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FRANCE, Whe Election for a Member of the Assembly Carried for the Bonapartists by a Large Majority. PARIS, August 17, 1974, ‘Complete returns, now in, of the election held yesterday In the Department of Calvados for the ‘vacancy in the Assembly, show that the Bonapart- ‘tste have, as indicated in late despatches last mght, secured the seat for their candidate vy overwuelms ing odds. The following ts tbe result of the bal- lor— M. Delagnay (Bonapartist). M. Aubert (republican) 40,704 24,272 President MacMahon’s Tour—He Is To Review the Troops at Le Mans, Panis, August 17, 1874, President MacMahon has arrived at Le Mans, He met with an enthusiastic reception from the citizens. To-day he will visit the barracks and workshops, attend @ banquet given in hus honor and review the troops. From Le Mans he will proceed to Saral, capital of the Department of Mayenpe. Mr. Bancroft’s Successor in Paris. PaRis, August 11, 1874 Mr. Bancroft Davis, the newly appomted Minis- ser of the United States to Germany, arrived in ‘Paris on Saturday and will leave for Berlin next Thursday. Whe Paris Newspaper Press on the Re sult of the Election. Paris, August 17, 1874. The Journal des Dedats regards the election of Delaunay in the Department of Calvados as omi- nous of coming danger, and warns the country Against the threatening attitude of the Bonapart- deta, AGAIN TO THE FRONT. Ze Temps says that while the monarchical par- ties are disappearing the Bonapartists are again coming to the front, SPAIN. The Spanish Republic Recogni: France and Austria. Lonnos, Augast 17, 1874. The recognition of the Spanish Republic by Eng- sand, France and Austria is oitictally promulgated, Whe Papal Sanction of the Serrano Government Now Probable. VIENNA, August 17, 1874 The Wew Free Press says it has reliable informa- ton that the Pope will soon. recognize Marshal Ser- Sano as President of Spain. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Laird’s Diness. — i ki Lonpok; Atgust 11, 1874. ‘The condition of Ms. Laird, Whose serious iliness ‘Was announced on Saturday, is improving. aes Mele CANADA. Emigrants to the United States Seeking Repatriation. MONTREAL, August 17, 1874, ‘The French Canadians in the United States are, tos certain extent, seeking repatriation, anda petition has been prepared with this end in view or presentation to the Licutenant Governor of the Province and 13 signed by 287 Bees 5 A DAMAGED STEAMSHIP AKRIVES, The steamship Norma, which was in collisiott ee seats ode ‘eee rales Tuesday last, has s, Oo port, with the starboard side of hi wery badly damaged. abel LORD DUFFERIN IN CHICAGO, Complimentary Reception by the Board of Tradc—The Reciprocity Treaty. CuicaGo, August 17, 1874, Lord Duiferin, Governor Genera! of Canada, who bas been the guest of the city since Saturday, Wisited the Board of Trade this morning, accom. panied by bis wife and his staff. The party were received with marked respect and cordtality by the members of the Board, and on their departure Were enthusiasticalky cheered. They will spend the day in visiting places of interest in the city. During his visit to the Board of trade to-day Lord Dufferin, on the invitation of President Howe, made a speech in which he said ve considered the reception he tad received as a strikiug proof of the iriendly !eeling existing between the United States and Canada. It would not become him as | Governor General of Canada, and simply @ legis- | lator of the Crown, to express lis sentiments on any political question, but he could say that the government of Great Britain and that of Canade desired to pursue those policies that ‘would tend to increase and develop the personal relations that now bind those Powers to the United States. His government did not imagine that m any agreement or treaty a one-sided bargain Was desirable or possible, and he beheved our peopie were actuated by the same honorable sentiments in regard to Canada. It would ever be his most earnest wish to endeavor to promote the joimt Mnterests of the United States and Canada and | bring the two countries into closer reiations, Lord Dufferin’s remarks were frequently inter- enpied by cheers on the part of members of the joard. THE SUNDAY S0H00L CONVENTION. Fat Pornt, N. Y., Angust 17, 1874, ‘The Sunday School Assembly was again tavored with beautiiul weather yesterday. fhe exercises commenced at nine o'clock. The Rev. L 8. Os- trander, of Newark, acted as superintendent, Rev. ‘Dr. Marling, of Toronto, was the pastor, and Mr. Knox, of Elmira, taught the primary class. There | were 875 persons present. Bishop Peck and Dr. | Eday, of New York, and Dr. Ninde, of Evanston, | Xil., preached morning, afternoon and evening. At | @ méeting held at four o'clock P. M., Bishop Simp- | son prosiding, Kev. Mr. Hard, who is about to go to India, and Rev. Mr. Messmore, who 1s about to return to that missionary field, made addresses. ‘The gates were closed all day and it was a very quiet Sabbath. Bishop Peck lectured this morning on the impor- Rance of children attending public worship, At nine o’clock the competitive written examination, consisting Of fiity questions, began. ‘Iwo hundred competitors entered. The successful ones will receive a normal diploma. The examination lasted over three hours. Bishop Simpson lectured at two o’clock to @ fine audience, who hstened with undiminished interest to the end of the discourse. Questions and answers on all phases of Sanday school work iollowed. In the evening a farewell mecting was held, at winch many | speeches were made and great enthusiasm pre- | vailed, The grounds were illuminated. To-mor- fow morning the assembly will be closed with prayers. It was agrand success. A repetition Was demanded, and it will probably be held an- otner year. