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“ENGLAND. Queen Victoria’s Speech Proroguing the Ses- sion of Parliament. pti AI Es Royal Review of the Nationa) Position and Progress—Thanks for a Princely Dowry— Peace and Friendly Diplomacy—Com- mercial Negotiations in Paris—The Treaty of Washington and the Ala- -bama Claims Debt—Public Edu- ation—Treasury Income and Pious Invocation. “TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LonpDon, August 5, 1873. Parliament was prorogued to-day. ‘The QUEEN'S SPEECH, which was read by royal commission, is as fol- lows :— My Loxps aNp GENTLEMEN :— Lam now released from the necessity of calling upon you for the further prosecution of your ardu- ous occupations, THE ROYAL MARRIAGE DOWRY. In bidding you,tareweli ior a recess I make it my Neat duty to thank you for the Joyal promptitude ‘with which you have made further provjsien ror my son, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of bis approaching marriage. This marriage will, Ltrust, form a new tie of amity between two empires, PEACE. The best relations continue to subsist between myself and foreign Powers, DIPLOMACY IN AFRICA, Tam able to announce the successful termination of the mission to zibar, Treaties have been concluded with the Sultan of Muscat and other na- tive Rowers which will provide means for the more effectual repression of the slave trade on the East Coast ot Africa, ‘ COMMERCIAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE. T have been able to bring to a satisfactory issue the commercial negotiations with France, in which my government has been for some time engaged, Under the provisions of the instrument signed on the 238d of July and awaiting ratification the treaties. of 1860 were again put in force, ‘with 4 comprehensive engagement contracted be- tween the two countries for mutual treatment on the footing of the most favored nation, and the differential tax on shipping under the British flag is removed. ‘here are separate provisions in the treaty for the adjustment oj the question of duties on mineral oils and for the general relief @nd extension of trade. EXTRADITION. I have likewise concluded treatics of extradi- tion with Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Brazil. The ratifications of these treaties with the two last mamed Powers have not yet been exchanged, but Lanticipate no difficulty in this final step, I am éngaged in negotiations for agreements of a simi- Jar character with other States, both in Europe and Beyond. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Tam still occupied in giving eifect to those pro- ‘visions in the Treaty of Washington which relate to British claims against the United States and to ‘the interests of my possessions in North America. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS AWARD, GENTLEMEN OF THE Hovsk OF CommoNs—I am ‘very sensible of the liberality with which you have provided for the various changes of the State, and Jikewise cnabled me promptly to meet the obliga- ‘tions imposed upon me by the award of the arbi- trators at Geneva during the past year, REVENUE AND TAXATION. My Lorps AND GENTLEMEN—I have observed ‘with satisiaction the progress you have been en- abled to make in the remission of the public bur- idens by reducing voth the sugar cuties and the ‘dncome tax to points lower than any, at which &hey previously stood. WEGISLATION IN GENERAL » QUESTION. The establishment of a Supreme Court of Judica- ‘tare, by which the record of your proceedings has deen distinguished, will be found, as I hope, to confer corresponding benetits on the country in ate more cheap, certain, expeditious and effectual | ‘administration of justice. ‘The acts for the amendment of the Education act of 1870 and of the Endowed Schools act of 1869 will, as I trust, tend to accelerate the attainment of Solid national advantages through the extension of education in the middle and most numerous ciasses ‘of the community. The act relating to the regulation of railways nd canals promises to conduce to the more har- monious working of the railway system of the country. AND THE SCHOOLS COMMERCIAL MARINE. Ihave with pleasure’ assented to tho act relating ‘o the Merchant Shipping, irom which, and from ‘the labors of the commission recently appointed, hope for a diminution of the risks to which the seafaring popuiation are exposed, INCOME AND INVOCATION. The revenue has up to this time fully answered my expectations, and, although activity in trade in ‘some of its branches may have been somewhat re- strained by a variety of causes, the general condi- tion of the people continues to exhibit evidences of improvement. These and all other mercies of a Divine Provi- dence will, I trust, find a suitable acknowledg- ment alike in our works and hearts. Prince Arthur Betrothed for Marriage. Lonpow, ‘August 5, 1873, The betrothal of His Royal Highness Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, the seventh child ef Queen Victoria, to the Princess Thyra, of Den- mark, ts announced. Bullion Supply, Discount and the Agri- culturist Report. Lonxpon, August 5, 1873, The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day is £36,000, The rate of discount for three months’ bills in the open market is 7-16 per cent below the bank of Engiand rate. The weather throughout Engiand to-day is fair and favorable to the crops. FRANCE. Bourboniet Family Fusion—M. Thiers’ Opinion of the Event—Military Replacement of Prussian Troops. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, August 5, 1873, A despatch from Vienna says the Count de Cham- bord received the Count of Parts. M. THIERS’ OPINION OF ROYAL FUSION. Ex-President Thiers assures his republican Miends that they need have no fears that @ fusion 91 Bourbonists and Orieanists will be effected, REPLACING THE PRUSSIANS. The French troops entered Nancy to-da: Were received with wild enthusiasm by the citi- tens. GERMANY. —- ~~ —- ‘€mperial Entente With the Crown of Sweden. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, BERLIN, August 5, 1873. fhe Crown Prince Frederick Wiliam of Germany (a visiting King Oscar of Sweden. THE CHOLERA, Deaths Reported at Aurora, Ind. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 5, 1873. It ts reported here that a few deaths from cholera ‘have occurred at Aurora, Ind., and that six new cases of the disease have occurred there to-day. Two Deaths at Carmi, Ml, EVANSVILLE, Ind., August 5, 1873, There have been two deaths from cholera at Carmi, [ii.. and six now cases. [NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. MEXICO. Herald Special Report from the Capital of the Republic. ‘A Famous Revolutionist Shot by the Loyalist Troops. Government Gains at the Congres- sional Elections. American Priests Relieved from Penal Law Disabilities. Gade ERIE wily CHOLERA VISITATION, TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. pecial despatch to the Heratp has been received from our corre- spondent in the Mexican capital, by way of Matamoros :— Matamoros, August 5, 1873. The Heraxp correspondent in Mexico City has forwarded the following special report, under date of the 2d instant. A FAMOUS REVOLUTIONIST EXECUTED. The great Tepic chieftain, Lozada, has been captured and shot by the government forces. GOVERNMENT GAINS AT THE ELECTIONS. The returns of the Congressional elections show great gains for the government. AMERICAN PRIESTS RELIEVED FROM PENAL LAW ACTION. The American priests whom the Mexican executive proposed to expel under action of the law against ‘pernicious foreigners’ without legal process, have had a stay of proceedings granted in each case, with all advantage of the laws of the country. This has béen accomplished by friendly American inter- ference. i The following special CHOLERA. Cholera is raging in tho department of Chiapas. "SPAIN. Foreign Allied Union for the Protection of Strangers—German Action in the Case of the Vigilante TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, a BERLIN, August 5, 1873. The German government has instructed its repre- sentatives in Spain to co-operate with the English and French representatives for the protection of foreigners and their property, even if force has to be employed. eats PRUSSIAN OPINION IN THE CASE OF THE VIGILANTE. Captain Werner, who recently seized the Spanish insurgent gunboat Vigilante, will be removed from the command of the German squadron in the Medite: rraiiya. UTAH. Mrs. Young No. 17 in the Hands of Her Lawyers=The Papers To Be Served on the Prophet Again—A Fire Destroying Some of the Property of Zion. Sat Lakg, Utah, August 5, 1873, The divorce case of Anne Eliza Young against Brigham Young was up to-day before Judge Emer- son. The defendant's attorney, Mr. Hempstead, made the point that the papers were not properly served, inasmuch as the serving officer was ap- pointed in Chambers, and not in Court. Judge Emerson ruled the point well taken, and the plain- tii must make service again. A new service of the papers will be at once made. A fire in Ogden this morning destroyed seven | buildings, causing a loss of $72,000. The Zion Co- operative Institui‘on lost $20,000, wnica is partially covered by insurance, ‘The territorial election passed off quietly. Ont- side the Gentile mining camp the Mormon ticket was elected. ‘There was a tremendous rain storm yesterday, which did considerabie damage. The headquarters of the Western Union Telegraph Company has been moved from Omaba and estab- lished here, BUTLER AND ROBESON. General Ben Fishing for the Chief of the Navy at Little Boar’s Head. Sra Virw Hov: Rye Beacn, N. H., August 5 sza.} General Butler arrived here yesterday afternoon in his yacht America, and immediately proceeded to Little Boar’s Head and called upon Secretary Kobeson, who is stopping there, The event is sup. posed to have some political significance in con - nection with Butler's campaign for tue Massachu- setts Governorship. MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Boston, August 5, 1873. Itis announced that the Republican State Cen- tral Committee will meet in this city on Tuesday, August 12, to fix upon the time and place for hold- ing the State Convention. PHILADELPHIA OFFICIAL ORIME. Alleged Swindling in the Recorder of | Deeds’ Office to the Amount of a Mil- lion Deilars. PHILADELPHIA, August 5, 1873, There is great excitement in the streets to-night owing to the alleged discovery of gigantic frauds in the office-of the Recorder of Deeds. . The origin of the whole is attributed to an alleged conspiracy entered into between one C, M. Lesiie, a large real | estate dealer, who recentiy became a bankrupt, and a clerk in the Rocorder’s ofice to issue clear certifi ‘$ to properties already encumbered by mortgages. By this mode properties, it is charged, were remortgaged to the extent of $700,000, The total amount of fraud has not been unearthed, but it will probably reach over a millien dollars. These swindling