The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1873, Page 9

ASeyRraA. | THE STATE CAPITAL. Flerald Specal Report from Lotdon. OT Important and Mos.valuable Dis- coveries at. Nkeveh. Rarer Onan THE KING'S LIBRARy FOUND. ‘Fragments of a Broken TabNt to Complete the History of the Dehig, TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HiAp, The following special despatch: to the ‘Hizpatp has been received from ow corre- spondent in the British metropolis: — Lonpon, May 20, 173, Mr. George Smith, the Daily Telyaph special correspondent in Assyria, has tind the King’s library at Nineveh, and discovwa Zumerous valuable fragments of anciut record, particularly the missing portions of the broken tablet containing the history of the Deluge hitherto deciphered in the British , Museum. CENTRAL ASIA. The Report of the Fall of Khiva and Capture of the Khan Denied. Bussian Advices from the Imperialist Army Advance—Slow March in a Snow Storm— The Rendezvous Union Incomplete. TELEGRAMS TO THE KEW YORK HERALD, — r Lonpon, May 20, 1873. A despatch from the Reuter Telegraph Company, "from St. Petersburg, says:—There is no truth in the report that Khiva has been taken, and that the Khan has fallen into the hands of the Russian troops, Russian News From the Imperialist In- , vading Columns—Severe Snow Storms ‘and Regiment Impediments, Lonpon, May 20, 1873. Aspecial despatch te the Datly News, from St. Petersburg, says:—Much anxiety prevails there in consequence of the non-receipt of definite intelli- gence from the Khivan expedition. Two of the detachments of Russian troops march- ing against the Khanate have been delayed in ‘their progress by heavy snow storms, NEWS PROM THE FRONT, At the last advices frem the expedition, the column nearest the appointed Tendezveug for all ‘the troops was several hundred miles distant, and ‘was, besides, one month late. 4 : THE SHAH OF PERSIA, “His Highness’ Arrival in Moscow—Enthusiastic Greeting of a Multitudinous Assem- Dlage-No Superfluity in the Connubial supply. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sr. PeETErsBuRG, May 20, 1873. The Shah of Persia arrived at Moscow yester- day. Upon entering the city he was met by an im- tense concourse of people, who welcomed him with the greatest enthusiasm. THE MORMON PRINCIPLE IGNORED FOR THE PRESENT. The statement that the Shah was accompanied on his European tour by three of his wives is not ‘true, His Highness’ Farewell Adieu to His Subjects. A telegram from Teheran states that great fes- tivities were observed there for two days on the ‘Occasion of the annivessary of the Shah’s birthday in the month of April. All the members of the Court were received by His Highness, who, speak- ing of his intended visit to Eurepe, said that “his sole reasons for undertaking the journey were that he might Need his relations with the Bu- ropean sovereigns, draw closer the commercial ties which unite Persia witb other civilized coun- tries and form his own opinions upon the condition -of those lanas, with the ebject of seeing on his re- turn what reform were indispensable in the va- fious branches of the administration for the devel- ‘opment of the resources of Persia.” Thanks to e telegraph, his Highness said, he ‘would be daily able to learn what was going on in the Em- pire, and give instructions in reference to it.” He urged emphatically the pone execution of all instructions emanating from the Grand Vizier, ‘whom he praised highly as the originator of ati the late reforms introduced inte the country, and in whom he expressed the greatest confidence for ‘the fature, NETHERLANDS INDIA. ‘The Acheenese and Their Allies Still in Armed Agitation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, May 20, 1873, A despatch from Padang announces that an ‘army of Battaohs and Acheenese, 10,000 strong, 1s marching on Dell, a small town on the northeast coast of the island of Sumatra. FRANCE, + Party Excitement in the Legislative Assembly— The Debate on Constitutional Power Postponed. TELEGRAMS TO THE WEW YORK HERALD, Lonvon, May 20, 1873, A special despatch to the Daily News, from Ver- ‘sailles, reports that the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday was very stermy. The members of the Right openly declared their ‘desire to overthrow M. Thiers, The Presidency of Parliament—The Debate on Constitutional Power Post- poned, VERSAILLES, May 20, 1873, In the National Assembly to-day, M. Louis Buffet ‘Was re-elected President of the Chamber by 360 ‘Votes against 280 cast for M. Martel. ‘The vote indicates the success of the interpella- tion imtroduced by the conservatives yesterday. ‘The debate which was to have opened to-day has been postponed until Friday. ‘ GERMANY. ‘The Session of the Prussian Diet Closed. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Benin, 20, 1873, The session of the Prussian Diet prtan eode ‘The speech from the throne was read by General ‘Von Roos, President of the Ministry. ) signt of every man without a bias in the matter in NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1873--QUADRUPLE SHEET. McGuire and Cornell Again in Explanation. The Gas Bill Amended and Passed by the Assembly. EXCITEMENT OVER PROHIBITION Governor Dix Vetoes the Prohibition Bill and the House Sustains Him. A Temperance Display—Newspape?Olaims— Oonsolidating City and Gointy— O'Brien's Bill—Industrial Exhi- bition—Washington Marke. ALBANY, Maq 20, 1873. The Senate resolutions to investigate the charges made against Ezra Ooroell came up inthe Assem- bly to-day for concurrence, The Speiker ceded the chair to Mr. Jacobs and went on ihe floor of the House. After the reading of the resolitions had come to an end he rese and all eyes were at once jurned upon him, the general impression jeing that \e intended td) make a speech upon tle subject. werybody was disappointed, however, fa he sim- Py contented himself