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STANLEY'S MISSION TO AFRICA, The American Explorer Received by the Sultan of Zanzibar. [SPRCEAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Lonpow, Oct. 18, 1874. Mr. H. M. Stanley, chief of the Hunarp wxpedition for exploration in Africa, has ar- rived at Zanzibar, on his way to the scene of bis new labor in the land where he found Liv- ingstone. BOYAL HONOR TO THE AMERICAN PRESS. The Sultan of Zanzibar has accorded a friendly reception to the American press rep- resentatives. THE WAR SHIP JUNIATA. (@pzctan DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Lonpow, Oct, 18, 1874. The United States steamship Juniata has are Fived at Zante. SPAIN. A Carlist Contraband Steamer Held Under Ar- rest by French Officers—Armed Span- iards Demand Her Surrender— Royalist Losses in the Field, BAYONNE, Oct, 18, 1874, The steamer Nitves, which was detained by the French authorities on the representation of the Bpanish Consul at Bayonne that she contained sontraband of war for the Carlists, is held under guard in the port of Socoa, Department of tne Lower Pyrenees. The Mayor of Irun and the Spanish Consul at Bendaye have arrived there in a Spanish gunboat, and demanded the surrender of the steamer, The Captain of the Port answers that he is with- | put authority to comply. The Spanish govern- ment has not yet made any formal demand on Prauce for the vessel. CARLIST LOSSES IN BATTLE. fourhundred Carlists have been captured by whe republican troops near Albacete. In the recent engagement at Amposta 1,000 Uarl- {sts were killed. MUTINY, ‘The Navarrese soldiers in Don Carlos’ army re- fuse to leave their province and march into Leon. ROYALIST LOSSES AND GAINS, Don Carlos has appointed the Duke of Parma and Counts Caserta and Bardf to important com- mands, The Carlist chieftain Nava has destroyed eleven bridges on the Valencia and Tarragona Railway. french Activity for the Observance of Neutrality Toward Spain. PARIS, Oct. 18, 1874, The French government has isaued iresh orders prohibiting the residence of Spaniards in eight communes bordering on Spain. Some thirty Carl- (ats have accordingly received notices to quit. The Prefect of the Department of the Lower Pyrenees, whose conduct is one of the subjects of Bpanish complaint, will shortly be removed, fhe Contraband Steamer Towed Into a Spanish Port. Lonpon, Oct. 19, 1874 A despatch to the Standard from St. Jean de Luz reports that a Spanish gunboat has been al- lowed to tow the steamer Nieves into the harbor of San Sebvestian. ROYAL ENGLISH COMPLIMENT TO ISABELLA’S 80N. Permission has been granted Alphonso, Prince of the Asturias, to study at Sandhurst. FRANCE. _ Amembly Election Rem lts—Republican Nation- alism Ahead, PARIS, Oct. 18, 1874, Partial returns of the elections for members of the Assembly—which were held in three depart- ments to-day—have been received. In the Pas-de-Calais and Seine-et-O1se MM. Brasme and Senard, republicans, are ahead, and Im the Alpes-Maritimes M. Medecin, French nation- alist, has @ majority of the votes as far as heard HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF NAPOLEON. It is oMctally announced that the rebuilding of the Column Venddme will be completed next jonth, and tha: the statue of Napoleon, whieh is pearly finished, will be placed on the monument, 4 PREFECT TO BE REMOVED FOR POLITICAL PAR- TIZANSHIP. The Journal de Paris states that the Prefect of the Department of the Alpes-Maritimes will soon be removed on account of bis course with regard to the election. THE FIJI ISLANDS. LonDon, Oct. 19~5 A. M, The government has received a despatch from Bir Hercules Robinson announcing that the “King Signed the unconditional cession of the Fiji Islands to Great Britain on the 30th of September.” THE NEW ZEALAND MAILS. ihn London, Oct. 19, 1874, The Post Office gives notice that, in accordance ‘with the desire of the New Zealand government, the mails will again be sent to that colony by way of San Francisco. THE ARGENTINE REVOLUTION. RIO JANEIRO, October 18, 1874. ‘The Brazilian government has declined to inter- fere with the steamer Parana, whose detention at Rio Grande was requested by the authorities of Buenos Ayres. The steamer sailed yesterday morning for the Rio de la Plata, alter completing her repairs, Se eee OUB INDIAN POLICY. Sharp Debate in a Boston Church—Cap- tain Jack Eulogized by Father Glea- son. Boston, Mass., Oct. 18, 1874. A meeting was held to-night ip Hollis street church to consider the Indian policy, Father Gleason presided, and in the course of his re- marks enlogized Captain Jack and defended his shooting of Major General Canby and Commis- | joner Thomas, Colonel Meacham arose and ated that he took no pari in such an assertion, he believed the assassination of Canby and Thomas A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. Father Gleason then said he had read in Oregon Papers that Meacham was a political adventurer, and had he offered to Captain Jack the terms the President desired, Canby and Thomas would not have been shot, Coionel Meacham made no reply to this, but said Gleason had udvertised him to @peak Without his authority. After further wrang- Ung, Colonei meacham leit the church. RAID OF TEXAS HERDERS, Citizens Killed=The Outlaws Fortified on an Island. Omana, Neb., Oct. 18, 1874. For eeveral days past Kearney Junction, Neb., das been overrun by a lot of Texan herders who have committed many depredations. The citizens were airaid to attempt their capture. Matters, however, culminated last night in o row in which two citizens were killed. The herders then retreated to an island in Platte Kiver, anu have jortified themselves, The citizens felegraphed to Governor Furnas ior arms and | aminanition, and he has ordered them vorward | trom Lincoln without delay, ‘The zens will do ai tp anole power to contine the desperadoes to Two | beyond the NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. COUNT VON ARNIM'S ARREST, The Charge Against the Ex-Minister Dwindling Down. (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY cantz.] Beau, Oot. 18, 1874, Count Von Armin’s trial will take place in three weeks. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE COUNT. The charge against the ex-Ambassador of Germany has dwindled down to one of in- subordination only, Prince Bismarck dreading the further spread of the scandal. Count Von Arnim Kept in the Most Strict Confinement. Lonpvon, Oct. 19, 1874. Despatches from Berlin represent tbat Count von Arnim has been excluded from all communication with the outer world. An English Account of the Arrest. [Berlin (Oct. 5—Evening) correspondence of the London Telegraph.) Ihave received from the best sources the follow- tng details with respect to Count Arnim’s arrest | and imprisonment :—Yesterday afternoon the pal- ace of the Coant’s mother-in-law, the widow of a former Minister of State, was searched, and to- day the lodging of his son, who is premier lieu- tenant of the Dragoon Guards, was similarly ex- amined, Both investigations were conducted With great strictness, but were alike destitute of results. Count Arnim was surrounded at Nassen- heide by several persons, some of whom were officials of the Fureigu Ofice aud some meimoers 01 the police torce, and they promised him that he should not be Imprisoned ‘on condition that he voluntarily delivered up the despatches in ques- ton. When the Count refused to accede to this proposal one of the principal officials produced an eras already signed, lor his arrest aud tmprison- en! The ex-Ambassador was removed from bis rest- dence to the station at Stetun in an open carriage. ‘His imprisonment excites the greatest appreten- 100 among bis iriends on account of its extraor- divary circumstances, for tue offence of which the Count is accased—viz., the suppression of docu- ments, is not a very serious one, and imme- Mediate imprigonment for it wiyhout trial igs never awarded. He 18 charged with not having delivered up certain letters which he Tegards as private, but which the Foreign OMice holds to be of the nature of official documents, The Count, it is said, has kept these letters because he founds upon them a claim for indem- | nity. There is @ general feeling vu! curiosity to learn what are the reasons which the govern: ment press will give for this proceeding, and it is conjectured that, perhaps, Count Aroim is ainend of Dr. D&llinger, or possibly he may be a partisan of the ultramontanes, and has conspired with them against the State. Benedetti, La Marmora, Von Arnim, a Significant Trio. {From the London Times, Oct. 8.) Our Prussian correspondent’s announcement that the arrest of Count Arnim continues to pro- duce the most painiul sensation in Berlin will readily be understood. Statements, indeed, had for some time been current of ditferences between the Count and his former colleagues at tho Berlin Foreign office; but the sudden arreat of 80 emi- nent a diplomatist and his consignment to a Prison are occurrences beyond the range of any Ordinary officta: disagreements. * * * We cannot but trust that a charge which would bring | to a disgraceful close a distinguished career will Prove open to some explanation. Nor, again, can ‘We avoid a suspicion that the filustrious Untet of the Imperiat Cabinet would have done more ‘wisely 10 suffer some obloquy in preference to the appearance of using nis supremacy in the State to crush a rival. But, whatever the merits of this particular case, it 18 impossible not to be re- minded by such an accusation of a variety of recent instances of the unauthorized publication of important diplomatic documents, Ever since the Franco-German War we have had & succession of personal apologies on the part of diplomatists, in which they have not scrupled to employ con- fidential papers as materials for their self-justit- cation, Count Benedetti and the Duc de Gramont both set fagrant examples of t's practice, which have been freely imitated by their countrymen; and inftaly General Della Marmora, in the mere defence of a wounded personal vanity, has treated the most confidential doca- ments as his private property. In the latter case, indeed, the violation of public propriety was so | gross that the Italian government were obliged to give jormal assurances of their determination to Tepress such misuse of official knowledge. It would be grievous if it should prove that tnis vice has at length spread even to the loyal ranks of German puolic servants. We hope no English statesman could be guilty of such conduct, and we are confident the sound public opinion allke ofall countries and of ail diplomatic services will brand it in any shape as in the highest degree dishonor- | able. 1t 18 inevitable in the transaction of allim- portant affairs that many things should be said and done by the principal agents which it would be most mischievous to publish; and when such affairs concern the peace and good will of grest Dations, and when the motive for violating confidence is mainly personal or party spite, there is eomething pecuilarly disgraceiul in the Offence. A careless method of treating omctal Papers seems, however, to have become custom! of late years on the Continent, and it will be membered how M, Kouher had kept a number of oficial papers at his country house, which tell into the possession of the Germans on their invasion of France. If the Berlin Foreign Office has ac- quiesced in any such Jax custody of State docu- ments it Will be partly responsible for auy misap- Plicatien of them. If, on the other hand, tne doc- uments in question are letters written by Prince Bismarck ip vhe freedom ol private confidence, the legal guilt of making a public use of them may disappear, but the moral dishonor will be