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eran eae SPAIN. —_——-—_——_ Whe Carlist Forces Thrice Repulsed Before Al- caniz. 4 MapRip, August 19, 1874, It is omcially announéc? that three assauits of the Carlists on Alcafliz have beep repulsed with @ loas to the garrison of sixty killed and wounded. A Decisive Carlist Victory Reported. BAYONNE, August 19, 1874, Carlist advices report a second engagement at Oteiza between the republican troops under Mo- riones and the Carlist troops under Dorregaray. Whe attacking party under Moriones was defeated | with heavy loss and driven back to Larraga. THE SPANISH REPUBLIC. Buesia Recognizes the Serrano Government. Lonpon, August 20—5:30 A. M. It ts reported that Russia has at last consented | recognize the Spanish Repubiie. THE FORMOSA DIFFICULTY. | Probabilities of a General War Between China and Japan. Hono Kona, August 18, 1874, The Chinese government has given Japan ninety days to withdraw its troops trom the island of | Formosa. In the meantime China is making extensive | Preparations for war with Japan, which, it is gen- erally believed, will ensue, SOUTH AMERICA. Dissolution of the Brazilian Parliament. Rio JaNErRo, August 18, 1874. ‘The Brazitian Parliament has been dissolved. FRANCE. _ President MacMahon at Rennes, Pakis, August 19, 1874, President MacMahon in his progress through Brittany bas arrived at Rennes. PERSONAL. Hon. John T. Hofman, ex-Governor of New York, has arrived in this city. M. Paul Féval, the dramatist, is going to New York to superintena the rehearsal of his new play. Marshal Bazaine to Quit the Continent. Panis, August 19, 1874, Marshal Bazaine intends to go to England ina few days. THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS. The Russian Programme Finally Abandoned. BERLIN, August 19, 1874, The Post says the Brussels Congress has aban- doned the Russian programme. The delegates have transmitted for ratification to their respective governments the resolutions adopted, which merely enlarge the humane pro- | visions of the Geneva Convention. ouBA, A Skirmish Betwzen Spanish Guorillas and In- surgents at Iguara—The Cubans Victorious— The Spanish Dead Left on the Field— Benewed Activity in the Ficla— Additional Details of the Santi Espiritu Raid. HAVANA, August 19, 1874, The Spanish guerillas on the 12th inst. discov- ered a band of insurgents under Jiminez, and pur- sued it to Iguara, There the insurgents made a stand and the Spaniards attacked them, but under unfavorable circumstances, as they were com- pelled to advance under a galling fire trom the ‘woods, from which they suffered severely, FOR THBIR NATIVE LAND. Afterwards, the insurgents, heavily reinforced, charged with the machete. Notwithstanding their inferiority in numbers the guerilias valiantly de- fended themselves, and although compelied finally to withdraw succeeded in carrying off their wounded. THREE SPANISH OFFICERS KILLED. ‘They were obliged to leave the killed on the fiela Of battle. Among the dead were one captain and two Heutenants. The losses of the insurgents must whave been quite as heavy, as the guerilias tought With great courage. OFF FOR THE FIELD, In consequence of this check all the Spanish forces ut the different headquarters in the vicinity dhave taken the field. GONE TO THE FRONT. Brigadier General Yea, Chic! o1 Staff of the island, Jett Havana this morning to take command in per- | son of the troops in the jurisdictions of Santi Espiritu, Remedios, Moron and Ciego de Avila. MORE REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE SPANISH ARMY. Five battalions of reinforcements have been sent to the Cinco-Villas. THE RAID ON SANTI ESPIRITU. The insurgents who raided through Santi Espir- itu, as previously reported, were all mounted. ‘They ran over the town, crying ‘Viva/” and dis- charging pistols and rifies in every direction. They remained only an hour, but attacked no houses. A Plantation Near Estrella Pillaged and Sagua Assaulted. HAVANA, August 19, 1874, On the night of the 13th inst. the insurgents burned a dwelling house on a plantation near Es- trella, Sagua was also assaulted by a band, sup- [posed to be that of Caoba. THE SPOILS. | ‘The insurgents succeeded in securing a quantity Of money and goods, which they carried om. One of the men garrisoning tne place was ‘wounded. The Full Text of Concha’s Last Decree— Cunseripts Must Go to the Front or Furnish Substitates. ‘The following is the decree issned yesterday in regard to exemptions from the araft:— The authorized exemption from military service On payment of $1,000 without exception having caused great numbers to exempt themselves, largely diminishing tne forces of the different corps of the contingent which ure strictly neces- sary for the service, 1t is therefore found conyen- tent to cease, for the future, exemptions for $1,000 in the cavalry corps and the colored militia. han i substitution of able bodied men will pe permitted, Exemptions from service in the jafantry on par: ment of $1,000 will be continued. CONCHA, Efforts of the Spanish Army to Revive Agriculture. HAVANA, August 19, 1874, Despatches from Holguin to the 14th inst. report that the Commandant of the jurisdiction and of the column encamped at Fray Benito, continues to pursue the bands of insurgents everywhere, The latter, who have been seriously punished, are seem- ingly afraid to encounter the Spanish troops. The Commandant does not confine himseif to pursuing the enemy. He is pushing on the works for the delence of the cultivated zone, which he purposes to make proof against rebei surprises. Many proprietors and others are contributing la borers, carts, material and money to the work. Hopes are entertained of grand results from the | ‘winter campaign if the army division of the East- ern Department is reinforced. