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* 6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed Nzw Yore Herp. Letters and packages should be properly sealed, Rejected communications will not be re- turned, —+_———. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. Te Eothen—What Modern Civilization is Doing in the East—Europe Drawing Nearer to Asia. It seems as if we are to never weary of the East. What is it that brings this fascinating region into our earliest fancy and colors by its influence our whole civilization? We feel it in the interest which directs young, wonder ing eyes to the Arabian Nights, to the adven- tures of the good Haroun al Raschid, the misadventures and successes of Joseph, the birth and life and death of the blessed Lord himself. No heroes enfold our young imagina- tions more eagerly than Alexander and Hanni- bal. The wars on the Trojan plains, the glory and the fall of Babylon, the destruction of THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the | Carthage are themes which have'not yet been vear, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription Price $12. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at Five CENTS per copy. Annual subscription price :— One Copy.. a, $2 ‘Three Copies. Five Copies... oo 8 TON COples......cescerseeeseeeeees seseeee a sence JOB PRINTING ay every description, also Stereo- “qwptng ana Engraving, neatly and prompity exe- Outed at the lowest rates. Volume XXXVIMII...............04+ +2 NO. 204 ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broad » corner Thirtieth st— Eaxun-a-Cuorra. Afternoon ‘and’ evening. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broad and Thirteenth stroct.—Mimt. an i paowasr THEATRE, Bowery.—Draxa or Licutwina TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 68th st., between Lex- ington and Sa avs.—Graxv Ducuess, 4 CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Sumuen Niauzs’ Con- counts, OF ANATOMY, onde “Way.—Sctzncx anp Art. SORT) GES DR. KAHN’S MU! abe EA ISEUM, No. 688 Broadway,—Screncs TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, July 23, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. NEW YORK MUSEU: To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “EOTHEN! WHAT MODERN CIVILIZATION IS DOING IN THE EAST! EUROPE DRAWING NEARER TO ASIA”—EDITORIAL LEADER— Sixt Pacs. THE STAR OF EMPIRE AGAIN RISING IN THE EAST! MAGNIFICENT RAILWAY PRO- JECTS! RUSSIA AND ENGLAND STRIVING FOR THE MASTERY! THE SUEZ AND THE PANAMA CANAL! CHINA AROUSING! REUTER’S IMPERIAL GRANT—THIRD Page. |ARCHY IN SPAIN! THE NAVAL MUTINEERS HOIST THE RED FLAG OF THE COMMUNE! THE CITY OF CARTHAGENA IN THEIR HANDS! COMPLETE DEMORALIZATION OF THE ARMY AND NAVY! BUTCHERING @ = PRISONERS—Sgventu Pacer. : FRANCIS JOSEPH, HIS QUEEN, PROMINENT OFFICIALS AND THE HERALD COMMIS- SIONERS VISIT THE AMERICAN DEPART- MENT OF THE VIENNA EXPOSITION! THSJR MAJESTIES DEEPLY INTERESTED IN AMERICAN INVENTIONS! THE EMPE- ROR’S ADDRESS—SEVENTH PaGB. YANKEE NAVAL BACKBONE! THE ARROGANT SPANIARDS IN A FURY ABOUT THE VIR- GINIUS! THE COOLNESS OF THE AMERI- CAN TARS—TENTH PaGs. THE PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—SevénTa Page. A PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN THROWN FROM THE TRACK AND ROBBED BY BUSH- WHACKERS! VOLLEYS OF BULLETS FIRED INTO THE CARS BY THE THIEVES! THEIR SUUCESS—SEVENTH PacE. THE REGATTA AND CRUISE OF THE BROOKLYN YACHt OLUB—TROTTING AT CATSKILL DRIVING PARK—THE NATIONAL GAME— THIRD PaGE. DISCOMFITURE OF THE FAT RENDERERS! THE CHARGE OF THE HEALTH BRIGADE! HIGHLY INTERESTING SANITARY TI- DINGS—THE MARKET SHEDS—Frrra Paces. PERILOUS CHSARISM! PRESS REFLECTIONS ON THE THIRD-TERM EVIL—Fovrrs Pages. SEASON NOTES AND REFLECTIONS FROM THE DELAWARE WATER GAP! LANDLORDS AND GUESTS! PHILADELPHIA INTER- ESTED IN THE CENTENARIAN OF THE GAP! A RAILROAD KUMPUS—FovrrH Pags, THE GOVERNOR'S SEASON OF REST! HOW HE PASSES HIS DAYS AT THE SEASIDE! BUSHELS OF VETOES—FourTH Page. WORSHIP ON WARD'S ISLAND! THE *MIGRA- TION BOARD IN AN UNPLEASANT POS- TURE—EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS—Fovrta Pags. r FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS! THE ERIE SAMSON SHORN OF ITS STRENGTH! GOLD HIGHER! A SHIPMENT—BURULAR- IES—RAILROAD ROWDIES—NintH Page. PASTORAL “IRREGULARITIES!” FALLS FROM GRACE AMONG THE CLERGY OF THE ENGLISH STATE CHURCH—FREEMASONRY IN BRAZIL—ELEVENTH Pace. THE TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED JERSLY CITY BANK ROBBERS! STATEMENT! BRILLIANT ADDRESS BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY—Firtu Page, THE BROOKLYN TRUST COMPANY MUDDLE! THE RECEIVERSHIP! MR. MILLS’ WILL— LIZZIE KING AND HER FATHER—EicuTu Paar. CARL VOGT’S EXTRADITION! OPINION OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL— a OF LEGAL BUSINESS—EicuTa "AGE. Tax Cam Jvsticesuir.