with offering an anendment to&\ne resolutions, so that the report of tle investi- 8yrs could be made to the Governer ‘or trans- misjon to the Legisiature, Mr. McGuire then fgl- low4 with an amen the object of which to aSertain whether 4 of chapter B0 of the Law ¢Qongress of been violated in any way ©: the party ha’ tions concening THE DISPOSAL, OF LANDS. This mendment and the Speakers were glopted Without\iasent, The latter then offered at addi- tional abendment, that the investigators be re- quired to «xamine into the present conditim and Manageme of the Cornell University. Ths was objected to ty Mr. McGuire, who, I fergot to atate, offered and hid adopted before the Speaker dered this amendment, an amendment that the three citizens to be appointed by the Governor sould report whether or not (as the law of Congress re- quired of the institution, for whose beneflt tho lands were to be sold) the leading studies nm Gor- nell University are agriculture and the me- chanic arts. Mr, McGuire finally withdrew his objection, at the irstance of Mr. Pierson, who made a short spech eulogistic of Ezra Cornell. In withdrawing the objection Mr. McGuire remarked that he did not care partipu- larly what or how many gnendments wee tacked en to the resolutions s¢ long as the main objects he wanted to get some ight thrown upon by the investigation could be reached by them. He then referred to Mr, Husted’ charge last weex, that he (McGuire) did not wan{ an investigation, and that his determination pd to have one was evinced by his objecting to the Speaker's resolu- tions. He claimed that he was JUSTIFIED IN OBJECTING TO TIOSE RESOLUTIONS in view of the fact that as early as Thursday resolu- tions covering all the subjects to be investigated had been drfwn up by him presented in the Senate by Senator Johnson. The fact of their hav- ing been presented was known everywhere in the city, and the Speaker knew when he afterwards offered his resolutions that the others had been in- troduced in the Senate. He regarded his (the Speaker's) action under the circumstances as a parliamentary attempt to rnsh through resotutions destined to defeat the attainment ef the object sought in the Senate resolutions,’ which went to the heart of cha to be Investigated. The Speaker’s resolutions, he claimed, cited charges that were not made and did not touch upon the real question at issue. He contended, there- fore, that his objection to their introduction was right and proper, and that he was justified in the having prevented the son of the man against whom the charges were made from designating who thé investigators should be ; in having, in fact, opposed Mr. Ezra Cornell in his attempt to come into the Legislature to name the men who were to investi- gate him. At the close of Mr. McGuire’s remarks the resolutions were adopted as amended without @ dissenting voice. A SCENE. There was quite a little scene in the library of the Senate Ohamber to-tlay, caused by the Sergeant- at-Arms putting General Frank Spinola out of the room, on the ground that he no business in the sacred precincts devoted to the Senators and their friends. Spinola was very indignant about the matter, and atened dire vengeance for the “out Ce . The Senate met at ten o’clock this morning, at hour earlier than usual, in deference to the pre- vailing notion that the end of the session was near. The Supply, bill, which is called “DAM”! WOODS’ SUPPLY Bir by ha Assemblymen below in the bitterness of their disappointment at finding cherished items expunged, was reported, with voluminous addi- tions and subtractions. It was at once ordered to be printed and made a special order for to-night. The bill to adjust certain NEWSPAPER CLAIMS in New York city was taken up on third reading, recommitted, with instructions to strike eut Tie- mann’s amendment restricting payment to claims “legally” authorized, re-reported, re-read and then defeated by a vote of 16 te, failing one of the re- juired constitutional vote, A metion to recon- der was laid on the table. There seems to have been a lively sense of jobs intended all through this bill, and Tiemann declared that among other claims that might be settled by it werea series presented bya CMe his wife and his daughter for over $500, , an Lik bed produced by changing the name and proprietorship indef- nitely among themselves of a little corporation ir which only 250 circulation, putting anew ead and date on it whenever necessary and vest- ing the proprietorship in any one of the three per- sons or any combination of them, as seemed suita- ble. CONSOLIDATING CITY AND COUNTY. ‘The bill to consolidate the city and county of New York came up, but on motion of Senator James Wood, who claimed that its werding was wrong and liable to mislead, it was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. THE GILBERT ELEVATED. The bill amending the Gilbert Elevated Rallwa: franchise so gd its route shall not include Broad- way was passed. ml O'BRIEN’S BILL, The bill for the auditing of ex-Sherim (and pres- ent Senator) O’Brien’s bill for extra fees, returned from the Governor and amended by giving the Gov- ernor Mega appoint the commussioners, was passed by a vote of 19 to 1, Chatfield alone voting against it. ADJOURNMENT SLIGHTED. The concurrent resolution for a final adjournment on Vie per das og up by Mr, Tiemann, but the Senate refused to take m the table by a vote of 8 to 13. THE WALL STREET FERRY and North River Railroad bill was ordered toa on rerun THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION BILL was called up in general orders, and Senator Woodin attempted to amend it so as to reduce the amount of stock ranteed by the city from 000, but it was lost, ons rd and sb BeC- ed tions, and one to strike out the second, made by Mr. Tiem: narrowly fatied of passage. The bill was then ordered to a third Bye THR WASHINGTON BILL Was discussed