The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1873, Page 11

‘THE MENNONITES, A Colony of Quakers from the Black Sea Coming to America. FLYING FROM THE CONSCRIPTION. ‘Modern Anabaptists Swelling the Tide of Immigration. THE CZARINA’S STATESMANSHIP fanada as a Contestant for Settlers on Her Lands. JTIME AS A DESTROYER OF TREATIES, . Imorder to give the readers ‘of the HeRaLp a clear and comprehensive insight relative to the intended transmigration of numerous colonies of Mennonites from that portion of Russia watered by the Bisck Sea and the Ses of Azof, the following statement concerning it has been drawn up with Bome care, The Mennonites are a species of Mus- Covite-Teutonic Quaker, professing @ form of Prot- estant Christianity older than Lutheranism, but ‘widely distinct from that of the orthodox Greek Church, and whose adherents entertain con- acientious scruples of the most thorough nature against bearing arms in time of war or peace—in other words, against serving in the army—re- sembling in this one and important respect our own most worthy Society of Friends. The Men- monites are scatiered in Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Russia, ana there are some few already settled in Pennsylvania; but, as a general thing, when not in suMcient numbers to constitute & congregation, they worship or aMiliate with the Baptist denomination. SETTLEMENT IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. In the course of their history the Mennoniteg have suffered many tribulations and have not been free from internal dissensions. They first came to Russia in 1789, in answer to an invitation of the Empress Catherine U., who at that time contem- Plated founding a great commercial port in the Black Sea. She gave them lands and means with Which to establish themselves, and temporary relief irom taxes and contributions, and promised . them exemption forever from military service. They settled in the south of Russia, in accordance with Catherine’s design, in what is now the government ofTaurid, on a tract of land between the rivers Dnieper, Malotchna and Tokmak, and have since Spread themselves irom the province of Cherson to the Crimea, adjoining, which is, as is known, the extreme end of the émpire. They aided by their industry in building THE IMPORTANT CITY OF ODESSA, close to which the bulk of their people have con- tinued to reside, Odessa is one of the great grain markets of the world and is @ commercial port of the first consequence. The Mennonites are good agriculturists, but are particularly noted for their plantations of fruit, forest and mulberry trees. This culture they have followed with great suc- cess on steppes that were formerly perfectly bare. The intended emigrants are, accord- ing to the best accounts, intelligent, indus trious and persevering. In addition, they are ty A CARDINAL MAXIM of the Comptroller’s that no man shall draw two ‘alaries from the city; and onlf the other day, he | objected to the payment of ove salary to Mr Bparks, as clerk of the Court of Oyer and ferminer, and another, as clerk of the General Bessions, Mr. Green, at that meeting of the Board of Apportionment, cited the new charter on this subject,.and its provisions are very explicit on this matter, vide, the followingiclause of section 114 of the document :— N shall hold two ct try off asexprewsly proviced in this got ‘Nor hall any ottear under the city government hold or retain an office under the county government, except when he holds such office eo-ofieio by virtue of in act of the Legislature, and in suck cave he shail draw no salary for auch arafict oftce. MR, VAUX’S DUTIES 8 architect of the new City Prison are not merely the labors of @ day, but will probably last for tour He certainly is at present ‘an officer under e city government,” as an architect attached to the Department of Parks. Building jails is no part ‘of the duty of that department, and when he steps eutside that domain virtual! accepts nother oifice under the fete omen as. architect of the new City jon and consequently has a supervising control over its erection. He cannot, thereiore, legally receive for such services, and the presumption is fair that Mr. Green means it as a compitment to Vaux; that he ts governed by motives of economy “tn so appointing , and that Mr. Vaux is there- fore an architect of the Department of Parks and ea-qficio architect of the new City Prison. JUSTICR FOWLER'S CLAIMS. . very clean, orderly, moral, temperate and economi- val. They are excessively religious, Petzholdt, in his travels im 1856, says that it is his “firm conviction that Russia cannot show any more diligent or more ageful citizens.” There are schools in every village, attendance at which is made compulsory. Educa- Sion is universal among them. <s. THE FOUNDER OF THE SECT. ‘Tne -nfennonites area later school of Anabaptists. It was foncded by Simonis Menno, who was born 2. Holland, in 1496, He was ordained ‘at Witsnarsius “rtwenlty-cight. ‘The study of the lew Testament, it Byers, excited doubts in his wmind boto in ‘to the truth and doctrine of ‘fhe Ghurcb, and in 1636 “he withdrew altogether from its fo! now attached pself Wy the par of the Conan gia ee renee caren 2nd sp. 4 proscher shop roningen. great end was to ovranise an isd tHe scat. tered members of the Anavaptists in Hollapd and Germany. With this view Menno time in travelling; but Friesland was his chile! persecution compelled him to Ny he settled as Oldeshoe, Hol ‘stein, where he found not only protection, but en- couragement, and was allowed to establish a print- ing press for the diffusion of his religious ms, Menno is described to Cove been @ man gentle, earnest, moderate, and tual nature with no _ trace of iri about num of the wild fanaticism of the earlier Anabaptists. The conscientious scruples enter- tained by the sect against be: arms under any Se. id have been r on that question lennon’s lifetime. The Mennonites only arry themselves, They baptize b; sprinkling and rve the pies ve of fee’ washing. They avoid the use of jewels, and dress im subdued colors, so far resembling the Quakers, RUSSIA LOOKING TO HER DEFENCES. ‘The character and antecedents of the iollowers of the Hollander Menno, can be understood by read- ing what precedes. They served the purposes of Gaenerine i but were always considered a privi- deged class of foreigners, though three tons the colonists have been born on the shores of the Black Sea and under the Russian flag. The causes that have led to their intended transmi- gration to the American continent grows out of the Rew military policy or necessities of Russia. Russia has been engaged in the work of thoroughly reor- nizing her mie oo. during the past ree years, The cardinal principle in the edict or ukase promulgated for this eer is that every mative Rassian, without exception of nature go into the ranks of the peor, must ay ene Ga ata ane compuisor’ Tew—all aerve. The Men- \y guaran’ by Catherine