operations were carried on dur- ing the administration of the former incumbent, and have been concealed so nicely that it was b: the merest accident that they were discovered. fear has left tne city, and no one knows where e 18, ~ YALE OOLLEGE, Another Hall To Be Built for the Divin. ity Classes. New HaveN, Conn., August 5, 1873, The subscription of $160,000 for the erection of a second theological hail for the Divinity School of | Yale College, towards which a friend of the semi- | nary recently subscribed $80,000 on condition that the remainder would be raised by the Ist of August, has been completed by the pro- fessors becoming responsible for the sum still wanting, amounting to about six thousand dollars. The building, which will be similar and parallel to the noble edifice erected in 1870, oppo- site the northwest corner of the public square, will be capable of accommodating ninety students. It will be commenced at an early day, and be ready for occupancy in September, 1874, The next building most Kl ak needed at Yale College is a university chapel, MORE STABBING IN THE QUAKER otry, | PHILADELPHIA, Angust 5, 1873, Stabbing affairs have been so frequent in this city of late that the citizens are becoming alarmed, This evening James Lamb was seriously wounded in the ieft side by a bowle Knite thrust by the hands of John Hsrrington. The wounded man is in Pennsylvania Hospital, and the assailant is held tor ex atLOD. hedience of orders and acquit him of ail} other charges, They sentence him to be | reprimanded by the Major General com- | Manding the National Guard of New Jersey in orders.’ = The Court — regret | that an officer who has such a brilliant record for gallant services rendered during the last war | who distinguished himself at THE ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB. Arrival of the Fleet at New Haven— Whistling for Wind in the Sound—Of for New London, New Haven, Con., August 5, 1873. The reception given last evening at Laurelton House to the members of the Atlantic Club was very pleasant, and the yachtsmen kept up dancing long alter supper, returning on board in the early bours, Mr, Cozzens could not have done more to amuse his guests. The preparatory signal gun was fired shortly after eight o'clock from on board the flagship Edward, Vice Commodore Monsel, and a few minutes afterwards the fleet got under way for New Haven. ‘There was @ iresh working breeze from the northeast and the tide was on the dash of the flood. The yachts got away pretty well together on the starboard tack, heading up to fetch out of the bay. The Nimbus was the first to weigh her anchor, followed shortly afterwards by the Alert, Arion, Agnes and Edward, the Triton and Nellie G. ‘The latter was again in bad luck, as she parted her throat halyards, and the rest of the feet gota good start before she got the damage repaired. The Alert, with the Nimbus about a couple of hundred yards to leeward, both under jib and mainsail and towing their boats, started on the = lead. The Agnes was following after the Nimbus, and the Orion with club topsail set aud boat on deck came dancing along in the wake of the Alert, as if determined to wipe out yesterday’s defeat. ‘The wind was very pully, and Qually the big sloop caught a black gust that came sweeping off the wooded shores o1 Lioyd’s Neck, and clawing up through the wake of the Alert, took her wind, and shot away ahead. The little Nimbus was doing very well, and Ietched out of the harbor without a tack, whiie the Agnes had to make a short board to the eastward. The Triton was holding good wind, and hugged right along the eastern shore, closing up rapidly on the Agnes. The Edward was acting as whipper-in to the Moet, in company with the Nellie G, under can- vas. At last, alter peaine ry buoy off Lloyd's Neck, the Orion, Stella and Ninfous stayed to the eastward, with a view of hugging the Long laland shore, The Alert, followed by the Agnes and Tri- ton, stood on toward Shippen Point, followed by the Edward and Nellie G. a couple of miles astern. The Orion stood on until off Huntington Harbor, and then stood for the Connecticut shore. Shorti; aiter ten o'clock the Alert was off Shippen, fol- lowed by the Triton and Agnes. The wind now lightened and shitted about all the way from northeast to southeast. The mes parted company with the ‘Iriton and on the port tack stood over for Eaton's Neck. {t was rather doubt- ful for a short time which way the wind held; but presently tt became apparent that Long Island shore was the piace to be, as the wind was cer- teinly hauling more to the southward. The Alert was doing well, making tack and tack with the Triton along the Connecticut shore. The Stella ap- peared to be doing well with the Orion, and the Nim- bus was a mile astern of them, The wind soon became baflling, and for a short time the Alert ap- eared to be doing the best of the feet, and was jaying well up along the Connecticut shore, with a southeast breeze. Her luck, however, did not last her long, as she finatly reached a spot where the winds, contending for supremacy, were battling over the right of way, and as neither had the Strenvth to mike the other give way a state of catm ensued, being ratuer a disagreea- ble termination to the war of winds. In the meanwhile the Orion, Stella, Triton, Agnes and Nimbus were holding a tolerably good breeze on Long Island shore. Shortiy after four P, M. the breeze appeared to set in pretty steady from the southeast, and the Orion, Stella, Triton, Agnes and Nimbus came over from the south shore and tried their luck in the middle of the Sound. The Alert was still in the doldrums with the Ed- ward and Undine a short distanc off. The wind kept light and variablé, shiiting about from south to east, The fieet were then becalmed jor three hours, with the exception ofthe Agnes, which had a streak of wind trom the south, sending her along pretty fast. The Nimbus followed next with the ‘triton and Stella close behind. The Nellie was also doing well and the Alert in shore. There was hardly a brezta of wind. About half-past seven a stuf breeze from the south had come sweep- img across thesound and brought the ficet to Morris Cove in handsome style, tollows :— They arrived as I. M. 8. Name. A. Mi. 8. 