The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1873, Page 8

Bpanish Newspaper Assaults on the Press Enterprise in the Antilles, “Impertinent Interference and Every One on His Own Ground’—The Colossus of the American Press” and Its Roports by Millen, O'Kelly and Price—From Cespedes’ Headquarters to Belligerent Recognition by the United States—Insular Conservatism and Mad- rid Statesmanship—Labor and Capital— Bulletins from the Fields of Battle. HAVANA, July 5, 1873. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated attacks of the Diarto upon what it considers the “impertinent” enterprise of the HeRap it again takes up as the subject of its leaders the letter of the last HzRaLp Commissioner, Mr. Millen, “Every one on his own ground” yesterday’s issue has over a column devoted to Mr. Millen’s narra- tion, which the Diariocomments upon to suit it- self. The principal object of the editor of the Diario 4s to have one more tilt at the Cuban separatist or- gans in New York, and, availing himself of Mr. Mil- Jen’s letter, he enters into an extensive argument and deduces logic to sustam the cause it advo- cates. National integrity, a@ nauseam, is the purden of the Spanish chorus in Cuba, ‘The article referred to starts of by premising that Mr. Millen’s narrative published in the columns of the “Colossus of the American press” has given opportunity to the organ of the Cuban element in New York to write one of its articles, “which inspires only disgust.” Its leading idea it qualifies as absurd—tnat is, that “the Span- ash authorities have carefully concealed the real and positive existence of the executive power Which presides over the indomitable Cuban revo- jution.” THE ARGUMENT. Says the Diario :— The money wisdom and perseverance of the HERALD have succeeded in bringing this power to hght; but instead of meeting it in the White Heuse of the Cuban Republic it was discovered in @ hut, no larger than those surrounding it, near the unknown forest. This was the palace of the Execu- tive and the residence of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Premdent of the Cuban Republic. ‘This, according to Mr. Millen, who adds that the hut was situated 4m a deep and impenetrable forest, only reached by a windin; and tortuous path. Now, are the Spal authorities the ones who have carefully concealed the real and positive existence of the executive power who presides over the indomitable Cuban revolution, or is it the power who carefully conceals itself, not to fall in with the brave Spanish soldiers. It does not ap- Sous that the Spanish authorities situate C, M, de spedes” hut in the middle of impenetrable for- esta, but he who chooses his hiding places, because he has not suilicient strength to establish himself at apy other point. The kSpOree of Henderson, o’Relly and Millen have fully proved that tne Spaniards had concealed nothing = unla- vorable to themseives; had but told the truth, and had not been compelled to appeal to mystery and falsehood near foreign qorerencass to prevent the recognition of the ban rebels as belligerents, The three HERALD commissioners are each agreed on three points, ‘that Carios Manuel de Cespedes, called President of the Cubgm Republic, is as arrant a knight errant as any one Of his followers; the three HERALD commissioners are agreed that the rebel bands are almost naked; the three HrRaLD commissioners have shown that the enemies of Spain are neitner masters of the smallest town, nor impediments to the march of our troops; the three HEALD commis sioners lave, in fact, without mtending it, pre- sented a picture of the rebellion which we loyal ones can very well accept. If the governments of Washington and London did belligerent rights to the revels when so ciosely importuned by their agents; if, from Spanish assertions aud the reports of their Consuls in this island, they did not believe the in- | surgents had the indispensable conditions to obtain this recognition, we can well say that tieir action | did not cnange even after reading the Henderson, O'Kelly and Milien reports, and, therefore, deduce that the HeRaLp has spent its money, wisdom and patience in tavor of the Spanish cause, On their own ground the rebels endeavor to make biack white and turn even their misfortunes to some benefit; but we are upeu our ground, not only reinstating the truth, but also at its real ‘worth, in order to procure the desired end, which is the pacification of this province, within Spanisi nationality. Henderson, O'Kelly and Millen’s re- ports have taught our military chiets pera oa but what they knew already concerning the insur- ents, but have popularized them, anc this general Enowicage makes the course to be followed easy. ‘The Captain General aione has the exclusive di- rection of the campaign, and not for an instant has it occurred to any one to take the initiative, but we can and ought ail to support the superior military authority and contribute to the pacification of the island. Those interested in granting to the rebel- lion an importance it does not possess always bring forth the fact of its prolongation as an irre- sistible arguient, and We are excused trom show- ing that they do all they can to sustain those in arms. ‘they desire distinction, and consequently war; we wish jor peace and reconstruction, Let each be logical and on his own ground, Is it not true that the most important question of the island of Cuba is the conclusion of the struggie which we have had since October 10, 1868’ Every succeeding government in the mother country haa, every ume the question of Cuba has been treated, given prime importance to the extirpation of the rebellion, We must, therefore, accept it as the strongest wish oi every Spanish heart. Would it not be therefore more national and more convenient that the supreme government, as well as the superior authority and ali the Spaniards of this Antilla, should turn their efforts with exciusive preference ‘to concluding with the common enemy, and aiter- wards on good conditions dedicate themselves to ‘the lesser dificuities which may arise in their patn? ‘This ig the course, we believe, that patriotism in- spires and that reason dictates. If the preserva- ton of the national integrity and the pacification of the country will not serve us as a common sym- bol, we would have to own that our situation was deplorable indeed. But when have Spaniards been deaf to the cry of union—uuion to preserve the in- tegrity of the territory and conquer the enemies of Spain’ be as wise and forehanded as circumstances will permit; batict us atthe same time have all tue prudence that patriotism demands, PATRIOT AND AMERICAN INFERENCES. ‘Thus the Diario wails forth, fearing the splits already threatened among the Spanish parties, The existence of a division among “good Spaniards’ 13 not doubted, but the spread and extent are feared of a party composed of Spantards, who, as republi- cans, do not believe im the retrograde creed— slavery and the oid régir d find faut with the conduct of aifuirs by