The New York Herald Newspaper, July 1, 1873, Page 6

6 ; NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY NEW YORK HERALD |#er_ terres BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. ee THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the vear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12, Volume XXXvViml.. ——— = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WALLACK'S T' é. v1 Tv enth prec Ges THEATRE, Broadway: and Thirteenth No. 182 THEATRE co 2, - rt pHREATRE COMIQUE, No jit Broadway.—Tnx Drama + ° plVooD's MUSEUM, Fréadway, corner Thirtleth st.— MUN Fane. Afternoon and evening. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadw between Prince and Ww SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, near Janke Eyre. OLY MPIC THEATRE, broadway, between Houston and Bleecker streets. —Cicanertx. CENTRAL PARK GARD! mrs. jommen Nioars’ Con- 1M OF ART, 128 West N COLLECTIONS OF ART METROPOLITAN MU leonth st.—Cyrnian anv NEW YORK MUSEUM OF Sereno AND Ant, TOMY, 618 Broadway.— TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tucsday, July 1, 1873. ——— = THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Flergld. »HOW TO IMPRESS THE SHAY! THE ESS COMPARED WITH IA, PRUSSIA AND ENG- LAND ”—LEADER—SIXTH PAGE. THE TOUR OF NASSR-ED-DIN! MARK TWAIN AND O’SHAH! A DREADFUL JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO OSTEND! HARROWING SCENES AND INCID ! SUCCESS OF THE “MAN OF MARK 1 “KING OF KINGS” IN “HOLD HE xD? LAND AND SEA WELCOMES! I iT OF THE FIRE WORSHIPPER—Tuirp Pack. UE LAST ITALIAN RTHQUAKE! ITS. TER- RIBLE CONSE ES—SEVENTH PAGE. #aR SAMUEL BAKER AND HIS MISSION TO EAST AFRICA! HIS REPORT ) THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT! INTERESTING DETAILS— SEVENTH PAGE. HE SEARCH FOR THE ATA AT ST. JOH SUPPOSED SAFETY SEL—SgvenTH Pace. FREEMASONRY IN TH ST! ORGANIZATION OF A LODGE IN ANCIENT CITY OF JERUSALEM! THE CHARITIES OF THE MYSTIC TIF—FourtH PaGE. Yur FRENCH COMMUNISTS! PRESIDENT MAC- MAHON TO ASK FOR LENIENCY—TsEnta Pag. YET ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS MURDER! “BOUND DEAD ON THE BEACH AT STATEN ISLAND! A.RELATIVE OF AN ENGLISH EARL—SEVENTH PGB. . Rue GALLOWS IN NORTIX, CAROLINA! DREAD- FUL EXPIATION OF A\HORRIBLE CRIME— Frirra PaGs, \ ‘ puta DAY’S PROCEEDINGS IN THE WAI- WORTH TRIAL! A FURTHER EXHIBITION OF THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET— FirTH Pace, POLARIS! THE JUNI- NEWFOUNDLAND! OF THE MISSING VES- (NTERESTING COURT PROCEEDINGS! CARL VOGT EXTRADITED! A NEW INDICTMENT AGAINST WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN! TAINTOR’S TRIAL POSTPONED—Fovrra PaGE. WACHTING ON THE HUDSON! SIXTH ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB! THE WINNERS—SeEVENTH PAGE. WIND-Ur OF THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT! ALBERT GARNIER DECLARED CHAMPION! CYRILLE DION TAKES THE SECOND PRIZE—TENTH PAGE. MOME AND FOREIGN MONEY MARKETS! OUR BOURSE SOMEWHAT MORE ACTIVE, BUT NESS PREVAILING OVER THE WATER—EIGHT: PAGE. WHE DECLINE OF METHODISM IN THIS CITY! IMPORTANT BFA TISTICS—FourTH PAGE, NO OPPOKTU: Y FOR COFFEE AND PISTOLS IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS! THREATS OF A COWHIDE AND AN APOL- OGY—NintH Page. WEETINGS OF BOARDS OF CITY COMMISSIONS— PARKS, EMIGRATION, &C.—NiNTH PaGE. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS—-WHAT TH COMMISSIONER SAYS—WHOLESALE OAPITATION OF EMPLOYES ~« FIFTH ! NO MORS FRANKING TIRE ABOLITION OF AD”. SYSTEM—Fovurta S#.BcH FoR THE PoxaRis, we are now will .be conducted with energy. In special dexsatoh from St. Johns, New- 4.7 clland, publishea in another column, the r cansyancement is made that the Juniata arrived Niut yesterday after a good fun from New sJ0bi, She will take in more coal md provi- {pat Jor the Tigress, now preparing for sea ¥ “Brooklyn Navy Yard, and to sail in a 9 Nt * wwise getting ready for the ions of Diseo-ndUper- our despatch that aring from Captain at the latter place. ~«re well founded. ‘grorp two important 4s and Brooklyn Bridge hat private subscribers .rom their obligations to te. v municipalities are com- 36 faithful to their contracts ; and other the Washington Market measure, nich he regards as indefensible, because it | + @isposes of a most valuable tract of ground in the busiest part of the city for the modest Merm of fifty years, to the exclusion of any farther improvements that may be necessary. ‘Brooklyn pedestrians and New York con- umers must therefore have patience. “Ixsuit’’ to THe Geneva Commisstonens,— A farmers’ club in a town in Illinois recently passed a resolution declaring the presenta- tion of such bacchanalian symbols as a can- delabrum, a punch bowl and a pair of wine coolers to the foreign arbitrators at the Geneva Conference to be ‘‘an outrage against the tem- perance sentiments of the nation and an insult fo the distinguished gentlemen themselves.”’ ‘Perhaps they think differently on the other wide of the water. We should not be much surprised if there are a few diplomats on this side who would not object to being ‘‘insulted’’ Four- | the Shah—The Herald’s Process Compared with that of Russia, Prussia and England. It has sometimes been unjustly urged against the letters of the foreign correspondent that they give entirely too biassed a view of events—that they are as deceptive as con- sumption and as flattering as an ivory-type miniature. Consequently, with whatever avidity the foreign correspondence may be read, there are always a few fossiliferous readers who claim that they can see further than most men, and who bestow upon the journalist that narrates foreign events a repu- tation more complimentary to his imagination than his ardor for truth, They believe that he practises his blandishments only to deceive, and that if he is not caught tripping it is only because of the skill with which long practice enables him to cover up his tracks. They profess to read with asort of amiable cynicism, holding their confidence in wise suspense, and nourish- ing a shrewd suspicion that they see further into the humbug than their more credulous neighbors. We can easily imagine the scepti- cism with which a reader of this order would be apt to peruse in any other paper than the ‘| Heraup (if it were possible for any other paper to contain it) the account which we print this morning of Mark Twain’s superin- tendeney over the Shab of Persia. It is not difficult to picture the imbecile smile of general incredulity, the growing gape of astonishment, the concen- | trated expression of interest, and finally the puzzled look of satisfaction and mysti- fication which would accompany the progress of the perusal. Perhaps it is not too much to expect that, the first surprise over, there would crop out in such a reader's mind a constantly strengthening sense of the eminent propriety of the thing, a conviction that it was just the thing which ought to have been done, which no othe@paper than the Hzraup would have thought of doing, or would have done if it had thought of it. Then, perhaps, there would succeed the reflection that the foreign newspaper correspondent was not such a bad institution after all; that he often helped us to ‘see things in a new light, and even quickened the vision with which we did see them; that he employed his American spectacles to advantage in foreign atmosphere, and that a good long look through his lorgnette was worth a dozen stares through the stupid spy-glasses which the books of the professional traveller may so often be said to resemble. | Several reasons have combined to render the Shah of Persia’s present visit to the principal cities of Europe a pre-eminently interesting one. In the first place, it is not only the first visit which the ‘‘King of Kings’’ has paid out- side his own dominions, but it is the first of the kind which any Persian ruler has paid for a longer period than any save the antiquarians of history care to remember. In the second place, the Khivan complications have settled upon that quarter the regards of the world, and the nations on this side of the Atlantic are naturally interested in watching and criti- cising the fascinations which Russia on the one hand and Great Britain on the other, each endeavoring to subserve her own interests, are spreading before the Shah. In the third place, the number of distinguished. per- sonages of all grades and conditions assem- bled during the last month or two at Vienna, and reaching its most brilliant degree of lustre during this potentate’s visit, has rarely been equalled in the history of the world. Perhaps the only recent event which can be compared with it is the Paris Exposition several years ago. When we add to these con- siderations the reflection that every nation of which the Shah has hitherto been the guest has madly vied with its neighbors as to the most stupendous means of ‘impressing’’ him; when we call to mind the fétes and reviews of St. Petersburg and Vienna, the naval exhibition of the English and the gorgeous programme in contempla- tion in Paris, we are presented with facts suf- ficient to impress us with the importance attached to the Persian monarch’s tout and with the anxious ingenuities which his hosts are’ severally impelléd to employ. Surely never was such a burden upon the hands of entertainers before. To amuse the Shah be- came @ psychological study for all the poten- tates of Europe.. It would not be safe te assume that this passionate child of the East could be pleased with a rattle or tickled with astraw. He must be cajoled without being led to suspect it, and humored without be- coming the-cause of scandal. The freedoms and licenses of his pampered despotism must be made, somehow or other, to coalesce with the restraints and etiquette of European courts, And in the midst of all these flatteries .and festivities he must be ‘‘impressed.”” That was the great point. To omit to do that was to fail of the one thing needful. Honeyed as speech and suave as concession might be, he must be made to feel the majesty and dignity and power of his august brothers, sent houie not only delighted, but in a state of meek and cniable vousternation, How far these intentions on ‘he part of European kings and princes have been ‘vat ried out the reader