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Augnst 17, 1874. Lieutenant E. L. Chenery and Ensign Downes L. Wilson nave been ordered to the Hydrographic OMce; Paymaster John Furey to the Monongahela at Kio Janeiro; Lieutenant G. L. Palmer has been detailed from the Naval Ubservatory, Wasuington, and granted two months’ leave, LABOR BIOT IN DELAWARE. GEORGETOWN, Del., August 17, 1874, There was considerable excitement here this Morning. Two hundred men, employed in building the Breakwater and Frankfort Railroad, which Tans from Georgetown to the Maryland State tine, came from Frankfort, fourteen miles distant, and marched to the Eagle Hotel, where A. Y. Smith, of Pittsburg, Pa., who ig the ciel contractor of the road, boards, and threatened to hang him unless they were paid Of, producing at the same time a rope with a hangman’s knot at one end of it. Smith said he did not employ them, and that they musi look to Crumlich & Co., sab-contrac- Sua for their money, The citizens then inter- fered and procured for the men a promise;that*tne money would be paid in two days. ‘They Say they will return at the end of that time and lang some one if the money is not paid. . ANOTHER NEGRO OUTRAGE, & White Woman Violated by Three Colored Men. BROOKHAVEN, Misa., August 17, 1874. Yesterday morning, at two o’ciock, three ne- groes entered the residence of Mrs, M. L. Burnley, ae 2d by England, po ag her and her daughter, violated the of Mrs. Burnley, after which th wr to give up what mo! she had and a Rit dered the house, taking awaya large trunk filled ‘with clothing, jewelry, &c. One of the negroes bes captured, but the others are stili at Tere. Groat excitement prevajs concernip Sika. al NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1874~TRIPLE SHEET. THE AMERICAN BALL PLAYERS ABROAD, The Amerieans Victorious in the International a Game of Cricket. Lonnon, August 17, 1874, ‘The critket match between the American clubs and the Sheffield club, begun on Saturday, was re" sumed at Sheffield to-day, THE SHEFYIELD MEN DBFEZATED BY 130 TO 88, Tne Englishmen completed their first inning with a count of 43, and added to it only 45 in their second inving. Tms gave the Americans the game by 42 runs, they having made 130 in their first and onty inning on Saturday. THE ATTENDANCE MEAGRF, The attendance of spectators was not eo large as on previous occasions, THR BOSTONS AGAIN DEFRAT THE ATHLETICS. *At five o'clock the Boston and Athletic nines | began a game of base ball, which lasted until | seven. ‘The contest was very close and resultedin a victory for the Boston club, the score standing :— Bostons, 18; Philadelphias, 17, CUBA, - The Bandit Carlos Garcia Fillaging the Planta- tions. Bavana, August 1%, 1874, ‘The celebrated bandit Carlos Garcia and bis fol- lowers bave been marauding in the neighborhood of San José de ias Lajas, and in one of their en- votunteer was killed. On the ilth inst. they assaulted and sacked the house of Sefior Hernandes, ropbing the occupants of money, Watches and jeweiry. ‘Yhey have committed other robbertes within the last few days in the neighborhood of Managua, and have kidnapped @ young girl {rom the residence of her parents, The Insurgents Make a Raid Upon Sancti Espirita—New Customs Regula- tions. HAVANA, August 17, 1874, ‘The insurgents Made a raid on Saucti Espiritu last Friday. They selzed the armory of the volunteers, and after remaining in the town about half an hour made off with some twenty rifles, ALL CUSTOMS PAYABLE IN GCLD. The Captain General has issued a decree, requir- ing that on and after September 1, 1874, all customs dues be paid only in gold; or at the option of the taxpayers in bark or treaswry bills, with an In- crease of 100 per cent, The only exception made is on the proceeds of contracts and mortgages, the terms of which stipulate that all payments thereon -shall be made in paper. When specie payments are stipulated the tax in specie will be exacted, mas INDIAN BRAGGARTS, The Hostile Parties Hungry and Tired ofthe War Path—The Cheyennes and Arapahoes Decide to Return to the Teeney: AMAA, Neb. Angust 17, 1874, ‘The following telegraniwas received by General Ord to-day, from Fort Fettermiad, Wyoming :-— A Cheyenne half breed, from Powder River, re- ports that at @ council of tie Cheyennes and Arapahoes it was decided to recall ali the hostile parties trom the vicinity of the railroad and return to the agency; that avout 200 lodges of the Chey- ennes passed thirty-five miles north of this post Friday last, en route vo the agency, and that they were Very hungry and eating their horses. FOREST FIRES IN CANADA. a es Rapid and Alarming Destruction by the Flawes—Settlers and Townspcople Pre- paring to Flee~Yerror Spreading. INVERMAy, August 11, 1874. The bush ig\on Are near this place. A large amount of property is.aiready destroyed. Repost from Wttawa, OrrawA, August 17, 1874, Bush fires are still raging in some localities in this neighborhood. The press reoommend the ap- pointment of forest rangers for tt prevention or suppression of bush fires during the summer months, which would save much vaittabie timber from destruction. The fires are becoming more and moré alarming. The village of Aylmer is threatened with destruc tion, and all the male population are figining the fire. There is a large fire in the woods, jour miles above this city. Engines and men were sent up trom here to renaer assistance. The atmosphere is filed with smoke and the wind 1s blowing hard. The Flames Still in Progress—Prepara- | tions to Flee the City. OTTAWA, August 17—LaTER. | | unexceptionubie. | | neously, The destructive fires raging in the vicinity of | Ottawa are a repetition of the devastating fires of 1870. The most disastrous scene is in the direc- tion of Aylmer, where the fire is three miles in length, and making