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VIENNA. Translation of the Special German De- spatches in Yesterday’s Herald, THE BERLIN PRESS. North Germany Speaks on the International Exhibition. Splendid Opportunity of Wiping Out Old Scores. Austria’s Military Defeats Cov- ered by an Industrial Victory. UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. Expositions and Their Use- fulness Criticized. The Bonds of Peace Not Always Strengthened by Labor. HUMAN PASSIONS STILL. A German Triumph---But Germany Must Have Her Navy. The World Far from Being United as One People and One Tongue. Prussia, as the Leater, Clapping Her Political Hands. We give below a translation of the special German despatches in yesterday's Herat. ‘The comments of the North German press on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition are not only interesting but, considering all the circumstances of the relations existing be- tween the two countries, highly instructive. It will be seen by a perusal of the despatches that Prussia takes the first favorable oppor- tunity of clearing up all old differences be- tween the two’empires while still maintaining the position she gained in 1866 as the leader jm everything German. The Exhibition afforded a splendid chance for de- elaring that bygones should be bygones, wnd this the official and semi-official organs of Emperor Wilhelm’s government have done, adding to their well studied phrases of a political character much that is sympathetic and almost boisterously encour- gging for the Austrian people. The Berlin Wational Zeitung believes that, notwitstanding the difficulties that always attend a national exhibition, and despite the fierce criticisms Hhurled against it, Vienna deseryes great credit in the present instance, and that Aus- tria may be able to cover her recent military defeats by a decisive industrial victory. The Berlin Tribune rejoices that this will be a special German triumph, and that both Ger- many and Austria will come out, as they went in, united. The Berlin Post believes that while this exhibition may be the means of peace to a certain extent, it behooves them still to regard the passions of men and nations, and that the German navy must soon be seen on every sea ; and that, while she can then protect her commerce and her coasts, she will be a greater offensive power in the world. The Spenershe Zeitung rejoices that the Exhibition opens under such politically favorable auspices; that while the last Lon- don and Paris Exhibitions were held under political clouds, so to speak, the present one pens under a cloudless horizon. Our cor- gespondent, perceiving the importance of the subject, transmitted them to us; we printed them in German, as we did our spe- cial despatches on the opening day, and we have no doubt their value will be duly appre- ciated by our English readers. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following telegraphic despatches, con- ‘waining the views and opinions of the Berlin press in regard to the Vienna World’s Fair, hhave been received from the Hznatp Bureau in the German Empire city :— Berum, May 3, 1873. ‘The Berlin National Zeitung, under the caps tion of “The World's Historical Moment has Passed,’’ says :— “The Vienna World’s Fair is now open and, doubtless, this day, the first of May, 1873, is one of high, incalculable importance to the development of Austria. After England and France, she is the first to venture upon such an enterprise, and, notwithstanding the @omparatively incomplete appearance of the affair at present, we must not forget that with every new exhibition arise new difficulties to surmount, The construction of harmony out Jof chaos was always a difficult matter. AUSTRIA VICTORIOUS IN PEACE. “Austria will show what she is capable of doing in the field of industry, She will learn to correct her own deficiencies, One can easily conceive the satisfaction she will feel ‘over the completion of her enterprise. Aus- rio, by her immense progress in culture, science and art, will put her defeats in the shade, In that wherein she surpasses other mations, wherein she develops s grand power, Ave shall regerve for future comment, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. moment, from the German side of the line, we simply heartily congratulate her. ‘fo be able to place on record the affairs of such a day of noble fame is a great deal for such a nation. GERMANS FIRST AND MOST WELCOME. “We Germans, although merely represented in the Palace of Industry like other nations, yet feel ourselves the most preferred, the most welcome. Tho German Austrians did the greater share in this work. EXHIBITIONS NOT UNIVERSAL UNIFIERS. “We ourselves fully and heartily recognize the thousand threads of industry that inti- mately bind them to us, although interna- tional exhibitions are still far from represent- ing the true ideal of the brotherhood of na- tions, as they must naturally always be. In industry, as in politics, there is much unre- lenting competition; yet these exhibitions are the means of bringing the nations into closer relationship with each other. With these nations competition will be the strongest and most lively in proportion to their subju- gation to absolute differences, in their views, aims, characteristics and worldly position. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY UNITED. “No matter what may have been the divisions caused by political barriers Germany and Austria will come out of the Industrial Palace as they entered—anited. We hail this 1st of May as a day of triumph for German intellect and industry. Without envy, we look upon this success of our brethren in Austria, and joyfully bear testimony to such an incompara- ble triumph,” Views of the Berlin Tribune. The Berlin Tribune, in regard to the same Exhibition, says:— “We take more interest. in the Exhibition in Vienna than we did in either of those of London or Paris, because it takes place on German soil, and we speak with those who opened it with German accent; because Austria, at least the western portion of the so-called Austro-Hungarian monarchy, is the country nearest to us in the world, and we rejoice *that the necessary explanation of 1866 has left no more serious imprints. Germany desired unity. Either Austria or Prussia had, of necessity, to take the leadership. Suc- cess decided, after a short campaign, in favor of Prussia, and Austria may feel contented that her development is no longer impeded by German interference. i BERLIN SYMPATHIZING WITH VIENNA. “We celebrate the day of the opening of the Exhibition with sincere sympathy. We are glad that Austria has this favorable opportu- nity to exhibit to the world the treasures of her industry, her wealth and the productions of her soil. TRUTHFUL COMPARISONS. “Under the government of the present Em- peror, Vienna has developed itgelf enormously, so that it can now receive” with dignity and self-possession the innumerable host of for- eigners who will visit their great show, a state- ment, we are sorry, we could not with the same assurance make of Berlin, which, owing to the inexperience and slowness of the author- ities to meet actual necessities, still lacks sev- eral of the essential attributes of a metropolis. Of course Vienna was always the more antique- like, the wealthier and by nature a more fa- vored city, and Berlin, if it desires to equal Vienna or keep pace with it in point of ele- gance, the attractions of life and convenience for travellers, must exert more than twice the energy required in Vienna.’’ Views of the Berlin Post. The Berlin Post says: — Yesterday the Vienna International Ex- hibition was opened in the presence of the Crown Prince of Germany. Since 1851, when Prince Albert opened the first World’s Fair in London, upon which occasion everything that could be done for éclat was brought into requisition, no opening cere- mony has been more magnificent than the one this year, where the three Northern Powers aro joined in the most intimate friendship ; where England, in approaching Russia and Germany, gives special guarantees of a European peace, and where the destinies of France and Spain prevent these two na- tions from everstepping their boundaries. We usually hope that these universal exhibi- tions will advance the peaceable interests of nations, and we may with confidence count upon this in the present instance. However, these hopes and wishes should not blind us to the passions of en, and nations, Svypeuen’ TOUCHING THE GERMAN NAVE. It will still bo the duty of Germany to zealously develop the defensive resources of the nation in the future as she has done in the past, although neither nature nor history has invested this field of labor with much interest. We refer to the new plan for establishing @ navy, the principal aim of which are the protection and representation of German com- merce in all the ports of the world, the defend- ing of our own coasts and the increasing of our facilities for the offensive. Opinions of the Spenersche Zeitung. The Spenersche Zeitung devotes the following to the Vienna Exhibition: — “On the “beautiful blue Danube’ fhe Vienna Universal Exhibition will be opened to-day. This is the fifth of the number of those inter- ‘national prize struggles in which the indus- try of the whole world battles for the medals of honor. The first of these exhibitions was held in 1851 in London; the second, in 1855 in Paris; the third, in 1862 in London, and the tournament of the two great Western Euro- pean capitals Austria’s metropolis now en- ters as a competitor. May she succeed in worsting her two mightier rivals and in bring- the present exhibition to a successful ter- mination, despite the criticisms that have been hurled against her. OPPOSING IDEAS ON INTERNATIONAL FAIRS. These periodically recurring international fairs will always be criticised after peculiar individual prejudice or coloring. One indi- vidual views these universal struggles as the greatest feats of the century—a considerable step towards that much-desired