The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volume XXXVIII. No. 154 AMUSEMENTS THs EVENING, WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st— Davy Crockett. Afternoon and evening. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—AzRaxL; of, Tne Magic Cuanm, UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, Broadway.—AGNxs. ATHENEUM, 585 Broadw: TALNMENT. near Gnayp Variety Ewrer- OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway, between Houston Bleecker streets.—Humrry Dumrry. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth —M ora. BOOTH'S THEATRE, Twenty-third street. corner Sixth avenue.—Amy Ronsart NEW FIFTH AVENUE TH way.—Mapeiern Monst. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tax Winwina Hanp— Our Bor rrom Limenick. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Montague st— ‘Our American Cousin. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 5i4 Broadway.—Burraro LL. ‘RE, 723 and 730 Broad- GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twonty-third st. and Eighth av.—Tax Corsican BROTHERS. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN—Scummse Niguts’ cERTA. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No. 201 Bowery.— Unoxe To's Canin. e at 214. Conx- BRYANT’S OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third st. corner h av.—NeGRO MinstRELSy, &c, Matinee at 2 AMERICAN INSTITUTE HALL, Third ay., op MERICAN DIBTINUTE BALL. Third ay. 698 and oth TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 58th st., between Lex- ington and 3d avs.—Orxrefra anv Licnt Comxpy. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tuesday, June 3, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “PEAVE IN LOUISIANA! GOVERNOR McEN- ERY’S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE! GOOD ADVICE FOR THE TWO RACES THROUGH, OUT THE SOUTH"—TITLE OF THE EDITO- RIAL LEADER—SixTH Page. END OF CAPTAIN JACK’S REBELLION! THE REDOUTABLE CHIEF SURRENDERS, WITH ALL HIS FOLLOWERS! EFFORTS TO TREAT THE RED-SKINNED MURDERERS AS PRISONERS OF WAR! THE SETTLERS DEMAND JUSTICE! JACK’S INSANITY DODGE—SEVENTH Page. SUCCESS OF THE LAST SCOUT FOR THE MODOCS! ONLY A FEW OF THE BAND UNCAPTURED! THE PERSONNEL OF THE SAVAGES! FURTHER MOVEM 'S OF THE TROOPS! CAPTAIN JACK DECLARED IN- SANE—SEVENTH Pace. ARKANSAS ANARCHY! THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TRYING TO OUST GOVERNOR BAXTER! FIRM ATTITUDE OF “THE USURPER!” STRONG PROBABILITIES OF WAR—SEVENTH PaGE, GRANT TO THE RESCUE! McKENZIE'S DASH INTO MEXICO RECEIVES A DECIDED SANCTION! MEXICAN BANDITS TO BE PUNISHED WITHUUT ASKING MEXICO'S CONSENT—SeveENTH PAGE. GERMAN DISSATISFACTION WITH MacMAHON ! FRANCE MUST FAITHFULLY ADHERE TO THE FRANKFORT TREATY | THE CONTEN- TION BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERN- MENTS—SEVENSTH Pace. ANOTHER CARLIST ROUT IN AFTER A SPIRITED ENGAGE REGARAY IN DISGRACE BARCELONA, ENT! DOR- BOUR- THE BONISTS IN A TRAP IN BISCAY—SEVENTH PaGE. RELIGIOUS RIOTS IN ITALY! DEMON- STRATIONS OF THE MOBS A‘ INST MON- ARCHICAL ABUSES! A SANGUINARY CON- TEST AT VICTOR EMMANUEL’S DOORS— THIRD PaGE. RELIGIOUS WAR IN AMERICA! RBI- TRARY ACTION OF THE EMIGRATION COM- MISSIONERS! A CHURCH ON WARD'S ISLAND TAKEN FROM THE OATHOLIC OWNERS! INTENSE AGITATION—TENTH PaGE. THE COMING BEGATTA OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB—1HE RED STOCKING BASE BALL CLUB DEFEAT THE ATLANTICS— AMUSEMENT FEATURES—Tuirp Pace. CAPTURE OF THE YONKERS WIFE MURDERER! HE ACKNOWLEDGES HIS GUILT—A VIR- GINIA MURDER—Tuimp Pace. ANOTHER MURDERER FERRETED OUT! THE RYE NECK MYSTERY SOLVED—ENTRIES FOR FLEETWOOD PURSES—TEnTH PaGE. MURDEROUS AFFRAYS! GLE. S OF MUR- DER, LOVE AND JEALOUS FROM ONE DAY'S MAIL—Fovurtn Pace. $HE WEST POINT EXAMINATION! THE DOINGS OF THE CADETS! SCENES AT THE ACAD- EMY—THE NEW POLICE BROOM SE- RIOUSLY AT WORK—THIRD Pace. INTERESTING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS—NEWS CRUMBS FROM THE MUNICIPAL TABLES— NEW STEAMER FOR THE NEW HAVEN LINE—Fourtn PAGE. ON ‘CHANGE! THE FRAN PRUSSIAN INDEM- NITY RUMORS! EFFECT ON THE MONEY MARKETS! A GOLD MUDDLE! PACIFIC MAIL—STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT—THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE—FirtH PAGE, Ovr News of this morning goes to show that the republican government of Spain is likely after all to find itself strong enough to put down the Carlists. On Saturday a battle was fought in the province of Barcelona, in which the Carlists, led by Tristany and Don Alfonso, were completely defeated. After a fight which lasted several hours the Carlists fled, the government troops pursuing them as far as Monistrol de Caldens. According to an- other despatch General Nouvillas, with twelve thousand men, holds all the mountain passes in Biscay, and is driving the Carlists in that Province towards the coast. It is stated also, op the best aythority, that in Barcelona, the reat stronghold of the federal republicans, the various republican factions have sunk their distinctive views ond formed a common