The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1873, Page 8

5 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. —— = Volame XXXVIII -No, 173 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, i NEW FIFTH AVENUE THSATRE, 728 and 730 Broad- way.—Mapx.xin Monet. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowoery.—Tux Harry Max— Ata—Ovr at Ska. THEATRE COMIQUE, No, 514 Broadway.—Tux Sensa- tional Drana or Dixprics WOOD'S MUSEUM, Bri Winning Hany. Aftern ‘ay, corner Thirtieth st.— ‘evening. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. between Prince and Houston sts.—Koommr. UNION SQUARE THEATRE, " Union square, Broadway.—Janx E} near OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. and Bleecker streets.—Fipxuia. between Houston WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth sireet.—Mona. BRYANT’S OPERA HOU: Bth av.—Necno Minsiny AMERICAN INSTIT! sts.—Suwuxe Nieuts’ ‘twenty-third st. corner L, Third av., 63d and 66th RES. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN—Suuaer Niguts’ Con- BERTS, TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 58th st., between Lex- ton and dl avs—Guonuner Bock. METROPOLITAN MU teenth st.—Crrxtan anv ‘M OF ART, 198 West Four- CoLLKeTIONs oF Arr. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— crence anv Art. New York, Sunday, June 22, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. ®THE SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARC- | TIC EXPEDITION’—TITLE OF THE LEA- DER—EicutH Pace, MOST IMPORTANT SPECIAL NEWS FROM THE HEAR? OF AFRICA! SIR SAMUEL BAKER PUSHING SOUTHWARDLY! THE TRAVEL- LER MIANI ADVANCING UP THE NILE! A NEGRO PACHA DEFEATED BY: THE ABYSSINIANS! ISMAIL PACHA’S GRAND RAILWAY ENTERPRISE—NINTH PaGE. f CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN CONSPIRACY IN SPAIN! SERRANO ORGANIZING FOR A REVOLT AGAINST THE FEDERALISTS AND A MARCH UPON MADRID! TAMPERING ‘WITH THE BOURBON LEADERS—NintH \ PAGE. BPECIAL NEWS TELEGRAMS FROM MEXICO ‘ AND YUCATAN! A MEXICAN EX-CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED FOR OUTLAWRY— Nintu Pace. THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT AT THE GREAT WORLD'S FAIR VISITED BY THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR! CHANGES IN THE COMMIS- SION—NInTH Pace. A TERRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN PASSAIC, N. J.! THE TOWN WRAPPED IN ‘FLAMES! FIRE RAVAGES IN OTHER PLACES—SEVENTH PaGE. MPHE CUNARD STEAMSBRIP MARATHON ON FIRE IN GLASGOW HARBOR—THE NEW ATLAN- TIC CABLE—NinTH Pace. @ GREA? INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNA- MENT IN VIENNA! THE STAKES $2,000 IN GOLD—Nintu Pace. BERIOUS SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA IN EU- ROPE! PRUSSIA, ITALY AND TURKEY INVADED BY THE EPIDEMIC—Nintu Pace. QHE SHAH IN BRITAIN! A VISIT TO WOOL- WICH! PARIS NEXT—NintH Pace. A BRILLIANT DAY AT JEROME PARK! FIVE SUPERB STRUGGLES TO WIND UP THE MEETING—Firta Pace. “THE REGATTA OF THE NEW YORK CANOE CLUB! THE WINNERS AND THEIR TIME ! WHAT THERE IS IN THE SPOKT—THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB SCRUB RACE— Firra Page. OPENING DAY AT CREEDMUOR RIFLE RAN THE OBSEQUIES OF JOH a AND HORACE F. CLARK—TWELFTH PAGE. RUMORED ILLNESS OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY—FRANCE AND THE COMMU- NISTS—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS— NINTH Pas. SHARKEY FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE! RECORDER HACKETI’S LUCID PRESENTATION OF THE CASE AND THE LAW! A RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY—THIRTEENTH PAGE, WHER AND BY WHOM SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WILL BE PREACIIED TO-DAY! IN- ' TERESTING TOPICS E: IDATED BY COR- RESPONDENTS! GENERAL RELIGIOUS NEWS—SixTH Pace, FREEDOM OF CONSUIENCE! THE LEGAL RIGHT OF CHRISTIANS TO WORSHIP ACCORDING TO BELIEF ON WARD'S ISLAND FULLY CONSIDERED BY - JUDGE PORTER AND RICHARD O°'GOR- MAN—THIRTEENTH PAGE. ‘4 SERIOUS MATTER! THE SAFEGUARDS THAT HAVE BEEN AND SHOULD BE PROVIDED AGAINST “)0G-DAY’ DANGERS—Four- TRENTH PAGE. ‘THE “INS” AND “OUTS” OF POLITICAL LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS! THE COMING STRUG- GLE FORECASTED! ACTION OF APOLLO. AND TAMMANY—SEVENTH Pace. WHAT ARE THE POLICE DOING! ANILE CON- DUCT OF THE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY! OFFENSIVE TRADES—TENTHA Pace. THE “HEATHEN CHINEE” IN JERSEY! CAPTAIN HERVEY’S LAUNDRY = EXPERIME! “MELLICAN MAN” VERY MUCH DIS WITH THE PIG-TAILED SINNERS TEENTH Pack. CUBA'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM—COURT NEWS—THE SUMMER COOLING RESORTS— DOINGS OF THE LITERATI—TuHIRTRENTHE Pace. LACK OF INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY! A RUSHING BUSINESS DOING IN THE SUBURBS—THE FINANCIAL SITUA- TION AT HOME AND ABROAD—ELEVENTH Pace. Tue Dreaprvr Accrvent in Dey strect yes- terday, now that preparations for the ‘‘Glori- ous Fourth” are in progress on every side, should at least serve as a timely warning to ll concerned against dangerous familiarities with gunpowder in any shape