goal when all the nations of the earth shall unite in one great brotherhood and speak one language. Other individuals see in these exhibitions nothing but a Babel-like confusion of tongues and a disagreeable collecting together of every possible industrial object. Well, the truth, as is very often the case, lies between the two extremes. No one, after serious, impartial consideration, believes that by these exhibitions we can be brought nearer to an era of eternal peace or to the solution of impending social problems, We all know very well that in reality they are only grand spectacular displays, which hardly bring in an adequate return for the material and men- tal effort bestowed upon them, THE PRINCIPAL'BENEFITS TO THE WORKINGMAN. Still, they are not without strikingly useful qualities, In the first place, they give a vast and detailed picture of the advance of civiliza- tion during the decades preceding them and afford in their details tothe man of industry rich opportunities for instruction and ex- perience. A particular point is that these ex- hibitions enable the practical workman to in- form himself of the progress of industry and to take home a life-like and faithful picture of the conditions of progress in his individual sphere, THE VALUE OF SKILLED LABOR. After all, the chief tendency of our present development, in the transitory stages of which there is much that is obstructing and oppres- sive, is to increase the value of labor and the worth of the laborer. Whoever is able in any branch of industry to perform any specially good work finds, under the present condition of affairs, abundant means of subsistence, and in this light the Universal Exhibition has a tendency to elevate the working classes when sufficiently intelligent and energetic to make the proper application of the new impressions gathered there. POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. In one sense the Vienna Exhibition will surpass most of its elder sisters. In the cloudlessness of the outward political horizon abroad the only one that can be said to have vied with it was the London Exhibition of 1851. The Paris Exhibition of 1855 took place while the Crimean war was raging. Over the London Exhibition (of 1862) there hung a peculiar, political, oppressive atmso- phere, and there was also the critical aspect of the German question; and as regards the Paris Exhibition of 1867, it was scarcely any- thing more than a pale but lurid ray of peace from out of threatening war clouds, GEEMANY’S DIFFICULTIES SOLVED. Of course the situation is not so now. The German question which oppressed the atmospheres of the Expositions of 1862 and 1867. is now solved. It has led toa hearty entente cordiale between old Austria and the new German Empire, and now a peaceful and friendly feeling, under which the Vienna Exhibition was opened, prevails. May the Exhibition equal the expectations based upon it and inaugurate in the industrial rivalry of nations a new epoch of peaceful progress. THE HERALD'S GERMAN TRI- UMPH. Excusable Emotions of a Less Fortu- nate Contem perary. , (From the Staats Zeitung, May 4.) The New Yor« HERALD, which is never at a loss to surprise the public with its enterprising, novel and striking ideas, did a very peculiar and very surprising thing in its issue of last Friday. It was a surprise, although it had prepared us for it by its editorial on the day previous. The issue of Friday was almost completely devoted to the discussion of the impressive and magnificent opening of the Vienna Exhibition. The HERALD gave not only the two German letters, which it had already announced, but it also gave German despatches (translated frem the English) and a German editorial. It had assigned the place of honor to the productions of the two German authors. This preference was more justified by the illustrious names of the two authors than by their letters, which were not nearly so interesting and so much tothe point as those of its English correspondents, What Berthold Auerbach Safs is, of course, like all his writings, brilliant and rich in | | both the English and German languages. strik ictures and novel ideas, but tt could have been Written months ago, and if they were really sent by cable it was a mere squandering of money, because they had very little te do with the Exhibi- tion, The other celebrated German author, or rather authoress, which the HERALD was fortunate enough to engage as a correspondent from the World’s Fair is no other than Theodore Mundtt’s widow, known by the name of Louise Mihibach. Her fame has rather slight foundations. Itis based upon the quantity rather than upon the quality of her productions, They are popular enough to be necessary in all circulating libraries, but they are scarcely to be found in private collections of books, She is @ prudent woman of the world, who knows which side her bread is buttered on, She showed that in her despatch from Vienna, in whicn she | sang the praises of the greatness and power of the journal for which she