is stated their residences were afterwards plundered. Henry Train, republican Judge of the Third ju- dicial district, arrived this forenoon at Franklin and opened the regular term of the District Court. A number of the Franklin bar positively refused to spraet and practice before him. he Baton Rouge municipal election to-day was quiet. The Mcknery ticket was elected without opposition, Last night at ten o’clock a man calling himself James Heim, drew a knife and cut a boy whose name is unknown, and, in his attempt td escape, attacked and ‘cut’ three unoffending par- ties who happened to in the way. Otficer Ferguson, in attemptin; to arrest him, was the next to receive the knife and died five minutes afterwards. Mr. W. Benison, an old and respected citizen, Whe was one of the unfortunates, has since died, and it is thought that two ethers will die, Henry Morse, a driver jor Engine Company No. 2, it is belleved will die. The ‘firemen swear vengeance against Helm, Intense excitement prevails, and it 1s believed that he will never be allowed by the mob to have a trial, Some of the police force have already asserted their in- tention, if called upon, to defend the jail, Helm gives his name at James Bennett Helm, of Floyd county, Va., and is @ cousin to the notorious Jaek Helm, of Texas, AMUSEMENTS. “Micawhber” at the Union Square Theatre. A three-act sketch entitled “Micawber” was produced at the Union Square Theatre last night after the representation of “Cousin Jack.” The story was simply the Wickfleld and: Heap episode in “David Copperfield” and the experiences of Wilkins Micawber as the confidential clerk of the humble solicitor. The piece was arranged by Mr. George Fawcett Rowe, who played the title part, character in which he had already made great reputation in England in “Little Emily.” It is not easy at the first glance to say whether Mr. Rowe makes the part what it in fact ought to be made; there is a feeling, even when be is most effective, that he is overplaying it. In the scene ef hospitality and conviviality with Copperfield and Traddles it is not overacted, and the whimsical character coulda not be better portrayed. At best, Dickens’ creation is only a whimsical absurdity, and Mr. Rowe could not be expected to forege its most absurd traits in his portraiture, The actor's make up 18 excel- lent, and in appearance he is at once recognized as the embodiment of what aiter Pickwick is the most popular of the Dickens characters. The part of Uriah Heap was taken by Mr. F. F. Mackay, who makes it a most remarkable piece of acting. In leok and gesture, as well as in words and manner of speech, he gives a perfect representation of the character. Even the long speeches, lines long enough to destroy most actors, seem to grow in power and vividness as he proceeds to unfold him- self and his plans. In these two actors centres tie entire interest of the play, and the con- test between them is very even, though, judged only trom the artistic standpoint, Mr. Mackay has greatly the advantage of Mr. Rowe. The tormer triumphs by quiet art, while the latter succeeds by a noisy if not excessive exuberance. Contrast between them und the rest of the cast is scarcely admissible, Mr. Ciaude Burroughs is by ne means an ideal David Copperfield, The Agnes Wickfeld of Miss age Meld Fewler is pretty, but not forcible, and Miss Emtiy Mestayer’s Betsy Trotwood is something of a disappointment. But the two characters, Mr. Rowe’s Micawber and Mr. Mackay’s Uriah, are themselves so strong that they would amply sustain a much more ambitious play. Masical and Dramatic Notes. Mr. Lester Wallack’s engagement at the Brook- lyn Theatre has terminated, and the “Sea of Ice” ig now the play. The company of the Germania Theatre play Scribe’s comedy “Das Glass Wasser” at the Acad- emy of Music to-day, in aid of the German H6spital. Mr, Stuart Robson, who was te have appeared at Wood’s Museum last evening in the new local drama, ‘Law in New York,” was detained en the road between Cincinnati and this city. He will play this evening. The Vokes family, who are expected to arrive in this city on the 12th inst., make their first appear- ance at Niblo’s next Monday evening. From this it will be seen that “The Scouts of the Prairie” are to have a short hunt and few scalps. Two of our minor theatres, the Comique and the Atheneum, are making some progress in the right direction, These places ought to become the