propor- uonately aggravated. it 1s impossibie to be too strict or scrupulous in such matters, and the in- vestigation which must follow Count Arnim’s a Test Will at least, we may hope, impress this lesson: on diplomatists and public men. Why Bismarck is Alarmed. {From the Pall Mall Gazette, Oct, 8.) In considering Prince Bismarck's acts it is not of mach avail to Inquire into their morality, With the German Chancellor the public interest, of What he holds to be the public interest, is the first consideration, But even the greatest may occasionally blunder, and it is hard to be- lleve that the Prince has not blundered in impris- oning Count Arnim, The Count’s alleged odfence is the concealment of certain documents which are described as missing. If the documents in question had been seized with Count Aroim, the seventy with which he has been treated would have beon moré intelligible—at all events, it would have accustomed the public to the deter- mination of the government 10 keep pos- session of them, whether it can make | out @ legal claim to chem or not. But if the docu- ments are missing, the probabie inference is that Count Arnim bas consigned them to gome place of sale keeping beyond the German—at all even russian—irontier. In that case, what can the authorities do? They may sentence him to a term of imprisonment tor the appropriation of papers which nave not been produced, and con- sequently have vot been proved not to be his own Property; bat this will not bring the papers bac Prince Bismarck seems occasionally to forget that even the most high-handed policy must submit to Umitations of time and place. Count Arnim in a Berhn prison cannot be treated as Isaac of York was treated in Front de Boout’s castie and tortured until he buys his release by giving up the papers. ‘There Ct le beyond which nothing can be done with Count Arnim, and that point is one which, if he 1s obstinate, must soon be reached, Even the long suffering Prussian liberais—and they are very long suffering—will hardly stand more than &% certain amount of arbitrary punishment ine Nicted on a political adversary, and there is not much ooject tp alienating a party which at pres- ent 18 thoroughly prepared to support Prince Bismarck in everything i: tt does not stop the publication of the papers which tt is desired to suppress, What the contents of these papers is may be at least guessed. Tuey probaply relate to that point in the confict with the Charch when Priace Bismarck bad pot made up his mind whetner he shouid fight or be iriends. The eccie- Siadtical laws Were passed iu May, 1872, and in the January of that year Count Arnim was at Rome, with, a3 it 18 allowabe to suspect, the draught of the proposed taws in his pocket. Prince Bismarck 18 not a man to show his hand beiore the game begins umess he has some mo- tive for doing it: umd If the conversations be- tween vount Arnim und the Pope could have been overheard, the mystery that hi always rested op the origin ol the ecclesiastical quarrel in Germany would probably he cleared up, Why aid the Prussian government, which nad tor years been oo good terms witn the Roman Cath- olic Courch, suddenly change its tone? Not surely because the Pope could not put up with the dea oF @ Protestant Power being supreme in Germany. Popes have made capital out of Protestant suc- ses beiwre now, and there is nothing either in or the Emperor's the Koman authorities. ig thi Pope, betore January, 1872—as lar back, perhaps, as tho visit of the Archbishop of Posen to Versailles 1m January, 1871—had shown big de- be triends with Germany unless Germany would further the restoration of his temporal power; supposing that Prince Bismarck saw that if the Pope were not a friend he might be a dangerous enemy, aud saw also that to make bim a triend in the way 8 sted by himsel! was impossible; even Germany would be beaten in @ crasade for the re-establishment of the Pope as an Italian sovereign—it 13 more tl that Count Arnim’s instructions may have been of @ kind which Prince Bismarck would very much wish to keep secret, If the Po Won over at a price jess than that he himself asked this pricemust have related 10 German matters. “I cannot,” Count Arnim may have been told to say, “do anything for you abroad, but I can do a good deal for you at home. I can see that the old Cath- ollcs give you no trouble and that trouviesome theologians who deny your iniallibility get no countenance in high places. In fact, within the dominions of the Emperor, my master, | can prom- ise you all tne opportunities for exercising spir. itual influence which you can desire, and If you will stand our friend | now make you this offer.” If tne heads of any such speech as this are among the missing papers the motive of Prince Bis- marck’s desire to silence Count Arnim is pla | si en not to taken lor that purpose is not quite so obvious, A Strange Indignity. (From the London News, Oct. 6.) © © © It Js quite intelligible that Prince Bis- Marck should wish to have the letters which he has sent to Count Arnim from time to time, but a domiciliary visit by gendarmes isa strong measure diplomatic colleague. Count Arnim refused to give up the papers, and the officers who conducted the search failed to discover them, whereupon the Count himeel: was arrested. Ten years ago, when every Prussian who took high office was held to have given up hig political liberty on becoming & servant of the Crown, such a proceeding would not have excited surprise, but it was hoped that the increased power and dignity of the royal house would have been accompanted by more lib- eral views of the rights and duties of statesmen. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. Panama Approves of the National Leg- islation=The Presidential Election Canvass Becoming Exciting. Panama, Oct. 9, 1874. The Legislative Assembly of Panama has passed 2 law accepting the views of the national govern- | Ment with respect to the means to be adopted for civingzing the Darien Indians, and another ap- proving of the project to introduce water into Panama by aqeduct. