The New York Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1873, Page 6

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Fourteenth street.—Granp EUM OF ART, 128 West Four- teenth st.—Crrrian anv Loaw Coutections oF Art. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Science anv Art. TRIPLE SHEET "New v Yorks, Friday, June 27, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Elferald. “THE ATLANTIC CABLE AND WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH MONOPOLIES! MR. ORTON’S STATEMENT’ —EDITORIAL LEADER—SixTH PaGE. #XCESSIVE CHARGES FOR TELEGRAMS BY THE CABLE AND WESTERN UNION LINES! PRESIDENT ORTON’S SPECIAL PLEADING FOR THE BEHOOF OF THE MONOPOLY! A GENERAL PARRYING OF MINISTER SCHENCK’S HOME THRUSTS— THIRD PaGE, RUMORED SURRENDER OF THE KHIVAN RULER AND HIS CAPITAL CITY TO GENERAL KAUFMANN! THE BAD FAITH OF THE VANQUISHED BARBARIANS! PEACE NEGO- TIATIONS BROKEN OFF! THE MUSCOVITES CONCENTRATING—SEVENTH PAGE. PN THE ROAD TO KHIVA! MR. MacGAHAN’S SPECIAL ACCOUNTS OF RUSSIA’S EXTEN- SIVE MILITARY AND NAVAL OPERA- TIONS! KHIVESE WEAKNESS! 30,000 PER- ENSLAVED! INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN BULL LOOKING AFTER INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA! HIS FACTS AND ROMANCE OF THE CAM- PAIGN—FovrTH PAGE. BPANISH REPUBLICAN DIPLOMACY! BOURBON OFFICIALS SHOT BY SABALLS! EX-QUEEN ISABELLA’S VISIT TO THE POPE—SEVENTH PAGE. QHE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE ALMOST COM- PLETED—THE PERSIAN RULER VISITS LIVERPOOL—FENIAN “INFORMERS” IN ITRELAND—SEVENTH PaGE. HOLLAND AND ACHEEN! TURKISH AID FOR THE ACHEENESE—GOVERNMENTAL SEIZ- URE OF A FRENCH JOURNAL—THE ITAL- IAN CABINET TROUBLE—SEVENTH PAGE, PUBLIC MEETINGS IN CUBA IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPUBLICAN PRESS—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—SEVENTH PaGE. DAZZLING WORK WITH THE CUE! ALBERT GARNIER AWAY AHEAD IN THE RACE FOR THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP! HIS UNSURPASSED RUNS—SEVENTH PAGE. MRS. WALWORTH TESTIFIES IN HER SON’S BE- HALF! SOME OF THE LETTERS! THREATS MADE TO THIRD PARTIES AS EVIDENCE! COURT ROOM SKETCHES—Ercuta PacE. FEMPORARY LEGAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN EDITOR! CRIMINAL LIBEL! THE TAINTOR DEFALCATION! OPENING OF THE WOOD- \ HULL-CLAFLIN CASE—EicaTH PacE. LIFE AMONG THE FRENCH COMMUNIST CON- Vir IN NEW CALEDONIA! WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE FOR FRANCE! THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF NAPOLEON AND THIERS—Tuinp PAGE. £HE WIND-UP AT FLEETWOOD! THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN FULLERTON AND GAZELLE FOR THE 2:21 PURSE DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THE GELDING! MORRILL WINS THE 2:43 PRIZE—TeNTH PaGE. NOVEL TROTTING CONTEST AT WAVERLEY PARK! THE NEAREST-TO-THREE-MiNUTES PURSE WON BY RED CLOUD! OTHER EVENTS—TEnTH Page. OLD YALE FAIRLY SURPASSING HERSELF! HONORS TO THE UNIVERSITY BY THE CITY OF ELMS! THE PROCESSION AND THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES—Firtn PAGE. MAKING “BACHELORS” AND “MASTERS” AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC! THE COLLEGE OF THE UITY OF NEW YORK AWARDING HER SNe er PAGE. ERCISES AT GEORGETOWN CONFERRING THE DEGREES— Tarp PAGE. &T THE ACADEMY OF MOUNT ST. VINCENT! FINE LITERARY EFFORTS OF THE YOUNG LADIES! THE ARCHBISHOP PRESIDES aT THE FEAST—Firru Pagr. ALDERMANIC ACTION ON THE POLICE JUS- TICK NOMINATIONS OF THE MAYOR—THE SUPERVISORS—Fovatu Pace, SHIPPING GOLD! FINANCIAL NEWS AND OPERA- TIONS—REAL ESTATE—NEWAKK’S TEM- Toe War iw Centran Asta—Kaurva Sarp Wo Have ScunReNDERED To THE Russtans.— A telegram from Central Asia, special to the Hxnawp, which is published in our col- umns to-day, brings news from the seat of war between the Russians and the Khivese, dated to the 23d of May. The despatch was forwarded from Tnurkistan to London. Its contents are important, assuring us, as they flo, that His Highness the Khan of Khiva had surrendered his capital unconditionally to the imperial Russian army, commanded by Gen- eral Kaufmann, The Russian Commander- In-Chief was, as it is reported, anxious to alleviate the misfortune of the humbled ruler of the Khanate in every manner consistent with his duty. With this object in view he ted a plan of settlement, embracing e distinct points, from which @ protocol pf peace could be elaborated. The Khan and hhis advisers treated the Russian correspond- pnee in their usual style of dynastic insin- verity, and this to such an extent that the {Bussian officer was compelled to break off the ‘porrespondence, A concentration of the R gian forces appears to have taken place subse- to this event, and the complete conquest of Khiva will probably follow. The Atlantic Cabie and Western Union Telegraph Monopolies=Mr. Orton's Statement. In the letter from Mr. Orton addressed to “Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State,” which we publish this morning, will be found the reply of the Western Union