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT, Doven, Me., August 19, 1874, J.B. Douglas accidentally shot himseli dead on | the published st ‘(Monday evening last. result. ‘The \ Boath’s, bg NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. WEST INDIES. ——e—____. ST. THOMAS. An Farthqu Beare—The, “Brotestant Church Trouble Unsettlod. ; . THOMAS, August 13, 1874. A sharp shock of earthquake was experienced re On the 8th inst, No damage was done. The weather bas beén extremely warm, over Dinety degrees in the shade. THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION UNSETTLED. Nothing new has transpired tn regard to the troubles of the Protestant Church in Ponce. The Bishop has not yet taken any notice of Mr. McCor- mick’s letter. THE DRAMA, ‘The Holland dramatic troupe are now playing here, They leave on the 17tn for Jamaica. ST. DOMINGO, Insurrection in Santiago—The Rising in Santiago Quelled—Trouble Reported in the Cibao. St. Toomas, August 13, 1674. ‘The latest information received here from St. Domingo announces that about the first of this month some forty or fifty of Baez’s supporters sur- prised the fort at Santiago de los Caballeros and took complete possession of all the arms. In the morning the inhabitants collected all the arms they could and attacked the fort, After a fight of eight hours the Baezists were driven out, some ten killed and the balance have been ex- patriated, Five hundred men were sent from Porto Plata, and at last accounts all was reported quiet. RUMORS OF INSURRECTION. At Moca and in the surrounding country some trouble ts reported, but it lacks confirmation. JAMAICA, Delay in the Completion of the Demerara Cable. KINGSTON, August 10, 1874. The cable between Cayenne and Demerara will not be compieted betore October, Tne cable steamship Hooper will return to Lon- don for additional supply of cable to duplicate the lines between Demerara and Jamaica, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, August 19, 1874. Master Lewis E. Biel is detached {rom the Canandaigua and placed on waiting orders; Passed Assistant Engineer L, W. Robinson is detached Jrom duty connected with the Tennessee, ana his order as assistant to the luspector of Machinery Afloat is revoked. Safety of the Lancaster. WASHINGTON, August 19, 1874, There was Much uneasiness at the Navy Depart- ment for the safety of the United States steamer Lancaster, the flagship of the South Atlantic sta- tlon, until a despatch was received by the Asso- ciated Press to-day announcing the presence of that vessel at Rio, The Lancaster left Key West on the 11th of May last for Rio, and her arrivai there not having been reported to the depart- ment, it was feared some accident had Happened to her, The Despatch at Boston. Boston, August 19, 1874. The United States steamer Despatca arrived to- day from New York, via Newport, The United States Cutter Mayflower. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., August 19, 1874. Tne United States cutter Mayflower, Batcheller commander, with twenty naval cadets on board, anchored in the Hignlands to-day. The boat is on its annual cruise, and after touching at Newburg will run back to Wilmington, Dei. THE NAVAL INSPECTION. The Senate Committee at Boston—EMf- ciency of Employes at the Navy Yard. ‘ Boston, August 19, 1874, The Senate Committee, now on a tour of in- spection of the naval stations of the country, ar- rived at the navy yard this morning in the United States steamer Despatch, which leit Newport Tuesday. The committee, together with Rear Ad- miral GC. R. P. Rodgers, were received by Commo- dore Nichols and the officers of this station. A complimentary salute of nineteen guns was also fred. The committee then visited the vari- ous departments of the yard,and while at the lower shiphouse an alarm of fire was sounded, in order to show the eficiency of the fire department Of the yard. The men responded promptly, and the trial was very sarisfactory. Subsequently the committee and Officers were entertained by Com- modore Nichols at his house, The comaiutteo will next visit the Portsmouth yard. OFFENCES AGAINST FEDERAL LAW IN UTAH, Sat Lake Crry, August 19, 1874, Four city policemen have been held to bail by the United States Commissioner until next sitting of the District Court on @ charge of assault on election day. Austin Shipp Was arrested at Beaver, Utah, to- day, and held to bail to appear before the United States Commissioner on the 21st inst.,.on a charge of polygamy. LORD DUFFERIN’S MOVEMENTS, WINDSOR, Ont., August 19, 1874, Lord Dufferin and party arrived trom Detroit at noon to-day, Alter receiving addresses from the Corporation and geyeral socteties the Governor General pro- ceeded East by special train, THE NEVADA CLOUD BURST. SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, 1874, ‘The loss by the food at Austin, Nevada, yester- day, caused by a cloud burst, will amount to over $100,000, The people were warned in time by a messenger on horseback and escaped to the hills. The deluge was about ten feet deep as it rushed down the canyon. No lives were lost. NATIONAL SHOOTING FESTIVAL, BALTIMORE, August 19, 1874, Fully 30,000 persons visited the grounds of the Nationai Shooting