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FRANCE. An Important Debate Postponed by Assembly The Question Parlia- | mentarv Prorogation. MacMahon’s Opportunity Amidst the Division of Parties. of PaRis, July 24, 1874, In the Assembly to-day M. Batvie presented the Teport of the Committee of Thirty on the General Electorat bill. ‘The Marquis of Castellane moved that the con- sideration of the constitutional bills be postponed until after the recess, M. Malatre, a Bonapartist and extensive indus- trial proprietor, moved that the Assembly, after | Voting the Budget, be prorogued until January 6, | 1875. A recess, he said, wouid do no harm to trade. M, Chabaud La Tour, the Minister of the Interior, Said the government was still desirous of having & Vote on the constitutional bills, but would submit ‘to the decision of the Assembly. Marquis de Castellane’s motion was carried, and that of M. Malatre was deciared urgent by @ vote Of 395 yeas to 308 nays. The House then appointed Tuesday next for de- bate on the latter motion, and proceeded to the Consideration of the Budget. THE POLITICAL PARTY OUTLOOK. The genera! impression is that none of the con- Sstitutional bills is able to command a mayority w | the Assembly. The Right feared the ‘ate of their Project would demonstrate the powerlessness of the Assembly and render dissolution inevitable; 1t therefore voted for a postponement of the bills. The Lett is deeply irritated at the result. A COMPLIMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT. President MacMahon has congratutated the Duke de Broglie on his speech of yesterday. SPAIN. ——— Political Effort for the Establishment of the Republic. MaprID, July 24, 1874. | It is stated that Seiors Castelar and Zorilia are preparing to act in concert for the definitive es- Tablishment of a vonservutive Republic. Report of a Republican Victory. Lonpon, July 24, 1874. It ts reported from Spain that General Moriones has won @ great victory in Navarre, taking 1,500 | Carlist prisoners. ENGLAND. es Sas Earl Russell Advocates the Recogniiion of the | Spanish Government—The Cabinet Idea of a Collective European Act. Lonpo, July 24, 1874. In the House of Lords this evening Earl Russell asked whether the government had made any re- mMonstrauce to France against the connivance of her authorities in the violation of the Spanish frontier by the Cariists. He especially referrea to rumors that the French government had inter- ferred with Spain tn a manuer contrary to {riendly relations and tue law of uations; that Carlists es- caping into France, instead of being returned, bad been furnished with passports and permitted to cross and recross the froutier. We urged that in &ccording an ordinary courtesy due trom one civil- ized nation to another there shouid be no unneces- sary delay tn the formal recoguition of the Span- ish government by that of Great Britain, The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for For+ eign Atuirs, replied tnat Spain lad not asked | England to interfere. He considered recognition of the Spanish government at present would be Premature. When the time urrived it would be better that such recoguition should be the collec. tive act of the European Powers, The Premier Announces the Day of Pro- rogation. LonDon, July 24, 1874, In the House of Commons this evening Mr. | Olsracli anvounced that the Land Transier, the | Judicature and the Endowed Schools bills would | be withdrawn and Parliament prorogued on the 8th of August. SMALLPOX AT NEWMARKET. There {s an alarming outbreak of smallpox at Newmarket, Upwards of sixty cases are already | reported. The authorities of the town have asked the Jockey Club to permit them to convert their grand stand into a hospital, where infected persons may be quartered, WEATHER REPORT. ‘The weather throughout England to-day is wet. THE HOLY SEE. — Private Chaplain to the Pope. Rome, July 24, 1874, The announcement that Father Howard would mcceed Mur. de Mérode as the Pope’s private | chapiain was incorrect. Mgr. Sanminiatelll, until now one of the private chamberiains of His Holi. | ness, las beep appointed to the vacancy occasioned | by the death of Mgr. de Mérode. THE STEAMSHIP MINERVA. Eight Persons Dead Since the Boiler Explosion. | HAVANA, July 24, 1874, Six persons wounded by the boiler explosion on | the spanisii steamship Ninerva ‘ave died. “his | eight deaths in ull by the disaster, CUBA. A Financial Decree by Concha. HAvANa, July 24, 1874, The Captain General has issued the loliowing decree:— In order to promote the circulation of the Treasury bills, $6,000,000 in amount, the Issue of which Was authorized by the decree of June 8, 1874, and in view of the indications given by the banks and principal capitalists of Havana, I de- cree that fron) the date of tbe pudlicarion hereof corporations and Jocal administrations of the Cnstows may receive in payment ot taxes and duties the said Treasury buls of the issue of June 8, in all cases and to any amount, the same as banx bills of the Spanish bank o: Havana, CONCHA, BANKRUPTOY OF JAY COOKE & 00. The Examination Before the Register— Accumulation of Funds—The Dividend To Be Paid. PHILADELPHIA, July 24, 1874, The several members of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co. appeared vefore Register Mason this morning and fled certain papers, containing au exhibit of the receipts and expenditures 0! thelr firm trom the uate of the organization of it until its suspen. sion, ‘These papers had been called for by some of | the creditors, but none of them appearing this Moruing to examine Mr, Cooke or his partners these gentlemen simply signed the exhibits and swore to their truth, when the Register adjourned further proceedings in the matter until the 26th oF September next. THE DIVIDEND O! five per cent aui «i by the Committee of Creditors has not yet been paid, the Register b (hy doubts as to ‘its biiding effect upon him. tle has, however, proceeded with the necessary calcu. Mitiou, so that there should be uo delay i the vourt ordered him to proceed, In the meantime the 1unds in his hands have mereased to such an | AluOURL as Will Warrant the payment ol seven tb. stead of Lve percent. It is expected that he will | bas A pete Aid court when its opinion | ed, dud, if the proper order is tude, po onal Will be proceded with as early as | | ing promenade, | oth ; the conventionai dress of the ¢ | Bemis, Miss Neihe Murpny, - NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874.