The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1873, Page 8

——————__—__—-—-_-,~ NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. _— JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Volume XXXVIIL........000-0sqeeeeeeMOs 939 — AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, (0 THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston ant Bleecker BeAr soraten Yatines ata. THEATRE COMIQUE, No. 514 Broadwav.—Vaniery Ewrestainuenr. Matinee at 234. ION SQUARE THEATR! Union square, near susiway— FUN In 4 Foc—Oup Pain’g Bisrabare NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, _ be! mn Prince and Mouston sts.—Tuz Buack Crook, Matinee at 1}. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth av. and Twenty-third st.—Mipsommen Nignt’s Dream, METROPOLITAN THEAT! ‘Exregrarmunt. Matinee at WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street.— Mint BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Borvra.o Bu.t—Manxed wor Lirr, ‘586 Broadway.—Vaniery ‘WOOD'S MUSE! th st— UM, Broseyed, corner Thirtieth st. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—0i Ronen ceennbiar tae Tyre CENTRAL PARK GARDEN.—Svmues Niaurs’ Con- ‘CERTS. TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE, 8th ast., botween Lex- mgten man 3a, ‘@vs.—Josxru In Eayrr. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 618 Broad- way.—Scrmncx anv Ant. DE. KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 683 Broadway.—Sormnom np Art. lees diy TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Wednesday, August 27, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “PENNSYLVANIA! THE DEMOORATIO PARTY! VIEWS OF ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION, INCLUDING OSARISM”—LEADER—SUxTH PAGE. 4& SOUTHERN DEMUORATIO WHEEL HORSE ON THE PKESENT STATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS! ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS WARMLY RECEIVED BY HIS FELLOW GEORGIANS! WMPERIALISM, POLITIOAL UNITY, THE ENFORCEMENT OF BAD LAWS AND SUBVERTING THE POPULAR WILL—FourTH PaGs. FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA VISITS THE Aupaioan DEPARTMENT OF THE EXPO- SITIONT HIS INTEREST o TRIAL PROGRESS! "hae wine a3 AMERIOA, AND THEIR VALUE IN THE EYES OF GRUMBLERS—S8VENTH PAGE, & WATERSPOUT BURSTS UPON AND INUN- DATES A MEXICAN TOWN! MANY LIVES LOST AND MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY DESTROYED! YELLOW FEVER RAGING IN VERA ORUZ AND REPORTED FROM MEXICO CITY—SEvVENTH PagE, THE CARLISTS DEFEATED IN A FIERCE BAT- TLE NEAR ESTELLA, SPAIN! THEY RE- TIRE TOWARD FRANCE! DON ALFONSO AND GENERAL TRISTANY WOUNDED— SEVENTH Pages. A BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR SANTIAGO DE CUBA! HEAVY LOSS ON BOTH SIDES! HAVANA AFRAID OF A REVOLT—SEVENTH PacE. ENGLISH JUSTICE TO AMERICAN FORGERS! THE BIDWELLS, NOYES AND McDONNELL FOUND GUILTY AND GIVEN THE EX- TREME LIMIT OF THE LAW—SEvENTH Page. DISTRESSING FATALITY FROM CHOLERA IN HUN- GARY—SIR SAMUEL BAKER AND PARTY ARRIVE AT CAIRO—SEVENTH Pace. SALVINI, THE EMINENT TRAGEDIAN, EN ROUTE FOR NEW YORK—VIOLENT AND FATAL STORM IN ENGLAND—SEVENTH PaGE. B. F. BUTLER “RISES TO EXPLAIN!’ HE HITS RIGHT AND LEFT WITH A WILL—TenTH Page. HONG KONG (CHINA) QUAKING FROM FEAR OF CHOLERA! FATAL GUNPOWDER EX- PLOSION IN JAPAN—SEVENTH Paap. AMERICAN TOURISTS “MAKING THEMSELVES SCARCE” IN PARIS—A BLOCK OF BUILD- INGS IN ANTWERP SET ON FIRE BY LIGHTNING—SEVENTH PaGE. SOUND YACHTING! THE SAIL OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB SQUADRON FROM NEWPORT TO OAK BLUFFS! THE GRAND BALL IN HONOR OF THE CLUB—Sixta PacE. THE RACING AT MONMOUTH PARK YESTER- DAY! STONEHENGE, UTICA AND BUSINESS THE VICTORS—Turep PaGg. GAMBLERS IN COURT! A QUEER DOMESTIC EPISODE! A MOST UNHAPPY WIFE— SEVENTH Pags. TAMMANY AND APOLLO! THE TWU FACTIONS LOOKING DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DEMO- CRATIC SUCUESS! VIEWS OF LEADERS— TaIRD Pace. SIR SAMUEL BAKER’S IMPORTANT GEOGRAPH- ICAL DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA— CUBAN SLAVERY AND CRUELTIES—EX- ECUTIOQN OF A MEXICAN OUTLAW—Firtu Pad. ~ GUSHING BLUE-RIBBON LETTERS AND A FAMOUS BREACH OF PROMISE CASE THAT CAME OF THEM—FirtH Page. Tae Coquerry or APoLto aND TAMMANY Harts is the subject of much interest among New York politiciang just now. Elsewhere will be found the views of some of the leaders on both sides. The citizens can afford to wait & little longer while the politicians develop each other, Tae Promprxess axp Reounartry which are beginning to characterize the Post Office city delivery deserve general approbation. The improvement is as marked as it is gratifying, and it is due to the fact that prompt attention is given to every case of irregnlarity, and all negligent subordinates are held to a strict accountability. Tae Vienna Exutsrrion.