Festival thts afternoon and evening. The target shooting continued from eight o'clock A. M. until six P. M., with the excep- tion of an hour about noon, A grand banquet, to which over 500 persons sat down, took place on the grounds this evening, President Lemkuhl presiding. Speeches were made by Mayor Van Sant, Colonel Fred Raine, of the German Correspondent, and a number ot otners. cities continue to arrive daily, 4 BLOCK BURNED IN DEDHAM, MASS, Bostox, August 19, 1874, A block of wooden buildings in Dedham, occu- Bisa by C. A. Muldoon, millinery, Robert Pepper, jouse painter, and at gi lad destroyed by fire 5, this alternvon. Loss, MUSIOAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Mr. W. J. Florence has purchased ‘Colleen Bawn” from Dion Boucicault. Theodor Barrier is writing a new piece for the Vauaeville, Paris. In addition to the regular ten per cent of the gross receipts he is to have 20,000f. upon the delivery of the MS, Captain Alfred Thompson, of London, is sketch- ing the scenery and drawing designs for the novel costumes to be used in Paul Féval'’s new romantic play, now being written expressly tor Booth’s Theatre. Thomas’s 100th grand concert will be given to-night. It will be wholly devoted to the worship of Wagner, and includes selections from ‘‘Lonen- grin,” the “Meistersinger von Nuerenberg” and “Tannhacuser.” The prices of admission will re- main as usual. Mr. Henry J. Montagae will be the next star at Wallack’s, appearing in the title character of Tom ‘Taylor's latest play, “Lord Clancarty.” This piece was originally written for Mr. Montague, but by reason of an unpleasantness that occurred between the contractors it was transferred to Mr. Neville, ot the Olympic, London. Miss Charlotte Cushman deems it important that ements alleging that she is ill should be contradicted by all rellable papers, The rumor originated irom the incident of Mr. John Gilbert being taken suddenly ill while on a visit to Miss Cushman at ber Newport villa, and several hysicians being hastily summoned. The gigs in Front of the door attracted the attention of cor- respondents, and alarming paragraphs were the Actress Will positively appear at Members of shooting societies trom other | CUITLE FISH DIPLOMACY. Tne Secretary of State Discharging His Anger at the Carlists. A WAR-PROVOKING EPITHET. Peculiar Reasons for Discrediting Our Gothamite Bourbon. WHAT WILL M’MASTERS DO? Bismarck’s Pretentions and Polo’s Despatch Derided. NO FEAR ABOUT PORTO RICO. Opinions of the Press on the Question. WASHINGTON, August 19, 1874, The publication in the HeRaLp a few days ago {n relation to Germany’s aspirations for a foothold in the West Indies and the subsequent comments of the Freeman’s Journal on the subject have caused a good dealof comment among State De- partment oficiais, For the purpose of ascertain- ing the views of Secretary Fish your correspond- \ | | ent called at the State Department to-day, and, | sending in his card, was graciously received by the Secretary, who has but recently returned, Mr, Fish did not seem to be burdened with a | press of public business, and when your corre- spondent entered the Secretary was comfortably chewing THE END OF AN UNLIGHTED CIGAR. The object of the visit was explained to be, first, to call attention to and obtain what intormation he could about the despatch alleged to have been sent by Admiral Polo to Spain in answer to the one from his government in relation to the ces- sion of Porto Kico to the Germaa Empire, and, second, to call his attention to the article in the Pall Mall Gazette of the 5th inst., alleging that the captain of an American vessel had played a trick upon the Spanist authorities and had landed mu- nitions of war for the Carlists, FROM A SMILE TO A FROWN. ‘The Secretary at once changed his smile of greet- ing to a frown, and said he must not be tnterro- gated with regard to the diplomatic affairs of the government. A disclaimer was entered of any purpose to pry into the diplomatic affairs of the nation at this time further than to ascertain the Secretary's opinion of the aricle in the Freeman's Journal purporting to give the exact language of Admiral Polo's despaten. Mr. Fish responded in a very expressive manner that “ANY MAN WAS A DAMNED FOOL,’ and he did not wish to be understood as using these words in a profane sense, “who would pen such an article as that in the Freeman's Journal, and he was surprised that the type setter did not at once recognize the absurdity of the article and send it back to the editorialroom. No Minister Tepresenting a European government would have dared to use in an official despatch the language attributed to Admiral Polo. He would not have abased himself betore his country and the world by acknowledging in an official communication that his signing the protocolin the Virginius af fair was a weakness on his part.” “Wwhy,"? added the Secretary, “the American Ministers abroad go further in expressing their opinions and sentiments than the Ministers of for- 2 | by a deiverate disregard, st this day, ol the Ameri- eign governments at this capital dare do, but they would scarcely have dared to send here such a despatch as 18 attributed to Admiral Polo in the Freeman's Journal, Everybody knew McMasters, He was THE ADVOCATE OF THE CARLIST GOVERNMENT and of the extremists in the Catholic Church, Dut the Catholics in America are too sensible to be led away by him." He added that he had “no hesitation in pro- nouncing THE WHOLE STATEMENT A FALSEHOOD. If Spain had any