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aan FRANCE. MACMAHON'S CABINET REORGANIZEDS; The Debate on Constitutional’ Gov- ernment Postponed. Phe Bonapartists Excluded from the Ministry. Panis, July 20, 1874. fm the Assembly to-day General de Cissey, Min- ‘(ster of War and Vice President of the Council, snnounced that M. de Chabaud La Tour had been @ppointed Minister of the Interior, and M. Ma- Shieu-Bodet Minister of Finance. He turther stated the Cabinet, ad now organized, had not had sufficient time to agree upon its policy, and moved the postponement of the constitutional debate un- tl Thursday, which was agreed to, The Monarchist Motion for Restoration. Pagis, July 20—Noon. It ts probable that the motion for the restoration of the monarchy will be again introduced at to~ day's sitting of the Assembly. , The Bonapartists Cleared Out of the Ministry—The Right Disorganized On the Eve of a Debate. Paris, July 20, 1874, The new Ministerial appointments are consid- ered a biow to tne Bonapartists, who are now without a representative in the Cabinet. It is the general impression that the appoint- ment of Chabaud La Tour is only temporary, and that the Ministry will be finally rearranged alter the vote on the constitutional bills. AN IMPORTANT DEUATE AND DECISION AT HAND. In the Assembly next Thursday M. Changarnier q@ill move the turther postponement of the debate un the constitutional bills until January, 1975. On this question the Ministry wil! remain nen- tral. The Leit will oppose the motion. A POOR PROSPECT FOR THE RIGHT. ‘The disorganization of the Kight ts increasing. Prince Jerome Napoleon bas arrived in Paris. : M. JULES FAVRE MARRIED, M. Jules Favre has married an Alsacian refugee. "SPAIN. - The Republic To Be Defended Against Its Ene- mes. MADRID, July 20, 1874. A proclamation has been issued supplementary to the decree establishing a state of siege. It declares that charges of sedition or con- spiracy against the State shall be tricd by court martial, aud that persons convicted of interfermg with the operation of railways and telegraphs shall suffer death, Carlist Levies on the People of Cuenca, Lonpvon, Jaly 20, 1874. ACarlist telegram from Bayonne declares that Don Alfonso entered Cuenca on the 16th inst, and levied a contribution of $160,000 in gold. Two thousand of the garrison fell prisoners into hia hands, ENGLAND, ee Prince Leopold Neods Support from the Nation. LONDON, Jaly 20, 1874. ‘The Queen sent a message to Parliament today asking for a grant for Prince Leopold, who at- tained his majority on the 7th of Apriliast. The message will be considered in the House of Com- mons on Thursday. RUSSIA. Ex-Minister Jewell on His Way to Amcrica. Lonpon, July 20, 1874 Hon. Marshall Jewell, the retiring American Minster at St. Petersburg, leit that city yesterday on bis return to the United States to assume the duties of Postmaster General. He will sail from Liverpool tor New York in the steamship scotia on the Ist of August, FORMOSA. Japanese Diplomacy in Pekin—The In- sular Dificulty Not Yet Settled. YoKOonAMA, June 19, 1874, I have just heard that the Japanese have re- éeeived a telegraphic message irom the Chinese government peremptorily demanding the imme- diate withdrawal of Japanese troops from the isiand of Formosa, and that they are only await- ing the written despatches which are to follow the ‘telegram to send the orders to Formosa. Perhaps thia may account for the tact that we here have not heard anything about the promised engage. Ment o/ the 2d o June; for had such an engagement taken place we snould surely have known ot it by the stn or 10th atleast. The probabiliiues are, how- ever, (nat the troops will soun be witudrawn, unless Yunigawara, who has been sent as special envoy to Pekin, succeeds in making terms with the Chinese and obtains the acquiescence of that government. So far Yanigawara had not got be- yond Shanughal, and it is said tat trom the inter- views he has had with the mandarins there he feels but little assurance of lis irieudly reception at Pekin. THE MIXADO IN COURT. Law Proceedings by Japan Aguinst an American Firm. YokouamA, June 19, 1874, The Japanese government has commenced suit in the United States Consular Court against tne Pacific Mati Steamsiup Company for non-tulfilment of contract, claiming $10,250, It will be remem- bered that at the commencement of tne Formosa affair the steamer New York, of the line, was char- tered to take troops to Furmosa, but owing to the interference of the United States Minister, Mr. Bingham, the company subsequevely woulda not aliow the vessel to go further than Nagasaki. Hence the action, The hearing 1s to take place on ‘the 29tu iost. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF MONTEBELLO, Acable telegram from Paris, under date of yes- terday, June 20, reports as follows:—“Napoleon Lannes, Duke of Montebello, died to-day, in his seventy-tuird year.” The Duke de Montebello was the son of the celebrated Marshal Lannes, ‘who aicd on the fleld of Essiing. He was bornin Paris on tbe 30th of July, 1801, and was created a peer of Franee by Louis XVIIL, in consideration of the distinguished services of his father. He + subsequently became quite celebrated as a French diploniatist, although he did not sit in the Luxem- burg a8 @ peer until alter the revolution of ayy, 1830, At first he inclined to vote in support of the legitamist opposition, but he subsequently favored the new monarchy. In politics he was a conservative, He discharged the duty of a diplo- matic misston from Paris to Copenhagen and served a9 Ainbassador to Switzerland. Le held the portfolio oi