recognized homes of burlesque, and with skilful management they can extinguish the well-worn burned-cork minstrelsy by replacing it with a higher and equally popular class of amusements. STRIKERS ON THEIR BICEPS, The Gas Men “Interview” a Couple of Non-Strikers in the Street Cars, About seven o’clock last evening Adam Keessel, of No, 166 Hester street, am employé of the New York Gas Company, got on a Second ave- nue car to go home from the gas house. Two police officers accompanied him as far as sixteenth street for protection, but they had no sooner quitted their charge than three Irish laborers stepped into the car from the back plat- form and began an assault upon Keeasel, who beat a hasty retreat toward the front plawerm. But he was not to escape #0 easily, for, as he opened the door, he was met by two other laborers who belabored him severely, pounding his head and face ima slameiul maaner. During the melée a shot was fired by some one and Keessel thought sure he was shot, for when he reached the Seventeenth precinct statien house he declared a ball had gone clean Ca i? kim, in consequence of which he would surely die. He was not shot, however, but the pe ling he re- ceived he will not forget very readily. John Bronick, of No. 324 East Fiity-sixth street, had a similar experience, although not quite so rude @ one, He embarked on a Second avenue car at Twenty-first street, and when the vehicle reached Twenty-fourth street he was seized by haifa dozen men, who bauled him off the back Panta and pummelied his ead pretty lively. le managed te escape, however, without receiv- No arrests were made ing any serious iajuries. iu either case, aor PAGING IN CALIFORNIA. AGRICULTCRAL Park, March 20, 1875,—Pacing match for $100; mile heats, three in flye, in hare ness. Colonel Rice’s Onward... 221011 Colonel Dickey’s Lady Sinclair, 11230232 TAM, 2290 Sg RSL Ho 150 qed AIO 198 fa 2 189 De NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL &, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. MODOC DIPLOMACY. Captain Jaek Again Hoodwinks the Peace Commission. A Powwow of Two and a Half Hours’ Duration. MEACHAM'S ELOQUENCE WASTED. Lost River Given Up, but Not the Lava Beds. PROMISE TO COME our, BUT DO NOT. The Troops Moving Across Tule Lake. Lava Bev Camp, April 5, Via YRuKa, Cal, April 7, 1873. The moral suasion Peace Commissioner has been hard at work since my last despatch, and yester- day the dowery-tongued Meacham discharged a canister of rhetoric in the council; but the aim must have been bad, as Captain Jack and his chiefs did not appear much impressed with its force. As predicted in my last aespatch, the. Indians decline to leave this country; they relinquish all claim to Lost River, and offer to remain where they are in the Lava Beds, A FUTILE CONFERENCE OF TWO HOURS, The conference yesterday lasted several hours, and, at the request of @aptain Jack, only Judge Rosebrough, Mr, Meacham and Mr. John Fairchild were present. There were ten or twelve of the leading Modocs with Captain Jack. Judge Roseborough commenced the talk by explaining to the Indians the position tney were in, and how he had come from Yreka to try and make peace. Captain Jack and John Schonchin in reply reiter- ated their determination to remain where they were. They gave up the claim to Lost River and said they would be satisfied to remain in the Lava Beds. MEACHAM’S RHETORIC WASTED, Meacham then made his famous speech, but failed, ingloriously, to produce any more stirring effect than stolid indifference. The Indians before leay- ing told Judge Roseborough that if they changed their minds they would let him know this morning. As no messenger has arrived their answer of yes- terday remains final, The Peace Commission have telegraphed this morning via Yreka to Washing- ton for instructions. « FOUR REASONS WHY THE LAVA BEDS MUST BE VACATED, It is to be hoped, for the futpre peace and wel. fare of this country, that the government will not be 80 weak as to allow their peace policy to induce them to give way to these Indians, There are de- cided objections against their being given the Lava Beds,— : First—They cannot live there without stealing, as their country preduces nothing for their support. Second—If the government intends to feed them it will cost 200 per cent more in the Lava Beas than on any other reservations of a more appropriate nature, Third—The ceuntry will be perpetually disturbed by