Il. “exemption forever from military service,” and as they are, besidses, opposed, on conscien- jus grounds, to be: arms, of course could ‘not forced to _ comply the new law. Their privileges were res- ing the war in the many thousands of the sect lived and thrived, and ‘where it might be thought it would be insisted that they should resist the invaders of their native land and aid the government that afforded them protec- tion, At all events, the Mennonites resolved to ag he gp as OAN GOVERNMENT. It is @ crime for Russian ears tt ands crime to induce them to emigrate, witnout permission. The law is clear and poin' e Over, to part with the Mennonites and to 4 4 the richest lands and Settlements it, the the Bmpire, but there was a more impor- matter, one ay out the universal con- te _ the meantime ition German age, sign prominent members of lennonite ‘was presented to the American Consul at earns anes aly “ending et to ame ‘They stated they were ies connected by family and fellow. about one hundred Solonles, numbering FIFTY THOUSAND SOULS. stated, they pro- ca. were tio thi wit ret 2 o a i Seat gs i ij i E coramnnity obtain in the United NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, States for ourselves and our posterity entire ex- emption from military service, direct or indirec: according to our principle and belief in the Wor of God? migrants hope to receive @ piece of land, either as a gift or at a low price, a im case of need, reckon on an advance or loan of money from the government? Third—For the sake of obtaining satisfactory en- couragement and assurances on the toregoit points, a8 also for agreeing upon their place an bin iy Saar eb me it be ocveae le ens ‘ance of emigrat & delegation to Wash- ington to confer directly with the geverument? FEAR OF THE DRAFT. The petition was referred to Mr. Schuyler, Chargé dQ’ Affaires at St, Petersburg, and by him forwarded to Secretary Fish. But Mr. Schuyler instructed the Consul at Odessa that he might say that the draft or compulsory military service Was only once resorted to in the history offourgcountry and the resulta of the measure were such as to render it improbable that recourse will again be had to forced enlistment, He also ex- plained the provisions of the Homestead laws, and the favorable terms bo which lands were offered by the Northern Pacific Ratlroaa. He urged also the propriety and judiciousness of the Mennonites sending @ small delegation to America to gee what could be done. Mr. Fish, for good reason, replied more cau- tiously, He did not doubt the Mennonites would be valuable citizens and deserving of welcome, but until the dis] ition of the Russian government was known the United States could not interiere. It was not. probable, the Secretary wrote, that Con- ress would. be dis] to make the case of the lennonites an exception by granting them mone} or lands. Mr. Fish in writing so careiully no doubt, in his mind the case oi ® nDaturalzed Russian who returned a few years since to his native country, He was arrested and punished for evading the conscription, and on the United States remonst the latter was iniorm in the curtest and most emphatic mauner, that Rus- governments could not and would not tolerate r an instant the slightest interference on the Part of any foreign government in. ita manner of alii ith Russian subjects. The matter of natul tion in America no. way affected the eeention: The Secretary informed the Minister that it was not desirable to go @ny further alter that reply. The question has never been revived. THE OZAR'S DECISION. An application, similar to that to the Con- sul at Odessa, was made to Lord At Lottus, the ish minister at St. Peters! by the Mennonites in reference to Canada, which was (rot hg bat to Lord Dufferin, the Governor General. Lord Loitus acted tn conjunction with our repre- sentative, when it was found all probability of an arrangement with the colonists by Russia was at an end, The government simply stated tnat it ey, petitioned for Jeave to e ‘ate they would be d to do se, but the lands granted to them b; herine Il, should be given up; in other that the Mennonites ‘would not be allowed to sell their lands, and would be obliged to pay taxes for some years in advance." In an article in the im World the move- ment among the Mennonites is referred to at some length. It regrets that they cannot reconcile themselves to the new order of things. It thinks, however, it is vastiy better for Russia to deprive herself of those inhabitants than to infringe the principle of the equality of all her subjects in their obligation towards the State. “It is strange,’ the World continues, ‘ior the Mennonites to insist on the peers which were given to them at the time of their colonization and CONFIRMED BY LETTERS PATENT, Treaties are always written lorever, but time runs on, the position o/ affairs change, and alters the rela- lations that existed at the conclusion of the trea- tues and thus destroys the treaties, Without this circumstance there would be afull and pertect standstill in the world. If the government con- sents to the exemption of Mennonites and other German colonists from military service, it 101 immediately dissolve the com- mission for establishing new reguiations lor military service. This commission will then have nothing to do. By admitting the right of the colonists to exemption from military service it so much the more admits the right to the same exemption of the nobility, mercantile and other classes, Charters were granted to all by one and the self-same power, and have the same force. It is better to lose the Mennonites than to introduce into the State the inequality of rights, and that, ‘too, in favor of foreigners, and and not o! the na- tive population.” This article was taken as ex- pressing the opinion of the government on tne question. SPYING OUT THE LAND. In accordance with the suggestion of Mr. Schuy- ler a delegation wassent irom Odessa to America to examine into and report upon the character and adaptability of this Continent for the pur- poses of colonization. They arrived in Canada Tour or five months ago and began their investiga- tions, The Dominion authorities spared no pains to impress the Mennonite visitors with the advantages of their country, and took themin a general tour through the provinces when the sea- gon of the year was certainly sufiicient to present Canada in its most attractive jorm. Asad misad- venture occurred, however, ii Manitoba, the next door neighbor of Minnesota. Reill, the late French- American rebel, it would appear, like Jefferson Davis and the Southern women, remains still un- reconstructed, and the Mennonite delegates were rather disagreeably received. Reill still further, Jike the ex-President of the Confederate States, is @ power tn the sparsely inhabited province to the Dorthwest, and objects to colonization in Winni- peg on an extensive scale without knowing the reason thefefor. THE LOCATIONS CHOSEN. On our