—Neither Senator Conkling nor any other member of the last Congress whose term of office holds over is eligible to the vacant Chief Justiceship of the United States Supreme Court. The constitu- tion prohibits Senators and Representatives from being appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been creatéd “or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased’”’ during the time for which they may have been elected. The emoluments of the office of Chief Justice were increased during the last session of Con- gress, and Senator Conkling’s term holds over; 80 he and all other Congressmen similarly sit- uated may be ‘‘counted out’’ in the race for the Chief Justiceship. “Joun Bors” mm A -Fimey Furnace.—Mr. “John Bull’ is still sweltering and melting away in England, with the thermometer mark- ing eighty-five in London. He is wailing and complaining of the ‘terrible heat’’ and for- warding his plaints by cable to New York. What can wo do for him just immediately after the Fourth of July and with the New Jersey mosquitoes sharpening their bills for the August and September campaign? If Mr. Bull wishes to cool off he must go to Genova. DETECTIVE DOYLE’S 4 dimmed by modern achievements, And in no age has the East shown so many claims to our interest and admiration asthe present. A suc- cessor of Darius is welcomed in European capitals with honors never before paid to a living prince. A successor of Sesostris is founding on empire greater tfan that which fell before the Mussulman and building cities on the Nile that bid fair to surpass Memphis and Thebes. The eyes of the world are attracted by the valor and triumphs of Rus- sian arms in Central Asia. Japan opens her gates to us suddenly, and shows a civilization in some parts as rich and varied as that of France—a civilization that flourished when the Gauls were wandering on the banks of the Rhine in barbarism, and which now secks a place in our international family. And there are signs in China—the greatest, most myste- rious and most interesting of the Eastern nations—which make us look for wonders far exceeding those which now attract the Euro- pean mind. It is not much that M. de Lesseps can say on the Eastern question to add to our in- formation or amazement. But it isa subject always new, and we listen to him with pleas- ure. We know M. de Lesseps through his achievements in the Suez Canal. The world has honored him for that work—unduly, we might say, were we ina grudging mood, be- cause the success of the Suez canal is not so much the work of M. de Lesseps as of the ex- traordinary Prince who now reigns over the Nile. Without the Khedive the canal would never have been completed, at least not in our time. sid there are o thousand engineors who would have done as well as M. de Les- seps. In fact, this gentleman admits as much to our correspondent when he says that there were no difficulties in the work but those of a political nature, and that these came mainly from the opposition of Lord Palmerston. , M. de Lesseps built this canal as the agent of the Khedive. . He now proposes to build a rail- way from Russia to British India as the agent of Russia. His views are those of a clever, plausible engineer, and while we see in them, now and then, a complacency which ‘men of his class are apt to feel when they compare themselves with Alexander and Napoleon, this does not blind us to his merit nor lead us in any way to detract from his name. M. de Lesseps is a successful engineer—no more nor less. His views on Eastern questions are like the views of engineers generally when they enter the fields of speculative politics. He tells us how much better he was informed than Lord Palmerston; how he labored to dispel that rough-minded and persistent statesman’s belief:in the Napoleonic legend that India was the road to victory over England; how he built the canal to make England and Russia friendly, and how his Central Asiatic Railway will have the same result. It is the fashion with men like M. de Lesseps, Mr. Cyrus W. Field and others of that rank to feel that they are beneficent missionaries, whose labors are for the peace and comfort of the world. We have generally found them anxious to make money, and to make it caring little for political philosophy. We take it that M. de Lesseps is more concerned abont his divi- dends in the ‘Great Central Asiatic’ than about the ‘extinction of rivalries’? between England and Russia. Of course there is no reason why this road should not be built. The only question is, Has the time come? Russia needs a railway communication with her Asiatic dominions. We never began to hold our Indians in check until we ran a railway through the country of the Plains. Brigham Young was virtually an independent power until his capital was brought within four or five days of Chicago. We have heard nothing whatever of an inde- pendent republic on the Pacific since we welded New York and San Francisco in bonds of railway matrimony. General Grant was right the other day when he said to