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4 The Russian Expedition ‘to Central Asia. Adventures of Our Correspondent in the Deserts of Central Asia. Karva, August 20, 1873. {t was abont six o’clock on the morning of the 16th of May when I rode into the camp and fortress of Khala-ata, dust-covered and weary after my seventeen days’ ride through the desert. The camp was situated in the middle of a level, sandy plain, bounded on the north by the low range of mountains I had just crossed and stretching away to the south and east in the direction of Bokhara as fat as they could reach, without one tree, with. outeven the friendly Saks-aool, which I had seen everywhere, to relieve its dreary, soul-sickening aspect; @ level expanse of sand that lost itself in the distant horizon, blended with the yellow, brassy sky—the nearest approach to my ideal desert, the desert I had read of in travellers’ books, of anything I had yetseen. I was at first aston- ished that General Kaufmann should have chosen such @ spot in which to pitch his camp during sev- eral days, as I understood from the natives he had done; but my astonishment soon ceased when I beheld a spring of pure, sweet water gushing forth in a stream.six inches thick and affording a sapply sufMfotent for an army of many thousands. The camp itself was composed of tents and ka- bitkas, of all sizes, shapes and colors, scattered about irregularly over a space of perhaps 200 yards square, but the large dome-like structure which, in the distance, I had taken for an enormous kabit- ka, proved to be an ancient mound o! earth, which, surmounted by a newly constructed watch tower of stone, now served as & corner bastion to the lit- ttle fort which had just been constructed by General Kaufmann. Mud tombs, such as I nad seen allthe way through the desert, were scattered bout here and there, some solid and well pre- served, apparently nearly new, others broken and crumbling away ; groups of soldiers were gathered around the pools of water formed by the ever- gushing fountain, watering their horses; long lines of camels were starting out into the desert to hunt ® scanty repast of saks-aool and wild apsynth; @ general appearance of dust and heat and discom- fort, such was Khala-ata, the place wherel frst struck Kaufmann’s trail, after a chase of seventeen days and a ride of 600 miles. Judging by the num_ ber of troops I saw, I concluded that}Kaufmann was no longer here, and the thought that perhaps he had already arrived at Khiva was not an agreeable one. It was with a beating heart that I rode up to the young officer on duty, followed by my little caravan, and asked him where was General Kauf- mann? The answer dashed my hopes to the ground, General Kauimann had marched from Khala-ata five days ago, and was now certainly on the Amoo Derya. Five days! And by time I would reach the river he would have crossed it and taken Khiva. Fora moment! | was the prey to the most overwhelming disappoint- ment and mentally consigned old Ak. Mamateff and Bey Tabook to the lowest regions of the Inferno for the three days they detained me in the desert waiting for a guide. I swallowed my chagrin as best I could, and informed the oMcer that | was an American on my way to see General Kaufmann, for whom as well as for the Grand Duke Nicholas I had letters of introduction; would he kindly inform the officer in command of the de- tachment that I had arrived, and that I would like to call and pay my respects. A RUSSIAN WELCOME TO AN AMERICAN. As soon as the young officer learned that I was an American, he evinced the greatest cordiality’ invited me into his tent, ordered tea to be made instantly, ana told me Colonel Heimarn, the officer in command, was still asleep, but that he would Soon be up and would be delighted to see me. I @m very much inclined to think, however, that the latter part of this information was a piece of gratuitous politeness on the part of my kind enter- tainer, prompted by his own hospitable disposition, if | may judge by the reception that realiy awaited me. He further informed me that Colonel Hel- marn intended moving forward next day with two companies of infantry, 100 Cossacks and two field pieces o1nine, and that I could, of course, go with him, This suited me exactly, and I began to think that after all I might yet arrive in time. They had received no news from Kaufmann since his departure, except an order for the cavalry to advance, from which they inferred he had met the enemy; but further than this they knew nothing. They had already had one brash ‘with the troops of the Khan, he informed me, on the 0th of May, at the next well, the Adam- Koorigan, visited by Vambéry. General Kau/mann had, as usual, sent forward a small detachment to reconnoitre the ground, find wells, see If the water ‘was good and in sufficient quantity before advanc- ing with the main body of the army. This detach- ment, under Colonel Ivanof, @ young and intelit- gent officer, approached Adam-Koorigan a little after dark; but the Colonel himself, with four Cos- sacks and four Kirghese guides, advanced rather imprudently a mile or two ahead of the column, and betore he nad even suspected the presence of the enemy in the neighborhood he suddenly fell on abody of Turcomans, 200 or 300 strong, camped Bear the well. Both sides were about equally astonished, this being their first encounter, but before the Russians could retreat they were sur- rounded and attacked on all sides. Quick as thought the Colonel dismounted his little force (it would have been folly to attempt running away from the swift-footed Turcoman’s horses), and made @ most determined and resolute resistance. A desperate fight ensued, in which two of the little party were killed and all the rest wounded, includ- ing the Colonel himself, who was wounded twice. The fight lasted several minutes, and the Russians would have been certainly over- powered in a moment more had not the troops in the rear, who rushed forward upon bearing the firing, arrived upon the scene in the nick of time, with the American breech-loading rifle. The Tarkomen, although still donble in number of their opponents, immediately took to fight and the gallant Colonel remained victor of a small but hard fought battie. This little fight is quite char- acteristic of Central Asia, and although only an effair of outposts was of considerable importance as being the first encounter the troops of the Khan ever had with the Russians, and seemed to show them the temper of the Russian Bear they had so Tashly aroused. Two or three hundred of them here surrounded and attacked five Russians, with- out being able to capture or get the head of a single one, The Turkomen, it should be stated, take the head of their siain enemy as our Indiang do the scalp. OUR GEOGRAPHY, I was very curious to iearn the exact geograph- {eal posttion of Khala-ata, as it was