—W1 THE SEASIDE CAPITAL. ——— Grand Review of the Fitth Maryland Regiment—Visit of the President and Party to Atlantic City, LONG BRancy, N, J., July 24, 1874. Fully 4,000 people assembled on the beach of Long Branch ths evening, to witness the grand review of the Filth Maryland regiment of Balti- more. in tront of the Ocean Hotel. arrived at the Ocean Hotel at six o'clock, and was lusttly cheered by the ussembiage us be alighted from his carriage. A salute of thirty-one | guns was fired in wis honor, Upon the platform to review the regiment were President Grant: Jersey; Governor Groome, of Maryland; Adjutant General ond, of Maryland; Generais Benjamin F. Blanchard, Henry Heath, Kuox, Knapp and N, Gano Dunn, of Governor D1ix’s staf, and Major General Patterson, The regiment mwarened very well, presenting a good front and the ofMicers sa- luted in true military style. The President re- mained uncovered during the review. He was escorted to the rooms of Governor Groome, where he remained for a short time, alter which ne was driven to his ‘cottage by tae sea.’ THE PRESIDENTS MOVEMENT! The President eaves here t for Atlantic City, wile and son, General Bat Mr. aud Mra, y. Markley, and daughter, They Jeave Long Branch at hall-past eight and stop at Grands at eleven A. M, to lunch with Ex-Coasul Dudiey. They go over the New Jersey Southern to Pemberton, thence over the Penusylvania Cen- tral to Camden, thence to their destination, RECEPTION ON THE ROUTE. 3. At Egg Harbor City the distinguished party will | remain a jew hours, to afford the population of that place an opportunity of extending their hos- pitality to the visitors, On their arrival at Atiantic City they will sojourn at the United tates Hotel, where iu the evening a grand alephy, ol freworks and a hop have been arranged, The Mayor of the city, Hon, William Souder will make a speech of welcome, Hon. A. W. Markley hag arrived with a Special train for the party. THE FIFTH REGIMENT BALL Immense Gathering of Fair Women and Brave men—The Uniforms and the Toilets—Distinguished Ladies Present, LONG BRancHy, N, J., July 24, 1974, The grand miiitary bail of the Fifth Maryland | regiment took place in the great dining hall of the Ocean Hotel to-mght, and for interest and bril- Nancy was unsurpassed by anything of the kind ever given at Long Branch. the military dignitaries present at the review in Jull unilorm, entered the ballroom at eleven o'clock, as the Marine Band was playing the open- | Orchestral music and dancing | followed, twenty-nine pieces being announced on | the programme, closing with the Railroad Galup."” At midnight there was an hour’s intermission, during which refreshments were served to the | 2,000 guests present. All present were in full dress, ‘The ladies’ totlets were of a most elegant and elaborate character—sweepiug trains, pow- dered coitfeures and low corsage being the pre- | styies. ‘the Filth regiment, numbering oficers und men—were in luli uniform, and variety Of unitorms iu the room, together with viltans and rich Louets of the ladies, made up a scene of dazzling beauty. Among THE LADIES PRRSENT from New York, Phitadelphia, Baltamore and other cities were the {oilowing:—Mrs. Blanchard, Mrs. Theodore kK. B, Degruot, vatiing 400. Mrs. Longman, of Brooklyn; Miss Hastings, Mra. H. V Miss Ella T. Drake, Mrs, A, B, Baker, Mrs. F. fer, Mrs. George Lin- coin, Mrs, Dr. Heany, Miss Drexel and Mra, Taeodore Moss and daughter, Tne President in conversa- tion this evening, speaking of the review, said, “nose men have carried muskets before.’’ SAS, ae Deposed Officials Before the Congres- sional Commuttee—Important Testi- mony Taken=The Baxter Militia, LrrtLe Rock, July 24, 1874. Before the Congressional Oommittee to-day, Wheeler, State Auditor; Page, State Treasurer; Robinson, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, and Gray, Commissioner of State Lands, all elected on the ticket with Baxter, but who recognized Brooks after tne decison of the Circuit Court, testified to the illegal se:zure of thelr offices | by military force and their expulsion from office, and the appointment of new officials. Oliver, Sherin, and Roland, Clerk of the county, aiso testified to similar action with regard to them- selves, Mr, Page, the State Treasurer, testified that, soon after the surrender, Baxter said ne would jail the whole lot for treason, trom Brooks down, if they didn’t leave tne country. Mr. Gal- lagher, Sheriff of Monroe country, testifiea to Bax- ter’s Making bim sign and hand in a resignation, in blank as to date, before he was commissioned; that Baxter told him he made ita rule to do so, | Mr. Gallagher and Sheriff Oliver, of this county, testified to Baxter’s telling them he nad saveu up several thousand dollars in scrip from his | u as office- | holders under him, to take @ thousand from him ; at par, Serip being worth at the time fity cents on | salary, and requesting them each, @ dollar. OUTEAGE BY BAXTER'S MILITIA. During the adjournment of the committee for dinner a black boy in the employment of the Ser- geant-ut-Arms was beaten over the head by two Of Baxter's militia and his clothes nearly torn of nim because he retuged to turn over to them a pail of ice water he was tabing to the investiga- tion room for the use of the committee. Imme- diately after the committee met in the afternoon the boy was introduced by Brooks’ counsel and testified to the tacts. ‘The testimony of several Witnesses showed that the active PERSECUTION OF BROOKS’ MEN ceased as soon as news of the gee of the committee reached here. ‘Testimony was also given as to the maltreating of negroes by Baxter's militia since the surrender of Gibbons. A Brooks cuptain testified to baviny been Griven irom this county end a reward offered ior his assassination, A Grand Torchlight Procession—Fears of a Disturbance, LITTLE Rock, July 24, 1874—9 P, M, A grand torchiight procession gotten up by | Brooks’ men takes piace to-night. The negroes are in jrom all the townships of the county. The Hallie Rifles have Just marched up to the State House to reinforce the command there. A vague uneasiness prevails yeneratly, and lears of a dis- turbance are entertained, THE VICKSBURG TROUBLES, Another Protest Against Armed Inter- vention. WASHINGTON, July 24, 1874, Another telegram was recetved at the White House this morning from the committee of citizens of Vicksburg, protesting against ordering any troops there ana declaring that no necessity existed jor such action. War, Who nas already countermanded the order. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES. Von Bulow calls Verdi the “Atula of the gullet.” Verdi attended the late Handel Festival in London. Frezzolini has appeared in Florence witn great success, Mile. Liebhart and Nelson Varley are in the con- cert field in London, ‘Theodore Thomas has a splendid programme at Central Park Garden for this evening. Mile, Sanz, formerly contralto of the Maretzek opera troupe, ia engaged in Rome (featro Apollo). | Mile, Emma Albani, the young American prima donna, has made a prodigious success at Covent Garden in Thomas’ “Mignon.” Mite, Oppenbeim aud Mme. Blume Santer will | probably sing at the Fest performance at Baireuth, i under Waguer’s direction, Neuendoril’s operatic and dramatic entertala- ments at Terrace Garden have been well patron- ized since tue begiuning of the season. Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette” is a sterling favorite at the Crystal Palace concerta, | London, Mr. Thomas should present it at the Central Park Garden, Nilsson had her benefit at Drury Lane, London, ! on the 16th inst, as Valentine, in “Les Huguo- nots.” Albani had a benefit at Covent Garden on vhe following evening. Miss Rose Hersee and Aynsiey Cook, ‘ormeriy connected with the Parepa Rosa troupe, have been singiug in English opera at Leicester and Birming- ham. ‘The London correspondent of the sfénestrel came across & Man at the first performauce of “IL Talismano” who ieproached Balle as a wholesale plagiary. “Ce diable de Bailie, méme apres sa mort 1 @ des Téminiscences; Le Crouves Vous pas quill y @ iBededaus un pei de ‘la Fille de Mma, Angorf ‘fhe piatiorm, richly carpeted, was erected | President Grant | jovernor Joel Parker, of New | wnorrow morning | fle will be accompanied by his President Grant, and | General BF. | It was relerred to the Secretary of | THE KIDNAPPING CONSPIRACY | 1 | Strange Questions Arising | Out of the Case. WAS THE CHILD STOLEN?) mit Bes Remarkable Discrepancies and Contradictions. ———-——- STARTLING SUSPICIONS | PRILADELPNIA, July 24, 1874. The circumstances of the Ross case are peculiar, | and as yet the police have done nothing to quict | the popular mind, A few special oficers, not de- tectives, have beeo rendered iamiliar with all the details of the cause, and while old, weil schooled and veteran detectives have | been kept in the dark grave suspicions begin to influence the community, but they are of such a ioul and unnatural character that nothing but the most conclusive proof that they were true could force your correspondent to transfer them to paper. A Jew days since the writer entered into counsel with the correspond- ; euts of several other New York newspapers, | | and all, upon comparing notes, discovered, as the result of many long interviews with pumerous people in Germantown that they were in posses- | ston of precisely the same rumors, which were of #ch aD extraordivary nature that they seemea to bein tne milest sense of the term improbable. If | Uttie Charley Ross has beer abducted, and tf all the circumstances of the case previously reported are correct, the communication of these rumors Would be HEARTLESS AND CRUEL; but, if these rumors are not Jaise, they are of such @ bature that they onght to be published broadcast | tothe world, The Philadelphia newspapers have | also heard these rumors, Out their action has been | strange and pecuilar throughout trom the time the news of the abduction first appeared until the present, A full exposé of the action of the author. | ities as Well as of the designs of the kiduappers Was submitted several duys ago to a newspaper of this city, but its management refused to allow it to appear in print until the copy tad been re- | ferred to the Mayor, The result is that the HenaLp puodiished this exposé in full, and the only resort lett the sheet referred to avove was to copy the HERALD's articie, word Jor word, Ail that is known is that the detectives, woo have been absent for several days, e returned, the iieu- tenants have all gone back to their regular duties and the case is virtually in szacu quo, No one doubts that Captain Heins personally did all be could to find the child; but the same weans he empioyea todo this—viz., the employment of the weakest men on his ‘orce—were such as to afford the greatest protection to the kidnappers, if, indeed, there were any kidnappers in the first place. The pecullar manner in whien he has handled ths cas and the stratt to , Which be has brought it are such as to convince the public that ne has already done his best, in the first place he has | reiused to communicate with the very ugency which would have assisted him the most in fading the child reported to have been jost, viz, the newspapers, Again, both he and the tather have © | reiused to allow THE PICTURE OF THE INFANT to be Issued in the illustrated journals. a corre- spondent addressing a local sueet speaks as iol- lows :— Sometime ago an effort was made to have the photo- Graph of the ubducted child, Charley Brewster Ross, re produced in the illustrated papers, but for some reusol or other this effort Was irustraied by the Iuterierence of the detectives, Now that a reward has been offered tor the recovery of the child and the deiection