purpose of ceding Porto Rico to Germany the American State Department was not aware of it” Before answering the inquiry with regard to | the Pall Mall Gazette article and the landing of arms for the Carlists, Mr. Fish took from his pocket A VERY HANDSOME RED MOROCCO POCKETBOOK, and selecting one from a number of newspaper clippings read from it, in substance, that a mem- ber of Parliament having asked Disraeli as to the truth of certain matters that had been published in newspapers in relation to Canadian affairs the British Premier replied that he could not afford to have his time taken up by answering ques- tions relating to anonymous publications in the newspapers. That was his (Fish’s) answer. He would add, however, that so far as he knew this statement was as false as the other. There was no such American vessel as the London, of which John Jefferson was master. At this point a subordinate official appeared with public business demanding the Secretary's attention and your correspondent politely bowed himself out. Bismarck’s Former Longings for St. Domingo. WASHINGTON, August 19, 1874. The reported intended cession of Porto Rico to Germany, although discredited among the few diplomatists now in Washington, revives the story of King William’s ambition to have a territorial domain in the New World, and whicn at one time had direction toward St. Domingo. It will be re- membered that during the debate on the subject of the ANNEXATION OF ST. DOMINGO in the Scnate the report was circulated by gov- ernment officials to the effect that if the United States did not annex the territory measures would be taken to secure tt for Germany, and the story gained credence that certain envoys of Bismarck Were actually negotiating for the most favorable terms. The basis of the business Was thgt the expectations of the Dominicans were on the side of the United States, but, fail- ing in that, Baez would be compelled to ac- cept the friendly protection of any Euro- Dean nation disposed to take St, Domingo under its care, It was even discussed in oMicial circles whether the United States, or rather whether the administration of President Grant, could opdject to the step it was aileged Whuld be taken if we fatlad ta gatry out the secret treaty entered into by General Babcock. much was circulated merely to make FRIENDS FOR THE SCHEME is not known, but both at the State Department and Executive Mansion Germany's aspirations were constantly spoken of as one of gle reasons why the island should ve anuexed. Prominent administration Senatorg zepeated tt in their retir- ing room at ixa Capitol, and when Senator Mer denounced the presence of OUR NAVAL VESSELS IN DOMINION WATERS the question was asked what he would do tf the naval vessels Oo! a foreign nation were to exercise what was 80 often alluded to as the “moral force of ships of war in the Bay of Samana.” Senator Sumner replied that it was not befitting in any great nation to encroach upon the borders of the | Black Republic, PORTO RICO’S PRICE. eee Opinions of the Press on the Latest Foreign Sensation—Germany’s Thirst for Dominion—The Result Injurious to Spain in Cuba. {From the New York Tribune.} The New York Freeman's Journal publishes a story of the German and Spanish intrigue which has @ rather startling interest for American read- ers, In April, 1874, according to this authority, Admiral Polo received instructions irom Madrid to ascertain “wiat position the American govern- Ment would take in the event of the cesston of the | isle of Porto Kico, temporarily or definitively, to the government of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany.”’ The story continues :— The same courier brought the Admiral a now explain- ing that the German government would see to it that proposed loan to the serrano government, offered in London, should be a success, and would itself turnish the necessary tunds, the total amount having been agreed on. i Usha fleet of Also that the ¢ 3 Tano's dictatorship, on its present basis (?), and Use its utmost induence to have otter govertiments ree it. And "the panish government agrees to cel government of the German kinpire, by, a provisional title, but one that may become perpetual, the Island of Porto Keo, In whote or in pari.” Admiral’ Polo lust no time in responding that the com- munication of the Minisier of State shocked him; tuat the proposed bargain with Germany was anti-pathiotic, and that he offereg his resignation as Spanisi Minister at Washington, The Madrid Dictatorship forthyvith replied that the Caritst insurrection was mulking every day ‘immense progress.” Auy possible means must be used to crush It Your Ex: cuerate 1 seruples. § the German Cab- se in no way really injure the national @ German foot will tread the sacred soil It is not an Intervention, bat only a po- me by the German marine, in cor w marine of the country (!) As to Porto Kico, thatis only a pledge for the fuifiment of the agreements made by the two governments.” ‘The Admiral, however, persisted in his protest, and was soon aiterwards reca led. ‘The Freeman's Journal is not a paper to which the country 1s In the babit of looking tor accurate Statements about foreign adairs; but 1t appears to have had of late some peculiar sources of tnforma- tion i Spain, and it vouches in the most positive manner tor the authenticity of the documents which 1¢ cites in the course of tnis narrative. Un- doubtedly the Jownalis a sincere believer In its own sensation. That it has not been imposed upon, however, by