rapid progress towards Duchene. On the farms of Messrs. Thistle and Mulligan the fire is raging most flercely, One of the Ottawa engines and tne Fire Brigade were sent to fight the flames near Skead's milis. The citizens are hard at work fignt- tng the element. Business operations are sus- pended this afternoon, and the city 1s enveloped in a cloud of smoke and ashes. Many are packing up their valuabies preparatory to fight, Farther Alarming Reports. ORILLIA, Ont, August 17, 1874. Extensive bush fires have been raging in the tenth and eleventh concessions north of Orillia. | ‘the flames are spreading so rapidly that great fears are entertained by the settiers, LOCAL POLITICAL TROUBLE IN LOUISIANA, New JBeRta, August 17, 1874. Messrs. J. A. Breaux and Laurent Renaudit, of this place, returned from St, Martinsville this evening, and report that about 700 citizens of St. Martin’s Parish were assembled at the Court House this morning and demanded the resigna- tion of al) the parish officers. It seems that resist- ance to this demand was anticipated, quence of which Considerable excitement pre- vailed. The officers resigned, under protest, yielding to superior force. No violence was offered them. Five hundred of the 700 citizens present 5h es No serious trouble is appre- ARKANSAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. LITTLE ROCK, August 17, 1874. The Republican State Central Committee nas called a State Convention for September 15. The in conse- | committee ignores the present Constitutional Con- | vention, taking the position that it was calied without authority. ARKANSAS FINANCES, Litt.e Rock, August 17, 1874. The Attorney General has decided that it is the duty of the State Treasurer to recognize the Con- vention ordinance directing him to pay out of the Sinking and School funds the money necessary to run the State government, THE CHOCTAW AND OHIOKASAW ELECTIONS, Parsons, Kansas, August 17, 1874. At @ recent election in the Choctaw and Chicka- saw nations, I. T. Coleman Cole was elected Gov- ernor of the Choctaws and Frank Overton Gover- nor of the Chickasaws. This is regarded a8 a triumph of progressive principles. FIRE IN BALTIMORE, BALtTIMorg, Md., August 17, 1874, The provision establishment of Jacob Kraus & Co., Nos. 39 and 41 Barre street, took fire tn the smoke house shortly after noon to-day and was nearly burned out ‘The loss is not yet ascer- tained. Pec Oe We SOE ER A RAILROAD DEPOT BURNED, Nasnva, N. H., August 17, 1874, The depot on the Lowell and Framingham Rajl- | road at Acton Centre was burned on Sunday morning, The fireissupposed to have been tne work of an tncendiary who first robbed the ticket office, The 108s ts $1,500, which 18 probably cov. | ered by insurance. FIRE IN ABINGDON. Boston, Mass,, August 17, 1874, Afire in Abingdon, Mass., on Saturday nignt, ‘Bhe loge 19 825.000: insured, ig the | destroyed Ira Ployd’s large shoe factory and atable sduoining, q ; TORPEDO TERRORS. Experiments with the Deadly Machines at the Newport Station. INTERESTING RESULTS, Inspection by the Senatorial Naval Committee. Newront, R. L, August 17, 1874, A series of very interesting experiments took Place here this afternoon in the presence of the Senate Naval Committee and a large concourse of spectators, mostly naval officers and others anx- | tous to witness the result of certain inventions * brought to practical test. In the main these ex- periments proved successful; and, while affording much pleasure to those interested tn their safe and satisfactory execution, gave a pretty fatr in- sight to the uninitiated looker-on of the deadly mode of warfare in which the torpedo is used as the chief agent of destruction, The Navai Committee, it should be mentioned, arrived at this port a few days ago in the United States steamer Despatch. They consist of Senators Sargent, of California: Antnony, of Rhode Island; Morrill, of Maine ; Cragin, of New Hampshire; Nor- | Wood, of Georgia, and Conover, of Florida, These gentiemen are accompanied by Rear Admiral C. P, counters with a detachment of the Civil Guard a | ® Rodgers, and are now on a tour of inspection with the view of diminisoing the number of navy yards, or, if possible, to consolidate them, so that, while greater economy may be exercised, the same state of efficiency that now exists may be preserved. Douvts, however, are expressed as to the result of their undertaking. One of the main objects of this committee was to make @ thorough inspection of the hospitals at the dit. ferent navy yards. The Despatch left Washing- ton on the 4th inst., and proceeded to Nortolk. She subsequently went to League Island, and afterwards to West Point and New Lon- don. and Philadelphia, At these places the committee were received with all the requi- site honors, a salute of nineteen guns being fired on their arrival. ‘hey were then conducted through the yards, the operations being fully ex- pisined@ to them by the oficers in command, Al though no opinion has heen expressed on the sub- ject, they seem to havé been thoroughly satiated with the workings of each department. THE WOSrITALS attracted special atiention, and an interogting re- port on this subject may be looked ‘for. The steamer Despatch, by the way, looks ‘exceedingly trim and neat, but bas been entirely divested of her appearance as a yaciit, for which she was origi- nally intended, A large saloon has been arranged ait, so that she has now areguiar poopdeck from which the flenatorial eye can look calmly into the broad sea oi poiitics, Sumetmes sioowu, somé- ‘ames turbulent and restless. Indeed this might be calléa practice cruise for the distinguished legislators on board, since they will learn more about Me practical working of the navy in one day thad elt the statistical rubbish and provinctal Thodomontade of which we have