side of the line a different pore peo awaited the delegates. Canada made very liberal offers, but the United States railroaa companies and State agents far excelled them. The Mennon- ites are known to possess considerable pecuniary means, and some of the late arrivals are spoken of a8 having upwards of $100,000 in their possession. All are endowed with a moderate competency, the result of their frugality and steady, industrious _ habits, The delegates have visited Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota and have selected their colonies. These gentlemen are now abont returning to Europe, having deter- jas, is the most de- sirable location fe residence of the bulk of their coreligionists. Already 700 have settled near Yankton, Dakota, and a large addi- tional number are expected to artive dally. As experienced farmers this acquisition will be of great benefit to that promising Territory. THE COMING QUAKERS, The id influx of the Mennonites is soon ex- pected to commence, The long distance to travel from Kai in the Crimea, and from Odessa, to Hamburg, in order to embark for the United States, 18 a tedious and expensive journey, whtch no doudt will soon be relieved by vessels sailing from the Bosphorus direct for this or some other American port. In 1855 the number of adult Mennonites was 17,000, and, as there can be no question as to their removing from Russia to America, the conveyance of them through the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and across the At- lantic i8 @ question of great importance to the steamship lines, = -. os ae <a ¢--cmuvgicwme CONCLUSION, Tt is aa that the poorer class of colonists Will settle in Canada; those of moderate means will 4 to Minnesota, and the sheep raisers will push on southern boring tig pasturage is cheap and abundant, while the | col will settie iP porn as stated fore. ie belief that the above division of the colony has m made in obedience to the sever: inducements offered the Mennonite delegates im the different quarters named, and to the natural preferences of its members to distinct branches of Ticultural occupation. ‘The climate of the region selected differs trom that of Southern Russia. In the neighborhood of Odessa the Winter 1s extremely rigid, while in the Summer the heat may be (egy to that of the pasate Oiltng a torrid zone. This results m the complete nakedness of the country, and these un- favorable conditions apply to the endless steppes im that latitude which the nites have done much to reclaim and which, further East, also have been brought to notice in the late Russian expedition to Khiva. In conclu- sion, it may be said that, according to all reports, the Mennonites are peaceful, frugal and intelii- ent. They are superior culturists, coming ‘om what may be regarded as the granary of Europe, and they bring also a large amount of ready money. They are most acceptable as iuture citizens, je transfer of 150,000 souls constituting asingle religious body or colony from one con- tinent to another is no PARTURE ordinary event. DEI FOR THE WEST. ‘The Mennonites who arrived on Wednesday—an- other party of pioneers—left yesterday evening for Elkhart, Ind., where they will take up their tem- porary residence unril they have chosen a f sie nent pias of settlement. They have fSiready travel 000 miles, but are happ ed 9, to be at last tn the land of liberty, where they be free irom military service and can live in accordance with their religious principles. BO. OF HEALTH, The Clearing of the Market Slip, Be- tween C 'y and South Streets, Or- dered—The New Dump at the Foot of Vesey Street Declared a Nuisance, At the regular meeting of the Board of Health held yesterday afternoon a@ report was received from the inspector of the Thirty-eighth street dis- trict, an amendment was made to the ordinance relating to boneboiling and a report was read from Dr. Day, Sanitary Superintendent, on the condi- tion of Market lip, when the foliowing resolutions were passed hereas this Board has reason to believe that a pa i") ‘% Drocese of erection at the foot of Vesey ‘street, ip ine rear, of West Washington Market, and whe: : nas nargony, pecomee against the presence of { this Board will consider a dam, i subiie Mulsance, dangerous to life and Bathe ‘it will ese all the meansin ite power w abate ne waieanes: ANC Secretary be and ls hereby directed Bade copy of these resolutions to the Commissioners ce Bieematymnee & Ege Waka 8 and south ith regards: the ‘the: ie in taeda o alien itary. Ba Be ed. ome tee is ‘The Board sdjourned to mees Tuesday next. to the United States MUNICIPAL DOINGS. A Cheap Franchise—The Astoria Ferry Auc- tjon—The Nice Little Ex-Officio Job That, Mr. Green Gave to Calvert Vauxz— “Only One Salary”—The New “Tombs”—Judge Fow- ler’s Stamps. There wasa faint thrill of bustle and interest about the yesterday City Hall consequent upon the fact that one or two things were to be dene om- Clally, and the consequence was that there were a few extra officials about and a few extra loungers, Besides the one or two things that were done, one or two Other things happened, and so there was a little to record im the way of contemporaneous municipal history. The first thing that was done was the sale, by the Sherif, of the city franchise and property lease of the ferry from Ninety-second street to Astoria, under a Judgment obtained against the ferry com- pany for the sum of $1,848 by J.T. Wyckoff. The franchise will expire in four years, and was sold for $25, and the lease of the property on the Astoria side realized $225, making the stupendous aggre- gate of $260. There were only half a dozen persons present, The purchasers were, John ©, Wynans, Anthony Wynans and ©. Rapetye. The persoual property of the concern was sola some time since and realized $340. The line does not own the steamers which ply on the route. THE NEW CITY PRISON COMMISSIONERS, consisting of the Mayor, the Comptroller and the Presidemt of the Board of Aldermen, met shortly before four o’clock, The Commissioners didn’t do much, but what they did do was quite important, Resolutions were adopted appointing Calvert Vaux architect of the proposed new city prison, and authorizing him to prepare plans therefor; also authorizing official notice to be given by advertise- ment of the fact that an application will be made to the Supreme Court on September 17 for the ap- pointment of commissioners of appraisal to assess valuations of the property occupying the contem- plaved and selected site of the new edifice. OPINIONS. ‘There was much comment among all who heard of the appointment of Vaux as architect of the rison, and it was universally condemnatory of he appointment. The opinion was general that where a great and important public edifice like a new City Pr.son was to be erected for acity like this metropolis there should be a general plan adopted to secure competition from the best ar- chitects in this city, if not in the whole country. The