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NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 18/3—TRIPLE SHEET SPAIN. Gortic trom Cartagena and Repulse by the Be- Mlegers—Arms and Ammunition for the Carlists—General Report of Ma- tional Improvement—The British Cabinet and the Prisoners from the Deerhound. DASTARDLY — ASMASSINATION, General E. 8, McCook, Territorial Secretary of Dakota, Killed. TERRIBLE ENDING TO A NOBLE CAREER. TELEGRARS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘ - MapRin, Sept. 12, 1873. A body of intransigente troops made a sortie from Oartagena yesterday, but was unsuccessful 4n its efforts to pierce the line of the besieging force and returned to the city. ABMX COMMAND AND PREPARATION FOR A MEW CAMPAIGN. ‘The command of the Army of the North has been onfided to General Zabala. General Tyron will enter upon a vigorous cam- paign in Catalonia with 10,000 men, MATIONAL RECUPERATION AND 4 VAST TOWER FOR The Gallant General Shot Down in Cold Blood by a Banker. THE ASSASSIN IN > Intense Feeling of Indignation in Yankton and Sioux City—Coroner’s Inquest and Verdict of the Jury—The Body En Route F to Cincinnati—Sketch of General McCook. CUSTODY. ‘The situation here and throughout the country ‘Ae improving. & large portion of the reserves called out has {been assembied, and its equipment is progressing. ‘The government is capable of putting 330,000 ef- Zective forces into the fleld, OARLIST EXACTIONS AND CONTRIVANCES. ‘The resources of the. Northern provinces have ‘been exhausted by the war and the exactions of the Carlists. The necessaries of life even have be- ‘come scarce, and |thousands of families are re- @uced to indigence. The Carlists keep to the mountains, Being with- ut cavalry, they donot dare to descend to the plains in any considerable number. British Reclamation in Sechalf of Cap- bi tured Citizens. Lonpon, Sept. 12, 1878. Itis reported that Earl Granville has told the @epresentative of Spain here that the British gov- ‘ernment insists on the liberation of the officers and crew captured on board the steam yacht Deerhound. YanxTon, Dakota, Sept. 12, 1873, Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, General E, S. McCook, Secretary of Dakota Terri- tory, was ‘assassinated by P. P, Wintermute, a banker of this city. The particulars are as fol- lows:—In the early part of the evening McCook and Wintermute had an altercation in the billiard parlor of the St. Charles Hotel, in the course of which the latter applied to McCook an insulting epithet which reflected upon his parentage. M’COOK RESENTED THE INSULT by punishing Wintermute severely before the com- batants could be separated, After they were separated Wintermute washed the blood from his face and went out of the house, while General McCook went to his rooms. At the time Winter- Mute was washing himself he remarked to thoso around, “McCook can whip me, but I can shoot.’” A public railroad meeting had been called to be held in the court room in the St, Charles Hotel block that evening, and convened soon after the affray above related, and it seems that Winter- mute, after having washed himself, went five orsix blocks and procured a revoiver. THE ASSASSINATION, He proceeded to the court room, where the meet- ing was being held, and stationed himself near the entrance, whicn he know McCook would pass through on entering the room, and there awaited the arrival of nis prey. He had not long to wait, for McCook soon passed through the entrance to attend the meeting, and as he did so Wintermute rose to his feet, drew his revolver, and, advancing to McCook, took delberate aim and fired upon him, the shot taking effect in the left breast, passing under the collar bone and out under the shoulder blade, severing a vital artery in its course. M'COOK SEIZES THE ASSASSIN, No sooner had the assassin fired upon McCook than the latter dashed upon his assailant, seized him and threw him violently to the floor, In the mélée which followed, and before the combatants could be separated, Wintermute’s pistol was dis- charged three times, one of the shots slightly wounding a bystander. McCook was unarmed, The parties being separated, the General was taken to his room and medical assistance sum- moned. On examination it was found that he was shot as above described, and that the wound was a mortal one. He lingered through the night, hay- ing full possession of his reasoning faculties, being sensible of all that was going on around him, and DIED PEACEFULLY AND WITHOUT A STRUGGLE at seven o'clock this morning, WINTERMUTE is a man forty-five or fity years of age, of medium height and light complexion. He came to this Territory from Minnesota about two years since; ‘Was an aspirant for the position to which