The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1873, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. 7 CENTRAL ASIA. ‘Herald Special Report from, Asiatic Russia Through London.” HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS FROM KHIVA, The Khanate Capital Taken by the Russians and His Highness the Khan Made Prisoner. ‘The Imperialist Losses of Slight Amount. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. The following special report to the Hzrarp has been received from our correspondent in the British metropolis: — Lonvon, May 18, 1873. A telegram from Tiflis, the capital city of all the territory of Russian Transcaucasia, dated on the 17th inst., confirms the news that Khiva has been taken by the imperial Russian army, and His Highness the Khan of Khiva made prisoner by the Russians, who sustained only slight loss during the operations. British Press Despatches from the Scene of the Russian Triumph—What is Said In St. Petersburg—A First Warn- ing to Turkey. Lonpon, May 19—5:30 A. M. A special despatch to the Daily Telegraph, dated Tiflis, May 17, says: — The Russians have taken Khiva. The Khan is a prisoner. The Russian loss was slight. A telegram to the London Times from St. Petersburg states that the Russians reached the Khivan territory without a serious en- counter. RUSSIAN HOPES. There is talk in St. Petersburg now of the annexation of Bokhara and Khokand, as well as Khiva. The Russian press represent that Turkey is tottering with misgovernment, and predict that a time is coming when her troubles will culminate, and Russia will then be able to vindicate her interests. General Kaufmann’s Order of the Day. ‘The Russian imperial object and intention in the campaign against Khiva and for future conse- quences after success were set forth in the follow- img Ordre de Jou issued by General Kaufmann, the Czar’s commander-in-chie!, when setting out on the march for Khiva, and the manifesto was to be repeated, with necessary alteration, to the Russian troops immediately after the fall of the Khanate capital, The order reads thus:— GENERAL ORDER. Considering the eminently hostile attitude re- cently adopted towards us by the Khivese, and in order to punish this Khanate, His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to order decisive measures to be taken. Our Aly oo will accordingly march upon Khiva trom two sides at once—from the east the torces of the military district under my command wiil proceed in a western direction; from the west detachments formed out of the Cau- casus and Orenburg troops will likewise take the field. When these two principal detachments of the expedition shall have effected a junction in the territory of the Khanate of Khiva, or at any rate when they shall have put themselves in communi- cation with each otiuer, the command of the whole forces will be assumed by me. The following troops of tue Turkistan forces en- trusted to my authority by His Imperial Majesty wiil enter into the detachment operating from the east:—1. Infantry—Six rifle companies, two from each of the first three battalions of Turkestan ; the Fourth rifle vattalion of ‘Turkistan; three com- anies o: the Second battalion of the line of Tur- ‘istan; two companies of the Fourth battalion and the Kighth battalion of the same line; the Tur- kistan company of sappers. 2 Artillery—Two pieces of the First battery of the First artillery brigade of Turkistan; hali the Second battery of the same brigade; the First battery of the horse artillery brigade of the Orenvurg Cossacks; half a battery of mountain artillery; one rocket battery. 8, Cavalry—700 Cossacks, 200 of them trom the Ural, one trom Semiretchensk, three from Oren- burg and one combine sotnia. At the beginning of the march, and betore the reunion ol these troops near the Boukan Bills (a eG ee the desert of Kyzil Kum from that of Batyk Kum), they will proceed in two columns, the one setting out from Kasalinsk, the other from Djizak. The Djizak column will consist of six rifle companies, two of eachof the three frst rifle battalions; of three companies of the Second battalions and of two companies of the Fourth battalions of the Turkistan line, of the Turkistan sapper company, of twe pieces of the First battery of the First Tur- kistan Artillery brigade, and one-half of the Second battery of the same brigade; 0: the battery of the Horse Artiliery brigade of the Orenburg Cossacks, and five and a half sotnias (hundreds) of Cossacks and half arocket battery. The effective force of the infantry companies in the campaign will be 140 men, with irom twelve to fourteen non-commis- sioned officers, and ten men per company not serv- ing in the ranks. For special reascns the Eighth battalion of the line will have only 128 men pe company, with the same number as above of non- commissioned officers and men not serving in the ranks. All the men not serving m the ranks to be fully armed, The sapper company will have 200 Mien, tucluding non-commissioned oilicers. Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch and the Prince Eugene Maximilianovitch Romanovsky, Duke of Leuchten- berg, will avcompany the Vjizak column, The chie! of the Turkistan detachment will be Major General Golovatchov, commander of the forces 01 the Sir Daria Province, who will organize his own sta’? for the campaign, The Kasaiinsk column up to its junction with the Djizak colwnn at the Boukan hills will be com- manded by Colonel Golov, Chief of the -‘Kasalinsk district, assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Baron von Kaulbars, o1 the Stat’! Corps, To direct the opera- tions of all the troops under my command during the campaign, a special stat? tas been formed, in- cluding the following oiicers and persons :—Chief of the Stall, Major General Trotsky, of the Stait Corps; Chief of the Artillery, Major General Jarinov, Chief of the Artillery of the Military district of fur- kestan; Chief of the Rifle troops, Major General Bardovsky, Chief of the Turkestan Rite brigade; Chiet of the Engineers, Colonel Schleitfer; Chief of the Commissariat, Counsellor of State Kassianov; Medical Chie!, Counseilor of State Souyaroy, During my absence from Turkistan the command of the military district will be entrusted to Lieu- tenant General Kolpakovsky, commander of the Province o/ Seimiretchensk, the senior oMcer next to myself. The troops ol the Sir Duria Province are temporarily placed under Major General Kartas- chevy, and those of Semiretchensk under Major Gen- eral Mikhe'ovsky. The functions of Major General Trotsky, Cniel of the Staif of the district, are ter- porarily entrusted to his assistant, Colonel Mosell, of the staf corps, The artiliery of the district is laced under Colonel Silberswan, commander of he First Arvillery brigade of Turkestan; the engi- acers being placed under Colonel Maliino, Chie of the Tashkend subdivis.on of enginees, Sketch of the Khan of Khiva and His Dynasty. His Highness the Khan of Khiva, who has been made prisoner by the Russians, is described asa man of twenty-seven years of age, with great mili- tary abilities and insatiable ambition, who openly proclaimed, a short time since, his determination not to leave a foot of ground to the foreign inva- ders in Central Asia, and who has for some time been securing allies for a campaign against Russia. He not only sent his emissaries just lately into the Russian territory of Mangischiach to stir Qp an insurrection among the Kirghiz, but des- patched an embassy to Calcutta to apply for he assistance of England. ‘he Viceroy of India advised a reconciliation with Russia, upon which the Khivan Ambassador replied:—‘This cannot be, for Russia has deeply offended the Khan. She has not even sent him a despatch sealed with a golden seal, though he is equal in rank to all other sovereigns.” At a grand Khivan council held by the Kham some of the members declared themselves opposed to a war with Russia, Yesi- Mourad, one of the Khan’s uncles, rose and satd:— “When I was @ bYy people were already talking of the danger of @ Russian invasion. This danger was averted; the Muscovite fears us. I have grown old, and huve not seen a Russian yet, nor shall we see them im our country. But if we act like cow- Tas and give up our prisoners our power wilt ae- Tt from os, Turcomans and Kirghiz wil k us, and Kniva will be suameiully subdued,” THRONE—DYNASTIC DIFFER- ENCES AND THE RUSSIAN’S OPPORTUNITY, In one of the latest impressions of the Ruski Mir Mendali, son o! Pirali, Sultan of a Khirgiz tribe, re- cords his pretensions to the throne of Khiva. The Sultan claims to be adeseendant of Tehingis Khan, and asserts his ancestor Nurali to have been Khan of Khiva before he was elected Sultan of the Khir. giz. The family of the present Khan are said to occupy to the pretender’s family the same position that the Orieans do to the Bourbons, Sultan Men- gali makes much of his ‘ervent Mohammedanism, and flavors his manifesto with strong declarations against Engiand and in favor of Russia, He pro- mises to introduce strict and orderly administra- tion into the claimed khanate, and to promote European civilization. His object 18 to be installed under Russian protection, as a solution of the Khivan question iavorable alike to Russia and his own private interests, Russian Opinion of England’s Position and of the Anglo-Muscovite Mission Eastward. The Journal de St, Petersburg devotes an article to the Ceniral Asian question. It says:— On reading the numerous articles on the Central Asian question tn the English press we are as- tounded to see that the majority of those papers are utterly unable to distinguish between questions forming a legitimate subject for imternational ne- gotiations and others that may not be so treated, at least not by governments that respect them- selves, Thus the names of Khiva, Attreck, Khoras- san, Persia, &c,, have