architecture of hospitals and prisons has long been a striving point among the most talented minds in the protession, the great deside- Tata being in the latter to secure every attainable sanitary advantage, combined with ample security, economy of space, internal convenience, relative isolation, and resisting strength internally and ex- ternally, as well as reasonable elegance of general design, Almost every person with whom the HERALD reporter conversed, and none of them ner prone or polirelecte a erence in the ightest degree, were ot © opinion that there should have been A REGULAR COMPETITION of architects called ior officially, and that in order to stimulate them a premium should be awarded to the one whose designs were accepted, with sec- ond and third prizes to compensate the two who, worst rejected, might stand next in order of merit. In this way the best attainable results might have been secured, ir. Vaux, however, is the gentleman who occu- ies the position of architect to the Department of ‘arks, and 1s a protégé and “pet” of Comptroller Green, and that is just where “the rub’ is. If Mr. Vaux does the work the presumption is, of course, Shat he will receive no extra compensation for it, for it is It is understood that the Comptroller yesterd: signified his intention of paying Juatios Fowler his salary, amounting to $10,523 08, for last year’s services, which amount includes the interest which has accrued pendente lite, The city, there- fore, breathes freer, as the puncons of the Gov- ernor’s room will not be soid to oi the judg- ment, and the furniture in the Comptroller's omice and Fire Engine No. 27 will be released from seizure, Meantime, however, the Judge has entered up judgment against the city for $5,000 on his salary account for this year, and yesterday the Comp- troller was served with notice of this fact. Ifhe refuses to By, this there will be another seizure of property, the Sheriff will make some more fees off the suing and then the Comptroller will have to pay Justice Fowler’s bill and the Sheriff's us well. THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT will meet at eleven o'clock this morning to issue new bonds, to determine that Mr. Sparks cannot have his two salaries and to make the‘appropria- tion of $3,400 for clerk hire for the Commissioners of Accounts, who are at present investigating the books of the Finance Department. THAT POOR INDIAN. A Young Man by the Name of Ximenes Has Hi jay—“Ways That Are Dark”— An Exeellent Argument for the Peace Commission—Lusus Naturm—A Wash- ington Savage. San ANTONIO, Texas, August 5, 1873, Some time since your journal expressed a desire to know why the “Frontier Commission” and the State Department were so reticent as to what had been done. Since it seems that Messrs. Robb, Savage & Osborne have settlea the pecuniary affairs of the Commission, furnishing vouchers for $18,100 of the appropriation, it may not be unin- teresting to examine what good this. expenditure has accomplished. The duties devolving upon this Commission were plain—to ascertain the amount of depredations committed upon frontier settiers by Indians, and how far evidence could be adduced which would render the Mexican government, directly or indirectly, responsible for the numerous hostile incursions reported. It seems, from well authenticated testimony, that the mode adopted by the Commission to ascertain THE DAMAGES SUFFBRED +4 {°, Mase peculiar results, About ten times as ich property as correct returns show existed is claimed as having been lost. The entire business of the Commission show tne same looseness. In fact it is but another exemplification ot what seems to be now universally admitted. that our diplomats cannot touch anything without covering it with the slime of corruption; without making a job in which they are pecuniarily interested, as witness our recent Vienna complications. As an example of the : PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS Lidia frontier Commissioners, an in’ imenes by name, was employed at $125 in cur- rency and $31in gold. Why this arrangement was made reqnires explanation, Why not all currency or its equivalent in coin’ Fer this pay monthly Ximenes was requested to sign vouchers. That ad of the transaction was legitimate enough, but why A PIECE OF BLOTTING PAD was placed over the amount for which the inter- ON gd signed does not seem so easy Of explana- jon. The explanation is still more Gificult when the farther fact develops itself that the Hen. Ham- ilton Fish desires this interpreter to rise and ex- plain why his drafts, amounting to the sum of $700, were 80 heavy. As the amount received was but @ small sum over four hundred dojlars, this query Was 8 poser, and @ full explanation of the entire transaction, THE MODUS OPERANDI whereby the signatures were obtained, together with other needful information despatched to the Hon. Secretary in a very well written and Tucid letter of fourteen pages. Prior to the receipt of this letter from the State Department another letter, addressed to Mr. Ximenes as interpreter of the Commission, was received and taken in charge by Commissioner cavage. Information to that effect having reached Mr. Ximenes, he naturally enough demanded the document, whereupon, in the pubile streets of San Antonio, THE HONORABLE SAVAGR SET UPON AND BRAT Mr. Ximenes, for which offence Mr. Savage was fined, a8 appears on record. The sole reason assigned for this assavit was that the interpreter was communicating improper information to the Department of State ! ‘ it seemsentirely probable that the chances of the frontier to obtain redress for actual damages will be put very slim, as undoubtedly t ents of the Mexican Government have comm these and other damaging facts going to preve the utter unreliability of the information turnished by tne Commission. be. reter, a "GAMBLING. , One of the most general subjects of conversation throughout the city for some time past has been the effrontery with which the gambling dens of the city are conducted by the proprietors. Some littie attempt at concealment used to be made; but lat terly the doors have been flung open and customers invited to enter with a bokiness that vaused many it the blers felt a #e- id only extended by au- thority. within the charmed cir ot wi and political intrigners knew well enough where the protection a m, but with the wisdom of practitioners they held their es, The outside public, however, looked on with amazement, and many curious theories were to aocount for this strange a affairs. Many lookea Many i ‘wondered at the Delso! but ‘atbera Detter knforned. le to. ou bury. that Those heads to the Bench and sighed to thiuk how little hope there was of anything better from,that q ter, Thus things have been going ou for e time, getting from bad to worse, until soaly he Police Commissioners took the subject in According to the rules and regulations of the De- riment the Superintendent has control over and responsibié