—His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, visited the American agricultural department of the Vienna Exhi- bition on the 24th inst. He was attended by & brilliant suite and habited in the uniform of a field marshal, The Emperor enjoyed, as we are specially informed by Hznatp telegram, a very cordial reception at the hands of the direc- tion. Hoe manifested great interest in theshow of American implements, particularly with re- gard to the reapers and mowers, and inquiries of the American export trade in the ar- ticles showed that their utility was duly appre- ciated abroad. After having made a tour of the department His Majesty visited other parts of the building. The awards and distribution of medals to Americans appear to be made the subject of various and conflicting com- ment among our countrymen, who are now hurrying away from the scene of peaceful rivalry. Francis Joseph visited the Amerjcan school house, He remained almost an hour, and, as on « previous occasion, appeared to be Particularly interested in the matter of our Progress in public edneaation NEW YORK HERALD, Pennsylvania—The Democratic Party— Views of Alexander H. Stephens on the Political Situation, Including Ceosarism. The democracy of Pennsylvania assemble in State Convention to-day at Wilkesbarre for the purpose of nominating the State ticket and proclaiming the principles snd issues upon which the party will take the field against the republicans for their approaching October State election. Wollowing the lead of their brethren of Ohio, as. in 1871 and 1872, it is generally believed that the Pennsylvania democrats, excepting the tariff question, will substantially adopt the dogmas and doctrines of the Inte Ohio Democratic Convention as their new departure, which may be briefly expressed as the absolute abandonment of the profitless Cincinnati and Baltimore coali- tion, and a return to the old party church and ritual, “unmixed with baser matter.”” The reconstructed platform of the old organ- ization, as adopted in Ohio, embraces the de- clarations that the democratic party seeks to revive no dead issnes; or, in other words, that it accepts the fixed results of the war as em- bodied in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the constitution; that, nevertheless, it stands by its old principles, which are suited to all times and circum- stances; that it supports the federal govern- ment in its constitutional authority and op- poses nullification and secession; that it defends the reserved rights of the States and the people and opposes the centralization that would impair or destroy them. Furthermore, the Ohio democracy insist upon a strict con- struction of the constitution and oppose all property qualifications for suffrage, and are in favor of a liberal law for the natural- igation of foreigners, and are opposed to all monopolies, including the op- pressive monopolies of railway combinations, and are particularly devoted to the good work of redressing the wrongs and establishing the rights of the agriculturists and other produc- ing classes, and contend that the public do- main should be disposed of only to actual settlers. But, lest there should otherwise be some doubts as to the patent right for these declarations, the Ohio democracy emphati- cally denounce the Crédit Mobilier frauds and various other alleged corruptions of the ad- ministration, and the ‘back pay grab,’’ and the conduct of President Grant in signing the bill, and “the bayonet government of Loui- siana, not chosep by her people and having a3 tiles whatever to rule ralti So far, this new democratic pronunciamento from Ohio will be plain sailing to the party in Pennsylvania; but, in opposing ‘‘the system by which a large portion of the profit-produc- ing wealth of the country exempted from taxation,’’ and in insisting that our tariff should be formed with a view to revenue, and not to tax the community for the benefit of particular industries, the Ohio democracy are crowding their Pennsylvania brethren to the wall. The latter will not dance to this music of free trade, soften it as you may, and all attempts, looking to the campaign of '76, to make free trade the shibboleth of the opposition to the party in power will fail as signally as they failed in '72. However, as a “revenue tariff’ is the old platitude for the agricultural States, it may continue to serve the purposes of a ‘glittering generality,” if nothing fnore. Tho Pennsyl- vania democrats, nevertheless, will adhere at least to the shadow of protection, as in 1844, when their Presidential battle cry was, ‘Polk, Dallas, Texas and the Tariff of '42.” This issue and “those bonds’’ excepted, we expect that the new departure of the Pennsylvania democrats will be substantially that of the party in Ohio, and especially in the dropping of the liberal republicans as a make-weight of no consequence and entitled to no further consideration whatsoever. And from this point we may date the abandonment, the dis- solution and the disappearance of the liberal republican faction. It has been weighed and found wanting, and it ceases tobe a make- weight except in the history of the late Presi- dential campaign. The democratic party retarns to its own altars, and, dropping the dead issues upon which McClellan and Seymour were so sig- nally defeated with the disastrous coalition upon Greeley, the old historical organization reaffirms its Jeffersonian ritual. In this posi- tion we