not on,my map, and how far we were still from the Amoo-Derya, Some of my maps had been of the slightest use for the last few days, and I had not the most remote idea as tomy whereabouts geographically speak. ing. My informant, however, could give me no in- formation on this subject further than that Khala- ‘fata was about 100 miles west of Bokhara, and the distance to the Amoo was only a matter of conjec- ture even to General Kaufmann bimself—it might be Seventy-five or it might be 150 miles, He thought, however, that Colonel Het- marn might be able to give me the ogee, as determined by the astronomes elie naan Its position, as I learned @ At Khiva, is latitude 40 deg, 62 min. 52 sec, north, and longitude 93 deg. 10 min. east, from the Imperial Observatory of Polkava, near St, Peters ppt veg Urg, and 4hours 13 min. 59 gec., Green- wich time. The longitude was determined b: y ‘GN occultation of the second satellite of Jupiter, Ibegan to be remindea now, however, that 1. though the forenoon was far advanced, eoltwel Weimarn had not yet mtimated tome’ that me presence was known to him—a circumstance when was far from reassuring. A MARCH OVER THR PLarNs, ‘The forenoon wore away, the soldiers crowded bepeath their tanta or other improviged suade to NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, get a ittie shelter from the acorching heat; t! camels, trooping home in long lines from their morning repast of suks—a ool and wild absinth; the braying of donkeys, the neighing of horses and the bleating of sheep became hushed in the overpowering heat; the poor animals stood droop- ing in the sun, with not 80 much as one green leaf to shelter them from its scorching rays; silence reigned throughout the camp; only the sentinel on the watch tower could be seen keoping hia lonely watch; the sun rose to the meridian and then slowly commenced sinking towards the west, glowing in the brazen aky like a ball of fire, aud heating the atmosphere until it grew visible and danced in misty waves over the sands of Kbata-ata, like a phantom ocean ; but I received no intimation from Colonel Weimarn that he was ready to receive me. I grew impatient and at last uneasy at being treated in a way which I could not help observing to myself was about as far removed from the polite agit well could be, It must be remembered that I had brought the mail from Irkilbye with no little trouble and dimoulty ; that Colonel Weimarn had not as much as thanked me yet, althongh I had sent him word that [ was on my way to General Kaufmann with letters, and that 1 wished to calion him (Colonel Weimarn) to pay my respects. Thus far he had entirely ignored my existence. It was the firat time I had ever been treated rudely by a Russian, although I have been travelling about through the dominions of the Czar for the last two years, and Tconcluded that this exceptional case boded no good. DEALINGS WITH A RUSSIAN OFFICER. At last I determined to put an end to my sus- pense and see what kind of @ manT had to deal with by going direct to Colonel Weimarn himself, without invitation or announcement, After a while he was pointed out to me, walking letsurely about the camp, with nothing further trom bis thoughts, apparently, than my request for an in- terview. I went straight to him and presented myself, when the following colloquy occurred :— “f owe you an apology, Colonel, for not calling on you sooner to present my respects; but the fact is they told me you were asleep." Well, what do you want?” “As I before remarked, I wished to pay my re- spects.’" “Tam much obliged; but I do not suppose you have come all the way [rom New York to pay me your respects.’ “Why, no, Colonel; my business here is with General Kaufmann.” “oh, you have business with General Kaufmann, have you?” incredulously, ‘‘How are you going to get to him?’ “Tm going to ride.” “What is your business with General Kaufmann?" “That I can only tell to General Kaufmanao bim- seif.”” “Have you the written permission of General Kaufmann?” “No,” said I, proceeding to show him my papers, “put I bave the permission of——” “It makes no difference whose permission you have got; without the written permission of the Governor General you can’t go, And as to your papers, I won’t look at them." “How can 1 obtain that permission?" [ asked. “Ido not Know. You may send on your papers if you wish, but Iam almost sure you will not be able to obtain it without a personal interview. He is too busy to answer letters."’ “I beg your pardon, Colonel,” I said. “His Ex- cellency General Kaufmann seems to be a man very difficult of access indeea, I cannot see him with- out his permission, it would appear, and I cannot get his permission without seeing him. How do people who have business with him usually pro- ceed?” “Dass geht mir Nichts an" (“That's your busi- ness, not mine’), he replied, turning on his heel and walking off, leaving me to my refiections, which, a3 may be readily supposed, were not of the most agreeable kind. I had come all tne way from St. Petersburg to Khala-ata, after sixty days’ struggling forward against all sorta of difficulties, and now to be stopped onthe very banks of the Amoo Deryu, the far-famed Oxas, and probably turned back here in the middle of the desert by a military despot without having canght one glimpse of its darkly-rolling waters, was to despair of fate, FEAR OF THE TURCOMANS. It is true Ihad the resource left of forwarding my letters to General Kaufman and awaiting nis answer (in case Colonel Weimarn did not take tt into bis head to turn me back in the meantime—a probability not to be overlooked) ; but I could not expect the answer under ten or tweive days, and in the meantime the Oxus would be crossed, Kiva Would be taken, and I would be too late, As to breaking through the lines and escaping, the attempt would have been folly, at least until I should see what measures would be taken regard- ingme. If1 was tobe hem as a prisoner, either guarded or on parole, it would be simply impos- sibles and even if he only proposed detaining me until he should receive orders from Kaufmann, an attempt at escape would present difficulties of an almost insurmountable nature. It would be dan- gerous as well as diMcult, on account of the fieet-footed Turcoman cavalry, that was probably hanging on General Kauimann’s rear. Even if I succeeded in getting away from the Russian camp, would I be able to elude the vigilance of the rest- less and savage Turcomans? As I had no desire for & personal explanation with these latter regarding my business in their territory, I had laid all my hopes on reaching Kaufmann before his arrival in the enemy's country. This hope had now vanished forever. I must reach Kaufmann, if! reached him at all, by passing through the enemy’s country, or the country claimed by him, either alone or with a@detachment of Russian troops. The unaccount- able conduct