heard so much, corld enlighten them dumng the whole term of their Senatorial careers. Under all the circum- stances itis agood thing for the pavy that the members of this important commuttes ave un- dertaken to see for themselves, The regitf Can- Dot be doupted, It was understood that Secretary Robeson would be here to-day, and as the Naval Committee had, already arrived, Captain Simpson, the command j ing officer of the station, deferred the carrying out of the programme until this afternoon. The Secretary did pot come, tutelligence having been received that he would meet the committee at Boston. A(tey partaking of the hospitalities of the sta- tion the committee, accompanied by Rear Ad- miral kodgers, proceeded to witne. THE TORPEDO EXPERIMENTS, Commander H, P. Lull, of interoceamte canal fame, yo {8 the executive oiicer or tne station, Personally @aFeed on the operauons, ie was as- sisted by the several oiicars attached here. To- wards two o'clock a iududer of jadies and gentle- WASHINGTON. WasHINGTON, August 17, 1874. The New Currency Law Working Con~ traction—New Banks. The Acting Comptrotier of the Currency has authoriged the orgamzation of the Logan County National Bank, of Russellville, Ky., with @ capital Of $50,000; also the First National Bank, of Jack son, Tenn., With a capital of the same amount. The Deseret National Bank, of Salt Lake City, has withdrawn $160,000 of {ts bonds, and the National City Bank, of Milwankee, has witharawa its bonds to the extent of $35,000, and both bave deposited with the ‘Treasurer the necessary amount of legal tenders to secure vheir circula- tion secured by these bonds, Up t this date the ammount of circulation with- drawn by the deposit of legal tenders 18 greater than the amount issued since the passage of the new law by about $1,000,000, thus working a con- traction of the currency to that extent. A ma- jority of the banks thus withdrawing their circu. lation are located in the South and West. The Additional Life-Saving Stations. Captain John McGowan, of the Revenue Marine service, and E, W. Clark, Sr., of the Treasury De- partment, leave here to-morrow tor the purpose of | selecting sites on the Atlantic coast for the new life-saving stations authorized by the act of Con- gress of June 20, 1874. These stations are to be jocated in the vicinity of the following places:— Cape Henlopen and Indian Head, Del.; Green River Iniet, Md.; Chincoteague, Wachopreague | Injet, Hog Island, Sandy Shoal Island and Smith Island, Va Upon tle completion of their report proposals will be received for the erection of the stations. The Treasury Secret Service. Buford Wilson, Solicttor of the Treasury Depart- ment, has returned to the city from the West, His | final report on the Secret Service diviston of the Treasury Department will be made after ad. ditiona: testimony shail have been taken, The Tonnage Tax on Vessels in Foredgn Commerce. The Attorney General has decided ¢hat the Re- vised Statutes do not change the law-as to the toll | GERMANY'S ASPIRATIONS. Why Admiral Polo Was Re- called from Washington. IS SPAIN BARTERING FOR AN ALLIANCE ? The Price ot the. Island ot Porto Rico. A GRAND OLD SPANISH SAILOR. {From the New York Freeman's Journal.| ‘The New YoRK HERALD, @ Jew days ago, bad the following :— Suppose itis Porto Rico that Germany wants and Spain ts willing to cancede for suppori agamet the Carlee, That would be a very interesting | Uttle question indeed. The results would prove quite un episode. Alter allowing the Spaniards to bully us for years because we believed they do | not know how to fight, we should have on our bands a war witn the Germans, who have certainly of jate shown themselves expert soldiers. AS & matter of course Germany will never be allowed to plant the flag of the Empire on American soil, ‘That is as certain as that the United States will not attempt to capture Berlin. These Spanish negotiations, however, seem to indicate that Germany has a desire to come to this side of the water, Either the RERALD has made a very extraordinary guess, or it is on the track of information very im, | portant, and that ought to be of intense interest to | the people of the United States. Mr. George Ban- croft, just returned to this country after having been for seven years American Minister at Berlin, assures those that have questioned him that there 18 no truth whatever in the report, first published some months agoin the New York Freeman's Jour- nal, that the German Empire, in return for money and arms largely iurnishea to the Serrano ate- tatorship at Madrid, bad the promise of a foot- upon the tonnage of vessels engaged in foreign commerce, and that now, aos formerly, the said tax 1s only collectable upon the entry of suth vessels, and not before their clearance, and J onty cae lectableonce in each year. vt only An Indian Commissio~” ; B.A. Hayt, of New You . 40" Appointed. i. vie. -s, has been appoiited a » ate mpeg gf the” ara of Indian Commissioners, (6 ‘CBE, the existing vacancies, AMUSEMENTS. J. L. Toole in “Wig and Gown,” Mr. J. L. Toole, the distinguished English come- alan, began his engagement last night at Wallack’s under the most favorable circumstances. The English colony sent forth a large and enthusiastic gudience to greet the man who, above ail other actors, brings with him wherever he goes some- thing of the atmosphere of “Qld England,” Loong &t ‘Toole and Wstening io him it is well nigh impossible to rid our. seives of the impression that we have been transierred by some magic power back to the smoke and din of the great English metropolis and that we breathe the air of cockneydom, Those who have no acquaintance with the different types of English Mie are very apt to miss the excellences of Mr. Toole’s performance; for, though his réper- toire is extensive, the