McCook ‘was appointed and which he hela up to the hour G@unsand Ammunition for the Carlists. Ba¥ONNE, Sept. 12, 1873, A number of cannon and other munitions of war for the Carlists were landed yesterday at Lequeitio, ‘on the coast of the Province of Biscay. * Railway Accident and Loss of Lite. MADRID, Sept. 12, 1873, ‘The express train which left Vittoria this morn- Ing for Madrid, while going at full speed, ran of the track. The cars were badly wrecked. Six passengers were killed, among them one ‘general and other persons of eminence, and thirty- ‘wounded. ‘The cause of the disaster is unknown. Obstructions were placed by the Carlists yester- Mayon the railway from Saragossa to Pampeluna, and a train was thrown from the track near Tafalls. No lives lost. FRANCE. Civie Rejoicing Over Prussian Retirement. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Sept. 12, 1873. » The evacuation of Verdun by the German forces Will be completed to-morrow. There will be great public rejoicing and a general Wlumination of the town in the evening. ENGLAND. Manicipal Honor to a Representative of Erie— Rallion Moving from the Bank— Agrioulturist Report. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ° Lonpon, Sept. 12, 1873, The municipality of London propose to give a flinner in honor of Mr. Watson, President of the Brie Railway, on his arrival in this city. BULLION FROM THE BANK. ‘The amount of bullion withdrawn from theWank of Brigiand on balance to-day is £70,000. THE HARVEST. if ‘The weather throughout England to-day is fair Bnd favorable forthe crops. THE ENGLISH TURF. ° ——_>—__—_—_—_. of his death, and has been a bitter personal enemy Fhe Doncaster Meeting Ended—Race for | O11 som the ay McCook received his appoint- od ite ment over him; which fact, connected with sundry local difficulties transpiring within the last year, was no doubt the germ from which has grown the brutal encounter. 2 A PROFOUND SENSATION CREATED. The affair has created the profoundest sensation in this city and aroused a feeling of condemnation which it has taken the best and wisest efforts of Governor Burbank and his immmediate friends to control. The city is .shrouded in gloom, flags are at half-mast and universal sor- row is pictured on every countenance. General McCook, the deceased, was a man thirty-cight or. thirty-nine years of age, stood about six feet high, was a large and portly personage, weighing about 200 pounds. He was the youngest son of the famous fighting McCook family of Ohio, the history of whom is too well known all over the country to néed recaptulation. His remains now lay in state at the St. Charles Hotel, in this city, encased in a metallic coffin, the body being clothed in a brigadier general’s uni- form—that insignia of rank to which the deceased fought his wayon many a hotly contested battle field of the ctvil war, THE REM\/ «8 SENT TO CINCINNATI. At twelve o'clock to-night the remains will be conveyed to@ special train of the Dakota South- ern Railroad. : ‘ The coffin, being enshrouded with the starry folds of the American flag and accompanied by Governor John A. Burbank, Hon. W. A. Burleigh and Major Joseph R. Halsen, will be taken te Cincinnati and there depgsited in Spring Grove Cemetory by the side of other members of this illustrious and patri- otic family. AN INTENSE FEELING AGAINST WINTERMUTE, The feeling here against the perpetrator of this most foul and cowardly crime 1s most intense among the masses. Yet let it be said to the shame of those to whom the allusion applies, there area few persons.so lost to deeency and depraved in manhood as to justify the foul deed. Wintermute is now under arrest, and is qaartered at the Mer. chants’ Hotel in this city, where, I understana, his Bacchanalian appetite for strong drink has been fully gratified by a select party of friends who clandestinely rejoice over his dastardly deed, He will doubtless be arraigned for trial at our next term of Court, which meets the third Tues. day in, O¢tober, but whether he will be tried is another question, A CORONER'S INQUEST Was held upon the body of General McCook, and a verdict rendered that deceased “came to his death from the effects ot a wound received from a pistol shot fired by P, P, Wintermute.”” TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 12, 1873. ‘This was the fourth and last day of the Doncaster ®eptember meeting. . ‘The great race of the day was for the Doncaster ©uap—value 300 sovs. Mr. Savile’s br. c. Uhlan, 4 years old, was the Jwinner. The b. f. Lilian, 4 years old, belonging to the same gentleman, came in second, and Mr, R, NV. Batts’ ch. c. Thorn, 8 years old, third. ‘There were five starters. ‘The last betting was 3 to 1 against Uhlan, 3 to 1 @gainst Lian and 6 to 4 against