union against the monarchists. With all these facts before us it is not wonderful that the Oarlists begin to show signs of demoral- ization. Dorregaray has hitherto enjoyed the reputation of being one of the ablest, as he was one of the most fearless of the Carlist commanders. It now appears that, in conse- qnence of recent defeats, Dorregaray has been deprived of hiscommand. For the moment it must be admitted that the government troops are master of the situation. In» day or two we shall know the character and com- position of the Constituent Cortes. Mean- ‘while it is safe to say that the opening speech of President Figueras was confident that the election of Orense as President of the Cortes revealed vars strength, and that the wictories of the government troops inspired eRe. N&W YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Ponce im Louisiana—Governor MeEn- ery’s Address to the People—Good Advice for the Two Races Through- out the South. We are gratified with the intelligence of an address of Governor McEnery to the people of Louisiana counselling submission to Gover- nor Kellogg, because we hold it as the procla- mation of an armistice which restores peaco to that unhappy State. True, this address is a sharp indictment of the Kellogg government as a fraud and a usurpation, and an indict- ment against the President as exercising the arbitrary powers of a despot in upholding Kellogg and his associate officials; but, never- theless, in advising the people to obey the orders of the President, embodied in his late proclamation in support of Kellogg, Governor de facto, we are well convinced that McEnery, Governor de jure, has pursued the only course of wisdom under the circum- stances, and that peace and law and order are thus restored to Louisiana. Since Novem- ber last the State has not only been demoral- ized in all its political, social and business relations from this embittered conflict between Kellogg and McEnery, but has been menaced repeatedly with that worst phase of a civil war, a war of races, This announcement of a truce, therefore, from McEnery we hail as eminently wise and opportune, for the simple reason that it means a suspension of warlike resistance to Kellogg and a return to the ways of peace. But the Governor thrown out retires with an indignant protest against the Governor estab- lished in power, which shows that the contest between the belligerents ig not ended, but only transferred to another field of action. Mr. McEnery complains “that the President is resolved, at all hazards and at all costs, to sustain, by the military arm of the nation, the present usurpation of the State government, ushered into existence by the midnight order of United States District Judge Durell, ex- ecuted by United States bayonets, and pre- sided over by Mr. William Pitt Kellogg ;"’ “that you (the people) are required by the President to view with calmness and resigna- tion the overthrow of the legal government of your State,’’ and to accept a State establish- ment’ ‘whose only title to office rests upon the returns of a returning board without a single official return or vote before it to canvass or count, and predicating its illegal action upon affidavits, in many cases forged, certificates, statements, census returns,’ &c.; that the President has the power to enforce his man- dates, but that the people, nevertheless, will find some vent for the expression of their sentiments against ‘‘the vilest usurpation ever attempted to be fastened upon freemen ;"’ and Mr. McEnery advises them to give ‘these manly and patriotic sentiments form and shape through all moral and legal agencies possible to be devised.’’ These are manifestly the expressions of a man who believes himself and his political supporters wronged beyond forgiveness through the decisive intervention of the Presi- dent in support of the other side; Mr. McEnery, therefore, in reference to this imbroglio, has said nothing more, perhaps, than any Lonest and earnest man would say reduced to similar extremities. We think, ho@ever, that in giving no quarter to the President he faila to present the case upon its exact merits. The President, upon the de- cision of Judge Durell, recognized the Kellogg government.’ He submitted the facts to Con- gress at the late session, with an urgent appeal fora settlement of the Louisiana entangle- ment by the two houses, notifying them, at the same time, that if they failed to reach a settle- ment in some way he should adhere to and sustain the Kellogg government. The two houses failed to reach a settlement. The Senate, from its ablest men on both sides, appointed a special committee of inves- tigation on the subject, but. after the investigation was made, the conflicting reports from the committee so befogged and bewildered the Senate that it threw up the case in despair, thus virtually authorizing the President to maintain his position. Under these circumstances no other course could have been reasonably expected of the Prosi- dent than that of adherence to Kellogg. His consistency