may possibly gain from Mark Twain's letter which we print this morn- ing. It will be perceived that our way of im- pressing the Shah differs materially from that of Russia, Prussia or England. Even were he here among us at this moment, diamonds, wives and all, we do not know that we should depend upon armantents, dinners, receptions and balls. We do not know but that we should prefera method not only simpler and less expensive, but one productive of infinitely less hear‘-burning and mutual recrimination than these means commonly call forth. The first class correspondent of a first class news- paper is incaleulably more capable of creating a profound and salutary impression than the crowd and scramble of an ill-assorted public entertainment. There are some who, in the event of the Shah's coming to this city, would advise his at once being taken the round of the theatres; but we do not know that such a course would tend to refine his morals or quicken his intelligence, at least as the theatres are now conducted, So far as the impressions created by natural scenery are concerned we can fancy him remaining imperturable before Niagara Falls or the great cave of Kentucky, and sur- veying Yosemite with an unalterable front. A railway collision might possibly | give him o useful wrinkle aud o familiarity with the curriculum of American drinks teach him something that be did not know before. Nor would we deny that, if impressible at all, Miss Anthony or Mrs. Livermore would stand an excellent chance of rousing him from his apathy and causing him to see the sex in a different—and shall we say pleasanter—light than that in which he had ever viewed it be- fore? The etiquette of the average colored waiter in the average restaurant would likewise be a refreshing subject for study, were there any practical means of bringing it before the observation of 80 exalted a personage as the Shah. But, on the whole, we prefer the news- paper correspondent, and in the present case of newspaper correspondents we have pre- ferred Mark Twain. His Shahship is an origi- nal genius ; so is Mark Twain. The two men will probably take to each other. There isa sort of natural kinship between strongly traited characters which renders them the correlatives of each other. We shall have much mistaken, and will be willing to ac- knowledge that our discrimination has been ‘greatly at fault, if our correspondent has not succeeded in impressing the Shah of Persia at least as much as the Shah of Persia has suc- ceeded in impressing him. : The reader will not fail to observe that the letter to which we have referred abounds with expressions and turns of thought character- istic of the writer. Showing the self-denial and the noble self-confidence which have dis- tinguished so many of the correspondents of the Hxznaxp, Mr. Clommens set out on his difficult mission the very hour in which he was entrusted with it. Realizing the impor- tance of bringing the Shah over safe and sound, he did not dally with destiny nor flirt with the high fortune that had come to him. True, the ardor and enthusiasm of his nature once or twice threatened to betray him into an inad- vertence, as, for instance, when he imagined that he was to be placed in sole command of the vessel which was to have the honor of carrying His Persian Majesty to the British shores. Flushed with the fire of \so arduous and burdensome an enterprise, he may also be forgiven for misconstruing some of the.prepa- rations for the Shah’s arrival into the celebra- tion of his own. The critical reader may, and probably will, complain that Mr. Clem- mens tells us a groat deal about his own feel- ings and very little about the Shah’s. But such readers must remember that the Shah, after all, holds but a secondary place in this graphic and picturesque and thrilling letter. It is not we nor the public nor our correspond- ent that is tobe ‘impressed,’ but the Shah himself. And, apply as severe a test as we choose, our correspondent has certainly told us much more about the royal visitor than other correspondents who attempt more. He has wisely omitted a great deal which the mere vulgarian would have rushed to print. Let us be duly thankful that he has not floundered into cheap rhapsodies about His Majesty's brilliant diamonds and bad man- ners; that he has not shocked us with revela- tions of court etiquette trampled on and the conventionalisms of good society put to scorn, It sometimes happens that a man isa hero to his valet de chambre, and we see no reason why a Shah should not retain his re- gality for a newspaper correspondent. And since Mark Twain has so ably discharged his | perilous and delicate functions in conducting the Shah safely to Eggland, is there any reason why the same strong and skilful hand should not be employed in inducing His Majesty to visit America? The letter itself bears evi- dence to the subtle diplomacy and gallant and chivalrous bearing which was necessary dur- ing the journey from Ostend, and which was furnished in such perfection by our corre- spondent. Tho one fact that we have been taught by it is that we have succeeded in