20 00 Nimbus. 8 54 10 39 10 Alert.. 02 00 39 23 Undine Ot 30 a 32 Edwas na The Nellie G. and Alert came up and anchored off Long Dock, New Haven. The fleet start to-morrow for New London. — TURNING THE TABLES. Twenty Negroes Lynch a White for the Alleged Violating of a Colored Woman. MEmrHis, Tenn., August 5, 1873, Twenty negroes charged with lynching W. H. Wyatt in Madison county, Tenn., have been arrested by citizens and carried to Jackson. All of the negroes were admitted to bail in the sum of $500 each, except Joe Rice, Monroe Eldridge, Nathan Fair and Charles Reid, who were com- mitted without bail, The lynching of Mr. Wyatt was a most brutai affair, and the story of nis having hla iy an old negro womun is indig- nantly denied by the woman herself, SARATOGA MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. Saratoga, N. Y., August 5, 1873. Ata meeting of the Saratoga Monument Asso- ciation, organized for the purpose of erecting a monument on the site of the surrender of Burgoyne, heia in Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs, 40-day, the following officers were chosen :—President, Hamiiton Fish, of New York; Vice Presi- dents, Horatio Seymour, of Utica; James M. Marom, of Saratoga Springs; Secretary, Wil- liam L. stone, of New York city; Corresponding Secretary, Edward A. B, Canning, of New York city; Treasurer, Charles H. Payne, of Schuyler- ville, New York, A number of committees were appointed, alter whica the meeting adjourned for one year, subject to the call of the Chairman. AOQUITTAL OF A COLLECTOR. PORTLAND, Me., August 5, 1873, Barnabas M. Roberts, collector of Belfast, was tried to-day before Wm. H, Clifford, United States Commissioner, on the charge of violating the law prohibiting oMicers of revenue from engaging in trade, and was acquitted on the ground, first, that a civil and not a criminal act.on should be brought to recover the penaity; and, second, that oe evidence did not establish anything against him. ° A JERSEY COURT MARTIAL, Colonel Druke Found Guilty of Disobe- dience. TRENTON, N. J., August 5, 1573. The court martial called to consider certain charges against Colonel J. Madison Drake, of the Third regiment, State National Guard, promulgated its findings to-day. Tney find him guiity of diso- should so far forget the first duty of a soldier as to be found guiity of disobedience of orders, This affair grew out Of the fact that at the cele- bration of the raising of a soldier's monument, in Camden, Colonel Drake marched his regiment to Philadelphia, contrary to the orders of General De | Hart, who was in command on that occasion. | A WARNING TO UNSKILLED BATHDRS, An inquest was held by Coroner Britton in Tren- } pected to-morrow morning. | by acclamation, ton, N. J., yesterday, over the remains of a young Scotchman named George Beatson, who was drowned while bathing in Pryor'’s Basin, on the Delaware and Raritan Canal, in that city on Mon. day bight last. Tt seems the man could not swim, and, having gone out into deep water, sunk to rise nO more alive, A verdict was rendered of acciden- tai drowning. | | RvTLasp, Vt, August 5, 1879, Every preparation for the first grand reunion of the Vermont soidters of the war of the Rebellion, to be beid here on tue 6th, 7th and Sth inst., is now completed, and the veterans are already arriving. It is expected that fully 2,500 ‘men will be resent and at tIcast | twelve bands of | Hawley, Doubleday, Roberts, Foster and several other distinguished soldiers will be among the honored guests, Colonel W. 8. Veasey, of Rutland, Gettysburg, bas been appointed Commanding General, On Wednesday evening a reception will be held at the residemce of Charles Clement, in honor of Governor Converse. On Thursday there will be a rand review, and on Thursday evening there will fe @ torchlight procession, with brigade evolutions. encamp on the Ratiand county fair ‘The men wil ground, A SHOCKING BOILER ACOIDERT. Sr. Louis, Mo., Augnst 6, 1873. A fine in one of the boilers of the Pacific fouring Mill collapsed to-dav, and David Vollins, who was working about seventy-five feet from the boiler, was literally boiled by escapipg steam. He died ‘@lmost instantly. VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES. Preparations fer the Conservative State Convention To-Day—The Names Put Forward for the Gubernatorial Nom- imation and Other State Officers. RionMonp, August, 5, 1873. The city is crowded to-night with delegates to the Conservative State Convention which will meet to-morrow tn the theatre. Not only in pumbers, but in character and reputation, the body promises to be equal to any that has ever as- sembled in Virginia. The Central Committee this afternoon determined