was writing, without, how- ever, forgetting to take care of her ewn fame. Her effusion suits the HERALD so splendidly that any one who did not know better would be almost in- clined to believe she completed her journalistic studies in the office oj that journal, which in its way ia unique (einzig.) An Acknowledgement from a German Journal. [From the New Yorker Journal, May 3.) The enterprising New York HeRaLp yesterday tendered @ grand compliment to the Germans of New York by publishing, in the German language, original telegraphic correspondence from the pens i relation to the opening of the Vienna International Exhibition. The “German HER- ALD,” spoken of for years past, has thus become a fact, at least the commencemen? of it, One thing certainly must be acknowledged avout the HeRaLD, this paper entirely disregards the heaviest expenses in order to offer to the pub- lic whatever may be of interest to them, and the fact that Averbach sends his May greetings from Gernabach instead of Vienna in Auerbach’s fault, not the HeRaLp’s, which paper doubtlessly meant to do its best. At any rate, this high compliment paid to the German element deserves full acknowl- edgement, . PRESS OPINIONS OF THE HERALD’S ENTERPRISE. ce {From the Norwich (Conn.) Advertiser, May 3.) The New York HERALD has engaged four eor- respondents to write from the Vienna Exhibiton— two in English and two in German, The HERALD published yesterday seven pages devoted to the Opening of the Exhibition, several columns of which were in German, (From the Washington National Republican, May 3.) The NEw York HERALD yesterday fairly out- stripped itself in the magnificent account which it gave by telegraph of the opening of the Vienna Exposition on the 1st instant. It printed four descriptions of the great event—two in English and twoin German. One of the English descriptions is written by Mr. John Russell Young and the otner by Mr. Edmundo Yates, the English novelist, The German accounts are written by Louise Mtthibach and Berthold Auerbach, the latter of whom is the Greatest German fiction writer of the day. Nothing like this feat has ever before been accom- plished in journalism in any country. To bring four writers of the rank and brilliancy of the above-named together, and then telegraph their productions 3,000 miles, could only have been done by the HERALD, [From the Wilmington (Del.) Commercial, May 3.] * * The NEw YORK AERALD’S enterprise is ex- hibited in securing Berthold Auerbach and Louise Muhibach, the German novelists (the former one ofthe finest writers of fiction in any language), to assist Edmund Yates and John Russell Young in deseribing, by mail and telegraph, the Vienna Ex- position, There is real enterprise in this, and while we are not so sure about Mr. Yates and the historical (?) Mithlbach, tnere will be nothing of pinchbeck about Auerbach or Young, The latter is @ splenaid correspondent and the HERALD does wisely in securing him. The two German writers, it must also be noted, send their telegrams and letters in their own language and they are so printed in the HERALD on the first day, an English translation being given the day following. (From the Hartford Post, May 3.) We spoke in the Evening Post of yesterday of the enterprise of the New York HERaLp in securing four eminent writers to represent it at the world’s fair in Vienna. In Friday’s edition of that paper appeared the first instulment of letters from the corps, telegraphed by cable, and occupying, witha diagram o! the ground and buildings and an inter- esting historical sketch of previous fairs, from six to seven pages of the HERALD. The contributions of the German writers are printed in their native tongue, and the HeRaLp, true to its cosmopolitan character, accompanies them with an editorial in the same language. It is an achievement of which every American, and particularly the journalists of the country, have reason to feel proud, and the editor is fully justified in saying :— “We offer the HERALD to-day as @ contribution to the great Exposition. for it, indeed, affords as strik- ing an illustration of the progress of the world as can be given by any exhibitor.” On another page we have reproduced the letter of Mr. John Russell Young, which will be found worth reading, {From the Lynchburg (Va.) Republican, May 3.) However much the New YoRK HERALD may be slightingly referred to as @ “sensational” paper, it certainly exhibits more journalistic enterprise than any newspaper published in the English language. Its latest achievement is its arrangements for “doing up’ he Vienna Exposition. [From the Hartford Times, May 3.] The New York papers are trying hard to outdo each other in their accounts of the Vienna Exposi- tion, The HERALD has made the most showy start, It has secured Edmund Yates, a big gun in himself, and John Russell Young, to say nothing of Berthold Auerbach and Louise Muhlbach, whose despatches that paper prints in the German language. [From the Reading (Pa.) Times, May 3.) The NEw YORK HERALD of