Telegraph Company to the indictment, charges and specifications brought against said com- pany, in connection with the Anglo-American Atlantic cable monopoly, by General Schenck, our Minister at London. The indictment of General Schenck is that between these two companies there is an agreement ‘through which a systematic imposition’ upon the public “is practised, which ought to be exposed ;”’ and his charges substantially are that this arrangement binds the Western Union to allow the cable company to retain one-third of what is charged for the transmission of cable messages over the land lines in tho United States; that the land charges under this compact for cable messages over our land lines are double the regular tariff of prices on domestic messages ; that upon eable despatches the Western Union company for its’ share pockets moro than twice its whole proper charges, and that the government is subjected to these extortions in the same manner as are individuals. .~ And what is the answer of the Western Union against these accusations? Mr. Orton pleads that the cable business is controlled by the cable companies, and that the Western Union, upon certain fixed rates of compensa- tion, has agreed to apply tho rates and rules of said companies to cable messages in the United States. It has agreed to apply these rates. This is a plea of ‘‘guilty’’ to General Schenck’s charge of an agreement. But it appears from the statement of Mr. Orton that ‘‘on cable messages the Western Union Company actually receives only the average of its local rates,’’ and that messages destined for the cable, coming from remote points of the Union to New York, ‘‘are handled at con- siderable loss.’ Mr. Orton next pleads, in defence of the Western Union, that it performs this service for the cable company at a fixed compensation, no part of which is refunded or divided; and next, that it is untrue that ‘‘com- munications transmitted by ocean cable on government business are submitted to the some overcharges as are the messages of indi- viduals.’”’ Such, in its substance, is the response of the Western Union to the complaints of General Schenck touching the alleged ‘systematic im- position’ practised upon the public and the government through this aforesaid agreement. In his details of the working of this contract General Schenck has apparently made some mistakes ; but upon the essential point, the agreement or arrangement itself, Mr. Orton pleads guilty. He admits that the Western Union has agreed to apply the rules and rates to cable messages in the United States adopted by the cable companies on the other side of the Atlantic; or, to simplify this confession, he admits that in reference to cable messages the Western Union holds the position of a mere lackey of the Anglo-American company, and that Mr. Orton cheerfully consents to do this servile work at a ‘considerable loss’’ to the Western Union. To use a familiar expression of incredulity, this special pleading is ‘‘too thin ;’’ and we still remain to be convinced that this arrangement between these telegraph companies on cable messages by sea and land is not “‘a systematic imposition’”’ upon the public. Having, however, with his facts and figurés, to his own satisfaction, no doubt, disposed of the charges of Genaral Schenck, Mr. Orton arraigns him in his turn before the Secretary of State as overstepping the line of official propriety in this business. Mr. Orton says that ‘General Schenck’s zeal and efficiency in exposing ‘systematic imposition’ upon the, public, as sometimes practised by the pro- moters and managers of swindling corpora- tions, are widely known and fully appreci- ated, especially in England.’’ We are glad to hear it. We are also gratified to assure the General that in calling the attention of his government to an arrangement which he holds to be ‘a systematic imposition” his zeal and efficiency are destined to a great re- ward. But it appears that in this matter his reputation and his office were ‘‘used by the active and unscrupulous agents of an opposi- sion cablescheme.’’ Can such things be? If 80, there is then a hope that at least for a brief season, between the “active and unscrupu- lous agents’’ of two rival cable companies, the public will escape the extortions of “a systematic imposition.” We agree that it is no part of the official duty of the American Minister at London to seek to relieve the people of England from the alleged ‘‘systematic imposition” of an English corporation, under which they appear to be happy; and that he is wide of his high calling in thoughtlessly arraigning citizens of the United States before their government upon charges concerning the conduct of their pri- vate business; butthis is begging and blinking the main question. The rights of the public, the people, and the interests of the govern- ment are paramount, and upon these high considerations General Schenck is doubtless in full accord with the Secretary of State in refer- ence to these telegraph