that Colonel Mike Harman, of Staunton, shall call the Convention to order as temporary Chairman, and the indications are that Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, formerly Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, will be selected as permanent Chairmay. The contest for nomination for Gov- ernoris narrowed down to General Kemper and Colonel R. E, Withers, with a prospect almost amounting to a certainty that the former will be nominated. Le is supported by every delegation from the Valley and is strong in every quarter of the State. He was Speaker of the House of Dele- gates at the breaking out of che war, when he re- signed and entered the army as colonel. He be- came & major general and was lett on the fieid of Gettysburg so severely wounded that his death scemed certain, His opponent was also a brave soldier. For utenant Governor, General James A Waiker, of Pulaski, who commanded Stonewall Jackson’s brigade, 18 the decited tavorite, though the tends of Mr, John Goode, oi Norfolk, are urging his claims strongly to-night. For Attorney General there are several prominent contestants, and if the Valey does not present a candidate of its own, R. T. Danie!s, of Richmond, Chairman of the State Central Committee, will be selected. He is an eminent lawyer and scholar, and is the uncle of Monceux D, Conway and the late John M. Dantel, of the Richmond Lraminer, A conference with delegates from every part of the Stute shows the most determined spirit to beat the republican ticket, Witha view to this arrange- ments will at once be made to inaugurate the hot- test canvass ever witnessed in the Old Dominion. l¢ was thought that the Withers party would move the adoption of the two-thirds rue, with a view of defeating Kemper and nominating some new man; but Romper has developed so much strength that his friends can easily de.eat such a proposition. Delegates are sul arrivjng, and others are ex- There is no great excitement, and no bitterness of tecling exhibited among the friends of the various candidates for nominations. All say they will heartily support any ticket nominated. Neither the names of R. M. ‘T. Hunter nor Governor Smith will be placed before the Convention, although both have been promi- nently urged for the nomination during the past three months through the journals of tne State. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY, aie Sam Randall's Call for the Democratic State Convention at Wilkesbarre— What Must Be Done to Reanimate the Dry Bones of the Organization. PHILADELPHIA, August 5, 1873. The democracy of the city are active throughout the different wards, and are commencing the work of the campaign. The following address, from the pen of “Sam” Randall, is being extensively clrcu- lated :— DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Booms} PHILADELPHIA, August 1, 1873, by direction of the Democratic State Committee Tannounce that the Democratic State Convention Will assemble at Wilkesbarre on the 27th day of August next, at ten olclock A. M. It urgently askede that the democracy of the respective counties of the common- wealth will at once organize for the approaching canvas; corruption and violence of every descrip- tion were practised by the radicals in almost every partof the State at the last State election, and thus was nullified the choice of the people of the State. To accomplish this the ballot box was polluted, fellow citizens, by the use of moncy and the practice of all kinds of fraud, a radical Governor and a radical Legislature, in consequence, were chosen. A vig- orous effort must be-made to prevent a repetition of these gross outrages, and it is believed by an immediate and united struggle and thorough or- ganization of the party that this result, so desir- able, can be accomplished. It is the duty of every democrat to make an exertion to that end. The State Committee instructed me, in giving the foregoing notice to the democracy of Pennsylvania, to earnestly call the attention of the people to tie politica) coudition of Lousiana. In complying with this direction and expressing the wish of the com- mittee, the democratic party of the Commonweaith is invoked to take such action in the county con- ventions as will, when the State Convention con- venes, enable that body to deciare the opinion and judgment of the democrats of Pennsylvania in regard to the infamous acts of the federal Executive in subjugating, overthrow- ing and destroying the rights of the people of a sovereign State by violent, unlawful and unconstitutional means, using federal troops and the usurped power of a feacral Court to deter- mine and decide questions of State franchise, con- stitution and government. * * * Will the people not pause and reflect, that they may sve to what form of government we are with certainty drifting, and apply a remedy betore it 1s too late ? Let the executive, legislative and judt- cial powers of the government be quickly and fixedly restored to the limits witnin which our Revolutionary fathers prescribed they shouid be exercised, LJ. RANDALL, Chairman, THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. Sli caltaachlleites Gathering of the Straightouts of ’98—No More Unholy Alliances for the “Dems”—William Allen Will Probably Be Nominated for Governor. Conumnus, August 5, 1873. There are over five thousand strangers here, In- cluding the members of the Convention and friends of democracy and observing politicians. The ratification