quarrels between the Oregon settlers and the Indians ; and, Fourth—Such acquiescence to all their wishes, after the United States troops had received a whipping, would be an encouragement to the Snakes and Pitnes, already disaffected, to make war and demand their own terms. We shall have to wait five or six days for an an- swer from Washingfon. LATER DETAILS. Colonel Bernard’s Command Ordered To Be on the Defensive—Reconnoitering on the East Side of Tule Lake. Lava BED Camp, April 7, 1873. Colonel! Bernard, of the First cavalry, has re- ceived instructions to reconnoiter with his com- mand to-morrow on the east side of Tule Lake. He is to act on the defensive and not commence hos- tities, General Canby Reports Sherman. WASHINGTON, April 7, 1873, General Sherman to-day received a telegram from General Canby stating that Colonel Gillem has established a camp at Tule Lake, near the Lava Beds, in Oregon, and the Peace Commissioners had @ conversation with the Medoes on the 2d inst. The prospects ef peace are represented as en- couraging. Death of Dr. McMillan in the Lava Beds. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7, 1873. A telegram from General Canby this afternoon reports the death, at Tule Lake, yesterday, of Dr. ‘Thomas McMillan, of heart disease, He was a resi- dent of Kentucky. WEATHER REPORT. RR REP AOE War DgrARTMENT, OPPICE OF THE CHIKF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, April §—1 A. M. Provabtlities, The area of low barometer will extend on Tues- day over the Ohio Valley and continue over the lower lakes; for the Eastern, Guif and South Atlantic States, generally falling barometer, in- creasing southerly winds and partly cloudy weather; fer the Western Gulf States, northwest winds and falling temperature, with threatening and rainy weather; for the Middle and East Atlantic coast, easterly winds, cloudy weather, with possibly light rain, except in Vifginia, where partly cloudy weather without rain is more probable; for the lower lakes light and variable winds, becoming northeast on Lake Erie, with very generally threatening and rainy weather; for the upper lakes, increasing cold northerly winds, with cloudy weather. Cautionary signals continue at Mobile and New Orleans. The Weather in T to General City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in the tomperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's harmacy, HEKALD Building :— x ee 1873, _ + 1872, 1873. 50 “6 46 43 dh 45 MBETING OF THE BOARD OF PHARMACY, The Board of Pharmacy held the first of its three days’ session of the present month at the Univer- sity yesterday, But few persons appeared for cx- amination, aud they will ba before the Board to- vay. THE STATE CAPITAL. irrent Kamor About the Charter—Th@ Custom’ House Ring in a Corner—The Cancelling of Insurance Polictes< Appropriation for Lake Champlaig Canal. ALBaNy, April 7, 1873. The New York charter comes before the Senate again aa a special order to-morrow morning. Thet one hundred and twenty-second section, relativet to the power of removal, is as yet unread. What @ storm of argument it may call fortn may bed estimated by the discussion that other less ast well as more important sections called forth las week, When this important section is fully come pleted the question will arise whether the bill shall be reported or recommitted. THE TWENTY-FIFTH SECTION, having become again the twenty-fifth by the strike ing out of two previous sections in Committee of the Whole of the Senate, is yet incomplete. Thet question of removal from office being germane teg that section, as well as to that of appointment te office, and being as yet untouched, Senator Woodtm will to-morrow move an additional clause to thatt section, vesting the power of rémoval for cause, im the Mayor, subject to the consent of tne Governors Efforts will undoubtedly be made to strike out that amendment retaining the four heads of depart« ments, and also to retain Comptroller Green, The bill, when those nratters have been settled, will probably be “progressed,” and in that manner GOT OUT OF COMMITTRE OF THE WHOLE into the Senate, where every motion, resolution and amendment can, and doubtless will be, voted on by yeas and nays, so that every member must needs go on record, The Custom House men ar@ not here to-night, but are to come up early to-mor# row. The general impression among anti-Customm House Senators seems to be that the “Ring” hag