yesterday prints a page of cable telegrams in German, giving the fall proceedings and addresses on the occasion of the opening of the Vienna Exposition, on May 1. Another fall page is filled with a graphic account of the same proceedings in English. The HERALD is now the most enterprising newspaper in the world, the London Times not excepted. [From the Troy Times, May 3.] The New YoRK HERALD is truly agreat paper. It has four correspondents in Vienna—Edmand Yates, John Russell Young, Berthold Auerbach and Louise Mtthibach, From each of these it had a long de- spatch yesterday, describing the opening of the Ex- pesition, and the despatches of Auerbach and Mrs. Mthibach were printed in German, occupying nearly seven columns, There was also nearly a column of editorial in Ger man, on the same subject, and one whole page was devoted to diagrams of the Exposition building and grounds. The despatches from Messrs. Yates and Young occupied about seven pages anda half, Afull list of the American ex. hibitors was also given, together with a great deal of other matter of more or less interest to those who are concerned in the great show. (From the Newark Journal, May 3.] The HERALD to-day fulfils the promise made yesterday, and gives to its readers translations of the despatches sent from Vienna on Thursday by its special German correspondents, Berthold Auer- bacn and Louise Mihlbach, relative to the opening of the World’s Fair, From the despatch of Mr. Auerbach we make extracts. Mme. Louise Muhl- bach’s despatch will be read with interest by every lady. x {From the Boston Daily News, May 3.) Yesterday’s New York Henatp fairly outdid all previous efforts of that enterprising and remark- able paper, and may justly be considered as a mar- vel of energy, liberality and promptness. Its ac- count of the opening of the great Vieuna Exposi- lon was of thé tidat elabdraie atid graph{e charac- ter, occupying seven closely printed columns in This full report included special accounts, expressly fur- nished, by Edmand Yates, Louise Mahibach and Jolin Russell Young, all of which were transmitted by cable at an enormous expense and laid before American readers at their breakfast tables. It may safely be said that such an example of journalistic enterprise never before occurred in the United States, and the publishers of the HeRaLp may truly claim that their last undertaking is absolutely un- paralleled. {From the Hartford Courant, May 3.) The New YORK HeRALD has achieved a new triumph over which it has good reason for feeling pride and satisfaction, It published yesterday a quadruple sheet, seven pages of which were de- voted to the opening of tne Vienna Exposition. Right columns are in German, the contributions of the eminent German authors, Berthold Auerbach and Louise Muhibach, who have been engaged as special correspondents; and eight columns con- tain the despatches of John Russell Young and Edmund Yates, the special reporters for English readers. Translations of the German reports will be published in issue, There can be po doubt that if the )D continues as it has begun it will, before the close of the Summer, become the leading paper of the German as weil as of the Eng- lish readers of the country. Its #uecess of yester- day stands unparalleled in the journalism of the world, From the Waterbury (Conn.) American, May 1.) The New YORK HERALD is represented at the Vienpa Exposition pr John. Russell Xpung, Edmund Yates, the great novelist, and this morn- ing the HBRALD came out as a quadruple sheet, with two long accounts by these gentlemen of the opening of this grand Exposition, which are printed in both English and German, This 1s cer- tainly a great newspaper feat, and the HERALD ought justly to feel proud of it, [From the Elizabeth (N. J.) Herald, May 2.) The New York HsRALD takes the palm this Morning in the Vienna Exhibition business, aod every paper in that city is so thoroughly distanced asto admit of no dispute. It contains lengthy despatches in both English and German, its tele- graphic correspondents being John Russell Young, Edmund Yates, Louise Mihibach and Auerbach. It contains also a complete list of the American ex- hibitors anda fine map of the building and sur- roundings. We commend onr contemporary for ita enterprise, It makes money rapidly and it spends it liberally, as it should, The Exhibition and the reports are onapar. Vével’Amerique! [From the Trenton (N. J.) Gazette, May 3.] The NEw YORK HERALD of yesterday certainly led the press of America, and probably of the world, in enterprise, It published two long communications, transmitted from Vienna by trans-Continental and trans-Atlantic telegraph, from Joun Russell Young and Edmund Yates, giving graphic descriptiens of the opening of the great Exposition, and two other long communications, printed tn German, from the famous German authors, Berthold Auerbach and Louise Muhibach, on the same subject. The HER- ALD deserves credit for the princely manner in which it thus expends its princely income. It may be said that other journals cannot afford such costly enterprises, and that the HERALD eclipses them by sheer force of almost illimitable resources, But this would be unjust. It requires genius to con- ceive and a broad liberality to execute these great feats of journalistic enterprise. COMMENTS BY GERMAN CITIZENS. 