been introduced into the dis- cussion, though they have absolutely nothing to do with the negotiations pending between the London and St. Petersburg Cabinets. The Eaglish govern- ment can have no intention to prescribe to the Russian government what it ought and what it ought not to doin Asia; nor would the Russian overnment be entitled to probibit the Angio- Indian authorities from tuking any measures they, in the interest in peace and order, may think fit to adopt against savage and turbulent neighbors, Have we ever thought of protesting against the successive annexations resulting in the establish- ment o! the immense Indian empire? Has the re- cent conquest of Oude and Nepaul, has the em- bodiment o: the Punjab, Cashmere and Peshawur. met with the slightest opposition on the part of Russia? Animated by the like spirit of reserve the British government never offered any remarks on the events which eventually led to the occupation of Yashkend and Samarcand. In standing upon her right of seli-defence, Russia only imitated the example of tne Anglo-Indian government. As- suredly, no one in his senses will take it into his head to maptite this point with her. In chastising the brigands of Khiva and forcing them to respect her heighbors, she only makes use of the right of seli-defence, It is, therefore, periectly absurd to suppose that these questions could ever be made the subtect of a diplomutic exchange o! opinion be- tween the two Cabinets. As te Persia, Khorassan and the Attreck, which the English press has has mixed up with these matters, the subject re- uires to be carefully treated. ‘The Russian and ritish governments have agreed to respect the integrity of the Persian territory. If either party Were to violate this integrity, the other would be, no doubt, entitled to remonstrate. But neither party intends to do anything of the kind. Khoras- san has been neither occupied nor attacked nor menaced by Russia. As to the deserts situated north of the Attreck, even the learned Vambéry, who is not suspected of any particular Darslsity: .0r Russia, relates that the Persian government has never ex- ercised sovereign rights in that quarter. It is nobody's territory. Persian integrity, theretore, 4g not infringed by our military reconnoitrements in those arid steppes, reconnoitrements under- taken to check the Turcoman robbers inhabiting the region, and who are more dangerous even to the Persians than to the Russian subjects. For many years past the Russian government has been fulfiiling the like civilizing mission on the Caspian, whose Turcoman pirates, infesting trom time im- Memorial the shores of the Persian provinces of Ghiban and Mazanderan, have learnt to fear our cruisers. By restraining these brigands on terra forma ‘also the Russian governient will render au immense service to these provinces, The apprehensions of the English press are therefore imaginary; while, were we to advert to those geographical errors, which, for instance, remove Bondjnourd to the banks ‘of the Attreck, ail we could do would be to refer them to the judgment of the Royal Society in London. No hegotiations relative to Persia have taken place between Eng- land and Russia. The ancient agreement between the two Powers eXists to this day, Its object 1s not only to protect the integrity of Persia, but it goes lurther than this. The two Cabinets have entered into an understanding with a view to assist Persia in settling her ancient dispute with Turkey con- cerning the boundary line between the two States, Topographers employed by bota Cabinets have drawn up a wap determining the confines of the two contiguous empires, This friendly co-opera- tion between the two Cabinets is too much in ac- cordance with their interests not to be durable, What the English Say—A Russian March to the Levant and the Persian Gulf. The London Telegraph, writing on the subject of the Russian assault on Khiva, and of the interests of Great Britain and other great Powers, at present neutral, in the issue of the campaign says:— England, India, Persia and Turkey may well ask what is the aim of a Power which has advanced a thousand miles to become the master of an oasis in the Oxus. We have an imperial promise that the occupation shall not be prolonged; but Prince GortchakolY has already dwelt on the extreme diMiculty of retreating from any point once pos- sessed, Except on the Pruth and Danube, under restraint, there is no instance of Russian retrogression. The Emperor may find that he cannot keep his promise in the face of mili- tary, ple and commercial pressure. What then, is sought by the men who control Russian policy by dint of Jaits accomplis? Here we have an advance which may end in doubling the charge upon the exchequer ; @ project of conquest useless save for ulterior ends; an enterprise which, if it stops short at Khiva, will be costly and burden- some What is there, asks Sir Henry Rawlinson, to compensate