im- pressing the Shah, and that we have done so, not by an armament, not by a fleet, not by salvos of artillery, not by a dinner, a ball, opera or a féle, but by a professional corre- spondent, acquainted with his business and accustomed to the atmosphere of courts, cor- rected by the air of a republic. The Desperate Condition of ain. Our news from Spain this morning is as discouraging as ever. As yet there are no signs of improvement. It has been well known for some time that the soldiers could not be relied upon to do the bidding of their officers. The only armed bodies of men in Spain not demoralized are those which fight under the banner of Don Carlos. A despatch has just been received at Madrid from the commander of the government troops at Seville, conveying the intelligence that he had been compelled to withdraw his forces from that city in order to prevent a conflict between the soldiers and the citizens. Suppobing this to be true, is it possible to conceive a more pitiable state of things? It will not surprise us, however, to learn that the government troops have been withdrawn from Seville because they were too much in sympathy with the citizens and so could not be relied upon in the event of a rising to obey the orders of their commanding officer. Whichever be the correct view of the case, it is undeniable that the state of things thus indicated is well fitted to inspire alarm. Seville is one of the grandest as well as one of the oldest of the towns of Spain. ‘Fair is proud Seville,” said Byron; ‘let her country boast her strength, her wealth, her site of ancient days.'’ When in such a city it is found impossible to maintain a garrison, it is dif- ficult to resist the conviction that the general situation is becoming desperate. This, however, is not the only piece of in- telligence which comes to ns pregnant with the same moral, Madrid is in a condition which bears 4 striking resemblance to that of Paris previous to the outbreak of the Com- mune. Sefior Pi y Margall has experienced the utmost difficulty in forming a Ministry, and the irreconcilables threaten to take up arms if the Ministry is formed exclusively of members of the Right. The wretched state to which the Spanish Treasury has been re- duced is revealed in the extraordinary pro- posal of the Minister of Marine to ‘sippress the Board of Admiralty and to discontinue the Mediterranean squadron. The ntvy has always been a source of national price, and when a Minister of Marine seriously makes such @ proposal we may well take it for granted that Spain—the proud Spsin of Charles V. and of Philip IL, the Spain which conquered and so long held the New Wotld— is all but draining the dregs of her cup of sor- row. Without money and without credit, | with a Iarge portion of her territory overrun by rebel bands, with her army in mutiny, and with no properly organized government, it is difficult to conceive into what deeper depths of misery unhappy Spain can be plunged. It is not impossible, however, that darker days are in store tor her before she sees the light. Sir Samuel Baker’s Return—The Com- plete Success of His Expedition te the Equator. A special despatch from the Hzraup corre- spondent at Khartoum, the capital of the Af- rican Soudan, conveys the important intelli- gence that Sir Samuel Baker has arrived in that city in sound health and is about to progeed to Cairo. But, coupled with this gratifying news is the sad announcement of the death of the English engineer, whom we suppose to be Mr. Higginbotham. As the Hxmanp has always confidently asserted, the safe return of such a bold, hardy and resolute traveller as Baker Pacha was beyond all question; because he went to the equatorial regions on a second ex- pedition, always keeping in mind the valuable experience which he acquired during his ex- ploration of the Abyssinian tributaries of the Nile, and the perils and miseries which nearly brought him and his heroic wife death's door in sight of that great basin of the Nile for the discovery of which he had so long labored with singular devotion and enthu- siasm, Further despatches diselose the important results accomplished by these years of African exposure, exploration and warfare. All the country between Egypt and the equator has been annexed to the Viceroy'’s domain, the slave trade has been sup- pressed and rebellions and intrigues have been succeeded by an organized govern- ment. What is highly important to geographi- cal science is that a road has been opened to Zanzibar ‘free from interruption;’’ and it is thus probable that Dr. Livingstone will find the great problem of the sources of the Nile simplified by Baker's expedition. From time to time Lower Egypt has been ex- cited by conflicting stories of the mishaps and misfortunes which had not befallen the expe- dition, arising as often from malicious inven- tion as from idle gossip. Reports like these, together with the ungenerous comments of rival travellers, served to poison the mind of the Viceroy temporarily against the great ex- plorer; but now, as we predicted, we feel sure that His Highness will accord full praise to the worthy