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANVARS, A good deal of excitement is beginning to ap- pear in view of the coming election for Presi- dent of the State, which takes place in May next. There are two candidates in the flela— Dr, Arosemena, the present Secretary of the State government, and General Espinosa, the commander of the Staie troops. | the flysheets already circulating a stormy period | may be predicted, with ride balls Jor hailstones. Beiore this cam take place tt is to be hoped the to keep Panama and Aspinwall iree irom disorder, FROM THE INTERIOR of the Republic there is nothing of very great in- terest. The State of Antioquia exported $213,600 in the precious meials. Veins of auriferous silver have been discovered. TELEGRAPHIC PROGRESS. The Colombian government has made a contract which, if ratified in London, wil: secure to tms country & submarine cable between Aspiu- wall, Cartbagena, Savanilla and Santa Mar- tha, the rate of charge to be $5 for we first ten words, fiity cents for each additional word. The government is to give an annual subsidy of $25,000 for eight years. The goverument has also agreed to give to the com- any that undertakes it an annual subsidy of Riovo0 to maintain telegraphic communication between Panama and Peru, touching at Buena- ventura. From Bogota to Panama, via Buenaven- tura, the charge will be $6 Jor each ten words; but to Payta, $6. AMERICAN NAVAL COMPLIMENT, On the 2d inst. the members of the Legislative Assembly of Panama received an invitation irom Admiral Collins to visit the United States flagship Ricnmwond, with their wives and families, ‘The in- vitation was accepted Jor the 9th inst. Guatemala. PaNaMA, Oct. 9, 1874. In Guatemala the severe earthquakes of the 3d of September last caused the Hiver Portal to over- flow its banks, which put @ stop to the running of the flour mills, causing 8 great scarcity oi flour, Don Celso Arias, cx-President of Honduras, had earived in the city of Guatemala and wag well re- ceive Lines of omntbuses are about to be established in Guatemala city. Nicaragua. This Repuplic is occupied with the approaching election for next President, Mr. Joseph Simpson has launched a steamer on Lake Managua, to the great convenience of the people on its shores. Chili. Bolivia and Chili have come to an amicable ar rangement about their frontiers. The Patagonian question between Chill and the Argentine Kepublic 1s also in @ lair way to be settled. The troubles with the Arcanian Indians con- tinue. THE CAUSE OF CUBA. Public meetings are irequentiy held in Chili on behait of Cuba. A periormance was given in a theatre recently in aid of the !unds for the livera- tion of Cuba. THE EARTHQUAKE IN GUATEMALA. Sad Scenes Among the Ruin Which ‘Was Caused by the Great Convulsion— Hundreds of Dead Bodies Found—A Town in Ruins—Extraordinary Phe- nomena of Nature. PANAMA, Oct. 10, 1874. A Guatemala paper reports thus of the earth- quake of September 3:— THE LOSSES suffered in the Department are calculated to be ; trom $200,000 tuo $260,000, including Jarming houses, machinery aud some thousanus of yards ol storehouses, under which cochineal was buried under the ruins of roof und wall. ‘The number of victims amount to 200, it is said, but the matcer cannot be exactly decided, because many aead bodies remained buried under the stream of mud which descended from the Cerro del ‘igre. In Antigua alone thirty persons per- ished, the greater part being women and children, 1t is calculated that twentysfive bodies were ouried in the other towns and 100 more or Jess bruised and wounded, A TOWN IN RUINS. The town of Duefios is enrirely ruined, with its church, cabildo, parochial edifice and private houses, A short distance trom Duefios and near @ cotfee jarm of Zinza, in @ place’ called La Estancia, there was an extraordinary romontory of mud, which had descended from the Rewgnts of the Cerro ael Tigre. ‘The promontory had in some places a depth of one hundred feet, and was formed by those eruptions of mud which geologists call saleas, und which generally is nota good sign for the bordering countries. ‘Ine erup- tion which produced this promontory consisted of cold mud, Which, although very compact, carried in its current enormous masses of stones and trees, whose trunks measured eight and ten inches in chameter, RELIEF. The government has ordered supplies of flour from Saivador and California, A subscription 1s being raised in Guatemala for those tamilies that have suffered by the jast earthquake. ‘The departments of Sacatepequez, Chimalte- Dango aud others have suffered considerably. PROVINCIAL REPORTS OF LOSSES. The El Pi , ol Guatemala, of the 6th ult., gives the followiog additional items about the earthquake :—A telegram to the government from Anrigoa, dated 4th ult., says the consequences or the earthquake lust night are very serious. ‘There Were fourteen deaths in Antigua, five in Duelios, five in Jocotenango and one in Sau Pedro. The towns of Aloterango and Ciudad Vieja are very mucn damaged, The city of Amatitian bas also sulfered considerably, but there were uo rovberies Or loss ot lives. A telegraphic despatch to the government from Minister Samayoa, « ber last, stated through all the city; found twenty-six victiins, mostly women, who lived in some old ruins.” in Patzizia more damage was done and 100 Geaths are reported. ult, said:—‘The President has returned from Duefios; the church and cabildo had suffered Most, and the jarm houses in the neighborhood and the native huts had remained intact. ‘Iwo rivers which descended from the volcano over- flowed their bede and carried away some buts, with about twenty victims.” At Chimaltenango the people were in a