characters he best succeeds m portraying are so thoroughly English that no similar types exist in the out siag World, lt was nd doubt owing to tne con. sciousness o! this dimoulty that “Wig and Gowa” was seidcied iO Introduce Mr. Toole to an Ameri. can audience, as it deals with a phase of life not altogether foreign to off society. At least we | suppose that some reason of the kind induced | the selection of a tedious and unin teresting | Play which depends whouy tor its interest on the acting of Mr. Toole. The plot of the play may be shortly stated. Mr. miracle has become a lawyer. Hes as stupid as he ts timid, but insists on keeping up the-pretence to set up a false heir tothe title and estate of men assembled on tie Brent While in the vicinity of the iron-piated foPpedo steawer In- trepid scores of smali cralt, crowded with specta- | tors, Clustered in thick array. The weather was | extremely pleasant and the view of the operations ‘The Urst experiment was the explosion of a ground torpedo of flity pounds of powder, in @ Cased iron shell, blown up north of the main Janding by Farmer's dynamo electric Macuine. ‘Then followed the explosion of two ground torpedoes of fifty pounds a.most simulta- | which were forced by the contact of @ boat with circuit closers, The object in this instance was to show that the circuit closers wouid readily fire @ mine by contact with a ship, Then lollowed the explosiou of spar torpedoes, which are something similar to that employed by the galiant Cushing when be made jis daring and successtul eflort to blow up the Confederate vessel Albemarle. After this experiment came the ex- Piosion of improvised torpedoes made irom ordinary water breakers, the object being to show that torpedoes could be Manuiactured from mate- Tiaj Ordinarily at hand on board ship, and which did not require any skilled machinery to work them, Alter this iollowed the experiinent of ex- pioding five pounds of nitro-giycerine on an iron eer ht aaa flity-seven pounds, placed on solid rock an FIRED BY ELECTRICITY. From some unexplained cause the experiment did not work well, but on @ second trial the iron was rent in twain, while the rock beneath was completely shattered. Prior to this, however, a three hundred pound torpedo was fired by the use of alidades or plane table, an instrumeat by whica the sight 1s accurately kept of the approaching vessel of the enemy sv that when the two sights | coincide this mine ts exploded. The explosions in some of the foregoing experiments seut water up to a height of nearly two hundred feet But, perhaps, THE FRATURE OF THE DAY was the intended destruction of the Old Cornfield Point ligutship, which, waving done its duty as a guide to the traversers Of the deep in that vicin- ity, Was now doomed to be shattered to smith- ereens. It looked weather beaten and floated on the top of the water like @ decayed | bandbox. Between Fort Adams and Goat Island were piaced four torpedoes, contaming 100 pounds each of nitro-glycerine, anchored in s¢ven fathoms ot Water, at fifteen tect below the suriace, upou which were set buoys to mark the positions of the destructive weapons. The ola huik was towed out by a tug irom the wharf opposite we station and taken around the breakwater light to the scene | of action, in the vicinity of which a large crowd | of people had congregated in small boats, while | on the island iteeit a throng of officers, with a | number of midshipmen from the practice-ship | Constellation, intently watched the proceedings. Along came tne tug, slowly dragging the buik. Her posiuon was determined by a te.emeter and the torpedoes were fired by ad use of a battery of | cells irom the land. he approach of the huik Was Watcbed with greac interest and every one expected her immediate demo- lition, A loud report rung in the air and the hulk boundea irom the surface of the wa- ter like a football, only, however, to resume her en to the great surprise of all the specta- ors. It seems that the torpedces were placed @ little too far below the surface of the water, for the hulk, being quite empty, drew only five feet, and that in being towed across the dangerous ground she had not been placed directly over any ol the deadly instruments, As it Was, however, she was severely damaged, and had she been a heavy vessel would doubtiess have sunk in a short time, A hole was biown through the hulk, which was quickly towed off jor repairs, and sue will be used On another occasion. OUT OF RANGE. An excellent feuture of this day's operations Was the explosion of a torpedo on Kose Isiand, through a mile of cable, by means of a battery of ceils, Lhe main object Was to show chat this | means of defence or otience could be safely carried | ob beyond the range of the enemy's fire. Proiessor Farmer, who, by the way, was very ably assisted throaghout by Lieutenant Merrill, wound up the experiments by explouing simal- taneously 560 igniters, illustrating the rapidity with which several mines could be blown up at once. The members of the Naval Committee ex- pressed themselves highly pleased with the opera- tions, and subsequently inspected the machine shops Of the station, where they were initiated into some of the important features of that de- partment, THE DESPATOH, with the committee on board, will sail to-morrow morning for Boston and then to the Portsmouth | Navy Yard. Her officers are:—Lieutenant Com- mander, Frederick Rodgers, commanding; Execu- tive Onicer, T. F, Moser; Navigator Master, J. B. Hobson; Ensign, &. F, Quaiterough; Ohief En- gineer, W. H. Harris; Paymaster, L. G. Boggs. The labors of the committee, it is expected, will shortly be conciuded. Some other experiments are in contemplation at this station, which is in every re- spect a credit to the Navy Department, PROHIBITION IN RHODE ISLAND. PRovipENGE, August 