or form. By Sprcian News Tevecnam rrom Mexico Crry we are informed that the diplomacy of the Republic towards the United States is of a friendly character, and that the Yucatan reyo- lution will soon be suppressed. A Nice Question ror tHE Lawyers—Does the Mayor of New York cease to be Mayor tor the time being in crossing the North River, the East River, the Harlem River or the Spuy- ten Duyvil? pba ‘Tre Untrep States Steamer Juniata is un- @er orders to leave the Brooklyn Navy Yard to- motrow, en route for Baffin’s Bay, in search of the missing ship Polaris. We wish her a suc- eossful expeditior NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 18783—QUADRUPLE SHEET. tic Expedition. Wo have received full reports of the testi- mony of the resoued officers of the Polaris; but as it is only cumulative of what we have already printed, and by no means so graphic or interesting as were the Hexaup's accounts, we decline to print any more of it as not pos- sessing sufficient interest for publication. The facts differ in no essential respects from our previous accounts. Now, however, that all the facts are before us, we may gather the main results of scientific discovery attaching to the expedition of Captain Hall. Promi- neut among these, and of the highest interest to science and the world at large, is the un- looked for intelligence of the changes in the magnetic dip and deviation of the mariners’ needle. The report of Captain Tyson and Mr. Meyer shows that in-the high latitude attained by Captain Hall the dip of the needle was only forty-five degrees and its deviation only ninety-six degroes—leas than Dr. Hayes and Dr. Kane found them at the more southerly points where they wiutered. This wonderful behavior of the seamen's guide has excited world-wide concern since Columbus’ voyage to the New World, when it was observed, to the alarm of his crew, pointing several degrees to the west of the astronomical pole. In 1832 Captain John Ross, with immense exertion and care, toiling on foot over ice and snow, and led by an unerring calculation, found the north magnetic pole of the earth, a spot marked by nature with no monument to denote the centre of one of her. great and dark powers, but accurately located by Ross in north latitude seventy degrees five minutes and seventeen seconds, and ninety-six degrees forty-six minutes and forty-five seconds west longitude. This discovery—its counterpart in the Southern Hemisphere has not yet been made—was the greatest addition ever made to the knowledge of terrestrial magnetism, and enabled physicists to construct the magnetic chart now in universal use by seamen. Ac- cording to this chart Captain Hall's needle in Polaris Bay ought to have had a vertical dip of about eighty degrees and a deviation of one hundred and ten degrees, in order to point to Ross’ magnetic pole, lying in Boothia Felix. The reported variations, if assumed to be correct, as they doubtless are, would indi- cate a very decided change in the locality of the north magnetic pole since 1832, and its gradual removal westward and southward. In this case the magnetic equator would bend down through South America to the Tropic of Capricorn, while the American line of no decli- nation would probably be more accurately drawn as running from near the Bahamas northwestwardly through Lake Superior and Lake Winnepig. If the new magnetic obser- vations are confirmed they will evidently lead to a thorough overhauling of all our present magnetic charts. The information regarding the auroral phe- nomena and the coincidence between the magnetic agitation of the instruments and the display of the red auroral streamer confirms the observations 80 often before recorded of the magnetic needles in both terrestrial hemispheres trem- bling simultaneously in response to the un- seen waving of the auroral banner. The intelligence regarding the thermo- metric conditions of the air and the minimum temperature as to months will be of con- siderable value in deciding the best periods for future active efforts on the part of any Polar expedition that may be outstanding. The natural history collections will not be without interest and scientific value; but the most significant ond most important of all the reported discoveries is the finding in New- man Bay of the large quantities of drift wood, walnut, ash and pine, much of which is stored in the Polaris. That most vital problem—vital for all future geographic research in North Polar regions, whether Greenland projects to the Pole itself—is very nearly cleared up, if not solved, by these drift-wood discoveries around Newman Bay and the determination of the prevailing winds and the set of the current. The current from the open Polar Ocean was steadily to the southward, and the winds were generally northeast. If Greenland had any high northward extension it is easy to see that the projected land would serve as a barrier against the drift timber of the Spitzbergen seas or the Arctic Ocean, east of Greenland, penetrating to Newman Bay or Kennedy Channel. It is next to impossible