state of consternation at the effects of the earthquake, The Villa di Zaragoza, Patzizia and Istapa will bd ruined completely, athe were forwarded anda all the atd pos- sivie, INCENDIARISM IN BOSTON, Bostos, Mass., Uct. 18, 1874, The storehouse of the Danvers Carpet Company, at Danvers, was set on fire Saturday night and | entirely consumed. It contained 40y rolls of manu lactured carpets, valued at $40,000; about 10,000 pounds of coloren yarn, and 6,000 pounds of wool ae ecm loss i@ about $60,000; Insured Jor only since | conceivable | was to be | enough, though the wisdom of the means he has | to be taken by a Foreign Minister against an oid | From | general government wil! have here troops enough | | and deposited with the Secretary of the Common- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONTRO- VERSY. A Letter from Mr. Curtis. To THe EpiTon oF THE HERALD:— It seems to me that in your ad hominem appeal to me to recognize the authority of Mr. Webster 4s Opposed to the views I have taken of the Louist- ana case, you do not go far enough in discriminat™ ting this case from that of the Rhode Island gov- ernment about which Mr. Webster was speaking, No one questions tne general principie that when the President is applied to to protect a State gov- ernment against domestic violence he is bound to regard “the existing government” as entitled to make the application; and certainly I bave not questioned that the Kellogg government was the existing government, and as such entitled to move the President's considera- tion of its title to be regaraed as fhe lawful government. But suppose that the ode island case had been the reverse of what it was, Sup- pose that the President, using his power uplaw- tully, had been instrumental in making the Dorr government the existing government, by active and forcible measures assisting in its inception and in its sttainment of de sacto power, can you imagine that Mr. Webster would have considered it the duty of the President, in case Mr. Dorr had applied tu him to be protected under the constitu- tion, to include that case within the gen- eral principle of recognizing and main- taining the existing government? 1 can- not imagine it. 1 suppose he woula have said juat what his language tn another part of his argument implies, and what is true in all cases of @n application under the constitution. “These constitutional and legal provisions,’ he said, “make it the indispensable duty of the President to decide, in cases of commotion, what is the right- ful government of the State, He cannot avoid | such decision.” ‘Ihat 18 to say, he receives an ap- plication irom an existing government, and hav- ing received it, ne must decide whether it is the | lawful government, In the actual Rhode Island case the application was made by the old or “charter”? government, which was ‘the exist- ing governmen:,” of which Mr. Webster spoke. The President, acting by Mr. Webster’s advice, decided that this government was the rightiul one, and “could not possibly have decided otherwise.” Why? Because the Dorr govern ment had not been created by the people under any sanction given by the existing government to proceedings tor changing the constitution of the State—a mode of action indispensable to the validity of such a change: But if the proceedings which gave rise to the Dorr government had been promoted and aided by the President, it had be- come thereby the existing governmen, and had as such applied to the President to be maintained In possession, the same “indispensable duty" of deciding what was “the rightful government” would have required the President to ignore it. You remark that “Mr. Curtis thinks thas the President is touad to find that a threatened gov- ernment has a perfect title before he can inter- pose.” This is not quite a correct view of what I maintained. My position was and is, that when an application is made to the President by an ex- isting State government, and he knows that it originally became the actual government by his own unlaw(ul interference, he is not at liberty to treat itas the rightful government and thus en- force his own wrong. I am reluctant to tres- pass again upon your columns, but I do not wish to be misunderstood. GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS. Nuw YOu«, Uct. 17, 1874. George Ticknor | Letter from Mr. Samuel J. Bayard. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The following incident will show thats Legisla- ture, consisting of 600 or 700 members, refused to the Chief Magistrate of a State the right to re- verse his decision, and is an agreement of that number against one in favor of your position and that of Mr. Johnson. Samuel Adams, a Jeffersonian democrat, was Governor of Massachusetts when the Legislature of that State passed a joint resolution authorizing the Electoral College of Electors for President to fill any vacancies i their body which shoulda occur from death, resignation or otherwise. The resolution was signed by Governor Adams wealtn. In the evening of the day when he had signed tne resolution he went to the Secretary's office and erased his name from the resolution. ‘The next day he sent a message to the Legislature stating what he had done, and thaqon reflection he was satisfied that the resolution was uncon- stitutional, The Legislature, alter prolonged debate in both houses, resolved that the Governor had no right to reconsider the resoiution after having officially signed it, that having affixed bis name to it it became ipso fucto the law, and could not be re- versed without the joint action of the Legislature and the Governor.