The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1874, Page 3

ESTELLA. The Significance of the Car- list Victory. The Defeat of Coucha’s Army Due Chiefly to the Starving Condition of the Men, ———-—____ A GLANCE AT THE BATTLE FIELD. Marshal Serrano Will Not Declare in Favor of Don Alfonso. DON CARLOS, KING OF SPAIN. Biarritz, August 4, 1874. I have just returned from Estella. 1 have seen the Carlist troops, observed their discipline, their Organization, their soldier-like appearance; have sonversed with Carlist oificers, even talked with their King himself, I nave been over the battle fleid of Estelia, have seen the spot where Concha fell, the house in which he died, have retraced the Movements which led up to the battle, have ex- amined the position of the two armies before the engagement, and endeavored to form a calm and impartial opinion, not only on the battle itself but On what it may indicate of the {uture, and I have come away with the conviction that Don Carlos will be King of Spain before a year. A walk over the ground where the late battle ‘Was fought is alone almost sufficient to convince one that Don Carlos will march to Madrid when the tme comes as easily as the Prus- sians marched to Paris after the battle of Sedan. Not that this battle will have any such result as a result of the battle itself, Practically it was without results, owing to the want of artillery and cavalry among the Carlists. I simply jook upon it asa sign, an indication, an omen of what may be looked for in the juture, and in this respect it 1s as significant to tbe Madrid government of its approaching doom as was the battle of Gravelotte to the French and for the same reason. It tried the stu of which the contending armies were made, and showed which was best, It has hitherto been usually believed that the Carlist army was a kind of guerilla band, without order or discipline, and that it would not stand up before an enemy of equal strength and do any serious fighting. . 1 think that a simpie, straightforward account of this battle will very quickly dispei that belief; for, partly by reason of the very nat- ural excitement under which corre- sponcents were laboring in writing an account of the batwe almost while it was going on, partly with aview to excuse the want of valor shown by the republican or Madria army, the strengin of the Carlist position has been | greatly exaggerated, and the difMfcuities Concha had to contend with very much overestimated, THE CARLISY POSITION, We were led to believe that the Carlists were formidably intrenched upon the summit of a rocky height, in the ascent to which a goat coula scarcely find a footing, and that Concha’s forces ‘Were obliged to scramble up this high rocky steep as best they could under a terrible fire from the Carlists safely mtrenched behind their rock: a terrible fire there surely was, but to assert that the Carlist position was almost impregnable, or that it offered obstacles to its approach other than those raised by the Cariists themseives, is simply ®@ gross exaggeration. | Instead of a high rorky steep, almost inaccessi- | ble, which { expected to find pointed out as the Carlist position, I found a gently ascending slope, covered- with grass and wheat fields, up which a eavairy charze might almost be made. Instead of the formidabie fortifications of which [ bad heard | 1 found only a little trench, such as any army acting on the defensrve is always supposed to ™Make—such a8 an American army used to dig in halfan hour. For all the obstacles offered by their positon to an assault the Carlists might just as well have been in the middie of a smooth, level Nst trenches, and then rushed up the hill side in Vastly superior numbers. Everything was in their favor. Ali that was required to carry the Carlist Position was a little steadiness and determimation, And yet they were repulsed, beaten back three times, and at last utterly routed and discomfited, With a small force of cavairy and artillery Don Carlos might then and there have marched to Madrid, And be it remembered that this+ defeat was not because of Concha’s death, It was only during the third assault, when he saw his troops for the third time begin to break and run, when the battle was already lost, that he rushed forward in the hope of animating by his presence his men to one more final desperate el- fort, and it was just at this moment that the Car- lists leapt out of their trenches and poured down the hillside, sweeping everything before them like an avalanche, The battle was already lost when Concha was killed. A CLEAR QUESTION OF COURAGE, This is al) the more significant that there was little room for the display of tactics on either side. It was a fair stand-up fight, hurling a superior against an inferior force, in hopes of crushing the weaker—a mere trtal of brute strength, The in- ference 1s only too evident, It is that the Carlists are better soldiers, better men; that they will stand up longer and be shot at than their oppo- nents, and that they can whip them while laboring under the greatest disadvantages an army can labor under—inieriority o! force and inferiority of arms. it is now said that Concha’s army had been with- out rations for two days. and that the soldiers Went into the battle starving. Some such reason can be offered to account for the loss of every battle that has ever been tought, Jt might just as well be urged that the troops wene into battle without cartridges. WHAT THE REPUBLICANS FORGOT, It was announced on all hands that this battle was to be the final blow to Carlism in Spain, Every preparation had been made for it; everything had been working up to it for months, and now we find that, after all these months of preparation, the troops had no rations. If so important a thing to the success of an army as rations may be neglected or forgotten, will they not next time forget to give the troops cartridges. or may they not even forget their artillery, and thus account for the loss of the next battle? The truth is, Concha’s army ought, with its ad- vantages, 10 have completely crushed and anni- hilated the Carusts, and 16 was completely routed instead, Lhave dwelt at some length on this bat- tle because I think it is @ sign, an indication, an omen of tue approaching downfall of the Madrid government. Indeed, it may well be asked, if the Carlists, without cavalry and withont artillery, can whip three times their number of republicans and Alfonsists, what will they do with