Russia for throwing away a million a@year, not to speak of the sacrifice of soldier’s lives? Pure love of civilization, an ambition to promote trade, @ passionate desire to punish wrongs—these are motives which do not account for the unresting sweep of Russian power from her Northern wastes towards Khorassan and the Hin- doo Koosh. Sir Henry Rawlinson does not see auy Treason as yet to feel anxiety respecting Russian advance toward India, Nor does any thoughtful politician. The aim of Russiais not the conquest or even invasion of India. The statecraft which has compelled her to thrust her arms so far south consists in an etfort directed toward the establish- ment of a position close to Persia and Aifghanis- tan which, she hopes, may neutralize or diminish the force England could exert in Western Asia. That line of action has been pursued in unbroken contiuity ever since the Treaty of Paris was signed. The march of Russta appears to threaten India; in reality it menaces directly Persia and Turkey. The goal of this political strat- egy is dominion on the southern shores of the Euxine and empire peyond the summits of Mount Elburz. What Rnssia desires is countries that will pay, strong naval arsenals, and ports crowded with shipping, and she can only find them by striking out towards the Levant and the Persian Guif. Tashkend, Samareand, Khiva, the Attrek, are subsidiary stages which she believes will lead up te her great ambition—a rich, sunny, prosperous, powerlul southern dominion. ‘Central Asian encroachments on the part of Russia form, theretore, only a corner in the great Eastern ques- tion ; it is in that light they should be continuously regarded; and every measure of counter-policy which events may ferce on us should be shaped with the direct intention of frustrating designs 80 thoroughly hostile to the British Empire, AFRICA. Official Despatches from Sir Samuel Baker at the British Foreign Office. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, May 18, 1873, The Foreign Office has received despatches from Sir Samuel Bakery daterl March 15, stating that Lady Baker and himself were in good health, and that reinforcements had reached him, THE POPE. ‘His Holiness Gives Audience to the French Lega- tion—Foreigners Received—The Pontiff Still Feeble in Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Rome, May 18, 1873, His Holiness the Pope to-day received the French Legation and a deputation of foreigners. ‘The Pope’s condition of health is still feeble, bat the indications of improvement are satisfactory. ITALY. Municipal Demonstration Against the Ministerial Policy—The Monasticists Dispersed by the Police, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Romer, May 18, 1873. A demonstration was made in Florence yester- day against the policy of the Ministry on the Re- ligious Corporations Suppression bill, A large mob coilected and began to actin a dis- orderly manner, when it was dispersed by the police. Several persons were arrested, ORELLY'S Tit aNsPORTATION. The Spanish Government's Order to Send the Herald Commissioner to Spain. Opinion in the National Capital on the Instructions. THE SPANIARDS WANT HERALD NEWS, An Attempt to Make Him a Spy in Truth. Wasurnaton, May 18, 1873. Minister Sickles in his telegram to the State Department, received last evening, does not give any reason for the order sent to Captain General Pieltain for ‘THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER TO SPAIN of Mr. James J. O'Kelly, the Henatp corre- spondent. This single fact becoming known gives rise to much speculation in diplomatic and other prominent circles, and those best acquainted with the policy of Spain are of opinion that the government desires to obtain from Mr. O'Kelly such INFORMATION FROM THE INSURGENT CAMP as it has failed to receive through its own offi- cial channels, and with a view of making such revelations by him a condition precedent to his release. It is suggested further that if the Cuban authorities desired to release Mr. O'Kelly, they could do so without a trial upon the report of a board of officers, who might be instructed to make a report in such manner exonerating Mr. O'Kelly from complication with the insurgents as would afford a reason- able pretence for setting him at liberty with- out causing any excitement in the island, for it has not yet appeared that this gentleman was IN ANY WAY COMPROMISED WITH THE CUBAN MOVEMENTS. Official despatches recently received from the United States commander in the Gulf show that, by his exertions, in connection with those of the United States Consul at Santiago de Cuba, THE THREE SAILORS, who deserted from the bark Union, were set at liberty, after the representations of these officers that they were deserters. But for this timely interference they would have been tried by military commission and CONDEMNED TO DEATH. They were released at the instance of the Governor of Santiago by