some astute plotter among its iIriends, the Carhists, isa point upon which there will be a difference of opinions. It would be a great thing tor tne cause of Don Carlos tf Spain could be got to believe that Serrano entertained 2, proposal ior the dismemberment of Spanish ter- ritory; and we suppose tne adherents o! the pious King are not too holy to lie a little Jor the good of the Caureh aod tve Crown. Bancroft Davis is now on the road to Berlin, t entering the German capital, and he 1s of course in iull possession of the Views of our gov- ernment touching a bargain which, if it has any existence, is doubtiess well known to our Secre- tary of State. That we should view the transfer of Porto Kico to any European Power with great displeasure is beyond question; and it is equaily certain that the establishment of the German flag on that island would give a new impetus and & very afferent churacter to the schemes for assist- ing the insurgents in Cuba which are now little more than the devices of unscrupulous specula- tors and purblind demagogues, ‘ Hi y Improbable. [From the New York World.] We are uot at all inclined to put faith in the ex- traordinary story which has just been published in @ Catholic journal of this city of an alleged nego- tation between the German Empire and the gov- ernment of Marshal Serrano for the cession by Spain to Germany of the island of Puerto Rico in return for the negotiation at Berlin of a new Spanish ‘loan. to barter of her possessions in~ this way, and, Whatever may be the financiai troubles of the Ser- rano government, it is grossly improbable that the head of that government would fatally compromise its future and his own with the Spanish people in order to secure any pecuniary acconmo- dation whatever. That Germany has been exert. ing herseif to obtain a footing of imfuence at Madrid seems, indeed, to be unquestionable, and we have already indicated at least one very im- portant object Of such exertions in the control Which it is so extremely desirable for the imperial government that it should obtain over the veto of Spain in the next Conclave o: Vardinals for the election o1 @ successor to Pope Pius IX. But while it would bea suicidal act on the part of any Spanish personage or party to trade away a Spanish colony for toreign gold, it would bea hardiy less preposterous step on the part of the German government to throw itself into open and irreconcilable antagonism with the United States can policy on this Continent, The determination ot the Amertcan people not to permit the de- velopment of a new colonial system in the West Inaies or in any other part oi the New Word, under any European flag whatever, has been repeatediy proclaimed during the last half century, It has vecome almost as much an article of faith with the American people as the preseivation of the Union. No power could now venture to contravene it untess it were both ready and desirous co provoke the undying hostility of the United States. It is absurd to assume this of the German Empire. There 1s no doubt, to be sure, taat the ruling spirits of the German Empire at ‘nis time look with anything but favor upon the increasing dis- position of the populations of Germany to transfer | thense'ves to the New World as citizens gf the great Western Republic. German-Americans, of all our foreign-born citizens, haye most to oread in the way of annoyance from the government of their native country whenever their business or their pleasure takes them back as Amer. can citizens to their Fatherland, Thanks to the incompetency or the moral imbecility of Mr. Bancrott our recent diplomacy at perial government wita any vivid sense of the true feelings of the American people in regard to the extent and the sanctity of the rights conter- red upon emigrating Kuropeans by an American certificate of naturalization. But in spite of all this itts absurc, we repeat, to assume that the German goverament can possibly be ready to make an active enemy of the United States, while it 1s by NO Means absurd to suppose that those Who Jove neither Germany nor the Serrano government ‘of Spain should ve quite willing, not to say quite anxious, to propagate in this country a notion that Bismarck and Serrano are both ready to flout our pretentions !o the American seas and to trample upon our long-established policy. But we are by no means disposed to admit even the possibility of the truth of the story to which we aliude, and we found our reluctance to do 80 wholly on considerations drawn from the traat- tions of Spain and from the general attitude of Germany. ‘ Bismarck Scheming to Gain a Foothold in the Antilles. {From the New York Sun.) Some time since we published the fact that the Spanish Legation at Washington had been directed from Madrid to inquire of Secretary Fish whether the United States would be willing to send an armed force to Cuba for the purpose of arresting the civil war there and holding a popular election to determine whether the isiand should or should not remain a colony of Spain; and whether, in consideration of Spain’s assent to such a move- ment, the United States would assent to Spain’s ceding to Germany any other of her colonial sessions. There is No doubt that such a despatch was re- ceived from Maarid any more than that it has been followed by sending Bancroit Davia, the notorious bribe-taker, as our Miniscer to Germany. And now the Freeman's Journal, of this city, states that early in April last Admiral Polo, then Spanish Min- ister at