dare say that its fature course to and including the next Presidential contest will be entirely in accordance with the views of that distinguished Southern expounder of the constitution, Alexander H. Stephens, as given in the very interesting letter from Gainesville, Ga,, which we publish to-day, first, upon Cesarism, and, next, upon @ mission, the prospects and the true policy of the demo- cratic party. Mr. Stephens does not think there is any more danger of Ceesarism from General Grant in being elected President a third time than there was in his second or first election, espe- cially if he confines the exercise of bis execu- tive powers hereafter to the same limits as heretofore—that Cesarism does not consist in who is the Executive nor how long, but in the disregard of the checks and balances of the constitution—that there can be no Ossar- ism while each of the three departments of the government remains intact and while the re- served rights of the States are respected. The greatest danger to the Republic, in the judgment of Mr. Stephens, is consoil- dation, more familisrly known as cen- tralization. This, he holds, is the only way from the Republic to the Empire which is now to be feared. He holds, too, that there are no evidences of any desire on the part of General Grant looking in this direc- tion, but that the only approaches to consoli- dation are to be found in those obnoxious laws of Congress trenching upon the rights of the States, passed through the active exer- tions of those malcontent republicans who now style themselves liberals. In brief, Mr. Ste- phens believes that there is nothing to be feared from General Grant in being elected a third time, and that there is no sacredness in the example of Washington in limiting him- self as President to two terms, Now, in reference to the patriotism of Gen- eral Grant and his innocence of any designs of sinking the Republic in a despotism, we have, throughout this discussion of Cwsarism, taken especial care to be just and gencrous towards our amiable President. We agree with Mr. ties of hig great office, stands free of any ve acta that have the slightest ten- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. dency td monarchy. Wo believe that he has | ame Massachusetts Campaign for Gov- carefully and conscientiously. confined his authority and his power to the execution of the laws, and that he entertains not the remotest design or wish to make him- self a Ceaar. But ciroumstances are often stronger than men, and it is an. old maxim that “power is always stealing from the many to the few.”” Hence we fear that thero will be danger to the country, not from General Grant in his election a third time as Presi- dent, but from the precedent and from the possible conditions of his third term, over which he may have no control, and no course except that of submission to the party oli- garchy that may be gathered around him. If we become familiarized with three, four and five terms for a President, we may learn to sink his election, first, ina mere formality, and next, to sink it absolutely. But we are here considering the new de- -parture of the democratio party, and upon this important subject Mr. Stephens declares, as his deliberate convictions, that the salva- tion of our free institutions mainly depends upon the democracy—that their mission is to adhere to the constitution, and not to follow those malcontent republicans who have fallen out with General Grant, for that if the demo- crats join these malcontent republicans to beat Grant on Cwsarism for running a third time he will be more decisively triumphant over them in the next contest than he was in the last. In any event Mr. Stephens holds it is the duty and will be the salvation of the democracy to stick to the constitution and their old party landmarks of strict construc- tion and the rights of the States. The democracy of Ohio have anticipated Mr. Stephens in this old line programme, relieved of dead issues, and the party in Penn- sylvania, New York and throughout the coun- try will doubtless follow this example, and particularly in casting overboard the liberals, styled by Mr. Stephens ‘the malcontent republicans."’ But what will be the prospect to the democracy in 1876 against General Grant in the field for a third term, or what will be their chances in 1880 against him for a fourth election, taking into the estimate the enormous powers of patronage, banks, bond- holders, corporations, &., at his service, and for the sake of preventing any disturbance in the existing order of things? This question brings us back again to that of Omsarism, where for the present, we submit the subject to the consideration of our democratic con- temporaries on their new departure to their old sanctuary. Brightening Prospects of the Spanish Republic. The Carlists have met with a reverse before Estella which shows that the Spanish govern- ment are strengthening their position in the field. The desultory mountain warfare which the Carlists waged with whatever advantage could be gained from it seems des- tined .to be tho limit of: their suc- cess. That the government troops