Thorn. BELGIUM. fegal Savans in Permanent Organization for the Pursuit of Peace. + ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB, GHENT, Sept. 12, 1873, A conference of European and American juris- @onsults, which has been in session inthis city turing the week, has organized asa permanent Institate of international law. ‘Three subjects have been discussed—viz., inter- Rational arbitration, the three rules of the Washington Treaty and the codification and adop- tion by treaty of regulations relative to private property in time of wat. The Conference ap- pointed a committee todraw up and issue a mani- festo, and adjourned to meet in Geneva next year. TURKEY. ooo TELECRAM TO THE EW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Sept. 12, 1873. M, Aristarchi, the newly appointed Minister, to Washington, sails of the 20th inst. for New York. blake htiatngshistinienadans, PORTUGAL. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lisson, Sept. 12, 1873, Accounts from different sections of the country fepresent the vine disease as making great havoc, GIBRALTAR. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 12, 1873, The United States ship Supply arrived here this morning from Trieste. All on board are well. DARING ROBBERY OF A BANK. JACKSON, Mich., Sept. 12, 1873, One of the most daring robberies on recora was Perpetrated on the People’s National Bank of this ety between nine and ten o'clock to-day, While the President of the bank was engaged ‘writing at his desk and the cashier was out on business a package containing $3,000 was ab- strated from the safe, to which access was gained through a side door {ne the bank building. Lying beside the stolen package were two ot! ed ps of parse Ped, oe. containing $13,000 and the ir 000. ropbery is i to Another Account of the Affair. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 12, 1873, $5, suppose: have ‘Deen committed by experts who are on thelr Wi General E. 8. McCook, Territorial Secretary of 0 the Stare ab Grand Raoids, ni Dakota. was shot through the breast last night at Yankton by P. FP. Wintermute, and died tis morning. McCoek attempted to enter the court room, where a railroad meeting was being held, and was. met at the door by Wintermute, who, after some high words, drew a pistol and shot McCook, the ball entering near the leit Shoulder, severing an artery. The latter then seized Wintermute, who fired two more shots without effect. In the struggle both fell to the floor and were separated by friends. McOook was carried to his room, at the St. Charles Hotel, bleeding profusely. A consultation of phy- sicians was hela, and the wound was” pro- nounced fatal. Still preserving consciousness, he gradually sunk until the hour men- tioned. But lgtle is known of the origin of the diMculty, but it is supposed to have been @ long-standing feud in regard to railroad bonds voted by Yankton county. Wintermute is now incustody. Considerable excitement exists, and there are some threats of summary ven- geance. Reception of the News at the White * House. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1873, The following despatch was received at the White House this morning :— YANKTON, Dakota Territory, Sept. 12, 1973. To U. 8. GRant, President of the United States: General Edwin 8, MgCook was assassipated at a ablic meeting last night py P. P. Wintermute, a Ban! ker of this place. JOHN A. BURBANK, Governor. Sketch of Edwin 8. McCook. Edwin Stanton McOook, whose life has been ter- minated in such asudden and sad manner by vio- lence at the hands of another, was the youngest member of the family which has become so distin- guished by the military deeds of its sons as tobe termed that of “the fighting McCovks.” He en- tered the service of his country at an early age, and distinguished himself, almost immediately, by his decisive action and go-ahead manner. His career was foreshadowed in HERALD report which was published in the month of August, in the year 1863, thus:—‘Colohel Edwin 8. Mcvook, of the Thirty-first regiment Illinois Volunteers, Third division, Seventeenth Army Corps, left St. Louis on a steamer for the South in order to resume operations on the field or to do any duty required of him for¢he benefit of the country. He Nas been wounded three times by rebel weapons and ber rege etl is Reine well for one 80 young.” Since then his career has been upward and onward under General Grant, The McCook family belongs to Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Major Daniel McCook, the father of 80 many dis- tinguished sons, died from a wound which he re- ceived when leading a militia band in a skirmish with Morgan’s raiders, near Buffington. Major McCook, up to the outbreak of the war, belonged to the conservative school of