* Mr. Adams was one of those Jeffersonian demo- crats who proiessed great alarm at the monarchi- cal tendency of Washington’s. administration and measures, yet did not hesitate im the instances I Dave cited todo what a king or queen of England ‘would not have dared to do. Mr. O’Conor is a strict constructionist, like Mr. Adams; yet his doctrine favors impliea powers of Executive discretion which would allow the Ex- ecutive to adapt his policy or measures to every sbiiting caprice of popular opinion. Yours traty, SAMUEL J. BAYARD. CAMDEN, Oct. 17, 1874. *See Life of Samuel Adams,” second volume. THE LOUISIANA COMPROMISE. nneeepeaeeais - A Meeting of the Conference Committees To-Day. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18, 1874, There will probabiy be a meeting of the confer- ence committees to-morrow, the conservatives having to-day sent a note to the republicans invit- ing @ conference, The twenty days allowea for creating vacancies on the Returning Board by the terms of the conference agreement expired to-day. The conservatives are ready with their men to fill the two vacanctes that are promised. Governor Kellogg has not as yet been able to obtain THE REQUIRED RESIGNATION, but four members of the Returning Board—Messrs. Longstreet, Casanave, Kuner and Anderson—have agreed to resign provided Wells will resign. Wells is absent, and the date of his return ts uncertatn. Wells has been telegraphed for by Kellogg. Riot at a Colored Mass Mectting—One of the Speakers Waylaid and Shot— Troops To Be Called For. CINCINNATI, Uct. 18, 1874. The following despatch has been received here:— Jackson, La., Oct, 18—11 P. M. (Via Clinton.) Ata mass meeting of colored necne held at | this place yesterday afternoon, called at the instigation of KE, L., Webver, Breaux and Gair, a riot took place about five Pp MM. between the Breaux and Gair | men, in which four colored men were | shot, three probably latally. In the morning Mr. | | John Gair was waylald and shot, as rumor says, to | riot. Abother despaten from antigua, dated the 5th | prevent him trom'speaking at the meeting. Some | of the Breaux orators assailed Mr. Gair; hence the Colored people in groups of ten and twelve are Pareae the streets on horsebi with guns. nited States Supervisor Captain T. H. Jenks has been consulted and it is probable he will cail tor United States troops, Great excite. ment prevails. Webter and Breaux have just arrived from Bayou Sara and brought with them four Winchester rifies for the rioters. OOLLISION ON LAKE ERIE. One Schooner Sunk and Another Dis- abled. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct, 18, 1874, The schooner ialstead, from Erie, laden with coal, for Chicago, came in colliston with the schooner City of Painesville, from Chicago, laden with grain, trom Buffalo, at four o'clock A. M. to- day, of Ashtabula. The Painesville, with thirty- five thousand bushels of wheat, sunk in tairveen fathoins of water, No lives were lost, There are no particulars as to tne insuran The thaistead Was towed to this narvor ina disabled condition, PATAL BOATING ACCIDENT. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 18, 1874. Frank Hemingway was drowned in Onota Lake, Pitisield, this noon, by the sinking of a bo: while he and @ companion were changing He jnaves @ wife and our children, WASHINGTON. | WASHINGTON, Oct, 18, 1874 The Condition of Affairs in Alaska— ; Report ot Special agent Elliott. . | The report of Special Agent Eillott upon the con- dition of affairs in the Territory of Alaska will be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury in the | course Ola lew weeks. It 18 understood that he { will urge the removal of tae troops from that coun- | try and the establishment of a better and cheaper | supervision of government interests there, which | are now suffering under the present clumsy and | ineMcient system; the protection of the sea otter | trade, upon which the Christianized natives of the | Territory are dependent, and the extension by Con- | gress of the criminal laws of Oregon or Washing- | ton to this district, so that murderers and other criminais may he punished, &c. The natural re- sources of Alaska have been carefully studied | and Mr, Elliott's report cannot fail to be of public interest aod value. Mr, Eliott condemns the movement of the Icelanders, or rather the advice which woald lead them to settle there, He says:— “Why send them to this Territory which can guar- antee them no better future than that of simply living? Why not try to induce these hardy, intel- ligent, law-abiding people to settle on Puget Sound, where there are millions of acres of unoc- cupied land, cool summers, pleasant winters and abundance of fish and game; a land in which they can create industries and be o! the greatest service not only to themselves but to their adopted country ? They simply waste their lives by going to Alaska,” Tribute to Mr. Charles M. Action of the Examiners at the Patent | Office. At the Patent Ofice yesterday s{ternoon a meet- ing of the examiners was called by the Commis- sioner to take some action respecting the death of | Mr. Charles M. Keller, formerly principal ex- aminer in the office, (rom whence he went to New | York some thirty years since. Feeling remarks ' were made made by several members of the corps, some of whose recollections extended back almost to the time of his offictal connection with the office, ana all of Whom had a high regard and re- \ spect for his eminent talents, The fact was | elicited that Mr. Keller was the firs. expertex- | aminer ever appointed, and it 1s understood that to him more than to anyone else we are indebted | for the provisions of the law of 1836, which have , been substantialiy adhered to ever since, and may | be said to embody the American patent system, Suttable resolutions were adopted expressing the sense of the meeting. Instructions for Forwarding National Bank Notes to the Redemption Agency. The Treasurer has issued the following instruc- tions to be observed by express agentsin forward- ing national bank notes to the Redemption Agency and United States notes for credit of the five per cent