of Colonel Weimarn made it very evident that I could not count upon a Russian escort, and the more I reflected the more it became apparent that I would have to try it, not only without an escort, but probably with twenty-five Cossacks giving me chase. This perspective was so disagreeable that 1 at first refused to consider it for amoment. A few minutes’ reflection, however, sufficed to con- vince me that there was no other means of reach- ing Kaufmann, and as the necessity of adopting this plan commenced to dawn on my troubled !magina- tion I began to experience a chilly sensation in the region of the spine, as disagreeable as it wasnew and unlooked for, Visions of a picture I bad seen in Vambery’s book, with accompanying descrip: tion, began to Noat in a shadowy way through my imagination, of a Turcoman emptying human heads out Of @ sack On the grand square before the Khan's police at Khiva, surrounded by the admiring and approving crowd, and of af untold number of human heads piled up in regular heaps like cannon balls in the same place; of prisoners being dragged several hundred nifles over burning sands, tied to the tail of @ Turcoman’s horse; and Isaw in my mind’s eye the horrid pit of Bokhara where pris- oners were thrown to be devoured alive by millions of sheep-Ycks, fed ive by that disgast- 3 together with othe? Pleasant stories illustrative of Central Asian life recounted by Burnes, Wood, Vambery and others, T had flow passed the utmost limits of discourage- ment; 1 conclided that I was completely check-— mated, and although I at last resolved to watch events, and escape if possible, tt was rather out 0: @ sullen determination to fight fate to the last than because I had any hopes of success, My position in other respects was not an agreea- bie one. I had reduced my baggage to the miut- mom ; I wa: tirely without provisions for myself 4nd people and forage for my horses, and 1 had been living for the last two days on sour milk, the “Iran” of the Kirghese. { was without a tent or shelter ol any kind ~a privation which I did not feel much when on the march, but which would become unendurabie if I were to remain station. ary under this tropical sun. CAMP LIFE UNDER puRRSs, I wandered about the camp awhile, chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancy, in which the bitter chiefly predominated, trying to think of some pian by which I might soiten Colonel Weimarn, and occasionally trying to remember how many days it takes to starve to death, for | was ravenously hungry. After awhile I was accosted by two or three officers, who, having heard of the arrival of an American, came to welcome me and offer me thelr hospitality, which 1 gratefully acceptea. They were very friendly, and I could see they were vibe to make amends jor the conduct of Cojonel Weimarn, of whieh it was very evident they did not approve. Indeed, they expressed themselve! to that effect at last, and im no very measured terms either. The Russian officers combine & very severe discipline with a good deal of freedom Of spéech, and I was not a little astonished to hear the term canaille @'AUemand applied to Colonel Weimarn without the slightest compunction. We were soon on the best of terms, and aiter having made «@ “square meal,” for the first time for several days, I was conducted to the Kobitka of Colonel Ivanoff, the officer who had been wounded in the affair of Adam- Koorlgan, already spoken of. When he learned that [haa no tent he immediately made room for me in bis kobitka, and offered me his hospitality while I snould remain in Khala-ata. Laccepted, of course, and a3 the Colonel! was on the sick list, and had the beat of everything that was to be had, Lcouid not have fallen into better hands, Pwas treated, not only by him but by the rest of the lic- tle party here, with @ kindness I shall not easily forget, the more especially as I stood sadly in need of hospitality, and that, judging by the conduct of thetr superior, they might well have supposed I was an English agent on my way to encourage the Khan to resistance, But I was an American, and, aa I bad hitherto found among Russians, my pass- Port was a suMctent letter of recommendation, The next day was passed idly in the kobitka of Colonel Ivanod, in attempting to get a little re- pose after my long ride, in which endeavor I suc- ceeded but indifferently, owing to the heat and dust, In the evening Colonel Weimara sent me word that he would march at two o'clock next morning, and that if I wished to send in my letters tohim I could do so, After some, reflection I de- clded to send one of my letters with him, but, nevertheless, to attempt escaping from the camp with the marching column, My plan was to march out of camp with the column, trusting to the dark- ness to escape detection, leave it, mi @ wide cir- cult, reach Adam-Koorigan before it, take water there, and continue my way. This, I thought, would be easily done once out of the camp, as I could march at least twice as tast as the troops. I accordingly handed over one of my letters to Colonel Welmarn, to be delivered to General Kaul- mann, and gave my people orders to be ready to march at two o'clock, ‘There were still the Turcomans to be dealt with; but [bad to choose between that danger and the alternative of failing to accompiish the object of my mission, and I chose the former, trusting to the proverbial good luck of a HERALD correspond- ent for breaking through the enemy’s lines with impunity. Had I carried out this plan at this time I would inevitably have fallen into the hands of the Turcomans, under Sadik, a famous brigand in the service of the Khan, who, with 500 or 600 horse- men, were careering arouna Kaufmann’sarmy, and who just about this time made a bold and dash- ing attack on Kaufmann’s camels at Adam-Koorl- gan. At midnight, however, when we were ready to start, orders came from Kaufmann not to march, lt appeared that he had not reached the Amoo, as had been supposed; but whether he was at Adam-Koorlgan, or some point further on, I could not make out, as all were extremely reticent on the subject, pretending they did not know, I gathered enough, however, from scraps of conversation I overheard to make it pretty evi- dent that something very nearly approaching a disaster had occurred. IN SBARCH OF A COLONEL, This changed the aspect of affairs. If Kaufmann had not yet reached the river, I had still time to de- liberate on the best means of overtaking him, As Colonel Welmarn would not march for three or four days, I concluded that I had better wait also, the more especially as it would have been very difficult to escape without the confusion attendant upon the night start of a detachment. Itherefore remained at Khala-ata, the guest of the kind-hearted Colonel Ivanof, i LIFE ON THE PLAINS. Life at Khala-ata I found was nota thing to be desired, even under the most favorable