politicians. Upon the fall of Fort Sumter, he, with all his sons, at once became the. most enthusiastic, active, and seli-sacrificing supporters of the war lor the pre- servation of the Union. The record made by the McUooks in the war is a part of the history of the country. At the time of the first battle of Bull Run, five of the Major’s sons—Robert, Alexander, Daniel, Edward, and Charles—were in the army. In that action the youngest and last mentioned, @ private in the first Ohio, was mortally wounded, and died in the arms of his father. Asa secon Sacrifice of his blood upon the altar of his country, the latter had to lament also the loss of Robert. Of the surviving ones, Alexander was a major gene- ral, commanding the Twentieth corps in the ane. ofthe Cumberland; Daniel, colonel of the Filty- second Ohio, commanding a brigade in the same army, and Edward, colonel of an Illinois regiment. The latter distinguished himself in Grant’s cam- a i in Mississippi, on the march to Vicksburg. ‘he youngest of the gons, John, served on the staff of General Crittenden. ‘ne eldest, George McCook, @ lawyer, likewise rendered good service for some months, while temporarily commanding a regi- ment in West Virginia. Not content with thus giv- ing all of six sons to the country, the head of the family himself shouldered a rife, joined his sons at various points of the theatre of war and sought in erson Whenever opportunity offered. At Bull up, On the Upper Potomac, in Western Virginia, and before Corinth, the commanding figure, white héad and' trusty gun of the feartess old man ap- peared conspicuously. Since the death of Charics and Robert he was moved with a spirit of personal Vengeance against those who had slain his sons, and under its impulses was led to the conflict in which he met hisend. Dantel (Sr.) went trom Washington City up the Tennessee River in, we believe, the capacity of an army paymaster. is sons were as follows :— Colonel George W. McCook, who acted as Commissary and agent of the State in the opening of the war for sev- eral months; not now in the military service. McDowell McCook, Brigadier General Second divi- sion, Buell’s corps, was in the battle of Shiloh. Robert L. McCook, Brigadier eye a distinguished at Carnifex Ferry, Va., and Mill §} y. Daniel McCook, Jr., Assistant Adjutant General. mpavin stanton Medook, Colonel in Logan's Thirty-first Latimer McCook, Surgeon Thirty-first Illinois regiment. John McCook, kilied at the battle of Bull Run, refusing to surrender. Dr. John McCook, of Steubenville, Ohio, brother of the above named Daniel, was senior surgeon on the Glendale, a hospital boat for tne care of the Ohio wounded. Mis five sons in the service during the war were :— Edward McCook, Colonel Second Indiana (formerly Bridgeland’s) cavalry: Anson G. McCook, Major Second Ohio regiment, was be inhis county to volunteer; was in the battle of Buil Run. Roderick 8. McCook, Licutenant in the Navy, com- manding the Stars and stripes. He had charge of a inortar battery on shore at the capture ot Newbern, { First Virginia John J. McCook, First Lieutenant ot regiment, disgesthed himself at Philippi. lenry ©. McCook, Chaplain Forty-first Tinois, raised two companies of volunteers at the opening of the war. THE YELLOW FEVER SCOURGE. PASSE GF A Terrible State of Affairs in Shreveport, La.—Sixty Deaths Already—A Picture of Misery. New ORLEanNs, Sept. 12, 1873, A despatch from Shreveport to-day to Messrs. Nash & Hodgson says the city is in great need of help, The yellow fever is of a malignant type and does not yield readily to treatment. There is great scarcity of people to attend the sick, The despatch is signed by L. RK. Simmons, President of the How- ard Association. Adespatch from W. A. L’Hommedieu, of Mar- shall, Texas, telegraph superintendent, to Superin- tendent Flanery, of this city, says everything is in great confusion in Shreveport. There were thirty deaths there yesterday. ‘The fever is reported worse there to-d: The Picayune has the following :—‘We have been permitted to copy the following private letter trom Shreveport :— Suexvxrort, Sept. 7, 1873. Dear Jace—We are now passing through an awiul scourge. Yellow rever has come, and, like some awful black pall, has thrown its folds’ about us, spreading fright, terror and death amon, The town is nearly depopulated by stampede and sickness. There have, an ni I can ascertain, up to date, been about sixty people died and there are still a great number sick. There ts one awful characteristic about the sickness, and that is, no one attacked as yet has recovered. One day youhear of a case doing as ‘weil as could te expected; the next thing a corpse is awaiting the hearse. In point of malignant fatality it surpasses any yellow fever ever