in this course is maintained throughout, and he is fortified by the decisions of the Courts having jurisdiction in the prem- ises and in the virtual approval of Congress. In our judgment the decision of Judge Durell, of which Mr. McEnery complains, was proved in the Senate to be a mockery of justice; in our judgment the Kellogg government was not elected by the people, and we hold that Congress in shirking this question betrayed its want of confidence in Kellogg's election ; but still, in throwing the whole burden of the responsibility of action upon the President's shoulders, Congress left him only the course he has pursued. Approaching next the practicaland essential matters of Mr. McEnery’s address, first, in reference to the President's proclamation, he says: —‘‘I counsel and advise you (the people ot Louisiana) to obey this peremptory order of the President.” Next, after recommending a continued expression of opposition to Kel- logg’s government ‘through all moral and legal agencies possible to be devised,’’ he says that in the meantime “I trust that peace and order may reign supreme throughout the State and that all our industrial pursuits will be unembarrassed by political difficulties,” and, he continues, ‘‘especially do I urge upon the people of the two races, who are numeri- cally nearly equal in this State, to cultivate, the one towards the other, nothing but feel- ings of amity, good feeling and a mutual un- derstanding.” These good words are fitly spoken. Nor do they stop here. Mr. McEnery says further, ‘‘the fears and prejudices that have been instilled into the mind and heart of the colored man against his white neighbor should give place to reason and judgment, if the people of the white race are frank and open in their avowals to concede to the colored race all the rights guaranteed to them under the law.’’ In fine, good will and harmony be- tween the two races, “‘indissolubly united with the fate of Louisiana,” are urged as essential to the safety and good order of the commu- nity and to the prosperity of the State. These seasonablo counsels to the whites and blacks of Louisiana, in connection with the advice of submission to the powers that be, cannot fail in good results. The late sangui- nary affair ip Grant parigh was the kindling of races, which needed, perhaps, only a 4 War little industrious fanning on both sides in order to spread the flame into a reign of firoand blood throughout the State. Anything but that should be accepted as a choice of evils by whites and blacks, not only in Louisiana, but throughout the South. The idea which was universal among the Southern whites under the institution of negro slavery, that the two Taces, on a footing of political equality, can- not live together, is not yet extinct; but it is fading away. The black Republic of Liberia owes existence to this idea, Henry Clay de- voted the best energies of many years to the African Colonization Society, in view of the ultimate restoration to Africa of our black population with the abolition of slavery, be- cause he was satisfied that, in the mass, whites and blacks could not here exist together in pence, except as masters and slaves. President Lincoln, under similar convictions, looking to the abolition of slavery, thought that the Central American States offered a more convenient asylum to our colored people than the distant colony of Liberia; but the fiiteenth amendment has practically solved the problem against both Liberia and Central America, for the idea that the destiny of the two races in this coun- try is “indissolubly united” now prevails through all our Southern States. A paramount duty, then, resting upon the controlling white elements of the South, is the duty suggested by Mr. McEnery in the culti- vation ot relations of good will and mutual confidence between whites and blacks. Un- principled carpet-baggers have done a world of mischief in their efforts to establish a dis- tinct political party of the blacks against the whites. The Ku Klux Klan (now it is to be hoped extinct) did much mischief fora time in its senseless political persecutions of the blacks. Hencetorward the leading white citi- zens of the South should exert themselves to harmonize the two races politi- cally, upon the broad ground that their material interests are blended, and that political organizations in the distinction of color are not needed, and are worse than use- less for the maintenance of the fifteenth amendment. From Delaware to Texas we are glad to perceive the tendencies of the influen- tial whites in this direction. Rebel disabilities and the sore remembrances of the war have kept leading Southern men since the war too much in the background. Their disa- bilities are now so far removed, and their political tuture is so clearly indicated in the Union, that they have no longer an apology for indifference to the~ political affairs of their respective States. The case of Louisiana, as it stands, may not be an encouraging example of Southern restoration; but the only safety to