at some lengtn in Committee of the Whole, and finally progressed. The difficulty re- cently attending a great many important bills waited upon the discussion of this one—a_mysteri- ous substitution of some unknown measure for the bs ar and a failure to have any printed copies of ‘All discussion was necessarily carried on tn the Cn and very few Senators knew what the: were votitig for when amendments were proposed. The Peporh, of ths Finance Committee on ELMIMA RRFORMATORY has just been finished. It discloses the same came up, that the vote by which it was nassed could be reconsidered, and on motion of Mr. Coggeshall the vote was reconsidered. The bill was recommited to the Committee on Trades and Manufactures, with instraction to make its provisions apply to Kings and New York counties only. The committee then amended the billy reported it immediately, and it was at once put on its flual passage and passed again, only five votes being recorded against it. The Senate will now have a chance to fulfll its pledges and pass the bill this week, even though to got it back to the Upper House the Speaker of the Lower House had to violate the rules, THE LOOAL PROHIBITION BILL VETOED, The veto of the Governor of the Loca) Prohibition bill created a great deal of excitement this even- ing, although the fact that the veto was written was generally known early in the afternoon. The galleries and the lobbies were crowded to suffoca- tion during the debate which ensued upon it, and the Speaker had to exert himself to the utmost to preserve anything like order. The lager beer in- terests seemed to have taken full possession of the galleries and the temperance people occupied every nook aud corner; available on the floor of the House while the veto was betng read... Mr. O'Donnell, the Olerk of the House, who had set his ‘heart op the bill becoming a law, looked as though he had lost every friend he had in the world. Messrs. Crawford and Ltacoin, too, appeared downcast. Indeed, it ts quite proba- ble that if the Governor had entered the chamber while his sledgehammer blows about the weakness of the bill were sounding in the ears of those pres- ent Mr. [aah Ceo and unaided, would have made a hearty him, When the reading of the veto closed THE CHAIR PUT THE QUESTION, whether the bill should pass, notwithstanding the Prtirnre of the Governor. 7. se git ane message a8 a string rin; Pe said local option is yi 4 peperal dead—died at the a8 overnor Joha A. Dix, around whose banner the temperance men rallied last Fall. He said to-night 50,000 men would be arnnk, revelling foret e action here to-night. Virtue, he said, had HAUL DOWN THE FLAG OF RUM, RIOT AND RUIN, but she was shot on the spot by John A. Dix. Mi Tinooln proceeded at some length in this strain, and said he wanted the vote taken again on the bill, 80 that temperance men might be able to re- cord themselves again. ty 'k defended the message. ir. Crawford said this was the death-knell of the republican party. Hundreds of thousands of people would now po longer consider that they Owed any allegiance ¢0 that party. All ot the Obristians, all of the moral people in the State, would now leave it, and it was known, he said, that they have been the backbone and ribs of that party. He proceeded at much length, repeat- ing over and over in that the republican party Would now lose all the voters tt ever had who were worth having. He maintained that it was due to republicans in this House that this veto ap- peared here to-night. It was their influence which brought about this action on tne part of the Governor, and they need not attempt to SHIFT OFF THE RESPONSIBILITY He went on and throw it upon the Governor. speaking of the powers of hell, rum and ruin; of rim, uperism and insanity. His time (live minutes) for speaking bi it was twice ex- tended, on motion of Mr, Beebe, who said he wanted to hear him, and threatened to speak him- self uniess it was extended. Mr. Baltz said he was at a loss to know whether he was now in a Le; ture or at a camp meeting. (Laughter.) He then proceeded to say if there ‘was any disposition to desert the republican party in ison county there was none in Erie county. He declared that the Governor was right in veto- ing this bill. He believed in the intelligence of the pennies and in justice. Haw was it, heasked, when vernor Dix withsteod the influence brought to bear upon him in the Foster case! Then, as poy, he showed himself to be both wise and just, Mr. Wight said that though he was as da friend to temperance as any man could be, pe 6 did not approve of any intemperate language. thought it best to lay aside the question for to- night, and therefore moved to lay the question on the table, it. Mr. Weed spoke to shoW that the republican party was the great moral party only in pledges. My, Alberger called attention to the tact that the friends of this bill refused to recall it trom the Governor, and concludea Mf moving the previous question, which was ordered. Amid considerable excitement the question was then taken whether the bill should pass, notwith- Standing the Governor’s objections, and it stood 52 to 60, as follows :— ‘THE yorn. Nars—Messrs. Babcock, Badger, Batcholler, FE. E. Brown, Bulkley, Burritt, Cope, Clapp." Coggesh Couchinan, Crandall, Crawford, Flinu, ‘d, Fort, Fow- lor, Gero, Goss, dritin, Hardy, Heacock, Migeins, Hollis- ter, Husted, Kennedy, Knettles, Lewin Lincoln, Lynde, Manley, Moore, Pell, Persons, F ilpat, Raynor, Speaker. Stewart, Swain, Sylvo tor, Tefft, Tobey, Townsend, Van Demark, A. L. Van Dusen, Veddor, Walker, Weed, Wells, Whalen, N. A. White, Yeomans.and Young—52. Navs—Messrs. Abbott, Alberger, Baltz, Beebe, Biglin, Biackio, Blessing, Blumenthal, J. H. Brown, Burns, Campbell, Carpenter, Clarke, Gochue, Cook, GaG, Cor: nell, Crary, Gummings, Davidson, Dedring, Denniston, Dexter, Donohue, Elting, Fish, Foote, Healey, Hendee, Herrick, Herring, Hill,’ J, B. Hillyer, J.D: Hilly Sneobs, Johnson, Nice, ‘Opdyke, Tompkins, wright, Mackin, Mowuire, Oak! Porteous, Roche, Snyder,’ Van Coth, Wo osher, Brien, ips, Prince, Watt—o). Ray, Smith, . Patterson, McQueen; Suydam and Two-thirds not voting in the afirmative, the bill was declared rejected. Shortly after the announcement of the vote the House awourned. The lager men in town are all debating the veto with great zest. THR THIRTY-FOURTH STREET RAILROAD BILL was discussed in Committee of the Whole and amended, so as to read ‘“‘Thirty-fifth instead of Thirty-fourth.” A great deal of amusement ensued when Tiemann, who had roundly abused the bill and the “raifroad cormorants,’ ashe called them, was asked who introduced the bill, and, on re- ferring to the ree copy, was compelled to mit he had = introduced it himself. He got. out of the ran however, very nimbly. He contend he introduced it merely to «keep the control of it. Mr. Madden asked him if the individual who presented it to him to intreduce was a railroad “cormorant,” and Mr. Tiemann promptly responded he believed he was. Finally he rather bothered the Senate by of- fer! to withdraw the es courtesy usually fc dd to the introducer, but they would not jisten to the suggestion. Tne bill was ordered to & third reading. LOCAL PROHIBITION. Governor Dix’s Reasons for Vetoing the Prohibition Bill—The Bill is in the In- terest of Restriction, id Not of Free Choice—While Professing to Give Much it Gives but Little. ALBANY, May 20, 1873. The following 1s the veto message of Governor Dix, sent to the Legislature this evening, on the Local Prohibition act :— Stare or New Yors, ) Execotive Coane ‘Ausany, May 2), 1573.5 To THn Asseuiy :— I have given the most careful consideration to Aasem- bly bill No.371, entitled “An aot to enable the lexal yoters of amy town or oi to determine Ballot whether “the sale, sexponing for sais, giving away, or suffering to exposed, sold, liquors, shail be given away therein, of intoxicating liquors sha jor im cinal, me- prohibited, and to regulate the sale chanical, chemical er sacramental and to provide for es exrocesraaes of this act,” and I return it, with my ol ions. Xoonecanbe more anxious than myself to repress, by all just and effectual measures of _ legislation, he evils of intemperance—the unaoubtes ot four-fifths of ail the domestic misery in the & ¥ not willingly throw any impediment in the way of the praiseworthy efforts which the friends of humanity and ood government are making for the purpose of remody- ing tee evils. \e bill submits to the people of the tor and cities of the State the question whether the use o saostontiog names except for special purposes, shall be prohibite thin their respective limita, It proposes to leave to the people the right to determine for themselves in this pect what is most conducive to their own good. fully concur in the correctness of this proposition, as a matter both of principle LH and [ha ver ecg hg propriety of adopt «ed measures: are e wo = manner as pA jeem esse! e chief ebjectior to the bill is that It contains a limi. tation of this principle, It leaves to the people of the several cities and restricted discha: whet it ra iy be law- Fee inet to drink with ad limits, [¢ compels the ly, or virtually to aceepb Epermics then ut on any n ex) em in substance :—If a wish to pro- thin your Limits, e beath ot Apseds, on als, bee! intox dors. Tf, on the other hand, zou wish the inhabitants of your town or city to have gti g & aging. " oot hey canines have you make the use of ardent spirits equally {ree from restrict ¥ oni i apne. fou_muat it ali or none. a cannot have the one without the o Ys ¥ There may be, and undoubtedly are, communities in which a strong desire prevails to banish spirituous liquors, the intemperate of h is the source of so much vice and poverty, an have the Toft. | strong to able looseness of contractors in the erection of restrlewed, In order to carry out the frst named pn dean natant cpareeterised more pretentious Pit tera li ae gS Ld renounce the Lhd bull must renounce Ne Ulastravea Anse” th ged some years ago, aud | ror. The ‘bill, therefore, while” prote to leave. the ingenuity of rascals even in the raral distriets in pursuit or the public funds. The committee apperd a resolution to their report Saris, the withholding of all appropriations to the Keformatory until matters are corrected. In Sor ek ADRROD EA bed Hagen | they have stricken out all appropriations bill, amounting to $300,000. bias te teat The Gas Bill Passed in the House=Gov- ernor Dix Vetees the Local Prohibition BUl—Exciting Scene in the House=The Bill Rejected by a Vote of 60 to 52—The Thirty-fourth Street Railroad Bill, ALBANY, May 20—Evening. The New York Gas bill bids fair at last to become a law, thanks to the exposé given in the Heratp in relation to the lobby scheme that was set on foot to defeat tt. The Speaker ruled, when the subject | le the senneee liberty in this respect restricts them pee Professing i ie narro’ They are not permitted to have a cholce an to. what beverages {t val be lawftl to. use within the re ive boundaries. @ bill ts framed in the interest of restriction, and not of freedom of choice. this narrow view of the subject exceedingly un- wise. A wide difference of opinion prevails among the people of the State in regard to the prepriety of distin- guishing between ardent spirits and the lighter bever- ages, some of which do not intoxicate unless taken in un- comfortable quantities, and which, in countries where they are in general use, have proved 4 restraint upon tie py de I Of spiritaous liquors, and, to a great extent jainst the prevalence of intemperance. donot assume to Mecide which ‘glass’ of taink- ers be be the right — std jaes- tion; but just tolet i a f opini it to : gh be’ a a tie eel je direction. But it has wiprione