The New York Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1873, Page 5

eer ENTRAL ASIA. “Herald Special Report from Khiva by Way of Orenburg and London, ‘The Russian Conquest of the Khanate--- Its Cost, Profits and Consequences. jGeneral Kaufmann’s Report of the Imperialist Losses. Seldier Scions of the Royal House in Action. "PERSIAN SLAVES MADE FREE. ‘Treacherous Turkomans and Their Future Treatment. —_——+. Camp Courtesy to the American Special Correspondent, TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Heratp has been received from our corre @pondent at Khiva, by way of London: — ‘ Lonpon, August 3, 1873. The Hxnaxp special correspondent at Khiva thas forwarded the following report from the Khanate capital, under date of June 11, by ‘way of Orenburg: — ‘ THE RUSSIANS AFTER VICTORY, Full details of the capture of Khiva by the ‘Bussian troops have been anticipated by pre- Nious despatches. General Kaufmann is well Patisfied with the result of the campaign, THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. The entire Russian loss is twenty-one killed und ninety-two wounded, including twenty- casualties incurred among the naval sup- ee force on land, by reason of its having ess decoyed into a Turkoman camp, where wo officers and fourteen men were massacred. SOLDIER SCIONS OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE. The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Leuchten- were greatly distinguished in the affair of the 29th of May. They were under fire during a space of two hours. Both princes are great favorites with the army. CAMP SPOILS AND TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS. The Russians captured twenty cannons and Ajerge quantity of munitions of war. * Khiva city is a dirty, squalid town. Tho palace of the Khan is shabby. The environs pf the metropolis are very rich and the coun- Iry delightful. The vegetation in the rural districts is rapid and fruitful and the product beautiful. There is a strong pro-Russian party among the trading community. The population is yery quiet and respectful. SLAVES SEI FREE, Forty thousand slaves were let free by the ponquerors. TREATY MAKING AND TERROR. General Kaufmann will remain until the terms of the Russo-Khivan Treaty are ful- filled by the Khan, and also in view of a probable contingent necessity which may present for further service on his part in marching a Russian expedition to chastise the Turkoman tribes and break down their mili- tary and feudatory power; they having proved themselves. cowardly and treacherous in their dealings with the Czar end brutal and cruel toward the Persian slaves. MARTIAL LAW EXECUTIONS. Two slave masters have been hanged for commission of theft and violence. ALONE AMONG FRIENDS. The Heratp correspondent is the only stranger in the Russian camp. He is treated with great kindness by General Kaufmann and the officers of his command, because of she sincere friendship which the Russians en- tertain for Americans. “THE SHAH. Gis Majesty of Persia im tho Austrian Capital. TELEGRAM TU THE KEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, August 3, 1873. ‘The Shah of Persia and suite have arrived here, and been received by His Majesty the Emperor of Austria. ‘The Shah visited the Exhibition to-day. ENGLAND. Radical Opposition to the Royal Dowry Bill. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, August 8, 1873, A meeting was held in Hyde Park to-day to pro- yest against the grant to the Duke of Edinburgh. Mr. Bradiaugh presided. It was resolved that the Queen be petitioned to refuse her assent to the bill, FRANCE. Mi. Thiers’ Opinion of the Policy Towards Spain. TELEGPAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Atgust 3, 1873. £x-President Thiers yesterday, in the course of wreply to Mme, Koechiing, who presented him mith a gift irom the ladies of Mulhouse, declared that “the attitude of France towards foreign *owers should be strictly neutral. The dimcuities m Spain were purely internal. If France claimed nviolability of her territory she ought to respect shat of Spain.” THE CONEY ISLAND ROUGHS, While the eight o'clock boat from Coney Island was coming to the city last evening John H. Davis, a Phitadelphian, was set upon and beaten by two roughs named John Reed and Timothy Ha: Davis was 80 beng: | injured that on the boat's rival at her dock it was tound necessary to remove him $2 Pork Hospital, Hays and Reed were ar- poatnd. NEW YURK. HEKALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1873—WITH S SPAIN. Cortes’ Consideration of the Cantonal Plan of Territorial Government. —— The Insurgent Chieftain Contreras Held on Board a German Ship of War. bio! Foreign Naval Prevention of Radical Action Against Cadiz. =. CARLIST CONCENTRATION SEVILLE UNDER BOMBARDMENT. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Mapp, August 3, 1873. The Spanish Cortes has under consideration and seems to view favorably, a scheme for dividing Spain into forty-nine cantons. Itis not improbable that the new federal! constitution will be amended to that effect. AN INSURGENT LEADBR HELD BY THE GERMANS, The insurgent chieftain Contreras and staff are detained on board the German man-#f-war Freder- ick Charles. FOREIGN NAVAL POLICING FOR PEACE. The vessels of the foreign powers in the harbor of Cadiz bave interposed to prevent the insurgents from attacking the arsenal. INVOKING THE LAW. The Chief Justice of Almanza has asked the Cortes for authority to prosecute insurgent Deputies. CARLIST CONCENTRATION. The Carlists are increasing in numbers in the Basque Provinces, Navarre and Catalonia, AMERICAN MINISTERIAL AUDIENCE. General Sickles, the Minister of the United States, had an interview with President Salmeron yesterday The Intransigentes Becoming Fearful of Their “Red” Flag. MADRID, August 3, 1873. An intransigente demonstration, which was