of the Scoundrels Who kidnapped him, and a tull descrip ; tion of the child has been published, would it not be well to have the photograph of the child engr.ved and a suficient number of clectrotypes Cast tor insertion in the leading newspapers of the land? Certainly by this 1 better idea of the uppearance of the chiid | | can be given to the public than by any verbal desert, | tion, however complete it may be. I think that in coi | sideration of the extraordinary importance of the case, id the necessity of an etection of the crimi: nals, Do pap 0 Whom this clectroiype may be sent | will erty it place. hin sure meine ines events, is | | worthy the consideration of tbe authorities, | | y J.B, WILLIS. A subscriber of an afternoon paper, who ia prob- ably connected with the municipal government, ing that it Charges the detective management under Mr. Heing with gross mismanagement, asks— MISMANAGEMENT, OR WHAT? “How have the detectives mismanaged it ? The editor answers as follow: We can tell him. It was two weeks after the abauc- tion before the police would give any publicity, and then only fo bolice officers, as to the parties whu stole the hid, their appearance and that of the horse and | agon. ‘Within twenty-four hours alter the chikt was | stolen every newspaper in the city and vicinity would, have cheertully printed the description that the Chiet of Police thought advisable to give through the public prints but two days ago, and twenty-two duys atter the crim ‘Was perpetrated. It was their duty to arouse the peopie to @ full realization of the crime, and how could that bave better been accomplished than by giving to the worla the colu-blooded letters of the abductors which the po- tice have in thetr possession. Again, some ot the oldest , detectives in the city, were not allow to participate in the hunt for the child, Those who were bunting are ac- knowledged to be faithful and wise detectives, but there are others who are fully their equal. These latter have easy office duty and tne privilege of promenading the streets, with the expectation that 4 stray thier will drop into their hand: Articles like the above along with rumors that are continuaily afloat, are sufficient to render all correspondents nervous, and to force them to put ia print stories of a nature so unpleasant that they turn trom them with loathing and disgust, Letter from a Suspicious Citizen—Sin- gular Rumors Embodied in Startling Queries=A New Phase of the Abduc-_ tion Conspiracy. PHILADELPHIA, July 24,1874, | To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— Ir would, of course, be ridiculous for any one to suppose that the full facts, so jar as they exist, in regard to the abduction of Charles Brewster Ross on the 18t inst., are not known to your very efficient correspondent in this city. | The articles upon the subject—a subject which concerns the hearth and home of every parent in the land—have been singularly correct and ac- curate, but have avolded‘what a large number of the citizens of this town regard as tue most vital | in the whole macninery of the abduction. | It nas been mooted in the Jamily circle; tt has | been spoken Of upon the street; it has been dis- | cussed, pro and con, by the representatives of every newspaper inthe city, and yet no news. paper or its representative has as yet walked up to “the ghost” stalking in the midst of the city of homes and taken it by the throat. The sounds heard on every side are calculated to remind one of the “Whispering Gallery," or of thut time when, with “bated breath,” It must be said, “I am Sir Or- acie, let no dog bark."” CONDUCT OF THE DETECTIVES. There has been a great deal o/ talk in this goodly city of ours about the vim and energy of the de- tective force, so called, in their conduct of the case. But they have irom the rst studiously aud, if you | will allow me the expression, stupidiy iguored that grand engine of tie tines, the newspaper press. | | The correspondents, reporters and others, who, | as has been wel! suid, are the brief chroniclers of | the times, have been bamMed at the Centrai Omtce , in their endeavors to get news, have been | | snubbed by the highest officials when they became | persistent, and insulted when adverse opinions were advanced to those heid by “the powers that be.’ in no single instance has any word been given by those in charge of the case, except toa “clique” | | Who assamed to dictate to all arouud them what | their opinions shail be, Tne “namby pamby" pro: | cess Nas been pursued for three weeks, and has re- | sulted in nothing, nor 1s it likely to, for we have | the significant fact, as sent you by your correspond- | ent, that all the detectives have retrurned to their | wonted spheres of labor, and after the heat of tie day rest uron their laurels. So be it. Wooster, who means a much early deciares his name is Worcester, and who is anxious to make the acquaintance o! the reporters at the Central Office who have written his history, has been ‘turned out,’ aud Walks On iashiouable Chestnut street a free man, ‘Thus the last link In the detective chain has been dropped, and that by ome of the shrewdest in our midst, No one in Philadelphia would ever question Josh Taggart’s ability, certainly not your corre. spondent, who has knowa im for some years and remembers distinctly that journey of his into the |. 