them in the atte ; and ii submit that, in order to afford thou fire largess Uberty in the action they were called on to take at the somtag election, keys ¢ should have had the opportunity of wayiug whe lier the probioition should embrace ardent only or whether it should exclude the milder bev- Vehink ‘New le are entitled of right to this To withhold it trom them by submit. tid general proposition contained in the bul and — compelli them to tolerate the use of spirituous liquors, as it would in some cases where they are unwilling to prohibit the use of the lighter beverages, da not only a restraint upon the treedom of their choice, but a distrust of their capacity to decide rightly, 1h which Teannot consent to unite. The villin some ot itsdetails ap- pears to me to be equally open to objection. By the eighth section every overseer and superintendent of the poor, assessor, town clerk, supervisor, village trustee, district attorney, sherif or constable or police officer in any town where local prohibition is adopted, it he knows any ‘gon Who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated is required to give nouce thereof writing to all persons who may be authorized under the seventh section to sell intoxicat liquors for medicinal, mechanical, chemical or sacramental use. By the ninth seotion any person who shall wilfully neglect or omit anything required to be done by the bill is made to for- feit the sum ot nd for the first offence, and in default of payment to de imprisoned in the county Jail gt Boniten- ry not less than sixty days nor more thian six months; eee made pe ay of ihe iDiswrles Attorney of the fo onal r the pri ope cat SRY p incurred unde: Pro- ns of the f there isa drunkard in By virtue of these provision any town where prohibition is adopted a large number of rs And if there is a village within it a larger number, @re required to report him, unaer penalty of fine’ and {imprisonment at where intoxicating liquors, may be sol ese places may be indefinite in number, for y raon," no matter what his character may DY Eyring his bond for $1,000, with two sureties, each justity- g in double that amoun’ may soll “intoxicating liquors for medicinal, mechanical, chemical and cramental uses.’ The sellers are under no obligations whether the ees are made in good fal Pp s specitied. They cannot sell liquor to be drank or used on the premises, nor toa person in the habit of becoming intoxicated, a minor, or any one to whom they have been notified not to sell; and they are required to keep oj in which all tho pureh all be entered. But there is no ublic officer to whose discretion it ts decide whether the persons entrusted with tho sale of in! Peony liquors are worthy ot the trast. Under the existing law the Boards of Excise in cities, towns and villages have power to grant iicenses to od ac or persons of good moral character who shall be ap- proved by them, No such provision is made in the bill under considera- tion. All that is required is that the form of the bond and the sufficiency ot sure’ hall be approved by the County Judge. There limitation as to the number of persons who may engage in the. tral- fc, and no dower to withhold tho privilege from a man of bad character. This power under the license law isa practical limitation. The bill under consider- ation has, in neither of these respects, the restraints con- tained in'the existing aw. Tdoubt exceedingly whether the bill, with its numer- ous detects, is in the interest of the cause of temperance. 1am not sure that itis not as likely to promote the evils itisintended tocheck and remove. To any bill tramed with a liberal regard to the differences of opinion, en for inspection ‘books, and sales shall which exist in all communities, and to tl freedom of action, which | within just lim. its is a fundamental — vrinciple in ours, and which shall contain proper safecuards against the abuse of the traffle it authorizes, I shall give a most cheertul assent. By withholding my approval from this bill no great inconvenience can possibly be caused. If 1 had approved itit could not have gone into operation until thirty days after the annual election in November, one month before the sitting of the next Legislature. Although the session is so tar advanced there is time to frame a new bill to amend the defects of this and make it what it should an enactment which shall secure to the people in each city and town an unlimited freedom of choice in a matter intimately cou. nected with their local interests, Or, if the subject shall go over to the next Legislature, the people of the State will have timo to give it their mature consideration and elect their representatives in reference to it JOUN A. DIX, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 20, 1873. The State Department and the Vienna Scandal—A Committce of Van Buren’s Friends to Wait on the President. TRe Vienna scandal waxeth warm. The Presi- dent as weli as the Secretary of State is ina quandary how to get out of a greater disgrace than the original inflicted by the bribe-takers. The mis- take, it appears, has been in making General Van Buren @ patriotic scapegoat. But, as in these days of fallbility, a divinity doth not hedgea President, Van Buren’s friends are more than in- dignant that he should be singled out asthe victim, and are determined to fight it eut to the bitter end. To-morrow Messrs. Vermilyea, Jordan, Jones, Walton and D. D. Smith, of New York, will arrive here to ask the President what charges the government has against Van Buren, and, knowing that there are none, will ask that Van Buren be reinstated. As the adminis- tration cannot do tis without stultifying itself the contest will now be as to which can nfake the best showing in support of their side, It will also be shown that when the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the United States at the