ex- tensively advertised for to-day, fell through, be- cause come of its promoters objected to the use of the red flag. In the Cortes to-morrow Sefior Castelar will move the adjournment of debate on the federal constitution until the provinces have been suf- ficiently heard from with regard to the division of the Repubitc into States or Cantons. The republican batteries have opened on the insurgents’ position in Seville. The troops only wait for reinforcements before making a final assault, COLOMBIA. ge State Action Against Revolt and for the Next Presidency—Report from the Steamship Virginius—The Army. PANAMA, July 25, 1873, The Montigo, which was despatched to put down the revolt in Chiriqui, arrived there on the 10th. The force was disembarked and succeded in cap- turing Captain Nesiquira and most of his followers. The Montigo returned to Panama on the 22d with the prisoners, The State of Panama has given its vote for San- tlago Peroz, aa next President of the Confedera- ton, TUF VIRGINIUS, Captain James F. Williams, of the steamship Vir- ginius, left her at Kingston, Jamaica, and came over here in the royal mail packet. He succeeded in evading the Spanish cruisers and landing the cargo of arms and munitions of war on the coast of Cuba into the hands of the Cuban patriots. Mr. Jose Antonio Cespedes, Vice Consul for Peru and Costa Rica at Aspinwall, has had hisexequatur withdrawn by the Colombian government. MILITARY. About sixty men and officers of the battalion “Sapadones” have arrived Mere from Bogota, to take the place of the “Pichinchas’” in protect- ing the interoceanic transit. The majority of the latter battalion, all of whom took part in the late revolution, have been recalled to Bogota, Central America. Palacios has issued @ manifesto at Trajillo declaring himself and the Ministers of his appoint- ment the legitimate constitutional government of Honduras. There 1s no doubt he fs aided by the influence and friends of the clerical party in Nicaragua and Guatemala. There does not however, seem to be much prospect that he will succeed in overturning the liberal government. Reports, if true, say that the present President of Guatemala is exciting great discontent by his harsh apd tyrannical measures. If such is the case, of course it favors the success of Palacios and his party. ‘The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala has addressed a note to Mr. Henry Houden, the United States Consul, complaining that the General Sher- man had transported men and arms under the American flag to attack Guatemala and the dem- ocratic institutions of that State. At last accounts the fillibusters of the Sherman had not taken Omoa, in Honduras. Fe The working of the telegraphs, as well as the railroad in Costa Rica, was progressing satistac- torily. South America, PERU. Acompany haa been formed in Peru, with the sanction of the government, for the purchase and exportation of nitrate of soda on a large scaie, CHILI. Agreat earthquake was felt at Vaiparaiso at twenty-two minutes after two o'clock on the morn- ing of July 8 The shocks were worse than those f 1837, A great deal of damage has been done to many houses and churches, though nothing to be compared with the last earthquake of San Salvador, Some few lives have been lost by falling walls and one lady died trom fear. The prisoners tried to break out of jail, but did not manage it, and a fire began in the ware- house of Craig & Co., but was soon extinguished. in Santiago the shocks were severe, but no great damage was done beyond the breaking of mirrors and rending of some walls, The beils tolled of their own accord, and the train was stopped by the large rocks thrown down on the track, LEAD FOR HUSBANDS, Mrs. West Shoots Her Other Half in a Crowded Street Car—Connubial For- giveness=The Victim Gives Ball for Her Appearance. Lovisvit.e, Ky., August 3, 1873, A Mrs. West shag her husband in a stroet car in this city yesterday aiternoon, inflicting a severe wound. The parties came to this city from St. Louis a few days since and secured rooms at a hotel, On Friday the wife secretly left town and startea for St. Louis, but was arrested by a telegram and brought back, Yesterday, while going home to- gether in a street car, the woman suddenly arew a Pistol, placed it directly against her husband's per- son and fired, when the other passengers inter- fered and she was disarmed. The lusband asserts that his wife is subject to attacks of emotional in- sanity, and went her bail. The ball ranged aroun the hip and has not yet been found. The victim is 4.8. West, and formerty Hved ia thus city PERU. A MONSTER HASOKIC TEMPLE. Terrible Rain Storm and Most | 4 @¥#ker City Enterprise and Its Disastrous Consequences. The City of Lima Inundated and Damages Half a Million of Dollars. Sudden Surprise and Suffering—A New Fact in Natural History—Movements of the United States Squadron on the Coast. Lima, July 13, 1873, A proverb has long been popular in Peru that no rainfall occurs along the coast. The believers in this tradition, and their name was Legion, were painfully disappointed on the night of the 9th instant, when the cities of Lima and Callao were fairly flooded by the drippings from the clouds, which fell in such quantities as to cause a damage in a few hours of more than half a million of hard dollars, The gengral idea is that when Pizarro landed in Pern one of the officers in his train pretended to a certain knowledge of architecture and to the olimateric influences on different zones. Supposing that Lima was exempt from all heavenly moisturo, this would-be savant advised that the roofa of the dwellings shonid be constructed as lightly as possible, in order to afford free ventilation, no fears being en- tertained of watery visitations. The ifdication ‘was adopted and the houses were covered with slight canes, on which was placed a