artillery? Since the last battie they have recetved from different sources forty-seven pieces of cannon of the best models, of calibres varying from four to twepty pounds, and they will go into the next bat- tle with fifty pieces of artillery, all throwing shells. But this is not all. Since the last victory sojdiers are flocking to his standard irom all over Spain. Catalonia, Arragon, Castile, all are rising. It is my opinion that within three months Don Carlos, instead of 30,000, will have 100,000 men at his dis, posal, well armed, if mot well dressed. Ido not say 100,000 soldiers, remember, for soldiers cannot be made in three months; but neither have his op- ponents soldiers. Does it not jook as though Don Carlos’ star were in the ascendant? WHY 18 17? It may well be asked why this state of things should exist—why it is that-an Insurrection com- menced with twenty-seven men should have so prospered, and assumed, in s0 short a time, such formidable proportions—why this little corner of Spain, which is m_ reality not Spanish, should succeed in imposing its ideas thus on the rest of the country? The answer is easy and may be fouud in the one fact that the Carlists have a flag thut is a faith, a belief, and their op- ponents have not. Call it rekgion, fanaticism, vigotry, ignorance, What yon will; the fact re- mains the same, that men with positive ideas, men who know just what they want and are ready to fight for it, usually get it and corry the day. Besides this, the Carlist soldiers are better men than the Soutbern Spaniaras. They ure the hurdy Basque mountaincers of the Northwest provinces, & people who have never yet been subjugated. ‘They were never conquered by the Romans, and they maintained their independence throughout | the whole time of the Moorish domination, un- Piain. Their position was strong only in one re- spect—their Danks were perfectly protected on either side by steep, rocky, woody mountains, easily defended by a few “partidarios” or irregular troops. ‘There was no chance for the cisplay of strategy or tactics by the attacking army. ‘the only course possible jor Concha was to attack in front and crush his enemy by mere brute strength and superiority of numbers, and this he tried to do, | THE BATTLE OF ESTELLA, A short account of the battle may not be unin- | teresting here, because, as an indication of com- | ing events, | think it has far more sigutficance | than has yet been attached to it by anybody but , the Carlists themselves, And they, as well as their | opponents, have been announcing great and bril- Nant victories to the world for so long—victories m which the loss on goth sides was one man slightly contased—that nobody believes them now when they really have a victory to announce, Here, then, is the position:—Imagine an open, undulating piain, five or six miles in extent, dotted here and there with villages, covered with corn and wheat fields and surrounded on all sides by mountains and niils, it is not cut up by ditches, nor are the moveinents of an army operating upon itimpeded by walls and hedges. Infantry, artil- jery and cavalry can manwuvre with ease; out here and there are little hollows, bits of rising ground and clumps of trees, which offer cover and protection to bodies of troops when required, This plain is traversed by two good, broad, well kept roads, which, gradually converging, at last meet | on the top ofa ridge which shuis in she plain on One side, the side next Kstella. Atong these Two roads was Concha'’s advance, and along the summit of the ridge was disposed the Carist army. Its front was about a mile and a halfin extent, and both flanks were protected, as f§ have already stated, by woody mountains, defended by the “parti¢arios.” Along the fuot of the ridge ran a smail rivuiet through a little valley, or hollow, deeper tnan the plain. Concha’s troops, When making the assault, had to descend into this valley; but, so far from being a hindrance to (hem, it was @ protection, as it was completely sheltered by the convexity of the ridge above irom the Carlist fire and gave the assailants time to breathe and iorm within 500 yards of the Carlist trenches before the final assault. The ridge itself is covered jor the mo<t part with grass, but here and there is a field of wheat or an orenard, In one short space only ts it steep and rocky. Everywhere eise it iS an easy, irregular slepe, offering not the Sightest ob- stacle to the advance of infantry. — It wilh be seep, therefore, that tne Carlist Position was not a particularly strong one, and the only advantage they bad was in not being obliged to attack, which is not, however, always an advantage. THE CONTENDING ARMIES. Now, as io the Jorces engaged; the Carlists had 18,000 men, armed with the Remington breech- Joader, four pieces of mountain artillery, carried on the backs of mules, and no cavalry. Concha hhad 45,000 men and eighty pieces of cannon, to say nothing of his cavalry! He advanced his artillery within a distance, not of three miles, not of two miles, not oF one mile, but of 1,000 yards, and opened upon the Carlist position, and for two days and a hall poured in at point blank range a storm of shot and shell which ought to have destroyea the whole Carlist army. Then, when he had ex- pended ail his artillery mynitions, without dis Jodging them, he ordered an assault, ‘This assault was undertaken under tavorable circumstances, The Carlists, never before sub- Jected to so terrible an artillery fire, a fire to which | they could not reply, were naturally more or less | discouraged, Concha’s troops poured down into the little valley of which Ihave spoken, halted, formed under sbelier within 500 yards of the Cure | Alfonsists should sacrifice everything to obtain a ) pourtng down upon them from the Basque moun- tamed ard unsubddued, and nave kept their sturdy independence of character down to the present time. They nave a_ beli m their king, a confidence in their officers, a sturdy faith in their own prowess and a trust in each other which makes them act together as one man and | gives them a unity and an esprit du corps only to be seen in the best disciplined armies, And they know just what they want. { Now look at their adversaries. Iu the first place they have no flag. Tiey do not know what government they are fighting for. Before the last battle 1t was whispered about that Concha had de- cided to declare for Don Alfonso in case he should prove victorious. Is it aay wonder that republican soidiers should