circum- stances. Heatof the most oppressive kind through- out the day, varied by gusts of wind that filled and darkened the atmosphere and even hid the sun it aelf with clouds of dust that was almost suffo- cating. It went everywhere. A tent ora kobitka was not the slightest protection. Once inside, it gently settled down over everything, filling eyes, mouth and nostrils, clinging to hair, eyelashes and clothing, until we were the color of the earth. We found it in the bottom of our soup plates, where it had accumulated tn the very short space of time devoted to the discussion of a plate of soup, and when J attempted to write up my journal My pencil went gritting through the sand that was continually drifting over the paperin a way that set my teeth on edge. Besides there was not the slightest scrap of anything to read except a few newspapers which 1 had read before leaving St. Petersburg. Nothing to do but Le on one’s back all day long and watch the heated atmosphere trembling in misty undulations beneath the glow- ing sun, or t e storms of dust that from time to time came sweeping over us, darkening the air like @ thunder clond; listen to the singing of the soldiers which could be heard all day long, im spite of the fact that the poor fellows had nearly nothing to eat and no vodka to drink, and heap imprecations, not loud, but deep, on the head of Colonel Weimarn. Poor tellow! Even if I had not outwitted him in the end I could forgive him now. He was thrown from his horse in the gardens of Khiva, and so badly hurt that he died in a few hours, without having caught one glimpse of the far-famed city. Khala-ata {s situated on Bokhuriun territory, and was occupied with the permission of the Emir, who consented, at the same time, to the construc- ton of the little fort. The fortis about fifty yards square, and consists of a simple earthwork, two corner bastions and a ditch that may be filled with water, It 1s defended by two brass field pieces, and, although constructed im two days, 1s sumi- ciently strong to resist any attack that may be made upon it, There is some reason to believe that this was a town of considerable importance @t one time of Central Asian history. When the Russians arrived there were still remains of stone ‘walls to be seen, which they quickly utilized, how- ever, in the construction of the fort, andI myself Picked up @ piece of carved stone that bore every appearance of having been the capital of a pillar, Not inappropriately this palace has been turned into @ graveyard by the Kirghese. Mud tomb: monuments replace lofty dumes and min: and the dead city bas literally become a city of the dead. CASE OF GENERAL DZ BELLEMARE. ———— The Fate of a Soldier Who Tho gshta Republic Better Than a Monarehy. a teepmpetee te Standard, Oct. 31.) a jocument a Opiciel this morning, Jt affoi coutgmatyon. ne the misgivings ag to the state of discipling in ti army, which I informed you of some litti Bre ling among people best a tainted with tH ‘eal CotiGitiob. General Carré de Bellemare, an officer who distinguished himself during thi of Paris, and whose gallantry is auimpeschaske but wi ort mistake not, courted the applause of the mol disregarding orders respecting one of the attacks on Le Bourget or Avion, I forget which, had been appointed by the late government to the command of the military suidivision at Perigueux, M. de Bellemare appears during his stay in Paris to have been infected with the morbus aie ke toad fancied that he was a politician, when he should have borne in mind that he was, above all, & soldier, Some few days ago, it seems, he wrote a letter to General du Barrail, the Minister of War, injorming him that in the event of the Assembly proclaiming the re-estab- lishment of the monarchy he must really leave the service. By return Of post M. de Beliemare ree ceived an oMcial letter dismissing him, and order- ing him to hand over his command instanter to the oficer under him. The offence of M. de Belle. mare and its prompt punishment have been brought to the knowledge of the army by the fol lowing general orders :— onper. The Minister of War has received from General a Peliem commanding the sub-division of the Dor. dogne, @ letter, by which that general officer refuses to goknowied the Fuerelen'y ot the Nation st of ar, bein in fl omeer in active service stout pudyats tie re: ation of the country, the Gen B en deprived of his command and removed irom the active list ir ret, ‘J Hepnient ote fe A aaa in Virtue of a decree of the ALLIES, , 23, 1873. Gen -—A single of indiseipli eo Saree iu the army. e ‘Marshal Dre HR gy aublic is will not be repeated ; yourselves able to maintat 40d that discipline uf winch It hay example which constitute ite how army that union ever given aa gerongi. - ee of alone can assure the re: I= the countey, Gur duty oe v0 tite ts Bete eae, 3 no sa acne rae order and enforce the respect of the law. ~ Marshal de MacMAHON, Duc de Mogente. TOO CONSCIENTIOUS, The Comte de Chambord’s Letter to mM. Be a King. [From the London Standard, Oct. 81.) Panis, Oct, 30, 1873. Subjoined is the text of a letter which M. de Chesnelong received this morning from the Comte de Chambord and communicated to the Conserva- tive Committee :— Ihave retained, Monsieur, go pleasing a recol- lection of your visit to Strasbourg—I nave con- ceived for your noble character 80 profound an esteem—that I do not hesitate to address myself as loyally to you as you came yourseli loyally to me. You talked with me for many an hour of the destiny of our dear country, and I know that on your re- turn you pronseere among your colleagues words which have earned for you my eternal gratt- tude, I thank you for ha so well understood the anguish of my soul, and for having hidden nothing of the unalterable firmness of my resolu- tions, Accordingly I have not been moved by the fact that popite Opinion, carried by @ tendenc; which I deplore, pretended that I should at lengt! consent to become the legitimate king of the revolution. I had for a guarantee the testimony ofa man of honor, and I was desermined to keep silent so long as T was not forced to ap) to your straightforwardness and loyalty, Bus since, in spite of your efforts, misunderstandings have mut- tiplied and it is sought to obscure my poltcy, which is clear and aboveboard, I owe the wholo truth to my country, by whiok I may be misunderstvod, but which admits my sincerity because it kaows that 1 never have and never will deceive It, Iam now asked to sacrifice my honor. What can 1 answer? What, uniess it be that 1 retract nothing, that I withdraw nothing from my dod vious declarations. The demands put forward to- day enable me to gauge the requirements of to- morrow, and I cannot consent to inaugurate a strong and restorative reign by an act of weak- ness. It 18 the fashion, ro are aware, to contrast the firmness of Henry V. with the eagacity of Henry IV. “The violent love which I entertain for my subjects,” he often said, ‘renders everything pos- sible and honorable for me.” 1am determined on this head to be behind him in nothing; but I should much like to know what sort of a rebuke the rash man would have drawa on himself who should have dared to counsel Henry IV. to abandon the standard of Arques and Ivry. You belong, Monsieur, to the province which was his es and you will be of my opinion that he would have promptly disarmed such an ad- viser, saying to him, with his fearless spirit, “My friend, take my white fag; it will always lead you to honor and victory.” 