monopolies and com- binations and their unscrupulous extortions. In the opinion that ‘companies whose capital and enterprise have connected the United States with the telegraphic systems which are rapidly encircling the globe, if not entitled to receive special favors from our government, shold at least be exempt from the open hos- tility of its officials,’’ Mr. Orton pleads the old inadmissible plea of Jeff Davis—‘‘Let us alone.” But as it was with a great conspiracy striking for the overthrow of the government, so itmay be witha league of powerful cor- porations aiming to supersede the govern- ment in the regulation of the commerce, financial and political affairs of the country. Again, Mr. Orton seems to think it unfair that the official charges of General Schenck, embracing his charge of ‘‘a systematic imposi- tion” against the telegraph companies con- cerned, should be given to the public ‘by the government with an implied endorsement of their accuracy, without notice to the parties charged and without inquiry as to the truth of the allegations." The inquiry and the notice were proclaimed with the publication of Gen- eral Schenck’s letter. Does Mr. Orton re- member the story of the St. Domingo insur- rection? The mulattoes of the French colony were the first to seize from the French Republic those grand ideas of ‘liberty, equality and fraternitv.”” The whites. becom- ing daciade made certain concessions to the mulattoes, which, it was supposed, would re- store harmony. But there was a third party which had been overlooked in this arrango- ment and it was the most numerous and powerful party in the colony—the party of the blacks. They accordingly took the question of their rights and wrongs into their own hands, and we know what followed. So, now, there is a third party to this telegraph contro- versy—the public, the people—which Mr. Orton would overlook, but which Mr. Fish, and very wisely we think, has considered as rightfully entitled to some knowledge of this business, Against the intolerable extortions of these telegraph monopolies by land and sea, as against the ‘systematic impositions’ of our railway monopolies and combinations, we look and appeal to the third party—the American people. The special pleadings of Mr. Orton do not in our judgment shake the indictment of General Schenck touching the arrangement between the Anglo-American cable company and the Western Union. It is a compact for money making which may be extended to a combination embracing all the important tele- graph lines on the earth not under a strong government control ; and it is an arrangement which for the protection of the people in their material interests and political sovereignty should be broken up by the government, Wo rejoice to know that the people of the great West are rising for the regulation of our rail- way monopolies by Congress ; we are strong in the belief that this popular agitation will next extend to our telegraph monopolies, and in this view we trust that General Schenck will maintain his fight against the grasping coalition of the Anglo-American Telegraph and Western Union companies. The Communists in New Caledonia. Tn another place in the Henatp of this morning will be found an interesting and in- structive letter from our correspondent at Pupua, New Caledonia. New Caledonia has been familiar to the public for some years past as a second Cayenne, a new French penal set- tlement in the Southern Pacific. It acquired not a little notoriety in connection with the Paris Commune, for it was to that far away settlement that President Thiers and the Versailles Assembly concluded to deport the convicted Communists. It was during the Empire that New Caledonia began to be made use of as a penal settlement, and for the last ten years the unfortunate colonists have been steadily having their numbers in- creased by fresh importations from France. But for the Commune it is not likely that the world would have cared much about New Caledonia, with the adjacent islands which recognize the authority of France. It belongs to the Australasian group, and lies between latitude 20 and 20 30 south, and lon- gitude 1645 and 167 east. It is about two hundred miles long by thirty broad. New Caledonia is the principal island; but close by are the Ile Nu and the Ile de Pines. They are all used as convict settlements. The Ile de Pines has beon selected for the Com- munists, and at the present moment there are on that island and under convict rule some two thousand persons who, three years ago, made a wild and desperate effort to revolu- tionize France and through France the world. In those far away islands of the sea they are little likely to do the world more harm. In time they will no doubt settle down more or less contented in their new home, and their children and their children’s children may rank with the prosperous magnates of the Southern seas. New Caledonia, according to our correspondent, seems a reasonably com- fortable and healthful place. But for a