for these places; but yesterday the rd took them away from him, for fear he should close any of them, and now purpose running the dens themselves. The section relating to these houses reads as follows in the manual containing the rules and regulations of the Department of Po- lice of the city of New York :— It shall be the duty.of the Superintendent of Police t. anmeee, In the city of New York all the laws of the State ane Figen oe the ang of New York, and also O rooms an Blase Rept a thd tort atta dsutut, aed amusement id pli tery doke oy) tee pepeee ‘Kept or used tor the sale ot lot- ‘The Board amended this rule yesterday by add- ding the words “when directed oy the Toard.” This leaves the Superintendent powerless and opens the way for floods of greenbacks to tumble into ever needy and gaping pockets. THE COURTS. The case of Albert E. Nichols, who is charged with having committed perjury in connection with @ bankruptcy suit in Dutchess county, was re- sumed before Commissioner Osborn yesterday. On the testimony produced by the government coun- sel for defendant. moved for @ dismissal of the complaint, and‘ on this motion the Commissioner reserved his decision until Mond: Mr. Ethan Allen has entered as counsel in the suit brought by the government in the United States District Court against 8S, N. Wolff & Co. to recover $75,000 for alleged violation of the Revenue laws. Moses Sommerfeld, said to have been a major in King William’s army, was yesterday brought be- fore Judge Robinson, at Special Term of the Court of Common Pleas, on a writ of habeas corpus. He had been arrested on a charge of “beingin the habit of borrowing small sums of money and hav- ing no other means of support.’” The Judge held that there was no such offence known to the law and ordered his discharge from custody. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Another Phase in the Lagrave Case. Before Judge Daniels. The lawyers, in one shape and another, still insist in keeping in court the case of Alfred E. La- grave. Before the Judge has had time to give a decision upon a point in the case submitted for his Judicial consideration on Thursday, another phase in the matter was yesterday presented to him for adjudication, When Lagrave, at the instance of some acore of creditors who claim to have been swindled by him, was brought back from France under the extradition treaty and twenty-two orders of arrest were taken out, Mr. Averill, who is a lawyer, took out and served on Lagrave a summons for a debt contracted before the latter’s fight, but had nothing to do With bringing him back, and did not take out an order of arrest. The case came up yesterday on @ motion by Mr. Charles W. Brooke to vacate a judgment by default obtained against Lagrave on the summons. He argued that, Inasmuch as Judge Fancher had ruled the proceeding in the matter of ‘ave’s arrest in France and his being taken in custody to this country were fraudulent and not in accordance with the treaty, as the arrest was not Made on public, but private, grounds, the prisoner is under the protection of the United States in per- son and property, and by the comity of nations our government is bound to send him back, and that, this being so, rave is, to all in- tents and purposes, net here, but in France, and no proceedings could be taken to his detriment other than if he were actually on French soll; so that the personal service was altogether void. Mr. Averill stated that he was in no way con- cerned about the Extradition treaty, or any irreg- ular Paighret| 8, He found the debtor here and he served him with a summons. Judge Daniels, after listening to the long drawn argu- ments of the opposing counsel, took the papers, reserving his decision. New Legal Proceedings Against Carl Vogt. ‘There seems to be no end to the legal entangle- ments surrounding the case of' Carl Vogt. It will be remembered that his extradition was demanded first by the Belgian and afterwards by the Prussian government for the alleged murder and robbery of his employer, the Chevaiier du Bois de Bianco, near Brusse! Owing to the want of an extradition treaty with Belgium both calls were refused. A new Civil suit to recover g part of the stolen goods ice) been instituted In the name of Stephanie du Val de Beaulieu, and in it a new order of arrest pant \ page against Vogt yesterday by Judge aniels, Sy tearat SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Sedgwick. Barbour vs. ln La seg for judgment of dismis- sal of action, with costs. Whitney v8. Smith,—Order granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM. Decision. By Judge Robinson. R, Corbett vs. J. Lechethaler.—Order of arrest granted, with $10 costs. TOMBS POLICE COURT. A Clever Swindle Frustrated. On Thursday afternoon Daniel Quinlan received the following telegram, purporting to be frem his brother. It was dated Lona Braxcn, August 21, 1873. D. Quincan, 136 William street:— 1 have bought a light wagon of Calvin Witty, of Broad- way. If they send tt will ¢ bill to the house, pay it not be more than four hundred aud fifty doilars ($450). J. QUINLAN, Yesterday a bill from Calvin Witty, of 634 Broad- way, Ugeed hd Wagon; valued $420, was brought . Quinlan, for which he gave the bearer a check fof the full amount payable to Calvin Witty, on the National Park Bank. Mr. Daniel Quinian, suspecting somethin wrong, had the payment stopped, and when the check was presented the bearer Was arrested by officer Schultz, of the Park Bank, who detailed specially at the bank. On inquiring at Mr, Witty’s place of business it was ascertained thav no sale of a wagon had taken place, The person who presented the check, on being brought to the police station, gave his name as John jompson. He informed the officer that an unknown man gave him $10 to get the money, and likewise stated where he was em- ployed: but, on going to the place described, nobody knew of such a person as Thompson. Justice Fow- ler neld him for examination. J:FFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. Gerald Fitzpatrick, a youth of twenty-one, who resides at No. 21 Horatio street, was yesterday after- noon arraigned before Justice Ledwith, charged with shooting John Columbus, of No. 17 Charles street, in the arm. The complainant testified that he heard on Thursday afternoon that Fitzpatrick had been circulating reports detrimental to the char- acter of his bein oe that upon hearing this he ‘went in quest of the prisoner, whom he iound on Hudson street about ten o'clock at nignt and m- immediately demanded an explanation. The prisoner refused to give any, drew a revolver and shot him in the left arm, inflicting a severe wound. ‘The prisoner stated in return that he had shot him in self-defence. Justice Ledwith held him in de- fault of $1,000 to answer. YORKVILLE POLICE COURT. Embezzlement. Charles E. Ferris, late ticket agent for the Har- Jem Railroad and for the National Express, at Lake Mahopac, Putnam county, on the 18th of