not fight well uncer such circumstances ? Bui as it was by no means sure that Don Alfonso would come to the throne, nor certain that the Republic mivht not, alter atl, be established, could it be expected that the victory which might turn to the benefit of the repubdlicansy ‘Tne result is that neither fought weli.. Instead of the bold, united front presented by the Carlists, they are split up into factions which are wore engaged in watching each other than the common enemy, Every pub- lic man in Madrid has his party, his faction. his adherents, lis followers, Who are too incessantiy engaged In thwarting the designs of each other, | and who hate cach other too thoronghbly to unite | and oppose a serious resistance to the tide that is vains, NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT A STANDARD, The result of all this ts that the army has no flag. {1 does not know what it is fighting for. White may be Diack to-morrow and black again white the day following. Why fight for whitey It a8 the provisional that is killing Spain as it is the provisional that is killing France. The worst gov- ernment that Spain ever had would be better than vhe hulf good hail bad provisionai government of Marsha) Serrano, just as the Empire in its rotten- | est days was infinitely supertor to the government 0] Marshal MacMahon, Marshal Serrano is waiting until he puts down the Carlist insurrection to estabiisn a definite sorm | of government. If he wishes to put down the Car- | lists he must commence by establishing a govern. | ment first and giving it a name—republic or mon- archy, it matters little whictk—provided it is frankly declared and loyally supported, necause the absence of a government at Madrid is the very best reason for Carios going there to estab- lish one. It Concha intended to declare for Don Alfonso he should have done it before the battle of Estella, Then, at least, the Allonsists would have been disposed to fight. A@ it was the Alfonsists and | republicans went into the battle without caring a | button tor the result; and very naturally. No- | body is going to fight for they know not what, o thing without a name, a “what Is it 7 THE POLITICAL SITUATION, As the situation now is Marstal Serrano has no party to support him, neither republicans nor monarchists, and 1 will venture to predict that | unless he establishes, frankly and loyally, the Re- public, or puts Don Alionso on the throne, and that very soon, Don Carlos will be in Madrid be- fore a year. Leven believe it is now already too late, [tis reported that the European Powers are | going to recognize the government of Marsnai Serrano. But how will they recognize it? Recog- nize what? The thing is absurd, and until there is a government in Spain it will be impossible for the Powers to take any steps toward recognizing one, Of course if Spain were united against Don Car- | | | | los he would stand but a smali chance of coming united against him. Few people will maintain to the throne. But Spain is not by any means that the country is repubUcan, or that more thay | one-fourth of the peopre nave an idea of even the meaning of the word. Whatever else Spain may be, it 18 very evident she is not repubiican. It Would be better perhaps, for her, ii she were, but if she don’t want a@ republic, and is not capable of governing herself with a republic and don’t even know the meaning of the word, It is simply useless to attempt forcing a republic upon her, for the | present at least, THE ALFONSISTS. Now as to the chances of Don Alfonso, It is not many years since his mother, Queen Isabella, fled from Spain, pursued by the weil merited exe- crations of the Spanish people of ail classes, high and low, rich and poor, and it hardly seems possi- bie that they will have so jar lorgotten tne vile life she led or forgive the woes she brought upon the country as to accept her illegitimate son as their king. Iris true that itis the army ana not the people that usuaily makes and unmakes kings in Spain, but it was this same army that drove out Don Alfonso’s mother. It scarcely seems probable that it will bring back her son, ‘There is undoubtedly an Alfonsiat party in Spain; butit can scarcely be more powertul now, out of power, than it was then with the whole machinery and patronage and prestige of government in tts pos- session. If it was not able to defend the mother then it seems scarcely possible that tt will be pow- erful enough to bring back the son with such an Opponent as Don Carlos in the fleld, It is very true that if Marshal Serrano were to declare in favor of Don Alfonso the army might propvably be brought over; but the very fact of Don Alfonso being the Marshal’s reputed son puts the Marshal in a somewhat delicate, not to say equivocal position regarding him. And the fact | that Serrano has not yet done so is strong pre- sumptive proof that he dare not, A foreign prince has been tried, and it is only too evident that the Spaniards will not accept a stranger, A republic they know nothing about and will not have. Who else, then, but Don Car- los, the male representative of the old line of kings, the lineal descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella, can succeed to the vacant Spanish throne ? This would seem the only issue, the only possible solution of the Spanish difficulty. WHO IS DON CARLOS? It may not now be without interest to take a retrospective glance at Spanish history in order to understand the Carlist diMculty and see how it happens that the heir of Ferdinand and Isabela comes to be fighting inthe mountains of Navarre for his crown and his throne, According to the old Spanish law regulating the order of imneritance to the crown no woman could ascend the throne except on the failure of every male representative of the royalline. Thus when Ferdinand, the old King, father of the pres- ent ex-Queen Isabella, died without a son, the crown devolved by right to Don Carlos, the King’s eldest brother. But Queen Christina, Isabella’s Mother, not having any son, determined tochange the law that had been the law ot Spain for ages and get her daughter seated upon the throne. She therefore persuaded the King, on his deathbed, to signa will settmg aside the law and conferring the crown upon his daughter, and, hay- ing previously brought over the Cortes to her views, got a law passed legalizing the document; so that before Don Carlos knew what was going on Isabella was crowned Queen of Spain. The old Carlist war was the result—a war which