that this could have come from Asia and the Pacific Ocean, through the narrow inlet at Behring Strait, and found its long way north- eastwardly, through the numerous insular sieves and ice-connected archipelagoes west of Ellesmere and Grinnell Land. Northeast of Spitzbergen all expeditions have found immense masses of drift wood and Norwegian raft wood and other débris from the North Atlantic shores, and on the west coast trunks of trees, logs and Gulf Stream matter have been seen in high piles along the water's edge. In 1859 Lamont found vast deposits in southeastern Spitzbergen and on the Thousand Islands, which, he says, were exclusively or chiefly, pine. The prevalence of northeast winds in the track of the Polaris. and the south- erly set of the current further and conclusively show that this drift wood seen by the Polaris crew must have come from the northeastward across the once, supposed extension of Green- land, and the conclusion forced upon Sergeant Meyer's mind, that G treenland does not extend to the Pole, will probably be widely shared by the geographic and general public. It will be seen from the report of the testimony of Captain Tyson and Mr. Meyer that the long vexed question of an open Polar Sea has been put to rest, and that this sea exists in broader proportions than either Kane or Hayes ever defined it. The mildness of the climate accords with Kane’s experience north of Van Rensse- laer harbor and with the late observations of Whymper, in West Greenland, while the abundance of animals on shore and of marine life will be the warrant for future explora- tions. Left to his own brave impulses and better judgment, it can bardly be doubted Captain | Hall would have reached the Pole itself. But, notwithstanding the circumstances which, in an evil hour, led him to swerve from his grand design, the harvest of scientific lore secured through his gallant undertaking will place his name in one of the highest niches of fame, beside those of Ross, Scoresby, Parry, Frank- lin and Kane. And yet we know nothing of the rich treas- drift wood, seen and secured by the Polaris, | The Sofentific Significance of the Arce- j | the frilled panties of early girlhood. ures of scientific research which may be con- cealed in tho Polaris. Hore we have the meongre, yet interesting, details of Captain Tyson and his companions. We know not but that on the missing steamer there may’ be a host of documents of invaluuble service to science. Commander Braine, of the Juniata, and Commander Groer, of the Tigress, will doubtless bring back many interesting addi- tions to the cosmos of science as well as the missing explorers, over whose fate and repu- tation hangs a deep veil of mystery. The heartfelt sympathy of the American people goes with these later explorers to encourage them to bring back the men who rushed away from tho nineteen men, women and children on the ico floc in that wild Arctic night. We shall then know the facts in the case, and science may be further enriched by observations taken in tho regions of eternal ice. Time and Trousers. We know of no excuse for a man writing to @ woman’s magazine on the subject of trousers for girls short of his having success- fully worn the article himself. It appears thata male correspondent of a certain Eng- lish publication intended for the behoof of the fair sex has been taking the liberty of vent- ing his views on this delicate subject, and we have no objection to add to the publicity,he has sought, conscious, at the same time, with what a gingerly touch the topic must be handled. He thinks that long trousers of linen or cambric, trimmed with needlework or lace, are feminine enough, despite their name and shape. To be quite beautiful, he insists that they should be brilliantly white, very stiffly starched ana long enough to reach the feet, and even, perhaps, slightly hide the insteps. A certain degree of plain- ness is admissible, but he is peremptory in insisting on at least one deep hem. The high- est style of trousers, however, ought to have rich needlework borders, with strips of inser- tion, and, on dress occasion, a bright colored ribbon run in the work, or lace flounces, or various trimmings of finely wrought muslin. He laments the trousers of this description which were worn twenty years: ago, and drops the tear of admiration over the departed pantalet. Amid so much vivacity and enthu- siasm of description we gladly make allowance for a few rhetorical exaggerations. But ono sentence—the keynote to the whole—is so re- markable that we cannot allow it to pass un; challenged. After half a column of eulogy upon the pantalets of twenty years ago the correspondent makes the following remarkable avowal :—‘“T think thata hat of one of the many pretty shapes which have been worn for some years past, with the glossy hair floating over the shoulders, the figure displayed by a tight-fitting dress, a looped-up skirt, full at the hips; a bright-colored sash, tied behind; the petticoats excessively short, fully display- ing long, brilliantly white trousers, falling