composition of mud and refuse, technically known as “¢orta,” and through the interstices of which a new Asmodeus could easily perceive the peculiaritiles of the family circle. This compound offers no resistance to tho rain, and, indeed, no barricade was deemed necessary, RAIN AND UPHOLSTERY RUIN. At about four o'clock P.M.on tne day I have mentioned the sky assumed a threatening aspect, and a few moments after the streets bore eloquent evidence of the strength of the waterfall. People might bave been seen in every quarter of the town hurrying to their dwellings, or from thence to the nearest shops in serrch of India rubber cloth and other impermeable aids, But of no avail; the rain poured down, causing a8 much consternation as would @ snow storm in the Havana; the fragile roofs immediately confessed themselves van- quished by their unexpected enemy and would gladly have thrown up the sponge had they possessed that desirable object, for the preservation of the goods they were supposed to protect. The magnificent interior of the Lima houses, furnished, a8 possibly are those of few capi. tals in the world, with the most extravagant prod- ucts of the looms of Brussels and the most expensive articles from Parisian factories, speedily assumed @ disheartening aspect. The water rushed unin- terruptedly through the fragile defences; the ac- cumulated filth of centuries was filtered through on the velvet carpets, the silken curtains and the ormalu furniture of the old palaces, raised in ac- cordance with the suggestions of the conqueror’s architect, Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, aided by the inevitabie heatnen Chinee, an exotic plant flourishing finely in Peru, organized into battalions for home defence, and the instro- ments used against the foe were laughable enough Under the streams of water falling on their de- voted heads were placed bathtubs, spittoons, pitchers, basins, glasses, fishbowls, washstands, mats and extraordinary looking objects of Cnina- ware. Beds and bedding were of second considera- tion. First tne family crucifix, or saint, was re- moved to a place of safety; secondly, the carpets and piano were placed under guard, and lastly the distracted pareuts were induced to bestow some of their attention on the wardrobes of their af flicted daughters. ISHING FOR AN EARTHQUAKE, The church bells tolled out the (arontoy or the prayer to Heaven for acessation of the dire inva- sion; the people begged the elements to change their attack ; even an earthquake would have been hailed ag a rélief to such aninfliction, But the heavens seemed pitiless, About one o'clock in the morning the delu; ceased, and then the miserable inhabitants of the city found that thére was no rest, no comfort for them in their dripping beds, THE DAMAGE is twofold, The public health has been seriously endangered, Physicians say that colds and coughs are upprecedentedly general, and no place tn the world is more fatal for lang suiferers than Lima. The injury to household goods is stapendous, Many walis were undermined and feil to the ground, burying all beneath the dépris. ‘All,"’ for- tunately, does not imply a loss of life. in one establishment alone, that of one of the most wealthy bankers of (ne city, $30,000 worth of sump- tuous furniture was utterly ruined, The Palace of Justice, where the Supreme and Superior Courts hold their sittings, was converted into a lake, and the Mtigants have been compelled to abstain from their legal quarreis until the floors are dry enough for the continuance of tie business. The great library was drenched from the topmost to the bottom sheives, Many inestimable volumes of manuscript relating to the early history of Peru are now but masses of worthiess pul; The stree‘s were intransitable, and even at the present moment iocomotion is dangerous over the muddy and slippery stones. People in the United States, provided against such events, regard a rainstorm with equanimity, secure in their well fortified homes, while Peruvians, unacquainted with the fury of tempests, look upon them with as much awe as the denizens of New York would the shock of an earthquake. The paraliel is correct. Rain in Lima and the tearful rocking of the earth in New York are comparatively equally destruc- tive. For eartnquake Lima is prepared and watch- ful—I may say vo the manor vorn; for rainfall New York has her patent rooting and her umbrellas. The total damage will reacn the neighborhood of half a million of soles, or hard dollars, What the result will be as respects the health of the popula- tion the records of the cemetery will declare. But THE LESSON has been salutary. Householders have unanimous- ly decided to throw overboard the teachings of the Old Spanish builder, and the romantic dwellings of | Lima will shortly be covered by substantial de- fences of Coe at iron, & sufiicient obstacle to the new antagonist. One of the princi- pal canses of so general @ disaster was the fact that many families were residing in Chontllos, the jashionable watering piace about | nine mules distant from Lima, and had their houses closed here; consequently, when the doors were opened on the morning after, the discomfited pro- prietors gazed gloomily upon the wreck ot what was once splendor and elegance. Spoaking COMMERCIALLY, trade will be benefited. MOVEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATRS SQUADRON. The United States steam frigate Pensacola, Captain Upshur, bearing the broad pennant of Ad- miral Stedman, Commander-in-Chief of the American naval forces in these waters, left Callao on the 9th instant, “for Coquimbo, Chiie, where sie will remain for some weeks to await the arrival of the Sa Captain Febriger, now en route from Panama. During his short stay in port Admiral Stedman and his ofl- cers added new laurels to their pongier crown. If all of our representatives, diplomatic