some Guatemala patriots who craved our flag that | the extension of American territory would grow with the development of our railway system. If the railway has thus bound our Union together in stronger ties—a Union with homogeneous, ocean-bordered territory—how much more necessary does it become to the great Empires of Russia and England, men- aced by one another, and by nations which, it would seem, have only to know their strength to be free! These Empires have held the East by moral force. India is sub- missive to English prestige. Break that prestige, teach the Indians what science and skill have doue for the puniest men—what power lies in a Minie rifle and a torpedo—and the next rebellion will be more dangerous than that of Nana Sahib. England rules India by terror, and so splendid is the Empire, so rich in itself and the source of so much wealth to the nation, so gratifying to the pride and am- bition of the English character, that we can well understand how Englishmen would strain the resources of their Empire to hold the loved India. But the day is passing when it can be held by the moral force of terror, The light that falls upon the world does not darken Asia. The Hindoo is learning his power. The Chirfaman will not again allow a French and English division to march unop- posed to his capital and burn the palace of the Emperor, whose name was ‘Perfect Bliss.”’ We can well see it as an ominous token when we know that Chinese armies are armed with Krupp batteries and that Chinese sailors man iron-clad ships of war. The Shah of Persia, no doubt, saw more in England than the flowers in the Crystal Palace. He saw his weakness compared with England—with any European State. But he saw also how weak- ness cangbe made strength—how a small, dis- tant State nfly arm itselfagainst any foe—how iron-clad ships have never been mado that will resist the torpedo. There is no lesson more } weent in onr civilization than this—that as With his" we progress in the arts, and sciences and in natural prosperity and development, the weak- est people may become as dangerous as the strongest. Therefore it is wise to note the sudden awakening of these Asiatic nations, who num- ber in their narrow dominions such a large Proportion of the human race, We do not share the apprehension which evidently has life in the vivid imagination of M. de Leaseps, that a new Genghis Khan or Tamfrlane may arise in the East and march his Tartar hordes into the valley of the Danube; that heathen armies may again menace Vienna and Chris- tendom sigh for another Sobieski Such an idea is almost too fanciful even for the imagina- tion of a French philosopher. But it is very certain that an army of Tartars or Hindoos, armed with Minie rifles, would be more dan- gerous than the Hindoos who were defeated at Plassey or the Chinamen who defended their coasts with wooden guns and calico forts painted like stone. And a people so armed, and seeking, as they do, every appliance and agency of civilization, demand a new school of statesmanship from that founded upon the brutal lessons of Lord Clive and Warren Hastings. China and India have necessary and useful functions in our civilization. There is scarcely a duty or an office in our daily life which does not, in‘ some way, pay tribute to Asia, Our food, our clothing, our medicine, the essen- tial wants of art and science, come from Asia. We have never drawn close to Asia without learning lessons that our more resolute and practical civilization dares not despise. We have nothing to drink better than Chinese tea; we have no decorations that will surpass the porcelain and metals of the East; no raiments as useful and attractive as the rich cloths of Cashmere and Hindostan. As, therefore, this old, unique, quaint and wonderful civilization of the East, which ‘has stamped itself upon our religion, our litera- ture and our language, which beautified and illuminated the world when America was an unknown land, and Europe only known to savages who drank each other’s blood in honor of strange gods—as this civilization is neces- sary to the complete enjoyment of our own, we feel that there is no wisdom higher than that which brings us together, and that any means of communication that will make New York and Calcutta, London and Pekin, more inti- mate and neighborly, will be a.blessing to mankind, M. de Lesseps considers his railway as it may affect the rivalries of England and Rus- sis in’ the East. We presume our modern polities for one or two ‘generations will be concerned with this rivalry. To our mind it seems that there is room enough in Asia for Russia and England.. The two nations have done many noble things in the interest of civilization in Asia. We think, however, that the work of Russia bas been of more advantage to civilization, because it has not been as selfish and cruel as many of*the things done by England in the reach forempire. It will be a long time before India will pardon or the world cease to remember the cruelties of Clive and Hastings, Recalling these deeds, and remembering what we, who are also of English blood, have done with our own Indians, we may well ask whether, with our valor and genius for conquest, we have the higher qualities for the consolidation of an em- pire and securing justice to all classes?