known here. I pears as it the fell monster ever gets its feriencal fangs fas- tened on its victim it never lets go {ts fatal grip until the oor victim is stiff and stark dead. A few cases at first ropped dead in the stréets before reaching a honse. These cases, however, have been rare. None of our particular friends have as yet died. We have organized @ Howard Association and are doin 4 great deal ofgood. ‘The following that I know are deal up to the present time. Mr. Beal, the carpenter and his wite; Cashel, the druggist; Mr, Mundy, of the firm of Mandy & Collins; Ji Smith, two of im Anderson, Hani Mr. Griswold’s ‘children, Miss’ Craig, besides. many strangers. The following. are very sick: —Colonel Cum. ings, Dr. Kendall, Bart Oilvie, Judge Lerney, the two Misses Jordan; Mr.’ Alexander, the lawyer; G.' J. Alex- ander, the tailor and Billy Marshal. Ir the tever continues {will move away. One ot the attendant inconveniences of the fever is 8 thorough em- bargo onthe cars, ‘They will let no one go. The town 4s, In the way of business, dead. 'P. S.—Monday, Sept. &—There area great many new Gases reported this morning. Mr. Joe Howell is dead. Yours, CHARLES, Later from Shreveport. SHREVEPORT, La., Sept. 12, 1873, Up to four o'clock P. M. to-day there were eighteen deaths frem yellow fever. The epidemic is on the increase. Wiiole families, are down with it. The nurses are worn out. The Pestilence on the IncreasemA Cu. rious Explanation. LittLe Rock, Ark., Sept. 12, 1873, Several parties who le/t Shreveport yesterday arrived here to-night. They report yellow tever on the increase, Every stage leaving that city for this place is crowded with horror stricken people. Ason of Mr. Brooks, proprietor of the Southern Hotel at Shreveport, who arrived here yesterday, received a telegram to-night announcing the death of his father irom, the tilence. It is thought that the removal of the Ked River raft has consid- erable to do with the epidemic, THE BATTLE OF NORTH POINT, Anniversary Celebration in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md., Sept, 12, 1873, To-day being the anniversary of the battle of North Point, is observed as a holiday. The city offices are all closed and flags displayed from the pubdlic buildings and many private residences. the “Old Defenders” assembled this mo: ay is their custom, and proceeded to Brown’s Pavil- ton, where they will pass the day. The Sixth regi- on Maryland National Guard, paraded and mai to Hall's aprings for target practice, MARYLAND REPUBLICAN CONVEN- TION. A Harmonious Meeting of the Adnrints- tration Party of the State—Mild Reso- lutions of the Usual Pattern—The State Nominations, Bavrmwons, Sept. 12, 1873. ‘The Maryland Republican Convention met here to-day. After some preliminary business the Com- mittee on Credentials submitted their report, rec- ommending John T, Ensor for President of the Convention ,and a number of vice presidents and secretaries, which was adopted. The Committee on Resolutions, through taeir Chairman, submitted @ series of six resolutions, which were unani- mously adopted, as follows :— First—Resolved, That this Convention hereby reaffirms je unwavering attachment of the republicans of Mary. nd to the great principles heretoiore enuncit the a accredited representatives of the party iu. National Con- vention assembled. Secoud.—Resolved, That the Administration of Presi- dent Grant has been eminently wise and just and pro- juctive the most beneficent results in the reduction of taxation, tho restoration of peace and order, and, the ad- Yancement of the general prosperity of the nation in a time of transition and most imminent peril, and wo hereby expreas our Bnuhaken confidence in the patriotic ship and ster! te e Chief Magis- trate of the nation. spirulembiyihsd * ‘The third resolution favors reform in State and maunictpal governments, reduction of taxation, &c., treating entirely of State matters, ‘The jourth resolution denounces all State laws by which immense portions of the profit-producing capital of the State are exempted trom taxation, and demands from the incoming Legislature such action as it may lawfully take to effect equal taxa- tion of all property of all corporations and persons whatsoever and whomsoever, The Mfth yresolution favors a good and efficient system of free schools under the control of com- petent teachers as safeguards to the nation. The sixth resolution ts as follows :— Resolved, That we are anxious that the recent events projudices of the past should be buried, and will ome as the greatest public blessing a return of food feeling which will enable the people of this. State judge of the measures, the pollcy and the candidates of political parties according to their merits alone. ‘The resolutions