the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of April 1, 1838, and Was again Munister to Switzerland, and at Naples. He was intrusted With the duty of negotiating the marriage of the Duc d'Aumale. The Duke retired temporarily trom lic life after the coup d'état, but was appointed rench Ambassador to St. Petersburg in 1858, ‘This was the tast important event of a prolonged ‘end eventful lile, NEW OHURCH OONFER"NOE. Hlst of Delogates—The Commission on the Liturgy. Baru, Me., July 20, 1874, ‘The American Conference of New Church min- igters met in this city today. Among the ministers Present representing the New Church in various Parts of the United States and Canada are Rev. J. R. Hibbard, D. D., of Chicago, Il., President of the Conierence; Rev. Messrs. Stewart, Gould and Sew trom Ohio; Rey. Messrs, Burnham and Taiecl, from Pennsylvania; Rev. Messrs. Pettee, Reed and Seward, trom Massachusetts; Rev, Chauncey Giles, of New York; Rev. George Field, of Canada, and’'Rev, Saul F, Dike, D. ).; William B. Hayden and George F, Stearns, of Maine. The Conterence Will sit during the week. The commis. sion on the Liturgy bave concluded their sexsion for a week, and Will present their report to the Qonferonce carly in the session. MEXICu. momeins Democratic Fraternit with Americans—Frogr: of Frotestantism. Crry OF México, ivy 14, 1874, Via Hava: A, A banquet was gtven on the 4th inst, in honor of American independence. All tue Americans here were present and the dinner was also attended by President Lerdo de Tejada, the members of the Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corpa and ieading men of the country and the press, Minister Foster presided. The Declaration of Independence was read, pa- triotic poems recited and cordial toasts exchanged. REVOLUTION IN EELIGION. There are now ninety-e'ght Protestant churches in Mexico. Five years ago there were less than alx. CUBA. Customs Dutics Payments Regulated by Decree— Bank Privilege Annulled. HAVANA, July 20, 1874 Captain General Concha has issued a decree, to take effect August 1, providing that duties shall be paid as follows:— Fifty per cent in specie, twenty-five per cent tn Spanish bank bills, with 100 per cent added, and the remaining twenty-five per cent tn bank bilis as their nominal vaiue, On and after the lst prox. jand taxes are to be paid in bank bulls, wath an addition of 100 per cent. BANK PRIVILEGE ANNULLED. The decree of June 4 authorizing the Spanish Bank to sell specie on the account of the Treasury, to be used in the payment of duties, 1s annulled. THE TAXRD PEOPLE PUZZLED. Planters and merchants 0! different branches of trade are holding meetinys and appointing com- mittees to devise the best and speediest ways of paying the tax on capital, SOLDIERS HELD TO THEIR DUTY. An army order has been issued dectaring that no leaves will be granted to oMicers to return toSpain except 10 cases of well authenticated physical in- ability to perform duty. APRESS MAN OUT OF PRISON, Sefor Enrique Hompanero, formerly editor of the republican journal £l Gorro Frijio, has bee released from prison, CENTRAL AMERICA, The Republics Peaceful — Telegraphs and Mining Industry—A Mission to Europe—Railways—Heavy Rains on the Panama Isthmu: Panama, July 11, 1874. When the steamship Costa Rica, which arrived here on the 8th inst., leit the Central American ports, there Was Dot much stirring. Guatemala. The Republic of Guatemala continued peacetul and progressive. The fanaticism disseminated through the country by Jesuit teaching was grad- ually disappearing. Tne Treasury was improving, leaving @ considerable amount disposable tor pop- ular instruction. roads were being constructed to facilitate trade with the Atlantic ports, ‘The coal mines on the coast of Izabal are abort tobe worked. , Tne army has been reduced and the militia so organized that the President cvu call 10,000 meu out under arms at a momenv’s notice. The importa last year were 60,546 package valued at $1,638,480 by ports of the Pactfic, $13: by Atiantic ports. A iarmers’ bank has been established on a cap- ital of $2,000,000, the value of notes to be put in circulation to be guaranteed by the goverument, A MISSION TO EUROPE. Don Francisco Latntiesta will leave here to-day for the United States and Europe, He ts the Under Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of Guatemaia, and is charged with various comumis- sions from the goverament, Costa Rica, The government has taken charge of the railroad and is pushing it to completion as rapidly as cir- cumstances will permit, It is proposed to lay a telegraph cable from Port Limon to Aspinwall, with laud lines to connect with Nicaragua, san Salvador and Guatemaia, The income from the Custom Houses for the last year amounted to $1,151,864 71, Colombia, PANAMA, July 11, 1874. the report forwarded on tne 6th tust, Since | nothing particular has occurred on the coast, On the Isthmus coming revolutions have been talked of, the idea arising apparently from the ex- pected return of senators and representatives from Bogota. The government here has assured the peopie that there is no foundation for alarm. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Congress having voted & guarantee of seven per cent on $200,000 lor public improvements in the State of Panama, it 1s expected that on the meet- ing of the state Legislative Assemoly in Septem- ber next the sum will be devoted to the water sup- ply of the city by an aqueduct, in which case the Scheme now under consideration lor that object 1s, likely to be carried out. THE BRITISH NAVAL FLAG. The British war snips 1enedos and Petrel are at anchor in the harbor. The ‘lenedvs was to have left tor Guatemala on the 11th tast. to inquire 1ato the late outrage on Vice Consul Magee, but it is now said the Petre! will be despatched instead, MEAVY RAINS ON THE ISTHMUS. The rainy season on the Isthmus has never been known to be 8» severe as it Is this year. Not only is this meteorological phenomenon observed on the Istumus, but.it is remarkabie all along the Pacific cvast. From north ana from south of Pan- ama, wherever rain (alls, it has been tn excess, SOUTH AMERICA, pica giddy The Untted States and Brazil Mail Steamsbip Company's steamship South America, Captata Tinklepaudh, ar‘ived at this port yesterday. She brings dates from Rio Janeiro June 26, Bahia June 29, Peraambuco July 1, Para July 7 and St, Thomas July 14, 11,000 bags ct coffee, fifty-one first class and eight steerage passengers, NEWS PROM SOUTH AMERICA, At Rio the public health was good, only a few sporadic cases of fever having been reported dur- ing aweek. The weather was cool and pleasant and favorable tu health, Business was increasing, The receipts of cofee were unusually large and prices ruling lower, with strong tendency for further decline. The Hooper Telegraph Company haa completed the connection o1 their cable at Pernambuco on the 21st of June, and the event was appropriately celebrated tn Kio on the 22d ‘the first business despaten from tie United States, dated June 22, via New York and Lisbon, was received in hio by J. M. Wright & Uo., at five P, M., Jape 23, The completion of the cable gives great satisfaction to the government of Brazil and the business people of the whole Empire. BAIA. At Bala the public healtu was good. No cases oF jever had been reported for several days, Business was dull, but improving. RESCUED FROM DEATII. On June 17, while oound south, just after leaving the port of Bahia, during a hignt xule, the sour America picked ‘up three men found floating on broken timber, and who had been wiecked on a wood schooner bound to Bahia, The rudder had broken, the vessel became unmanageable and cap- sized, the men haa been several hours in tne Water, apione of them was insensibie from the cold and exposure. They were kindly attended by the surgeon of the Sout: America, anu generously cared for vy tne oiticers and passengers on board. Clothing was iurnished them, and a handsome col- etivn poe ana i ns to them. Captain inklepaugh geuerously gave them passuge on their return to Banta. — : PERNAMBUCO, At Pernambuco the public health was good. Business was improving. ‘The sugar crop was light and prices advancing. On the arrival of the South America at this port, and while towering the boats irom tne davits containing the mails and boat's crew the forward tackie gave way, precipitating all hands into the water, and but the presence and timely assiat- ance Ofseveral shore boats some of the party must have drowne WEST INDIEs, At St. Thomas July 14 the public health was good, No sickness of @ contagious or infectious character had been reported for several weeks, Reports from the windward and leeward islands were very fuvorable. Plenty of rain and pros- pects of good crops of cane and couee, THE KINGSTON BISHOPRIO, Krxaston, Canada, July 20, wt | the provavle new Bishop of Kingston, NEW YORK HERA —--———-- Telegraphic communication nad | been opened with San Suwivador, and common | Father O'Farrell, of New York, 8 spoken of as | THE SUMMER CAPITAL. ——-__ The Hotels Rapidly Filling Up—The President Avoiding the Crowd—En- campment of the Fifth Maryland. Lona Brancn, July 20, 1874. Long Branch begins to give promise of a brilliant season. The hotels have filled up rapidly within | the lest three days, Ocean avenue this afternoon, for seteral hours, was thronged with handsome tarnoutaof all descriptions. The President does not seem to care to flourish in these afternoon drives with the gay procession, but prefers aquiet drive in the interior. THE ¥IFTH MARYLAND LD, TUESDAY, JCLY 21, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. | WASHINGTON. ‘TON, D. C., July 20, 1874, Wasnima, Ms Carrying of the | Compensation for the Mails. A correspondence bas taken pia, C@tween Mr. Hinckley, President of the Philadel, a, Wiuning- ton and Baltimore Ratiroad Company, and she Post OMce Department, with reference to 80 application for higher compensation torghe move- ment Of the Post Omice cars over that road) Some- thing ts eaid about the determination of the com- pany not to move such cars after the lat of August unless their demand be complied with, but there | is an impression that this question will be deferred is expected to reaca here to-morrow morning, with the Washington Marine Band. The reg | Ment will camp on the ocean bluff near the railway station, and wil take thetr three | Square meals a day at the Ocean Hotel, where Special and ample accommodations have been | Proviled ior the boys in gray and in biue. On the 27ta the regiment will be taken up by the Seventh | New Jersey, with ali the honors, to the revolu- | onary BATTLE FTELD OF MONMOUTH, and thence to the county seat, Freehold, for a Special dinner. Balls and promenade concerts will be the order of the night here during the sojourn of the Maryland soldiers and the Marine Band of the White House, : GENERAL BUTLER SLANDERED. A Positive Denial trom Him of the Al- leged Story of General Hooker Touch- ing the Money and Valuables of the Colored Troops. Boston, July 18, 1874, To THR EpItoR oF THE HERALD:— Isee going the rounds of the newspapers ex- tracts irom @ statement of which General Hooxer is alleged to be the author, but of which I have not seen the whole, that “when Butler was in com- | mand o/ the Army of the James he required the colored troops to deposit their money and valua- | pies at headquarters for safe Keeping;’’ and the Jurther starement that “when one of these poor devils got knocked over and put under ground, do you suppose,” asks “Fighting Joe,” “the money he bad leit at Butler’s headquarters was ever heard from again? Not a cent of it, It all went | to the ciedit and account of Butler, who made at the least $1,000,000 in this way out of the poor negro regimeuts on the James. I was with tue army in Virginia, ond learned the facts about that business, which ought to be told.’ 1 do not think that any intelligent man ongnt to | require me to state even that there 1s not one word of trath in all this, Nobody once knew bet- | ter than General Hooker that an oraer issued by a commanding general of such description would have to be tiled tn duplicate at the War Depart- ment, published to the troops, and would be as wei! Known and as thoroughly understood by the country at the time of its issue even, a8 was the battie of Chancellorsvulle, ‘there were 25,000 colored troops in the Army of the James under my command, with a full complement of sagacious and vigilant ofticers, each one of whom must have seen and known of the existence of this order and the facts of the deposit of the money and valuables of their | soidiers, Let those officers speak. General | Hooker never was with the Army of Virginia aiver he was relieved irom Chancellorsville, long betore General But!<r tovk coinmand of the Army of tho James, and therefoce could not have learned “the facts about that business” there. Poor General Yooker! Ii he made tnts insane statement attribuied to him there is an apology in the impaired condition of his iniad arising from the paralyzed state of bis body. Mis irends would do him a kindness wo take Dim in vareiul charge, as the country would regret to see one of its heroes so tarnish bis well-earned fame, To the exuct contrary of this siander, a savings bank was establisued at Noriolk for the beneiit of | the colored trvops, 80 that they might havea place to deposit their movey under the charge o: a quartermaster of the army, which was transferred | | tothe Freedmen’s Burean at tie c.ose of the war, and the accounts duly settled and vouched for long | aiter General Builer was relieved of the commaad | of the Army of the James. Tue apparent respectability of the source of this | Slander leads me to break a custom, which is, not to reply to newspaper slanders, but to so order | my life that it shall be an answer to all, From this one, however, learn all. I here aver, aiter ten years’ careful espionage into my afairs by every enemy of mine, with equal fearlessness, that every accusation touching Iny acts during the war in civil admtuistration is equilly untrue, and I defy proof or probable evi- dence to the contrary. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, MURDEROUS AITACK ON AN OFFICIAL Ex-Attorney General Clarke, of Mani- toba, Beaten by the Lord Gordon Kid- nappers. Sr. Pavt, Minn., July 20, 1874. Ex-Attorney General Clarke, of Manitoba, waa struck twice on the bead with @ sitngshot last night, in front of the Metropolitan Hotei, by some person to him unknown. This morning, as Mr, Clarké was leaving for the Fast, he was set upon bya crowd of ruffians from Minneapolis, headed by Mike Hay, Chief of Police of that ciry, who beat and kicked Mr. Clarke savagely, and, but for the interterence of one or (wo oi our citizens, he would Gouptiess have been killed, Ar, Clarke was takeu | into a railroad car and ieit on the train, but it is feared ne is dangerously hurt, being iu poor heaito. ce | ARREST OF THE PERPETRATORS. | Hay was arrested and held jor trial. He is one of the Minneapolis party who were imprisoned last year at Winnipeg tor an alleged attempt to kidnap Lord Gordon, and the murderous attack on Mr. Clarke is m revenge jor lis acuon as public prosecutor in toat affair, MURDER IN MORKISTOWN, NW, J. The Victim Stabbed with a Pitchfork | paring a Scuffle—Curious Result of a Post-Mortem Examination, MoRRISTOWN, N. J., July 20, 1874 | John Guerin, @ laborer, stabbed John Monahan with a pitchfork, in @ hay feid, on Wednesday last, so that he died the same nignt. The afray was witnessed by Wiliam Hall, Jonn O’Donneii and Frank Dunlatey, who agreed to say nothing of the affair and kept the wounded man in the field until eleven o’clock at night, when he became uncon- | scious and died soon aiterward. The man reported that Monahan died of cramps, and the sligat wound not being noticed, preparations were made for burying the body, when Mona: an’s favner be- The came suspicions and demanded an inquest. Coroner’s eXamiuation revealed tae we the three men were arrested and pla Morristown jut. A REMARKABLE De ‘The wound was so slight exteruully that it was never nouced by is imends or tie doctors, and even the man himesell, atter the stabbing, could | not designate it. It was not Jill the post-mortem | examination that the wound was (ound im both lunge, and shen traced to the mere scratch on the surface, At was done with the sharp tune of a itchiork, and was ten inches in length, traversing oth lungs. The murder was done in @ scuille, and the man was kept in the fields by bis com. | panions, as he suffered s0 much when moved, and ‘was supposed to be seized with cramps. The ver- dict of the inques* Wili probably be mausiaugnter, ACOIDENT TO MRS, LIVINGSTONE. POUGHKEEPSIE, July 20, 1874 The many friends of Mrs, Livingstone wili regret to learn that that distinguished lady met with a serious accident