those who have held, with their money and mterests at stake, tue uli power of | governing the affairs of Cuba at their will and | caprice. The new party penetrated deeply into the secrets of the conservatist party, con- demns its conduct of the campaigns against the | lukewarmness of | expresses a general | insurgents, the venality and Spanish officers, and dissatisiaction with the existing order of things, which, it is feared, will vet find | apologies for the insurgents im arms and | Hnally advocate their cause. I have just trans- lated the remarks of one of the brilliant “guts” of the conservatists, trying to impress people with what the Spaniards were, are and ought to | de and do, I will also translate a few remarks from La Legalidad, the best edited republican journal here, which exposes clearly what the con- gervative Oligarctists have been at all along. Your correspondent has been go oiten of late tilted at by the New York correspondents of the Havana journals for misrepresenting and exaggerating tne state of affairs in this island and for detracting the oligarchists, who, like Artemas Ward, “are always ready to sacrifice the last man of their wife's reja- tions for their country,’ and whose only patri- otism consists in the mighty dollar, pleased to make the following extracts to cor- roborate his statements :— CONSERVATISM AND THE OLIGARCHISTS. We cannot tell how stands the unportant subject of the irocha (military cordon), but we can see there is very littie enthusiasm regarding the close | of this war, We continue to receive lamentations upon this deplorabie affair, concérning which not a word should have been offered, but the country should have hastened to anticipate the intentions of the Captain General. We are not surprised that this question should be a matter of discussion, but pained thet ail such communications are anony- inous, * * * All these letters treat of substi- tuting as much as possible the negroes to be fur- Dished as laborers to the frocha, with fugitive Chinese slaves, which are not at the iree disposal | of the government, but whose masters, we are aasured, cede them with preference to taking of a single negro from thetr plantations. The Legalidad further deplores that all its cor- Fespondents# on this subject preserve a strict in- cognito, and says that a people which has not courage to address it but with anonymous letters gives proof of a lack of virility necessary to arrest tyranny. This road leads to the excesses it bas seen and deplored, gives rise to usurped repu- tations, opens the way to monopoly ang misleads Under the heading of not grant | that he is NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1873-TRIPLE SHEET.’ opinion; gives occasion to the errors even of those who in good faith embrace the cause of justice and Presents to the world the sad spectacle of a war which without any reason exists, and of Herald another war—an underhand one—even more inex- Plicable, The writer concludes with the following Strong expressions :— We wish for the termination of this war, and be- cause we firmly wish it it will yet be finshed, notwithstand! everythin; against it. It 18 necessary finish with that pretext of corruption, that centre of immorality, that scarecrow Of reactionary hopes, that point @apput Jor all Kinds of persecutions and private ven- eance, which does not allow a single hour of repose lor personal security, just as if we had retrograded to primeval, obscure ‘and barbarous aves oi Listory. We say again, and loudly, that this seandal to civ- ilization must be put a stop to. . It exists only by our patience, which is fast degenerating into complicity, Yes, the war must be finished, despite all those supposed pacificators and their followers. We will finish the struggle with our own hands, because we know that only the de- mocracy bas been in human bistory the eternal protagonist of all the great epopees, and we have’ hot jorgotten that in 1793 the conscripts, naked aud barejooted, routed, in Italy, the best discip- lined armies of Europe, skilled in the tactics of Frederick the Second, THE OTHER SIDE. The Voz de Cuba, the journal most deeply dyed in wool, published in Havana, this morning replies bitterly to the foregoing article of the Legalidad, ‘The following paragraph is a sample of ita feel- ings :— An article published in La Legalidad, under the title of “La Trocha,” is 0f great importance and demands a thorough analysis, It isa hasty ac- cusation hurled in spite against the men who tor four iong years Nave made inniwmerable sacrifices for the pacification of this island aud to maintain it always united to Spain; itis like the condemna- tion lanced a0 irato and without examining the cause against all who in the Island of Luba are and call themselves unconditional Spaniards, COMMUNICATION WITH MADRID AND THE QUESTION OF EMANCIPATION, AS usual upon a change of Ministry in Spain, om- clal telegrams are exchanged between the govern- ment and the authorities here, The last Ministry has made a slight alteration in the phrascology of the stereotyped form, and reads as follows: — The inhabitants of Caba and Porto Rico, with- out distinction of birth and color, are greeted by the new government of the Republic, which will resolutely maintain the integriiy of its terri- tory, and which trusts that the 1usurgents will de- sist [rom & war without glory or object and the ter- mination of which will laciitate the emancipation of slavery and the assimilation of the colonies to the Peninsula, For this etevated undertaking the gov- ernment counts npon the ald of the army, navy, ee ee and all well-wishers of the Spauish An- es, The Captain General, in reply to the Colontal Minister, geta over the delicate question of eman- cipation as follows: — I congratulate the new Ministry and Your Excel- lency upon yeur elevation to Colonial Minister, 1 believe myself a. faithiul interpreter of tie senti- ments which animate this army, navy and the volunteers and all well-wishers of the prosperity of the Spanish Antilies in assuring you that all will give the most decided aid to preserve the in- tegrity of the territory and the other elevated design of the government of the Republic. This “elevated design” is the point which the conservative oligarchy desire to avoid. If the ter- mination of the insurrection is to be the signal for the abolition of slavery their efforts will rather be devoted to retard the conclusion of the struggle. BULLETINS FROM THE FIELDS OF BATTLE. The following extract from a letter written by an oMicer of the San Quintin battalion, from Santiago de Ouba, and for the authenticity of which your correspondent vouches, goes far to corroborate the news recentiy furnished to the HERALD concerning late operations in the regions of Manzanillo:— They shipped at Manzanillo for this city eighty- three sick and acompany of my own battalion, which received the first volieys at the action of Zarzal, from whose officers I get these reports, There were eighty-six of our troops killed, and of the number of