manner in which Sir Samuel has executed his task. We know also that Raouf Bey, the commander of the mili- tary part of the expedition, became insubor- dinate, and ‘that his influence, with that of other malefactors, did not contribute to the successes which were anticipated by the out- lay of $2,000,000. The sudden dignities and almost unlimited powers conferred on Sir Samuel could not otherwise than inspire opposition among the. rival nationalities in the East, as they did jealousy among the native pachas. He was given the power of life and death, commissioned to annox terri- tory, explore the equatorial zone, suppress the pernicious slave trade—in short, to build up an African empire in the fertile regions of the great basin of the Nile. How well and how fully he has realized the purposes of the Vice- roy the cable informs us this morning. The origin of the enterprise was singular, if we may believe all that ‘goes the rounds’ in Cairo. é When the Prince of Wales visited Egypt, on his famous Oriental tour, he was the recipient of the splendid hospitalities of the Viceroy. His Highness asked, ‘What can I do to honor Her Majesty Quesif Victoria?’” The felicitous inquiry of His Highness was telegraphed to Buckingham Palace, and the Queen replied, substantially, ‘Abolish the slave trade!’’ Sir Samuel Baker was at that time severely patronized by the Prince of Wales, who has always affected the chasseur, and was one of the royal party who made the ascent of the Nile. When the Viceroy responded to the Queen, ‘‘Certainement, cbute qui céute,"’ it was decided to appoint Sir Samuel Baker an Egyptian Beg, pame b him to the command of a large expedition and start iim ono career of conquest and exploration to the heart of the continent. No sooner had the intelligence reached Constantinople than the jealous eye of Ali Pacha, the astute Grand Vizier, detected the importance of the projects and he-hastened to obtain a share of the glory for the Sultan by sending Sir Samuel an enormous parch- ment, which constituted the British subject a Pacha of the Turkish Empire. The details of the expedition were all carefully planned by its experienced chief. He called to his aid an eminent physician and botanist, Dr. Grey, who has since perished from the’ fever, his nephew, a talented naval officer, shd six English engineers of more than average capacity. Accompanied by his wife, he crossed the Nubian Desert from the Red Sea, ant! hav- ing gained the shores of..the Nilo- Ke spent three mextiis in organization at Khartoum. When the command sailed up the White Nile it comprised nearly two thousand men, two steamers and large quantities of stores and munitions. Nearly eight hundred soldiers perished during the first year, and amid the malaria of the vast swamp of the Bahr-el-Ghazal Baker found himself among mutinous tollowers, with an expedition, which had already cost $2,000,000, threatened with disaster. But his exacting discipline and inflexible resolution determined him to proceed. The story ot his cutting through the Nile obstructions a distance of three hundred miles, when the daily progress sometimes did not exceed one hundred feet, his pertina- city and pluck in the face of the most dis- couraging obstacles, and his resolute behavior in dealing with the slave traders, became the wonder and pride of the Soudan. The name of the ‘White Pacha’’ soon became known to every dusky king and Arab chiet to the borders of Abyssinia, While they foared him they could not but respect him. With such a character and opportunities he arrived at Gondokoro, less than three huydred miles from the Albert Nyanza, with his two steamers, dahabeah and general equipments in fine con- dition. The hard labor of his expedition was finished. With Gondokoro as his capital he sat down to build an equatorial empire, and since then he has been making war, and his last victory was as recent as May 6. Wo await with impatience our full accounts by mail. “Wo Wo. Be tae Next Governor or Vrrornta?"’ is @ question, according to the Richmond Fnquirer, about as difficult to an- swer now as it was two months ago. The 6th of August—the ume of holding the Conservative 1, 1873.—TRIPLE republicans may have something to say about that matter, ¢ Earruquaxs, Loss oy Lire anp Surrun- Na of Iracy.—By cable telegram from Rome we have a continuance of our report df the suffering and losses of life and in property which have just been inflicted on a large por- tion of the Italian people by earthquake. The melancholy tale was opened in the columns of the Henap yesterday. The sequel, which we present to-day, goes to confirm the first im- pressions produced by the sad preface. Pro- vincial towns have been laid almost in ruins. Churches and other large buildings have been thrown down, very many persons have been killed and a large number wounded. The people have become panic stricken in the afflicteds districts and fled from the shelter of their homes to the fields. Hundreds of them are now camped out. The Italians have had re- peated revisitations of this sort during the past dozen of years, and—a remarkable sequence of the terrestrial