meeting of Cocktails held in Cincinnati has not frightened away the delegate: but has been the cause of bringing men from se- clusion who have not taken part in any political contest. for — twenty-five years, - Judge = ‘'nur- man has been iii all” day. In an ine terview with him he maintained that politic demeanor jor which he is noted, declining any questions concerning the platiorm, adding that although he might know what woud be a strong plank inthe platform he cared not to have any- thing telegraphed to the papers. Cincinnati papers, save the Enq) editorials on the Convention or its lumbus journal says the State e solu- tions of '98, Haming the ancient Wiliam Allen for Governor, constitute the latest epitome of demo- cratic progress. Although Allen requested his friends not to mention his name to the Convention, despatches from him this evening say:— “If I am nominated by the Convention I will accept.” Living on his iarm, Allen bas not taken part in p 3 tor twenty-five years, thouga he has always been a democrat and free trader, He was in the Senate with Webster, Clay and Benton, and was net con- sidered last among them. He will be nominated Joun McSweeney was next favorite. The Lieutenant resis between General Boyle, Weilington, Si: well and Lewis D. Campbell, Stiliwell ig favored by the Young Democracy, but the general opinion is that Campbell will be the choice of the Convention. vernor nomination | There bas been no mention of who the candidates | tor other Offices will ve. Forewarned and fore- armed the unterrified democracy, with its host, will open a new campaign for a farewell fight or a grand triumph, their motto being “No unholy allances,”* Alleged Frauds in the Election of Two State Politicians. LEXINGTON, August 5, 1373. Colonel Wm. ©, Goodloe and Colonel Pratt, both republicans, ha been elected to the State Senate and Legisiatu The election will be coutested for illgeal hegro voting. OHEROKEE ELECTIONS. The Ucmuilgee Stutesmen Aawiting the Result of the Balloting Tnroughout the Cherokee Nation. St. Lovis, Mo., August 5, 1 An election was held yesterday in the Cherokee Nation lor Members of the National Council and delegates to the Grand Council at Ocmulgee, which meets on the first Monday in December next. The interest of the‘election rests mainly apon the issues which have sprung up in the Nation during the past few years reia- tive to the establishment of o territorial government for the Indian Territory and the allotment of land in severaity. The progressive party believe they have carried the election, but, owing to the remoteness of some ot the voting pre- cinets and the absence of the telegraph, the result cannot be ascertained tor some days. ‘The new council of Cherokees will vote lo ratify or reject the constitution which was framed by the Grand Council at Ocmmnigee in 1870, and pon this sue the campaign was conducted, 3 SETTLING A DISPUTE. During an altercation jast evening between James Kelly and his wife Bridget, who live at the corner of Carlisie and West streets, James drew a sailors’ clasp knife and cut Bridget severely on the neck and face. The injured woman was removed to the Park Hospita), but the husband escangds OIL AND FIRE. Tho Standard Oil Works at Hunter’s Point in Flames. Three Barges and Two Tank Boats Consumed— The Oil and Sheds Eaten Away—A Total Loss of $125,000—Tho Captain of One of the Boats Blown Almost to Atoms—Narrow Escape of Three Families from Death—Check- ing the Flames—Scenes, ire broke out yesterday afternoon about halt past one o’clock on a tank boat lying near the dock of the Standard Oil Works Company, Hunter's Point, destroying two tahk boats, three varges, injuring the brig Oscar and making a total wreck of the company’s tanks and sheds on the dock. ‘The oll works are located immediately opposite the hospital at Blackweil’s Island and the premises are bounded on the north by the canal, on the south by Tenth street, on the east by Front street and on the west by the river, The frontage of the works ex- tends a distance of 65)-iect, and back as far as Tenth street there is a depth of some 250 feet. The tanks were three in number, besides a new one with a capacity of 7,000 barrels, which is in pro- cess of construction. The sheds were nothing but frame buildings, for the most part oniy one story high, . THE BOATS IN THE CANAL The barges and tank boats which were destroyed were immediately in front of the dock, the tank immediately beside the dock being a water tank, while that upon which the fire broke out lay im- mediately outside of it in the canal, Westward ot and adjoining (he inside tank was the barge Mor- ris Barnes, beside her being the barge Globe, and @ little further out in the water was the barge Sturtevant, having the brig Oscar lying beside her. Only a few yards distance nearer the river lay @ number of barges, brigs and boats. The tank boat on which the fire occurred, had on board the captain, a man named Myers, and, a8 i8 conjectured, a deck hand, On board the other tank boat Captain Cody was alone. ‘The barge Morris Barnes had on board Captain Deedy, his wife, and ‘his chiidren, a little boy and girl. On board the Globe were her captain, his wife and two children, and his sister-in-law and one child, The Sturtevant had on board tne captain, his two children and a deck hand. THE FIRST SHOCK. At about half-past one o’clock the’ terrific sound of an explosion was heard for a considerable dis- tance 1n all directions from the