Angust absconded, a8 it is alleged, with $1,500 belonging to the express company and $500 from the rail- road. The officers have been since diligently searching for him, but were unable to find him until Thursday night, when Sergeant Armstrong anda Officer Thompson, of the Nineteenth sub-sta- tion, found him at a house of prostitution, 141 West Fortieth street, in the company of a well-known member of tne demi-monde, He was taken seiore Justice McQuade at the above Court, and remande:! to Putnam county jor trial. , COMPTROLLEB’S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the City Treasury :— From Bureau of Arreare—Arrears of taxes, assess- ments, water rent and interest, $4,225, Bureay of Collection of Asseasments—Assessments for street openings and improvements and interest, $322, Bureau of City Revenue—Market rents and fees, 92,475, Burean of Water r—Croton water rents and penal’ $1,909. ireau of Water Pur- veyor—Permits to butid: vanits, $2,227. Second Marshal—Licenses, $56, from First Judicial District Court, Second District Police Court, 4 Judicial District Court, $85, eee SHERIFF AND ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONS, The Jobm Fagan Associatfon of the Twentieth Assembly district held @ meeting last evening at their hall, and nominated Wm. C. Conner, formerty County Clerk, for Sheri ugha as = ‘it, and Mr. Jobn D. Cor i CUBA. Rumor of a Return to the Military Bule of ) error, the Volunteers in Havana, Citizen Alarm and General Excitement—The Captain General’s Action in the Crisis—A Critical Interview aud Change of Base— Slavery the “Bitter Draught”— Awaiting the Issue—Stirring Ap- peal to the People—“‘The Gov- ernment of the Republic the Superior Authority of the Island.” Havana, August 16, 1873, Within she past few days the more timid portion of our citizens thought they were again tobe thrown into the hands of their bigoted anda merct- leas rulers, the negrero colonels of the majority of the volunteer battalions. These men, in their ex- treme “patriotism,” must have some hobby which they think will serve their interests, and their last one is to ride on the Commanding General of the Cinco Villas, General Portillo, who has, like Valma- seda in times past, promised to become their tool, if these oligarohists would elevate him to the poai- tion of Captain’ General. Conspiracy in all quar- ters has been rife of late, and the oligarchists have hoped for the desired results of their machinations. However well planned they had the whole affair, they reckoned without their host, Captain General Pieltain, who in these critical times, begins to show the stuff he is made of. The wildest rumors had been circulated to the effect that the conservatists, alias negreros, would, through their leaders (the colonels referred to), impose certain conditions on the Captain General, and if he refused they would depose him in the same manner they deposed Dulce, and put General Portillo, their idol of the Cinco Villas, in the office of Captain General of this island, trusting to find in him a ready tool for all their schemes. PIELTAIN'S POSITION, In the meantime Captain General Pieltain, well informed of what was transpiring, had taken pre- cautionary measures, Regular troops, upon whom he could depend in case of need, were quietly called in from the country and as quietly distrib- uted at the different forts surrounding the city, and other steps were taken to support his own will effectually in case of any hostile demonstration by the volunteers. Unlike Duice, with all the power of justice and energy, General Pieltain awaited now “coming events,” which thus had been casting their dark shadows before them. For days past the conservatist retrograde journals had thrown out covert threats of bloody days to come, and generally we were told from day to day that “la gorda” was expected. The Voz de Cuba an- nounced that General Portille was to arrive in this city on “private business.’ The plan was that Portillo should ask permission of the Captain Gen- eral to visit Havana on private business; that in consideration of his exalted “patriotism” and other great merits (?) the volunteers would give him a torchlight serenade, and at the same time take occasion to make a demonstration against General Pieltain, create a conflict and depose the latter after the fashion of General Dulce, and then “crown” their favorite, the commander and so- called “pacificator” of the Vinco Villas. But this plan was frustrated by the Captain General simply refusing permission for Portillo to come to the city, Warned thareto by the republican press, CHANGE OF BASE. Another plan was then resorted to. The colonels of the different battalions of volunteers—with the exception of Colonel José Partagas and Colonel Soto- Mayor—supposed that altogether in a bunch they could gather sufiicient courage to present them- selves to the Captain General, now at his Summer residence in the Quinta de los Molinos, and there dictate to him their wishes and demands. Weanes- day was the day appointed. Early in the morning, dressed as civillans—in their military uniforms, 1 am informed, they would not have been received— they started on their visit and duly presented themselves. Advised beforehand, the Captain General gave them so frigid @ reception that it froze up all their plans. Ccldly remarking that he knew no occasion for the honor of their visit, he asked what they wished. Discouraged or frightenea at the austere look of General Pieltain, they could only utter words of a herence to him and the government of Spain. Captain General expressed thereat some astonish- ment that it was supposed necessary to assure him this, which was but thelr duty, and dismissed them. They left and returned to the city, rather crestfallen, TRY AGAIN. Without anyone knowing what stimulated them, whether they gathered ‘Dutch courage” or were ashamed of their own cowardice, they put their heads together and resolved to give His Excellency anotner call, at all hazards, and then make the exactions they had previously formulated. His Excellency received them the second time in the same, if not more so, stiff, hard manner, which he knows 80 well to assume, The would-be masters of Havana and the island of Cuba then stated their views and made their demands, the exact nature of which cannot be vouched for, for regarding this part of the interview there are numberiess ver- sions afloat; but the majority of tte well-informed agree that they asked of the Captain General to suppress the republican press and oniy allow the Diario, Voz de Cuba, Constancia and Oficial Gazette to be published—to refuse, the organization of the Republican Battalions df Volunteers, which for a number of weeks past: it had been openly asserted were beii organized ana per- mission for which bad already been granted by His Excellency, with the sole condition they were to be officered by regular army officers, Further- more, they demanded that the decree relative