and naval, wio visit this sensitive and observant country, were a3 courteous as the officers of the Pensacola it would be better for the prestige of the government at Washington. A growing na- tion fs ike a owing child—it mus caressed and petted whien its faults tend towards the ex. cusable side. Jeaious of any supposed slight, and always ready to imagine insult, our sister Perv in the family of Republics should ever receive atten- tion at the hands of her model—the United States of America. NEW MEXIOO. Santa Fe Shocked by an Earthquake. Santa Fe, Mexico, August 3, 1873, A slight shock of earthquake was felt in this city about ten o'clock P. M. yesterday. The first rain of any consequence during the present season feil last night. It 1s reported that the Southern Apaches have let their reservation on account of one of their chiefa being arrested for thoft; but the troops are alter them and will goon return them to the reser- vation, PHILADELPHIA OITY FATHERS EN ROUTE TO SALT LAKE, Denver, Col,, August 2, 1873. The Philadelphia City Council excursionists reached Denver this morning and have spent the day as guests of the Denver city officials, in visit- ing places of interest. They leave here in the morning for the mountains and on Mouday start for Salt ANOTHER GERMAN DROWNED, Worcester, Mass., August 3, 1873. Charles Hann, a German, twenty-one years of ago, was drowned while bething in the reservoir ta thia tty to-day. Peculiarities. rand Preparation for Its Dedicatlon—Mem- bers of the “Mystic Tie” from All Parts of the World, PHILADELPHIA, August 3, 1873, The Masonic brotherhood of the Quaker City are making extraordinary preparations for the dedica- tion Of their magnificent temple in Broad street. Invitations have been extended to every lodge throughout the country, and many delegates are expected from France, Germany and England, The jubilee attending its completion will com- mence On the 20th of September and will be kept up until the evening of the 27th, The dedicatory ceremonies will be conducted by the Grand Master ol the State of Pennsylvania, assisted by the masters and subordinates of other lodges, and tt 1s estimated that 100,000 memners of the mystic tie will parttci- pate in the festivities. The temple is now in an advanced stato of completion, and trom its im- mense size and imposing style of architecture is UPPLEMENT. MASSACHUSETTS MARTYRS. Wholesa‘e Decapitation of Whiskey- Spolling Constables. Prohibitionists at the Hab Fighting “Spiritual” Elements, CROOKED MEN IN STRAIGHT PLACES. Virtue Soars Above Bunker Hill and Stam- pedes the Liquor Dealers, Butler Sour to Supersede ‘‘Soup” Santa Cruz and ‘eer. Boston, August 8, 1878. Last days of the State eonstabulary! Tho Chair- one of the most conspicuous public buildings in | Man blew the keynote, the secoud member echoed the city. Much bas been said by New Yorkers and Bostonians in praise of their respective Masonic temples, but itis now generally conceded that the Philadelphia structure iar surpasses both as re- spects size, cost and beauty. It will make two of that at Boston, and is a third larger than the temple in Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, It is of such immense size, and is filled with 60 many lodge, chapter and com- mandery rooms, that to those uninitiated it is almost @labyrinth, As it bas never been fully de- scribed a running sketch may not be amiss, as it gives evidence that the Masons throughout the country are on the high road to prosperity, and as a brotherhood are marching on tn irrepressible phalanxes to success, It is composed entirely of finely dressed granite of a whitish lead-colored tint, is 250 feet in length, is 150 feet wide and is threo lotty stories in height. The grounds upon which it is buiit, in Broad street, near Market, to- gether with the structure, cost the Masons up- wards of twelve hundred thousand dollars, The architecture of the building ts a combination of the old and new schools admirably vlended, and is Pleasing to the eye, Ita THREE UNIQUE TOWERS, reaching venward, can be seen irom the four quarters of the compass, and are as conspicuous landmarks to the Philadelphians as the HERALD building 1s to those of the Long Island and Jersey shores. The inner masonry alone involved the consumption of 10,000,0C0 bricks, and the num- ber of cubic feet of granite in the outer walls, if known, would probably seem to the reader fabu- lous. The main entrance, on Broad street, is of the Venetian style of archiiecture, and resembles Pertotly the doorway to St. Mark’s, at Venice. nce inside, the magnitude and beauty of the @difice becomes apparent. Broad aud massive stairways, richly carved SUAS and heavy and pe- culiarly shaped doors and cornices of the Norman and Gothic pattern, with carved Masonic cabalistic signs in cach, afford to the uninitiated unlimited sources of wonder and conjecture. ‘The main hall, upon amen, is twonty feet wide from end to end, and 250 feet in iength. The floors of this hall and of ai) the hails and passages on both this and the principal floor above are laid with black and white marbie tiles, in patterns, with borders, and there is a continuous wainscoting, four feet in height, of the finest Lisbon marble, highly polished, to the various halls, wo magnificent stairways lead to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter rooms, lodge halis and the asylum of the Commandery. The Grand Secre- tary and Grand Treasurer's, and the Grand Ledge Library and numerous other offices are situated on the right and southern side of the main hall. Walking to the northeast corner of the structure, the suite of rooms of the Grand Master of Masons of Pennsyivania is encountered, They are three in number, and consist of a eal ere private secretary’s and hisown room, all of which are elaborately fitted up and would charm Solomon himself could he