fund :— first—.s sonal bank notes should be forwarded for re- | demptton, under the government contract with the Adams EXpress Company, only in sums of $1,000, or an even multiple thereot—¢. ¢., $4,000, $3,000 and so on. The total charges on remittances of any other amouats, whether less or more than $1,00) must be prepaid. Second—United states notes for credit of the five per cent fund shoul! be received under the government con- tract in any sums for which the Treasurer may call upon whe banks, Packages containing such remittances | should be markea with the amount and nature of the contents, and the tact that they are forwarded under the government contract tor credit of the five per cent tund, thus:-—"$— $ United states notes tor credit ot the five per cent redemption tund, under contract | with Adams Express Company.” Third—National bank notes for credit of the five per cent fuud will hereatter be received under the over Ment contract onty in sums of even thousands ot d Jars. Such remittances should be marked :—“g$—— | national dank wofes for the credit at the five per cent redemption tund, under, government contract with Adams Express Company.” | | | { | } Fourth—Under no circ ces should national notes and United states e lorwarded in the package. ‘ Visit of a Richmond Militia Company to the National Capital. Company F, First regiment, Virginia volunteers, of Richmond, arrived here to-day, This is the | first time since the close of the late war that a | white military organization from the South has visited Washington. A colored battalion from Richmona preceded them three or four months ago, The present visit is to celebrate the anni- versary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yor town, a t.me-honored custom in Virginia, and also the company’s anniversary. They are the guests of the Washington Light Infantry Corps. The fraternal feelings which pervade the members of the visiting company can be inferrea trom the recent letter of their commanding officer to Captain Moore :— T take this occasion to say that we who stand ready for the defense of our country, with no political aspira- tions or ambition to satisty, can well appreciate the feel- ings of the soldier, itis simply as citizen soldiers that ‘we propose to visit the Vapital of our country, to mingle with our comrades and thus endeavor to promote among each other chat kind and fraternal teeling which alone can unite a people. SERIOUS BAILROAD AOOIDENT. The Locomotive and Tender Wrecked— Heroic Death of the Engincer and | Fireman—Cause of the Catastrophe. CINCINNATI, Ohto, October 18, 1874, The Baltimore express train due here by the Marietta ana Cincinnatt Railroad at six o'clock | this morning, met with an accident at Abanyon Bridge, east of Loveland, wrecking the locomotive ; #! and tender, both of which went through the | bridge. The engineer, Dan Perdorn, and fireman, | Joseph Parent, both of Chillicothe, were killed in- stantly. jumping, as the train was not running over twelve miles per hour, Dut they died at their posts, and thereby saved the passengers, not one of whom was burt. The passengers in the sleeping coach were not awakened. THE ACCIDENT was caused by a misplaced switch, some forty feet irom the bridge, the engineer on discovering which appited the air brake tustantly, but aid not | Teverse the engine, He was found crushed in the cab by the tender and his hand on the throttle. | The switch of the side track had been placed right at ten o'clock in the morning, when two treight trains passed at that point, by a brakeman who was left benind, and it 18 thought was misplaced maliciously atterwards. The watcbman at the bridge signalled ‘all right,’ with a lantern, to the approaching train, which was wrecked. The pas- sengers were transferred to-day, and to-morrow wrains will run on time, ACOIDENT TO A TRAIN, Cars Thrown Down an Embankment— Passengers Injured. Curcaco, Il., Oct. 18, 1874, Last evening, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, a passenger traiu, running at full speed, near Prerceton, Ind., struck a cow, whtch was standing on the track. The engine ran over the cow, but the emigrant car and two pas- Senger cars were thrown from the track down an embankment about twenty-five feet deep, None of the passengers were killed, but a large number \ were wounded, THE CASUALTIKS, Mr. Benjamin F. Howard, commercial editor of the /nter-Ocean, received a dangerous wound in the head. Mrs. Shay and two children were seriously hart. Catherine Bonne, Conductor Brown and others Were algo severely injured. Considering the fact that there were 350 passen- ers on the train tne escape 18 miracaions, BIVER BARGE SUNK, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct, 18, 1874. A barge belonging to Garner & Co., of the Dutchess Print Works, and laden with print goods, came in collision with the New Hamburg draw bridge Jast night and sunk, The loss 1s $15,000. The amount of the msurance has not been ascertained, FUNERAL OF OHARLES § BERNARD. Yesterday afternoon a large number of actors attended the funeral of Charles S, Bernard, the late Secretary of the American Dramatic Fund Association, at the Methodist church in Hoboken, The tollowing were the pallbearers:—G, B. Hen- lon, Adolf Appel, H. Turner, W. Van Tassel, Cap- ucello Alvarado, W. Sanford, all of Hoboken. The Methodist Charch funeral services were periormed by the Rey. J. K. Bryan, who was assisted by the Rev, W. Tunison, of tne Jersey City Heights Meth. oist Episcopal church, Wao spoke of the good qualities of the Geceased. Alter this the funeral rites of the Masons and Odd Fellows took piace and terminated by the singing of a dirge. ‘The lodges represented were Columbia Lodge of | Oud Fetiows, the Beethoven, the Fraternity Lodge, ot Hoboken, and New York Lodge, No. 330, FP, and A.M. Mr. Bernard was also 4 member of a Boston lodge of Masons, Several