wounded at Manzanilio a great many are dangerously 80. One company oi the Marina battalion had thirteen wounded; two of these hadalveady died. The Cariists destined for Manzanilio have committed the treason o! passing over to the enemy, bag and baggage, with whom they are now. Private and trustworthy information states that between the 8th and 12th of June there arrived in Manzanillo over three hundred sick and wounded soldiers, and the City Hall had to be taken as a hospital, The manifest which the republican Spaniards of Cuba have addressed to the insurgents has the following paragraph :— A general sent by the Spanish Republic. trom whieh he has received the special charge of restor- ing tranquillity to this province, and the repubil- can party, Which opens wide to you its fraternal arms, cali upon you to lay down your arms and come united all to enjoy the benefits of peace under the shade of the tree of liberty. Probably on account of the absence of ‘shade’? and the presence of “yellow” fever, the rebels have not yet come. Likely, however, they are thinking on the subject, as the Correspondencia this week published the canard that Cespedes had agreed to surrender with all his followers if Spatn would guarantee Cuba as a federal State, &c. The paper did not state what kind of collateral se- curity Cespedes demands; but ‘some of the wise people in the streets of Havana add that Uncle Sam is to be the security. Havana of late has been flooded with the wildest aud most extravagant rumors, but the truth is that it is very, very “hot,” indeed, and that gold is up to 42 premium, THE RECENT KILLING BY RAIL OP MR. R033, The Harlem Railroad Company Cen- sured—Recommendation by the Jury. Coroner Herrman yesterday concluded his in- vestigation previously commenced in the case of Mr. Charles N. Ross, the young married man who was killed on Thursday of last week by being struck by the locomotive attached to a train of cars bo- Let us unite; let ns avoid passion; let us | longing to the New Haven Railroad Company. ‘The track of the Harlem Rallroad Company, upon which the cars of other companies run above For- ty-second street, is in great disorder for several miles, and at various points it seems dangerous bee pedestrians to pass, especially in the night me. Coroner Herrman examined several witnesses a8 to the rate of speed at which the train was going that Kilied deceased and the condition of the road at the time deceased attempted to cross in advance of the locomotive. ‘rhe testimony of Officer Dugean being more im- portant tan that of any other witness, a copy of it will be found below :— Officer Nicholas Duggan, of the Nineteenth pre- cinet, deposed that he heard of the accident to Mr. Ross at nine o’clock on the morning of the 3d 1) his beat extends (rom Forty-second street to sixth street; conveyed deceased to the station house; Fourth avenue to Sixty-sixth street is cut ap; on the east side tere are openings where people fall in in the might time; on the west side 4 train cannot be seen till a person gets on the track; the trains all come along very fast and very close to the dwellings; in my estimation they run too fast for that part of the city; have been on that post for about five months; there have been agreat many accidents since the tracks are being shitted; the trains run at the rate of about @iteen miles an hour, Coroner Herrman at the conclusion of the evi- dence delivered a wrief but pertinent charge te the jury, who soon rendered the following VERDICT: “That deceased came to his death by injuries re- ceived by being ran over by York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company at Sixtieth street and Fourtn avenue. July 3, 1473, and we censure the New York, Harlem and Albany Railroad Company tor not using precautions to prevent the occurrence. We also recommend that trains should not be run faster than ten miles per hour below litieth street, and that two fagmen be stationed at cach crossing, and that chains be placed across the street while the work now in Operation is progressing, and we recommend that the proper authorities see that these recommenda- tions be carried out.’ MONTGOMERY ANNUAL REUNION. The members of the Montgomery Club heid their annual reunion yesterday. About fiity members and as many invited guests met at the corner of Montgomery street and East Broadway at 8% o'clock A, M. After @ consnitation on finances was held among the oficiais the whole body marched to James slip ferry and crossed to Hunter's Point, whence they proceeded by the Long Island Railroad to Rockaway. Among tne most prominent were the following:—Mr. P. O'Rourke, President; Mr, Alvary, Vice Presi. dent; Mr. Reily, Secretary; Mr. McAleer, Second President alter organization, and Mr. Moore, President at the time of organization; Edward Sheridan, Treasurer; Mr. Owen Sheridan, Mr. Eugene Sheridan, Colonel Burke, Mr. Meehan, T. J. Campbell, John J. Blair, W. O'Connor, Dr. Dwyer, P. O'Day, Messrs, McCormack, Clacken, McGowan, Coben, Tuomey and Counsellor Maione. On the beach at Rockaway the rich property hola- ers enjoyed themselves almost to excess, piaying football and engaging in namerons other sports, All dined at Fosse’s Hotel at half-past two o'clock P. M., and returnea home highly deligited atter the day’s sporting, dining, epeeeh-making and ali else that could ake a festivity enjoyable. YACHTING. Launeh of the Schooner Yacht Prospero. Yesterday morning, at twenty minutes past eight, the new schooner yacht Prospero was Jaunched from the yard of Mesars, Wallin & Costl- gan, foot of Court street, South Brooklyn. There were a large number of persons assembled to wit- ness the event, and, notwithstanding the early hour, many ladies were among the spectators, and were seated on the balcony of the Brooklyn Club House, where they obtained a fine view of the proceedings. As the yacht sid gracefully and smoothly down the ways 4 shout arose both from those on the vessel and those on shore, and as the water closed around her the sparkling wine flowed over her bow and she was christened Prospero, alter the character of that name in Shakspeare’s well known play, “The Tempest.” Alter she was tied up to the wharf the men partook of refreshments, which had been provided for the occasion, This yacht was built from paper plans of Mr. A. Cary Smith, who designed her, no model being used, She is a eel yacht, but has many of the characteristics of the centre-board boat, among which is a very hollow floor, She is very sharp for- ward and aft, and has a beautiful bow and stern. She is, alvogether, a very pretty vessel. ‘The dimensioas are as iollows 65 ieet; water line, 72 feet 4 inches; over all, feet 6 inches; extreme breadth, 19 feet 4 inches; depth, 7 feet 8 inches; displacement, cubic feet, 2,497; tonnage, 60.02; carpenter's measurement, 101.20 tons; draught, $ feet 6 inches; lengih of bowasprit, 25 feeb; foremast, 65 (eet; foretopmast, 18 feet; foreboom, 21 feet 6 inches; foregaf,, 21 teet; loretopsailyard, 30 fe mast, $7 fect 8 inches; maintopmass, 