2 ee A German Testimony to the Herald’s Vienna Correspondence. Newark, N. J., May 2, 1873, To Tne Eprror oF THE HERALD:— 1 have been for more then twenty years ®@ constant and attentive reader of your valu- able paper, and have always found in its columns mueh to please me, while at the same time I must confessI have derived valuable infor- mation from its perusal; and when seme days ago Ilearned that you had succeeded in obtaining Berthold Auerbach and Louise Mulhbach as special correspondents at the Vienna ‘Exhibition, I knew that a great and rare trea awaitedt your readers, Nevertheless 1 was joyfully surprised to find in your to-day’s issue a detailed re- port of what had but yesverday. taken place at Vienna, together with the correspondence from the pen of the talented writers, Berthold Auerbach and Louise Mthibach, and it is a pleasing task to me to offer you my congratuiations for the great achievement in laying before your German readers these reports in their native tongue, and I hope the day is not far distant when you will publish a German edition of your Naw YORK HERALD, and thus present to the Germans in the United States a paper worthy of them. It is true there is ne lack of German papers in the United States, but there is | certainly a lack of energy in the editors cenduct- ing them. Should my hope of seeing your paper ublishdd in German be fulfilled there is no doubt it will be crowned by unprecedented success. Very truly yours, ERMAN HIRSCH. The Herald Sending German News to Vateriand. New YorK, May 2, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— The HERALD newspaper deserves @ world of credit for the Vienna reports, and to many acity and village of their ‘‘Vaterland” the grateful and loyal Germans will send a copy of to-day’s edition, where the news, via New York, will be read for the first time, I am a German who has read the HeaaLp for two years and who will read it here or abroad as long as it 1s edited by the present owners or by such men as they educate. EIN DEUTSCHER. Make the Herald a Universal Journal. BROOKLYN, E. D., May 2, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Appreciating, as I do, the enterprise that has so long and successfully been displayed by the great American newspaper, the NEw YORK HERALD, I, this morning, with many more of my German feb low citizens, was led to exclaim, In amazement, that there has never before been published such @ journal in any country! All other news- apers heretofore have always been published fi but one language, and you are, I think, the first te deviate from such @ course. ‘T would now beg leave most respectfully to make another sngges- tion, which is that you set apart @ portion of your daily issue jor the publication of news from the different quarters of the globe, and have it printed every day im the type and language spoken in the localities from whence the news is received. Make the HERALD a universal journal. ALBERT KAUFPMANN, M. D. The Herald’s Crowning Triamph. BROOKLYN, May 3, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1am one of the many tens of thousands of sons of Vaterland who rejoiced at the New York Ex- | hibition, under the auspices of the HERALD, as much as that of Vienna. I consider the first as much a crowning glory of human intellect as the latter. Ilook at it not only as a compliment to the German element in our country, but also, and Mere 80, as a tribute to humanity. Auerbach and Munlbach are indeed apostles of humanity. They do not write to produce merely books; they produce books as means to advance and ennoble and elevate mankind; and the HERALD, in selecting those two German authors to photograph Deutschilana’s soul on the May Day pad passed, could pay no higher compliment to ateriand’s children, either in Europe or America; and with feelings almost akin to reverence did I read Berthold Auerbach’s Cd Ht in yesterday’s HERALD. I seemed, asl read it, see flashes of lightning, revealing to me momentarily mountain heights never before seen by me. | rejoiced to think that the same thougits that flashed in German words to-day were to flash to-morrow ont of an Anglo-Saxon form. I did not doubt that the NEw YoRK HERALD—the power that had invited the flashing—would, in changing it into its English form, be cautious to have its brilliancy undimin- ished, and, least of all, unbefogged. AN ADMIRER. PROBABLE MURDER IN BROOKLYN. Murderous Assault with a Navy Cutlass. Shortly before ten o’clock last night, James Led- with, a laborer, forty-three years of age, while under the influence of baa whiskey and believing himself to have suffered a wrong at the hands of Edward King, an occupant of the same house, 60 Canton street, Brooklyn, sought