vibration—the earthquake has, in several instances, heralded an eruption of the volcano of Vesuvius, Our Amertcan System of State and federal law-making seems simple enough, yet a news- paper so generally intelligentas the Pall Mall Gazette blunders in a reference to proceedings at our State capital. Appearing to quote a New York city journal, it says ‘the members of both houses of the American Legislature’ “have been working as hard as beavers.” Either a more careful reading of its American files, or the examination of a gazetteer would prevent an inaccuracy nearly equivalent to confounding the doings of an English Poor Law Board with the deliberations of the Im- perial Parliament. * PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-Senator Ualdwell, of Kansas, is at the Metro- politan Hotel. Naval Constructors Wood and Hanscom are at the Union Square Hotel. Judge Charles Daniells, of Buffalo, {s staying at the Grand Central Hotel. Captain Robert H, J. Blake, of the British Army, is at the Brevoort House. General James S. Negley, Congressman from Pittsburg, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Frederick Von Raumer, the German historian, nas just died at the age of ninety-three. Captain Charles Kennedy, of the steamship Bal- tic, is staying at the Grand Central Hotel. United States Senator Robertson, of South Caro lina, has arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Congressman Thomas H. Canfield, of Ver, mont, 1s registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General Robert 0. Tyler, of the United States Army. has quarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Colonel John R. Baylor is favorably spoken of as the democratic candidate for Governor of Texas. The Turkish Minister, Blacque Bey, yesterday ar- rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel from Washington. Rev. C, H. Fowier has been formally inaugurated President of the Northwestern University, Chicago. Colonel R. L. Fulton, formerly of the Galveston News, is about starting the Commercial Bulletin in the same city, Senator Thurman is wged as the democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio by the Brown county News, John A. Wakefield, one of the pioneer free State men in Kansas, and noted in those days, died last week at Lawrence. The Atlanta Sun is to be merged in the Atlanta Constitution, A. H. Stephens will still be editori ally connected with it, ~ Lebrun’s death has gauged M. Guizot to become the oldest member of the French Academy, Guizot istighty-six years old. The Chicago Tribune announces the suspension of John H. Daniels, a well known banker of Wil- Mmington, Ill., with liabilities ranging from $250,000 to $275,000. Rear Admiral Rodgers and family passed through Chicago on the 26th ult., en route for San Francisco, where the Admiral will take command of the Naval station, L. E. Cropsey, United States Consul at Chemnitz, Germany, was married in Chicago on the 25th ult. to Miss Lydia ©. Burchard, daughter of G, W. Burehard,-pf Kankakee, Ill. Referring 9 Sector Matt. Carpenter's Janes- ville back pay speech, thé Cnic880 Tribune says the audience, half of whom were ladies, “acted as if they were attending a funeral.” = “““weswarrs Ex-Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, the hew Minister to St. Petersburg, will arrive to-day at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where his family is alreaay. He will sail for Europe to-morrow. The name of Charles Francis Adams ts loom- ing’ “Gp ag the democratic candidate for Gov. ernor of Massachusetts. “Anything to beat Ben- Butlez,”’ seems to be the motté of the anti-Butler- ites. Congressman W. E. Arthar, of Kentucky, ac- cepted the back pay after voting six times against the bill, and defends his action on the ground that it was his duty to obey the law. Consciences ure easy. His Highness the Khedive of Egypt has ordered a dimmer service for the contemplated séte tn honor of the Saltan’s concession to him of enlarged sev ereign powers. Five thousand carats weight of diamonds are to be used in the golden vessels, THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENTS FATHER, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 30, 1873. President Grant arrived here early this morning, accompanied vy his private secretary, General Babcock, and proceeded at once to Covington. The funeral of the President's father will take ioe at two o'clock to-morrow afterneon. The ody will be interred in Spring Grove Cemetery. AMUSEMENTS. Two New Summer Pieces, Two new pieces were introduced to the New York public last night—one at the Olympic Thea- tre, called “Cigarette,” and the ether at Nibio’s, entitied.