24 leet; main boom, 48 jeet 9 inches; main gall, 27 feet, and matntopsail yard, 44 feet. She will be rigged with all iore and aft sails, in- cluding a forestaysail, Her topsails, jib topsail and maintopmast staysail are very large, and will do good Bed to Nghe winds, the, standing rigging ‘be wire. ‘the materials used in the construction of this yacit are the best, Her frame is of hackmatack, Winte oak and Spanisn cedar. The planking is of white oak, and 1s, treenuiled from‘keel to water line, The deck frame is of yellow, pine, with hack- matack knees, and the planking as, of three-inch white pine. The stancheons are of locust; the hatchway, companionway, skylij &e., are of mahogany. The loremast partner, extending troia the foreskylight to boobyhatch, aud the muinimast partner, extending between the two skylights on the cabin, are mahogany. She has @ trunk cabin, fourteen inches high, built of white pine, with yel- low pine beams. Her internal arrangements are not yet complete. When finished they will be the following :—Che stairs will descend into the main saloon, Which will be 21 feet 6 inches long. Oneach of the passages leading lorward will be two state- rooms jor the owner and _ his friends, the captain’s stateroom and the retiring rooms. Next comes the galley, and beyond the forecastie for the men, One of the peculiarities of this yacht is that she has no cockpit, the deck frames exteuding entirely across. Her spars are not yet in her, she having veeu launched with only her ballast, which is cast, and consists of about iifteen tons of iron, She has been rigged especially for crutsing, and, consequently, Will have @ comparatively small spread of canvas. But, if one 1s able to judge of her suiling capacitics by her model, it 18 sale to say she Will be among the first of the feet. The Fourth Annual Regatta of the Man- hattian Yacht Club. The fourth annual regatta of the Manhattan Yacht Club will be sailed next Tuesday from an anchorage off their club house on south Brother Island, The regatta commititee are Messrs. W. H, Duckworth, J. B, Stanberry, D. A. Close, S. M. Simpson and W. H. Stmonson. The judges will be Captain W. H. Platt, Wright Robbins, Jr., and | W. hi. Fowler, The lollowing yacts have entered for the re- gatta:— FIRST CLASS STOOPS. On woner, W. & J. Cooper. mith Ford, .H. W. McCabe. . Wm. Peet. -Jacob Varian, aa Rk. Youmans. SKCOND CLASS. J .#. Thompson. Ww Brinkerhor?. Lockwood & Gibson, Dillon Ransom, lewton Squire Twilight... T. J, Crombie. Mary Emina. Mary Gibson, Mary Loui & train of the New | ‘J. D. Brassington. sJoln Hyslop. first ciass sloops {rom the anchorage off the ciub house, passing to the soutit- ward and eastward of Throgg’s Point Buoy, to the nortiward and westward of Stepping Sante: and Gangway Buo)s, to and around Sands Point Buoy, rouuding the same from leeward to windware ; ,¢- turning over the same course,| passing to the west ward of the home stakeboa's For second ciiss sloop: rom starting peint southward and exst- ward of Throgg's Neck Buoy to and around Stepping Stones Buoy, rounding the sume from ward to windward, thence home, over the same course, passing between the ome stakeboat aud the club house. The steamboat Fort Lee has been chartered by the club and will leave the foot of Spring street, North Kiver, at nine A. M., Peck shp at twenty minutes before ten, Thirty-seventh street, Eat River, at ten, Seventy-ninth street at halt. Ninety-first "street ‘at twenty minutes eleven and 130th street at eleven A. M. before Yachting Notes. The New Rochelle Yacht Ciub have decided to hola their first annual regatta on the afteinoon of July siup embracing the most prominent gentlemen of Westchester county. At a recent meeting, at which Commodore GriMn Thomas, the well-known architect, presided, the club decided to throw their regatta open to the yachts of all recognized yacht clubs, The yachts will be divided into five classes— | cabin sloops, gib and mainsall open boats and three classes of cat boats. Jt would be hard to pick picasanter waters for aregatta than that surround. ing New Kochelle, and the club will probably have @ pleasant time next Saturday week. The new sloop yacht Victoress wes launched last: Wednesday afternoon from the yard of her buiid- ers and owners, Messrs. Schintdt & Martin, at the loot of Eagle street, Greenpoint. Her dimensions are 40 leet on deck, feet keel, 14 feet y icles beam aud 4 feet depth of hold. She has a comfort- able cabin, about Is feet 6 inches tn length, 10 feet wide and 6 feet Sinches tn height. The cabin is finished in hard wood, such as black walnut, ma- hogany, red cedar and ash. There is a stateroom onthe starboard and a pantry on the port side, The Victoress belongs to the Williamsburg Yacht Club, and will participate in thetr regatta on the 15th. Her mast is 47 feet 6 inches in lengta, main- boom, 4% eet; galt, 24 feet; topmast, 21 feet, and bowsprit, 20 feet 6 inches. Her owners expect her to show considerable speed. The return match between the sloop yachts Lina S. and Idle Hour will be salied next Monday from off ‘Tommy Tayor’s Idie Hour, at Greenville, N. J. ¢ will probably be a large number of specta- resent at this race, as the Long island and y yachtsmen are considerably excited over the respective speed of the two yaclits, There is @ great desire among the members of the New York and Brooklyn Yacht Ciubs to witness a mateh r for & cup between the celebrated schooner nts Coluinbia and Ma ne. Both yachts have many adinirers, each confident in the Speed of their favorite. A match between these two yachts lor a $1,000 cup will be sailed in Sep tember, after the return of the yachts from the New York cruise, and will create an excitement in Yachting circles that has not been equalled since the time the Magic won the Queen’s Cup. The Brooklyn Yacat Club ft ill rendezvous on Friday, July 18, at Gien Cove, and at daybreak next morning Will sail jor New Haven, The cruise will last about ten days, taking in a visit to New London, Stonington, Newport, New Bedford and Martha’s Vineyard. The Atlantic Yacht Club start on their annual | cruise on the 2d of August and intend visiting the principal seaports on the Sonud, The annual regatta of the Manhattan Yacht Clab and the annual regatta of the Williamsburg Yacht Ciub will both be sailed on Tuesday, July 15, The annual regatta of the Long Island Yacht | Clab wilt be sailed from off Gravesend on Wednes- day, July 16. A getieral meeting of the members of the New York Yaont Club will be held next Thursday even- ing, in their club rooms, on tne cornet of ‘Twenty-seventh street and Madison avenue, The programme of the annual cruise and other matters Of importance Will be brought before the meeting. The schooner yacht Cito (Messrs. Asten and Brad- hurst) is lying. off the Olympic Club at Islip, Long Islaid. She is said to be a fast saiier, 4 The following yachts passed Whitestone yester- jay i— Schooner Viking, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Manion Sands, from New London for New York, Schooner