—tho qualities which we have seen in the Russians and the French. It is a blessing to feel, how- ever, that, with our tendencies to conquest and to do severe things to the conquered, we are passing from the age of artillery to the age of locomotives. The civilization that goes behind the locomotive is less noisy and pre- tentious than that which follows the cannon ; but it will be more efficient in the development of in , the establishment of peace and friendship. ‘With the Asiatic railway of M. de Lesseps, the Soudan railway of the Khedive and the Euphrates Valley railway of England, not to speak of our own Pacific railways built and building, we are surely in the locomotive age. Whatever political result may come from this Central Asian scheme in the way of peace or war between Russia and England, good must come in the end. Asa prodigious step in modern progress we wish it well and safely done. The Vienna Exhibition—The Emperor of Austria in the American Depart- ment. In another place in these columns this morning will be found a cable despatch, special to the Hznaup, giving a full and graphic account of a visit made yesterflay by the Emperor Francis Joseph to the American Department of the Exhibition. The Ameri- can Department, of course, means the depart- ment allocated to the United States. It must be gratifying to all our readers to know that the American Department has at last been got into something like respectable order. It was the desire of the people of the United States that they should, at the Vienna World’s Fair, be fairly represented. For a time it did seem as if all our best efforts were to be de- feated by bad and bungling management. The bunglers have been supplanted, and the defects of their predecessors have been all but atoned for by the men who are now in charge. The Emperor was much in- terested, as will be seen by what he said. In each successive section as he moved along he found some fresh cause for admiration and wonderment. Over the sewing machines he lingered, and, as he examined the wonderful work which they performed, he had many questions to ask Minister Jay. Our model schools also commanded his attention, and the Kaiser was curious about the mode of management, the number of scholars and the result, A map of Hell Gate, giving ao view of the excavations particularly interested him, and Count Bellegarde, one of the Emperor's at- tendants, was enthusiastic in his admiration of what he called American enterprise, A map of the Northern Pacific also commandéd the Emperor's attention, and he was enabled to see at a glance the daring character of American enterprise. Hero is & ped- ple who know no difficulties, Distance does not delay and mountain bar- riers do not hinder. The products of our industry, our agricultural and our mineral wealth were in succession brought to the attention of the imperial group, and astonishment at our resources and our in- dustry was written on every countenance. As he moved along from section to section the Emperor asked many auestions from Minister Jay and expressed himself as particularly in- terested in our forthcoming Centennial cele- bration. At the close, in a neat speech, the Kaiser, in complimentary terms, recognized the merits of our department and acknowledged the remarkable strides we had made since our last appearance in Europe at an exhibition of the kind. When Europe comes to America to aid in the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of the Republic she will see us to better advantage. Meanwhile -it is gratifying to know that American art and industry, aa well as American resources, have commanded favorable attention at the Vienna Exhibition. The Removal ef Death - Breeding Naulsances. . That the health authorities need a sharp spur, constantly applied, is an incontroverti- ble axiom in this city. They are prone to meet very often and talk a great deal without attaining any results worth speaking of. Their proceedings often remind one of the traditional’ Bull sgainst the comet. By the persistent efforts of the Hznatp they have been lately awakened from their Rip Van Winkle slumbers and have actually gone to work. Coquetting with pestilential nuisances and passing innumerable resolutions (harm- leas, however) seem to have been, heretofore, the sole occupation of our sanitary magnates. But no one, even gifted with the longest stretch of memory, can call to mind a Sum- mer before the present one when the Board of Health buckled on their dis- infecting armor and, lance in rest, sal- lied out against the monsters of filth who have been