Washington, received from Madrid a de- spatch in the following words: As the government recognizes the impossibility of suppressing the Carlist insurrection and the rebellion in Cuba without foreign nelp, and as the government of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany has made us over- tures at once honorable and accepiable, itis desirable that thisdepariment should know wnat position the American government would take in the event of the cession of our Isle of tively, to the government of His Majesty the Emperor. Aiong With this order Admiral Polo likewise re- ceived irom Madrid the official information that Germany was ready to take the loan which the Spanish government had then offerea 1n London, and to send a fleet to suppress contraband trade upon the Spanish coast, and that in return for such kindness the Spanish government had agreed “to cede to the government of the German Em- pire, by & provisional title, but one that may be- come perpetual, the islana of Porto Rico, in whole or tn part.” The Admiral answered by ofering his resignation, saying that the proposed cession of Porto Rico to Germany was anti-patriotic, and to this the government responded in these words :— Your Excellency has exagrerated scruples. © gov- ernment bas Accgoted the oflers af tha Garman Cahinagg, Also the German government would estab: | It is not in the traditions of Spain | Berlin | | has not been Of a Character to impress the Im- Porto Rico, temporarily or defini- | How | becauy’ “ese in no way reaily injure the national sen- ofa German (vot wil 2 aac: | timent. TeTMaw Woot will tread the sacred soll of intery Sp pro ie M, Onl otics | eee braPe... v the German tarine Seo edatiuee As to Porto Kicd x") only a pledge tor the thitunent of agreements ty"@@ bY the two governments, | Admiral Polo replien a8 foliow | [have had the weakness edly counsciled as T was— to put my name onee to an act git bas be | athome and abroad. (‘The Adwirm fefers to the mutually disgracotul bargain ot the protoco! mbox the Virgimus) ! Lam fully resolved for the futmre, if L cowOnue to fill the functions of Minisier here, to take into Spisideration only what my heart teils ine is tor the welttre and the grandeur of Spain. Your Excelteney, then, cannot be Surprised at my formal retusal to give way name to either of two acts that Tcondemn—the abandowment, even for | a time, of our istand of P or the debasement of j our . avy officer, re ¢ to have any partia | an act that mikes noble officers and our brave o sailors auxiliaries of a German police { | Hereupon, according to the Freeman's | the Admiral was recalied; bet what view | has taken of the subject our eontempor | not state, probably because it has not access to the secret correspondence of M ney Webster, Mr. Fish’s son-in-law, that tt has had to the correspondence of Marshal ser/ano’s Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs. There 18 no reason to doubt that these are genu- ine documents. ‘The tact that Germany bas tur- nished money to Spain and that Bismarck has of | late exerted ail his infuence to procure the recog- nition of the Spanish Repubiue by the Continental powers is unquestionabie. It is also notorious that the German government very strongly desires a footholu in tue West Indies for a naval and coaling station, This is indispensabie to that maritime development, military and commercial, toward | Which the statesmansiip of Germany now aspires, Journal, Mr. Porto Rico ts, therefore, only a natural price of | the aid which Bismarck ts giving to Serrano; and the sending to Bertin of Bancroit Davis, a men | | the same time that Calev Cushing law ot Mr, Fish are in Madrid, tuuicates that Geu- ; eral Grant is not averse to the transaction. What | the American people may say about it, however, is another matter, nd the son-in- We Are Powerless Against Germany’s | Aspiration: (From the New York Daily Grapnic.) The story that Germany has been taking mea- | Sures with a view to obtaining possession of Porio | Rico is becoming a topic of uneasy discussion, But why should we trouble ourseives about it? Sup- pose Germany were to take formal possession of | the sland, what could we do beyond writing fery | leading articles in tne newspapers? ‘thanks to our Western Congressmen we have no navy worth mentioning, and are utterly powerless for offen- | sive naval operations. Of course we cannot at tack Germany oa land; and though we might, by exireme good fortune, succeed in getting a moni- | tor to Porto Rico without having her founder on the way, she would not be able singly to entorce the Monroe doctrine agaimst the German fleet. We would denounce in our newspapers and in Congress the atrocious conduct of bismarck, but we snould nevertheless see Porto Rico transierred | into a German naval station without being abie to help Ourseives in the sligatest degree. We have latterly pursued the policy of reducing the navy to a mere handful of unseaworthy mon- itors, We have declined to secure naval stations in the West Indies, refusing to buy St. Thomas or to accept Samana Bay as a gift. We have re- jused to spend money to provide jor the deience of our commercial marine and the national honor, and now we must make up our minds to take the consequences. We cannot have a navy wituout paying for it, and if we preier vo appropriate the money for other purposes, we have oniy ourseives to biame. The best we can do is to recognize that an offensive naval war is quite out of our power, and to cease to talk about a Monroe doctrine wnich we are powerless to enforce. A French View. {From the Courrier des Etats Unis.