Tarolinta, N.Y.Y.C., Messrs, Kent, from City Island for New York. A QUESTION ABOUT GENERAL WASHING. TON'S MASOMIC RANK. A question has arisen in New Jersey Masonic circles as to whether @ Masonic scarf recently sold at Morristown a8 Washington's was ever in his possession, and as to whetier he ever rose higher than the “blae lodge.” A Mr. W. P, Parker, of Newark, states that the “cherry red scarf? in cag ry is the same worn by tioyal Arch Masons, io. 1, of New York, a biue lodge, Wut privileged to wear cherry red scaris because of iis age and of the ancient custom of British troops wearing them during the Revolutionary War. last Master H. D. Walker, of New York, is Mr, Parker's authority. Hayden, a Masomte authority, deciares Washington never rose above a vlue lodge. Meanwhile the searfhas been taken in and done for by County Eh apse . Essex. Me paid his money for it n 8 crnél to say it Waa.oot worn or owned by Washington, " | The Commissioner lata beiore eration of the Governor. give a ready assent, und the people may expec. to have an force within thirty days, of the law under which acted April. > The commander-in ast ten, | 19. This club, only lately organized, has a member- | POLICE MATTERS. Removals and Cutting Down of Salaries in the Department. THE MILITARY MOVEMENT. Ata meeting of the of Police held yester- day afternoon & resoldtion was passed by which Captain McCullough was transferred from the Fighth precinct to the Twenty-ninth, Captain Bur- den from the Twenty-ninth to the Twenty-ffth, Captain Allaire from the Twenty-fifth to the Twen- ty-first and Captain Williams from the Twenty-first to the Eighth. These are but a few of the changes contemplated by the Board, but making the re- mainder has been deferred until Tuesday next, A list of some twelve precincts in which the com- manders are to be removed is before the Commis- sioners, und has beem for a long time; they have waited so far in. moving in the matter that they may have time to study the several men, and put the right men in the right places, Several of the captains, who were informed of the intended changes, have been using all their own influence and that oftheir friends to be given the most prominent and best preeincts; but, strange to say, not one of these aspirants has as yet been grati- fled, ‘The most intense alarm prevails among the entire body of ofticers, and will not be aliayed until the intentions of the Commissioners are definitely known, Some of them have been so long in the precincts they now have charge of that they have become familiarized with the sur- roundings, and are very unwilling to be sent to fresh flelds and pastures new. Others, perticularly the younger men, are ajnbitious, and they are ‘hungering for a chance at some of the duty in the dangerous and busy precincts, The Commissioners, in the meantime, are working slowly, and thongh they may make an error in judgment, as they cer+ tainly did yesterday, whatever they undertake in this conaection will be for the bést interests of the people. It is understood there are five captains to be retired, but their names have not yet been made public. Al- though it is positive that some of them will be taken out of active service, it is not fully decided whether the five will be sentinio private life. Commissioner Charlick having been given full scope in the matter of THE STREET CLEANING ACCOUNTS by the Comptrolier, he has begun to show his ap- preciation of Mr. Green’s contidence in him by at- tacking the officials in the bureau. At the meeting yesterday Nathaniel D, Bush, the Architect; John 0. Johnstone and Charles Ifer, clerks, and Joseph Packard, Deputy Superintendent, were dismissed, ‘The salaries of the Superintendent of Boats, James, Lee and Thomas Mulligan, District Inspector's, were reduced irom $3,000 to $2,500. That of John, P. Hoyden, a clerk, was brought down from $2,000 to $1,500, and John J. O’Brien was appoimted clerk ata salary of $1,800, The idea of contracting the work out iu districts, which has been so long in contemplation by the Board, has been abandoned for the present, as the Commissioners, now think They can pertorm the work in a satisiactory man- ner. Commissioner Duryee and Recorder Hackett had along interview with the Mavor the day before yesterday on the subject of arming the police. His Honor was very much pleased with the idea and promised General Duryee his LR in the matter. ayor Havemeyer a resolution. eran by the Board of Poitce on the 8d inst., giving him the power to procure the arms and accoutrements, the necessary requisitions and other documents relating to the project, The Mayor told him that as s00n as all these papers were compicte he would sign them and have them torwarded to the Governor, So tar every- thing has proceeded smoothily, and General Dur- yee 1s only waiting now to ifud a light and effective weapon to send the whole question for the consid- There is no doubt he will ARMED AND EQUIPPED PO! The follo iF is @ copy General rift ryee has Chapter 62, Laws of 1845, passed on the ith day of ‘An act to entorce the laws and preserve order. hie, on the application of avy Sher- Tiff, Deputy Sheriff, or of the or or Recorder of any city, or of the conimander ot unitormed company, may loan to such officer, ox to any inilitary company,or any mimber of eitens, or to any city. village or town, any num, {stan | of arms and military equipage trom any of tho arsenais or military stores of this State which he shali deem proper, and for such time and on such terins and conditions and security as be shall deem proper. With each day the armed system has gained ground atwong the men, and maby of them are now entering into the idea with enthustasm, Superin- tendent Matsell is giving it much atcention and dome everything in his power to make it popular with the officers. Inspector Walling says he thinks the introduction of arms among the police will prove a substantial and lasting benefit. It such a thing had been in existence he thinks New York would never have wituessed any of the mots that stain the city’s history. He Suys that in case Oo: @ disturbance under ‘this system a hundred men coula be brought to ack on any given point in a few minutes; ana he would like to see the mob of roughs a hundred well armed policemen could not make fy. There wonid be nosuch thing, he says, as stopping to fling bricks or kitchen utensils at the officers, Save your skin would be the watch word of the stam- peders, Inspector McDermott is of the same opinion, and thinks there will be no difficulty Whatever in getting the men into efficient con- dition ina short time. “Or course,” he said, yes- | terdsy, “many of our men are too old, but the | young ones are humerous enough and able for any emergency.” Captain irving is also a warm sup- porter of the innovation, and so indeed are all the captaing who have seen fighting service in the city. DHULL-OLAPLIN SISTERS. Coroner Herrman Calted In—The Result of the Post-Mortem Examination, At four o'clock yesterday afternoon Coroner Herrman and his