de- scription of the islands, of their inhabitants, of their natural products and of the daily life and prospects of the convicts, we refer our readers to the letter itself. The Walworth Trial. The trial of young Walworth for the murder of his father is progressing rapidly, and it will not be many days till it is closed by the verdict of the jury. Judge Davis deprecated in ad- vance any discussion of the merits of the case by the newspapers during the progress of the trial, and we mean to refrain from any expres- sion of opinion upon the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. This is a question which may safely be left to the jury, whose province it is to determine it, and from the speedy manner in which the jury was chosen we are led to anticipate a trial conducted solely according to rules of law and of evidence. In this sim- ple fact that only a day was consumed in the selection of the jury we see evidences of a bet- ter condition of public morality and fewer appearances of the sensationalism which often makes the proceedings in our Courts melo- dramatic performances. We may hope from all this and from the high character of the Court and the counsel that this case at least will be determined solely by the law and the evi- dence. But it may not be ill-timod to addressa few words of admonition to those who are re- sponsible for the manner of conducting the trial. The peovle expect that a case so aus- piciously begun shall be ended in a way worthy of the beginning. ‘This is a solemn trial for murder—the trial of a young man, the member of a distinguished family, for the murder of his father. Whatever may be its surroundings, it is, after all, like any other case of the same kind. Social position makes and can make no difference so far as the accused is concerned, and he must stand or fall by his own act, even as the humblest and most wretched youth in the State would be required to stand or fall. The only question for the minds of the jury—and the Court must see to it that it is the only question presented to them—is whether this young man is guilty or not guilty of murder according to the terms of the statute. More than this need not be said; but this much, at least, is required, for the people are closely following the course of the trial to see that justice is done and the law faithfully administered. It is a terrible case, view it as we may, and we are glad it is to be so quicky determined, Iraty, Ir Is Sar, is threatened by France and Austria if she proceeds too vigorously to execute the law against the religious orders. This report has been contradicted, but the Italian paper which gives the contradiction says, “Italy will seek alliances if it becomes necessary, for the defence of her national inde- pendence.’’ May it not be true, after all, that an alliance offensive and defensive has been concluded between Italy and Germany? JUNE 27, 1873.—TRIPLE The Golaen Age of Journalism—Mr. MacGahan’s Latest Despatches from Central Asia. We publish in another column full and highly interesting despatches from the pen of Mr. J. A. MacGahan, the Hznaxp special cor- respondent with the Khivan expedition. We congratulate our readers on our ability to place before them this morning a correspond- ence so graphic and complete, so accurate in detail, comprehensive in outline and deeply fascinating in its subject matter. Until the present age of journalism it has been left to the hardy explorer and scientific traveller to journey through remote and unknown lands, and upon his return to publish tardy and painfully minute descriptions of the results of his travels. For faithful accounts of the great scientific and military expeditions which have been sent into the gloomy quarters of the world we have long sighed in vain. What journalistic record is extant of the Wilkes exploring expedition to the Antarctic ?—of the great enterprise of Mohammed Ali when he moveda large military force along the valley of the Nile and arrived within a few leagues of the sources of that mighty river? What bold newspaper correspondent was venturesome enough to attach himself to the staff of Gen- eral Peroffsky when, in1840, he undertook the reduction of Khiva, but was thwarted by the Asiatic frosts and snows? But the golden age of journalism has dawned. The splendid success of Mr, Stanley in Africa has brought journalism to its meridian story, anfl there wo purpose to fortify it, as our correspondence from Mr. MacGahan will prove this morning. Al- though the rich material collected by our cor- respondent is exclusively printed in this jour- nal, and although heis the only journalist who has yet succeeded in reaching the scene of operations in Central Asia, we do not take the victory entirely to the Hznaup. It sheds lustre on the entire American press, when we remember that on the eve of the Khivan expe- dition the great newspapers of England and the Continent began to feel the reflex action of American journalistic enterprise and con- cluded that they would hazard