at Hyde Park, Dutchecs county, on Wednesday last. While in the carriage of her son-in-law, Mr. Kirkpatrick, the horses took fright, ran away and upset the vehicle. Mrs. Livingstone was thrown out against a fence, breaking two ot | her ribs and sustaining osher severe though for- wunately not dangerous injuries, COLBY UNIVERSITY. The Commencement Kxsercises—Financial Condith of the Institation. WATERVILLK, Me., Jaly 20, 1874, The exercises of auuiversary week at Colby Unt versity began last night by the delivery of the an- nual sermon before the Boardman Missionary So- clety by Rev, Herman Lincoln, D. D., of Newton Centre, Mass, The Baptists ave rallied to the | support of this instivutton, and its flvancial condi- | tion is flourishing. Recently Governor Coburn | promised $50,000 16 it on condition a like amount is raised for endowing two academies in duferent | Parts Of the Stato ws iecders Lo the university, | which conditions have been complied with. A | large attendance of the Alumni and theirtriends | | that the law having fixed the compensation for the | | all on stock and fixtures, and @ special insurance | $1,500 in the Phoenix, lartiord, and | im the work room of the piciure department, | oMfice, Norris’ law office, express offi | mitted a coniession, | Ferris quarrelied | pursued and captured, and when within six miles | of the city ne was taken from his captors and until the newly appointed Postmaster General shall have catered upon his duties. In the mean- time the ratiroad company wiil be oMictally in- formed by’ Postmaster General Marshall Jewell various kinds of service, the department has no discretion in the premises, and, theretore, it caa- not refer the question of compensation to an umpire, that course having been suggested by Sir. Hinckley. General Grant and Secretary Bristow to Consult at Long Branch, President Grant has sent a telegram to the Sec- retary of the Treasury requesting the latter to meet him at Long Branch on Thursday next for the purpvuse of consulting upon official business, ~~ ARKANSAS. The Testimony Taken by the Congres- sional Commlttee—Procoedings of the | Constitutional Convention. | Litre Rock, July 20, 1874, Tne Congressional Committee met at nine and adjourned at six. A large number of spectators | were present Testimony’ a8 to the manner of | conducuing the election irauds in various counties | was given. The clerk of the Supreme Court ‘esti. | fied that after filing the, majority opinion in the | | quo warranto case the clause deciding that no | lower court had jurisdiction had been added by | Judges Latayetie and Grey, Assoriate Justices of the Supreme Court. Brooks’ counsel svugut to | rove by bin that this clause haa been added to niluence the action of te Cycuit wourt. The | Convention passed the day in luportant diseu sion. ‘Inere was re(erred to the Fiuance Comuit- tee for action the resolution directing tue state ‘treasurer to report how imuca tue sinking fund was Wien he was appointed to ofice. now mucin had been received since, how much paid out and tor What purpose. TROOPS MUSTERED OUT. Ore of the two companies of the Governor's | guard at the State louse was mustered ont to- | day. General Cuurchiil, im a speech, said they would be patd to-morrow, He ordered them to Stack arms, but tuey resused to give up their arms until paid, fey were tuen paid in greenbacks, ‘the viicers were not patd. ‘Ihey interviewed Baxter, who told toem he would pay them in war bonds.’ They reiused and taik of stiaching the lumber in the State House yards, THE INDIANS. Major Jones’ Fight Near Jacksboro— | Scouts Attacked by the Redskins. GaLveston, Texas, July 20, 1874. The Nevrs’ Austin special says no omicial detalls haye been recetyed of Major Jones’ tight with In- dians near Jacksboro, Adjutant General Steele ved advices that on the 9th seventy-five | ablucked B SMALL partly Of scouts bveloug- | ‘aptains Stevens’ and Tckerd’s command, ‘The scouts Were so greatly Outnumocred tuat they avoided the encounter, FIRE LY NEW HAVEN. New Haven, July 20, 1874. Afire broke ont last night in Evarts Cuver's fine art store on Chapol strect and was extin- guished atier an hour's work by the firemen, The princtpal damage was occasioned by water, with | whico the Lock was drenched, THE LOSS AND INSURANCE. The loss is avout $10,000, of which Mr. Cutler suffers about $6,000 and is insured lor $1,000 ip the Etna, Hartford; $2,000 in the Oriént, $1,000 in the | Home, New York, and $4,000 tn other companies, ‘Of $1,400 on paintings. J, M. Augur, boot and sooe dealer, loses avout $1,500 aud has an iusurauce of $1,500 in Cay % Commerctal Union, London. The buiiding owned by Samuel Noyes aud Mrs. Shepard aud damaged to the exrent of $4,5 lnsured $3,000 tu the Commerce of Aibany and $3,000 1a the Ntagara of New York. ‘The cause of the fre is unknow! It broxe out | DESTRUG. INGERSOLL, July 20, 1874 Afire inthis place iast night destroyed fiteen buildings. The principal sufferers are as follows:— The Nationalist printing office, H. Constable, bookseller; James McGalleqaet, harness and sad- diery; Brown & Wells, law office; Miss Gibson’s fruit and tancy store; J. BR. Greenway, boots aud | shoes; 0. R. Hall, jeweiry; the Montreal Teiegrapn Company's ofice, Pust Oflice division; tae Court | | Jared A. Buchanan's tin shop, Dr. Walker's ofice, Hender- son, watchmaker; E. Caldwell, furniture; Homer | Campbetl, groceries, and &@ number of other deal- era. The loss 18 $50,000, TERRIFIO BOILER EXPLOSION. | MApIson, Ind., July 20, 1874. A boiler explosion occurred about ten o'clock this morning in the extensive starch works of Johnson & Sons. A battery