were unanimously adoptéd, after which Mr. Henry H. Goldsborough, of Talbot county, was nominated for Comptroller on the first ballot, and John HR. Price, of Harford, nominated for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The Convention then adjourned sine die. A full attendance from all the counties was Present, and the utmost harmony prevailed. OREGON FOLITIOS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 1873, The Oregon Republican State Convention at Albany has adjourned | after a stormy’ ses- sion, Hiram = Smith, of Lynn _ county, has been nominated for* Congress. A resolution was adopted expressing confidence in Senator J. H, Mitchell. The party 1s divided, and an exciting campaign is expected. WEATHER REPORT. OPYICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept, 13—1 A. M. Probabilities. For New England the pressure will diminish, with fresh and brisk southerly to westerly winds and increasing cloudiness with probably light rain, especially for the northern portion, followed by clearing weather and northwesterly winds at night. For the Middle States cloudy weather, with rain, especially for the northern portion, the winds veering to fresh and brisk northwesterly during the afternoon and evening, with clearing weather and falling temperature. For the South Atlantic and Gulf States east of the Mississippi light to fresh winds and partly cloudy weather, with occasional light rain over the interior, For Tennessee, the Olio Valley and lower lake region fresh and brisk north to northwest winds, clearing weather and falling temperature. Kor the Upper Lakes, Missouri, Iowa and Min- nesota northerly winds, diminishing in force, lower temperature and clear or partly cloudy weather, With frost at night. ty Cautionary signals continue at Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Erte, Buffalo, Rochester and Oswego. WAR DEPARTMENT, i {The Weather in This City Yesteraay. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last rear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s harmacy, HERALD Building :— 1172, 1873. 1st, 1878. 60 3:30 P, 6 6P.M 7 70 61 66 74 12P. 66 rature yesterd: « 07% Average temperature ‘for last year. res eo + 15% PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS, Salvini’s Welcome—The Reecption to the Italian Tragedian at the Arcadian Club. . There was a distinguished assemblage at the handsome rooms of the Arcadian Club in Union place last night. A genuine, hearty welecme was given to the great representative of Italian tragedy, whose name is linked with those of Modena and Roast in the highest walks of Italian art, The rooms were decorated with American and Italian flags, and paintings of a superior kind graced the walls. Musical, dramatic and other celebrities were grouped around, when Mr. Henry Millard addressed, in Italian, on behal! of the club, the distinguished guest of the evening, welcom- ing him in brief and appropriate terms. He then recited an ode, prepared for the occasion, 11 which the glories of Italian art, both anctent and mod- ern, were sung in dulcet measures, Tne connec- tion between America arf Italy was happily alluded to im reference to the Genoése sailor who first descried the New World from the deck of the Pinto, The concluding lines of the ode were par- ticularly jelicitous, speaking of the fact that “art finds in America another Rome.” A Very attractive musical programme was pre- pared by the committee. M. Sauvet played a piano solo to commence Proceedings and the beautitul trio from “Attila” followed. Wieniawski played one of hts legends, and Mills gave the fantasia in “a Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with rare effect. A serenade by an_ Italian band, with the accompanying calcium lights, immense crowd and. wild enthusiasm ‘took place at midnight. Among the ladies present were Signora Isolina Piamonti, the leading lady of the Saivini troupe, Mme. Gazzaniga, Mile. Matilda Toedt, the violiniste, and many prominent vocalists. Mr. Di Lucca and Mr. Kinotti of the Itaiian Consulate, the Portuguese Minister, Dr. Ceccarini, and a large number of other prominent representatives of the Latin race were present. It was @ very ee tribute to the great tra- gedian, and one that reflected honor on the people that received him, id At the conclusion of the ode Signor Salvini re- plied in Italian, and said that he was very sorry that he could not command language sufficient to express his emotions; and especially he regretted that he could not reply in English. ile hoped that the American public, before which he was soon to appear, Would prove as indulgent to him as it had always been appreciative of the talents of Bootn, Fechter and bag Whose talents he had always admired. He felt flattered with the compliments contained in the ode, and begged to return his thanks to that member or the club individually. Musical and Theatrical Notes. Mrs. John Wood is to appear in Liverpool shortly in a dramatization of Charles Reade’s novel, “The Wandering Heir.’ . The English Opera Company, of which Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is to be the prima donna, will not appear in this city till quite late in the season. Mr. Boucicault, who has been at the country house of Mr. William Stuart, his partner in the new Park Theatre, since his recent indisposition, has almost recovered from his sickress, “Mephisto” was withdrawn from the boards of the Olympic Theatre on Wednesday evening, being replaced by “Sinbad the Sailor.” A large house greeted this reproduction and the piece was well received, “JERSEY JUSTICE. — Six Years in'the State Prison for Inpen- diarism. Joseph Campbell was sentenced yesterday at Trenton to six years in the New Jersey State Prison for having set fire to Haggerty’s barn at the above city on the Sth inst, A few days ago he confessed the crime and said that it was al of rum which urged him to perpetrate the malicious deed. He seemed struck with amazement when the sentence was announced, as. he did not expect such a long term, in consequence of having made. a confession, which, he thought, a palliation of the offence. Charles 0. Talbot, wo was appointed Postmaster of Brooklyn, in plaee of Samuel Booth, resigned, has been formally wotified of his appointment and his official bot t him t 5 WLANs UPON Wis dues oM tbe Lat of Gonann =” THE LOST EXPLORERS, ‘The Great Arctic Tragedy and Sug- | gestions for Clearing Up Its Mystery. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SIFTED. Theory of a Washington Savant on the Where- abouts of the Polaris Crew. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1873. Commander Braine, of the Juntata, to-day tele- graphed Commodore Reynolds, Acting Secretary of the Navy, that he would leave as soon ashe had coaled, and would sail in a northeasterly direction until he reached the latitude of the coast of Labra- dor. It is evident, say naval officials, thata rivalry amounting to jealousy exists between the ofcers of the Tigress. and the Juniata, which will make the commander of the latter vesse] more anxious, to find the remainder of the crew of the Polaris. Circumstantial Evidence Sifted. * WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1873. To Tg Eprror or THe HERAL The veil of mystery overhanging the lost Arctic explorers seems with our present light almost im- penetrabie. I¢ is painfully impossible, with the tragic tidings already published concerning the fate of the Polaris before us, to say anything as Startling as the tidings themselves. ‘The inco- herent and fragmentary reports leave the har- rowing doubt that not evon the crew of the Tigress, much less that of the Juniata, have yet seized the thread which might conduct them into the labyrinthine history of the party under Captain Buddington, and people are constrained therefore to draw conclusions irom the circumstantial evi- dences in the case. The despatches already re- ceived have been dictated from the Juniata, the rival search ship of the Tigress. Taking the second hand information of Commander Braine, which he obtained from Commander Greer, and which, for accuracy’s Sake, One would wish he bad given in the latter oficer’s own words, the following inier- ences may be drawn:— REASONING FROM CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, In the first place, it 1s not stated whether the party camped near Littleton Island last winter left any record behind them, and the inference of Commander Greer—that they went south in two boats in the middle of June—is apparently based on the mere word of the Exquimaux. The circum- stantial evidence is conclusive that if they did, and the public may ‘accept Commander Greer’s hasty abandonment of the vicinity of Littleton Islanu as proof that he believed they did, they took their departure, not from choice, but compulsion, Why, tnen, should they .have committed them- selves voluntarily to the mercy of the waves and the tremendous ice-foes in June, when navigation was at its worst. ‘hey were within a lew days’ sledge or foot journey of Cape York, and within thirty miles of the settlement at Notlik, on the main land, where they might have ebtained relief, IF THE ESQUIMAUX WERE FRIENDLY. They might also have entertained well grounded hopes that, by waiting a few weeks, some friendly whahng ship would heave in sight and rescue them, while the attempt, at that early day, to go south in two frail boats was almost certain destruc- tion. One cannot suppose that they were forced to abandon their winter quarters by