the disappointed party, even in Louisiana, is submission to the powers that be, and an appeal for all grievances to the sovereign tribunal of the people. The Spring Meeting of the American Jockey Club, On next Saturday the lovers of flying horse- flesh in New York will stream outwards by the north to Jerome Park. There willbe theacute being who knows the points of every horse upon the turf tread the same sward with the daintiest and simplest creatures ever robed in silk or grenadine, who can only dis- tingaish the animals by the aid of a ‘‘card’”’ and the jockey’s colors. It is gratifying to think that this year the promise of fine run- ning is greater than ever before. Never in American running annals has the enthusiasm of horse owners been so widely evoked. A better class of animals than in any previous year will be presented, and the glorious result of careful breeding and training made manifest. The mystery of ‘‘blood,"’ as far as the horse is concerned, will be again investi- gated, and when our darlings of the avenues and the Hill have learned to venture into discussions about sires and dams the interest in the racing will be dashed with a new spice, Sooth to say, the pet of the paddock, when the rough blanket is stripped from his shining coat, is an object on which the most demure little divinity that ever was bashful at a Ger- man can lavish her admiration without any but delightful consequences. If she would only learn a little on the matter, so that her confidence in her opinion could not be easily shaken, what adroit flattery might not the otherwise innocent Augustus administer by agreeing with her! If their favorite won, how they could blend flushes and blushes over their perspicacity! If the wretched beast was distanced, how they could condole by blaming the jockey or sagely remarking that such an@& such a ‘‘#train’’ could never be relied o The friendships ripened under the vob cloud of slight mischance are often the better for the flittmg shadow. Of course it will very gorgeous next Saturday. A horse race is, perhaps, in itself one of the most exciting popular amusements that can be participated in. The fact that for three thou- sand years, perhaps longer, this sport has held its own against all changes, all inventions, all innovations, is a proof of it. We have no Homers now to give us an ideal picture of hippic perfection in sonorous verse. The heavenly coursers of Achilles or those of im- mortal strain yoked to the blazing chariot of the Sun are now but figures of symmetry, fire and fleetness, that ill us with a vague sense of equine speed and beauty, without teaching us what a thoroughbred should be, That, in- deed, cannot be taught out of books any than your clever virtuoso could have a full idea of the power of the pianoforte without hearing Rubinstein. A photograph of tie mystic Bessarabian, with a laudatory notice | on his performance of the ‘Moonlight sonata,” would not assist much in conveying the chart of his playing. The racer may have his qual- ities predicated from his pedigree, and an opinion founded thereon strengthened ‘as he is in the homestretch, with every musele scarce seeming to touch the earth, that judg- ment must be given, ‘The proof of the pud- ding is in the eating, of the cigar in the smok- ing, of the race horse in the “finish,” No wonder that to witness the struggle be. tween aristocrats of the animal kingdom all upper tendom should deck itself in costly raiment, put on its sweetest smiles and most suave of manners. The being outof whom all ordinary enthusiasm has been refined, who can sleep during the finest sermon, chat during the singing of the ‘Casta Diva’ or pass heedlessly by the glowing canvas of a mas- ter, rarely fails to experience an exhilarating thrill 2s the silken-coated kings and princes of the turf sweep by at whirlwind speed ina gorgeous phantasm of color to the wipning comes out for his preliminary gallop; but it | strained, his nostrils expanded and his feet |" ” post. But tere is something wanting to a race course that even the presence of wealth and fashion cannot give before the enjoyment can be gathered in ite plentitude—that is, the presence of the motley ‘‘million.’’ There are necessary pauses between the ‘‘eventa’’ of the day. The turfite proper—horse owner, jockey, pool geller, pool buyer or betting man— knows how to fill the pause wlth joy. The immense majority of those who go to the races are not of the turfites. For them the wait is tedious, The wave of excite- ment recedes, anda dismal blank too often follows at Jerome Park. The scene becomes but little removed from the calm of a Summer landscape under the most favorable weather circumstances. The varied life, the changing incident, the kaleidoscopic filling in of the picture, that can only come of the mul- titude, are wanting, and all because the public must pay to enter the precincts sacred to jockey- dom. ‘Phere is something painfully comic in the straggling group of Westchester folk that perch themselves on the bluffs outside Jerome Park, like