gracefully across the instep, just showing the openworked stocking, and the feet flashing brightly in the pretty patent leather shoes and sandals I have written of before, consti- tute the most piquant, dainty and captivating costume devised for girls. Thus attired in a dress singularly appropriate and characteristic, because so becoming, childlike and modest, girls might well wear it till a much more womanly age, and if young ladies in their teens would believe how much more fascinat- ing they look in the youthful and ladylike dress I propose they would adopt it with pleasure and retain it without hesitation, and would admit its convenience, propriety and elegance." We admire the thoroughly artistic fire dis- played by the writer. He has evidently famil- iarized himself with his subject and kept it sedulously before him ever since the age of adolescence. We are at a loss, however, as to the spirit in which his recommendations will be received by the ladies. That this is an era of progress is unquestionable, and if, in our advance, the fair sex finds it necessary to bor- row a wrinkle from the past, we have nothing to say against it. Miss Bloomer did what she could to save her sisters, and the world is familiar with the result. But even Miss Bloomer never went so far as to recommend young girls in their teens—that 1s to say, of any age below twenty—to wear their petticoats excessively short, say to the knees, and eke out the scantiness of the drapery with bril- liantly white trousers descending to the instep. Such a costume would probably be ‘‘piquant,”” “dainty’’ and even, perhaps, ‘‘captivating,”’ to a certain order of admirers. Whether it would be “singularly appropriate and characteris- tic,"’ whether it would present claims to being considered “becoming, childlike and modest’’ in marriageable young ladies, and, finally, whether, having been once adopted, it would deserve to be retained by young ladies on.ac- count of its ‘‘convenienee, propriety and ele- gance,’’ or on any account whatever, we leave the aiders and abettors of innovations in female dress to determine. One question we should like to ask, and that is to how mature an dge the flounced trousers and the excessively short petticoats might advantageously be retained? If to the age of nineteen, why not twenty; if twenty, why not twenty-five? The age at which the pantalet required to be laid aside might be- come a very tender question; and we can imagine a maiden lady, of years too numerous to mention, clinging with passionate ardor to Besides, if trousers of such vast dimensions are appro- priate before marriage, the assumption of another species of the same genus of garment might seem to be sanctioned in the woman after marriage. Looked atin this light the theme involves too many male interests to form a calin element in masculine discussion, and so we leave it for the present. ‘Tue Caonuna my Wasurnoton.—The cholera is spreading from the West to the East. A case is reported in Washington. The season is favorable for its’ general expansion, and our city is still in a condition to give a full feast to the dreaded pestilence. We have no time to lose. The time has come, indeed, when, if our city authorities fail to meet and make special provisions and regulations for fighting this invisible enemy, our citizens thernselves should assemble in general council on this momentous subject. Disurartentna Inteniicence.—The Lon- don Times has no confidence in the declara- tions of financial and political reform in the United States. We are not surprised to hear this; but is our ancient friend John Bull sleeping on a bed of roses? Our Religious Press Table—Sentiments of the “Pious” Journals. Although several ofourso-called “‘religious’’ contemporaries are not exactly as pious as the strictly sanctimonious might desire, yet they have an influence among sectarian cir- cles that is always recognized, and which enables them to command a certain degree of respect. For example, it would be hard to tell what particularly pious lass the Independent belongs to. It has, heretofore, been regarded as Congrogationalist, but latterly it seems to seek its congregation from among the worshippers of Mammon, rather than from among the worshippers of the Lord. This may be judged from the remarkable ability displayed in the ‘Pablisher’s Department,” & department that looks more to the gathering in of dollars and cents than to the upholding of saints or tho salvation of sinners. This is a business point of view of the pious character of the Independent, Again, it would be some- what difficult to determine what is the pious side of the Golden Age, further than its opposi- tion to the Independent. And again, the Christian Union, also called a religious paper, is less pious than it is sensational on romance and fiction, Yet this trio of quasi religious journals are to be classed among the category of pious papers whether pious people like it or not, bi The Independent tells a curious story in con- nection with what it terms “The massacre of the Modoc captives.’’ Itis briefly as follows: — When Captain Jack was a boy (we have the story from Joaquin Miller, who was lor @ while adopted in the Modoc tribe, as well as from other sources) the Modocs became involved in war wilh the Pees, who word sopuring tig country in search oi gold, A reckless ruMan, Hamed Ben Wright, took the fleld with @ compuny of men. Not suc- ceeding in the border warfare as well as he wished, he proposed to the Modoc chiefs a counoil to make @ lasting treaty, The leaders consented and came in, Captain Wright told them to bring in all their warriors, that they might celebrate their treaty with a big feast. The Indians gathered in great num- bers, laid down their arms, and at a signal Wright and hig men fell upon them and murdered them without mercy. Captain Wright boasted that he iad made “a permanent treaty with at least a thousand Indians,"" The same paper has also a chapter on ‘Col- lege Journalism,’’ which will be interesting to Freshmen and Sophomores who are now in or are preparing to enter the field of journalism. The Golden Age gives o picture of metropoli- tan life, discusses the subject of ‘‘Christ and Confucius Exchanging Pulpits," and an- nounces a new story. The Observer has a familiar talk with its readers upon the subjects of the “Free Church Crisis Passed,’’ ‘‘The Presbyterian Union," “Rescuing Criminals,"’ ‘The Pope's Trials,"’ “Paganism in England,"’ referring to certain funereal rites in honor of the late John Stuart Mill, and other matters. The Evangelist has an article on ‘The Fail- ure of ‘Mutual Eligibility’ in Scotland.” The Christian Union gives us a dissertation upon the ‘‘Newspaper of To-Day,"’ remark- ing:— We often hear journalism spoken of as a profes- sion. The phrase is yet only a prophecy. Jour- natism is not yet a profession; but it ought to be, and it willbe. It it were organized like the pro- fessions of the law and of medicine, with its ap- propriate code, its Sears maxims, aspira- tions, desires and antipathies, it might greatly in- crease its purity, dignity and influence. Brains and culture and the power of expression would preserve their rights in the new profession against the overbearing ways of capital, as successfully as corresponding eminence does in the two older pro- fessions. Besides, if duly organized, journalism could protect itself, not only from assaults that are without, but irom the greater harm of disgraces that are within, Noone can doubt that American journalism is to go on in material enterprise. The Freeman's Journal discusses the ‘New Know Nothing Movement,’’ and says :— In regard to the dismissing or ee of Catholic teachers in the public schools, that is a question of individuals, not of public Catholic in- terests, There is, in fact, a question of morals involved, not altogether free of dilliculty as to the conditions on which one can remain as a teacher in these bad schools and not forfeit the communion of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Review gives its accustomed comprehensive résume of foreign religious in- telligence. The Tablet presents a leading article on the “Month of the Sacred Heart,’’ another edi- torial upon the “Spirit of Protestantism,”’ ‘and treats several topics with its usual ability. The Christian Intelligencer says the action of the General Synod of 1873 will be memorable in the history of this period of the Reformed Church in this country, and adds: — What is the bearing of the acts and proceedings of the late Synod upon the tuture of the Reformed Churen in America? We answer freely, that there 18 little comfort for the croakers and weepers to ther from the decisions of this Synod, With the febts of our missionary boards cancelled, witn the remarkable growth of the work in their respective fields of operation, with the unexampled liberality which the Synod, as a committee of the whole, manifested in pledging the payment ol the debt, and the exemplary gilts of generous donors to the College and minary, which have given a new start to the endowment movements, and, above all, with the unialtering loyalty, the harmony and progressive conservatism which prevailed in all the discussions, we cannot cast doubt upon the future of a Church which is so prepared for doing her Saviour’s work. The Methodist does not like the administra- . tion of our criminal law, and, remarking upon the decision of the Court of Appeals in the Stokes case, says: — Stokes must go through the form of another trial for his life, We say the form of a trial, for, in the present weariness of all parttes who have had to do with the case, the prosecution wiil most likely be without heart. Yet no one doubts that Stokes has committed a crime of some grade. It seems strange that the precise grade cannot be ascer- tained, and justice, both tothe State and to the risoner, reached. It is wise, we know, that proof in courts of law should be technical proof; that it should meet the requirements of long established rules; but it seems to us that the administration of criminal law has become soinvolved in technicali- ties