to tne disembargo of property should not be pub- hgshed officially nor carried out, and that no re- jorins of any nature were to be put in practice on th jand during the existence of the insurrec- u from all accounts, they pretended that the island should be ruled under the guidance of the ‘‘masters,”’ who were to whip their ‘“‘slaves,’’ white and black, yea, kill and exterminate them at pleasure as in days of yore. THE SLAVERY QUESTION isat the root of all; the assertion of Minister Zorriila, to obtain which the vocrat agent in Madrid expended large amounts, “that no reforms should be introduced in Cuba while there remained a single armed insurgent tn Cuba,” is always ex- ultingly reterred to by this class of people, and in that case it would pay them well to keep up the insurrection and thus retain the statu quo they desire, THE CAPTAIN GENFRAL was not inatemper to be trifled with. He gave the Colonels ef volunteers, the mchest siave- owners on the island, to understand that he was not Dulce. It even asserted that he plainiy said that he was not “Dulce” (or “sweet’’), and that he could not even listen to any of their pretensions; that he was the execu- tive here in representation of the government of Spain, and would carry out all orders received from the home government; that if any nols; demonstrations were made would act wit energy; that he was fully prepared for any eier- gency, and that he was determined to carry out his own will and ee be Jad he by theirs in opposition 0 orders from the jublic. r The Colonel-masters: had found the last for their shoe, and as no discussion was possible and they saw it was useless to make threats, they retired again, crestfalien. The only answer any one of them will give when questioned on the subject is, that the interview was AWAITING THE ISSUE. Meanwhile the conflict, which there is every in- dication must come some day, has been postpone and the minds of the timid are assured and quieted to know that the Captain General is firm, that a number of regulars garrison the forts and can, be relied upon for the present to serve order, dnd the majority of Havana ts glad that the overwhelm- ing supremacy of the volunteer Colonels bas at last received @ check. PRESS OPINION. ‘The conservatist press has kept ‘‘lock-jawed” on the subject. The details of the foregoing afair have not been 5 rn by any journal, but the toe a dad, the Ui in General’s organ, gives the follow- ing remarkable article yesterday in ae @ type, which in some manner accounts for “muk in the cocoa-nut??:— Doring the past few days the city has alerw by calumates directed against Pe, government of the Kepasie and the pr. page ion of divers rumors > ‘the effect that the int juction of reforms without study, of the. Cooney, on Ue Tule prevext of & legras from te tate. Ministry. with which the government of the metic fear an : hi vernment ep open this oountry, “and. the ublic upon thi republican party, to w! peertotions tthe 4 ay ft no that ‘more it mt AMY t reui a ‘world is not dei viance cousin tn itt international tran ensey and win, a es greater ever, rosiration in whirl pA thas these Nip Deen kept in dred years. ‘Te sland of Cuba {# naveht, if it strip’ iteelf of the national flag it bears: less even, por- than St, Domingo. It is inconceivable, and, there- hat there can be Spaniards who eve confidences permit themselves to revile the government of Spain and by such country. If th of the country jae S,. ‘8 80 imperious, subversive, th ‘ram which we publi ce that the. republicns who und ce that the republicans are men who under: Sand tec! ment The reforms ai deca far abobe the «'*Pricious resistance of the few afe tl minion and lee of progress. is whoever denies at does not per by the current of dure, and wpa? this point No sensible person cam criticise \the moderate course of the ne r, to repress. a heavy hand, no preiudlotal to the trunentiliity of fami where, as in thia, so mapy inhabite! labor; where the nature of -its . in yor that operations may i by a panic’ prepagated mi tedly by the drones of this hive, by i dresse@ idlers, by profes sional vagrants, who come to the surfaee in every coan- try where abundance prevatls, is repression cannot come fram'the authorities, be- cuuse they are not constituted to persceute namolons ramors. Let this industrious people, worttry by so many title: of respect, areuse itself anu indignantly rélect thos alarms, which offend their good sense’ and damage their interests, assured that those who invent them pos: sexs few of the analitien-ef kod Rpaniards: for the smal'est atom of patriotism remuined in their breasts thoy would be at work or shouldoring = mosketin fleld. Inspite of thenmthe Republic triamphes, conso! dates and grows firmer, because i has the energy, the honesty and the sanctity of the idea and cannot be destroyed nor mutilated by cowardly tattling. PROPLE OF TAYANA Peace and confidence. Do not allow yourselves to be surprised by the schemes of traffickers, who have at stake only the, spurious interest of causing pounds rise and ‘all. The government of the Republic is wernment of the country, amit the superior authority the island its legitimate anil most loval sentative. There is no other government than that o in, nor other superior authority, than that of Genezal Pleitain. They are two entities ‘and we shall defend them even againsy the vilest, murmurings. | If the vagabonds, who in such an indecent manner dare to dishonor their country, had the courage to sign their assertions, a8 we do, we should demand the ppblicacion ot the law ip behalf of this industrious and honorable community. CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. Consultation with the Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury—Reorga: on in the Surveyors’ Department—Quar- antine News—Ship Law Violations.’ F. A. Sawyer, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, arrived yesterday morning from the East, on hig way to Washington, having completed hts vacation, and atan early hour “put in an appearance’ at: the Custom House, even before the leading officials were at their desks, Shortly after his arrival Gene- ral arthur came down and ex-Senator Sawyer took up his abode in the Colleetor’s office. Naval Oficer Lafiin and General Sharpe, the Surveyor, paid their respects to the Secretary, with whom they were closeted for some time. The business transacted during the interview between the four gentlemen just named related altogether to the public stores and Appraisers’ offices, a portion of which had re- cently been destroyed by fre. Mr. Steinmetz, As- sistant Supervising Architect of the Treasury De- partment, was likewise present during a portion: ofthe interview. Secretary Sawyer left the city last night for Washington. THE SURVBYORS’ DEPARTMENT ‘was reorganized yesterday by General Sharpe by making new details of officers, designating twa Deputy Surveyors, with four aids, to each. Colonel Edwin F. Burton, Deputy