the want of food. All the rescued members of Tyson’s party testified that when they were separated from the Polaris, on October 16, 1872, she had plenty of provi- sions, but only about one winter's supp!y of coal. The report of commander Greer, which comes through the Juniata, tells us that the Esquimaux,’ when first seenon shore from the deck of the Tigress, were in the uniform of satlors of the United states navy, but they subsequently changed their clothes and redonned the Esquimau ap- parel, an action that looks inexplicable. It is an almost UNIVERSAL PRACTICE OF ARCTIC EXPLORERS to leave a memorandum stating their past and prospective movements in some secure vessel at the camp or winter quarters they Aranipny ana unless the Polaris survivors at Littleton {sland were the victins of Esquimau hostility, it 1s un- accountable that they leit no sealed record of their experience and purposes. The inference which can alone be drawa from these considerations would seem to be treo watery by the account which represents the abandoned house as present- ing tnteriorly A SCENE OF THE WILDEST CONFUSION, broken instruments lying on the floor, while the remains of a mutilated log book were scattered about in all directions, But, accepting the hasty abandonment of the scene by Commander Greer as evidence that he believed tie Polaris party had embarked southward, and no time was to be lost in endeavoring to overtake them, the public will inquire, in that event, what light remains to clear up the mystery of their fate. It 1s hardly sible that two frail boats could have long outlived the wild tumult and ice perils of Smith’s Sound and Baflin’s Bay, but it is highly probable that had their boats gone down amid the ice drifts they. could have re-embarked on one of these floating islands and transferred to it the larger portion of their stores and provisions. If this actually occurred, as we strongly hope was the case, the government is not by any means shut up to despair. The prevailing winds and the westward set of the Smith Sound current would drive such an ice craft in June decidedly towards the western side of Baffin’s Bay and over upon the shores of North Lincoln or to the north of Labrador, 1n part of the icy waters seldom frequented and generally shunned by whalers, and irom which an escaping party, though mauaging to survive, would find ita dimecult task to communicate with a friendly ves- sel. Upon the theory that they have been picked up near Cape York it is almost unaccountable that nearly three months have elapsed without any clew to their whereabouts being given. Upon the above hypothesis, based.on the pl iyalnay geography and meteorology of these waters, it is by no means hard to explain the long delay in determining their fate. If they have been cast on any part of the shore between Labrador and Ellesmere Land or-North Lincoln they would be, as already intimated, in a position FAR FROM THE SIGHT OF ANY FRIMNDLY SAIL and far from the (.abrador settlements, but not devoid of the means of prolonged subsistence. I therefore cling to this hope as the moat reason- able one that remains of the future rescue ot the forlorn crew of the Polaris, and trust that the Juniata may be ordered to repair at once to this coast and continue the search as long ag the season ermits, The ice is now rapidly forming in the Bian North, but the ice driit, the dread of the navigator, is nearly arrested by the cold, so that shouid one or more steam vessels be promptly sent to the west coast of Davis Straits they would not be in as much danger as the Juniata was off Cape York on the 8th of August, during her encounter with the storm and the ice pack. There may possibly be other lines of bath proposed, but this seems to be the most practicable. ig AURORA BOREALIS, THE ACCIDENT ON THE OHICAGO, BOOK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, Sr. JoserH, Mo., Sept. 12, 1873. The particulars of the accident to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ratiroad train near Platis- burg yesterday are as follows:—The engine ran over a large steer and the engine, baggage car and one passenger’ car were thrown into a ditch wrecked.* The engineer, J. McGrath, stood at his post and was scalded to death. The fireman was scalded and otherwise injured, but not seriously, uf the passengers Mrs. Margaret Evans, of Louisville, Donn gpenty, Wis., was injured internally; Mrs. W. Griswold, _ wil of conductor on the Des Moines’ Valley Railroad, seriously injured and congestion of the brain is probable; J. 8. Ayres, of St. Louis, seriously bruised and injured internally, and W. 3. Jones, of Manbaiton, Kansas, badly injured on the head and received severe bodily injuries. 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