got into a very uncomfortable corner, and that ite best move is to make friends at the Mayor’s court. Still, there are many who believe that the bill will turn up all right if it gets into the hands ef a con- ference committee, and that a plan has been devised by which General Grant's rumored Ried 3 as tor patronage, &c., will win the day in the long run, and that if the bill does become a law not exacti as the Custom House want it, it will at least be so satisfactory to Tom Murphy and his followers that the Mayor and the democrats will have nothing to crow over, PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. Among the bills introduced In the Senate to- night was ene providing for a general regulatiom of gas companies, and for the effice of gas inspec. tor; one permitting the Pavilion Car Company of New York to run its cars and charge double fara therefor, these cars being of style and of build similar to the solitary drawing-room car thaw now plies at long intervals up and down the trac of the Third avenue. Another bill was introduce by Senator James Wood to encourage ritle practice among the militia, which provides for a general inspector and for the formation of a rifle assecia~ tion in each brigade of the National Guards, Tha new registry law, which is intended simply to ex- tend the provisions of the present registry law it prevails outside ef New Yerk and Brookes ail incorporated cities and towns of 10,000 inhabit« ants, was culled ap in Committee of the Whole, and, without discussion, was ordered to @ thir reading. The bill for the relief of the Res fuse Transportation Company, a scneme intended seemingly to create a corner in manure, which wag strenuously advocated by Senator Weismann, was riddled so completely in Committee of the Whola that he was glad enough to progress it. A biil pro« viding for the appropriation of $500,000 to enlarge Champlain Cana) was the subject of discussion durs ing the evening. It was amended to make one-hals the amount collectable this year and one-all next, and was then progressed. THE ASSEMBLY. In the House some debate ensued on Mr. Hente dee’s amendment to the bill regulating the for<« feitures of life insurance policies, the amendment changing the words “thirty days’? to ‘sixty days,’? having reference to the time the premium must be overdue before the company may cancel the policy, and making the provision apply te Rolle heres alter issued or renewed. Messrs. Husted andt Weed opposed the amendments as in effect impair ing existing contracts and thug Snoonestcasonal., Mr. Veeder took the ground that the amendment. were unconstitutional. Mr. Hendee said he had taken the best of legal advice on the matter and it was pronounced entirely constitutional to maket this provision. Mr. Opdyke said the effeet of theser amendments would be to increase the pricat of premiums or else to destroy the com~ panies. Mr. Hendee replied that the bill provides: sons sendin 4 that interest should be paid on the delayed pre- miums, so that this was no objection. Mr. Opdyke insisted that much injury would be done by thia amendment. Mr. Beebe took the ground tha@ striking out the word “nereafter,”’ so as to hava the provisions of the bill apply to existing policies, would not make the bill unconstitutional After further debate the question was first taken om striking out the word “hereafter,” and it was car- ried. The question was then taken on the amends ment extending the time to sixty days, and it wad adopted, On motion of Mr. Beebe an amendment was inserted making the preyisions apply to re- newals. Mr. Hendee moved an amendment re- quiring the companies to embrace in their annual reports the names ef all employes and the rat paid to the same, which was adopted, and the bil ‘was then ordered to a third reading, Believe in No Old Woman's Recipe for 9, bad Coun, Delay not an. hour, in juang ALE HONEY OF HOREAOUND AND TAR. It is infallible. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute. A.—For Superior Quality, Elegant, direct to manufacturer. stylish Hats 60 direct TUNSCHEID, i18 Nassau stroot. AqoHerring's Patent NHAMPION SAFES, 251 and 252 Broadway, corner of Murray stroat, A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, Fulton nue An joe rum Corner oe Te Troms Sas a tog Pee from 39 P. A Warwick or Elmwood Collar wilk fit better wear longer than any other. Try them. 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