the Captain General. A similar course could have been pursued, it is stated, with regard to Mr. O'Kelly, without causing any dissatisfaction whatever. These facts are referred to for the purpose of show- ing that no such action as the government of Spain has now taken was absolutely necessary for the release of Mr. O'Kelly, if such be the intentions of requiring the prisoner to be sent to Spain. To order him thither for the purpose of trial would be contrary to the course generally pur- sued with regard to offences committed in Cuba, as those accused of crimes in the island are, according to the rule, INVARIABLY TRIED IN CUBA, Therefore the remanding of O'Kelly to Spain is regarded here as a desire of the government to avail itself of the information which they may suppose he is able to communicate as a result of his visit to the insurgent eamps. SPAIN. Don Carlos’ Reward to His Victorious manders. Com- TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, May 18, 1873, Generals Ollo and Dorregaray have been pro- moted by Don Carlos for the victory of May 5, Bourse Hope of a Termination of the Money Crisis. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, VIENNA, May 18, 1873. The indications at the close of business on the Bourse, yesterday, were that the worst of the crisis was over, FRANCE. _ President Thiers’ Cabinet Changes—Parliament- ary Policy of the Executive—What the People Think—Monarchist Effort for Party Reaction. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERAL'. Paris, May 18, 1873. + The President has appointed M. Casimir Perier Minister of the Interior, M. Tourton Minister of Public Worship, M. Béranger Minister of Public Works, and M. Waddington Minister of Public In- struction. The other Ministers are unchanged. PUBLIC CANVASS OF THE PARTY POSITION. The Messager de Paris thinks the President has come victorious out of the crisis, and that, with Ministry formed of or resting upon the Left Centre he may expect to see calm restored, WHAT MAY FOLLOW. It is expected that on the meeting of the As sembly M-Perter will move a postponement of all debate on questions of general policy until the ter- ritory is evacuated by the Germans, MONARCHIST SENTIMENT AND REACTIONIST TACTICS. The monarchists are dissatisfied with the appoint- ment of M. Perier. At meeting of the members of the Right yesterday speeches were made ap- pealing tothe Assembly to act with energy and rescue France from radicalism, It was resolved that the first business to come before the Assembly would be a demand for an explanation of the policy of the new Cabinet; that if this should prove unsatis/actory, then an effort would be made to force the Ministers to resign; and finally, that the party will not hesitate to overthrow President Thiers if he refuses to renounce his “trimming policy.” CABINET PROJECT OF THE NEW MINISTRY. The programme of the new Ministry is to organ- ize the Republic by the enactment of conservative laws, and wholly reject the radical plana. TKE BISD3E REBELS. Jack and His Host Encamped on Snow Mountain. MILITARY SURROUNDING THEM. The Chief of Scouts Thinks Boston Charley is Dead. The Killed and Wounded in the Battle of May 10. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 18, 1873. A despatch received at Yreka, dated Camp Lava Bed, South Tule Lake, May 15, stated that Mason's and Hasbrouck’s commands had formed a junciion near Captain Jack's last stronghold, and would, in all probability, hem the Modocs in. A second despatch, dated May 16, contradicted the former and stated a junction had not: been made, and furthermore, that THE MODOCS HAD ESCAPED from the strongnold by three routes, both com- mands pursuing. Nothing had been heard from Donald McKay's Warm Spring Warriors. JACK 18 ON SNOW MOUNTAIN, At latest accounts the Modocs were encamped on Snow Mountain, twenty miles south of Sorass Lake. Hasbrouck started in that direction on the 16th and Mason's command remained In the lava bed. McKay thinks Boston Charley was killed in the last fight. It 18 thought Mason will find the Modocs this time. Kingsvury’s command has been sent to reinforce him, OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF LOSSES ON THE 10TH INSTANT. Medical Director Bentiey has furnished the an- nexed official account of the killed and wounded in the battle at Dry Lake, May 10:— KILLED. James D. Totler, corporal, Company B. Adolphus Fisher, private, Company B. WOUNDED, Louis Dunbar, scalp wound in the head, Peter Grifin, flesh wound in the left hip. Jesse Reeves, Corporal, fracture of the right arm, which was subsequently amputated, Patrick McGuire, fracture below the right knee; right leg amputated below the thigh. Samuel McGlew, flesh wound in the right arm, cutting an artery. George Brown, flesh wound in the leit leg. All of company B, Michael Maher, of company G; flesh wound in, the right hip. Allof the above named belonged to the First cav-~ alry. INDIAN SCOUTS