1am accused of not holding in suMctently high esteem the valor of our soldiers, and that at a mo- ment when my highest ambition is to entrust to tnem all that I hoid dearest. Do people, then, for- ee that honor ts the common patrimony of the jouse of Bourbon and of the French Army, and that on that ground we cannot fail to arrive at an understanding? No, 1 do not ignore any one of the glories of my countr; nd God alone has seen me shed tears of gratitude tn the depth of my exile whenever in good or in evil 1ortune the sons of France snowed themselves wortny of it. But we have a at work to accomplish together. I am re perfectly ready, to under- take it when you choo: this evening, at this very moment, That is why I mean to remain entirely such asIam. If I be weakened to-day I shall be powerless to-morrow. The task we have before us is nothing less than to reorganize on @ natural basis a society pro- foundly disturbed; to secure with energy the reign Of law, to revive prosperity at home, to con- tract durable alliances abroad, and, above ali, not to shrink from a resort to force for the promotion of order and justice. People talk of conditions, Did that young prince whose cordial embrace I returned with so much pleasure impose any upon me ?—tnat prince who, taking counsel solely {rom his patriotism, came to Me spontaneously, bringing with him on behalt of all his kindred ‘assurances 01 peace, devotedness and reconciliation. Again, what guarantees were required from that Bayard of modern times on the memorable night of the 24th o| May, when the glorious mission was forced upon his modesty to calm his country by the word of an honest man and a soldier, which reas- sured the good and caused the wicked to tremble? Ty is true that I have not, like him, borne the sword of France on twenty battlefields, but I have preserved Jotact, Jor forty-three years the sacred trust of our traditions Sud ur liberties, i therefore, entitled to reckon on tué Said Goat: dence and should inspire tue same security, My person ts nothing, my principle is everything. France will see theend of her trials when she chooses to understand this. 1 am the necessary pote the only one capable of bringing the ship into harbor, because Ihave the mission and the authority to do it, You can do much, sir, to dispel misunderstand. ings and prevent backsliding when the struggle comes on. Your comforting expressions when you let Cpehtetd Aad ever pre to my mind. France cannot perish, for Christ still loves His own Franks, and wheo God has resolved to save a people He takes care that the bee of justice shall be entrusted only to hands firm enough to wield it, Paris, Oct. 30—10 P. M. The manifesto which I telegraphed to you some hours ago is not considered creditable. Had the Comte de Chambord been in league with the radical coalition and deliberately laid a trap for his old and tried friends he could hardly have acted worse, This letter of M. de Chambord comes upon the mseryative party ke phungerclap, They had axed many Of the Left Centre people into sharing their own honest belief in the constitutionalism of Henri V. The Committee of Nine was to hold a Meeting to-day, at which the final preliminaries were to be settled, but about noon a rumor reached the leaders of the party that a letter had been received from Frohsdor/, and that it was not what was expected. The letter was communicated to the Committee of Nine at three o'clock, but it had peeyicualy, been sent to the office of the Union, with strict orders that it should be printed in this night’s number. This would seem as though the writer felt a kind of satisfaction in placing the conservatives in @ faise position. The upshot of the matter is that the radical coalition will now have it ali their own way. The conservatives have not yet settled what they willdo, The most obvious alternative will be to request Marshal MacMahon to reconsider his Intention of resigning, but that will naturally de- pend on the proceedings of the Assembly. The radicals will unquestionably avail them- selves of the favorable position they now occupy to test their strength, and it will not be easy for the Marshal to retain office if the present Cabinet should be defeated. The only tangible result is that the Comte de Chambord has now struck himself out of the run- ning, and that the legitimists as a party have ceased to exist. DE, LIVINGSTONE. {From the London Times, Nov. 1.) Lonpon InstITUTION, FInssury Crrovs, Oct. 31, 1873, } Dr. Beke presents his compliments to the editor of the Times, and begs leave to send him the fol lowing extract from a letter recently received by @ mercantile house from a resident at Borna, in Western Africa :— BoRNA, August 12, 1873, I am proceeding, to-day or to-morrow, to Munuco, Upper Congo. In a few days we expect there the Livingstone Expedition, which cannot proceed from St. Salvador. Livingstone himself is @ prisoner in a town twenty days from here, but is entirely without means to pay his ransom. Assist- ance has, however, been sent to him, and he may be here in a month or so, NEW JERSEY STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSO. OIATION, For several days past the sixteenth annual con. vention oft the New Jersey State Sanday School Association haa bee in Session at Morristown, and yesterday the most important work was the election of the following as the officers of the Aseo- ciation for the coming year:—President, Rev. James Le Fevre, Raritan; First Vice President, Rev, George A. Pelts, Newark; Second Vice Presi- dent, Rev. B.C. Lippincott, Cedarville; Third Vice President, J. 8. Howell, Jersey City: Correspond- ing Secretary, 8. W. Clar! iewark; Recording Secretary, George T. Lane, Mattawan; Treasurer, J. V, D. Hoagland, Millstone. For County Secretaries—Atiantic—D, H. Pitman, Somers Pt. Bergen—Professor W. Williams, Hackensack, Camden—J. Earl Atkinson, Camden, mberland—s, Sayin Bridgeton, Essex—J. D. Doty, Newark. Gloucester—Kev. A. Proudft, Clayton, Hudson—D. M. Stiger, Jersey City. Hun- terdon—H. E. Warford, Frenchtown, jercer— Franklin Dye, Trenton. Middiesex—-Rev. B. 8, Everett, Jamesburg. Morris—George Righter, Parsippany. Monmonth—Rev. J, Manning, Keyport. Passaic—A. Stoutenborough, terson, Salem—J. K. Lippincott, Salem, Somerset—Peter