lasted seven years and which wus only crushed at iast by the intervention of Eng- land. The present Don Carlos is the grandson of the old Don Carlos, his father, who 1s still ving, having abdicated in his favor. From the date of the advent of Queen Isabella to the throne Spain has scarcely had a day of prosperity or repose, First was the Carlist war, which, lasting seven years, completely impoverished the country, de- stroyed its credit and ruined its finances. sefore it had recovered from these losses the scandalous life of Queen Isabella and the utter ieapacity of her government caused her to be driven Irom the throne amid the hootings of the exasperated popwiace. Then came the Hohenzol- lern candidature, the Franco-Prussian war, the advent of King Amadeus, the assassination of General Yrim, the abdication of Amadeus, the Carthagena insurrection and the present Carlist war. And all this because a cunning old woman happened to have a daughter instead of ason. If any argument were required against the principle of monarchy in the aostract this bit of history mrght furnish it. But does it not look as though Spain’s only hope of peace and tranquillity tay in returning to her old line of kings as represented by Don Carlos? Since they will not have a re- public, and would not know what to do with it if they had it, it does not seem as though any other solution were possible. I believe that if a plebis- cite were taken to-day, treely and fairly, Don Car- los would ve proclaimed King by an overwhelming majority. WHAT WILL DON CARLOS DO ? It may well be asked, What will be the result of his advent to the throne ¥ What will be the effect on the affairs of Europe and the relations of Church and State? What will be his attituae toward Italy and the Papacy? Will he undertake a war for the restoration of the temporal power? What sort of goverument will he give Spain? ‘These are some of the questions that naturally occur when the probability of Don Carlos coming to the throne is foreseev. I do not pretend to answer all these questions, but I hope to soon lay before the readers | ofthe HERALD Don Carlos’ own answer to them. Ithink I can sately say, however, that a good many peopie will be very greatly disappointed. But Bismarck and the ultra Catholics hope for a | crusade against Italy for the restoration of the temporal power of the Pope—the Catholics be- cause they are mad enough to believe that such a crusade would succeed, Bismarck because he | Knows {t would not—and both will be disappointed. | Non-intervention will be as much the motto of Don Carlos a8 it is of the United States, He has | absolutely not the slightest intention of declaring war against Italy. As to the kind of government he will give Spain, it is very certain it will not be a constitutional monarchy. Indeed, King Amadeus, with the pest | of intentions, proved that such a thing as govern. ing with a Cortes is utterly and hopelessly impos- sible, and Don Carlos does not propose to attempt it. What sort of government it will be remains to be seen; but that it will be an honest, strong government, and one wholly adapted to Spanish ) needs and the spirit of the Spanish nation, I | nave not the slightest doubt. The nations of rope, instead of fearing the advent of Don Carlos, should rather welcome him as the only man who can give peace and prosperity to the country, who can restore the finances to a healthy state, pay the imterest on the national debt and open up the country to trade and commerce. It was a mad thing for England even to have sustamed Isabella against old Don Carlos, and she has sut- | fered for ‘t, indirectly at least, in throwing a country into anarchy and coniusion which would | otherwise have been 4 rich market for her manw factures. It would be an equally mad thiug now to | support the “what is it?’ government of Madrid against the present Don Carlos, and thus retard the restoration of peace and order to distracted and anhappy Spain, and for my part [donot oe lieve the nations of Europe witl do it, THE VEW CEMETERY AT WARD'S ISLAND. — A large number of clergy and a full attendance of Jaymen were present at the consecration of the Cathohe cemetery on Ward’s Island, about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Less than months ago Commissioners Stephenson Lynch saggested the propriety of setting apart a two | and portion of Ward's Ystand jor the burial of the | P Catholic and the Protestant dead, and, the Board | of Health offering no opposition, about two and 4 | half acres were set aside for the purpose named. Turee-fiths of the ground were laid off for the Catholics, and two-fifths for the Protestants, The Protestant clergy dedicated tuetr portion to the purpose named & month ago, and yesterday the | solemn ceremony of consecrating the portion set | apart for the Catholics was performed, The cere- mony Was both solemn and impressive, Commis- Sioners Lynch, Stephenson and Starr and Secre- tary H. J. Jackson, of the Board of Emigration, and many other gentlemen of prominence attended the ceremonies, Among the Catholic clergy pres- ent were Vicar General Wiliam Quinn, Fathers Treanor, Keane, Price, Prachensky, sident Chaplain Bey. F, Tnorey, % Js Rev By z & | time that they have NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUSI 21, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. Achard, Key. Geo! Wieltch, 8. J., and others, The clergy met at the Catholic Church at Ward’s island,, where @ procession of the clergy and laymen was formed, Which, about hal t three o’c.ock proceeded to the cemetery, where the solemn services of consecration were poriarmes by Vicar General Quinn, assistea by Rev. ther Keane and other prejates of the church. Rev. Father Keane cuanted the litany of the r General Quinn, in the absence of ‘ace Archbishop McCloskey, blessed the ground, after the usual form of the Catholic Church, The new burying ground is very conven- iently located on high ground, fronting the Sound, at a considerable distance from the State Emigrant Hospital and Reiuge, and will serve the institution for burial purposes for twenty or thirty years tocome. Heretore the Commissioners of Emigra- tion have been compelled, having no burial ground of their own, to mike arrangements with the Commissioners of Charities and Correction to in- ter their emigrant dead in the pauper burial ground, in the pauper cemetery at Hart’s Island. | ‘She HenaiD reporter in his tour through tne island yesterday was much impressed with