of three boilers ex- ploded, completely wrecking the boiler room and partially destroying the wails of the main build- lng. Tom Coyle, engineer; Tom Mullen, (roman; ‘rom Raderty, assistant fireman, and a fe.rcyman, named J. M. Salyers, Who Nappened to be in the factory, are badly scalded and injured. Mulle Coyie aud Salyers are probably mortaily THE CONFESSION OF 4 MURDERER ToreKa, Kansas, July 20, 1874. Tast March D. W. Ferris, who kept a grocery here, was mysteriously murdtred aud buried in the cellar of his store, and Fred Oids, @ lad, | was arrested on suspicion of having commitied the crime, To-day in the District Court Vids subd- | which states that he and | ver w game of checkers. ‘The | latter, finally drawing a revolver, drove @ids from | tne store. Olds weut to his fatner's house, ov- tained @ caroine and returned with the intention of making Ferris retract what he said. Whea | | Ferris saw fim approaching he again seized tho | revolver. As he raised it Olds tired, then dragged his victim into the cellar, where, finding he was still alive, be finished him with @ large cheese knife, Tne next day he opened the store as usual and reported that Ferris bad been suddenly called Fast. ‘The latcer’s prolonged absence aroused | suspicion. Olds Was arrested and the body of Ferris found. SMRKVEPORT, La., July 20, 1874. George Simpson, @ planter, residing about fifteen miles from this city, was murdered by a vegro on Saturday evening. Simpson, who ts about seventy years of age, was alone and asieep When the negro stepped into the house, and seiz- ing Simpson’s gun, shot him dead. The negro was killed, HORRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN NEGROES. Muurms, July 20, 1874, To-day two negro butchers, Frank Warner and Sam Smith, fought with cleavers and butcher knives in their shop in Chelsea, inflicting mortal wounds On each otner, Warner was disembow- elied and Smitn was cut with a cleaver, the wound extending from shoulder to groin. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY LABORERS, Mornistowy, N. J., July 20, 1874, Mr. Samuel Brown, of near this city, was at. tacked by some laborers of the new asylum, Om Saturday evening, stabbed and brutally beaten, to obtain his money. Ae 18 not fatally iojured, ‘pnt will be laid up fer some time, The assailants escaped, e DEPAULTING EXPRESSMAN ARRESTED. Toronto, July 20, 1874 A man named Hyson Hennessey, agent of the American Express Company, formerly of Kimira, wrote some time since to his prin- cipals, stating that he had been rob! of $4,000, They suspected the truth of this and when they prosecuted inquiries Hennessey fled. He first went to Quebec and aiterwards to Montreal, where he was arrested by a Provincial Government detective, He was brought before a magistrate this morning, but was remanded for a | week, a8 he wished to communicate with the American Consul, ARREST OF RAILROAD THIEVES, Boston, Mass., Taly 20, 1474, The police of Brighton district lass night made a haul of sixteen railroad thieves, They have been operating cousiderablyon We cars switched ou | is @xpected during the commeucewent exerciign | the side Wacks \ | having been neal THE CHILD ABDUCTION. Plan of the Misereants for Reeeivi Money and Avoiding Arrest. the ee THE AUTHORITIES POWERLESS, Arreattof Wooster, the Alleged Accomplice Whereabouts of the Child. PHILADELPS1A, July 20, 1874, Since my last communication: news of a highly important nature tes reached me concerning the designs o( the kidnappers of little (hartie oss, which is calculated not only to gtartie all wno read it, but at the same thme convinceevery one that the infant uw in the bands of men who, by their shrewdness, tact and cunning, can evade the 1 police for almost an indefinite jength of time, and, pernaps, force the tather to comply with their de- mands, In no better way can this be shown than by the fact that the robbers pow boast of their security, and that for more than twenty days the Police have not ascertained the first clew to their hiding place, Frequent reference has been made to the cold and brutal letters which have been sent to the parent from.time to time, but vy all means the most jmportant and interesting of these was re- ceived by the tather last Thursday, since it clearly and accuratery defines the plan by means of | which the kidnappers agree to deliver the child and accept the ransom 0: $20,000. The outline of this plot is not @ fancy sketch, but is the full ex- posé which the kidnappers tiemselves made, and which subsequent disclosures will prove to be atrictly true, Lt came to your correspondent th the most direct way, and is stated exclusively here for the first time, THR PLOT. The place selected by the kidnappers for their negotiations is a lonely bridge in the extreme northern portion of the county, and the hour at which the business 18 (0 be transacted, if trans- acted at all, 18 set down at aboat midnight. The bridge is surrounded on all sides by @ flat and open country, 80 that one standing upon its abutment could witness an approach from any direction, ‘The plan states that Mr. Ross must come to this bridge with the money. While en route for the designated point, and before he arrives at it, he will be met by a man wihio will Stop before Lim and eay:— “Good evening, sir.” To this Mr. Koss must render an immediate reply, and then pass on toward the bridge, Betore he reaches the bridge a second man will approuch him in the same manner as the first, and say, “air, Ross, now do you dor”? To this Mr. Ross must also render an appro- priate reply, when he will reach the bridge, and , there meet a third wan, who will ask the tolowtng question, “Mr, Ross, have you got that?’ Aiter Mr, Ross has paid the money there will be a slight delay, but tn # few minutes he is prom- ised that his little one, Charlie, will be delivered over. CONDITIONS OP THE PLOT. The robbers evade ail possibility of detection by the following conditions :—The three will be armed and in disguise. Is Mr. Ross does not come alone, or if a single soul ts seen lurking anywhere in the neighborhood, the kidnappers will fail to keep their appoimtment, The bridge stands all by itself; three diferent roads intersect near its site, and, the country being open and level as the fluor, the cousederates stationed out along the aifferent rouds can see Mr, Koss for a long distance of, and know whetuer he came ulone or with some one eise. Moreover, Mr. ::oss will be watched from the lime he leaves the city untii tue time he 1s ac- costed by tue frst man, aud unhy attempt to assem- bie a posse Of citizens or police near the bridge | would be sure to be seen oy tue kidnappers, who, | o: course, the policemen do not Kuow. No sooner haa their pian been sent from the hu- maa Uneves to tae parent than consultations | were held by the police, and by privace citizens airecuy interested in the case, in order to devise | sume meuns 0} catcaing the scoundrels in weir own trick and thus save the ransom and likewise secure the chud, Hundreds of pians were pro- posed. ‘Ihe enerzy and brain ol the entire de- tecilve lorce were bent toward this one purpose, but all plans are sure to fail. In case the Jatner conciudes to accept the terms of tue blackmail- ers ‘tuey are as sure of getting the money without arrest as they are sure of keeping the child without detection in case tue terwis are not complied with, It may appear a sim- ple thing to entrap the kidnappers while consum. Thating Weir aesigns, but if auy one will read the avove careiully he will see that tne condition of the country; the command whicn the plotters en- Joy over all the roads; tie opportunity they have to watch every movement which either Mr. Ross or the police may Make Detween now and the time the former may conseu: to the demands, and tue facilities they possess of studying every step which the fatoer may take after be sets out upon his solitary journey to the bridge, all show the shrewdness oi Chis apparently simply constructed pian and the tinpossibiity of entrapping the vil- lains walle they are carrying it out. ‘dhe detectives have even stepped without their accustomed reticence, ana called in the advice of prouusent med, th orver to seek somé means to crush the plot. Among these may be mentioned Mr. McKean, o1 the Pudlic Ledger, and District Attorney Wiliam B, Maun. As stated above, a hundred plans have veen proposed, out all of them proveu wauting. lt Was proposed to secretly place mich about the bridge, to surround the roads at points distant irom the bridge by armed com- panties of cliizens ; aNd 1¢ has veen proposed to do & thousand other things, each one of which the simple conditions 0: tue scoundrels’ scheme render wholly and utterly impossible. ‘Yhe upshot of the matter is fully shown in the letver Which the kidnappers sent to the father at the close o1 last week, of Whicu brief mention was made in the HeraLp of to-day. Fauing through the “personals” to receive auy answer Lo this plan from the father, the thieves sent a communication clothed in language intensely bitter and which contained TUE FOLLOWING POINTS, ‘The child Was doiwg Well auc had been careiully looked waiter. The parties had avoided arrest for twenty uays already and could remain equally se- cure for aay length of time, They had no fear whatever ol apprehension, The parties were ac- quainted with the latoer, and were also aware of the operauons oi the pulice, and that unless the demaud made was compied with they would most assurediy ‘put tae chud away ;” that they knew tueir business, and that their terms must be met. Such, in briei, was the contents ot their lost Note, and it is as clear as day that while the police have been trying to seek them they have regularly followed the operations aud movements of te au- thorities. ‘his supposition snows itself clearly tn the cir- cumstance of the remarkably suort length of time intervening between the hour the letters have been posted aud the time they have been received. For instance, a letter maiied at two o'clock by the kidnappers reacnes the lather at three, showing conclusively that the communications must needs be dropped into the main office or else in a box near by ; showing conciusively, too, that instead ol being concealed in an out of the way place, the kidnappers ure moving in the most public resorts, and are Manipulating their correspondence right under the shadow of the Central Headquarters of the detective police. And now a word ‘ ABOUT CHRIS WOOSTER, arrested as an accomplice in tue crime. It was this person who was charged witn having writ- ten the letters, but since, during bis imprison- ment, ten additional episties have been received written in precisely the same hand as those re- ceived before Wooster was placed in quod, this circumstance seems to indicate that Wooster is innocent and that Taggart, the detective, has made @ mistake, Such, indeed, would be the patural inierence, but the more one converses with Taggart the More he is convinced that this is NOt so. the first place the plan, of course, of delivering the child must have been fully arranged before the chila was stolen, and all its detalis set down on paper, and there canj be indeed little doubt but that the very letter that the parent received on