numbered five thousand and whipped their opponents, who numbered three thousand, is a sign of the right sort that the Madrid authorities un- derstand their duty to the country. Nothing short of gross mismanagement or half-hearted- ness can account for the fact that the fol- lowers of the Bourbon pretender have been allowed hitherto to choose their ground and the conditions under which they fought. Tho solitary column cut off by the Carlists and the small garrison surprised by them became every day stories showing the want of general- ship among the republican commanders. It may afford some consolation to the Carlists that they were outnumbered, but that shows their weakness, while it is an apology for their defeat. Don Alfonso, brother of the Pretender, and Generals Ollo and Tristany are reported among the wounded. The débris of their army took Yhe road for the French frontier, while the Carlist forces at Berga have with- drawn from their position, If the govern- ment act with energy there is little doubt that the Carlist faction can be soon deprived of further power for mischief. With the insurgents at Cartagena not much progress has been made. Difficult of attack by land or sea, it would seem that the city can only be reduced bya regular siege. The with- drawal of Admiral Lobos out of range of the shore batteries held by the insurgents does not promise a speedy end to the difficulty. The action of the British authorities at the request, be it noticed, of the Germans, in ordering o restoration of the ships captured by the insur- gente and taken from them by the English, is an additional sign of the growing strength of the Republic. This action will give confidence to investors in Spanish Treasury bonds, as well as being of actyal geryice fo the republican cause, Befior 08 fo elected to the Presidency of the Cortes, and affairs in Madrid generally go to show a more determined front than has been hitherto presented. The art of governing is not to be learned in a day, and, apart from the wildness of the orators and the wild confusion of parties, this may account for many of the shortcomings of the republicans. Nattonan Tempzrance Oonvention,—This Convention is now in session in Saratoga, and embraces among its members a large number of gentlemen distinguished for their services im the great cause of temperance. Among the subjects of discussion proposed for the present gathering are the following: —The Church and Temperance, Drinking Usages of ‘iociety, Temperance ii Educational Institutions, Ine ebriate Asylums and Alcoholism, the Rela tions of Drunkenness to Crime, the Sabbath and the Beer Question, Parental Responsi- bility, Intemperance among Women, National Legislation, Temperance Literature, and last, but not least, the Financial Question. There are other topics embraced in the programme, but we think if the Convention handles those enumerated above with proper care and de- liberation it will accomplish all that can be expected of it. At any rate, we hope that the present convocation will not end, as most of its predecessors have, in an essential fizzle, and do more harm than good to the great cause intended to be promoted. Taz Fonorntes on toe Bang or Ena- tanp.—The trial of the prisoners charged with the commission of forgeries on the Bank of England was brought to a close in London yesterday. We are specially informed, by telegram to the Hunarp, that the four Ameri- can prisoners were convicted and sentenced to penal servitude for life. A very serious crime has thus been compensated and the ma- jesty of the law vindicated with promotitade. ernor. General Butler made his first campaign speech for the Bay State Governorship last night at Worcester, so that the political situa- tion begins to assume some definite shape, although the nominations are not yet made. The anti-Butler republicans or Hamilton Hall party issued an address reviewing thp administration of Governor Washburn and urging upon their friends to seo to it that the choice of delegates to the Convention shall not go by surprise or default, It has leaked out that dhe Butlerites have arranged to have a number of delegate meet- ings held simultaneously in various parts of the State. General Butler certainly does not intend to allow his enemies the pleasure of his silence. His address last night, deliv- ered in Judge Hoar’s Congressional district, was mainly in reply to that gentleman's letter denunciatory of the redoutable Benjamin. It was pungent and vigorous. He handled his traducer without gloves, after his usual fashion, and was much more emphatic than refined. It forms a curious contrast to the circular of the Washburnites published yesterday. In the latter Genoral Butler is as- sailed only as a negation with Governor Washburn as his foil; in the former the Washburn people are treated to plentiful per- sonalities, while their defects are intimated by their failure to come up to the stand- ard of patriotism, virtue and god- liness as seen in General Butler, when sketched by himself. The materials for the sketch he obtains from his record, and he touches up the lines with the apparently careless dash of