the eMcient conduct and general cleanliness of the THE COMBATANTS QUIESCENT. Beecher on His Travels, Moulton in His Library and the Lawyers Hard at Work. THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. Relative. institutions, Probably at no time within the his- tory of the Board of Emigration has everything | appeared more satisfactory. | Already about forty Catnolics have been interred mm the new cemetery. The Commissioners have wisely located the new cemetery on high ground, tally thirty feet above the level o1 the water, and | ag many as six persons can be buried in the same | grave. i CREEDMOOR. ares The Eighth Regiment, N. G., at Rife | Practice Yesterday—Shooting for the Eighth Regiment Regimental Medal, The Etghth regiment, ‘fhird brigade, First division, N. G., Colonel, Scott commanding, went to Creedmoor yesterday tor rifle practice. The distances fired from were those laid down by the State Adjutant General, 200 and 500 yards, five scoring and two sighting shots at each range, There were 266 men of all rankson the practice | ground. Of these only 58 qualified to go back to the longer distance. The weather for shoot- ing was excellent; there was very little wind, but that was blowing at a right angie to the line of fire. The team total of the regiment is 239 points. Firing commenced shortly after ten o’clock and continued until noon, when a rest was had before going back to the 500 yard range. The tolowing is the distribution of the men :. 200 Yards, 800 Yards. Field and staff. : A Company ¥ Compan¥ © Company D- Compan ¥5 Company ¥ Company Company A Company 1 Company”, K Company. Totals... ee It may not be out of the way to call the atten- tion of the authorities to the singular fact that out of thirty-seven men Med to Company F only five were able to make eight points and go back tothe 500 yards range. Company H seut back but five men ont of twenty-eight. and finally Company K sent back one out of twenty. This is certainly the most wretched shooting that has yet been made by any Of the troops at Creedmoor; and when officers can bring their men betore the butts with such extraordinary results it must be time to inquire just where the fauit lies. During the day quite a number of the men distinguished themselves by the adrottness which they displayed m eluding the vigilance of the guards that were set to keep them fromthe beer barrels of a bar- room near by. SCORE OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT NATIONAL GUARD. 8| exzgtemgenc Bl paounwmotan ‘angen, Names, Fae Era ED Totals, 01 et 43 4 dog Lieutenant Hoefte, Co. L.... | Shy 6 Corporal Hanson, Co. I......} 29 Private Murphy, Co. Private Hinton, Co. C... Drummer Campbell, Co. Sergeant Iemay, Co. B. Colonel Scott... Sergeant Bennett, Co. 0... Sergeant Meagher, Co. F, Private Mather, Co. @ Captain Barker, Staff. 8 Lientenant Davis, Co. D..... | 74 Private Kelly, Co. G......... 1% Private Tyson. Co. B..,. Sergeant Carman, Co. ©. Private Stovin, Co. D.. Private Hutchinson, Co. B.. Fifer Bevan, Co. ©........... Private Dobbin, Co. D....... Captain Decker, Staff... Private McCallum, Co. C....} Captain Ross, Co. Be...) Sergeant Donglass, Co. B.... } ‘ ‘ ‘ SSE SEESEESEESELESESESSES Sergeant Lowenberg, Co, K.. MSSCUCK SU OUO RC UNNCEESCHEOUE NSU MIAN SHENSON SKY ROMO AUSECE SCOR CHRON HUSK CHO ONCE UUNEN NOM SUSE MMI NCU WEN, Sergeant Hanbenestal,Co.F. } SS USO NU SHO SHEERS NRE EN OUCH ENN SOU SESUS WSUNU NSU NEWOUNE Ae SRSUSH SWSWS CONTE SHOH SHOE SOCUMMONM OSH CROUCH SN ISIN Cet oS com Lee oe a om nots bso te: ° Lieutenant Haligan, Co. A.. H Captain Lingham, Co, I an Maior Davenport Co. L......} 38 Sergeant Gee, Co. B........ te Corporal Keenan, Co. B.... oy oe Dunne —, Co B........... eer After the regimental practice was over some of the best shots contended for a medal. Seveu scor- tng shots were fired at the 200, and the same num- ver at the 500 yardsranges. The score is given below :— SCORE FOR THE BIGHTH RRGIMENT MEDAL. Ranges, ames, Fards. —Seores.— Totals, Lieutenant Hoefle, Co, I... 933333-2) Sergeant Gee, Co. B. Lieutenant Murphy, Co. I... Ismay, Co. B... Colonel Scott... Private Heintan, Co. C, Private Hutchinson Co. B. Captain Barken, Co. B... Drummer Bevan, Co. C..:. Major Davenport, Co. C..... Captain Decker, Co. ©. Liout. Douglass, Co. B.... ‘The regiment returned to New York by the forty. two minutes past four P. M. train, Among the gentlemen present were General Dunn, of Governor Dix’s stat; General Varian, Colonel Bratne, Ninth regiment, National Guarda, and a pumber of others, Golonel Braine’s Ninth regiment wif visit Creedmoor for rifle practice on the 24th inst, THE INTERNATIONAL MATOH. The Amateur Rifle Club and the Irish Kight—The Names of the Coming Riflemen. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club, and of the team selected to | snoot against the “Irisn eight,’ was neld ou Wednesday at the Secretary’s office. decided that the team should practise to- gether ever Wednesday and Saturday, fring fifteen shots at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, vesides their private practice. The club will provide each one of the team with 500 rounds | of ammunition, and wili also pay for thetr, trans- portation. Mesars. Remingtun & Sons have offered to supply without charge whatever cartridges may be required vy those of the team who shail use their rifle, which will considerably reduce the ex- . penses of the club, During the last four weeks t members of the club have raised $560 by subscrip- tion among themseives to provide for the expenses of the match, No decision has yet been made as to who shall haye the management of the team, volonel Win- gate, Who Was originally contemplated for that position, having foand chat his business engage- ments (which have already obliged him to give up the idea of shooting in the team) would prevent ' his being abie to attend to the matter during Sep- tember. It is probable that Colonel Gildersieeve will accept the position, in which case another member will be added to the team to shoot in his ace. As the following names have been sent over by Major pLeech for entrance in the All Comers Matca of the National Rifle Association, 1t is safe to pre- | snme that their team will he selected from them, They ate as follows:—J, Bagnell, J. B. Hamilton, Pp. Walker, EF. Johnson, W, Waterhouse, T. K. Millner, H, H. Foster, J. Wilson, J. Rigby and 7. Doyte. ‘the Amateur Club are partfeniariy desirous of having it understood by their friends that the