deputy, Dr. Cushman, were called to No. 6 East Thirty-fourth street to hold an inquest over the remains of Mrs. Utica V. Brooker, asister of the noted Woodhull-Claiin sisters, who died shortly before twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. Mrs. Woodhull and her sister Tennio, as well as other members of the faintly, were disaatis- fied with the diagnosis made by the attending phy- sicians, and hence Coroner Herrman wes called to settle the matter, It appears that Mrs. Brooker had an unconquerable appetite for intoxicating liquors, and had been in the habit of drinking to great excess for the last twelve or fifteen years, but particularly so of late. She would take brandy, gin, whiskey, rum, wine and beer, and when such beverages were not at hand Mrs. Brooker has been known to swallow large draughts of bay-rum, The result was. that at intervals, she was a raving mawtac, and, jumping trom bed, would pursue ber sisters, who would fee for their lives til she became pacified. The sisters insisting that an autopsy should be made to satisty all the as to the cause of death, Dr. Joseph Cushman, in presence of ‘several eminent physicians and surgeons, proceeded with the examinatton, Miss Tennie ©, Claflin, sister of deceased, was anxious to remain in the room and witness the surgical operation, bat her request was not complied with. Tne autopsy showed beyond the possibility of a doubt that death was cansed by Bright's disease of the kidneys, the result of excessive intemper- ance, and such was the verdict of the jury empan- elled oy Coroner Herrman, Mrs. Brooker, who had been @ very pretty woman, was thirty-one years of age and & native of Ohio. Her husband fat present is absent in Chicago en business, aged parents of deceased and several relatives and irlends were present at the investigation. THE “NOOK-DOWN” JERSEY RAILROAD CONDUCTORS, The cases of Conductors Ross Parker, Samuel Toy, Thomas Shreeve and Samuel Fenniman, ana John C. Speer, gatekeeper at Jersey City, all in the employ of the Pennsylvania Ratiroad, and who were arrested recently for alleged dishonest trans- actions, known in the slang of the day as “knock- ing down,” continue to agitate railroad circles throughout the State, The formal complaint charges them with “fraudulently neglecting to cancel coupon and other tickets, fraudulently neglecting to return to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company coupon and other tickets and permitung the same to be used in !raud and to the injury ofthe Pennsylvania Ratiroad; also fraudulently embez- zling moneys due said company, their omployers; also embezzlement of coupon and rair tickets of the Pennsylvapia Raiiroad and other ratiroad companies, and trauduleatly selling and putting in cireulation such coupon and railroad tickets of the Pennsylvania Railroad and other railroad com- panies.” Toy, Shreeve and Fennimore have been released in $10,000 baileach. They are said to be worth each as much as tour times that amount, having been on the road trom ten to twenty years. Speer and Parker were still in duress at last ac- counts, BASE BALL NOTES, The match between the Mutual and Atlantic clubs, for the benefit of the family of the late M. J, Kelly, nas been arranged for Friday, the 18th mat. To-morrow the Mutaal and Atiantic clubs play on the Union grounds the second game of their cham- plonshtp agries, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. SECRETARY RICHARDSON is much prouder of his codification of the laws of Massachasetts than of his position as a member of Grant's Cabinet and Secretary of the Treasury, The supplement of the General Statutes, comprising the laws from 1860 to 1872 inclusive, has just been issued by the State printers and makes a bulky book of over eleven hundred pages. AN INDIGNATION PaRacraPH is going the rounds to the effect that Scrivner, Armstrong & Co. issued Max Miller’s “Science of Religion” in @ mutilated form and without the consent of the autbor. The fact ig that there was no completer edition of the “Lectures” (and, indeed, no edition at all) two years age, when the American publication ap- peared, taken from the press reports of the lectures aa delivered at Oxiord. These publishers did just what the London publishers are all the time doing with American books, issued without consent or correction of the authors. The only remedy isa copyright law, good all over the world, and that remedy seems now remoter than ever. HarreR) & BROTHERS will soon publish ‘“Sub- Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanap- teryx,” being personal experiences in the Island of Mauritius, by Nicbolas Pike. UNDER THE TITLE of “Central Asia and the Anglo-Russian Frontier Question,’ Professor Vam- béry has republished the articles written by him on the subject since 1864 for the German periodical Unsere Zeit, The work has been published by Brockhaus, Leipzig. Tue Globus publishes a curious article on the various derivations which have been suggested to account for the name ofthe German capital. Ac- cording to Stssmilch Berlin is a diminutive of beere (berry). Frisch thinks It might be a diminu- tive of baer, which is Low Dutch for a water-dam. Others hold that Berlin was originally called Bar lein (little bear), because Albrecht der Bar tounded it uy 140, Bissel says that Berlin is a diminutive of perle—a pearl. Karl Braun thinks that the word is Slavonic, and means @ ford. Dr. Riecke, on the other hand, believes that it is { of Celtic origin, and derived either from diorltium, @ ferry, or from bairlium, a dam. Bullet holds that Berlin is a compound of the Celtic ber, a eurve, and lin, ariver. Victor Jacobi thinks itcomes {rom the Slavonic pri, near, and lfn, a hill, The Globus thinks the best derivation of all is that Berlin is named alter its founder, Berla, as Stettin is named after Stitta, Czernin afer Czerna, deo. ‘THE FRENCH ACADEMY has three vacancies to fill and is in a serious quandary over the multitude of candidates for literary fame. There are Mes- steurs Michelet, Louis Blanc, Neuillot, About (who has been rejected before), Taine, Renan, Simon, Quinet, Weiss, Erckmann-Chatrian, Dumas ils, Flaubert, Sardou, Laboulaye, and a host of lesser notables of the pen. THE Pall Mali Gazette insists that the style of the letters of Junius ought to be specially admired at the present day. ‘it has Macaulay’s directness without his rhetoric and Swift's simplicity without his looseness.” Messrs. J. R. Oscoop & Co. will soon add to the travel literature of the day “New England; a Guide to the Chief Cities and Popular Resorts, the Scenery and Historic Attractions of New Eng- land.” Glue Frence AcApemy has been long ruled by the Orleanist party, To get into it, whatever other qualifications he might have, it was required of an aspirant academician that he should have written something about Rome that he should hold fast by the English constitution and be persuaded that the history of Franée began in 1830 and ended In 1848. Tue Latest TRAVELLER in Spain ts Dr. Geppert, who publishes in German