oil works, and the firemen of Long Island City, at once divining that some catastrophe had occurred along the oil docks, hastened to get ready the fire apparatus, such asit was. Even in the short space of time it took to do this they seemed to have been tardy. A crowd in the neighborhood of Tenth street, outside the Standard Oil Works Company's premises, showed the firemen where their services were needed. Such feeble fire’ appliances as Hunter’s Point could afford were not likely to stay or check the rapid flight of fame in such a place, so that within a few moments boats, barges and the company’s works were all im ablaze, Help was at once sought from all sides, and as specdily as possible it came; but even within ten minutes it was needed only to stop the fire from seizing within its grasp neighboring premises, The scene in the vicinity of the fre during the first hour alter it broke out was so excit- ing as to be even terrible. Scantily as is the neighborhood populated, it seemed as if every man and boy capable of moving had turned cut to see the fhe for @ mile around; and fears were felt, as is usual on such occasions, that the flames would creep up the entire length of the canal. The poiice turned out in full force and guarded all the eutrances to the dock, and the crowd was therefore obliged to be content with speculating or with secing as much as possible from advautageous points. As the fire was visible from ita start to the passengers on board the Twenty-third street and Thirty-fourth street ferries, the number of spectators was constantly receiving additions. Everybody was inquiring of his neighbor the particulars of the fire, but one man knew as much about it as his neighbor, and the only point of information that was freely given con- sisted in the tact that about this time a year ago a fire mad occurred at the very same dock, At that time, however, the fire was of a more popular character, for it extended considerabiy more to the southward, and the flames rose in brilliant pillars, Whereas now the only constant column ascending was a hage one of smoke. THK PROGRESS OF THE FIRE. The boat im which the fire broke out was empty, while that beside it was filled with iresh water to be used for the engines. Though the boat was empty, yet it was filied with all sorts of vapors and gases and saturated with oul, for this boat was con- stantly in use carrying the unrefined oll to the dock. It need not, therefore, be said with what rapidity the flames travelled, nor how greedily they were received by the adjoining boat and barges, all of Which were used in the business of the Oil Company, nor how the thinnest flame, once risen and descended, and caught anywhere among the sheds, would envelope the entire vicinity nm a whole block of flame; for there were here some seven thousand barrels of oil store, in various de- | grees of process, It was even wonderful how long a time it took for the fire to devour the entire place; but this fortunate comparative slowness Wis due tothe circumstance that the tank lying immediately beside the dock was filled with water, and thisto an extent dampened the ardor of the flames. But once passed the water boat there was no further check. The most that could now be done was to try to confine the tre, and, as may be imagined, there was not much time to think at ail during the time that elapsed between the first ex- plosion on board the tank boat and the more terri- tic one which occurred when the sheds were reached and the solid pyramid of fire rose tn the air, stretching its point far up into the heavens; then its lurid brightness gradually resolving itsell into a black and turcy mist. CONFINING THE FIRE, The Long Island City Fire Department was soon et present in full force, numbering some sevent; men, With six hand engines and three trucks, under command of Engineer John M. Sayder and his assistants Murray and Marphy., Speedily also amers 12 and 13 of the Brooklyn Fire ‘tment, under the com- mand of Assistant Chier Engineer John Smith, The towboat Uncle Abe was soon put into service on the east of the oil works, throwing a@ number of streams 40 protect the premises ad- joining, while one of the Williamsburg terryboats did similar service trom the west side. Opposite, on the other side of the canal, owners of property rotected themselves by using their own hose reely, the fire being thus attacked trom every quarter, The fire raged most fiercely during the rst hour or so, the three barges being all in flames. ‘fhe brig Oscar also caught fire, but was tortunately towed out to the river without sustain- ing serious damage. All the barges, brigs and boats that had been lying in the vicinity of the company’s dock when the fire broke out were towed down the river sutely before the fire caught the oil barges.” At about four o'clock the firemen had worked so hard and the boats bad done such good service that no fears were entertained of the spread ofthe Hames beyond their present confines, . BOW If ORIGINATED, Various rumors were afloat as to the origin of the fire, but the one generally credited was that which ascribed to Captain Myers tae misfortune of care- lessly using a lighted match. Stories went that the Captain, in lighting a cigar, carelessly threw the match away, or that, having finished smoking, he threw away the end of the ci gar, which fell in some cotton that was on the deck, Some of the bigher employés of the company, how- ever, affirm that though the Captain