Exposition was before the Senate Secretary Fish replied inditferently to the request of Senator Cameron for an opinion ag to whether the appropriation should be passed. The appro- priation, however, was made without regard to the opinion of the State Department. In regard to the alleged offer of General Van Buren to iavor- ably locate the restaurant in the American depart- ment, Marshal P. Wilder, Ben Perley Poore and other gentlemen prominently connected with the National Agricuitaral Society, will come forward and testify that it has invariably been the custom to receive a con- sideration in the way of rent from all who enjoy places of profit at their exhibitions. The same is aiso true of the American restaurant at | the World’s Fair in London in 1851 and at Paris in 1854 and 1867, When the bottom of the indignation of the State Department drops out it will be found that it is a personal quarrel between the Secretary of State, Minister Jay, e¢ al, on the part of the Unitea States, and Thomas Van _ Buren, his mercantile, clerical and professional friends on the other. As the parties to the suit are most numerous on the side of the defendant and have everything except “semi-ofMcial authority” te back them up, the contest promises to be ex” ceedingly spicy and unusually interesting. Sec- retary Fish has gone to Newark to comfort Senator Frelinghuysen, who is not only.one of General Van Buren’s persona! friends, but was his chief sup- porter for the honorable position of Commissioner. Ex-Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, Of- fered the Russian Mission. The President has tendered the Russian mission to ex-Governor Jewell, of Connecticut. There is no reason to believe he will not accept. Decoration Day at Arlington. The Executive Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, having in charge the ration cere- monies, held a meeting last night mn it was re- solved that the proposed strewing of flowers on Confederate graves at Arlington would probably cause disorder and occasion a breach ef the peace; and that the national cemeteries were on Decora- tion Day only open by the order of the Quarter- master General for the purpose of decorating the graves of Union soldiers, | Lieutenant Wheeler's Expedition and Its Objects. Lieutenant Wheeler's expioration party will leave in a few days. The operations contemplated in the explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian during the fleld season of 187% include portions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. The expedition will be divided into four main field parties, one of which will be again subdivided, and four astro. nomical parties. Field party No. 1 will operate in portions of New Mexico and Arizona in two sec- tions; party No. 2in a southefly and southeasterly direction from Salt Lake to Camp Wingate, making a détour through portions of New Mexico and Art- zona; party No, 3 will move south-southwest trom Denver through Colorado to Fort Wingate and ac- complish @ certain area in New Mex- ico aad Arizona, The triangulation party, main party No, 4, will operate from Santa Fé, car- rytng a system of triangles west to the meridian of Fort Wingate, thence south to the Mexican bor- der. This expedition is in continuation of a long series of explorations carried on under the direc- tions of the War Department in an econom- ical and thoroughly scientific manner, re- sulting fm the opening of mew routes of travel, the establishment of supply posts and the discovery of such portions of the vast Western areas as shall prove most desirable for settlers. The parties, this season, will operate in nearly parallel lines trom north to south, cutting most of the old routes of travel, and travelling the area of the back- bone of the Continent, obtaining the pro- file of the same from Denver to Mexico and forming a portion of the sut-basins of the Salt and Gila Rivers upon the Pacific slope and the Rio Grande upon the Atiantie, a portion liabie to un fold more riches im its topographical and othes structural reiations-than any other of equal dimen- sions tn the still unsurveyed possessions of the United States. Appointments by the President. ‘The President to-day appointed Wiliam R. Sapp to be Collec Tnvernal Revenue for the Thir- teenth and Edmund Palmer to be j O’EKELLY. Herald Special Report from Madrid. Spanish Cabinet Consideration of the Case of the Herald Commissioner. Order for His Transfer to Old Spain for Trial. The Cuban Officials Forewarned the Premises. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, The following special despatch to the Heratp has been received from our cor- respondent in the Spanish capital:— Mapap, May 20, 1873. The Spanish Council of Ministers is still engaged in Cabinet consideration of the case of Mr. James J. O'Kelly, the Hnaup special correspondent in Cuba. TRANSYER FOR TRIAL. It has been already decided that Mr. O'Kelly shall be transferred from Cuba to Spain, in order that he may havo an impar- tial trial before a competent tribunal. THE ORDER TO THE ANTILLES AUTHORITIES, Orders to send him forward immediately from the Antilles have been telegraphed from the office of the government in this city to the Havana authorities, The Spanish Government Want O’Kelly’s Information. [From the Courier des Etats-Unis, May 20.] The order of the Spanish government to have Mr. O'Kelly transferred to Madrid is, according to the HERALD, the subject of much comment in diplo- matic circles in Washington. The opinion most worthy of netice is that this decision of the Spanish government has been dictated by the desire to ob- tain from Mr, O’Kelly exact information touching the strength and resources of tne insurgents—in- formation it has never been able to procare through ordinary official sources. In exchange for these particulars which are expected from him Mr. O'Kelly will be set at liberty and the proceedings against him discontinued, SPAIN, A British Radical Reformer Arrested by the Royalists. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, May 20, 1873. Mr. Bradlaugh, while on his way to Madrid to present the English resolutions congratulating Spain on the establishment of the Repubiic, was taken prisoner by the Carlists, but soon afterwards released, WEST INDIES. Colombian Trade to Europe by Way of Jamaica—Crops and Public Health— The Coolie Labor Supply—Severe Losses by the Fire at Port au Prince—Four Persons Burned to Death. 7 Krneston, Ja., May 11, 1873, The steamship Moselle, of the Royal Mail line, on her last trip from this port to England was so heavily freightea with merchandise from the Pacific coast, via the Isthmus of Panama, that she had no room for tue mails irom Jamaica. CROPS, The sagar crop is much heavier than any pre- vious season, considerably more land being under cultivation than formerly. PUBLIC HEALTH. The smallpox, although there are a number of cases in the interior of the Island, is not considered epidemic, aud only @ few cases are reported in Kingston. THE LABOR SUPPLY. The Governor has appointed a commission to in- quire if the Costa Rica Ratiroad officials have car- ried out their contract with the Jamaica laborers who went there, and whether they have been treated properly. Wild rumors of their cruel treat- ment have reached Jamaica. Hayti. Additional particulars of the fre in Port au Prince have been received in Kingston, The fire broke out in the forenoon on the chief commercial street, called the Rue Front Forts, in the house of Mme. Cornian Carré. A strong westerly wind pre- vailed and the fire spread rapidly to the east. The wind shifting ch nee its course and caused it to spread in several directions at ence. Notre Dame Cathedral and several other large buildinge were destroyed. Both fountains for supplying the city with water were, unfortunately, dry, and the wells in the vi- cinity of the fire had to be depended on. In less than four hours 260 buildings were destroyed, valued, with their contents, at tpg ta Mme. Carré, in whose house the fire originated, and three of her children were burned to death, ne Sl AE The Asiatic Demon, of Unmistakabie Type, Alleged To Be Raging in New Orleans—Cincinnati Excited Over the News—A Victim Dies En Route to Ohio. CINCINNATI, May 20, 1873. There was a sensation produced here this after- noon by the official announcement of Dr. William Clendenin, Health Officer of this city, that epi- demic cholera of the unmistakable Asiatic type | nas appeared in New Orleans, This statement was verified by an official transcript of the mortuary report of New Orleans for the week ending May 10, showing the number or deaths from that cause te be eleven. The Health Officer warns the citizens ty use every precaution of cleanliness of person and dwelling ta guard against the disease, remind- ing them that the ae epidemte of 1349 was trana, mitted to this city from New Orleans by passengers on the steamboats, John Schenck, a noted cattle breeder of this county, took the disease in New Orleans last week and died on the steamer on the passage up day before yesterday. His corpse arrived to-d The New Orleans p pers have never mentioned that cholera is in the city, although it has been ravaging the plantations on the Lower Mississippt for three or four weeks past, and is now so alarm- ing in the city as to affect its business interests. "ARKANSAS, _ The Anti-Baxterites Reconsidering Their “Ousting” Plans. Lrttte Rock, Ark., May 20, 1873. The general impression here this afternoon is that the idea of ousting Governor Baxter and re- placing him by LieutenantGovernor V. V. Smith, for special political reasons, has been abandoned for the present. Certain republicans interested in the move affect to ridicule the Governor, while others delight to rank him with Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold, because, they say, he has sur- rounded himself with Ku-Kinx leaders. In reference to the recent occurrence in Hemp- stead county, where it was alleged the Sheri was shot at and parsned by @ band of hired rutfians, advices received to-day state that the Sheri greatly exaggerated the affair. SHOOTING AT GOVERNOR KELLOGG. New ORLEANS, May 20, 1873. Melvin M, Cohen, attaché of the Picayune, was arrested to-day charged with shooting at William Pitt Kellogg on May 7, with intent to kill him, and hold tn $6,000 bail. Cohen claims to have been on pCa when the shot was fired en Magagine at ‘The Comptroller's receipts yesterday are re- ported by him to bave been $24,083. oe 9 ’ MAILS FUR EUROPE The ste, ‘™shtp Wyoming wit teave this port om Wednesday ‘°F Queenstown and Liverpoot, The mails , T HUrope will close at the Poat Omve at half-past ten Clock A. M. Tae New Yom © H8RALD—Edition for Europe— will be ready atha |Past eight o'clock in the morn- ing." Single coples, in wr, ‘PPets for mating, six cents. Life Is in Jeopm “4Y 84 Long as a Vio~ lent cough or cold rans on S0checked. Remember tnd. foe’ no fine. in_resort. 8 to HALES HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR, the only cortain cure. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROP. 5 cure tn one minute, The Weekly Heraid Contains all the m 77% Only $2 per year. The ouly Weekly Nowspan ‘ef in America. Published every Thursday moray W- Contains the most rellabie reports of = AGRICULTURE, ~~ SPORTING, ants, —~GosstP, ~PasHIons, Markets, “CATTLE, “HoRsg, “FINANOTAL, DRY Goons, RKLIGIOUR, 50, ac? Also THE BEST STORY PAPER. Liberal arrangements to clubs of ten or twenty or more subscribers. Address ‘NEW YORK NERALD, ha od Now York City. A.—Oltizens and Strangers Who Desire an elegant fat of superior quality should calk at ESPENSOHEID'S, t hasau st manufactur Nassau street, A.