2 | Canadas aiter a celebrated “Koniacker,” when be | | @amwed the accomplice driver os tue swig Late | | Some SOLULIOD Of the problem 1 beg le: | mic them to you and through you to tu | the HERALD may want to kuow the reason. | know the dress | yesterday, So far as | am iniormed, the snow and allowed him the privilege of walking back several miles to strike connection for his home. A CITIZEN'S IDEAS. All police arrangements having then failed, tne people should lay hold, and as one of the people, } 0 ° | Whether any suca and @ parent at that, | propose to send youa few | | questions Which are no secret, but waich may not have struck some of tne circulated journal. Made as to What has been done iu reference those whi most closely and quainted with the circumstances of the loss of the child; DUt on Luts point, as on all others, the word is like that of the Lgyptian Spiinx, seldom aeard, and sigpilymg uotning when heard. The jollowing series Of questions have suggested themselves Lo me, as they have douotiess wo many veaders of your wiaely Diligent inquiry the.a by me und by others will point tbe way 10 to sub- Chariey Brewster Koss was alleged to n abducted ou the Ist of July. It isa fixed fact that So jar us the outside world was coucerned le dis appeared, apparently as ettec peimy iidden from sight as Me he had bi Jathoms deep. The first off Was mude known on the gd of July, as you will readily perceive, two days alterwards, a feartully long stact for any two viiluins who would be wing a Child irom its pareots and with anguish. ‘This pot of itself is & peculiar one, and it will appear more so be- jore Us communication ts conciuded. Lhe ofi- etal notice ape reierred to Was ora in the reward of $50) olfered for the return of the ciild, certuiniy a very ali valuation on a charming, prattler of jour years, and not at all calculated to tempt the cup tiity of the rascals Who “stole” lum to make money, 18 THE KIDNAPPING A FARCE He the rst notion of a conspiracy to which the relatives might have been partic tis not necessary, it is notiutended, to make Any assertions as to whether such a conspiracy did or does exist, but merely, as the detectives Say, to place tue Ung before ‘the public and “let it work itsell « the nouse of Mr. Ross bas never been searebed since tue cutld was said to have been stolen, and itis stated on good au- thority that th+ cuanyes in the mental ser- vice “of the house “have been irequent. It is suggested that there might be a possibility of iearning sometuing by the relatives o: the cl father tuinseli. etn Wbsolutely crael; Possibly 1 Is zeus O| Philudetpiia, in common With the enure country, ave dealing with the bare, bald and haked lact thatin their midst, in broad daylight, hadowing’? id, eVen ti that extended to but the citi has been | to | intimately ac- | | others, and with the bope that the replies made to | TH SUPPLEMENT. low her to destroy them, and thus destroy all clew to the writers thereof? J Tt has been usserted over and over again that | threats of personai violence to the child had been | ‘eceived by Mrs. Ross; but, so jar as known, no has seen them, unless it were the partics them- | selves, and the doubt has arisen in mdny minds | i letters were ever received. | Wouid it or could it do any possible harm to a ‘ue: tective case,” even though he be the ciie!, to pro- duce letters threatenig taree Weeks ago to injure | the child unless the mouey was paid + A SINGULAR CASE OF SICKNESS, Sixth Query—You, being tue latuer, &e., would you, it your intercourse with detéecuves wud 4. alter thrce days liad elapsed since the le © child, say that your Wife Was ill, aud y could get no Information from Ler tor iear it Would kill ner, When at that moment in reality your wile Was a! Atiautic City und had taken a bath on the beach that sume day, tne 4th of July? The proclamation Of $200 was placarded on the morning of the 4th Or might of the sd; and 3 stated on rellaple autnority that Mrs. Hoss was not near so ul at Atlantic City a8 she was said to be, a at aid net interiere with ber bathing; nor has she been so ill since. A Correspondent ol a w York journa!, , Nad an interview with | unwittingly at toe tiny Mrs. Koss it her house Mantown a Weer oY ays ago. Le Went ‘here i search of items ‘and was received by @ lady tn bla Why spoke Of the juss of tue child with great p | losophy, stating “it woul not be harmed; would be returned ;” such tuings tad co be borne In this world, 4 and the correspondent, anxious to kKRow who spoke With vim, asked ber Lame, aud Was told, “lam Ross’ wie. To say he was agiast iS drawing i very mildly maeed, He leit that iscality, and repeated the conversation (o several brather cups at Central Headquarters, 1 | believe, substantially as I have related it. INABILIFY TO DESCRIBE THE CHULD, Seventu Query—Is it possible that you, father of a jour year oid “aarling,” a description of thesbabe, ‘mother’s marks” aud all, without recourse to the mother, even if sue as the | Were not ill"? This may at wwe iist blush , ; the itis possible for a child to disappear as suddenly | as the lightping’s fash, and all the edorts of ollicers, detectives, Post UMice carriers and ctu- zens iall to get a trace of tin three weeks, aided by the sympathy and the energy that the whitened lips Of Miotuers and the mdignant bearts and arms of jathers could Inspire, The child vanishing, Like the basciess tabric of a vision Lest uiot a wreek behind. This state Of alfairs is, as you have nobly said, a personal matter; let us jook at it personally and Without fineuing. THE TELEGRAMS, First Query—It you were the father of a child four years ol age, the dear and petted daiuing of Your beart, ana itshould disappear on the ist of July, in the iull glare of the sun, would you wait until the 3d, two tuil days, belore you ole gave nolice of the joss you had sustained ally when an elder brother Who had been Witit Ub chisd bad recurned to your home two hours before dara on the day of the occurrence? The answer irom eve parent’s heart in the Jana 18 an uphesitating “No! ‘fue ofices of kind Irienas, the buzzing inquiry of tongues, the s! chek of the telegraph, the services of ‘the police would have been called in at onc “Not a mo- went,” says the agouzed mother, “will 1 wait’? The lather exciaims, ‘1 will neither eat, drink nor sleep until the chitd is found," All that Was sent on the 1st of July was a de- Spatch at four minutes aiter nine P. ML Germantown station to the Central onice “Have you a jost cluld (this in figures slip pants? Have you description?” on the 2d oi Jwy the iollowing trom German- ei “Have you heard anything oi that chi. R083." Auswer, “No."" it is a pity that the whole of the despatches can- not be laid beiore the public, and the Benge e interview with Ciel Jones will explain it. Your correspondent, “lor