sometimes smoked a pipe on board, he always lit it by the aid of a “burning-glass,"’ while they also say that there was no ger from the end of a cigar, for the vil is dangerous only when it catches @ flame. It would appear that nothing certain js Known about the origin of the fire, ana all the stories told are founded upon the one allega- tion that Captain Myers had been seen smoking a cigar on the boat a short time before the explosion. But if Captain Myers had been se indiscreet as to be careless in nsing @ lighted match, ne paid the penaity of his indiscretion with his Iife, for he was blown almost to nothing by the explosion, DEATH OF CAPTAIN MYERS—RUMORS, Many and various rumors were circulated during the aiternoon as to whether or not Captain Myers had met his death on the boat. It had been treely said that a man had been seen carried away soon after the crowds had begun to gather about the piace, and that evidentiy he was badly wounded. Some suid that he was conveyed to one piace, some to another; but no one knew who he was or whither he went, and the doctors in the neighborhood had not been called upon to attend @ny person of such & character. This man, who- ever he was, could scarcely have been the Captain, though many hoped it was he, for at abont hait-past four o'clock Fireman Halesworth, of truck No. 2, of the Long Island City Fire Department, saw among the dcébris or the boat Meg dag Myers had had cnare of what pur- jorted to be a trunk of a dead y, and immedi- Btoly called ouy gg those ground Nyy Yor saaisrance, A little examination showed that the fireman’ suspicions were correct, and the lifeless mass before him was the body of a man, the bead, arms an@ ety or what was loft Of ly, waa soon conveyed te was one’“of the outhouses hard by, where it was. ieft for the action of the roner. It was said that some one @ watch fou In the vest pocket om the body as being that Captain Myers, but this needs corroboration. As to the deck hand said to have been with Captain Myers on board the boat, nothing has been heard of him, nor is it certain whether or not he was om board the boat at all at the time of the explosion. Captain Cody escaped unhurt. Fortunately aif those persons named above as having been om board the barges were rescued, though serieus doubts had been felt for several hours as to their fate, a8 it was well known that they were on board the vessels when the fire broke out. These people contrived to escape by the humane efforts of some boatmen, who rowed tremm out to the river, One family only, 60 far as wad known yester suffered, and that was Captatar Deedy's, the Captain getting badly bruised in the leg by being pitched against the side of the vei and his wile losing some sixty-five detlars and & her own, her husband's and her children’s cloth ing. The children were unhurt. Thistamily oar~ rowly escaped with their lives, and must have perished but for the manly services of one of the Company's employ¢a, whom Mrs. Decdy says his comrades knew as “Mike.” Beyond these casuale ties there is nothing serious to record. THE BIG COLUMN OF SMOKE, From the hour the fire first appeared it was well known along the east side of the city that some one or other of the oil retinevies in Hunter's Point was burning, The huge column of smoke which rose from the neighborhood ascended with continuous force during all the afternoon ering southeast- ward by the force of the northeast wind that: was) blowing. This gigantic signal of the fire fend's destructiveness grew thicker and blacker as'the, flames grew deeper and pierced into tae débrig of all the wreck, The people crossing: the Brvoklyn, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Hun— ter’s Point lerries had their minas occupied by the biack, gigantic spectre that seemed to rise trom the river asa beacon, swaying, though not gaining. in anever changing direction toward a doomed. place. Nearer the wrechs, the thick lurid dames might be seen jumping up trom the boats with a vigorous, maddened force, as if yelling that they: would not be crushed out, and starting out from the sides of the dock as if seeking egress tor” a fury that had not been subdued. The firemen kept on working hard untib Jate in the evening, when only smoul- dering heaps of timbers were left of the fre. THE LOSSES AND, INSURANCES. It is said that the totai loss on the stock, ime cluding the barges, will be about one hunure@ thousand dollars, and the loss on the sheds, &¢., about twenty-five thousand dollars, ‘Thu, ob course, is only an estimate. As to the insurances, an agent of @ prominent company yesterday sup- plied the reporters with the following list :—Liver- pool, London and Globe, $15,000; North British, $10,000; Phanix, $20, tna, of Hartford, $25,000; Williamsburg City, $25,000; Lamar, $3,000; Hoffman, $2,500; Fairfield County, $2,500; Rutgers, $1,500; kquitable, Providence, $2,500; German, of St. Joseph, Mo., $2,500; State of Mia- tar, of New York, $2,500; North ; Arctic, $1,500; Aitna, $1,500; Ger- n, $5,000; Firemen’s fund, of Cali- 500, sheds were insured: in the Aitna, of Hart- ford, for 24,000; in the Manhattan, of New York, $2,500; in others, in all, $15,000, A CELESTIAL DUEL. Ah Jan Flullu Yung and Lak Zud Qual Cam in Mortal Combat—The Latter Laid Out as Fiat as a Pigtall. Livt.e Rock, Ark., August 5, 1873. An Jan Flullu Yung and Lak Zc Qui Cam, two Chinamen, fought a duel in Lincoin county on. Thursday. 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