that substantial justice is well-nigh unattain- able. The Jewish Times reviews the ‘Catholic Church and the Jews,’’ and comes to ‘this conélusion: — In spite of the wrath of the Holy Father and the rage of his agents and the attempts of priests to convert guileless Jewish children from born free- men to ignominious slaves of Rome, the Jews will exclaim with the Psalmist:—“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.”” The Jewish Messenger speaks a kind word in favor of the Centennial Celebration in Phila- delphia, urging its friends to contribute to its success. The Boston Pilot (Catholic organ) denounces in unqualified terms the organization of the proposed “Irish party,” terming it “Irish Know Nothingism,"’ adding: — We do not know the men who have originated the idea, or those who have called this convention; we do not know their purposes, save what we learn from such notices as the above. But we know that, whoever they are, they are men of worthless account, unknown and unrespected, and we have no fear that their influence will corrupt the mags of our people. They belong and appeal to that portion of the Irish in America of which true Ireland has least reason to be proud. But no matter how sinall the snake that wriggies through your garden, the only sale way is to take a switch and break its back. It is very likely that this proposed “Irish party’’ will be switched off the track. Snarxey has been found guilty of murder in the first degree, and will be called up to- morrow for sentence. But the probabilities of a stay of proceedings, o bill of exceptions, a motion for a new trial and an appeal to the Court of Appeals and such impedimenta, render the execution of the sentence, as usual, exceedingly doubtful The News from Africa. We print this morning a brief letter from Khartoum, giving the pleasing intelligence that ‘Baker Pacha has been reinforced and is pushing toward the groat basin of the Nile with his imperial expedition. With Gondokooro as his capital the elephant hunter of Ceylon sat down to build an equatorial empire. It is a lofty purpose, and, in connection with the Soudan Railway, we believe that its realiza- tion is not far distant. He has an army for land operations of over two thousand men, a navy for the two Nyanzas, ongineers, ma- chinery, vast quantities of cotton seed, and, what makes the pioneer content in unknown lands, a courageous wife, who has shared the honors and perils of his long experience as an African traveller. Misni, the septuagenarian explorer, is reported as approaching the source of the Nile from the westward. We hope he will arrive in time to obtain that ro- cognition which should reward a long life of solitary journeying among the savages of the African tropics, Ho has been snubbed by the geographica! socicties of Europe because of his peculiar views, and his present expedition has been undertaken to sustain what he believes to be just. We perceive also that the Viceroy has ac- tually begun preparatory work on the Soudan Railway, and that he is endeavoring to sup- press tho predatory tribes who infest the Abys- sinian frontier. Well dono, Africa! ‘Tux Lrrrit Pasa in the oity bogin to look parched and thirsty. Can not the Commis- sioners have their grass plots watered regu- larly, instead of waiting and waiting from day to day for an expected shower of rain? Spanish Reactionists Plotting Against the Republic of Spain. . A telegram from Biarritz, special to the Heratp, reports that Marshal Serrano, Sefior Sagasta, Caballero de Rodas, with other Span- iards of note under the old régime, and since the dethronement of Isabella, are on French soil engaged in hatching a plot against the permanency of the Spanish Re- public as it is established in Ma- drid. They seek to organize, as they allege, a moderate political party, and, under this pretence, or programme, they propose to make a military march on Madrid and, if pos- sible, seize the capital. They have made over- tures to the Carlists and to the commanders of several regiments of the regular army of Spain for aid and support in their project. They have not, as it appears, gained much headway. Seiiors Ollo, Dorre- garay and Lissaraga refuse to place trust in Serrano, so that it is almost certain that the plot wtll prove a failure even in the moment of first inception, and the idea remain merely as a point in tho party political history of modern Spain. Castelar, it is said, is drawing up a federal constitution after the model of the United States. The model is good, and Castelar is to be honored for his industry and his high pur- pose. We wish Castelar and the new constitu- tion success. Pity that the history of the past gives us so little reason to hope. In constitu- tion-making for the last half century Spain has had large experience. But what have the constitutions done for her? Tae Wasaineton TREATY ON THE FIsHERIES goes into operation on the Ist of July, from which day our Yankee fishermen, from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, will have the same tights to fish, dry their