hungry Israelites looking down on the promised land. Why cannot the gates be thrown open and the million allowed to enter tree? There may be an ample holy of holies reserved for the Club and its fair ones; the thousands who would pay for goodly places could be accommodated still, and the great heart of Gotham’s humanity pulsating merrily around would make the gathering at Jerome Park what it should be, the national horse festival of America. This it cannot be with- out the presence of all classes. The race for the Derby at Epsom, in England, would not have its world-wide fame if the admission to the famous Downs was as low as sixpence a head. ‘We understand that Monmouth Park will be thrown open free to whoever lists in the coming meeting. It would surely be wise of the Jockey Club to take this one great step towardg popularizing their useful hobby of improving the breed of horses in America. The events at the meeting on Saturday next will well repay a visit, and we may close in wishing all who travel thither fine weather and good sport Surrender of Captain Jack—Let all the Indian Murderers Hang. The Modoc war is over. After a campaign marked bya series of surprising reverses to the troops operating in the wild lava region, success has suddenly crowned their efforts in the surrender of Captain Jack and the rem- nant of his tribe. The story of this achieve- ment will be found in our despatches else- where. The news published yesterday from the lava beds prepared us, in some measure, for the final result, But to officers and men alike the credit of persistency and courage under ad- verse circumstances is due. Fighting in a country probably without its topo- graphic parallel in the world, and with an active and sagacious enemy, well ac- quainted with all its intricacies and capa- bilities for defensive fighting, the soldiers (themselves ignorant of the country) had everything against them. We cannot, un- fortunately, congratulate the military leaders throughout on their soldiership. The first attack, in which such a shameful defeat was inflicted on the troops, was, to say the least, a blunder. The peace negotiations which fol- lowed this sharp reverse, and which cost us the life of the brave soldier, Major General Canby, as well as that of Peace Commissioner Thomas, were sad blunderings also. The attack on the stronghold or cave of Captain Jack was so loosely made that the wily mur- derer and his band were enabled to slip away to another stronghold. An attack on this second position resulted in another slaughter of soldiers, without any good result, After this it appears that, owing to dissensions in the tribe itself, the Modocs separated into two bands, one of which shortly afterwards surrendered, and thus the wedge for their final defeat was entered. We have had occasion hitherto to call attention to that peculiar trait in the Indian’s character which makes him go liable to panic in a moment of defeat. General Jefferson ©. Davis was in command at the time of the surrender, and with his intimate knowledge of the Indian character, took his own course to complete the work of gathering tathe Modocs. The surrender of some forty. individuals of the tribe after the successful scout for theny, under the orders of General Davis ‘will stand as a lasting credit to the personal daring and acuteness of that dashing soldier. When it was announced that he had started from his camp in such bad company as Bogus Charley, Hawker Jim, Steamboat Frank and Shack Nasty Jim, the gravest fears were nat- urally entertained for his safety. The fickle ruffians, however, appear to have held faith with General Davis, for he returned safe and sound from what appeared this side of the Rocky Mountains to be a rash and foolhardy experiment. In that scout they did not accomplish the desired end, but another soon followed, with what success has alrendy been described. ‘Thisteon warriors surrendered, and a day later Captain Jack, the murderer of General Canby, with his last remaining followers, laid down his arms and came in. Before yester- day's news it was indeed hardly to be xpected. that the end was to be so soon; ‘Gnd with this view General Davis will be de- lauded for the astute and singularly carried out plan by. which he turned Mo- wat Graft against the Modocs themselves. perfectly with otir ideas of Indian ‘that, although baving such ful ‘chances of escape, they should in. the end without firing a shot ‘convinced that the troops fought with eriination to win, cost what it might. the fighting has come, and we are ‘therefor; but the work of justice and must row begin. ‘Wo alteady léarn trom Washington that the of ‘avegé-worshippers are expected to * possible influence to bear to witag = @ pardon from the Executive for the captured Modocs. This does not astonish uss The murder of soldiers or settlers has never weighed a fig with these philanthropists when @ savage was to be snatched from his jast doom. It was expected that the murder of the Rev. Dr. Thomas and the mutilation of the other Peace