so long doing their utmost to create a pestilence in our fair city. They have passed resolutions and submitted them to their legal adviser. This worthy gentleman has mildly remonstrated with the counsel of the filth breeders, and Summer after Summer has passed without any abatement of the nuisances which offend the nostrils of all well-behaved citizens. In\fact, the proceedings of the Board of Health have been marvellously like the conferences between the Modoc murderers and the United States authorities, which ended in atragedy. But the sanitary guardians have at last bestirred themselves, and have actually laid violent hands upon those time-honored nurseries of disease, the downtown markets and the uptown homes of the bone boilers and fat melters. A gang of men worked with a will yesterday to let in a little light and clear one of the streets fronting Washington Market. But what will be the result of their labors? In a sanitary point of view, nothing. The side- walks will be more crowded with obstructions than ever, and the market itself as fruitful of disease. The very posts in this rotten old structure must be pulled down and the.gut- ters and sewers regulated before the Board of Health can claim any credit for improvement in this direction. The same will apply to Ful- ton Market, although not in as broad a sense. Both markets, as they stand at present, area disgrace to the metropolis. The cry of reform is delusive as long as they are permitted to in- fect the air. The bone boilers, fearing. lest the health authorities might carry their oft-e: threats into execution, folded their filth ‘sileitly on Monday night and stole away. But they did not rid the community entirely | of their nuisances. In the middle of the Hud- son River is moored a boat which contains the accumulated abominations of these parties. An, unfortunate inspector, especially detailed by the Board of Health, watches over the floating cargo of carrion. The odors of this cargo are equally distributed between New York and New Jersey, and while the boat is at its present anchorage picnic parties and steamboat excursions up ghe Hudson will be ala discount. We fail tosee in this respect any practical work of reform on the part of the Board of Health. The Hudson River is as much a thoroughfare as Broadway, and we de- mand the speedy removal of this death-breed- ing cargo anchored opposite our city. The returns of the sanitary inspectors from the various wards show little improvement in the condition of the streets. The downtown districts are still reeking with garbage and ashes weeks old, and the Inspector of the Eighth ward cannot point. to a single street which has been recently cleaned. On the east side in many places the street pavements are in such a state of dilapidation that it is al- most impossible for the police brooms to rid them of their stagnant pools and heaps of garbage. In one instance there is an area of fifteen blocks which has not been touched by the broom, where children roll in the festering heaps and car passengers hold their noses in vain. In those localities where stables abound the evil is worse. With such a foul condition of affairs before us we decline indulging in any complimentary remarks regarding the Board of Health. Those sanitary guardians havea great deal of real work to do before they can earn the confidence of an oft outraged community. é Significant Signs im France. France, like Spain, seems to be moving backward. The overthrow of M. Thiers was a@ bad omen for the Republic. Still, there were compensating circumstances which for- bade despair. The late debate which re- sulted from the attack made by Jules Favre on the’ home policy of the government brought out a sentiment which few were prepared for. It may have been that the dethroned Minister was a little too bitter in his attack. He asked the Assembly to explain why the insulters of the Assembly were so mercifessly punished while the insulters of M. Thiers were al- lowed togo on with impunity. He also ex- pressed his indignation at the unholy alli- ance of the Bonapartists and the monarchists. The vote which followed was most significant. Four hundred against two hundred and seventy sustained the government. The majority was so great that many, both in and out of France, feel greatly puz- zled. What doesthe Assembly mean? Why is France so passive? Has the Republic proved a failure? Has the visit of the Shah made the Parisians sigh for the imperial régime ? What isto be the next grand move it is difficult to say ; but it is no longer doubt- fal that the Republic has small chance at the hands of the men now in power. September ought bring about a crisis, and it remains to be seen whether France will continue pa- tiently to submit to the imperious policy of a Long Parliamerft. It would not surprise us to learn that Jules Favre bimsclf regrets the fall of the Empire, The Naval Affair at Aspinwall. The somewhat discursive