but once have an opportunity of reclining in one of the ricily carved divans and surveying the architect’s and masons’ handi- work. Among the numerous apartments none at- tract more attention than THK RGYPTIAN HALL, It 18a marvel of massive grandeur and solidity, with tweive elephantine columns extending around the hall, and are fac simites of those in the principal tenipies on the Nile. Each of the walls of the ual is divided by coiumns, which stand clear of it, into five sections, all of which are enriched with panel decorations, con- sisting of variegated borders. The master ts well provided for 10 this hall, as his throne or chair is oi the richest and most imposing description. His pedestal, cone to the conventional Masonic Tule, is placed at the right of the throne, thus give | ing him an unobstructed view of his brethren. it is tanked On eituer side by two mysterious looking Sphynxes, who gaze with a solemn air of authority upon tie surroundings. This hal! has a seating capacity tor 250 persons. Wandering around among the labyrinthian passages of tiis huge pile o: mor- tar & curiousiy carved door, witn symbolic decora- tions, is met in the northeast corncr of the princi- pal floor, Once tiirown open the interior of the NORMAN HALL 1s visible. This isa large apartment, richly wain- ecotied, and is furnished with quaint and substan- tial styles of furniture. It is weil ventilated, and has ‘accommodations for over one hundred ersons. Not @ great distance trom this is the onic Hall, Ita style is pure, gracciul and elegant. but unelaborate. Its natural ventiiation is periect, by its exposure On two sides by numerous windows to the open air, Its furniture is composed exclu- sively of wood, and the beaaly of the room is tur- ther entranced by twenty odd marble columns, | carved and plain, which extend around its walls, | It is seventy-Qve feet long by tiity feet wide, and is | thirty feet high. Next in dimensions and beauty of | design is the Banqueting Hall, on the north side oi the structure. ‘This hall ts 150 feet in length by 50 feet in breadth, and will seat comfortably up- wards of five hundred persons, it will be used during the dedicatory ceremonies, and is now being raplaly overhauled, The sixteen unique columns that stretch, through it iu pairs give it a grand aspect, and When tts heavily carved tables groan beneath the bountiul repast tiat will be spread for the distinguished guests, ana its immense chande- hers are ulumined, tt will show off to greater ad- vantage. ‘The cuisine department of this ballis | located in the basement beneath, and for size and appointments will compare favorably with tue largest hotels in the country. Next in point of interest to the body Masonic, 2s well as the stranger, is the Grand Lodge Hall. Every feature of this large chamber is of interest, from its massive columns down to the heavily tiled floor of marble, Its architectural style throughout is purely Corinthian, the distinguishing feature of witch is the deep and polished capital, together with ® larger cornice thaa is observed in the other orders. Its dimensions are in risk at with the puri oses for which it was designed, its length petny 107 feet, heighih 60 feet and width 61 teet. ‘The ventiiation and light are admirable. The furpt- ) ture Wil be rich aad will consist of walnut and cedar chairs, divans, &c., covered with biue velvet. The facades of the éust and west of | the chamber are decorated with ornaments repre- | senting vessels of corn, Wine @nd oll, and over the | grand east, standing oui in boid relief, is the in- evitabie square and compass, Over the grand south and grand west ts the sun at high noon and shedding his parting rays at eventide. ASYLUM OF COMMANDBHILRS, Another and beautiiul feature of the Temple is the Asylum of the Commanderies, which ts located | at the east end of the principal floor, It is of the | Gothic style of Arclutecture, and is, without a doubt, one of the handsomest apartinents in the Tempe. It is reached by two stairways, which | lead to a vestibule, where are placed fountains, | which will flow ice water in its season. | ‘The Gothic Hall, the Red Cross or Connell Cham- | ber, the Central Main Hall, Northweat Hall, Regalia Room, Oriental Hail and the Grand Lodge Library, each of which, if mentioned in detail, would fill & column of the HeRALD, are splendidiy arranged apartments, both as regards size, Otting up and thelr styles Of architecture. They will soon be thrown open to the public, and then will remain closed until the graud event (the dedication day) rolls round. On the evening of September 25 there Will be a grand Zompise tournir in the Tem- Je, and the Grand Lodge banquet will come off on he ath. ye DEFIANT GERMAN WORCESTER DEALERS IN LAGER RESISTING THE LAWS. Woncrster, Mass., August 3, 1873. On Saturday afternoon State constables, assisted by the local oMcers, visited a large number of galuons in this city where Schenck’s beer 1s sold aud seized all that could be found, the total amount being about one hundred kezs. Most of the saloons visited were kept by Germans, who | Havor can be | complaints had been frequent that gambling sa- had aiready been twice arraigned for dealing in the article, but their stock hac taken. seizure Was made, In the evenin, saloons Were open and doing business until their stock was exhausted, DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE, PROVIDENCE, R. 1,, August 3, 1873. Patrick Barnes, Iaborer, died here of snastroke on Saturday ever before been | freqnentiy report that money has been offered and Immediately aiter the seizure some of the | gout to them in Various ways. saloon keepers got ina new stock, and a second | tions have been reported to the Commissioners and nearly all of the the edict aud the third gentleman of the triumvi- rate who control the official destinies of the little band of brothers on Pemberton square protested in vain against the untimely notes and urged that the constables “had done the State some service,” and he knew it; but the edict went forth notwith- standing the objections, and twelvo valiant chairs and desks are awaiting occupants at the headquar- ters of the constabulary on Pemberton square, Then farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content! Farewell the gallant raids and seizures grand, in which they all delighted! Ob, farewell! Oh, fare- well, gambling dens the grand! No more they'll trouble you! No more they'll trouble you! No more they'll seize! ‘“Othello’s occupation’s gone!’ ‘This action of the Police Commissioners in om clally decapitating twelve members of the State constabulary force located in Boston gave rise to a little conjecture and surmise on Saturday, and the subjects of the guillotine of the Commission fre- quently submitted to interviews relative to the cause of the sweeping edict of the Poiice Commis- sioners, The ex-constablés take the matter very coolly, but feel they have been treated unjustly in being cischarged without any stated cause being given. The prevailing opinion is that their com- mission had been revoked because of their INBAILITY 10 CLOSE UP ALL THE BARS and liquor saioons in the city, and in this opinion they were partly correct; but they deciare that the Commissioners seldom or ever visited headquar- ters to see the men and to instruct them in what course to pursue, holding aloof from tnem as if they were unworthy to be instructed or talked to, The Commissioners do not deny that their time has been limited, and that in consequence of private business they cannot devote suilicient time to the duties of their oMcial positions, The recent action of the Commissioners had been brewing for quite a long time, however, and the facts in the matter, as gleaned irom conversations with the Commission- ers and others, demonstrate that harmony has not existed in the cloister of the triumvirate. At the time Mr. Martin Griffin became a member of the Commission a deep-rooted feeling existed against the Boston officers, and particulaily against four or five members of the force, two of whom Mr. Grifin had known personally for years, The matter was talked over in secret session, and it appearod that the men against whom objection was made by General Bates were officers recommended by Hou. A. H. Rice, Judge Russell and other prominent citizens, Mr, Griffin objected to making scape- goats of these men, unless a direct charge of mal- feasance in office or neglect of duty was made. Colonel Kimball did not take sides with either of his brother commissioners and remained some- what neutral. It was claimed by one member of the Commission that the county oMicers were duing more execution than the Metropolitan constables, and while the former were eulogized as immacu- late, a8 iar as bribery was concerned, the Boston ollcers were looked upon with distrust and sus- Picton, At one time it was contempiated to MAKE A GENBRAL RAID UPON BOSTON siquor dealers, and to accomplish this successfully it was proposed to concentrate the eutire con- siabwary force in the capital. The members were u tis course, but Mr. Griftin insisted y Boston, but all the cities and towns nwealth, should be subjected to the us treatment, Why the programe arried Out does not appear, but two of the members of the Board are not residents of Boston, and, perhaps, some construction might ve placed on that fact. tour of the city was made by tie Commissioners, and they found a large number of open bars, a Jar greater number, in fact, than they aad any idea of This naturally led to a councii of war, and it was the unanimous opinion that the ‘k Of prohibition was not being carried out as | Ww was that circulars were sent to the constables in- forming them that they were laggard in their duties, and that if greater heed dd Was not used in closing up and keeping ciosed ail the barrooms their commissions would be revoked, Subsequent to the passage of the PLACING LAGER BEER UNDER THE BAN, and the Commissioners expected considerable from the constables. The deputies anticipated assist- ance from the county towns, a force of sixteen men being deemed inadequate to prevent liquor and | Deer selling in the city, and they waited for furtier instructions. The Commissioners said not another word on the subject until the resignations of the Metropolitan constables were cailed for. Mean- while the feeling against the constables alluced to took deep root and occabloned several confercuces among the members of the Commission, the same argument being psed on either side, | and finally Colonel Kimball suggested that a clean sweep be made of all the Old oftcers, To this proposition General Bates, the chairman, assented, | and Mr. GriMn urged that such a@ course wouid be mmpolitic and would occasion a great deal of re- mark and many wrong opinions and iwpressions. He thougbt that each man’s conrse and record shouid be inquired into, and those who were negli- gentand remiss in the dischurge of theli duties should be dropped, one by une, tntil a heaituy re- action took place. The majority of the Comms- sion would not agree with Mr. Griffin, and the re- sult was the wholesale discharge of twelve Boston ofticers, This was PROVIBITION LMPRACTICADLE, The members of the commission, or at least two of them, do not pretend to say that the sale of the revented, and they even think It lmmpracticable for so small a force as now exists to close all the bars; but they favor the eniorcement of the law to as great an extent as ‘possible, while it remains upon the statute books. Wiih re- ard to the Springfield constables reeently ischarged, the Commissioners say that for weeks previous to the college regatta | loons and houses of prostitution were doing a thriving business in that