dimculties of long range shooting are so great ag only to be overcome by long practice, aud that although they have greatly improved in the short en practising, yet the thing 18.80 New and there is so much to be {earned that it is unwise to risk heavy bets upon their success, as many are doing. The average score per shot of the entire Irish team in their former matches was | 3 33-100, which has so far only been equalled by the ertirnees eae as ta the eden ‘Still shey hope for the y e odds are agains: shew, and are qpily uoproving, os it was | No material changes are reported to-day in the Beecher-Tiiton scandal. Interviews with the prin- cipals, as weil as wito their lega) representatives and members of the Investigating Committee, were sought, but without much avail. The legal representatives of both parties have taken the case in hand, and both are understood to be in- dustriously engaged im preparing their respective work, Judge Morris has proved nimseif a close-mor.tned counsel, cerning the plans which he has prepared or the objects which he desires to achieve. He does not deny the fact that associate counsel have been engaged with him to prosecute the case, or that every endeavor will be used to fully develop before the Courts the minutest detatils of the subject. Nor does he hesitate to say that when the facts are fully presented the case, as made out by hts client, will command very different criticisms to those which have been elicited from the testimony | before the Investizating Committee. | Mr. Beecher passed throngh Concord yesterday moruing en rowe to the Waite Mountains. This would seem to indicate that his present work 13 done. He has gone abroad for rest. The members oi the committee are understood to be uctiveiy at work preparing for the press @ | report, put itis not definitely asserted whether it | will published to-morrow or after what is sup- posed to be the forthcoming statement of Mr. Moulton. It is by no means improbable that some- thing will be said to-night at the usual Plymouth prayer meeting witch will throw more or less light upon the vexed question, ~————__ Itis understood that Mr. F. B, Moulton during his absence and since his recent return has been busily occupied in preparing a statement which he intends shail fully exonerate him from the charges of which he has been the subject. He declines the press or to be interviewed. preferring to rely solely upon the written testimony which he haa so long held in reserve. It is not foreshadowing too much to say that he keenly feels the asperstons upon bis character that bave been bruited in con- nection with this affair, and that he wili take all prudent steps necessary to deiend himselt, Whether in so doing ne will depart trom his réle of a “mutual Iriend” so far as to reveal the written confidences of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, which ne is the keeper, remains to be seen. The only interesting new feature in the case to- day isthe following letter from Mr. George H. Beecher: MOULTON AT WORK. Frank Moulton was called upon at his house, im Remsen street, last evening by a reporter, bat declined to be seen. He was engaged with Theodore Tilton and the counsel tor the latter, Mr. SB. Morris, in the preparation of his statement, which will be given to the press to-day. Mr. Tilton has ceased work upon his statement lor the present. He is waiting to learn the effect of Frank’s second manifesto upon the public mind beiore concluding the paper. Yester- | day the ex-editor of the Golden Age received an oder from @ manager mn Pennsylvania agreeing to pay him $76,000 11 he would deliver fifty lecture under his auspices. The offer will be considered at a tuture period. THE COMMITTEE. The committee of Plymouth olurch investiga- tors beld a meeting last evening and reviewed the testimony which was prepared by Mr. John Winslow. ‘The evidence taken will be | laid beture the charcn committee of the whol tnis evening, and the sub-committee will be dis charged from further consideration uf the subject. MOULTON. Sa bes My communication of yesterday did not take in all the points in the case which I proposed to dis- cuss when I commenced writing, but knowing that both newspaper space and patience are limited, I stopped where I did, trusting to yonr courtesy for another hearing. The omitted points 1 now beg your permission to present. Mr. Mouiton’s marvellous exhibdition of “mutnal friendship’ seems to have so befogged the minds ol many estimable people that they have appar- ently forgotten the common sense raies which common sense men have established for the test- | ing of evidence. Newspapers and private citizens | have been calling npon Mr. Moulton to speam, as though nis word were destined iike some magical | spear to separate between the joints of the “mys- tery,” and what he may choose to say, must of necessity be finai, It Its forgotten that it is | always tn place to inquire, when our credulity 1s | heavily drawn upon, which ts the more likciy— ‘hat the story is true or that the person who tells it lies or is mistaken, Now, inasmuch as Mr. Moulton, like all other men, may be mistaken— and we know that he has been circulating talse- loods—how can his word settle anything against aman whose character has been unstained jor lorty years? But this is by way of parenthesis, We know that faintliarity with evil deadens the moral perceptions so that all consciousness of turpitude 18 lost. Only by remembering this can we account for the lact that Mr. Moulton expected ) vo receive public approval for bis “mutual triend- ' ship.? in order, however, that the public may not be deceived as to what HIS ACTS OF MUTUAL PRIENDSHIP were let me recapitulate some of them :— First—He read private lotters, written to bim in confidence, to the avowed enemy of the man who wrote them. Second—He allowed that enemy to take these | letters and publish garbled extracts irom them, | Tor the purpose of aestroying the good name of the | man who bad conjided in him. | Phird—He aliowed fragments of these letters to be wrested from their proper connection and made to appear to tuply & guiit which he knew to be false, and he opened not his mouth. Beecher to copy letters written in confidence and to misquote them at will, ne declined to permit | Mr. Beecher to see the originals, although he | knew that without the originals Mr. Beecher could not properly derend himself, himself in private circulating taies to the same | purpose, while to Mr. Beecher’s face