A. Voorhies, Franklin Park. Sussex—Henry J. Union—v. B. Leonard, Plaindeld, Warren—Mr. Cook, Washington. Executive Committee—c. B, Cosa Mr. John ; renchtown ; 'y . Conkling, i Hill, Boonton; J. RB. Lippinestt, 5 Millville was chosen convention, “POLIOB MATTERS. The money collected tn the boxes at the polls on election day ior the benefit of the Memphis sick ‘was deposited yesterday in the Butchers and Drov- ers’ Bunk to the credit of the President of the Board of Police, who will select a bank in Memphis ‘ais the place to hold the next to-day to receive the amount. Superintendent Matse/l sent $583 16, the police subseription, to the Chief Clerk, and a similar transier of this sum will be made, Arrest of Doggert Are Sent to the Ho Two of tne Hoisting Engines Still at ‘Work on the Road. The neighborhood of the explosion of the boller, in 128th street and Fourth avenue, was again vis- ited yesterday by a large number of persons. The day was very fino and favorable for walking, which Was one of the reasons for the presence of so many ladies, Glaziers are busy replacing the glass in the store windows, and in a few days there will be no visible signa of the dread disaster. Coroner Kessler yesterday tasued a warrant for the arrest of John C. Doggert, aged forty-three, carpenter by trade, who, it ts said, was in actual charge of the botier at the time of the explosion, and was slightly scalded. His son, William A. Doggert, a boy thirteen years of age, who, it is alleged, was allowed to have far too much control of the engine, was also included inthe warrant. Both were arrested heehee afternoon and sent to the House of Detention. ‘The police o1 the pre- cinct are busily engaged in bedi for evidence as to the manner Of working this hoisting en- gine during the last few months, as seen if the residents in, the neighborhood of the explosion. The contractors have stopped the working of two of the hoisting engines since the accident, but two are now at work between 110th and 130th streets. Every possibie care is used, but 4€ the theory already given 01 the cause of the ox- Plosion ts correct the chance of a repetition of the accident exists in no small degree, even though reat care may be shown in the transfer of the ‘isting apparatus from one part of the biock to the other, The contractors have, since the acol- dent, ceased to use two boilers about the safety of which they were somewhat doubtful. Regarding the charge made by Assistant Engi- neer Curtis, of the Fourth avenue improvement, that the Bureau of Boiler Inspection bad been notified to inspect the dangerous boiler, Captain Yule, of the Sanitary Squad, yesterday most em- phatically denied that any bay add for such inspec- tion ha ier reine a his o1 ee, ne he faye remarke' ‘alt till we ut on atan oy the Gofonse and ies Seah get at the facts, If they have ever sent. such a request it never reached the office. It is barely possible that the engineers. of the Fourth ‘avenue improve- ment have sent an application for inspection of the boiler to the United States Boiler Inspectors, in utter enorenne of the fact that they arewirectly responsible to the Police Department for the inapec- tion of their boilers and the licenstng of their ne neers. The police are preparing a@ list of all the boilers and engineers employed on the works, and Will be able to throw some light upon the matter when they are put upon the stand at the Coroner’s inquest. Dillon & Go,, the chief contractors, yes- terday GEES ‘one of their boilers should be inspected immediately. Arrest of Contractors and Sub-Contrac tors. Coroner Kessler also concluded to arrest Messrs. Dillon, Clyde & Co,, principal contractors for the work where the explosion occurred, and placed warrants in the hands of Superintendent Matsell, who said be would have them promptly executed. The Coroner expressed the determination of com- mitting, the contractors to the Tombs. Warrants were also issued for the apprehension of Messrs, Bemmer & Coyie, the sub-contractors, who will be sent to the House of Detention as witnesses. It was also suggested that Commodore Vanderbilt himself should be arrested, but the suggestion was not acted upon. SANITARIANS IN COUNCIL. A Tempest in a Teapot—Dr. Chandler on Water Supply—Dorman B. Eaton on Sanitary Legislation—The Hon. An- drew D. White on Sanitary Instruction. The Sanitary Conference reaumed its session yesterday morning, Dr. Stephen Smith in the chair, The attendance was very alim. The first paper read was upon “Sanitary Organ- ization in Villages and Rural Districts,” by Dr, Ezra M. Hunt. He endeavored to demonstrate that large cities, as well as rural districts, should all be embraced in one system of sanitary police. In the country a State Board of Health was not sufficient, but men of the locality should be chosen who stogd aloof from rouncs, Dr. George M. Beard Bat @ paper upon “Atmod- pheric Electricity and Ozone, and Their Relations to Health and Disease.” Dr. Henry Hartshorne, of Pennsylvania, gave his views on the question, “What To Vo Against Yellow Fever?!’ Dr. J. T. Gilmore submitted a report apon “Yel- low Fever as It Prevailed in Mobile,” which gave in the main facts already published in the Herap. Dr. James J, O'Dea, Secretary of the Staten Island Board of Health, furnished a report upon its “Or- ganization and Work.” Dr. Elisha Harris gave a lengthy account of the sanitary laws and ordinances existing in various portions of the United States and Canada. Dr. Stephen Smith, the President, reported that @ number of physicians were recommended by the Executive Committee for election as members of the association, among them Mrs. Putnam. Jacoby and Miss Emily Blackwell. Dr. 0. C, Cox desired to know why Drs. D, W. Buss and T. 8, Verdi, members of the Board of Health of Wash" ington, D. C., were not recommended for election, The President said this inquiry was out of order, as there was nothing before the house, and the physicians proposed by the Executive Committee were then elected. Dr. Cox made a motion that no one be excluded from the Association on account of some fancied breach of etiquette. This, he sald, was a society Of sanitarians and not of doctors, Dr. Woodward called Dr. Cox to order, Dr, Cox had insulted the association. Dr. Cox claimed his rights, not only as a member, but also as an American citizen, He had aright to make his motion. Dr. Moreau Morris moved, amid general ex- citement, that Dr. Cox, who had insulted this asso- clation, be expelled from the room. Tne motion was seconded, and there were loud cries of “Put nim out! Put him out!?? Dr. Cox said, calmly, that if this assoctation would expel him from the room because he had claimed his rights he would appeal tothe press of the couutry. Both physicians whose names had been omitted from the report of the Executive Committee were able sanitarians, although one of them had been expelied from the Physicians’ 80- ciety in Washington on account of some fancied Why of etiquette and because he was a homeop- athiet This was said amid a perfect whirlw! of “Order, order!’ Put him out t wee ene uh seta ans ean sae bis motion to expel Dr. 10: ‘01 om een sect - sisted that it be ce econded, and he in- ir. Smith, the President—I hi at will withdraw his motion. oes fhe, ath reman Dr. Ranch (in an excited tone)—J move that we now adjourn. Dr. Morris preserved siience and the President passed on to several resolutions to the effect that the next conference be held in Philadelphia, op the second Tuesday in November, 1874, and that the association put itself in cioser communication with the various Sanitary Commissions in this country. Dr. Chandler gave an extended account of the impurities of drinking water. Typhoid fever had | od developed frequently by water contaminated y sewage. Water was also liable to be contam- inated by the lead pipes, although many authors on sanitary subjects claimed thay ope aig con- no! taminate water, At the present ey found in me a Pha She crete Water took up minute grains oflead§ Minéra! and Vegetable impurities were not particularly objection but the great danger lay in sewage cana Athatloi Wells ought to be placed farther than they were rt the country from Every well should “ therefore ee with suspicion. The drainage of large towns might be received by rivers without any danger. Dr. Chandier then alluded to the London water Supply, which proved that drainage was lost and destroyed in @ large stream like the Thames. The Croton water, although it was four times as pure as that of the Thames, distributed some twenty- two tons of mineral matter in this city witite out injuring the quality, and this matter was very similar to that distributed by factory water. During the war statements Had appeared in the New York press that spies were here from the South to poison the Croton River. He had made an estimate and found thatit would take three and one-half tons of strychnine to do this, while there Was not one ton in the world, or it would take several canal boats of arsenic, on ac count of tue diMculty of solution. After recess Dr. A. B. Judson gave a history of ot tony Of cholera in the South during the pres- Mr. Dorman B. Eaton then addressed the meect- ing on the “Scope of Sanitary Laws.’ Drs. Miller and Ranch, of Chicago, gave a history’ Of the cases of cholera which had occurred during the present year in tbe Garden City, and Dr, Peters, of this city, made some valuable observa-: tions in regard to cholera in general. The evening session was held in Association Hall, Mr. Dornan B, Eaton presiding. There was @sprinkiing of ladies in the audience. i ir. Andrew D. White, President of Cornell Uni- versity, delivered an address wpon “Sanitary Sctence in Its Relations to Public Instruction.” Mr. F. A. P. Barnard, President of Colambia Col- lege. followed with an address upon the “Germ ‘Theory of Disease in Its Relations to Hygiene,” and Dr. John Ardronana on the “Relations of Hygiene to Pauperism and Insanity,” and the association then adjourned until thig morning, When another— pe last—seaslou will ye held in the Department of jeasthy the _cesspools, viewed \ COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. . Further Fixings of Salaries—The Catholic an¢. Protestant Chaplains To Be No Longer Paid— The Position of Superintendent of Ward's Island Not To Be Filled—Mr. Arch on the Reception of Emigrants, The Commissioners of Emigration held 8 special meeting yesterday at Castle Garden, Mr, Hurlbut President, in the chair. A full Board was present Hitherto the Commission supplied all the officer: on Ward's Island with board, salaries being givet. accordingly. Yesterday it was resolved to aboliae this plax and to give second class officers fifty cents a day for board and third class officers $179 extra for a similar purpose. An exception to the new rule is made in the case of nurses and order Hes in the hospital. The following changes were made tn the salaries of officers :—Henry Jackson, Secretary, salary unan tmously increased from $2,250 to $2,500; Deputy Superintendent J. D. Krehbiel, of Ward's Island, salary increased from $1,500 to $2,000, exclusive a board; William Bennet, steward, of Ward's Island, salary reduced from $1,200 to $1,000; French Goodwin, clerk, salary increased from $600 u $800, witn the additional duties of storo keeper attached; Joseph N, George, salary re duced trom $1,200 to $1,000; Colonel Cantador Deputy Superintendent of astlo Garden salary reduced from $3,500 to $3,000; H. D, Gly. first clerk at Castle Garden, salary reduced from $2,250 to $2,000; Dr. Tobin, resident physician at Castle Garden, salary reduced from $1,800 ¢ $1,600; Garret Bergen, Treasurer of the Commis aion, salary tnoreased from $3,000 to $4,000, Thi salary of Mr. Bergen was increased in consequence of additional duties being tmposed upon him, Dad always been the custom for® the Superiaten dent of Ward's Island to make all the purohase needed for the island, but the Commissioners have ’ determined to abolish the office of Superintendent of Ward’s Island, and havo assigned the duties o purchaser to the Treasurer. No formal action has been taken ta regard to the office of Superinten. dent of the tsland, but as the term of office of thi late incumbent expired on November 1 the Vom missioners virtually have abolished the ofice by not making any appointment and by not intending to do 80, In times past the Surgeon-in-Chiet received ¢ salary for services rendered to the Commission, the duties consisting of occasional visits to thi island and to Castle Garden. At one time Dr Carnochan received some compensation for thy performance of these duties, but towards tht latter part of his connection with the Commissios his services were rendered gratuitously. Mor( recently Dr. Henry has been Surgeon-in-Chief t¢ the Commission, and has been gtv: ng his servicer without any remuneration. The Commissioner esterday had a long discussion in regard to the Jastice of paying Dr. Henry a fixed salary, in which opposite views were very freely expressed, the President and Measrs. Lynch and Kaufman being opposed to paying a salary, while the five othoi Commisstoners present were strongly in favor oF giving remuneration. The question was settled by the yeas and nays being called, the result being five for and three against. Dr. Henry’s salary was then fixed at $1,000 per anoum. Considerable discussion was also had on thi guention of discontinuing the salaries of tn¢ latholic and Protestant chaplains on Wards isiand, the principe disputants being Messr: Lynch and Kauffman, Mr. Kauffman admittes that, under the law, the Commissioners had th¢ power to pay the chaplains a salary; but he be lieved tt was bad policy, even in a religious sense todoso. The paying of these gentlemen