KILLED, Wassamucka and Lebaster, Warm Spring In- dians, were killed, and Yonowiton, another scout, had his right arm fractured, Burial of Another Modoc Victim, WASHINGTON, May 18, 1873, The funeral of Captain Evan Thomas, one of the Modoc victims, took place this afternoon, and was attended by nearly all the army ofMicers in Wash- ington, The Secretary of War and General Sher- man and Adjutant General Townsend were pres- ent. Potomac and Ge rgetown lodges of Masons performed escort duty. There was no other dis- play. UTAH. Continued Conflict Between the Courts— A Decoration Squabble. Sarr Lake Crry, May 18, 1873, Yesterday Judge Boreman discharged C. W. Baker on a writ of habeas corpus. Baker was sentenced by the Probate Court to a year’s im- prisonment. Judge Boreman ruled the same as other members of the Supreme Court of Utah— that the Probate Court had no jurisdiction in crim- inal cases, The conflict still goes on, notwithstand- ing the new appointments of Judges, A morning paper says the troops at Camp Doug. lass will not permit the Mormons to take part in decorating the graves of their dead comrades, The ex-Confederate soldiers have been invited to participate on Decoration Day. A SING SING CATASTROPHE. Falling of a Gallery in the State Prison— One Convict Killed and Several Others Seriously Injured. While agang of convicts were being marched from the mess room to their ceils in the male prison, at Sing Sing, yesterday morning, the gal- lery on which they stood suddenly gave way, pre- cipitating some thirty or forty men to the ground floor, a distance of several feet. One of the con- victs was killed instantly, while many others were injured, some of them, as is believed, fatally. The retten condition of the prison galleries has for some time past been well known to the officials, and the natural result which has occurred was predicted nearly a year ago in the columns of the HERALD. During the legislative ses- sion of 1872 Mr. Henry C, Nelson (who was then agent and Warden of Sing Sing Prison) appeared frequently before the appropriate committee at Albany, and as often urged, ior humanity’ sake, that a trifling amount be appropri- ated for the repair of the death traps indicated, or their removal and replacement by substantial galleries, supported by iron braces. The assembled Solons, however, were too much occupied with partisan measures to consider the case of the unfortunate convicts, who, knowing well the unsate state of the galleries, trembled as they trod them night and morning while leaving and returning to their cells. HELP TO DESTITUTE CUBANS, Donation by Mr. Gerrit Smith for the Relief of Distressed Patriots. A movement has at last been initiated by one of the most honored citizens of this country to give the struggling Cuban patriots something more than fair words and barren sympathies. Mr. Gerrit Smith has addressed a letter to Messrs. Aldama, Jordan and Dana, enclosing $1,000 to be applied in such @ manner as will best answer the Bee of the donator. In his letter Mr. Gerrit mith expresses sympathy with the destitute Cubans residing in this city who had formerly lived in wealth or at least in comfortable circum- stances, and whom the revolution has reduced to want and severe suffering. He calls special atten- tion to their distress, and hopes that the generous of this country will follow his bi ny od by money contributions tor their rehef, He also expresses’ his disapproval of the policy of our government in its treatment of the Cuban patriots. Messrs. Al- dama, Jordan and Dana have addressed a reply to Mr. Gerrit Smith, thanking him for his donation, ASCENSION IN A PAPER BALLOON. READING, Pa., May 18, 1873, Donaldson, the aeronant, made an ascension here Jast evening in @ balioon made of prown paper, and landed sately. This was the first regular paper balloon ascension ever made in this country, THE OOTTON STRIKE IN RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 18, 1873, The strike of the factory operatives in this State ia apparently nearly over. RELIEF FOR THE DRUMMOND MINE SUF- FERERS. New York, May 18, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Sir—Advices from the Drummond colliery show that ninety children, thirty widows, four aged mothers and six wounded men are left by the late terrible disaster entirely destitute of means of sup- port. This {sa dreadful situation ana to be met properly only by prompt assistance. Will you act as the medium for receiving and forwarding mate- rial aid, and accept the accompanying $100 a8 a contribution from A OQAL DEALER, WASHINGTON. Fire Beneath the Office of the Southern Claims Commission. roeente THE TREATIES OF A CENTURY. United States Diplomacy with the Old World. Personnel of the Civil Service Advisory Board. WASHINGTON, May 18, 1873, Government Documents and Other Prop- erty Jeopardized by Fire. A fire broke out this morning in the cellar of the large building on F street, occupied