hundred people wit- nessed the combined funeral services, which oc- cupied upwards of twohours. ‘The interment took piace at New York Bay Cemetery. Keller— | x | pear as the heroine. They might have saved themselves by | 7 ee? AMUSEMENTS. Last Night’s Concerts. A fall house greeted the last Sunday concert of the Steakosch troop at Booth’s Theatre. The pro- gramme was especially interesting, comprising selections from Weoer, Mozart, Verdi, Hartman, Mercadante, Robandi, Wagner, Lecocq, Mattel, A. Thomas, Matton, Vonizettl and Giimore. This ta, indeed, an extensive range of works and presents variety enough to suit any one. The artists wha @ppeared were Mile, Marie Hetibron. Mile. Bianca, Donadio, Signor Benfratelli, tenor; Signor Taglia- petra, barytoue: Signor Fiorini, basso; Mr. S. Behrens and Gilmore's famous military band. Mlle, Heilbron yang a most brilliant and effective waltz song by M. Matron, a musician of Paris, ; With a dash and elfect that lent an additional \ charm to the composition, The lady’s first ap- earance in concert was ® flattering success. Mile. Donadio rendered the trying Polacca trom ‘Mignon” with the ease aud thoroughness of @ Gnishea artist, and Signor ‘Tagliapetra’a | Tiuging voice, cuitivated method and command of | &XPression was heard to advantage in “Non @ | ver.” Debassini being ill could not appear. Mile. [ima Di Murska and ner concert company drew @ large crowd to the Park Theatre. The celebrated prima donna sang “Robert tol que | Jaime,” “O luce di quest ‘anim and the aria finale from *‘La.S5onnambula.” On no former oc- casion do we recollect hearing Mile, Di Mursks to greater advautage. Her wonderful voice, an- | rivalled in bravura singing, fairly revelled in’ the measures of Bellini and Meyerbeer, aud encora alter encore rewarded ler efforts, sigaor Braga. the renowned violonceliist, gave two of his compor sitions with that neatness and taste iat belong to the finished artist, and Ferrantt {airiy eclipsed himself in the “Napoli” of Campana, substituted jor the cavatina from “Cenrentola” and « merry little morceau by Giorza. ‘The other artists were adame Carrens Sauret, piauiste; M. Sauret, vio- iin Mr. Habelmann, tenor: Signor Marzo, ac+ companist, and an orchestra under the direction of Mr. Cariberg. Musical and Dramatic Notes. “Ruy Blas’’ to-night at the Academy. Emily Rigi, in ‘‘Moorcrott,’’ made a decided hit, Mile. Emma Albani makes her first appearance on Wednesvay as Amina in “La Sonnambula.” “La Fille de Madame Angot’’ was the beauttfu) accompaniment to devotion last night at the Ter- race Garden Theatre, Lina Mayr, a cantatrice and soubrette of great eminence in Germany, begins an engagement here on November 4 at the Germania Theatre. Mr. Florence has had flattering success in the West as Captain Cuttie, and 1s ambitious of ap- pearing in the metropolis in this character, Mr. Henry Irving has conceived the notion of playing Hamlet. He aims at rivalling Kean and Macready; but aspiration and performance are distinct things. “Romeo and Juitet” wilt be immediately placed im rehearsal by Signor Muzio, Mile. Albani to ap- She will also sing the rove of" Elsa tn “Lohengrin.” “Le Demi-Monde,” which is now in rehearsal at the Comédie Francaise, will be foliowed by a play from the pen of M. Cadal, styled “Grand Maman,"! | or by M. Bornter’s “Charlemagne.” Arnott and Genoes, two British attachés of tha San Francisco Theatre, lately fought a duel with bulietless pistols. Arnott played tne part of Bob Acres to such perfection that Maguire intends to cast him for the part on the first opportunity. Miss Kate Field, who is so favorably known 15 literary circies, wiil make her first appearaucs on the metropolitan stage at Booth’s during Jetfer- gon’s engagement. She will appear on the three Saturday nights on which ‘Rip Van Winkle” will be sleeping. Maccabe’s entertainment, “Begone, Dull Care,’?. has made @ greashit. The large auditorium of Steinway Hall is weil filled nightly with delighted audiences. The entertainment is remarkable for the amount of quiet humor it contains and the complete absence of anything approaching to valk garity. A grand matinée entertainment will be given on Tuesday at the Academy of Music, under the man- agement of Mr. Augustin Daly, for the benefit of the Foundiing Asylum under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy. A number of the prominent actors and actresses of the different theatres have kindly volunteered their services. fbe entertaine ment will be varied and attractive, The celebrated English Opéra Bouffe Company ‘will appear at the Lycoum Theatre on the termi- nation of Miss Netlson’s engagement. No similar organization has met with success at all compar- able tothe Soldene troupe. People can there be, amused by the dialogue as well as the sparkle of the music, The advent of this company will do much to popularize opera boufe in this country. The following statement has been sent to us for publication by the Secretary of the Dramatie Fund:— The American Dramatic Fund Assocation (in- corporated 1848) In twenty-six years has re- ceived from members’ dues, benetits, fines, inierest, donations, initiation tees, dinners, seeeeeee B155800 SA m1 For sick members. For funerals. 2.700 00 For rent and expenses of office . ae 3h Salaries, sundries, &c........ ye 15.659 49 ‘The balance. above $51,000, is invested in United States bonds, standing in the names of os. L. M. Barlow, President of the associatior of the trustees, producing an annual income of « little over $3.U0U, together with members’ ducs amornoting ta making a total income of about $4,000 per nnum, from which is deducted office expenses aud salaries of Secretary and Treasurer, amounting to about $1.U00, the residue divided quarterly among the claim- ants, of which the and D. Kiogiand, one Present total of members. 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