“The Beats of New York.” The former is a “military drama” founded on Ouida’s “Under Two Flags,” and, though we are as a rule not overpleased with pieges of this kind, it is good of its class and well adapted to the specialty business of certain little women who are sometimes calied actresses. The latter is without a redeeming fea- ture, and the old-fashioned method of “hissing a play” 1s the only process we can think of proper to be applied to it. Even the “Scouts of the Prairies” was not #0 execrable. A man named J. J, Wallace bore the principal part, proving himself unworthy to fill a position as “utility man” in a theatre. We hope we may never see nim in @ play again. The other members of the cast we spare any remark, in consideration of the fact that Mr, Wallace adapted the piece in which they were asked to play with him. Niblo’s has met with a number of mishaps lately similar to this one. This we regret all the more sincerely, as they have befallen the theatre in an effort give over-confident but unskilful actors an oppor- tunity to succeed in New York. The Olympic has been more fortunate during this Summer season. “Little Neil’ had a poor play, but she was blithe and pretty and pleasing. Miss Amy Stone, who succeeded her last night, 1s older and less charm- ing, but in her spectaities, to Vg scope for which the play was written, she evokes the favors of the gods of the gallery and a good many vther people. ord combat with an Arab was ¢s- ecially satisfactory to her auaience. This youn; jady is not and never will be an actress—many oj the other members of the company do infinitely better playing—but a Summer audience, seeking only to be amused, asks little dramatic art from “specialty artists,” and is satisfied if they perform | weli what they promise, This Miss Stone does, and her audience last night was satisfied with it. But in one respect we can give unqualified p to “Cigarette.” It is splendidly mounted, and the scenes, which are all new, move in rapid succes. sion. This, with some dru ng and singing and in e Jane 30, 1873, General Howard’s Case Still Under an Advisement—His Bonds Discovered im the War Department. The Attorney General has not yet prepared his opinion on the question submitted to him by Seo retary Belknap as to the responsibility of General Howard, Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureas. The question submitted by Secretary Belknap 4, whether General Howard, as Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, is liable for the acts of his subordinates, Secretary Belknap _ has the utmost confidence in General Howard and 4, believes him to be thoroughly honest, but x- 1 Presses the opinion that he was surrounded by \ dishonest men and deceived by them. W ile he thus believes in the integrity of General Howard, ne ’ cannot shield him by the fact that he was deceived by dishonest subordinates, and as General Howard \ was cautioned about them by friends on several } occasions, the Secretary is inclined to hold him re- sponsible; but, of course, he will be governed entirely in his future action by the At torney General’s opinion. Though he has the warmest sympathy for General Howard, and regards him as one of the most honestand / bravest of officers. He believes it tobe hisduty, | | ag head of the War Department, to investigate the | whole matter, and If wrong has been committed | to punish all offenders, General Howard toaap- | 2 had an interview with both Secretary Belknap and i Attorney General Williams, to whom he fully es '+ plained all affairs of the Bureau, and said thea upon taking charge thereof he offered to give bonds, but Secretary Stanton decided that it was unnecessary, as he was detailed as Commis, sioner as an officer of the army, without extra pay or allowance, and not appointed. Commissioner Lake, however, says that when General Howard be- gan disbursements he did give a bond, which is now ‘on file in the office of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury Department. The Attorney General this morning gavg orders to search for the bond, and it was found in the office above named. General Howard told Secretary Bel§:nap tf suspl- cion is entertained that he has defrauded the gov- ernment he will gladly submit to a court martial, It is thought here that the opinion of Attorney General Williams will recommend two modes of procedure—first, by civil process on his bonds as Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and second, by court martial, as an officer of the army, for deriliction of duty, leaving it with the Secre- tary of War to elect which course he will pursue. The First Gun of the Rebellion. ° The War Department will send to West Point from the Ordnance Bureau, as a trophy of the late war, the first gun fred in the cause of the rebel- lion, It was fired at the steamer Vicksburg, bound for New Orleans, and supposed to have arms and ammunition on board belonging to tbe United Stutes. Tne firing took place several daya before any guns were fired at the United States or troops, either at Charleston or Pensacola. It is@ small four-pound cannon, formerly the property of the city of Vicksburg. The Missing Records of the War Depart ment. The investigation by the Secretary of War as ta the missing records thus far has not developed the fact that any records had been removed from the Department, although the most rigid search has been made. In one instance a record was named as having been removed, and the Secretary, after search had been made, was unable to find it. Neither could he discover any entry upon any book that