nets and cure their fish as Her Britannic Majesty's subjects. Why Have We No Parks? We are now nearing the month of July, and the heat of the weather for the last week or two has compelled many people to seek refuge in the great breathing place of the metropolis, Central Park. We have had a perfect deluge of municipal reform and startling developments in this line, but yet we have had no music in the parks. Plausible reasons are given for the deficiency in this respect, but they are utterly illogical. Why stop one of the princi- | pal and most important elements of public amusement and instruction during the dog days on the miserable pretext that certain po- litical changes have been made and that some new board of public officers have not been able to make up their minds to the fact whe- ther music in the various parks of this city was necessary or not? The lamest excuses are made by the new Board of Park Commission- ; ers. Yet the glaring fact stands forth that we have had no music in any of the city parks, although the month of July is close at hand. If retorm means a breaking up or disagree- able postponement of public duty then it is but reasonable to expect that the people will murmur against it. They want music in the Central Park, and in all the other parks, from Fifty-ninth street to the Battery, every week. Will the new Board recognize the voice of the people in this respect ? Music in the Tue Crose or THE Jerome Pank Races.— The sun beat down heavily yesterday on the heads of the numerous pilgrims bound to the Derby of America, Jerome Park; yet the fierce rays of his celestial majesty failed to deter the lovers of sport from this delightful trysting place, and thonsands braved the scorching heat and the dust to witness the last grand display of the American Jockey Club. Year after year these races grow into popularity. They have now become an absolute necessity, not only to the people of fashion, but also to the profanum vulgus. The magic name, Jerome Park, is sufficient to draw into West- chester county the best that New York can boast of, and the scenes on the road and at the course are equally interesting. The last Spring meeting of the American Jockey Club was an entire success, and its final close yes- terday gave evidence of a hearty response on the part of the public to the laudable exer- tions of the members of this honored Associa- tion. <cinsgelittea ths Tar Heaurn or tar Sunran.—It is grati- fying to us this morning to be able to state that the rumors regarding the serious illness of the Sultan are without foundation. The death of the Sultan at the present time might precipitate a crisis which would be injurious to commerce and to the best interests of civil- ization. For the continuance of peace the prolongation of the life of the Sultan is desir- able, if not necessary. “Ler toe Deap Bury Taem Drav.’’— The Liberal Republican General Committee have invited Senator Fenton to deliver them an address on the Fourth of Julv. The Approaching Jewish It is now well understood that a grand Jewish fair is soon to be opened in this city. The sons of the Society of Kesher Shel Baz rel—a powerful organization—are enthusias- tic in the matter. It is their special business. They are putting forth their best efforts ; and it is their intention to succoed if success ia possible. The object is laudable. The Kosher Shel Bazrel Association has widows and or- phans on hand. The desire is to make them comfortable. To this end money is pro- nounced necessary. To got moncy a fair has been agreed upon, and it is understood that sixty Hebrew lodges will put forth all their strength to make this thing atriumph. We know how our Hebrew follow citizens do things when they begin. When thoy want to buy real estate who can beat them? When they build private mansions they shame us. When thoy build synagogues they make Christianity almost contemptible. Some time early in the Fall this projected Jewish fairis likely to be opened, and the presumption is that it will be worthy of the Hebrew race and a success beyond all expectation. The object is so laudable—the making provision for widows and orphans—that we cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of wishing it success, Unless we mistake the Kesher Shel Bazrel Fair will be the sensation of the Fall and of the early Winter. All such schemes have our hearty sympathy, and it gives us pleasure te lend them encouragement and support. » Dv Cnamiv.—King Oscar of Sweden amd Norway, while speaking in a kindly and oom- plimontary manner of Mr. Paul B. Du Chaillu during his interesting conversation with our commissioner, asked, ‘‘Where is Mr. Du Chaillu now?'’ We may state here that the friends of the intrepid African explorer mani- fest anxiety about him. It is generally knowm that Mr. Du Chaillu went early last Winter te Sweden and Norway, with the view of explor- ing and describing the extreme north of Soan- dinavia in the depth of Winter. He saw King Oscar on the way. His friends have not heard from him for several months past—not even those with whom hé resides and with whom he was in the habit of corresponding regularly. Then he was to be in London in the month of May. Itis feared some misfortune may have be- fallen him. Still, knowing his experience and endurance as a traveller, we hope nothing seri- ous has occurred to prevent his return, and that he will escapo the perils of the bordering Arctic regions as he did those of Equatorial Africa. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Father Gavazzi is in Scotland. Prince Bihes Bibesoo, former Hospodar of Walte chia, is dead. Judge Keogh’s brother-in-law has announceé himself @ home ruler. The Shah ts somewhat ungraceful on foot, but@ very cavalier in the saddle. Tama county, lowa, scorns the back pay gift of its weak-kneed Congressmen. M.and Mme. Thiers are going to Rome in July, and will reside in Italy for two months, Lord Nigel Kennedy has gone into bankruptcy, with debts aggregating £5,000, and no assets, The Tichborne claimant has ceased his exhibi- tions of himself at the Britannia Theatre, in London. Senator Sherman says he does not care to take back pay. Back pay, it is now understood, will not pay. M. sules Grévy, late Presisent of the French Na- tional Assembly, recommenced his court practice on the 7th inst. George Macdonald is passing the Summer on the southern shore of Lochawer, in the rugged Land of Lorne, Scotland. M. Thiers is going back to nis literary work. He is about to write a book on the “Arta in Italy During the Middle Ages.”” The Pope presented the Caarine of Russia, at her late visit, with two mosaics, which she bag acknowledged with a massive gold chalice. Mr. Goschen, one of the Lords of the British Ad miralty, lately narrowly escaped being killed by the accidental discharge of @ rifle at the Pertse- mouth Dock Yard, Lord Clifton, son of the Earl of Darnley, not having done his schooling, has sensibly declined te be the Conservative candidate for M. P. from Rochester, England. Prince Arthur has resigned the post of Comme dore of the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, and eo cepted that of Honerary Commodore. His new yacht Aliz will participate in the Club's regatta. WASHINCTON. . WASHINGTON, June 21, 1873. The Alleged Theft of Papers from the Archives of the War Department. Statements having recently been made that valuable papers relating to courts martial, army frauds, &c., had been abstracted from the War De partment, a special inquiry was made to-day at the Adjutant General's Otlice and the Bureau of Military Justice as to the truth of the reports. The reply was that the only information on the subject which had reached-the oificer in charge was through the newspapers. The system of dealing with all papers received and their preserva tion was explained, showing that there” could be no theft of any particular documents without the connivance of the clerks and watchmen, whose character for trustwortht ness is unquestioned. It wasalso ascertained that similar statements of loss or abstraction have here tofore been circulated by persons. who have ap plied for, but have been refused, particular docu ments to be used for private purposes, The gov- ernment, being the custodian of the archives, have made use of them only in furtherance of the pubite interests, The Secretary of War, however, nas taken steps to ascertain exactly how much trath, ifany, there is in the rumors, and at the proper time the result will be made known, Sale of the United States Yacht America. The United States yacht America, of 100 tons, was sold at the Naval Academy yesterday for $5,000, The Secretary of the Navy has to ratify the sale to make it valid. The government guar- antees no title. It is supposed the reason for thia ia that there may be some who never gave up their right to prize money from her when she was pre- sented to the government by @ part, at least, of her captors. There was only one bid. . Criminal Statistics. The Attorney General has issued a circular to the wardens of the several penitentiaries, cating upon them, tn order to comply with the act ot Congress requiring criminal statistics arising under the United Svates laws, to Mil up and retarn to the Department of Justice the blanks which he has furnished to them, including the number o1 convicts in their respective institutions on the ist of January, the terms of their respective sen- tences, the places of their birth, the nature of their crimes, the number of convicts discharged in 1872, and the minor details of their imprisonment. Secretary Delano Gone to Onio, Secretary Delano left Washington for Onio last night, and will be absent about ten days, during which time Assistant Attorney Geaeral Smith wil be Acting Secretary of the Interior, A Free Delivery System at Peoria, MU. The Postmaster General to-day issued an order for the establishment of a free delivery system at Peoria, IN., with eight carriers, commencing July 1. The July Interest To Be Paid Without Rebate. The Assistant Treasurers are directed to pay the interest due on the Ist of July on tho 26th inst. without rebate. LL