the master hand. The Wash- burnites must unsheath their weapons, if they have any, for Benjamin F. is afield, The trouble with the party of respectables is, that they do not wish to say that they pre “vulgar,” ih at Is the real basis of their dislike. He is good enough to fight their enemies, but except as a janissary they do nét want him. To acknowledge the cause of their opposition would be opposed to all ‘man and brother” principles, Their weakness in this respect may give Butler a majority in the Convention. What will Beacon Street do then? Meanwhile the democrats are preparing for their annual funeral, and will have no trouble in selecting the individual who shall personate the character of chief mourner. Tae Prosxcurion mx THE ITatmn Boy's Case Faxrep because the matter was not well handled, and because these taking up the cause of these poor Italian vagrant Sithes have jumped at conclusions instead of search- ing out facts, There can hardly be a doubt that these wretched boys and girls, some of whom are mere children, have been brought into a sort of slavery either by kidnapping or through the misrepresentations of the pa- drones and their agents and the necessities of not very tender or scgupulous parents. If they have not been stolen they have in most cases been sold in an indirect manner, and are toall intents as much the slaves of their masters here as the negroes in the South were. There is evidence enough to show this to be the case, yet the prosecution in the first case brought up failed. Let us hope the matter will not be dropped, and that more care and skill will be shown hereafter. This kind of traffic and the a ane yolved are inimical to our insti- tutions the Spirit of the age, Jf the evil be not throttled at once, the country will be overrun with these imported and helpless vagrants. News rrom Mexrco.—A telegram from Mexico City, gpecial to the Hznaxp, brings news from the capital of the neighboring Re- public to the 25th instant. Much property had been destroyed, and several lives lost at Guanojuato by the sudden inundation caused by the bursting ofa water spout. Vera Cruz is afflicted with yellow fever. Report alleged that the disease had appeared in the capital, but it was not confirmed. Preparations were being made for the opening of the session of Congress during the next month. The Legis- lative proceedings will, it is thought, be ofa very important character. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prince Gortschakof recently patd a visit to Berne. Secretary of War William G. Belknap yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain William F. Reynolds, of the United States Army, is stopping at the Grand Hotel. Colonel T. 0. English, of the United States Army, has quarters at the Sturtevant House, United States Consul Mahlon Chance, of Nassau, is renee &t the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 0} peror Francis Joseph has intimated his inten- tion of visiting Kaiser William at Gastein, Supervising Architect Mullett is in St. Louis look- ing aiter the new Custom House work there. “our Fritz’ has been favoring the people of Schleswig-Holstetn by a visit to their domain. The King of the Belgians was received at Hom- borg on the 2d inst. by tne imperial victor of Sedan. Reverdy Johnson ts left, by the death of Mr. Meredith, the sole survivor of General Taylor's Cabinet. A deposed Roman Catholic priest in Chicago has gued his former Bishop for $25,000 back pay and other claims. The Emperor of Russia was received with great éclat on his return to St, Petersburg from Wer- many on July 15, Senator John F. Lewis and his son-in-law J. Ambler Smith, member of Congress, expect to visit California in September. Professor Watson, of Ann Arbor, Mich., has re- discovered a new planet that he frst got a glimpse of some four months ago. “Stamps” is the name of the editor of a North Carolina paper. He who filches from him his good name corimits @ larceny indeed, The Austrian Minister of the Interior, Baron Lasser, has returned to Viénna trom Gastein. He goes from sulphur waters to disinfecting fuid. éohn L. Stevens, of Augusta, Me., Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay, has returned to enjoy a brief vacation, atter nearly four years’ absence. A colored map in Indiana has been ned. $1,000 and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for mar- rying 8 white woman. It is not stated what was done with the woman, Bourbons weak and Bourbons strong, says a Berlin journal, are about to amalgamate. Weak Bourbon and strong water is the fusion in vogue on this side of the ocean, A Southwestern man, speaking of woman's rights, says there is but one trade open to the gentle sex, and that trade is marriage. The lec- tare business has always been @ pretty good trade for women. Rev. James Riddle, republican candidate for Governor of Delaware in 1866, and at the time of his decease a member of the National Republican Committee, died at Washington last Friday night, aged seventy. ‘The monument that has been erected at a Cost of $3,000 in Mechanicsville, N. Yo to mark the @tave of Coloddi Elmer E. Ellsworth, Killed