pretending to be heart and soul interested in his vindication, Now let these points be considered in their order, and the facts bearing upon them be put in proper relation, ‘This done, we shall be in a position to estimate Mr, Moulton's value as a witness, MI. MOULTON’S EXCUSE. Mr. Moulton’s pretence that the letters were published by Mr. Tilton against his (Mouiton’s) protest will not. 1 think, impose upon any con- jderabie namber of intelligent people. he gave | Mr. Tilton the letters, or at all events permitted | him to copy them. Why ¢id he do so? Was {t out of friendship jor Mr. Beecher ? Ig tt possible that Mr. Moulton thought the way to heip his “friend” was to put his private corres. pondence in the hands of his enemy ¢ not think 80, What construction is to be placed on the action? Can it be looked upon a8 anything short of treachery, and is there any escape from tue conviction that from the beginning tlil the end Moultwm and Tilton acted together for the accom: plishmentofa common purpose? But to realize the “game’’ in its beauty, Mr. Mouiton’s appear- ance beore the committee and his decitnation to let Mr. Beecher see his own letters, must be heid steadily in mand, together with the fabrication of { the story which appeared in the Chicago dridune, When THE CHIVAGO STORY APPEARS, 4 what do we find this mutuai friend domg? Indig- nantly denying’ Commg out and assuring the public thatit ts all talse 2 No, He refuses to read the story, keeps his mouth ciosed, tells us that he stands on his statement to the committee, and thea runs off to see General Butler. A DRLICATR POSTVTON. Mr, Moniton js certainly in @ most delicate sitn- / ation, Whether Mr. Beecher be guilty or not, garely sich misrepresentation of his letters aud withnolding the originals mast be considered in- famous, Moreover, Mr. Moulton has to meet thy fact that | hevetotore he has believed Mr. Beecher to be inno- cent and declared such belief to a dozen or more witnesses. Mr, Moulton ts in a dilemma, It 18 | eved him both innocent and guilty. Such, how- ever, is his position, Dia Mr, Tilton’s statement | convert nim? That cannot be, for he affirms thi } bs hay not read it, That be has believed Mr. More Revelations from a, nd gives no information whatever con- | THE STATEMENT OF MR. MOULTON. | however, to give any information to members of | GEORGE H. BEECHER ON MR. | Firth—He caused to be published on Mr. Beecher | | a filthy slander tn the Chicago 7ritune, and dasied ; If he did | aim@euit to understana how he coul@ have consid. | Beecner mnocent heretofore 13 clear from his tess timony to a great variety of witnesses, This has been placed before the committee. I fear he will have to take one of two yrounds— either that ail these witnesses have lied, or else that he has Hed to ail of them: and in the most solemn manner, To take either of these grounds would prove fatal. If he takes the first nobody will belleve him; tr he takes the second’ he, in the first place, thereby declares him~- self to be an atrocious ar, and in the second rty to the covering up of the Mithy guile of Mr. Beecher, whom he yet declares “he loves aa the apple of his ‘as there ever sich as- vonishing love aa tins’ But the dificully does not end here, He wii not only have to pronounce himself a liar 1n all his former protestations of Mr. Beecher’s innocence, but will have to meet @ great fence which proves that he nis testimony of Mr. Beecher's innocence to Assist ant Pastor Halliday and oters, Second—tie allawed Mr, Halliday to take down iD writing his Host solemn assurances, to be used in the tuture in proving Mi. Beecher’s innocence. Third—\y assuming the innovence of Mr. Beecher in ali his intercourse with him, speak- ing of him as his dear triend, and publishing that he “loves him as the apple of his eye.”” Fourth—\n allowing Mr. Beecher to be perfectly intimate tn his family, and in aocial imtercourse with his wife and children, who are members of Plymouth chureh and Sabbath school. Fifih—The \evters which he wrote in req to Mr. Beecher’s, It is an amazing pity that these have not been preserved, but in the thousands of letters which Mr. Beecher receives, these, with the rest, have gone to the waste basket. ‘He never thought Of guarding himself against ihe :riend in | whom he reposed the most implicit conidence and love. Luckily, a8 Mra, Stowe related in my hear- ing, by the merest freak of good jortune one of these stuck by him and was found, but a search of the house revealed no more. In reply to Mr, Beecher’s letter of June 1, 1873, iu whic occur the following sentences:—‘My mind is clear, lam notin haste. I sball write for the public a state- ment that will beor the light of the juagment day. God wiil take care of me and mine, When I }ook on earth jt is deep night, When I look to the heavens above see the morning breaking. Bat, oh that I could put in golden letters my deep sense of your faithiul, undy- ing fidelity—your disinterested = {riendsbipt Your noble wife, too, has been oni of God’s comforters. [tis such as she that renews @ wandering faith tn womanhood,” The letter closes with, “I have @ strong feeling upon me, and it brings great peace with it, that ! am spending my last Sunday and preaching my last sermon. Dear, good God, I thank Thee, I am, indeed, be- ginning to see rest and triumph. The pain of life is but @ moment; the giory of the everlasting emancipation is worldless, mconceivable, full of beckoning giory,”? and a few words of affectionate love to Frank, Whom he expects to meet in heaven. Mr. Moulton answers and twice repeats the assur- ance, “You can stand 1{ the whole case were pub- lished to-morrow,” and continues, “in my optnion it shows ouly a selfish faith in God to go whining into heaven if you could, with a truth thas not cuurageous enough, with God's help in God, to try to live on earth, You know that I Jove you, and because I do I shall try and try and try as in the past,’ and closes with, “May G bless you; | Know he will protect you. FRANK.” Evidently, irom the above, he loves Mr. Beecher— at least he says so, Certainly he believes him tn- nocent, and declares that he ought courageously, with God’s help and faith in Him, to try and live the truth on earth, and not cowardly desire to simk off to heaven, and closes with the benedic- tion, “May Goud bless you; 1 know he will protect you.” What, God bless and protect a vile liber- tine, tar and hypocrite? Mr. Moulton knew better than this. If this were true, how could he