Thursday, in which the plan of the kiduappers Was prepared, was written before the father was called upon deplore the loss of his son, Again, before the theit was committed ita , Projectors must have cieariy considered how rend | would act in case their ransom was refused, and hence the last letter is likely to have been pre-- pared also in advance, The proot whion the writer has that this theory 13 correct is this:—Chris Wooster, while he may not have anticipated the certainty of his arrest the day upon which it was eifected, knew, neverthe- jess, that his arratgnment was probable at any time, antl when searched there was found A DIARY UPON HIS PERSON, in which he had set down all his own personal Movements since the kidnapping of the child. Whore he was at certain hours, and, in fact, all that he had done and the places he bad visited in the interim. This was enact ie pay 4 in ee rove an alibi, stonld he be charge might ir Germantown at the time the child was stolen there, Anotier proot of Wooster’s scuiit ts that he says he does not wish to leave prison until the agair is set to rights, whereas it would m that an innocent man would at once apply writ ot habeas corpus. Chris Wooster’s character and conduck Wm & Word clgarly mdicate thyse 7 tee of a criminal who, anticipating arrest, arranged ali nis plans beforehand, wrote his letters, advise@ his assistants, and now remains uncompiaining), in durance, confident that his companions can fd (ain their desired ends, after the auccess{ul aecome plisument of which he Mast needs be reieased, be Cause nothing has been proved against him, THE WHERKABOUTS OF THE CHILD. Among the many theories concerning the situa to. of the caild the police seem to regard ther one as the most probable. The chtid 1s beheved fo be in some low quarter of the town, like tae Suis of Alaska street or the dreary region of Piucs Hill, secured from the probabuity of pubuie notice and held in charge by @ woman. This theory t# about as reasonabie, however, ag f:ty others which might be formed, and really amounts to very little, ‘The bos ‘the child ia in one ee maine a THE GLOUCESTER FISHERIES Report of the Catch for the Week— Quotations. ‘ GLoucesrer, Masg., July 20, 187% During the week ending July 18 only 39 faning arrivals have been reported—1s are (rom George’® Bank, with a catch of 382,000 pounds of codfish; & from Grand and Western banks, 4 with salt cod- Osh, aggregating 320,000 pounds, and one with halt but of 40,000 pounds; 16 from off shore mackerel-: ing, With 2,445 pounds of mackerel ¥ TH MARKET for George's codfieh is firmer, wih an advance tm prices, Molders are drm at $4 60 per quintal, with $4 25 freely offered and refused. Bank com fish we quote at $3 25 to $3 50 per quintal, as te quality. Fresh bulibus has beem unasually scarce the past week @nd commands good prices, Onig one lare of bank arrived, which caused @ great - advance in prices—sold at Lic, per pound lor white and 7c. per pound for gray. Last sale of George's at Lic. per pound for while aud 60. per pound for = gray. Mackerel—Receipts, good for the season; prices rule low; $9a $10 per bbl. for No. 1, $6 5) a $7 per bbl, for No, 2, $4 & $6 per bbl. for No. 3. Mac- kerel are muct inquired for and are suld as last as they arrive, Smoked halibut, 90. ir ib. Cod oll, 60c. per gallon. Pickled codfish, $12 per Pollock, New George’s, $275 per quintal, bb, Tongues and sounds, $10 per bbl. Prepared code , 840. per ib.; boneless at 6440. per Lb, RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Trenton, N. J., July 29, 1874 Charles P. Warner, proprietor of the Southerm Hotel at St. Lows, Mo., a passenger for New York with several friends, to-day had his arm crushed just as the tratn entered the Delaware bridge in this city. Mr. Warner sat with his arm resting of the sill of the car window, when a sudden lurch of the train pitched him forward, api, striking the bridge, uis jet arm was crushed so badly tuat am putation was necessary, He is weil cared for ab the ‘Trenton House. A CITIZEN OF BROOKLYN DROWNED Ngwovns, N. Y., July 20, 1874 Charles FE. Smith, aged twenty-one, or Brooklyn, as drowned while bathing to-day in Littie Pond, near this city. SUICIDE. ManouesreR, N. J., daly 20, 1874 John Hanna, a laborer, tn the employ of the New Jersey Southern Railroad, at this place, committed suicide to-day by tuking two ounces of landanun, No cause is assigned for the act. THE BOOK TRADE CONVENTION, Sanpusky, Ohio, July 20, 187@ The Book Trade Convention, which commences to-morrow at Put-in Bay, promises to be a large gathering of the trade. The leading houses of | New York, Philadelphia, Boston and tue Westerm cities will be represented. CENTRAL PARK GARDEN OONCEBTS. Although the rain last evening interfered with, the attendance at this popular summer garde yet the performance was one of surpassing im~ terest, being a judicious mixture of various styles of music. There was the beautiful overture te “Preciosa,” that dainty morceau of Weber, the brilliant ballet music from *Robert le Diable,” the “Cujus Animam,” from Rossing “Stabat Mater,” the superb overture to “Tannhiuser, French overture as a foil, “Le Roi de Yveto Liszt’s mmaguificent Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 which has been orchestrated better than ever the author of the original piano version could do 185 the Mozart-like romance in G, opus 40 Beethoven; @ bouquet of German dances, ar- ranged by Schubert; a couple of Strauss waltzes and amarch by Bilse, The performance was the standard of excellence one wonld expect from such a peerless band. 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