correspondence between our Consul at Aspinwall, the Com- mander of the United States steamship Kansas and the irate Don Omsar who commands the Spanish man-of-war Bazan, which we publish to-day, will be read with much interest, especially by those whose ears are yet tingling with the noise of the glorious Fourth. At a time when, in the opinion of many, our flag merely floats that it may be the more readily dipped at the bidding of foreign commanders of veasels stronger and tougher than their gov- ernment’s, Commander Reed's remarks to the Spanish Don must be welcome reading. And not only Commander Reed’s words, but his acts, will attract attention and inspire respect. Itis about time that Spanish insolence was met by American grit. The steamer Virginius may have been a vagabond craft It is enough for us, at this stage, that her papers were found correct by the representative of the United States gt Aspinwall, and that no sufficient excuse was offered for her detention there. The threat of the Spanish “comman- der, Don Cesar De Bazan, to detain the Vir- ginius at all hazards, his insolent letters and his offonsive training of guns on the steamer, were, in our opinion, properly met by the action of Commander Reid. Nothing could be more diplomatieally cour- teous, or, considering everything, kind, than Commander Reed’s communications; and nothing, we think, could be more calculated to arouse feelings of resentment than Don Ceear’s epistles. Our gallant tars had the best of the argument, and were pre- pared to have the best of what might have followed the discussion. It is stated that much ink will be spilled over the affair, and that many lengths of red tape will entangle. the feet of our ambassadors before Spanish honor is satisfied. The Ameri- can people, if they bother themselves about the affair atall, will, we think, readily accord praise to all concerned on the American side for prompt and proper spirit in upholding the traditional honor of the American flag. Our News from Spain. Our latest news from Spain reveals a situa- tion which borders more closely on chaos than anything which we have known in modern times. The Cartagena affair is as bad as was at first supposed. From a Carlist source we learn the particulars of the affair which led to the revolt on the part of the naval squadron. The insurgents, after having made themselves “masters of the city, took possession of a strong fort which completely commanded the harbor. Over the fortifications at the south of the har-' bor they hoisted the red flag and summoned the squadron in the harbor tosurrender. The crews of the different ships being in sympathy with the insurgents, the vessels surrendered without opposition. The most extraordinary part of the affair is that the squadron is now commanded by Posas, who some time ago was at the head of the naval insurrection at Fer. rol—an insurrection which Serrano promptly crushed. The demoralized condition of the army in Spain is revealed by the fact that the Tberian regiment sent to put down the insur- rection at Cartagena mutinied and joined the insurgents in a body. From Vittoriaa report comes to the effect that some seven thousand government troops are completely demoralized. The government decree declar- ing the crews of the insurgent squadron pirates has been sustained by the Cortes by a powerful majority. Such is the news from Spain for the day. The situation is painful and full of sorrow. Don Carlos is strong enough to make proposals for the exchange of prisoners. A few days more must determine whether Don Carlos or the Prince of the Asturias’ or the Republic is to win. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Senator Morton is now able to ‘locomote " with- out a cane. Mayor Charles A. Otis, of Cleveland, Ohio, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Secretary Richardson left Long Branch for Washington last evening. Congressman Alexander White, of Alabama, has arrived at the Grand Central Hotel. Lieutenant Mclivaine, of the United States Navy, is registered at the Albemarle Hotel. Robert C. Buckell, the new Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama, was a type setter. Ex-Governor William Aiken, of South Carolina, is in the city, at the New York Hotel. Silas Reed has been appointed by the President, Surveyor General of Wyoming Territory. Ex-Senator John P. Hale feli and broke his hip bone in Dover, N. H., yesterday afternoon. 