to commit murder. Led- with ‘repaired the door of the apartments occupied by Mrs. King, the mother of Edward, and, being refused admittance, burst open tne door. He entered the room and made an assauit upon Edward King with ap | old navy cutlass, bh the blade a consider- able depth into the groin of his victim, and biting a piece out of the palm of his hand. The screams of the wounded man attracted the attention of Patrolman Regan, who came to the sseiatance of k jatter was conveyed to the Gity ‘ospi- wound was pronounced to be of a haracter. Ledwith threw the mur- on into @ culvert, whence it was sub- sequently recovered. The murderous sceundrel was arrested and locked station house, where he is UTAH. eld to answer, Rumor that Brigham Means to Resign— m Troubles—Illness of General SALT LAKE CrTy, May 4, 1873. A special conference of the Mormon Church assembled to-day. No business of importance was transacted. It is rumored that Brigham Young will resign the Presidency of the Church during the session of the Conierence. Application has been made to the commander of Camp Bougtas for two companies ef troops to pro- tect the settlers in San Pete Valley, in Southern Utah, The Indians have assumed a threatening attitude and the settlers are greatly alarmed, General Merrow, commander of the troops at Camp Douglas, is seriously tll, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. By special correspondence from Lima, Peru, of the 18th of April, we have the following naval news:—On the 10th instant tne United States fag- ship Pensacola, fying the broad penant of Admiral Steedman, arrived in Callao from Coquimbo. The most excellent health is experienced on board, and the gallant Admiral and his officers received an enthusiastic welcome from the people of Callao, to whom such attentions were extended by the vessel Goring se dark days of the Gutierrez revolution. ‘ain mited States Pensacola and Omaha saa ate ttt taba ta Sas Taleahupne anor the Lothy in the Myrtle avenue | Bf WASHINGTON, A Declaration of Intentions as a Claim te Rights of Citizenship. Spain Interested in tha Question. WasHINoTon, May 4, 1873, The Spanish and American Commission yester- day acted upon the case No, 71, Perfecto de Rojas vs. Spain, The claimant declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States according ta the forms required by act of Congress, on the 28th of September, 1870, when he established his rest. dence in the United States. Subsequent to suck action on his part, he alleges, the Spanish authort- ties in Cuba seized and embargoed his property im that island. This was done before the agreement between the Unitea States and Spain—February 12, 1871—for the settlement of the claims of citt-, zens of the United States, or of their heirs, against the government of Spain for wrongs and injuries committed against thelr persons and property, or against the persons and property of those of whom the said heirs are the legal representatives, by the authorities of Spain, in the island of Cuba, or Within the maritime jurisdiction thereof, since the commencement of the present insurrection. The question submitted to the arbitrators was’ whether Rojas was a citizen of the United States Within the meaning of this conventton for the set- tlement of claims, or, in other words, whether thet arbitrators had any jurisdiction to examine and Getermine the merits of this particular claim, un-~ der the circumstances, as stated. The question Presented in the demurrer by the advocate for, Spain was that the declaration to become a citizen could not under the municipal law of the United States make Rojas a citizen of this country, en@ that it imposed no new duties upon him, nor con« lerred upon the government of the United States any new rights of jurisdiction over him, as a friend« ly alien residing within their territory, which he was at liberty to quit at his pleasure, After that declaration, as before, he was simply a subject of Spain, ‘The American arbitrator, Judge Otto, and the Spanish arbitrator, Mr. Potestad, differed im opinion on this preliminary question, and there~ fore, in accordance with the convention, it will be submitted to Baron Lederer, the Austrian Minister, who ts the umpire of the commission, for his opin- fon and decision. This is a test question, and the determination of the Rojas case will decide cight other similar cases | Dow pending. The United States and Mexican Commis sions Information has been received at the rooms of the joint United States and Mexican Commission that the Congress of Mexico has ratified the con- vention extending the term of the Commission for the purpose of adjudicating the unfinished cases. Sefior Zamoconia, in place of the former commus- sioner, Guzman, is now on his way to Washington. Business will be resumed immediately on his ar- rival. Commissioner Van Buren’s Successor. The President is expected here on Wednesdaf next, when it is understood the successor of Gen- eral Van Buren as Chief Commissioner of the United States at the