in part by the Southern Claims Commission and the Civil Service Examining Board; but was extinguished with slight damage from fire, but considerable damage by witer. This is the third or fourth fire in the same building, each occurrence putting in jeopardy the proois filed in support of several thousand claims against the government collected at an ex- Penditure of many thousands of dollars by the @laimants and the loss of which im numerous cases could not be repaired, and in others would subject the government to extortion. Fireproof deposito- ries for the public archives are much needed, as the greater part of those most valuable to the government, in-a practical sense, are exposed to destruction by fire. The Executive Mansion 1s net fireproof; the State Department must continue to occupy for several more years its present quarters in an ordinary brick buiding, remote trom the tire apparatus; the War Department building, where the muster roils of the great armies of the civil service are kept, has been several times on fire; the Navy Department: building is uo more secure than the War Office, and most of the pension records being crowded out of the fireproof edifice of the Interior Department, the officials have made the best de- fence possible by provision of hose, buckets and fire extinguishers, and only lately the gasometers of the Executive Mansion, the State. Department and some other buildings have been removed to outside quarters, The Treaties with the United States During a Century. A volume of 900 pages has just been issued from the Government Printing Office, containing the treaties and conventions concluded between the United States and other Powers since July 4, 1776, down to and including the Treaty of Washington, May 8, 1871, with notes showing what treaties, or parts of treaties, have been abrogated, and the decisions thereon. From this volume it appears the total number of treaties is 230, postal. conven- tions excepted. There are nineteen extradition treaties, including those with Austria, Bavaria, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, Prussia and other German States and Wurtemburg, and six natural- ization treaties, namely:—With Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, Great Britain, North Germany, and Sweden and Norway. The treaties given in this volume are with seventy-two States or Powers. The first treaty was with France, being one of ailiance, and ratified in 1778. The next was with the Nether- lands, in October, 1782; then followed the treaty with Great Britain (preliminary to peace), Novem- ber 30, 1782; and with Sweden—of commerce and navigation—April, 1783. The number of treaties with Great Britain is thirty-three, with France eignteen and with Mexico thirteen. Only five treaties, have been made with Spain, one in 1795 of friendship, limits and navigation; another in 1802 of indemnity; another 1819, ceding East and West Florida; in February. 1834, of indemnity, and last, the treaty of Fevruary 12, 1871, in relation to certain claims for wrongs in Cuba agatust Ameri- can citizens, Inthe treaty with Algiers, in 1795, article 12 reads as follows :— No citizen of the United States of North America shail be obliged to redeem any slave against his will, even though he be his brother; neither shall the owner of a slave be forced to seil lim against his will, but all such agreements must be made by consent of the parties, Should any American citi- zens be taken on board an cnemy’s ship by the cruisers of this Regency, having regular passports ppt di they are citizens of the United States, they shall be immediately set at liberty, On the coutrary, they having no passport, they and their property shall be considered lawtu! prize, as this gency know their friends by their passports. Article XIU. of the treaty with Tunis, 1797, reads as follows :— If among the crews of merchant vessels of the United States there shail be found subjects of our enemies they shall not be made slaves, on con- dition that they do not exceed a third of the crew; and when they do exceed a third of the crew they shall be made slaves, The present article only concerns the sailors and not the passengers, who shail not be in any manner molested, The previous treaty with Tripoil, 1796, declares :— As the government of the United States of Amer- ica is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Mussui- men; and as the said States have never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mo- hamedan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony exist- ing between the two countries. The Japan Mission. The President has not concluded to appoint a successor to Mr. De Long, and therefore he may continue to hold the mission to Japan, The Civil Service Advisory Board. The Advisory Board of the Civil Service will meet in Washington on Wednesday next and re- main in session several days. All the members will be preseut with the