} We have said’ elsewhere that it was impossible the French shoultt allow themselves to be blinded by a policy which, in hate of the Republic, delivers to the Germans the key of our southern frontier, Tue Americans themselves, who some time ago cordiaily applauded the victortes of Germany and the disasters of France—Mr. Bancrolt at the head— begin to perceive the dangers that are created tor the whole world, and jor themselves particularly, by the policy which has accumulated upon our heads so many calamities. “It is not the French alone,’ cries the HkkaLp, “but tne Americans alsu who were beaten by the Prussians ut sedan.” This alarm breaks out to-day in consequence of a rumor sowed some time ago by the /“reeman’s Journal, taken up recently by the HERALD and confirmed since by the first of theso journals, with an authority to all | in doubt which would necessitate the supposition Of unequalled audacity, jomed to an extraorai- narily iecund imagimation. it deals wich nothing less than negotiations by the terms of which Spain would cede the Island oi Porto Rico to the German Empire as price oi the services rendered by her to | the Spanish Republic for the suppression of the Carlist insurrection, | The Courrier goes on to say that to make the case clear it will quote the artides irom the | HERALD and Freeman's Jowrna!, and remarks upon them:—“We shall add nothing at present to | these ooservations, more than to say that from this aifair—i! the published facts are true, and that the projected cession shali take place—great com- piications will arise. * * * Is it possiple reaily that Mr, Bismarck should retire thunderstruck at any affirmation ot tae Monroe doctrine ?"? A German Papor’s Sapient Opinion. [From the Staats Zeitung.) We have recently noticed that a local paper which employs the device of liberal tendencies with Catuolic propensities gave a couleur de rose interview of one of its correspondents with Don Carlos and at the same time in its leader warned | im Cassandra tones the administration at Wash- | INgton and the people of the United States of the | present greed of glory and territory and develop. | ment of German power. We perceive in ail this @ suspicious symptom that an ultramontane in- trigue is in progress, the object of which is to | create discord between the United States and Ger- | many because the German government has taken | the Spanish Republic under protection and secured | Jor her the recoguituon of the European Powers through the medium of the distrust of the parties | the Bourbon legitimists and their clerical support- ers—who are tle deadly toes o: the Republic. * * * itis very possible that the despatches on which the papers nave founded their suspicions | against the German Empire are in every way | genuine, but the conclusions drawn are false inessence., For Serrano’s continuance in power it is @ question of life and death to subaue the | Cariists, aud be knew that the German govern- | ment could not view the arming of the wiramon- | tane element without concern, and must desire its | immediate destraction, So ne beiteved that throngh she transaction alluded to (the cession of | Porto Rico) he could overcome them without im- periluny Spanish interests, and at the same time give Germany an unimportant pledge. Jt was with | this view that he aesired Admiral Yolo to discover | the feeling of the goverament at Washington, but | Polo delayed and let the opportunity pass, and ap- peared in doubt as toexecuting the instructions. ‘or this reason itis Only now that the news of this matter has been received in Washineton. If the | German government reaily entertained such a pro- | ject itas very provable that Mr. Bancroit would | | have been tue first to have obtained a knowledge of it, We think, with these deductions, the uitra- montane soap-bubble has burst. The German Em- | pire will never do anything that can give | the American people occasion for well founded distrust. The Empire knows well the justice o! the Monroe doctrine, and it will never do anytning, directly or indirectly, which could be construed into an attack upon that doctrine. SPANISH ARROGANCE, To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD:— The last act of arrogance on the part of Spain is, Ibelieve, without parallel in the diplomacy of na- tions, and one which should be made as widely | known as possible for the common protection of | commerce. Itis this:—An edict of the Madrid | Dictatorship addressed to its consular agents in | this country—recetved last Friday—requires them to levy and coliect a tax oi forty centsi n gold upon every package of whatever kind, size or | value, laden on board of all vessels seeking clear- | ance their consulates to any port in Spain, and | which must be pald before a clearance will be | granted by the Consul, the immediate effect of | which is this:—there are several vessels of atf- | ferent nationalities now in this port that were | chartered during the itlew we | receipt of this order, at a freight of twenty-five | cents per case of petroleum oil, ten gallons each, which, under this monstrous edict, must not oniy forieit their entire freight but must pay say sixty | per cent additional in order to obtain aclearance, | Is there anything in your experience to equal | this, and can it be possible that any respectable government (may [include the United States in ' the category) will submit to sach outrage