Commis- sioner, Mr, Meacham, would cool their ardor in rushing’ to the rescue of the Modocs; but every philanthropist, it appears, would cheer- fully consent to see every other ene killed and sealped if it only gave him the oppor tunity to crave mercy for a red-skinned mur- derer. We look at the matter in » different light. The difficulty of carrying out the famous extermination order of the President in its first form has been commented on in these columns; but we see no reason why the fact that the Indians surrendered rather than be shot should prevent them from being hanged. The form of law may be neces- sary; but the murderers of the settlers on the Lost River, of General Canby, Dr. Thomas and 8 long list of officers and men of the army, as well as other citizens, should and must meet their fate at the hangman’s hands. The example of the. repeated victories of the Modocs over our troops has already been pernicious enough among the tribes of the far West, and any mistaken leniency at this moment would, in all human probability, involve us ina dozen such watts as the one just concluded. By every title of ownership the surrendered Modocs belong to the gallows. Neither the fact that. they are ruffians of the deepest dye, nor that they look picturesque when they are captured, nor that the tribe set up a plea of emotional insanity for Captain Jack in advance of his trial, do we regard as mitigating circumstances. The thrashing given the ‘thieving Kickapoos, the punishment meted out by General Crook to the Apaches and the hunt of the Modocs by General Davis are instances of the proper mode of keeping the Indians in awe. The hanging of every buck among the surrendered Modocs will strike a wholesome terror into the Indians on the verge of revolt in the West, and will be the only atonement accepted by the people of the United States for the crimes of the fierce savages. The Muddle in Arkansas. The republican split im Arkansas yes- terday assumed a definite form. For two months past Messrs. Brooks, Clayton, McClure, Yonley & Co, have been agitating for the removal of Governor Baxter, their principal object being to replace him pro tem. by Licutenant Governor Smith, who is alleged tobe much more pliable for general political purposes. Baxter took the alarm sounded by the friends of the above-named clique some three weeks since, turned out the old officers who were known to be in sympathy with his opponents, reorganized the militia, appoint- ing new heads of departments, placed a guard on duty at the Capitol, and placed himself on the defensive in such a definite and deter- mined manner that for the nonce the clique gave way and abandoned their project until a more favorable opportunity should be pre- sented. The Governor had so organized the State forces that within a few hours, it was stated, he could have called twenty thousand men to the Capitol to defend him and maintain order. When it was dis- covered that Baxter would maintain the power in which the Legislature had con- firmed him the Clayton clique pretended that the whole matter was a gigantic joke and that Baxter was acting on the fears of a nervous man. Subsequently the sentinels were with- drawn from the Capitol and the Governor re- turned to his home. No sooner had quiet began to reign again than the Attorney Gen- eral reopens the ‘‘joke’’ before the full Bench of the Supreme Court and now applies for the much talked-of writ of qud warranto on the ground that Baxter is nothing but usurper in the Executive chair. According to our special despatch elsewhere the writ may pos- sibly be granted, and then we may expect to see another reign of terror in that unhappy State. If Baxter refuses to recognize the authority of the Court and the latter persists in serving the writ there must of necessity be trouble. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-Congressman Roswell Hart, of Rochester, is at the Gtlsey House. Judge Busteed, of Alabama, yesterday arrived at the Everrett House. General N. B. Forrest, of Memphis, has arrived At the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel Audenried, of General Sherman’s staf, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Professor Owen has been created by Queen Vic- torla a Knight of the Bath. Ex-Congressman J. V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, is staying at the Brevoort House, Colonel L. C. Easton, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel. The Garter vacant by the death of Lord Zetland has been conferred on the Earl of Leicester. The report that Mme. Loyson, wife of Father Hyacinthe, has a son and heir is contradicted, Lord Nigel Kennedy has become a bankrupt with no assets, His are the mis-“Fortunes of Nigel.”” The Marquis of Westinmster has given a site for ‘@ lecture hall to a workingmen’s club In London, Lieutenant Commander J. J. Reade, of the United States Navy, is staying at the Everett House. The Shah of Persia's “much married” state is a cause of anxiety to Lord Sidney, the English Lora Chamberlain. Ex-Congressman