as Alexandria, Va., in May, 1861, dedicated September 1. A person styling himself Professor Rosenthal, and who figured extensively in the Young Men's Christian Association's Bazaar of all Nations in Boston, is accused of having stolen about $700 Worth of articles from a piano dealer in that city. en il nl WASHINGTON. WAsHINGToN, August 26, 1873. Senator Morton Returns his Back Pay. ‘The Secrotary of the Senate has received the following letter from Senator Morton :— Naw Your, A gan, 0, coma LS AS oe You are hereby directed to return to th path oathe United States the money to whic Ten ‘a law of the last Co! a8 increased compensation, known as ‘ ” I had di termined from the first I would not draw ‘this money, and now com! with @ formalit hich seems ‘necessary to pce the matter in ee i counts. oO. P. MO! I. The Yellowstone Expedition. ‘The following despatch was received by General Sherman 987° carcago, Mx Angust 29, 1873 Gen. W. T, SumRMAN, Washington, D. : General Me thy Hina General Terry that he has reached the Mussel successful. one officer, raden, of the Seventh cavairy, and three men wounded; loss of the Indians is es- timated at forty killed and wounded. The Veteri- nary Surgeon of the Seventh eavairy, Mr. Ballerum, & trader, and private Bali, of Comp: cavalry, have laid and mi Indians. Lieutenaut Braden ts doing eral Stanley expects to reach the Yellowstone SioReaaagMn Debweee the 9th and 15th of Sep- mber, The Treasury and the Syndicate. The Treasury Department to-day recetved from the Syndicate in London $5,000,000 in five-twenty bonds and cancelled coupons, Judge Advocate Holt and the Execution of Mrs. Surratt. Judge Advocate General Holt published in the Chronicle to-day a statement defending himself from the charges that he, when presenting the record of the trial of Mrs. Surratt to President {ohgson withheld from him a petition signed by five thembers of the Court, recommending, in con- sideration of her age and sex, & commutation of her death sentenge ‘0 Japrisony ent for life in the Penitentiary. m0 jon embraces & letter from Judge Holt to Secretary Belknap, denying, in toto, the assertions referred to, and offering as proofs of his innocence letters from Judge Bingham, ex-Attorney General Speed, Hon. James Harlan, Rev. Dr, Butler, pastor of St, Paul’s church, and many others, all of which are to the effect that the record of the trial and the petition in favor of Mra, Surratt were inthe Presi- dent's office before the execution of the conspira- ors. Judge Bingham’s letter, which ia dated Feb- ruary 17, 1873, states that, having drawn the petition on behalf of Mrs, Surratt, and having after her exe- cution heard the report that it had been withheld from the President, he called on the Secretaries of State and War, Messrs. Seward and Stanton, ana was assured by them both that the petition had been before the President, and had been duly con- sidered by him and his advisers before the Geath sentencé dpon Mrs, Surratt hed been approve and that the President and the Cabinet upon such consideration were @ unit in denying the prayer of the petition. ‘Qld Probabilities” Gone to Vienna. General Myer, Chief Signal Officer, sailed August 23, under orders from the War Department, on @ rapid trip to Vienna, to attend a meeting of the chiefs of meteorological science at that place. The General hopes to see this Convention take the first step to bring about a world-wide system of weather report, connecting the United States and Europe. During his absence the Signal OMce will bein charge of Colonel Garrick MaHoy. WEATHER REPORT. —————— esp War DRPARTNENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASBINGTON, D. C., August 27—1 A. M, Probabilities, en Wi In New England the pressure will increase tae” with lower temperature and clear or partly cloudy weather; for the lower Ise region and the Middfe States, lgnt north- easterly to southerly winds, with cloudiness and light local rains; for the Valley and the upper lake region low perature, increasing pressure, ight, vari- able winds, partly cloudy and clearing wea- tner; for the South Atlantic and Guif States generally clear weather, with high tempera- ture and light southerly to westerly winds; for the Northwest continued low barometer, light easterly to southerly winds, with areas of light rain. . The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's Building :— Pharmacy, ae 1875. ng less Ohio tem- M... Xrotage taaape Average tem last year. TRAGIO END OF AN ELOPEMENT, Feel A German Shoots Himeols Bere of His Wife's Unfaithfalnéss.” ~*~ - Another tale of domestic unfaithfulness has been given the world in the attempted suicide of a poor German, named Felix Holtzapple, of No. 75 Riving- ton street, who yesterday morning shot himself through the lungs with a large-sized Colt’s Ravy revolver. He is a young man, about twenty-one years of age, and has been married about two years, It was not known to any of his friends that he bad family trouble, he always showing the greatest affection for his wife. But his rash act has revealed the fact that the spouse of his heart had been unfaithful to him for some time past. The