exception of Mr. Cacteil, who is now in Europe. The newly appointed mem- bers of the Board are Dorman B. Eaton, of New York city, in place of George William Curtis, resigned, and Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, in place of Joseph Medill, resigned, and the other members are Alexander G. Cattell, New Jersey; Dawson A. Walker, Georgia; E. B. Elliott, of the Treasury Department; Joseph H. Blackfan, of the Post Office Department, and David C. Cox, formerly of the Interior Department, now pension agent, The last meeting of the Board took place February 2% Owing to the protracted iliness and subsequent resignation of the chairman, Mr. Curtis, and the delay consequent on the appoint- ment and issuing of commissions to the two newly appointed members, the meetings of the Board have unavoldably been postponed till next Wednes- day. As the Board will be a working one, strong confidence is expressed that its deliberations wiil result in the improved efficiency of the civil ser- vice. The European Mail Service. Owing to the loss of the Atlantic and the tem- porary disabling of two other steamers the White Star line has failed several times recently to com- ply with the terms of its contract for carrying the Saturday European matis from New York, and the Inman Steamship Company having applied to the Post Office Department for the privilege of perform- ing this mail service as formerly, Postmaster General Creswell has notified the agents of the White Star line to appear in Washington and show cause why their contract should not be revoked on account of the inadequacy of their present service, Internal Revenne Laws, Under a law of Congress the Secietury of the Treasury has caused to be prepared u digest of the Internal Revenue laws, witha full index giving the laws as at present in force. Ten thousand copies of the work were ordered to be printed. The printing is not yet completed. Premiums for Regimental Saddics. A circular has been received from the Cons) General of the United States at London covering a cireular headed “Technical Education,” and, ad- dressed to army and regimental saddiers and the trade at large generally. The Saddiers’ Company of London have determined to offer tye following premiums for the improvement of W ilitary saddles namely :—One of fifty, one of thirty , one of twenty, two of fifteen and two of ten ¥ aineas, Competi- tion is invoked from this CoV ntry for the prizes offered. Competitors are to ¥ and their patterns to | the hall of tne company not later than: Octoner Lu 1873, with a distinguishing mark only, and a cor- responding mark in a sealed envelope contaming she name and address of the competrtor, These will not be opened until tae judges have made their report, Post OMices and Poxtmasters, The following postal changes haye been ordere@ during the past week :— In New York.—OMce Eatablished—Porterviila, Erte ceunty, Erasmas R, Adams, Posemaster. Postmasters Appointea—Henderson, Jeffersom county, Aibert Hungerford; South Byron, Ge see county, Cyrus Prentice; Boston, Erie county, He L. Gritith; Southport, Chemung. coanty, Philetus B, Ratirbun; Morton's ner, Erie county, Henry H. Schroeder; Queensburg, Warren county, Frances E, Schurtleff; Jeddo, Orleans county, George Eaton; Cedarville, Onondage county, Ezra F, Lorendsbury; Newtonville, Albany county, Sanford Miller. in New England.—OMces Established—Rartford Centre, Hartford, county, Conn,, Johu A, Miller, Postmaster; Warrenvil'e, Windham county, Conn., John A, Murphy, Postmaster; Coventry Depot, Tolland county, Conn, Warren H. Baker, Post. master, Oftice ; Discontinued—South Argyle, .Penopscot county, Me. Postmasters jpointed—East Westmoreland, Cheshire county; N. H., Seth €. Hali: Westport, Cheshire county, N. H., George W. Brooks; South Bridgeton, Cumberland county, Me., Thomas B. Knapp; Malaga, Gloucester county, N.J., Wie liam B. Rosenbaum; Leech's. county, Pa, George D. Emeric rtown, Crawford county, Pa., William W. Dichman; Bel- fast, Northamptoncounty, Pa., Reubea Werkheiser; Evergreen, Crawiord county, Pa., James K. Patch; Shinbone, Fayette county, Pa., Thomas Harden, Mercer Corner, ‘Moz Died. BurkR.—At Tarrytown, N. Y., on Saturday, May 17, 1873, Mra. Apsy C. BURKE, Wife of Rev. fohm Bike, Chaplain, v. 3 3 er funeral will take place on Tuesday, May at 11 A. M., from St. Mark's chureh; Tarr, fg Friends of the family are respectfully invited te attend, (For Other Deaths See Fisth.Page.] The Weekly Herald Contains all the news, Only $2 per yea. The only Weekly Newspaper in America. Published every Thursday marning, Contning the most reliable reports ef, AGRICULTURE, SPORTING, ants, ~~ @ossrP, “PAsHIONs, ry ARKETS, “CATTLE, ~PINANCTAL, DRY Goops, RELIGIOUS, Also THE BEST STORY PAPER. Liberal arrangements to clubs of ten or Address A.—The Espenschetd Shetland Seal smd Nutria DRESS HAT, a new,Summer style for 1873. 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