F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, and Milo Goddrich, of Dryden, N. Y,, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lord Elcho proposes to try the monster British turret ship, Devastation, in a storm at sea by first taking out her crew. A Kentucky paper claims Captain Jack as a Ken- tuckian by birth. He was probably born on the “Dark and Bloody Ground.” Parson Brownlow says that better men than Ben Buller have been hanged. And better preachers than the parson have been maligned, Edwin James was relieved of the necessity of passing an examination befere entering lately the lower braneh of his profession in London, Several Japanese arrived in the city yesterday. R, Matsmara is now at the Astor House, and Mesars, R. Marashima and R. Tsbikawa are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. It is announced that His Highness the Khedive of Egypt will arrive at Vichy, France, on the 15th ofthis month, Several chalets, formerly occupied by Napoleon, have been secured for the use of the Viceregal party. A Major Colborne backs himself for £100 to walk fifteen miles in three hours on the Maidstone road, in England. He is to carry a brick weighing six and a half pounds in each hand, so as not to touch his sides, The bricks are likely to defeat the Ma- jor. One of them in an ordinary man's hat will usually induce him to perform marvellous pedes- trian feats. A OABD FROM MR, BEECHER, ‘The following is a letter irom the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, written yesterday, to correct im- pressions whick may have been formed regarding his iriend, Theodore Tilton :— To TH® Epiror OF THE HERALD:— 1 have maintained silence respecting the slanders witich have for some time past fol- lowed me. J should not speak now, but for the sake of relieving another of unjuat imputation, The document which was recently published, bear- ing My name, with others, was published without consultation either with me or with Mr. Tilton, nor with any authorization from us. If that document should lead the public to regard Mr. Tilton as the author of the ca.umnies to which it alludes it will do him great injustice. I am unwilling that he should even seem to be responsible for injurious statements whose iorce was derived wholly from others, HENRY WARD B: ER. WASHINGTON. —_>—__——_ WASHINGTON, June 2, 1873, Award of the Court of Claims for Cap- tured Cotton. ‘The Court of Claims to-day rendered a number judgments for auits brought under “The Captured and Abandoned Property act’’ for the value of cotton taken and sold by government agents, the Proceeds of whict were placed in the Treasury, Im the cases of Bynum, Houston and O'Grady, ex- ecutors, it was deemed that the government had Ro right to withhgid either the two per cent cotton tax or Custom House fees, &c., from the proceeds of the sales of captured and abandoned cotton, and judgments were rendered for the amounts 80 witheld. Judgment jor $35.530, the proceeds of captured cotton, was rendered in favor of the Home Insurance Company of Savannah, and in a similar case judgment for $27,176 was given in favor of the Southern Insurance and Trust Company. These cor- Porations were created by the Legislature of the State of Georgia while the said State was in rebellion against the United States, and the question raised was whether they were endowed with a legal ex- istence, by which they were capable of owning the cottcn captured and capable of suing in this Court for the proceeds.. The Chief Justice deliv- ered the opinion of tne Court, answering this ques- tion aMrmatively, holding that, under the decisions ol the United States Supreme Vourt, that whatever act of the Legislature of a rebel State did not tend tofurther or support the rebellion or to defeat the just rights of citizens, but related merely to the domestic affairs of the people of the State as a com- munity, aside from the connection of that people with the rebellion, is@ valid act by a de facto though unlawful government, wiich will be sus- tained in the courts of the United States. Apply- ing these tests to the charters of these companies it is, therefore, held that they have a valid exist- ence and are entitied to the judgments above mentioned. The Court adjourned till Wednesday next, when a final adj(@rnment is expected to the third Monday in October. Judge Bingham’s Mission to Japan, ‘The President has appointed John A. Bingham, of Ohio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary of the Unived States to Japan. The commission was signed this alternoon, Consular Appointments. The President has appointed Louis &, Cropsey Consul of the United States at Chemnitz, and Wil- liam H. Short Consul of the United States at Cardiff. The Law Regulating Bank Returns, The impression seems to prevail among certain collectors of internal revenue that the act o1 De- cemver 24, 1972, which requires persons engaged in banking to make returns to the imternal revenue officers of their capital, circulation and deposits semi-annually instead of monthly, as heretofore, extends