his sketches of a tour in that retrograde country. The Professor went for literary research, and met only a series of disap- pointments, At Madrid he found no edition of a classical author less than a century old; at Toledo he had to inform the librarian of the existence of his own catalogue, of which he was profoundly ignorant, and at Seville he discovered two impor- tant Latin inscriptions only to be denied the priv- ilege of copying them until they should have been edited by a gentleman ignorant of Latin, ESCAPED FROM SING SING PRISON. BL ERR A, A Desperate Dash for Freedom—Two Conviots Jump on a Running Railway Train and Are Borne Out of Sight— The Fugitives Still at Large. Not a little commotion was occasioned at Sing Sing Prison yesterday morning when the discovery was made that two of the convicts had succeeded in escaping. The fugitive jail birds are named re- spectively Henry Lee, alias Chartes Conklin, and Thomas Hort, alias Hamilton, both of whom were serving out a second term for the crime of iorgery. They have not as yet, however, graduated with high honors in the school of crime, being known to the prison officials only as belonging to the class of “low thieves.’ Having contrived to manufacture rude garments out of thelr blankets, ari to disguise their prison caps With a heavy coating of lamp black, the two desperadoes named secreted themselves in a cul- vert underneath the Hudson River Railroad track and within a few feet of what nown as the “apper archway.” Shortly after nine o'c.ock A, M. their looked-for opportunity arrived with a freight train, which they both managed to board while it was running at a medium speed. One of the guards saw the desperate movement which landed the men om board the train, but as they had removed the convict garb he was in doubts to their identity until he re- ported the circumstances, when a search revealed he fact that they had got away. A telegram was subsequently received {rom the conductor of the freigut train at Yonkers, setting forth that the two men jumped irom the train while the latter was going at full speed, between Scarboro and Tarrytown. The despatch also added that one of them had apparently injured himself severely in jumping from the train. Up to a late hour last evening neitaer of the escaped men had been re- captured, aithough it is hardly probable that they can long remain at large. FATAL TERMINATION OF AN EXCURSION. A Man Accidentally Killed=A Probable Homicide. ‘The Emerald Society of Greenpoint went on their annual excursion on Wednesday, spending the day at Spring Hill Grove. The barge was well loaded, the crowd being rough and mixed. The Society returned to Greenpvint about eight o'clock im the evening. In landing the guards of the barge were higher than the stringplece of the wharf and the lower part of the fender of the barge was forced under the guards of the barge, and the Tope fastening of tue upper part of the fender giv- ing way, ic came down with great torce, ‘tking James McLaughlin, ot Union pli near Ciay street, Greenpoint, on the head, killing him in- stantly. Patrick Monahan and Patrick Casey were both severely, though not dan; , Wounded. After the landing o the barge a number of roughs, who had quarrelied with the ice-cream man on the barge, lay in wait for him on Noble street, and when he came along began throwing stones Rim, one of which struck James Kelley, of 147 Union place, Greenpoint, a lad of about twelve ‘ears of age, on the base of the skull, crushing the one jor about four square inches, Although the bone was forced in cousid and required some effort to extricate it, the doctors say the Membrane of the brain is not broken, He was at- tended by Drs, Sanford, Hali and Whelus, who Temoved all the broken bones, They express hopes of his recovery. Two arrests bave been made, and the police are on the track of the third person, who is believed to be the guilty one. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS AT STAMFORD, CONN. Westport, July 10, 1873. ‘This morning, as the day freight train which leaves Bridgeport at half-past six A. M. was pass- ing between Westport and South Norwalk, a brake- man named Alphonso Warren climbed to the top of | the cars to see which of the number were to be left at Norwalk, that information not having been made known before starting from Westport. While walking from one car to another the train passed under a carriage bridge, which, striking Mr. War- ren, killed him instantly and horribly mangied his body, The train stopped, the remains were taken on board and conveyed to Norwalk, where an tn- quest was held. They were then piaced on a train and taken to Westport, where the parents of de- ceased live, Mr. Warren was about twenty-thr years of i A most distressing accident took place here this morning, by which a littie son of Mr. Peter Kavan- nah, baggage muster for the New York, New Haven and Hartiord Raliroad, resident here, lost his life. The boy was playing on the track within the lon, Pedy td car building, west of the track and nort! of the depot. While so deing Conductor Thomas’ local express from eae won, bonne to New York, backed into the the car wheels striking the boy cat his completely in two. ,| In that condition the remains were found some tame after the train had lef, THE GOODRICH MYSTERY: The Supposed Kate Stoddard Still in Custody. The Question of Identity a Stumbling: Block in the Case. Communication Cut Off with thd Prisoner. The Woman Supposed To Be “Kate Stoddard, "5 ‘Whose Arrest Was Effected on Tuesday, Re- mained in Close Custody at the York Street Statioc, Brooklyn, Yesterday. ‘The inevitable Goodrich mystery which had such @n extended run in the columns of the publi press some movtns ago, but which ceased to ate tract any further attention as time advanced and the evidence of the incompetency. of the polica authorities to accomplish anything in the mattez became more transparent, has again been broughs. tothe surface of observation, The particulars of the remarkable case have been fully chronicled im the Hepa», and it will not now be necessary to cq more than call attention to a few of the salient features of the mystery. On the morning of Marcly 21 last, about nine o'clock, Mr, W. W. Goodricly called at the residence of his brother Charie: 631 Degraw street, near Fifth avenue, ated Brooklyn, one of a row of new brown stone front houses, inhabited alone by his brother, and alten ringing the door bell for some time, but failing ta: receive an answer, he determined to effect an ens trance. He repaired, accordingly, to the house of an acqaaintance in the vicinity, and from hin. obtained a key which aamitted him to an adjoin- ing house, Mr. W. \, Goodrich then made his way up to the roof, and along the tatter to the scuttle of 631, which he entered, and, descending to the door which led to the first janding, burst it open. Search: was then made through the house for his brother Charles. The bed in the alcove of the second story, in which the deccased slept, was found to have been occupied