a salary and it being known to outside clergymen that such oalety ean paid, prevented many clergymes from ministering to the spiritual wants of the emigrants on the island, who, under other circum stances, would assurodly often visit there and a much good. Mr. Lynch did not believe that theri was need of visilsfrom any other clergyman, ni could he see how other clergymen could be pre ented from visiting theislana through side oO Mer reverend brothers who were statione there. It was his opinion that the cler; en ought to be paid a sufiicient sum snavc them $9 jive, for the reason simt thé; devoted all their time aii 2!fention £0 the welfare of the emigrants. Ir religion was usetul to allo us, most certainly its consolations ought not to be denied to the poor emigrant, who found himself ts a strange land and among strange people. Tht clergyman’s voice was sure to be a friendly and @ trusted one, and could impart more cheerful em coura,ement to the weary and tired emigrant thas all the care apd consideration that the whole staf of ofictals could possibly bestow. To his mind, it was a charitable deed on the part of the Commis sion to supply this strengthening influence to the newly arrived emigrant, and if the chaplains were capable o! doing so much good and of advan« ing so well the very object which this Commissios had at heart, he could not understand how the) could hesitate for a moment to appropriate the few thousand dollara needed annually for this almosi necessary purpose. The emigrant had a doctor t, attend him who was paid; why not afford nim th¢ consolation of a clergyman who was also paid, ané thus secured beyond 4 chance in the service of the Commission? A vote being taken on the question of discon tinuing the salaries of the chapiains, the yeas an¢ nays were aa follows:—Yeas—Mesars. ‘Forrest Hurlbut (the President), Kaufmann, Maujer ane Stephenson, Nays—Messrs. Lynch, Quintard am Starr. The chaplains, however, will be supplie, vie Blo | on the islani, and with coa end gi The resignation of Dr. Hallock, physician to th Lunatic Asylum on Ward's Island, was tenderer and accepted, The position ts worth $2,000 a year, but no action was taken yesterday asto the ap pointment of Dr. Hallock’s successor. The folowing communication trom Joseph Arch President of the National Agricultural Laborers Union, was read and ordered on file :— Srxamsurr Rero To the Coumisstonens or Emigration or Guntiemex—On the eve of my departare for England ! write a few lines to express to you the gratification Tex perienced J viewing the care with which emigrant janded at Castle Garden are treated and protected. Tth Mhole system appears to me to be carried out in the mos admirable manner, especially the workings of the Laba Bureau, with which I was very much pleased. There & one want, however, to which I beg to call your atten tion—namely, that no provision is made for the accom modation of those who may be detained for a few days waiting togo inland, or while seeking employment if New York. They are compelled to trust themselves t the licensed boarding houses, which are not, I am ae sured, and can readily believe, very good places for the moraisor comfort of newly landed emigrants. As many thousands of my constituents may be landed at New York Thave an interest in suggesting to you the establishmen’ of an emigrants’ home, where cleanliness and comfor: would be combined with the protection so frecly ex’ tenged by you Jn other matters) this,,f should imaging ought to be rendered selt-supporting. The desire, indeed the apparent anxiety, to assist and further the weltare of the emigrant visibie in all the branches of your insti tution, assures me that such a Lome under your protece tion Would Le ayreat boon to the emigrant, Again ex pressiug the pleasure I felt in witnessing the good word carried out by you, and thanking you for the kind ané courteous manner with which I was received, | am, gem Nov, 7, 1873. New Yore:— tlewen, faithiutl: qonre, eet tat ARCH, President of the National Agricultural Laborers’ Union Thereby concur in the above expression of satisfactio! with the admirable arrangements ot Castle Garden, an unite in (he recommendation of Mr. Arch. ARTHUR CLAYDEN, —_) Member of the Consultative Committee of the National’ Agricultural Laborers’ Union of England. A letter was read from the agent of the Erie Rail way Company informing the Board that a new passenger barge had just been completed and ww Dow at the service of the commissioners for thy transfer of emigrants from the Garden to the sev eral city rallroad depots, the advantages to bt gained by the use of this barge being the exclusior and thereby the greater safety of emigrants ia @ll outside ini Pepoet, YA gy a Kaufmans moved a vote of thanks to the Erie Railway Com pany jor their action, which was seeped and Seo retary Jackson was then instructed to Invite thy other railroad companies to supply the commit sion with asimitar faciilty in connection with theb respective roads. cretary Jackson announced to the commis stoners that a few days since Mrs. H. M. Barnard, ne of the commissioners appointed by the Secra ‘ary Of the Treasury to inquire into the treatmen, received by emigrants on railroad trains, had vie {ted Castle Garden, and on having the system w in practice there for the reception of emigrants explained to her, expressed herself ag highly the pe with all the Let ean Sinigiond Barnaré ecently arrived from Englani ie ge cross the Atlantic aa enger, in order to test jor herself the sort o Passminodation, and fare supplied to emis grants, She left this city on Tuesday evening for Chicago, a passenger on board an emigrant train. The Castie Garden Committee reported that dur ing the winter months t! advised that destitute enlgranta be supplied h soup daily at Castic Garden, The report was unanimously agreed to. The Treasurer reported @ balance on hand & $21,128 27, the disbursements for the previous s1¥ months having been $197,094 92, ‘The number of aliens arrived to November 11 0” this year was 245,069; for same time of last year, 267,355, showing & devrease of 21,686, ‘The humbet of inmates on Ward's Island at present ts 1,109. is, the November of the four preceding yeara th humbsrs were as follows:—In 1869, 1,309; Ln 1870 1,4025 In 1871, 1,485; In 1872, 1,444. THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS, ‘The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund met yer terciay, the Mayor in the chair, The Eighteenth ward market and 49 Leonard street (old Fisth ward station house) and 61 Thompson street, were so» apart Jor the use of the Commissioners of Charities during the winter ns The Comptroller was empowered to give @ deng to the Brooklyn Bridge Company tor the sites on ty New York and Brovklyn sides of the river lo $102,000, the Bridge Company paying all Lens tha May have acorned unon Lhe same, made the passage