remotg cause of his suicidal action was @ man who livea tanton street, and the immediate cause his ’s elopement with that individual. She had beén mi ig from his house in Rivington street for some days, and ne supposed she ne home to Germai as she had signified her intention of no doing several times. On Monday night a fellow laborer informed Holtzapple that his wife was in town, he having seen her in company with the Man in Stanton street. This information opened the husband’s eyes to what before he refused to see, and Es 80 on his mind that yesterday mornin; ie resolved to end his trouble by the istol. His wound is of a very dangerous nature. he ball having penetrated the apex of the left lung. That the act was coolly considered and janned there can be no doubt, for, betore makin; he fatal step towards eternity, he sat down ani indicted a letter, in German, to a friend of his, re- in the Cy de} pecite le is now in levue Hospital, in @ precarious condition. 5 as SUICIDE IN BROOKLYS. Last night George Grimn committed suicide by drowning himself in a well in the rear of Binn’s foundry, in Sandford street, Brooklyn, Griffin was @ laborer, and was sunores im the foundry, The body was taken to the Morgue. CANADA'S OREDIT MOBILIER, One of the Witnesses Summoned to Tes- tify Refuses to Appear Sefore the Reyal Commission. MONTREAL, Angust 27, 1873. Mr. Huntingdon, on being summoned to appear before the Royal Commission in reference to the Pacific Railroad scandal, has declined to answer the summons, on the ground that the House of Commons is yet engaged in an inqutry, and that it would be a breach of privilege for him to appear before an inferior tribunal, Furthermore, he states, the House of Commons ae the sole right of inquiry into all high political offences, OBITUARY. Carl Wilhelm. A telegram from Bertin, ui date of yesterday evening, reports as follows:—‘Carl Wilhelm, the composer of the famous German war song, ‘The Watch on the Rhine,’ died to-day at Schwalkal- den.” His name will live forever in the poetry of Germany as it will in the hearts of hia country. THE CRUISE OF '73. Departure of the New York Yacht Club Fleet from Newport. Beautiful Sailing in a North- erly Breeze. THE ARRIVAL AT OAK BLUFFS. A Grand Ball to the New York Yacht Club. Oak BLUYPs, August 25, 1873. The New York Yacht Club squadron have at last arrived at Oak BlaMs, and, although rather dimin- ished in strength by the vicissitudes of weather @nd desertion, Rear Commodore Kingsland, in spite of all obstacles, has succeeded in carrying out the programme of the cruise, The visit to Newport was unusually successful, and what with regattas, balls, dinners and parties, the yachtsmen have had a remark- ably pleasant time. On Saturday evening the Ocean House was s0 crowded that navigation in the corridors was rather dimcult, and the dancing parlor contained a mass of sweltering humanity that, impervious to heat, glided round and round to the measured strains of “The Beautiful Blue Danube,” “Wein, Weib Gesang,” and other inspir- iting waltzes emanating from the musical geniua of the gifted Strauss, On Saturday night and Sunday it blew big guns from the northwest, and, quieting down towards mid- night, canted round to the nor’ard, at which point it was settled at daylight this morning. The Sun- day night boat to New York carried away anum- ber of the yachting party, including Fleet Captain Bend, Mr, Rufus Hatch, Mr. Krebs, General E. Burd Grubb and party, Mr, Alexandre and others, This morning the schooners Tarolinta and Magic and the sloops Vindox and Vision started for the west Word, aud be disabled gohooner Eva and the Vixen, minus e topmast, will start Inthe same di- fection. Shortly after eight A. M. the flagship Alarm sent up the signal “ed oe PREPARE TO GET UNDER WAY, Se and at halfpast eight A. M. fred a gun and starte the remnant of the fleet for Oak Bluffs. The little keel schooner Tempest, of the Boston Yacht Olub, started about ten minutes ahead of the feet, and, beating out past Fort Adams, gave sheet and ran out by the White Washed Rocks at a lively gait, The Alarm finally topped her boom and, paying off, crossed the bows of the Tidal Wave and started out by Ida Lewis’ lighthouse, followed shortly after: wards by the Idier. The Madeleine started @ few minutes after tho Idler, leaving the schooners Tidal Wavo, Phantom, Resolute, Josephine, Foam, Alice and Gypsy in the harbor. The al Wave, Resolute and Josephine are to join the fleet at Oak Bluffs to-morrow. There was @ fresh northerly breeze, and, dashing Piet Fort, Adams and the Dumplings, the Alarm jibed her boom ane started ty iy Iau? followed rane hes Ries ree) wed clos aie ray lene ‘was about three-quarters of a mile astern, The domed all luffed close along the shore, heading well up to the eastward, with a view to Jetching up Buazard Bay intending to make Oak Blutis, by Wood’s Hole, was A MAGNIFICENT DAY, bright and clear, with a warm sun and 4 frésh northerly breeze sending the yachts soa about ten knots an hour. The Alarm overhauled the little Tempest very fast, and also gradually lett the Idler astern, The Madeleine was gradually, raising