stand to-morrow if the whole case were pnbdiished? Now here is multitudinous and overwhelming evidence that Mr. Moulton firmly believed {n Mr. Beecher's Innocence, and certainly Mr. Moulton has had good opportunity to know. Mr. Moulton is a deep feltow, and will donbtiess write a long, artfal and plausible statement. But what ot it? Documentary evidence artfully arranged will not take in the people again, Forged letters or any other diabolical device will hardly avail. The shrewd Ben Butler cannot help him. But it would be strange indcec if, after Jour years’ collection of evidence and manufacture of documents, he could not produce a startung and plausible document. Mrs. Woodiiuli published her statement with documentary evidence, and the world treated it with contemptuous disbelief, Frank Moulton is part and parcel of the same vile cliqne. Mrs, Woodhull pronounces him one of nature’s noblemen,”” GEO. H. BEECHER. A NEWARK SCANDAL A LA BROOKLYN, The eternal fitness of things would not be mani- fest nnicss Newark, Jersey’s “City of Churches,” should produce something akin to the sensation | ofthe City of Churches” veyond trom the me- tropolis. Yesterday, before Justice Otto, in New- | ork, was arraigned Christina Kuliock to answer a charge sworn to by her husband Frederick, alleging her repeated infideiities with one Augus- tus 0. Stockman, an ex-policeman. —{t turned out that since he ound out the alleged shame Kuitock Was lived with ms wile, aud that he made amdavit on the merest hearsay evidence. ‘re upshot of the case was that Fred was held (or perjury and his wife as a witness. This will dampen the fiery temper oj our jealous husbands in Newark, | “SCANDAL IN ILION, Disclosures Concerning a Prominent Citizen. (N. Y.) Democrat of this week's issue say: lion is perversing. Much excitement exisve there on account of late disclosures concerning a | prominent citizen and churenman. ‘The story. as it 18 generally understood and told there, runs | about as lollows is “churchman” iaarried tn another country, Inany years ago, a Very tine lady, | They came to Philadelphia and resived there hap- pily several years, and nad born to them two cmi- dren, poth now living, the older one a young lady seventeen years of age. He then ruiued his wiie’s sister, @ young giri then of but fourteen years, and eloped with her. As Short is noted as a rendezvous for such persons, they soon reached their destinauon and have been residing there for the past several years a8 Map and wife, They have bad born to them three chiidren, all living, since bis arrival im inon. He has been generally considered as a “bad man;” nevertheless ne hus been made the recty- lent of many javors, and has had avd now las em- ployment, where better nen wouki not ne trusted, A few days ago the deserted wiie of tis “churen- man” and sister of his paramour came to Uuea, having !ound ner husband's wher: ts, She and to prominent citizens of [lion the circumstances con- nected with her life. The husband was imme- dtately charged with the crime and made no de- nial. “His wife remains in Utica. Her intent is not known. As public indignation there is greatly aroused probably the matter will be fully investi- gated and the truth of the report terreted ont, |THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROA) SLAUGHTER. | ie Sie | The Coroner’s Inquest—Disagreement of the Jury. | {he Coroner’s investigation into the circum- stances which caused the slanghter of three bn- man beings at Cornwell's Station, on the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, on Saturday last, was concinded yesterday at Bristol, after the examination of Jas. K, Snoffner, Jonn Loughlin, Alva Kerr, E. L. Nieman and R, Wilson Perry excursionists on the ill-fated train, and Joseph S, Neider, section foreman at Cornwell's Station, The witnesses Loughlin and The Herkimer | | Fourth—Aiter having allowed the enemy of Mr. , pevesidhnh Panta ila gent la tte gs oa the collision occurred, and, although the car was mashed iu pieces aud two other occupants of it were instantly killed, stili these men escaped without sustaining any serious tnjary, which Is considered by many as miraculous, ‘The drift of the evidence adduced yesterday in- dicates that the train was running at the rate of twenty-five or thirty miles an hour when it passed over ihe misplaced switch. It was also es- tablished beyond a doubt that the switchman had a white flag tn his possession at the time of the accident, and one of the witnesses, £. L. Nieman, testified that in reply to a qnestion put by him to the switchman to this eifect, “Whose fault is this" he said, “It WAS MY PAULT AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER’S.? | Garrett H. Roberts, the section boss, deposed that he had received no notice of the approach of the excursion train officially, and ‘hat he some- | times received notice of extras coming and often- ) tines did not; a red flag on preceding trains is the usual notice given of the approach of extras; since the accident he received two notices of the coming of the extras from the operator; the switch that caused the accident has been | taken out temporatily since and Saas bart switen put in instead, If the train bi been running south on the north bound track at the time of the accident it would have moved the switch over all , Tigut and no collision would have occurred, This aWitch Was reversed on the lstof June last, and if it bad been in its old position the accident would not have happened. | use red dags always when The witness, k. Wilson Perry, deposed that the telegraph operator at Cornwell's refused to send aespatches vo Norristown about the accident until he was threatened, on the ground that it would injure the railroad company to do so. Mr. Perry Said that the operator acted im a very indifferent | repairing the track, | and ungentiemaniy manner, Mr. Dorrance of Bristol, on behalf of the Penn- ayivants, Raliroad Company, watched the proceed- he jury, after being out three hours, were un- | abie vO agree on a verdict, and adjourned to this evening at seven o'clock. The main issue be- pany at Laniy ioe whethes the ratlroad piu how censured for not giving | notification to the switchman of the a proweh of | the excursion train, and ajso for having we | switch reversed on the ist of June last, v | Were divided as follows :—three for censaring the company and condemning the switchman for Negligence and three for condemning the switch- Man Without censnring the company,