Vienna Exposition will be an- nounced. The Modest Congressmen. About six Congressmen among those who have turned their extra compensation into the Treasury have accompanied the act with requests that their names be withheld from the public. MURDER BY A BOY. A Lad of Sixteen Waylays and Beats Out the Brains of a Boy of Nine Years— Singatar Instance of Hereditary Manta. PrTrssuR$, Pa., May 4, 1873. Last night Timothy Bacon, sixteen years ol4, was breught to Greensburg and lodged in the jail of that place charged with the crime of murder, His victim was George Shaum, a bright-eyed, in- telligeat lad, aged nine years. It appears the parties reside in Mount Pleasant township, thirteen miles from Greensburg. On Friday last young Shaum was sent by his mother to a grocery @ mile distant to purchase some medicines and some sugars. He de- parted on the errand, and that was the last seen of the child alive, The family thought nothing of his disappearance until late at night. Not returning, they went to the neighbors to seek some trace of him; but the only word got of him was from one of the neighbor's boys, who said he had seen George on his way home frem store in an altercation with Timothy Bacon. On the morn- ing following two boys who were passing through the woods where the lad was last seen had their attention drawn to a singular meund of leaves between the bark of two trees. They went over to it, kicked away the leaves and eartm,” when totheir herror and amazement they saw the dead body of George Shaum. The corpse emitted a foul stench which drove them back, and when they gained sufficient nerve to near it again they discovered that the face was black and blue and bloody, and presented a most horriole appearance. Closer examination revealed the fact that the skull was broken in several places and the clothing was rentand torn. An alarm was Press the neigh- bors summoned and the body of the boy was re- moved to the house, where the grie!-stricken family received it. Steps were at once taken by the neighbors to discover, if possible, the murderer. arching about in the vicinity of where the body was first found, indications were discovered of where the murderer ut first tried to dig a grave in which to bury the victim. Near the partially made grave was found a package of medicine which young Shaum had aoe the day before. Suspicion ointed to Timothy Bacan, aad the officer found him in the barn in the rear of his stepfather’s house. He took the arrest with perfect | indifference, and when acquainted with the charge upon which he had been taken in custody vehemently denied it. However Rd Piteotn be See a eats peas a the ‘ace, Fassola, 8 Shaum a club tor his reruns it nding over the Attlee he purchased at the store. is acknowledgment was regarded as enough by the magistrate, and the prisoner was remanded to jall for further exam- ination. From the appearance of the dead body it would seem that young Shaum was beaten to death witha wattle, a little hickory stick, half switch and half club, Young Bacon is not @ bright boy by any means. He Its limbed, very uncouth in dres and the expression of his face at times ts devilish, He be- trays not the slightest fear and manifests no con- cern whatever as to his position. He is in Or ance of his own age, but can read and write toler. ably well. He has an unfortunate pedigree, and pm pom tf will find in him an interesting case ef the resuit of crime among ancestors. His — father was convicted of murder in the first degree and suffered the penalty, and his own father be- came crazed with religious fanaticism and cut his throat. The funeral of young Shaum took place to- day, and the sad manner of his death caused a large concourse of persons to assist at the burial, SORROW IN THE 80UTH FOR THE FEDERAL DEAD OF THE MODOC WAR YANCRYVILLE, N. C., May 4, 1873. The HERALD special from the lava beds that stated that Lieutenant Arthur Cranston, of the Fourth artillery, was probably killed and his body burned by the Modocs, has created a profound sensa- tion here. Though that gallant officer belonged to the federal army, this sad intelligence has cast @ gloom over this community almost as deep and heartfelt as if he had been a native to the manner born. Lieutenant Cranston was stationed here and at Raleigh for a period of over two years, dur- ing which time ne pedame @ great favorite with the ret for his sad fate, if it is so, Porat at Raleigh, Tat there does here, and the loss of Captain Thomas, Lieutenants Howe and Harris are nearly equally deplored by a perpe whom it might be supposed would have A of the tle sympathy for them. Everybody that shewks of Lieutenant Cranston in accents greatest sadness, and the universal expression sympatiy for his beautiful widowed wife is both genuine and extremel touching. These officers were on duty here while the people of this State were undergoing their most trying ord of recon- struction, and also d@ari Holden war, and by their Pisihe ed ey much to State government the time was both tyrannical and