any expense to obtain early and faithful accounts of the operations. Gentlemen believed to be competent were therefore despatched to Trans-Caucasia, and had there been no inter- vening barricrs the Khan might have capitu- lated to the quill brigade. But there was one gallant, determined correspondent among all those who hurried away from the capitals of Europe as on errands of pleasure who had measured the difficulties of his undertaking, and instead of meekly surrendering when in- formed that he would not be allowed to pro- ceed with the army boldly set to work to surmount all obstacles. Accompanied “by two Kirgheese, one Turcoman and a diction- ary,’’ Mr. MacGahan proceeded to Uralsk, and, journeying by way of Orenburg and Orsk, at last arrived at Fort No. 1, where he wrote the interesting letter printed in the Heraxp of the | 12th inst., ending with “I am now within less than five hundred miles from Khiva, and the hardest part ot my journey is yet to come.” Under the dates of April 21, 22 and 30 he supplies full details of the military operations, together with a happy view of the populations of Trans-Caucasia, their political, commercial and social condition. Situated beyond the confines of civilization, where no newspaper correspondent hes ever been before, the jour- nalist enjoys a rare opportunity to instruct as well as to furnish reports of current events. It is doubtful if Khiva, asa Khanate placed in the most desolate region of the earth, would ever have attracted even the casual attention of the general reader had there been no such enterprise as the Russian expedition ; and we are sure that, even with the dry official de- spatches announcing the naked results of battles along the line of march and the final capitulation, that the steppes of Asia would have been dismissed into forgetfulness on the morrow. The journalist on the spot, how- ever, joins the event to its causes and conse- quences, and, if he takes a brief retrospect of the history of that mysterious land, he is also able to forecast o future which enlists the keenest interest among all thinking classes. What grander theme can occupy the attention of any mind than the contemplation of desert wastes about to feel the quickening influence of civilization? Of roaming and dispersed peoples about to be grouped into a common nationality? Of indolence yielding to thrift, and fanaticism to toleration? In every quarter of the globe visited by a Hzratp cor- respondent it is not only his duty to record what has been, what is, but also what can be and what should be. It is because Mr. MacGahan has happily fulfilled his mission in this regard that we recommend his corre- spondence to the thoughtful perusal of our readers. Beginning with a description of Fort No. 1—one of those Russian outposts which signify permanent occupation—he gives a view of its military strength, ond then passes to a description of the rising town of Kazala. After picturing the distinguishing traits of the people, we are invited to inspect the Aral flotilla, which reveals a navy almost in Central Asia, but which was con- structed in Liverpool and London, Passing to the Khiva expedition he details its admira- ble condition and the movements of the advance guard, led by His Imperial Highness the Grand ‘Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch, Severe storms, irksome marches and fresh fortifications rising in the desert are recorded, and still the ery is “On to Khiva!”’ Farther on we read of the Emba expedition and of the accidents that befell the supply train, and then we come to that fifth wheel of the coach—“An Ambassador from Khiva.”” But by far the most interesting portion of this correspondence is the story of the returned Russian slaves. They were captured by the Khivans in 1869, at a port on the Aral Sea, and, after passing through various vicissi- tudes, were taken to the west side of the Aral Sea, and the Khan himself became their purchaser at five hundred roubles a head. Their account of the Khan is kindly, and reprosents him as a weak and harmless ruler, under the influence of a despotic Afghan, Ponrtics m™m Iowa.—The republicans in Towa held their State Convention on Wednes- day last, Governor Carpenter was renomi- nated by acclamation. In the resolutions strong grounds are taken in relation to cheap transportation, a subject in which the farmers of the State have recently taken @ very great interest in favor of demand- ing Congressional and legislative enactments that will control ang rezulate the railxoads of | SHEET. the country; denouncing the Orédit Mobilier swindle and the back-pay steal, and finally in favor of political reform, honest economy and purity in all official administrations. The resolutions are especially directed toward meeting the issues raised by the farmers and to carry out which they have organized them- selves into bodies called granges, which exist to a larger extent in Iowa than in any other State. These granges are mostly composed of republicans, and