upon its commerce? How can such tax be levied with- out the usual notice made and provided? And, may I ask, what is the proper course for a vessel to pursue, one of the number above mentioned, loaded and ready to sat for her destination? SUSTITIA, | A DESPERADO KILLED. Sr. Louis, Mo., August 19, 1874, John T, Morris, Deputy Sheriff of Collins county, | Texas, writes a letter to the Evening Despatch stating that he Killed a notorious character named James H, Reed in Lamar county, Texas, on the 6th inst, Before dying Reed stated he was the leader of the band that committed the lowa and | Gad’s Hill (Mo,) train robberies, the St. Genevieve | (Mo.) bank robbery, and also asserted that he robbed the Hot Springs (Ark.) and Austin (Texas) atages, and had committed similar smalier robber- ies in Arizona, Nevada, California and Oregon, He would not give the names of any of his confeder- ates, but declared positively that neither Arthur McOoy nor the younger of the James brothora had any toning to da with (hese rovberies, previous to | without scruples, and always in want ot money, at | | | | th ? POSTSCRIPT. = THURSDAY, AUGUS1 20—8 A. THE WAR OF BACES. ~memeraibiigraaeoia CHARLESTON, S. C., AUgust 19, 187h Advices from Georgetown represent that the town Js still crowded with negroes and with col- ored militia gnaraing the jail. The commander of the reverue cutter ch was recently sent te Georgetown sent a letter to the collector of this port to-wlay, @tating that tue cutter could protec’ the property of the United States, bu’ that ve was not adequate force to protect ty or lives of the citizens, An order ved here trom Governor Moses vo. day tor orgetown to monea, but on. norrow, Intlitia were sura- twelve responded, and they Were Sent out to arrest the detauiters.' ‘fhe Adjutant, General of Ate latled to arrive to take comm mand, and the troops were dismissed at 1x o'clock this evening. Violence Between Whites and Riacks im Tonnessee—Several Lives Lost. Mr » August 19, 1874. The passengers by the steamer Thompson Dear report intense excitement and fears of a confies between the whites and blacks at Bernard or Ola Grand Lake Landmg, in Chicot county, Arkwasas, The trouble originated in the killing of a white boy by a negro some days since. The negro took refnge in a canebrake alter the killing and was pursued by @ party of men ana captured, but while bemg conveyed to Jail escaped, several hors were fired alter him as he disap- peared in the cave. Some days aiterwards some negroes found lis body in the woods, and charged that he had been kuled by his white captors and the body concealed. ‘This story spread among the negroes, Who, itis reported, threaten to Kul six white men in revenge. When the steamer passed the whites and blacks were both arming, aad {t was feared serious trga- bie would ensue, A number of women and ciil- dren leit Bernard on the Dean, and came to Green- ville tor salety. The Negroes Giving Up Their Arms and the Whites Still Arming. AUGUSTA, Ga,, AUgUst 19, 1874. ‘There was no disturbauce at Ridge Spring to~ day and hopes are entertained that there will be no confict. Harrison Bowie, one of the negro ringleaders, was arrested aod taken to the Lex~ ington jail, The negroes are coming in pleading for peace and giving up their arms. The whites are ull orgauizing and arming themseives, They do got intend to provoke acoufict but to act om the defensive. A LETTER FROM HENRY WARD BEECHER. He Denies That He Ever Clamored foe the Hanging of Jeff Davis. LOUISVILLE, August 19, 1874. The Courier-Journal to-morrow will publish @ letter from Herry Ward Beecher, pronouncing the reputed sermon of his, which has been widely published, advising the hanging of Jefferson Davis in 1365, an unblushing forgery. He says:—‘‘Not only did I never utter Or make such miserable stud, but the whole world knows that while many wore clamoring for some sacrillce or victim Leverywhere and always Opposed) with intense earnestness the shed- ding of a drop of blood, and resisted with all my might the influences waich sought the execution of Jefferson Davis. It is not the first shameful forgery upon me which has been circuiated in the South and West, [ am so heartily desirous of the re-establishment of good will between all who have been alienated, and I so mucn value the good will ot my fellow citizens of the South that 1 step aside from my usual course and make a reply to this s.ander.”" FOREST FIRES IN CANADA The Flames Still Continuing. New Hamburg, Ont., August 19, 187@ The village of Washington, @ ‘ew miles from this place, was more than hulf destroyed by fire yes- terday. Several swamps in this neiguborhood are burn- ing. The atmosphere lias been filled with dense smoke for severat days past, SPRINGFIELD, Ont., August 19, 1874. Afire here this morning destroyed the stores occupied by K. scott & Co. dry goods; G. W. Davis, hardware, and D, McKenzie, grocer, The loss is heavy. The buildings and stocks were paruy insured. Carr, Ont., August 19, 1874. Destructive bush fires are raging 10 vms vicinity. Eight farmers living a short distance trom this place have ad their dwellings and outbuildings destroyed, The weather is excessively dry. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The fcllowing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, ia comparison with the corresponding day ol last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnat’s pharmacy, HERALD building :— 1873, 1874, 1873, 18TH 3A. 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