Si§-veyor, has on his stat as aids to the Surveyor Messrs. Alonzo Bliss, George Oliver Williams, William H. Benjamin and Colonel George ©. Kibbe; Mr. Brainard Howell, Deputy Surveyor, with Colonel George Kiinck, Captain agg, W. Livingston, Colonel Ed M. L, Eh- lers and Mr, ik Henderson as aids, The aide are inspectors, with pay, as such, and may be compared in rank with roundsmen to patrolmen of our Police Department. They are in charge:oi squads of inspectors discharging vessels, and re port to the Deputy Surveyor to whom they are as signed. General Sharpe has districted the ‘port, and assigned each deputy toa sub-district for,one month at the time. NO QUARANTINE AT PORT PARAMARIRO, 8, A. Vessels destined for this port in South America, from New York or Boston, will not be subject ta quarantine regulations, aa will be seen from the subjourned offictal correspondence received yester- day by Collector Arthur. - Pont Panamanino (Suiuitam), South America, } July 16, 187% To the Hon. the Couirctor or Custous, New York :— Sin—I have the honor to enclose herewith a notice relating to the quarantine regulations at this port, which please make public through the press. i am your most obedient servant, HENRY SAWYER, United States Consul Uniran States Consutate, Port PaRamaniso (SumiNam), South Amorica,¢ july 16, 1873, I, the undersigned, would inform that the quarantine imposed upen all vessels arriving at this port trom ton and New York has been taken off, and vessels can now proceed directly up to town after being visited the Doctor at Fort Amsterdam, “as formerly,” and wil also add, that clear bills of health are issued wt this port HENRY SAWYER, United States Consul. VIOLATION OF SHIPPING LAWS, Captain George R. Slicer, commanding the United States revenue steamer Grant, nas been making War upon delinquent shipmasters who have beep in the habit of violating the shippin laws. These offences include entering the harbor at night without lights, non-surrender of government license on its expiration and entering the port without a manifest, and are punishable 4 en varying from $150 to $500, Mr. Dudiey F. Phelps, Deputy Collector of the Ninth (Law) division, ia adjudicating these cases, some of which are setited by scoopting the payment of the fine, while others are sent to the District Attorney for prosecution. unquestionable. and iI be 3 ry awoy of country nts by honest bg gives so mach indoub' Unirep States Co! "LEGAL NOTICES, Uh edahade hao FOR NEXT OF KIN OF BER nard Reill Pursnant to a decree of the High. Court of Chancery, im Ireland, male in the cause of Michael Dillon and the Rev. Jaines Macken, plaintiffs, and Catherine Reilly and + the Right Honorable: Her Majesty's Attorney General for Ireland, detendants, all" persons ciaiming to be next. of kin, according to the statutes for the distribution intestate estates of Bernard Reilly, late of Drogheda, im the county of the town of Drogheda, living atthe time of his death, on the 1th day of October, 1871; and particu. larly Edward Reilly (or Edward B. Reilly), who served in Company B ot Second Division United ‘States Infan- deceased, terw! ville, Washington county, in of Missit ipl. in erie in December, 1369; or Margaret Reilly, sister of said Edward Reilly, who was last heard of in the month ot January, 1863, at Gloucester, in the State of New Jersey, or the’ le reson: tives of such said ioxt of kin by their solicitors, on or before the Ist day of December, 1873, to come in and prove their claims at the Chambers of the Master of the Kolla, Four Courts, 4nn’s Quay in the city of Dublin; and in default thereof they will be peremnptorily exciuded from the, benefit of, the suid de; cree. londay, the 15th day of December, 1873, ILof the clock in the forenoon, at the said Chambers, is the day appointed for hearing and adjudicating on the claims. is 19th day of Jun cher “ys EB. WHITESTONE, Chief Clerk. Joseen Witttam Fovry, solieitor sor plainti No. 29 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, es, istricé COURT OF THE UNITED STATES—DIs. trict of Massachusetts. —In bankruptcy. This Is to give notice th tition was presented to the Court on the Mth day of Angust, ers, by Hannibal J. imball, both of Newton, a "aul Kimball and Edwin N. rupts, Cd that they may be decreed to have discharge from all their debts provable under the Fupt acts and, upor ed by the Court that a hearing be @_saine on the 16th day of September, A. D. 1873, before the Court, in Bos- ton, in said district, at 10 o'clock A. M., and that the sec- ond and third meetings of the creditors of said bankrupts be held before Andrew F. Jewett, Esq., Register, at the United States Court House, Boston. September 13, 1873, at Wo’clock A. M.. and that notice thereof be published im the Boston Daily Advertiser, Atlanta Constitution and New York Herald, newspapers print said district, ce & week for three wecks; and that all crediters who ave proved their depts, and other persons in A may appear atsaid time and place and show cause, i any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be grante EDWARD DEX’ q Clerk of the District Court for said district. N HER MAJESTY'S COURT OF PROBATE, IN Ireland.—To Sarah Mahood, spinster, now ving, ot supposed to be living m New York, in erica, the fl Saughter and ‘one of the next of kin of James Mahood, late of Lisdanan in the county of Cavan, farmer, deceased, who died on or about the Nth day of December, Take notice that a citation has issued under thé jer Majesty's Court of Probate, dated the 22d ay 1873, whereby you are cited to appear in a cer ending in said Court, wherein Honry ‘and James Mahood and John Man Annie Mahood: widow, nd sani ‘Alexander of Maren, tain cause now de} Mahood 1 og Reg hh efendants, and also Susanna” Mahood,” wife of Joseph Manood Joseph Mahood, Matilda McCullagh, wife Mcchilagh, and sald Alexander McCullagh, acd Fanny McCullagh, wife of Robert MeCuilagh, and seid Rober! McCullagh’are also defendants, and in which cause Henry Mahood, the plainti, fe proceeding to prove 18 soleuin form of law the | will apd paid James Mahood, deceased, bear the month of November, Isa, ir yo hin 4 Pendence of the sald cause and andi Anal Jadgment shall given therein judge of said Court will proceed te our oe Outf weil proved 10 folemn form of law and peo: ment in the said cause, your absenve not dine. the year of our Lord this dth day of August REATNGE, fe iatra. forthe sal jahood, Sretciors Walk, Dublin, time durtt Dated ‘iMiam Mahatfy the plaintiff, office 90 (7 cSTANDARD AMERICAN BEVEL TABLES AND AL .“inePhetan & Coltend Combination Cushions, jor sale ony. by the patentes, H.W. COl NDI suce cessor to Phelan & Collender, 738 Broadway, New York. 7 N BXOBLLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SOY Stltgane Tables at lew peioess ‘Nonp: vels” and other new designs , vi PATH hice, “ corner of Canal and Centre streets, -A LARGE A’ RTMENT OF NEW AND SECOND s Billi. constant! hand a GE Anis! inate ‘peeutew Yow