8. R. Parkman, a New Yorker, forty years a resi- dent of Mexico, recently died at Guanajuago. Governor Leslie is so popular in Kentucky that all the new towns are being named after him. Assistant Attorney General C. H. Hill yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House from Washington. General Albert J. Meyer (‘Old Probs’’), Chief of the Signal Service Bureau, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Fletcher, of the United States Navy, is staying at the Hoffman House. Mr. E. L. Plumb, who has a nice little plum in the Mexican Railroad concession, is again at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor H. C. Warmoth, of Louisiana, is at the Filth Avenue Hotel, having come down from Saratoga yesterday. Guzman Bianco, St., the Venezuelan President's father, has been excummunicated by the Nuncio of the Pope in St. Domingo. ‘That was a very mean thing of a man in Chicago, who borrowed $200 from his wife and used the money in obtaining a divorce. General Durbin Ward, late of Sherman’s army, is being written up by Ohio papers as the demo- cratic candidate for Governor. Miss Jerusha Spitfire, of Nashville, Tenn., with the aid of @ marriage certificate and the parson, has become Mrs, Willie Meekfan. “ General Henry 8; Foote is in Washington spend- ing the hot months at the residence of his son-in- law, Senator Stewart, of Nevada. James Brown, a Georgia veteran of the war of 1812, was reserved for a very ignoble death. Last Week he was tripped up by a hog and died in con- sequence. General Babcock has arrived in Washington, as the avant courier of the President, who will cer- tairfly visit the capital next week, or sooner if re- quired there, Mr. R. 8. Chew, Chief Clerk of the State Depart- ment, 1s still unconscious from a paralytic stroke, which occurred to him several weeks ago. But faint hopes are had for his recovery. General Alexander B, Bradford, who died on the 10th of cholera, at Memphis, was Major bf Jed. Davis’ regiment in the Mexican war, Attorney General and State Senator of Tennessee and a Con- federate Congressman. Mr. J, M. Gazzam, member ofthe Common Council of Pittsburg, and lately candidate for the Mayoralty of that cit, ow on his way to Europe. After making a ete tour of that Continent he will visit Egypt and the Holy Land. Dr. M. H. Henry has been appointed Surgeon-in- Chief of the State Emigrants’ Hospital, Ward's Island, He succeeds Dr. Carnochan. It is proba- ‘| bly the largest hospital in the United States, and, “| winds and cloudy weather, the field of surgery is not only unlimited, but of ag extremely attractive character to surgeons, AMr. Normansell, a leading trades unionist, re- - cently testifying before a parliamentary committee on coal, said that English colliers sometimes tray- elled in first class carriages, drank champagne, bad bicycles for themselves and pianos for their wives and daughters. He thought that was proper and ‘@ result of education. A Cincinnati local has discovered an old lady, Bamed Angela Podesta, aged 104 years. She was born in the province of Vignolo, Italy, in 1769, the birth year of Napoleon L, the Duke of Wellington and other illustrious personages. By a singular coincidence an Indiana local has discovered an old lady in that State of precisely the same age as the Ohio centenarian—104. The latter is said to be @ cousin of W. H. Russell, the English writer, but that is rather doubtful. WEATHER REPORT. ———_+—___. ‘AR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIBF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuinoton, D. C., July 23—1 A. M. Probabilities, On Wednesday, for the Gulf States, southeasterly winds, cloudy weather and local rains on the coast; for the South Atlantic States, easterly possibly with local rains; for the Middle and Eastern States, southeast and southwest winds and generally cloudy weather; for the lake region, increasing southwesterly winds and higher tem- perature; forthe Northwest, southwesterly winds, increasing cloudiness and possibly light rains, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by Cd thermometer at Hudnut’s OBITUARY, Gustav Rose. ¢ A cable. telegram from Berlin, under date ot yesterday, announces the death of Gustav Rose, the distinguished chemist and mineralogist. He expired in the seventy-sixth year of his agé, hav- ing been born in Berlin, on the 18th of March, 1798. He was educated in the University of the Prussian capital and received his degree of doctor of philos- ophy in the year 1821. He studied chemistry, chiefly in regard to its application to mineralogy, and after a time journeyed to Stockholm. Here he entered the laboratory of Berzelius and pur- sued his investigations with zeal and assiduity. Returning to valet ey was appointed Conservator of the Coilection of Minerals the University and Commissioned Assistant Professor of Mineralogy. Humboldt was attracted by his attainments. When the eminent savant was employed by the Emperor of Russia to explore Northern Asia, in the year 1829, he chose Rose, together with Bhren- berg, to accompany him. ‘The part which Rose took in the expedition is dt in his book entitied “Journey to the Altai and the Casp! Sea.” He was appointed Titular Pro- fessor in the University of Berlin in the year 1839, Gustav Rose has written many excellent works on mineralogy, and, also, a remarkable treatise on crystallography, which was published in the year 1 In bis works he adhered, to a very great