the Donce,’’ waited upon a | those tacitly very gentiemanly operator of tue local and pojice | telegrapt at Firth and Chestnut streets and asked iim to see the despatches in relation to the Ross case, The operator, a careiul and relable young 1ellow, relused to show them unless on tie order or the Chiel, The “searcher aiter news’ skipped away in search of the Chief, and iouud him up stairs in the Mayor’s office taking care of the vast inten of the city. ‘Ihe colloquy was as iol- ow SEARCHER AFTER NEWS (after the usual sa- laam)—Chief, 1 want to see the origina: spatches in regard to the Ross child, and tue oper- ' ator (mentioning name) refuses to give them with- out an order Irom you, CHIEF JONES—You can have them, (He whistles down the pipe. Let —— see thusejdespatcnes, OPERATOR (up the pipe)—all of them? SEaRCHER—No, Chiel, J don’t want them all; only the first two or three days’. CHIEF (down the pipe)—First three or four ays. OPERATOR (up the pipe) —All right. Searcher alter news hies bim down stairs again spatches above given. He has just scriobled them down, when, presto, a change comes o’er the spirit of his dream and stops his inward chuckling ‘that change being produced by # whistle trom the pipe. Ae (down the plpe)—How many nave you given OPERATOR (up the pipe)—Two. CHIEF (down the pipe)—(Words not understood, Operator won't give them, but the order was coun- termanded). ‘The searcher after news was very much dis- gusted and waited until the Chiei came down stairs, Woen he saluted him again and said:— “Chief, why did you withdraw your permission for me to see those despatches ?”” CHIEF—Why, you got two, didn’t you. SEARCHER—Yes, but you said I should have them for two or three days. CHIEF—Well, you have go’ enough. SEARCHER—Yes; but why did you countermand the order? CHier—Well, I did; that’s all, I don’t care about having the matter paraded in the news- apers. Pate would not say any more, but fell back on his dignity. ‘This, remember, three weeks after tne child tad disappeared. It only shows how reticent a@ great detective and chiet should be on the mo- mentous questions of the day, because, you know, it might “sporl the game” and interfere with tue course of justice, CHANGE IN DESCRIPTION OF THE CHILD. Another despatch was, however, obtained from another source, something in this tenor, and signed by Detective Joyce. This was on the mgnt of the 2d of July :— “Tell the reporters about that boy, but do not give the name of Cbrisuan Ross.” It was not given, and the next cay the description was pui- lished; but here was the first error, instead o: a white linen slip and pants, straw hat, the littic fellow had changed his clothing and was dressed ina “piown linen sult, short skirt, unbleached Panama hat.” 1tis humbly submitted that white is hot brown and straw is not Panama; and tats little point threw many @ one off his guard at once, It is likely, Mr, Editor, the fatner did not the child wore until two days aiter it was lost RETICENCE TOWARD THE PRESS. Second Query,—Would you us the tather of a child notily tle police authorities not to let the newspapers know of the loss of the child when that was the only method to give it the widest publicity ? It is stated that Mr. Ross has since seen the error he committed; but notwithstanding this tue Philadelphia newspapers publish uoth- tng Of the tacts of the case; the citizens hold their meetings iM secret to raise a reward to condone a crime, and nothing is Known except “personals” in the Leager, Which Jlorce one to the irresistible Conclusion that the father of the emia is willing (0 condone the most monstrous crime of the day. It is lost sight of that, whetuer stuleu or hiaden, Mr. Ross is the representative of every parent in the land, and he or any one else has no de- | to the telegraph oftice and fnds—the two de- | now we will know how these detectives do,” the | right to make any bargain except one that will | bring the abductors to justice aud restore the | chiid. It {8 the lesgon of the case, the necessity of the vecasion, that the crime should be crushed at once and forever, MR. ROSS’ APATHY. ‘Third Quety,—Ifyou saw in the newspapers that @ person liad been arresved on the charge of being concerned in the theft o1 your child (and you kpew it Was stolen and not hid) would you not see that many Wooster was arrested by Detective Taggart aud Was in jail lor some time, and yet, so far as can be ascertaiued, Mr, Kuss did not go to see him, nor id he, so tar as learned, Dave any interview with Taggart, vor has he seen Wovaster since bis releuse Taggart began gud continued his work in the case as a pure jubor of love, Aud certainly knew as much and more tnan Fiith and Chestnut combined, He was the only one Who made any arrest whereim the party was not released on the instant, and yet Mr, Ross, | ag iniormed, “never went near tim’ and heid no coasuilation with any o! his colieagues. THE TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Pourth Query.—Il you, as the Jather, &c., were anxious to regain possession of the child, and you had been offered pecuniary assistance, would you | uot have availed yoursell of the tender in less than three weeks ? It has been stated that a brother-in-iaw of Mr. Ross offered nim $10,000 for use In the recovery of the child When the letter was received which de- manded $20,000 as the ransom tor the child, There is u peculiar ring about chat $20,000 business which is significant. At no time bas a less sum been meutioned, but several times it went over that amount. Ju the plan as laid down by your regular correspondent, Which was correct substantiaily, for the payment of this money, thatis the dgure named. It would be @ fair sin Jor @ division in case there Was any “divvy" in it, But Firth aud Che “ut {8 infallible, and there could be ‘nothing its THE THREATENING LETTBRS DESTROYED. Filth Quetv...«When your wiie, the mother of the ehild, Tevoveu threatening letters would you ak | Whie bathing Deve :t | which are asked every ‘That question will auswer Itse! “ALONE IN THE HOUSE.’ Eighth Query—W ould you, as the father, &c., un- dertike to take charge Of two cuildreu, one jour, the other six years of age, while the luother was at a Watering place’ oris 1 hkely that a motner would go away und leave the enildreu to lis charge, when the atuer hud a busimess diticulty to straighten out that had beea produced throug @ finzucial crisis A PECU. Ninth Query—Why w: AR LIN 5 description of the 7 white imen slip’? on when on the third it was discovered ‘own?’ ‘Phe excitement ol the mo- ment could have accounted jor this; but, with all mysterious surroundmgs of this most mys- y itis a peculiar link in what hundreus peculiar cua of circuinstauces, A BLINDPOLDING POLICY. Tenth Query—Would you, as the chief of a force of detectives, aud claiming to ave any brains Whatever, send out on a case of genuine child stealing “the Weakest men you nad on cue ford and keep all the old veterans in the ofice at Pole Heaaquarters,” unless you were airaid they migut find something out abd “pipe in the wroug quarter? Chiei Heins, whose reputation resis principally on iis accidental discovery that a man niimed Harris Manion, the Wreteh who murdered litiie Mary Mourimaa, selected, as the first one to be started im this case, tue very weakest man he had under iim. This poucy Was loliuwed all the Way turough, up to the time of bis viruual aban- donmeut of tue case, by recalling bis men, Such 43 us Cailauan, Franks, Levy apd tryon uiay found something 1 er, but were wanted ‘tor ained and keen eyed, have come to the same conciusion as Josh laggart, Ubitt tucre Was sometaing belund wil tus that will come out in time. Says Taggart to a newspaper man, “1 KMOW more about this case than you do, it Lcould only teli you now, but l can’t. Can it be possibie there is an American citizen of African descent in the wood pile?” A NOVEL WAY OP RAISIN Eleventh Query—When the talk became both loud aud deep tat there was a possibility of a conspiracy, and you could get no information from relerred to, Would you uot think littie investigation tuat way might ao good, even , if it entered the precincts of the tamily? Iv is merely given as one Of the ruinors of the city that in this day of stupendons crimes, at whicn the world stants aguast, im thus day of widespread financial ruin, in this day of Jay Cooke emoarrass- meuts and Franklin Saving Fund trauds, it would | Le a possible thing lor @ person who had been in | financial difficulty and compromise) with his creditors at wnree, six, nine and tweive montns, to go into a conspiracy o! this very character to raise the wind and start anew. AN INGENIOUS PLOT. ‘The plan is not such a diticult one as at first ap- pears. 14m in ousiness, a memver of a firm. 1! find | am going to smash tp; most business men | know Of such u catastrople some time beiore the crash really comes. Icompromise with my credit- FUNDS. | ors and by good management or good iuck—cail it What you will—am able to pay the three montus’ could ot g.ve | | agers tie er UP IN A BALLOON. Mr. Donaldson and Five Friends om a Mid-Air Voyage im the New Balloon Barnum. Curiosity to witness the ascension of Mr, Wash- ington H. Donaldson in the new balloon drew an immense throng to the podrome yesterday afternoon. This new vehi jor experiment in ul GaVigauion is of large size, and has been constructed with great care, of selected materiais, upon Mr. Donaldson’s own plans and under his direct su He has made the gas holder tvong, tine muslin, expressly jor the purpose, light, close In its ascent it sustained # Wicker basket, strong but light, eight feet long by tl ligh, arranged to com nl Lo carry stores ample besides all requisites satety of the midair tw for the journey, couventence and THR st | At the ciose o mense pouch being gas from street OVER THE STERPLES. © veeular performance, the im- Vy daated with Wuminating pipes, - Donaldson stepped higtly into the basket, accompanied by five jour- balists. Wuen | » Were properly seated and prepared for their upward exit tue bold aégronaut gave tue requisite directions to the assistants for se Hg the ties which bad bound the balloon te the earth ata quarier past four o'clock, and the nexe Jastant the vast wachive, with its load of daring men, rose sugothiy, easily but with considerable rapidity aui with no fitch ov entanglement straight above tie 100f cf ite Hippodrome. The cheers whicn‘saiuted Mr, Donaldson were almost deajening, and as the vehicle cleared the Hippos diome Walls, oringing iC imo View irom ail the beignboring streets. the shouts and wild huzzas ot mane thousauds who crowded ever, open space in the vicuuity greeted (he aspiring voyagers, Ag. ceaucing quicniy above all the surrounding roots aud spires the balioon Was at once caught vy the brisk current of @ southeast wind blowing a mod- erate breeze. ONT ‘This swept it tin of Washington Heigy the upper portion of ti an aititude of 2,50) to fight toward " THE WIND. scended in the direc- sit sailed over ppeared to attain Coninuing its st, 1C Was Watened with litteen minutes, its raptdl trom its starting place reduces pparent vahardly perceptible speck im the vlue sky, twenty de bove the horizon. Long alter tae eve Could no longer iollow the voy. Was lingered in the streets gazing im- tently alter them, as tough expecting tial some | chance would again bring them into view. notes; I find! cannot pay the alx months’ and ldo ; mot choose, ior various reasons, to go to my relatives for money, though I would not hesitate to go to them for sympathy 1m case [ Jost my child. I take an arrangement with certain parties to abduct the cnild, take it to @ place of safety, giving them twenty-lour—yes, say thirty-six hours start, Ihe people are appalled by such o crime as child stealing, known only among the Gitana and Bohemians—it strikes ter- Tor to the hearts of all parents, and touches them right at hearth and home. A blaze of indignation Jollows, @ meeting 13 calied and money raised ior the purpose of securing the child’s return. The sUm 1s & large one, ay $20,000, and as soon as itis raised a detective, whom have arranged with, walks home with the child