now it will be seen whether they will stick to their separate and independ- ent organizations, or, satisfied with the regular party platform, fall back into the old party ranks and kéep the republicans in power by their usual overwhelming majorities, ° General Sherm: The Cheyennes and Kiowas, having started ona maraudiug tour from their reservations, General Sherman announces the fact to the Secretary of War, with the significant re- mark—‘These are the Indians to conciliate whom Satanta and Big Tree are to be turned loose. I have no more faith in their sincerity than I have in the prairie wolves, and as I once risked my life to test their sincerity I do not propose to again expose others to a like danger, and hope the Indian Bureau will manage them without the aid of the army.’’ Certainly the peace policy towards irreclaima- ble Indians which has been pursued of late years, to be logical in its absurdity, should dispense with the services of the army. Any little extravagances in the way of scalping or burning in which our redskin brethren would like to indulge would then be provided for in the persons of Peace Commissioners, and the “innocent” wards of the government would not be offended at the sight of the United States uniform, The boys in blue are gene- rally unwelcome to Indian thieves and mur- derers, as they have a disagreeable habit of meting out swift justice and are averse to peace talks. .There is no reason why a mur- derer should be pardoned and protected be- cause he is a redskin, and yet this has been the persistent policy of our Indian Bureau. The bold, uncompromising opinion of General Sherman will meet with a hearty endorsement in every reasoning mind, and it is to be hoped that the government will take heed in timo lest Modoc treachery be repeated by the Kio- was and Cheyennes of the Southwest. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. eNO Amadeus and his wife are to visit England this Summer. The Empress of Russia hopes to spend next Summer in Rome. Governor D. P. Lewis, of Alabama, is at the Grand Centrai Hotel. Congressman H. H. Hathorn, of Saratoga, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Ex-Governor H. J. Gardener, of Massachusetts, has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, after a Southern tour. The Khedive of Egypt visited our Minister, Mr, Boker, at his residence at Therapia, near Consti- nople, on the 29th ult. The Count and Countess Vauditre de Villeneuve de Moisemonville celebrated their golden wedding in Paris on the 11th inst. Mrs. Thomson, daughter of the poet Burns, died, on the 13th inst, at Crossmyloof, near Glasgow, She was eighty-four years oid. Mile. Pépita Sanchez, the successor of Cora Pearl as the queen of the Parisian demt-monde, was accidentally killed on the sth inst. Marshal Bazaine’s wife has written to President MacMahon, begging him to have the trial of her husband begun. The Marshal, it is stated, has re- plied that the trial shall not be proceeded with until after the complete evacuation of French territory by the Germans. The fighting parson, Senator Brownlow, is out with another letter to the ex-Confederate General D. H. Hill, The “thrashonical” hero of North Caro- lina, as he; is termed by a Western paper, finds it rather up-hill work to defend himself. His initials, “D, H.,” may signify down-hill. Captain Jack, it is now claimed, is the son of Captain John Murdock, late of Lincoin county, Ky. “Modoc,” it is further stated, is only a corruption of “Murdock.” There is already sufficient corruption about this Indian business to render it altogether unnecessary to strain a point on the subject. Mr. Disraeli will deliver his address as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow in August. At that time he will probably accept the freedom of the city, though not the banquet that was offered to him by the Corporation of Glasgow just previous to the death of lus wife, the Viscountess Beacons- eld. June 17, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, was @ memorable date in the history of the late C. L. Vallandigham, On that day he ran the blockade at Charleston on a confederate steamer, on that day he arrived at his home in Dayton on his return, and on that day he accidentally inflicted on himself the wound of which he died. Senator William Windom, chairman of the special United States Senate Committee to collect iniormation on inland transportation, arrived in Budalo yesterday on a tour of preliminary inspec- tion. He will be shown around the harbor, &c., and. furnished with statistical information while there by the city authorities and business men. The Salt Lake City News says the question, “Who ‘was the man with the iron mask?” has stimulated perhaps as much interest and research as either of the following questions:—“Who was Junius? “Who killed Tecumseh?” “What became of Mor- gan?’ “Where was,” and now, “what shall be done with, Captain Jack?” “Who struck Billy Pat- terson?” and finally, ‘“‘Where’s Billy Bowlegs?” ‘The latter is the most important question of the lot, A Western paper puts a trifling misunderstand- ing between two brothers-in-law gown Sontn in the following pleasant way:—George Leden, of Boggy Bayou, Fla, was lately peculiarly unfor- tunate in a job he undertook. He started tn to kill his brother-in-law, Captain George Parish, and worked at him for half an hour, at the end of which time Parish, believing the man was in ear- nest and that it was a war to the death, closed up the unpleasantness by killing Leden. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, June 27—1 A. M. Provanttities, For New England, the Middle States and the lower lake region, light and fresh winds, mostly from the south and west, and generally clear weather; for the South Atlantic States, light to fresh winds, mostly from the northeast and southeast, and partly cloudy weather, with probably rain areasin Florida; for the Guif States east of the Mississippi ana Tennessee, light to fresh winds and generally clear or partially cloudy weather; for Ohio, Indinia, Illinois and Missouri, light to fresh winds, mostly from the south and west, and partly cloudy weather; for the upper lake region, winds veering to fresh and brisk southerly to westerly and partly cloudy weather, with probably rain areas over the northern frontier; for the Southwest, winds veering to wosterly and northerly, The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The tollowing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last Cw as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's harmacy, bet ( ing i— 1878, alg bad 3 A.M. 59 8: 6 61 6P. 3 o 9 67 73 12 P, 65 72 » Average temperature yesterday . 69 Average temperatare for corresponding date ~ WMUTORRrregecrqeeceeseqensaseescgaqvevengeege WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 26, 1878, General Howard’s Conduct Investigated. The oficial conduct of General 0. 0. Howard, as Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees and Freed- men, is about to be investigated in a manner which will prevent a whitewashing report. The Secretary of War is giving the matter his personal attention, and has not only referred to the Attor- ney General the question as to the mode of his trial, but has to-day made inquiry at the Treasury Department as to the name of the person whe went on the bond of General Howard before he entered upon duty as Commissioner. The law re- quired that a bond of $50,000 should be accepted and filed with the First Comptroiier, Search was made in the archives of the Treasury Department, but no evidence of a bondexists, This is regarded by officials as the most damaging revelation yet made, and shows how very lax the government had been in its administration of affairs relating to the Freedmen’s Bureau, Circular of the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy has issued a circular to commandants of navy yards requiring them to see that no d@iscrganization occurs through the as- signment of quarters of ofMcers under previous or- ders of the Navy Department. The same attend- ance out of working hours will be required of line ofMicers occupying the same quarters, and they must be stationed to meet emergencies at fire and for the performance of ordinary and extraordinary police duties, Oilcers charged with the duties of the several bureaus, and having quarters in the navy yards, are considered in all respects as much attached to such yards as though ordered without assignment to the duties of any bureau, and are to be considered as much on duty during the whole twenty-four hours, A Fight with the Sioux. The following official letter was received at the Army Headquarters to day, having been forwarded by Brigedict General Fray and Lieutenant General Sheridan :— ForT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Deore, be li June 19, 1873. I have the honor to report that the Sioux at- tacked us again tius morning, just as the railroad engineers had started on tiltir survey. Isent out my scouts cane took two companies—H of the Seventeenth m-untry and C 01 the Sixth infantry— to Beaver Dam Creek. The Sioux fought obstinately, and held the ridge and rocks west of Beaver Dam_ until forced to retreat, We have two dead Sioux in our posses- sion, who were scalped and mangled by the scouts, and two more were killed, but were not leit with us. Five or six more Sioux were wounded. One or more horses of the Sioux were killed. One of my scouts was wounded, but not seriousiy. There hor) no other loss on our side, . C, CARLIN, Lieutenant Colonel gaveneeenth iniantry, Commanding Post. Official Inquiry into the Causes of Steam Boller Explosions. The Board of Commissioners, appointed by the President to inquire into the causes of steam boiler explosions, &c., organized by the appoint- ment of D. D, Smith, Supervising Inspector General of Steam Vessels, Chairman, and George W. Tahlor, of the Steamboat Inspec- tion Bureau of the Treasury Department, Sec- retary. Messrs, Copeland, Low and Menshaw were appointed