city ond that the consta- | bles closed their eyes to all this wickedness. It | was theroiore determined to begin the process of | “weeding out?’ in Glyn ee and avant couriers were despatched to take the soundings of the place. Captain Boynton was expected to take charge oi tho Springfeld business, and it was demonstrated that the reports and coinplaints were correct in nearly every particular, This Jed to cogitatton on she part of the members of the Commission. The con- cinstons drawn were that Boston was as badly looked after as Springfield, and the action which bad been brewing for several months was there- upon precipitated. The Commissioners ridicule the idea that polities either tn the INTERES? OF GOVERNOR WASHBURN OR GENERAL BUTLER had anything to do with the discharges, put they are in possession of intormation to the effect that a | ood deal of Butlerism existed among the oilicers | Secapitated. General Bates stated to a reporter | that an edfort was made some time ago to rovoke | & the Heenses of Constables Meade, Marsh, Noonan | and woley, and that bemg friends of Mr. Griffin, | that gentleman objected, on the ground that they were imteiligent and competent men and were weil recommended, This seems to have beeu one of the causes of the present onslaught upon the Bos: ton Officers, and it is charged that the oppo- sition to the officers named originated in animosity, not oa them particularly, but against some of the men by whom they were recommended for appointment. Genera) Bates states that prima mucke evidence has been received from time to time that Boston officers were dishonest—that they received bribes and esents and that they did not prosecute the jonors, To show how honest the bucolte cou- stable has been he states that many countrymen appointed ou the force during the past iew years All such transac. the moneys were in all cases turned over to Sur- je General Dale for the relief of poor soldiers. oston officers, on the contrary, have never in a single instance reported anything of the kind, although the fleld for bribery is broader and more prolific, WHAT GAN BR DONE? The course tor the future has not as yot been faithiully as it should be. The sequence ol the visit | @ 5 eee otMer countics to keey bostou tm 9 neaitny con- dition. A special meeting of the Board a Com- missioners will be held on Monday afternoon to cousider the programme for tle (uture, but it is not the present intention to appoint oMcers to Ml the vacancies till the regular meeting of tue Board, which will be held on Friday next. One of the members of the Commission thinks the officers per- formed all the duties Which tuey supposed were required of them. The impracticability of ep- forcing the present law is conceded and biame laid to inconsistent legislators, Who privately drink to excess while supporting the doctrine of pro- hibition, and chen clog the wheeis by voting agitust the increase of the force so that the law may be Properly enforced. HOW SAY YE TWELVE? It {3 quite proper to state in thts connection that the officers who made the old guard Of codstables in this city, and who have done all the work that has been done in the way of making setzures and prosecuting liquer dealers beivre the courts, em- Phatically deny the statement wade by the-Com- missioners to the effect that they have tatled to make seizures at the leadiny hotels and to prose- cnte the proprietors as common sell . Thelr ver- sion of the affair in this direction is that they have never been ordered to make seizures at these hotels or at wholesale honses; that the practtce of the Department has always heen to give special orders to ollicers wheu It was deemed expedient to bring the law to bear on these pate that, when acting under the Mayor, ook the trouble to pérsonally notfly officers when and how to visit those places; but that under the” new administration tama had not been dene, and they were never tnformed ot any change in the policy of the department towarde tiese hotels and other large vendors, ‘Key aiso claim that such work as they wore directsd and do they have doue, and the re the Court @re vouchers that they have done alt that was deicgatect to them to per- form, 3 havo made prosocatio! 2 dealers witht every form of complaint that the statu for,these complainat being ior single 3: rovides , for keep- ing with intent to sell, lor selling om Sunday, for maintaining liquor nuisances and lor being com- mon sellers, All the work that a dozen men could be expected to do in this direstion the: claim they lave fairly and honestly performed, aud that an analysis of their work mage-from the Court records will show that each man, when not assigned to other duty, has made on an-average trom ten to twenty prosecutions — daily under the law; that these prosecutions,. though mostly made as first offences, were prosecuted In that form under authority, and were, indeed, “first offences,’ so far as the prosecutti oficer: was concerned, So these oiticers utterly ignore the at- tempt of the Commissioners to put upon téeir shoulders the odtum that a non-enforcement of the law has naturally generated and so caused ‘the people to very correctly speak of the law as a farce anda frana, In substance that Is the interpreth- tion that the old guard makes of the wnolo pro- hibition programme, They are willing to be sad- dled with all blame that can justly be put upon them for non-performance of duty; but they feel saie im saying: that when the people Know all they will sad, underneath the froth of the bitter cup they have been forced to drink, drugs and nostrums of no mean potency, that are fresh from the political laboratories, Where aspirants for oflice are made and unmade. TEMERITY OF THE LIQUOR DEALERS. Perhaps no class of men in this community feels a grees, anxiety to Know about the slute that will be framed out of this action of the