to the national banks, and, im some in- stances, national banks have bern required to make such returns to internal revenue officers, This is incorrect. The law in question extends only to private and State bankers, The duty on the capital, circulation and deposits of the national banks is payable to the ire.surer of the United States in the same manner as nereivfore. The In- ternal Revenue Ottice has issued a circular iniorm- ing the collectors in question tnat their action is not in accordance with law, and directing them not to report for assessment such returaos as may have been received irom national banks, The Devices of the New Silver Trade Dollar. The Secretary of the Treasury ana the Director of the Mint, Dr. H. R. Linderman, to-day fixed upon the devices for the new silver trade dollar author- ° ized by the coinage act of 1873, seven different seta of devices, prepared by the Philadeiphia Mint, being submitted. The one adopted has for its obverse a female figure, seated on a bale of cotton and ex- tending the right hand, grasping an olive branch, toward the open sea. In the left hind is a scroll, bearing the wora “Liberty,” and at the base of the devico is the motto, “In God we trust.” The date of the comage (1873) appears upon the obverse, together with the halo of thirteen stars, The re- verse is the figure of an eagle, with the inscription, “United States of America,” and the moit) & Pluribus Unum.” The weight and fineness, with the words ‘Trade Dollar,” are alse appropriately inscribed on the reverse. The working dies will be commenced immediately at the Philadelphia Mint, and the coins are expected to be ready about the middle of this month. Already there has been deposited in New York upward ofa million of dollars to be exchanged for the new dollar, and this will be the first requisition filled. It is under- stood they will be shipped immediately to China and Japan. The Union Pacific Railroad Terminus Question. The Attorney General, on the 8th of May, in giving his opinion on the Omaha Bridge question, sald that ita determination did not involve the inquiry as to the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, and, therefore, the subject was not then and is not now before him. The Attorney General thinks, how- ever, the matter can be settled by the Courts under the late legislation of Congress. Important to Mariners, The Lighthouse Board gives notice that the range of lights on the wharves of Newburyport, Mass., wili be exhibited on and after the ist of June. Competitive Examination Defended. ‘The statement that the Board of Examiners for the Treasury Department resigned on account of the failure of the system of open competition is pronounced by them as unfounded. On the con. trary, they say the system has proved successful, especially in regard to original appointments, and the Board so stated in their recent report to the Advisory Board. The character and ability of the persons appointed to $1,200 clerkships irom the examination is admitted by the heads of bureaus and all others having knowledge of the facts to be very superier, and the success of the recent ex- amination for $900 clerkships is even more marked. A Decision by the Spanish-American Claims Commission, The American and Spanish Commission has de+ cided adversely to the claimant im the case of Senora Doria Paulina A. Mestre, at present a resi- dent of New York city, on the ground that she was not a citizen of the United States at the time of the confiscation of her estates and other property in Supply otf the Internal Revenue Record. Iv is proposed hereafter to supply the Internal Revenue Record for the use of all Deputy Col- Jectors and of such gaugers and storekeepers as may be in active service, in addition to those to ‘whom it is now sent, WEATHER REPORT. Wan DEPARTMENT, | OFFICE OF THE CHIRF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, June 3—1 A, M. Probabilities, For New England clear or partly cloudy weather and winds veering to easterly and south. erly are probable; for the Middie States easterly to southerly winds and _ clear and partly cloudy weather, with possibly areas of light rain over the lower lake region; for the South Atianti¢ States, easterly winds, cloudy weather and light rain, the’ former shifting to southerly and westerly, over Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, with, clearing weather from Northern Missourl to Minnesota and the upper lake region; southerly to westerly winds, generally cloudy weather, and rain areas over southern portions of Ohio, In- athward over Alabama and Ca tee eet and southerly winds and artly clear weather, with possivly rain areas, in ne lower Mississippi Valley. The Weather in This City Yesterday, ' ‘The following record will show th changes in the temperature for the past twenty-i sur hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, H8RKALD Building — 1872, 1873, 1872, 1878, 3A.M. 60 60 BP. 89 16 ‘ a Average temperature yesterday M4 Aver rature for corresp date 8 A paaatpla ac ir irene Ares