such papers had ever been filed in or passed through the Depart- ment. Consequently he expressed the opinion that no such papers were ever there. The Secretary hag invited persons to name the records removed, but no definite charge has been made, except in the instance above noted. He believes the Buell record ig the only one ever removed from tho Department, and te test the question as to whether any others were removed he has on several occasions called for important records made years ago, and in every instance they were produced promptly. He ia aided in the investigation hy old army officers whe are familiar with the records, and they are of the same opinion as the Secretary. A Collector Robbed in Texas. The Treasury Department is in receipt of infor mation to the effect that the Deputy Collector of Customs at the port of Varizo, District ef Corpus Christi, Texas, was robbed of $200 in gold belong- ing to the government. Fortunately the Collector of the district had about one week previously cok lected all the fands from the deputies, or the loa would have been much heavier, The 1obbery was committed by a desperado, who presented a pistol at the head of the deputy and at the same time selzed a small bag containing the gold. The robbex made his escape, but was pursued, and in trying te capture him one ot the pursuers was shot three 2 cieecpereees ederal Appointments. The following appointments were made to-day:— James J. Huntington, gauger for the Sixth dig trict of Missouri; Philip R. O'Reilly, storekeepes for the Seventh district of Indiana; Thomas @ Spangler, gauger for the Seventh distrist of Indb ana; J. R. Bill, gauger for Montana; Fran’ Cas sell, storekeeper for the Eighth Illinois district. Internal Revenue Receipts for the Year, The receipts from internal revenue to-day were $508,166, making the total amount for the fiscat ' a — 4 fighting and a good deal of shoo: together with bits of really good acting, make tt worth seeing, even on these hot Summer gignts, year endlig to-day $115,067,727. The estimate, it will be remembered, was $110,000,000, The receipta for June were $9,051,505, x The Government and the New York Cen- tral. Commissioner Douglass to-day informed the Pres idept of the New York Central Railroad Company that the claim for the refunding of the tax had bees examined, and the OMice decides to adhere to ite former ruling in the case. Steam Vessels Used as Saw and Gratis Mills. The Treasury Department decides that a steam vessel used as a mill for sawing lumber and grin@ ing grain, travelling from place to place and em- ploying several men, but carrying neither freight nor passengers, need not be documented so long as she is 80 exclusively empioyed, but if she carries freight or passengers she must be enrolled and licensed as a vessel engaged in the coasting trade, The craft, however, must be inspected in accord- ance with the provisions of the steamboat law, and the pilot and engineer licensed. { National Cemetery Headstones, The following are the descriptions of the head- stones for the national cemeteries adopted by the Secretary of War :—‘For the known” —A white mar ble or bay-granite slab, four inches thick, ten wide, twelve high above ground; the part above ground to be neatly polished and to have the top slightly curved; the number of the grave, the rank and name of the soldier and the namé of the State from which he came to be cut on oné face; the figures and capital letters to be two inches long and one-third of an inch deep, the other letters one inch iong and one-third of am ineh deep; the letters to be in relief or incised af the option of the bidders; the portion below ground to be rough dressed and half an inch thieker than the part above ground; the bottom te be straight and uniform thickness, the cor- nices to be square. “For the unknown” the head stones will be of granite ¢ or marble blocks, six inches square, two and a hall feet long, the top and four inches of the sides of the upper end to be neatly dressed, and the nam. ber ef the grave cut in the top in figures two and @ half inches jong and a half inch deep, When the figures are more than three they will be arranged in @ carve around the margin; the top to be fat or slightly convex, the bottom to be flat and full 6% inches square; the rest of the biock ta be rough dressed or split, but to ove of fall size throughout; the block to be firmly set in the ground, so that the top shall be justevem with the top of the grave; the marble for the slabs to be white, of fine gram, good texture and hard, and for the blocks to be pe white, of fine grain and good texture; the granite for the slaba to be of uniiorm gray, of fine grain, uniform mix- ture of the ingredients and free trom all oxides; and for the blocks to be of gray, with hohe and of co granite ior building purposes. Spect- mens will be placed on exhibition im the Quarter- master General's office in a few days. THE FISHERY INVESTIGATION. PoRTTLAND, Me., June 30, 1873, Professor Baird and party arrived here to-day te commence their investigation of the fisheries. ‘Their headauartars will be at Peak’s Island, “