on one side, the clothes being slightly disturbed. Descending to the basement, the anxious searcher made his way down the hall into the kitchen, and, opening the door which sepa arated the two apartments, he discovered the dead body of Charles Goodrich lying in the iront base« ment, with his head within a foot of the mantely piece and his feet extending diagonally toward the door. Beneath his head were his boots and om his feet a pair of slippers. The body lay upon ity back and was dressed in a suit of biack. Williany Goodrich threw open the shutters, and found a bullet hole in the left temple of deceased and by his side was a revolver with three chambers dis« charged. The impression that f CHARLES HAD BREN MURDERED " at once took possession of Willlam W. Goodrich, and he has never relingutshed that idea, word, was conveyed by him to the Coroner and to tha police. The Coroner and the docters who made the post-mortem examination of the body discovered that three balls _had lodged in the skull, two of which had passed through the brain. The detectives en- gaged upon the cuse and the Commissioner levermined that it was clearly a case of su In opposition to this theory remained the fact Boal a towel saturated with blood was found tn the eink, showing that the life fuid which had oozed fi the wounds had been washed away, and the body was ag carefully laid out as if the corpse had beem log forthe grave by a veritable undertaker. re Was aletter written b: amlsrete. victim of deceased, one Kate Stoddard, alias Amy Snow, ali: Amy raglan in the hands oi the police by Ws Goodrich, who had received the epistie, which w: beautifully written and evidently the compositio! of @ person of education and refinement, in which it was set forth. that the writed yy deceased under promise of marriage, and the celebration of a mock mar riage was performed by a Dr. Reuben Smith, at a house tn Degraw street. “Kate’’ addressed coptes of the letter in question to the father and brother; of deceased rome weeks previous, and as she wad known to have been @ woman of very violent tem- per it was regarded as weil to find and arrest herd THE DETECTIVES KLUNDERINGLY ARRESTED, in mistake for Kgte Stoddard, the poor seam: of 22 Orchard street, Mra. Lucette Meyers, widow, the sole support of an aged and infirm mother and father and two children. Mrs. Meyers, it appeared, had had the misfortune to make the acquaintan of deceased, who had once boarded with her. She was detained in custody for three weeks and was then released upon cher own recognizance. After her gtrest and on the inquest she recounted an in+ Stance in which a Spaniard named Roscoe bi ry beh with Charles Goodrich in her presence, \d ahe even asserted that he was @ person of vio4 lent temper and might have killed him. When sha was released her movements were wacched by Policemen in the dress of civilians, and upon sev~ eral occasions she was observed in convereatio: pt man who had the appearance of Spaniard. was then discovered that there was @girinamed Mary Handley who was anxious ce “turn an honest penny”? aiding the pelogg officers in FINDING KATE STODDARD, with whom she had been intimately acquainted while Kate was employed in the straw hat making factory on ey. corner of Spring street, New York. Miss Handley’s valuable services were immediately made available. Last Tuesday even- ing the improvised female detective came upon her rey—a slight, delicate, mi ght low Bi Fulton aired, Fue woman of ferry. jigs Handley summoned a patrolman and had her arrested. The prisoner was taken te the station house on York street. The Captain of the precinct, having in mind the recent press-muzzling order of Commissioners Jourdan and Briggs, “ukase” No. 100, which threatens with instant dis- missal from the force any member of the Depart- ment who may be found guilty of commanicatin: any information concerning arrests of persoi charged with criminal offences, dared not commu- nicate the arrest through the usual channels, but informed the Board ot Police personally of what had been done, The police authorities, superior and subordinate alike, wero DUMB AS OYSTERS” upon the subject of the arrest when interrogated, and wilfully falsitied fact by a general dental of ang knowledge of the case. They are prompted to thus unwarranted course by reason of the sea of errors into which they have heretofore fallen durin, their batlike gropings after the much moote' “ends of justice’ in this identical case. The question of identity arises in this iatter arr: as in the case of other females and numerous su posed Roscoes who have been taken into custody for alleged complicity iu the Goodridge tragedy. 1t may be that they have THE WRONG WOMAN, and this circumstance makes the officials more cautious, because ef past experience and lament le faulure to earn the rewards offered, amount- ng, to $3,500, for the apprehension and conviction (if the latter be at all possible) of the murderer or murderers of Charles Goodrich, The woman arresied on — evening was taken to an old lady who keeps dry goods store near the station house, and was there searched, but nothing of any value or importance was found on her. She, naturally nervous, upon finding herself in such a position, shed tears, as she supposed she “would soon be in Stokes’ place, or, mt least, she would have to go to Ray- mond Street Jail.” Coroner Whitehill had nothing to say on the subject further than that he was will- ing and anxious to RESUME THR INQUEST, which was adjourned in spn ast, it the police were only ready. ip place any additional evidence in his Berreie a 8 Koon as the prisoner's identity can fully established ahe will be taken betore a magistrate for examination. Meanwhile she is said to be pnon-communicative, and no friends have come forward to her assistance. A promi- nent lawyer asserted last evening that he would. make application to-day for a writ of habeas cor- pus in her case. ABREST OF YOUNG HIGHWAY ROBBERS, Early in the evening of the 12th of May last John Steffan, of 44 West Fifticth street, was knocked down in front of a lager beer saloon on Tenth ave- nue and robbed of his watch by three young men, who made good their escape. A day or two ago Steffan found his watchin the possession of John Martin, of 527 West Twenty-seventh street, who Claimed to have purchased it of a boy named Thomas Miskeil, aged sixteen, of 461 West Twenty- sixtn street. iskell was arres' and was at once identified by Mr. Steflan as one of the gang who perpetrated the robbery. Yester- day the oMicers of the Yorkville Police Court squad succeeded in taking into ¢ the confederates of Miskell, They are Thomas Fullum, aged nine- teen, of Sixty-Aven street and Eleventh avenue, a roofer by trade, and John Moore, jaborer, aged twenty-one, of 623 Weat Forty-fth street. ‘All are Members of the gang known as the “Forty Thieves,” and beat a very bad reputation. Mis- kell hag Pag fourteen months i x oor of Reft r larceny. They were committed for trial Martin was sent to the House of Detan. ion as @ Witness.