and pockets the reward, or a share of it, a8 per agreement. This ts a possi- ble thing, even in our day o1 immaculate detective CONCLUSION, This cannot be the case in the Ross abduction. The reward of $20,000 oifered by the citizens, over the signature Of the Mayor, vy proclamation, is so guarded that it will avail nothing uuless the abduc- tors are produced. The project lor cash by Outsiae parties has luiled here, and will continue to fail. fhe people will tolerate no tampering with a criine of this kind, and as trips to Kellair, Md., and other out 01 the way places have failed, would It not be a good idea lor the police authorities of the city to look a little closer home iustead ot! going su far ‘afeld ? Many achild, wept and cried over as lost in the early twilight, has been found cosily asleep and in bed. ‘The above {s merely sent as a series of questions aoe in the city of Philadel- phia and pass from mouth to mouth. They are asked in the interest of truth and in the cause of humanity. They show the feeling as it cxisis in this community, and as they have not heretofore been asked publicly, their appearance in your col- umns may spur those who are working for that end. To recover the child at all hazards, without any compromise whatever, is toe sincere desire of youra, VINDEX, | purity. OBITUARY. packs TC George Knorr, Ship News Editor. George Knorr, the veteran American editor of ship news, so long and favorably known during his employment in that capacity in the office of the North American and United States Gazette, of Phila- delpnia, died in Philadelpiia on the morning of the 23d instant at the age of eignty-one years. He entered the oilice of the Gazette of the United States in 1802, and continued without interruption in one | or other of the various journals that were succes- sively merged in the present one down to the time of is death, and during ali that period labored ju. dustriously at his calling with a rare fidelity, intel ligence and devotion, He was for twenty years Jorezaan of the Philadclpila Gazette, dd When lie turned his attention to the preparation o: the marine intelligence it became in his hands a specialty, winning celeority for himsel! and credit for the journai to which he was attached. He was 80 fond ol his Work that he was at it irom nine o'clock in the morning until aiter the last mait was received at night, with only the intermissions for his me: His remarkably robust frame and naturally excellent health enabied him to stand this protracted labor for a period thatiew men could have endured, a3 he was seldom away from his post even in the severest heats of midsummer John H. Jesse. The European mati of July 14 brings the an- nouncement of the death, at Loudon, of John Heneage Jesse, late of the English Admiralty, and son of Mr, Edward Jesse, the eminent naturalist. Inheriting his father's literary tastes, Mr. Jesse soon made his name known as the author of several historical works of importance. The first, “Memoirs of the Court of England During we Reign of the Stuarts,” published in 183y-40, gave evidence of his study of the records of the period, and was drawn both from Engish and French sources, His next work Was his “Memoirs of the Court oi London irom the Revolution in 163s to the Death ov: George 11." Only a year elapsed woen he brougut out nis memoir of “Georye Selwyn and His Contemporaries,” whica was fojlowed in 1545 by bis “Memoirs of the Pretenders and ‘heir Adherents.” Tarning Is atten- tion next to the history of the Brivish Metropolis and its distinguished men, Mr. Jesse | produced in 1847 his “Literary and Historical Me+ mous of London,” which was succeeded in 1860 oy @ second series Of papers of the same character, With the shorter title of ‘London and Its Ceievri- ties.” He published in 1861 his “Richard the Third and His Contemporaries,” a work dealing largely | with the personal character of the King, aud in | 1807 he issued his “Memoirs of the Lie and Kein of King George the Third,” im woich he introduced some of His Majesty's origina: letters and other Unpuodlished manuscrip! M. Franz Bendel. M. Franz Bendel, one of the most ceiebrated pianists in Germany, died at Beriin, July 14, of congesvion o1 the brain, He was lorty-one years of age. DROWNED AT LAKE GEORGE, LaK& Groxog, N. Y., July 24, 1874. Lowis Schesinger, o: New Xerk, Was 6rotmed | is sold at | and can be had at every book stove, IRGCTION OF TH Mr. Donaldson was prov aur forty-engut ih der to make ¢ to sulve tue sing in the he Wiehes to doin oF tions which may assist 1g V “un OF an aerial Davie yaation ia whien th ) vay EXpect Lo contrel the direction of lits Mgnt. sould the wind cone linus to blow im the sime direction as when the balloou siarted it would carry the party over sty much the route of the New York Midland certain tuilway, and take ‘tuem by dark Into’ the neighvornood oF Delhi, Cooperstown or Nor: wich, ubd, idier 1: (he evenias, wii give them a sight of the twiukung lights of Clea, pyracuse or OSwWegy. ttolding the same range, ers ol wild tor eut irot Ontario nd lertile the way they will fly ove aud be abie to su the felis of tie Province of toward the great rvole perior sends a neve over Niagara and fow turcugh tne Wide st. Laws ence to tue s There is smail provability that tie acronauts wil ve directly heard irom berore to-morrow morning, Unless some uuexpected oc. currence snould hasten their retura to the earth's suriace. ou whch Lake Sue € current to fail madly Donaldson ticvard From. Pove PPSIE, July 24, 1874, A balloon passed over Fishkill Landing at forty. five minutes past ten P. M., going directly north, It 1s supposed to be Prolessor Dcnaldson, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The foliowing record will show the changes im the temperature tor the past twenty-four hours, ay of last Huanw vs in comparison with the corresponding di ‘ear, a8 Indicated by the thermometer at harmacy, HERALD Building :— SA. M, 67 3:30 P. M. 6A. 67 6 P.M. oA. 1 OP. 12 88 79 12 P. ‘Average temperature yesterday. 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