Commis- stoners than the hquor dealers themselves. They fully understand that what has beea done and what may yet be done as part of the programme in decapitating the Old Guard means this—that it is all to take further advantage of them and their business. This being the feeling among these men they are simply acting as all men would do under like circumstances, when they seek by all means to fort the Commissioners in this direction. And tis they confidently expect to do and in an open and fair manner, I am simply then, unfoid- ing the plea of defence adopted by many oi the leading men engaged in the liquor tratic when I say that hereafter, when brought to Court to plead on charges preferred against thei for any violation of the provisions of tue Ltquor law, they will not, as heretofore, picad “guilty,’? pay 4 fine, go home and leave the wheels of justice to roll over and crush the regular complement of sinners in the dock, They wil, on the contrary, plead “not guilty” in the lower Court, put in thelr defence, employ able counsel to conduct the same, and then and there make a stand and fight with the Commissioners and their corps of rustic constabies. Ol What avail such a course may be it is dificult to determine, though it is quite probabte that in many cases the rustic officials will not be able to put in such evidence a3 will secure a conviction, te takes men of some tact and experience todo this, and these officers will soon learn that thelr experience before justices among tne hills of Berk- shire, or #ny other hills, will be of little worth with the judicial rulers of the “Hub.” Aside from this, though it may not have occurred to the deal- ers themseives, it Is very clear to the writer, who has had some experience in the Municipal Court, that such @ course would certainly block the wheels of justice in that Court, and simply make it impossible to transact the regular busi- ness, 80 rapidly has this business increased ot late, ven now the work of that Court is very laborious upon all connected with it, and if these prosecu- tions aga‘nst liquor sellers are to be contested and long-winded lawyers employed to fight every case, inch by inch, then, indeed, will tuis plan o1 attac upon ¥onders fail, tor it would be simply impos: ble to do the daily work of the Court, even if all the Jndses should take a hand in tt. Such a state oY affairs may not have been thonght o! by the men who have resolved to make tis sort of a fight, but tt is very evident that sued would be the result. ANBURANCH, THES CHAMBER OF LIFE INSURANCE. se To Tuk Epiror OF THE NERAL An articls has lately appeared in your paper en- titied “Reply to the Card of Sheppard Homans.’ In this article 1¢ a suggestion that the Chamber ated in hostility to a com- L desire to of Life Insurance was cr pany nota member of the Chamoer, th. error. jamber was created and has been con- simply in the interest of the institution of ‘ance, and not in hostility to the company , or at all with reference thereto, Il, WESENDONCK, Chairman of Executive Committee Chamber ot Life Insurance. indica To tHE Epiror OF tHe HERALD I have but a word to say in regard to the com- Munication purporting to bea reply tomy card oy in your columns. Ical) attention to the fact that it is anonymous, while at the same tine so contrived as to deceive the public into the tm. pression that it 18 signed by the Trustees of the Mutual Lie Insurance Company. It is dated ag from the office of that company and 1s 30 arranged as to bringin tie names of the Trustees at the usual place for signature. Having exposed the de- coit in this respect I do not consider that the artt- cle without signature requires auy further notice at my hands as ii does rot undertake to specifi- cally answer any Statement of tacts made by me, but only reiterates Mr. Winston's stereotyped cer- tiflcatea of character proonred from indulgent frienc SHEPPARD HOMANS, 251 Broadway, New You, August 2, 1673. Death trom Rupture, On th from rap- br. Shern foel assured (hat this appalling calamity 1 spared lim.-—Hoston Herald. tis a re bie fact that trusses aggravate hernia or . and tnerease the tendency to inflammation ant h remarks, Dr. SUER- [pf treatment would doubtless have saved ite. A.—Kearney’s Extract Buchu Has Cured more disease, ot bladder kidneys, gravel, diabetes, female weaknesses, dyspepsia and nervous debility than all otier remedies combined, Depot 104 Duane street. A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn corner of Fulton avenue aud Boerum strect. Open from 3 A. M. to 9B. M On Sunday from 3 to 9 P.M. se Wena the Dangerous Wire spring, or pitiless iron Anger t ® nna pal, carries ual penaity. Cemiordkbie WuASTIO. TRUSS. 68 cures rupture. finger trusses, or filthy, Infections Examine the adway, which: By Isidore J. 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WINSLOW ne period of toctting im fbi, Tcldent idan pain, cures wibd Gu Seen step the bor the clilid frown pat. cre nd tueat fo ithe child sives reat to the mother: Be suro od CM CYLow's SOOTHING SYRUP. For eaio by drugwists. for all diseass | dren. vp, Cognac eens a ON Meliow, a if Sper bottle. Knt inv 87 por FatlOM Sue. Weliable WINGE tor oxere it Ty im £0.59 Kulm siroot, s. O. Reliab secured at tal purpose: Now York, Eat 1849.—Eistablished 1949,—@, “Rauchtuss, mapped out, The Chief Constable will immediately Order in @ sudicien, Dumber of qyuatayiod irom bho practices! Wig Maker and Importer of tuman Rain 4 | Kins Twat street, ugar Broadway, New York meity. The victim was Mr. ad repeatedly Sparen syinptotns nd yet made but little efforts to protect himself frown its fatal str All he did waa. to use a Unites, tl curity of which occasioned the sad result. Me vl was thirty-three years of age, and sa ohrowf business min. Hts 'totat ealed his tate. He leaves a 1 children to moura his loss. 1, of 697 Broadway, New