—Herring’s Patent ‘CITAMPION SAS 261 and 252 Broad way, corner fray siraat, A Horse, My Kingdom for a Horse But the public -don’t say neigh to “RIUHARDY® WEAVER'S CELEBRATSD MILK PUNOG, 539 Eighth avenue, corner Thirty-seventh street. A Star Attraction.—Knox’s Sprin, of gentlemen's HATS, If you want a nico, becoming and stylish “HA‘, patronize KNO. Broadway. Style tashionable, 5 store, 21d Auction Sale.—Bargains in Watches, fino Gold Jawelry and solid Silverware: selling off ata great sacrifice; day and evening this week. GEO, ©, ALLEN, #41 Broadway, near Fourteenth st. A.—Wedding Invitations, Parts Stylos, Monograms, Coats of Arins, Crests and French Note Pa- Peg, TAMES EVERDELL, 30 Established Broadway. A.—Who Wants a Hat! Go to Dougan’s, 102 Nassau street, corner of Ann, . Batchelor’s Hair Dye Is the Best fn the world, the only true and perfect hair dye; instantage- ous, harmless ru Be Sure You are Rig NEY SEWING MACHINE—then go ahead. way. Corns, Bunions, Nails, out pain,—CORN CURE by mai Dr. RICE, 208 Broad way, Corns, Bunions, Enlar, Diseases of the Feet cured by Dr. square, Corns Removed Without Pain, 25c. ht—Buy a Whit 613 Broad- &ec., Cured With- Bc. corner Fulton street. ed Joints, All ACHARIE, 27 Union each. Dr. LUBELSKI & CO., Chiropodists, - 643 Broadway, corner Bleecker street. Corns Removed Without Pain—50 cents to $1. Established 1840. Dr. WESTERVEDT, Sar- geon Chiropodist, 864 Broadway, near Fourteenth street. Cristadoro’s Exceisior Hair Dye Trans- forms hoary heads into youthful ones instantaneously. Sold every wher. Dyspepsia.—Dr. Sharp's Spccifie=A Re- Mable, permanent and radical cure. HARTNETT'S Pharmacy, Bible House, Fourth avenue and Astor place .—Tels Names, gives numbers; 80c. European Claixrvoy shows likenesses, causes martiag and $l. 142 Wes’ Twenty-tith str Havana Lotiery Drawings on File— Circulars free. Orders promptly tilled. JOSEPH BATES, Agent, 196 Broad room eC hi Bank Building. Indian Vegetable Institute, Now Open. No. 172 West Thirty-second street, Consultation free, We furnish our own inedicines. : Missisquol.—The Waters ot This S; have cnred thousands aMicted with Cancer, Ser Bright's Disa 3 1 vived. lege place. Mme. Laughfontaine’s Complexion BEAUTIFIER removes tan and freckles. Can be had at all draggists. Depot, 142 West Twenty-fifth street. R. C, Sheldon’s for Nervous Debility. West Fifteenth street, i Rheumatism, Epreipels, Neuralgia and Chronic Diseases cured by Magnetism and Electricity. Mrs. ALLEN, 64 University place. Royal Havana Lottery.—Prices Re- duced, circulars sent and information giveu, We sold the $500, 000 prize in the drawing of April 22, J, B. MARTINEZ & OO., Bankers, 10 Wall street. Post office box 4,685, New York. Royal Havana Lottery.—Prizes Cashed, orders filled, information furnished. Highest rates paid for Spanish Bank bills, governments, &c., TAYLOR & CU,, Bankers, iL Wall street, late of 16, Remedy a Sure Cure Principal depot and ‘office 107 Shirts, Collars, Cuffs and Drawers made to order and warranted. bal stamp for circular, aclove SAMPSON ADAMS & CO., 697 Broa@way. Stafford’s Black Ink, best in use. STICKWELL & CO.’S MUCILAGE, best know! 1849.—EKstablished 1840.—ti. “erreag ier Serer Trad FAB? pw MONTHLY, MAGAZINE FOR JUNE. 187 3. CHEAP YACHTING. Tllnstrations—Cheap Yachting in Buazard’s Bay. ‘Tempe's Knobs in the Distance—The Sappho~Map of Buzzuril's Bay—The Skipper of Marion—Some Fish— ig ard Bird island at, Bs rd's Bay—Long Pier, Mar- tha’s Vineyard—Siasconset—Lighthouse, — Sankaty ead, Nautucket— Hermit of Quidnev—Gay e Head, Martha's Vineyard—#lue Fisting 2Old New fjord. THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS IN AMERICA, Inustration —Boston, seen between Castle William and Governor's Island, distant four miles—Burning of Oharlestown— Map ot Boston and Vicinity—Bunker Hillatter the Battle—New York, with the Entran of the North and Kast Rivers—The English Chur: Built at New York—Careening Place, New York— Landing of the British Forces in the Jerseys, Novem- ber 2) 1776, IMPROVISATIONS-—-VI._ By Bayard Taylor. THE WINE ISLANDS OF LAKE ERIE. Tilustrations—Gathering the Grapes—Memorial to Commodore Perry, Gibraitar island—Shores of Pub in-Bay; the Lake Erie Yacht—The Steamer Michigan, Burial Place ot the Siain in the Battle of Lake Brie: Pul-in-Bay Scenery—On Putin-Bay Isiand. 01 f Tilustrations.—“Busily working and singing, wove the Wreath and the Vine’'—"What waa it that I fi " woar SHALE WE DO WITH SCROGGS? By Charles Nordboff. With a Pep of Alaska, &c. OUNTE, A SIMELETON.--A STORY OF THE DAY. By Charles Reade. A SUNG IN MANY KEYS. AM COMES TRUE, WaiPsy Aaa MOUNTAINS: A TOUR IN THE TOY COUNTRY. By Henry Blackburn. fiona Little Gretchen—On the Way to the Map of the Harz Mouptaine—A. Glimpse ot tia Slauay Dream—A" Street tp Gostar— Ce eie Gobble, Siowes—Drinking the. Waters—in in the Toy Meg pom tl B Oh Portrait--A Sefool «tri Roah aad his, Fam "Polen cbt ot the Brocken—In the Brockenhaus—The Point of Ww saa The Sehiogs. Bignkenvarge View (ror ‘ernigerode— 1083, a i Ww from the diegonkofl—The Brocken from the Hexen Tanz- plntz—Tho Walter's Greeting A Hrusstan General hirsty. Natives—A Clausthaler—At Olausthal—Pre- r the Descent—The Man Lift. OLD KENSINGTON. ‘By Mise Thackeray. (Goncluded.) Chapter LIL, That thou art blamed shall not be wy detect. Chapter LIV. Holy St Francis, whats change is haler, TO. ‘Cob! Haraburg—A Villag jurgberg—Tht ‘Shay ter LY. See you not something besides Ma- soni Chapter LVI. The play is played. the curtain drops. habter LUT. The play Peve Dolly and Charloue by the River. x N OLD STAGER. cluded), ‘] e! ¥ dalen's Apprenticeship. GuAtGE XXViL, “sey ence is pronounced on her. i we XXViLI. Chabler XXIA._ The Last 1rlal mit Containing Selections trom, the Cor. onde ‘or Miss Gracd Roseberry and Mr. Horace ‘olmeraft; to which ura added Extracts from (ho Diary of the Reverend Julian ays EBB AND FLOW. TOR": SY Ci Re. 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