17, 1874, The first seizure of liquor by the State conatab- wary was made in Weat Graanwich rogterday, Jf we may Uae irom the disposition shown by the Lord Kenruetie conspire to have the stupid lawyer engaged to plead for the defendant, a sister of the dead lord, who opposes the false | heir. By his blundertng in court Hammond | Coote succeeds in establishing the fact that Lord | Kenruetie was married, and the rogues seem about to win the case, wien the lawyer suddenly ! produces conclusive evidence that he ts himself | the missing hetr. ‘This scene ts the only really | effective one in the play, and Mr. Toole plays in tt | With admirable ski. Indeed, ms acting at this | potut more than te for the duiness | of the preceding act, and if the author had termi. | nated bis work tere Mr. Toole’s taient might carry | it through. Uniortunately for the actor and the | @udience a third act has been added on vy “way | of makeweight” and a number of dull and ua- | interesting people are paraded on the stuge for no | earthiy reason. All that the act teils us would ; have been better left to the imagination of the au- dience, but playwrights seem to think. that unless they lead up to tue threadbare happy end- | ing their work 18 not complete. The audience | last night was in good humor. People who had en- | joyed many a hearty laugh at Toole im other days | thronged to meet and welcome him. It was an | audience of iriends little disposed to be critical, | willing to bear a good deal of duiness for the sake | of the many pleasant hours they knew to be tn | store for them when their favorite should | cast aside his an and gown” ana appear in | some more {amiilar costume. | Not one who | knew Toole who would not willingly have ex- changed a thousand hours of “Wig and Gown” for i one of “Artiui Dodger.” The weakness of the | play was aoceuted by the quality of the support on | which Mr, Toole bad to rely. With the exception | of Mme. Ponisi (Hon. Miss Keuruetie) auu Mr. { Herbert (Sorbyson Siel), the cast was very poor. | ‘This Was the more remarkable that Mr. Toole | went to the trouble o! bringing a portion | of the company from England. To these have | been added some of the least efficient of Wal- lack’s company. Under these difficulties 1t wl | be truly marvellous if Mr. Toole achieves the | suecess that his talents justify him in hoping | for. Many of the points made during the prog- | ress of “Wig and Gown," elicited warm and instantaneous recognition, and had the interest in the play been more sustained tne effect produced would have made Mr. Toole’s success in this city certain, but an American audience soon tires of a play tn Which all the per- Jormers but one figure are dummies, and this {a | aintully the case in “Wig and Gown.” ‘There is a | fiver who staiks about the Stage like a melancholy | Jacques, and periorms awkward ‘pantomime which, like the ‘nodding oj Lord Burieigh’s head,” may ‘Mean something or nothing as the audience chooses to interpret it Then we nave a young lady, Miss A. Mitcbeii, | playing the part o: a young man, though why the | part should be intrusted to @ wowan is dificult to ‘understand, except on the theory that the race of actors is huppiiy becomingexXtinct, The cast w distributed as 1ollows:—Hammond Coote, a 0: rister, Mr. J. 1. Tooie; Sorbyson siei, Mr, W. Her- bert; 'Dr. Dailet, Q G.. Mr. H. Westland; Mr, Jus tice Jones, Mr. Hl, A, Weaver; Edward Ajbert Wel: lington Coote, Miss Agnes Mitchell; Alvert & ward Nelson Coote, Miss Satdee Vivian; James Strickett, Mr. Koen Plympton; Fred. Fairloot, Mr. B. Ml. Holland ; Samuel Marigold, Mr. W. G. Leouard; | Decimal Two-five, Mr.J. F. Josephs; Cabman, Mi c, E. Edwin; Crier of Court, Mr. G, Atkins; Laun- Master George ee dress’ Boy, Servant, Mr. J. [ Curran; Mrs. Coote, Miss Eliza Johnstone; Hon, | Miss Kenruetie, Mme. Pontst; Victoria’ Alice | Maude Mary Coote, Miss Minnie Bell; Susan, Miss Biaisdell; Mrs. Wingram, Miss Hattie Naylor. After the secoud act Mr. Toole received tne honor of a doubie recall. Mr. Herbert and Mme. Ponisi also were called before the eur- tain. At “he conclusion of “Wig and Gown’ a | beautiful floral giit was offered to Mr. Toole by | some admiring friend, and when he appeared tho gudience insisted on a speech. In a few quiet, modest sentences Mr. Toole returned thanks for the magnificent welcome that had been ¢. to him by an American audience on the of his first appeurance, and expressed a hope that time would strengthen the bond of union be- tween him and his new American friends. The evening’s performance was brought to aciose py “Tne Weavers,” a comic drama tn one act, tn which Mr. Toole first made @ uit, In the rdle of Smmmops Mr. Toole 18 seen to advantage, and as the plece has much merit people can enjoy the eccentricities of the actor with unalloyed pleasure. ‘audience at Wallack’s last night we should ve in- clined to predict for Mr. Toole a large success; but he certainly will not serve either his own or his client’s interest by keeping on his “Wig and Gown.” Masical and Dramatic Notes. Mr. and Mra. Florence will open in Pittsburg September 7 Mr, Montague, manager of the London Globe Theatre, has been engaged for a short season at Watiack’s. Miss Ada Gray will begin her third starring sea- gon at the Operafiouse, Rochester, N. Y., Auguas %& in hor Pow ulay Cntitled the "Adventuress! Hammond Coote 1s @ timid man who by some | Madrid, that gallant oid sailor may refuse to say of practising at the Bar, Some villains plotting | hold in the West Indies by the cession of territory now held oy Spain, We are well persuaded tnat Mz, Bancrolt spoke according to his convictions. We are even willing to believe that the old gentle- man would have beon borrified had he known an Hae Rae hia WAdd at Ravllean Old Unat was going on uuu. ticklish