a committee for the East, and to-day made a report as to the objects of ex- periments which are to take place at Sandy Hook. Messrs, Holmes, Orawford end Devenny were appointed & committee for the West, and they also presented a plan of operations at Pittsburg. Messrs. Low, Menshaw and Devenny are Supervising Inspectors of the Second, Third and Seventh districts, and were present by invitation. The committees to whom was reierred the question of the experiments to be made and the preparation necessary therefor offered a joint report, as presenting the views under which the separate reports of the necessary work of the Eastern and Western sections respectively had been prepared. They say:—‘As respects the ex- periments to be made we assume that, to carry out and secure the objects for which the appropriation was made, they should be of such a practical character as shall, to a greater or less degree, dispose of the various theories now entertained re- specting the cause or causes of the most violent and destructive explosions of steam boil- ers, and which heretofore all examination of the débris and investigation after the explosion have failed to discern; also, if possible, as the result of these experiments, to point out some protection from such explosions, We deem it im- portant that the truth or fallacy of the various theories held by scientists, engineers and experts in regard to the cause or causes of these explo- sions should, if possible, be settled and determined by actual experiment on a practical scale.” The report then enumerates the most prominent theories or hypotheses, and concludes as follows :— “We should state that by the term explo; sion, as used !n the report, we mean to imply those burstings of a very violent and destructive character, as distinguished from a mere opening or rupture of a weak part of the structure, which results in little or no damage other than to the boiler itself.” The report was adopted, and resolutions were passed inviting ail persons interested in the proceedings of this com- mission and the experiments to be carried out by them to make any suggestions in regard to the character and scope of the experiments which im their opinion will best attain the objects in view, and that any communications upon the subject be addressed to Captain D. D. Smith, Supervising In- spector General, Washington, D.C. The Commuis- sion adjourned sine die, Proposed Postal Convention Between the United States and Japan. Mr. Takaki, the Japanese Chargé d’Atfaires, had a long conference with Mr. Blackfan, superintend- ent of foreign mails, to-day, with a view to agree- ing upon a basis for a proposed postal convention between the United States and Japan. They came toa satisfactory understanding, and a project for the convention will be immediately prepared. Expiration of the Franking Privilege. It is decided that any matter properly franked and deposited in the mails on or before June 30, the last day of the duration of the franking privilege, must be carried to its destination and delivered free, although it may arrive after the franking privilege has expired, Movements of Secretary Richardson. Secretary Richardson is expected to return to Washington on Saturday or Monday. Army Orders, The Superintendent of Mounted Recruiting Ser- vice is directed to forward thirty-five colored re- ernits to Austin, Texas, via the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad. for assignment to the Ninth cavalry. First Lieutenant F.C. Cragen, Second cavalry, when relieved irom court martial duty by his deputy commander, will report to the Chief Signas OMcer of the army for duty. Second Lieutenant W. B. Weirs, Fifth artillery, will report to the Chief Signal Officer July 15, SAFETY OF JUDGE HAYDEN'S PARTY, SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 187%. Advices from Arizona to-day state that Judg@ Hayden and his party, whom it was feared had been murdered by the Apacte Indians, have re- turned in safety toTucson, BALTIMORE AND POTOMAORAILE RAILROAD TUNNEL, BaLTinone, Md., June 26, 187% The track through the great tunnel, on the Balt more and Potomac Railroad, traversing the nortn- wostern section of this city and connecting wits the Northern Central Railway, was completed to- day, the last spoke being driven at six o'clock P.M. A locomotive was in readiness and made the first trip through the tunnel, which will be open for running trains on the 20th inst, BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, R. 1, June 26, 1973, The Corporation of Brown University met thig. aiternoon, Wiillam M. Keene, M. D., of Philadele phia, and the Rev. Ur. Caswell, ex-President of the University, were chosen members of the Corpora- tion to full vacancies caused by death, and the Hon, Francis Wayland, of New Haven, was chosen member in place of Albert Day, resigned. The Cor- poration voted to accede to the Alumni Associm= tion, adopted at a meeting on Tuesday, 1D ralatiome 1% | a the Advisggy Board of the slumnl, ) ‘ : TTT