her hull in the background and gaining ow the feet. About ten A.M. the Alarm ta leeward of the Tempest, whereupon the re; sentative of the Hub sent aloft a neat setting stay~ sail and jib topsall. The wind now began to give out, and at eleven A. M. the fleet was be~ calmed, with bi enol to give steer/ @ why ahead, The wind appeared to be from the eastward, and astern vessels had their main booms ran out to starboard, as if they were bringing up a westerly, wind. The Madeleine now Altexed her course, and 1 as if she was head. tng or thd Gow abd Pig ghlah avandia te go bythe Vineyard Sound, about noon the Alarm caught a breeze from the southward, and was soom dancing along, ee eCare northward of the Hem and Chickens htship, and heading up Buzzard’s Bay. The little Tempest followed close behind, with wat aves some enrigtrs nergy Made- eine wag away jn the offing, heading for the Sow ena Figs light . Th ‘farm Was now goin, along in handsome atyie, and er passin, to the northward of Penikese Island, now cele« brated as the locale of Professor Agassiz’s College, trimmed in her sheets and luffed up to go sironee Quick’s Hole. The Tempest followed a short dis- tance astern, and the Idler half a mile in her wake, In the Vineyard Sound the yachts met a large fleet of coasters beating to the westwara, and, ag they Lge fired a salute in honor of the Pasque Island Fishing Club. The Madeleine was now a long distance behind, coming up past Cuttyhunk. In the afternoon the breeze came very lignt and canted round a little more to the westward, making the yachts splitopen. Leaving Pasque, the Idler com- Menced to draw gradually on the Tempest, and, finally passing her, went tor the Alarm. The big keel schooner was quite out of her element in a calm, and when half a mile to the eastward of tne West Chop the Idler went by her to windward and took the lead. Holmes’ Hole was full of coasters waiting for a favorable chance to get to the west- ward, The afternoon proved very Warm, as thera. wi NO WIND TO GOUNTERACT THE SCORCHING SUN. Om the East Chop the breeze freshened, and tha’ borat a close hauled, headed up the beach. They nal Sea made a short stretch and anchored off thd few House. The yachts arrived as follows:— . Me hop t ta @ hop to-morro' sea View House, bitten, aut Preparations for a Grand Ball in Honor seen othe N.¥.¥.C, 9 zf Sea View House, Oat Biorrs, re ~~ ° ~ Kugist 26, 1873, The camp meeting was fairly inaugurated last night, and about 8,000 people have already arrived on the ground. The schooner yachts Resolute,’ Josephine, Tidal Wave and Fleetwing are expected this evening, whioh, in addition to the Alarm, Madeleine and Idler, now lying at anchor of the hotel, will make a fair representa tion of the New York Yacht Club squadron, Great preparations are being made for the ball to-night given to the New York Yacht Club, and the hotel and surrounding cottages wilt be illuminated im honor of the occasion. Vice President Wilson and Governor Washburne are both stopping in the hotel, and appear to tho- roughly enjoy the relaxation from political anxi- eties that they experience in this gay seaside re- sort. The Cee Ba agar anticipate one of the largest gatherings this week that they have had for many years. Many eminent m‘nisters have promised to attend and jend their services in the food cause, The New York Yacht Club will leave ‘o-morrow for Newport, and on their arrival Rear Commodore Kingsland will disband the squadron and end the very successful cruise of 1873, Laanch of the Sloop Cora. The elegant sloop yacht Cora, built by Mr. Isaac S. McGlehao, of Pamrapo, N. J., after the model farnished by Mr. P. McGiehan, was successfully launched yesterday morning. There were many veteran yachtemen and their ladies in attendance, all of whom expressed the test de. light that such an een elied pleas- ure craft should leave the Jersey shore for the Western lakes. Ex-Mayor R. 0. Barker, of Detroit, Mich., the owner, with many friends, male and female, were on board during the launch, the boat touching the water at twenty-one minutes of twelve o'clock. The description of the Cora, with her dimensions, accommodations and canvas, appeared in fall in the Hasacp of Friday last, Yachting Notes. The following passed Whitestone yesterday :— weet srrtens, Mr. Stevens, from Newport for lew Yor! Steam yacht Wave, B.Y.T.0, Mr.’ Harley, from New London for New York. ., Messrs, Kent, from Yacht Tarolinta, N. Newport for New York. _ ny MUNICIPAL NOTES, Governor Dix was among the first of the Mayor's ‘ visitors yesterday, and had quite an interview with His Honor on public as well as private affairs, Thurlow Weed also called, but the Mayor was abv sent at the time of the veteran politician’s visit. Comptroller Green yesterday pald Judge Fowler's claim, on judgment, for salary for one year. Tho original claim was $10,000, but the interest and costs foot up $1,108 85 additional. ‘The Superviaor’s Committec to hear grievances relating i excessive assessments in the Twelfth, Nineteenth and Twenty-second Wards, met yester- They touk several xoaitional complaints Oi then tool adigorned until Sepvember Ly i