subject. The substitution of Mr. Bancroft Davis as successor of Mr, George Bancroft has its significance, whether this substitution originated with the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Fish, or whether it was suggested, promoted and urged by Prussian agents at Washington, Ir the open assertions of the New York Sun—assertions made and never mes—are correct, Mr. Bancroft Davis | understands addition, division and ailence,” and can hunt inc. uple with the Madrid agent in the United States—M: Sydney Webster, son-in-law of United States Secre, WY Of State, Mr. Hamilton Fish. 7 aspirations for colonies in the American hemi sphere, The HERALD bus appreciated and forecags the danger in the quotation we have made from it, We furnish it now with an exact transiauem of documents proving what it surmised, AS we are in no danger of being charged with in tentional falsenood,jwe will say simply that we know these documents to be authentic, but that the proofs of them must de sought in Spain. The Junta of dissipated tmbeciles that form the pres. ent Madrid governmént, having lost the power of telling the trath to the public, may deny ther authentictty, Bat Admiral Polio, who 1s an officer and agentleman, will not deny one word of whas we have said about the causes of his resignation 49 Spanish Minister at Washington. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. eter ‘The Coroner's Inquest=Important Evie dence—The Switchman’s Confession. The Coroner's investigation into the circum. stances which caused the death of Alexander Schall, Hedley Cox and Sidney Nagie on Saturday last at Cornwell's station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was continued yesterday at Brigtol De fore J. W. Closson and a jury of six respectable citizens. The excitement over the sad event’ continues unabated, and the greatest interest i= manifested in the proceedings. ¥. B. Douglass, the telegraph operator at Corm- weil’s Station at the ume the accident occurred, testifedf:—Ater .the engine of the coal traim went in on the side track I asked the conductor, Mount, if the switches were al! right, as an extra train was coming trom Holmesburg Janction; Mount then haUvoed to the switciman, Thorn, to notily him of the approach of the train; | again asked Mount If the switches were all rignt, and he said they were; When the excursion train was passing by I gave it quite a signal; I saw the train on the south bound track all right; 1 did not tell the switchman the extra train was coming, as it was not my duty to do 805 nine minutes elapsed aiter [ told Mount about the excursion train coming ull it arrived; do nog know what condition the switches were in whea E notified Mount; Ibad no intimation of the train coming till tt arrived at Holmesourg, which is | about five miles distant from Cornwell's; was always notified from headquarters aboat the ap. proach of excursion trains ull this time; unless £ was notifled from Jersey City {t was not my duty to notify the switciman; my Dusiness ts to know if the track is clear, and itis the business of the | Switchman to nowy i itis not; 1 presume they are all rigut except L have notice irom the switcRs man to the contrary, The gyitchnan, vharles Thorn, made an open confozgion of his blunder, and seemed to be sudfer- fig Under great aguny of mind while doing so, He wig positive, Dowever, in stating thas no haa splayed no White flag when the train was | DASSIE, = Which only dtscrepane vetween hid and that of some of the preceding witnesses, said le was always ollictaly notified until this Fear of the approach of excursion trains, and thas | the only notification he r ved of the coming of the ill-fated excursion train on Saturday was from the conductor, Mount, a few minutgs befo it occurred; he was not notified of its approac’ verbally, but by motions of the conductor's hands and a nod of his head; when he turned the switch wrong he had forgotten that it was all rigat before, or he would not have made such a terrible mistake. Lepye ys Lear oe already appeared i PRALD of Sunday last. te Fransst was then adjourned to Thursday morning next, when several witnesses trom Norris- town Will be examined, alter which a verdict will We do not know any one in Americ,’ that's ot the same time able and willing to help the HERALD to the attainment of full information in reg, 4 '° an intrigue, the open development of which wo hata, be of greater interest to the people of the Unite. States than was the discovery of Dr. Livingstone. We cannot, because our knowledge, exact ana irrefragable as itis, has dropped onus by mere accident; and we could not give up the sources of our information without jeopardizing interests that we have, far more, at heart. While the galiant Admiral Polo was still Spanish 1 Minister .at Washington be ts reporta to have been 6u one occasion exceedingly annoyed at finding an important oficial information to him, from Madrid, published in the | Freeman's Journal before be had himself opened it, In many occasions, for a time, “silence is golden, | while speech is only siiver,"* and at a discount, | But, if the Herarp has in Europe a “Commis- sioner” duly qualified, and will direct him to “go and find Admiral! Polo''—wno at latest public ad- Vices was at Cadiz, having refused to go to | anything, but, whether or rot, he will not say | that there {s one word mistransiated or inac- | how Admirai Poio came to cease being Spanish Minister at Washington! In the first days of April last, 1874, the gallant Admiral received a despateh from the Madrid Min- ister of State as follows :— As the government recognizes the impossibility of rebellion tn Cuba without foreign help, aud as the governiuent of His Majesty the Emperor of Ger- | Many bas made us overtures at oace hono! and acceptable, itis destravie