extent, to the theory propounded by his great master Berzelius, THE NEW DOMINION. Arrival of the Duke of Manchester at Quebec. QuEBEC, July 22, 1873. ‘The Duke of Manchester and his son, Lord Man deville, arrived here in the steamer Prussian. Fatal Accident to a Cangflian Doctor. ToRoNTO, Ont., July 22, 1873. Dr. Joseph Howson was thrown from his buggy last night and received a severe fracture of the skull, He died io thirty minutes. COLORED POLITIOIANS. A Delegation from Louisiana Coming te Expiain the Recent Rumpus. New ORLEANS, July 22, 1873. The Repudiioan says that J. Henri Burch (col ored) left for the North last evening as avam courrier of the Committee of Colored Men, ap pointed to visit the North to explain to the people the events of the last election in this State. Mr. Burch is announced to speak in Harrisburg, Pa., on the ist of August. Messrs. Ingraham, Chester and Lewis (all colored) will toliow Mt. Burch tn a week or two, and the party will rendezvous at Saratoga on the 6th of August. At @ meeting of the Committee of Colored Men in this city yesterday it was agreed to call a con- vention of the colored men sometime in November, to meet in New Orleans. LORD MASSEY AGAIN AT CAPE MAY. PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 1878. The irrepressibie Lord Massey (?) has again turned up at Cape May, but this time his stay wae but brief. He landed at the Cape at noon on Sat- urday, and remained there until five P. M. of the same day, but finding that the Philistines were in waiting for his lordship, he hastily made up his mind to seek pastures new, and left at nightfall, aiter pawning his watch for $7, | Massey h until recently, been employed as a laborer on the Cape’s farm, near Westchester, and the successful man- ner in which he “aired” himself while at this aristocratic watering place is yet a matter of astonishment to many. . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Chief Engineer Charles H. Baker has been or- dered to the Naval Academy, to atke effect on the 8ist inst, ;as head of the Department of Steam En- gineering. Commander 0. P. Lull. Lieutenants Jefferson F. Moses gnd J. W. Miller and First Assistant Engi- neer George M. Greene have been detacned from the Nicaraguan surveying expedition and or- dered to Washington city for special duty in con- nection with that work. Master J. M. Hawley has been detached from the Nicaraguan surve; ex- dition and granted @ three months’ leave. Yhiet Engineer Henry L. Snyder has been detached irom the Naval Academy, to take effect on the Sist inst., and placed on waiting orders. LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARD. PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 1873. The work of transferring the Navy Yard to League Island is progressing. Commodore Rogers, Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks; Chiet Naval Constructor Hgnscom and Chief Engineer ‘Wood, of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, have been making repeated visits to the island looking after the work that comes under their speciat supervision, Fifteen monitors now lay in the back channel and two on the Delaware side. The Nahant is being repaired at Chester. The foundations for the yards, docks and storehouse are well advanced, and the brick walls of the building will soon be commenced. The piling for e foundation of the construction building wh be Cg oinrtty. The rk is nearly completed, a e Ox he 10-inch and 16-inch, have been moved ‘down. The guns are placed in position as fast as they are brought. The anchor racks will be up very soon, and in August the anchors will be moved from the Philadelphia yard and put up in their places, Broad street, on the island, is to be 125 feet wide. Yhe work of grading it will be commenced this Fall. The work of dredging tne channels and filling up the island Pd very slowly for the want of funds. The appropriation is nearly ex- pended and the work will soon be stopped until another year. The dry dock sold April 21 has not been removed yet. RACING IN MICHIGAN, if Derxorr, Mich., July 22, 1873. The July races of the Hamtramck Park Associa. tion commenced to-day, The first race, jor horses that have never beaten im three minutes, was won by Chestnut Billy, Bay Billy coming in second, Qhicksliver third.” Time, Bea 138-—2:30%. The second race, for horses that have never beaten in 2:34, was won by Mambrino Gitt, Little Mack came in second, Ruby third. Six heats were trotted; the first being adead heat. Time, 2:33— 2:32 4 —2 1344 2 1862 34, DR. MARY WALKER ARRESTED, Bawtimore, Md., July 22, 1873, The famous Dr. Mary Walker, of Washington, who is on @ visit to this city, was arrested on Gay street to-day by a police officer for appearing the streetin men’s clothing. She was taken perore @ justice and discharged, The affair mM created considerable excitement. and drew a laree” crowd, stp fi r!

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