that this dep; Ment should know what position the American government would take in the event of the session | of our isie of Porto Rico, temporarily or defini- tively, to the government of his Majesty the | Emperor. The same courier brought the Admiral a note ex- plaining that the German government would see to it that aproposed loan to tue Serrano govern- | m ent, offered 1n London, should be a success, and | would itself furnish the necessary funds, the | total amount having been agreed on. Also, the | German government would establish a fleet of cruisers on the Spanish coast to suppress contra- band of war—the Spanish fleet to co-operate (!). Also, that the German government would recog- nize Serrano’s dictatorship, on its present basis (?), and use its utmost imfuence to have other govern- ments recognize 1%. And “the Spanish government agrees to cede to the government of the German Empire, by a pro visional title, but one that may become perpetual, the isiand of Porto Rico, in whole or in part!’ Aamirat Polo lost no time in responding that the communication of the Minister of Siate shocked him; that the proposed bargain with Ger- many was anti-patriotic, and that he offered nis resignation as Spanish Minister at Washington. The Madrid dictatorship fortnwith repltied:— That the Cariist insurrection was making every | day ‘immense progress.” Any possible means must be used to crush it. “Your Exceliency has | eXaggerated scruples. The government has ac- cepted the offers of the German Cabinet, because these in no way really injure the national senti: | ment, Nota German foot will tread the sacred | soil of Spain proper. it is not an tatervention, put only a police service, done by the German ma- rine, in concert with the marine of the country (!) | As to Porto Rico, that is only a pledge for the ful- | filment of the agreements made by the two gov- ernments.” Admiral Polo’s rejoinder was worthy of a Span ish oMcer:. Ihave had the weakness—badly counselled as I was—to put my name once to an act that has | been condemned at home and abroad. (The Ad- | miral refers to the mutally disgraceful bargain o€ | the protocol about the Virginius.) lam fully re- ; solved for the iuture, iff continue to Mili the func- tious of Minister here, to take into consideration ouly what my heart tells me is for the wellare and tne grandeur of Spain, Your Excellency, then, cannot be surprised at my Jormal refusal to give my name to either of two acts that 1condemn—the abandonment, even jor @ time, of our Island of Porto Rico or the devasement of our navy. I, anavy officer, Teiuse to have any part in an act that | makes our noble officers and our brave sailors auxiliaries of a German poitce! ‘The response to this was the recall of Admiral Polo—a gallant veteran of thirty years’ commis. sioned service !u the Spanish Navy. We have, among the manuscripts before us, in our private Spanish correspondence, other exceed- ingly interesting despatches. But wo are not a “mutual friend.” Tne day that we are sure that further publication will heip the cause of religion and good government tn Spain—tnat is, the cause of King Cartos VI. qq. D. g.), that day we will publish whatever honor or conscience does not forbid us to publish. We cannot run the risk even of harm- ing any one that supplies us with information. We have no right to harm the status of any other one excrpt for the securing of some good. But in a mass of other matter that we cannot properly give to the public we flnd what we have | | | | curate in the following very etartling record of | suppressing the Carilst insurrection and tne | be tendered, THE ALSATIA. The Vessel Likely to Prove a Total Wreck. ST, Tomas, August 4, 1874. ‘he Spanish mail steamer from Porto Plate ‘ut up the mails of the German mail steamer and reports the latter ashore and probe ral loss. The following 18 an accoun’ of the passengers :— *SENGER’S STATEMENT. 6, at two A. M., as the Hamburg nany’s Steamer Alsatia was *o Plata, the Captain mis- sh man-of-war Eclipse, » the light of the cort, nereefs. Lightera assistance, but " the case ‘mul an ate get the “T Teco ven , w brous. Alsatia,. ably a «th, given by ote. a PR On Sunday, Juty American Packet Cob. entering the port of Por. took the light of the Brit. which was lying at anchor, fe. and the steamer was run of » were at once sent of with . as the Captain did not consi, urgent he kept the lighters alongside. teiupt had been made by the Echipsé tw vessel off, The Commander of the man-oi-Wa, ommended that part of the cargo should be ta out and the boilers discharged. A second atte: | was made by the Eclipse to tow the Alsatra | but with no better result than the first | SAVING THE CARGO. | | The weather up to this time had been fine, bus at three o’clock P. M. the usual breeze began to blow and the sea rose, causing the vessel to thump. Jt was then discovered that the break- ing of the sea under the counter had caused the ship to leak, and on examte | nation the leak wus jound of importance, {| there being several feet of water tn the bold. [8 | was now discovered that with the means at hand nothing could be done. Every etfort was made to save all that was possible, and up to Monday, 27th, about 1,900 bags coffee, some cotton, &c., had bees. saved. The balance of the cargo is much dam- aged, and, it is beleved, will be, with the ship, ® total loss, On Tuesday’ afternoon, the 28th, the schooner Dos Hermanos left Porto Plata for Cape | Hayti, and it is reported she was chartered lor the purpose of obtaining a dive The Vulcan, of the same une as the Alsatia, lefe St. Thomas on 3ist July for Porto Plata, to render assistance. Captain Milo, the company’s superim- tendent at St. Thomas, went tn her. THE CHEESE MARKET, Unica. N. ¥.. 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